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Chapter One:

A Princess Named Alice

In a country far away, a young girl ran around in the market place. She had long dirty blonde hair and green eyes. She was ten. She named Princess Alice Liddell, and she was princess of the Kingdom of Hearts.

The Kingdom of Hearts was a large country, and it was bordered by two other countries: the Kingdoms of Clover and Diamond. All of the countries were on good terms with each other, for the rulers knew each other well. King Liddell knew Queen Snowpigeon, who ruled the Kingdom of Diamonds, and Lord Gottschalk, who ruled the Kingdom of Clover.

Princess Alice had inherited her hair and eye color from her late mother. Her mother, Queen Caroline Liddell, had died six years ago. She had died of an illness that the doctors couldn't cure, but Alice was quite young when she died, so Alice didn't remember her that much. She only knew about her from the stories her father and the maids told her:

They had said she was the most beautiful woman in the kingdom, and she was very kind: it was said that she took care of a baby rabbit who had been abandoned by its family. She had nursed it back to health and it was quite attached to her. She let it go a short time before she had died, and she was very ill when she released it. She had probably knew she was going to die, Alice thought, but she was very kind to spare it the pain of her dying and leaving forever. Yes, her mother was very beautiful, Alice had learned from pictures of her mother, but she was also very kind.

Alice happened to be at the market place because she was waiting for her older sister, Lorina, who was going to introduce her to someone. Lorina was the oldest child in the Liddell family, and Alice's little sister Edith was the youngest. Alice was the middle child, and she was the most adventurous.

At a young age, Alice learned things such as archery and swordsmanship, because her father, who had wanted a son, decided to raise Alice more like a boy. She practiced every day, and at the age of ten, she was already great at using a sword. She was still horrible at archery though, even if she had practiced for half the year.

She had just arrived from fencing class and still had her sword with her. Alice always practiced with her friend Ace, and he always defeated her. Ace was the son of a knight, who was best friends with the king.

As she ran around a corner, she heard some scuffling and yelps coming from an alley. As she ran into it, she saw three boys who looked like double her age and height. They were picking on a small young boy, and from where she stood, Alice could only tell that he had shoulder length silver hair and he wore very fancy clothes.

Alice realized what she had to do, but she knew that she could get in trouble for doing this. Making up her mind, Alice walked towards them and unsheathed her sword.

After a few minutes, it was all over, and the three bullies were lying on the ground. Alice kneeled down beside the boy whimpering in the corner, and helped him to his feet. He had began coughing up blood one or two minutes into the fight, and he was very pale as he stood up.

The small, thin boy turned around to face her. His silver hair framed his thin, pale, face: he wore a black eyepatch on his right eye, and his other eye was grey. He was as white as a sheet, and his lips were beginning to turn purple. Alice looked at him and thought, 'Is he okay?' as she noted that blood had begun to trickle out of his mouth.

"Of course I'm okay! I can read your mind you know!" The boy yelled angrily as he furiously wiped the blood of his mouth with a purple silk handkerchief. He looked rather small, Alice thought, as they stood there awkwardly, just staring at each other.

"Aha! Nighty, I finally found you!"

Alice heard her sister's voice before she was knocked over by someone. As she looked towards the boy, she saw her sister hugging the small child as he coughed up blood and tried to escape Lorina

Lorina looked behind her and saw Alice.

"Oh, hi Alice! Meet Nightmare Gottschalk!"

"Wait a minute, this is the Alice you wanted me to meet!?"