Requiem: Eh, I'm not sure how this sequel will turn out, but I'll give it my best? Also, I really wish someone somewhere would translate the dating Sims into English.

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Chapter I

"Bridget!" Alice Lidell came rushing at me, her singsong voice ringing through out the hallways of the manor. "Bridget! There you are!" The blond haired girl laughed and shook her head, stepping into my room. "Come, my sister is going to teach us some lessons today." Alice smiled brightly, and I watched her through the mirror, the golden handled brush sweeping through my long hair.

"Alright, I'll be there in a moment, can you wait outside for me?" I asked and Alice nodded, scolding me to hurry along. I nodded and watched as she dashed out of the room. With a sigh, I turned back to my reflection. My face was expressionless, and all I did was blink back at me. "I wonder…why doesn't she ask me what's wrong?" I mumbled to myself.

Of course I already knew the answer. Alice didn't remember her time in Wonderland; rather…she did, but believed it all to be a dream. And like any other dream, the memory faded and the supposed dream was forgotten. It was different for me, however. I could never forget, and I don't think I ever will.

It had been a whole year since I had left Wonderland, and things were fairly normal for me. As they had been before I fell into that mysterious world. My dark hair was longer now, reaching well passed my knees and hanging just above my ankles. Alice always scolded me for having such long hair; she constantly asked me why I kept it if it was such a hassle to maintain. I told her, every time she asked me, that I liked having long hair and that when it finally touched the floor is when I would decide to cut it.

My bangs had grown much longer too. I usually didn't like having long bangs like I did now, but I found that it was quite stylish to sweep the hair to my left, granted the locks still covered my forehead. Other than my hair, nothing else had really changed about me.

I was glad that it hadn't. The way I am, I wouldn't have it any other way. Because of whom I am, the inhabitants of Wonderland were able to fall in love with me, and I with them. With a final sweep of the brush, I headed over to my dresser and pulled out my favorite dress.

I had recently bought it, and the design was very much reminiscent of the dresses that he had always given to me. I didn't want to keep Alice waiting, so I changed into the dress, admiring myself in the mirror after I had.

The dress was black with a combination of red, white, and black plaid. It had a frilly collar that was detached from the dress; it was only about five or so inches in length and was the same red, white, and black plaid that the dress held. It was short sleeved, with the sleeves being a black tint and slightly poofed out. The sleeves seemed to cut off, only to start again at my elbow down to my wrist. The fabric of the sleeve was black, ending with a poof of plaid.

The torso section of the dress was the plaid material, and a corset of black fabric wrapped around the back, meeting in the front with satin lacing. The corset extended down, covering the first half of the plaid skirt in ripples of ebony. The actual skirt of the dress, reaching about mid-thigh, was said plaid with black frills separating the three layers of the skirt. Finally, I had slipped on black knee-length socks with red ribbons at the knee, and red dress shoes with a slight heel.

With a satisfied half-smile, I headed out of the door. Alice groaned loudly and playfully nicked me in the arm. "Bridget, honestly! You really don't have to dress up so much!" I shook my head, telling her that I simply liked to dress up. "Whatever you say, Bridget."

With that, Alice and I headed out of the manor and took the minute's walk to her home. In the garden, sure enough, sat Alice's elder sister. She was so beautiful and soon to be married as well, I found myself not being able to be happy for Alice's sister though. The man she was too marry after all was Alice's past boyfriend. What's worse, that man looked like a certain mafia lord.

"Shall we get started?" She asked in her sweet, soft voice. Alice and I made our way over sitting before the elder girl as she cracked open a somewhat thick book and began our lesson.

"Alright then, good work you two!" Alice's sister commented and petted Alice on the head. I laughed half-heartedly and soon felt the elder woman's hand on the crown of my head. "As always, Bridget is one step ahead of Alice."

"It's not my fault that Bridget is more attentive!" Alice whined and was thoroughly thumped on her head with a book. "Hey!" Alice rubbed at the spot and her sister commented that Alice would do much better in her lessons, if only she didn't nap so much.

Alice's sister left to go and get some tea ready, letting us have a break from our studies. Alice stretched out on the finely kept grass. She yawned and asked of me to wake her up before her sister returned. I agreed and asked if it would be all right for me to explore around her garden a bit.

"Sure, just come back before my sister does." Alice half spoke, half yawned. I nodded and went off as Alice snuggled into herself and fell asleep soon after. I didn't waste any time, wanting to explore as much as I could within the few minutes it would be for Alice's sister to make tea.

To be honest, I couldn't really drink tea anymore. It only served to remind me of the time I had spent in Wonderland. Granted, everything reminded me of that world and every time something did, I found my heartache. I knew it had been my decision, so I knew that I had to live with this heartache.

"So fragile." I muttered, placing a hand over my aching heart. I headed deeper into the Lidell's garden, surprised when I had found a large patch of red roses. "I've never seen this before…" I reached forward, plucking the brightest red rose from the patch. And I was surprised again when I found that the rose had no thorns.

Staring into the petals, I was reminded again of that world, that wonderful wonder world. I sighed quietly, staring down into the petals. It was as if they were mocking me, staring back at me with those memories I held dear. Tears spilled over my hazel eyes and fell freely onto the flower.

"How…strange…." I mumbled, while taking my hand to erase the tears. "I haven't cried…in so long." I felt my voice crack in several places, the tears falling onto the bright red petals. "Forgive me flower, I'm drowning you aren't I?"

I gently shook the flower of my tears, and tucked the rose into my hair. Out of my periphery I saw movement. I whipped my head around, seeing a brown rabbit hopping around. I looked passed it, seeing a carrot patch.

Alice seemed to love carrots, that entire patch she had planted herself after all. I followed the brown rabbit, and saw a mass of identical brown rabbits hopping around the carrot patch. What struck me most of all was the white rabbit that hopped away from the crowd and stood right before me.

I bent down and lifted the small rabbit, it's pink nose twitched at me and I softly kissed it. "You remind me of him. That silly white rabbit, Peter." The rabbit twitched its nose at me once more and licked the tip of my nose. "Eh?"

I gasped when the rabbit squirmed out of my arms and began to hop away. Slowly, I followed it and was shocked when it leads me to a large open field. "What is this place?" When I looked around the rabbit had disappeared, and the only thing in the entire field other than me was a single white rose.

"How strange…" I spoke quietly walking over to the fallen rose. I knelt beside it and picked it up from the ground. Soon after, a chilling sensation pulsated through me. "What's going on?!" I shouted in confusion as the ground beneath me broke, leaving only darkness for me to fall into.

I yelled out, falling further and deeper into the hole that came out of nowhere. The whole thing felt oddly familiar, but at the moment I couldn't quite place why. Darkness completely enveloped me, and soon enough I fell into a sleep, falling further and further into shadow.

I felt heavy. I couldn't believe what my open eyes were seeing. With a groan, I sat up and looked around. My heart felt heavy, and became heavier still when my surroundings brought familiar memories to my mind. There, laid out before me was Wonderland.

"This…it can't be…" I told myself, pinching my arm, trying to wake up from this dream. "No!" I shouted and buried my head into my hands. "This can't be real!" I groaned and blinked, feeling something in my pocket. I dug into my pocket and pulled out a glass vial with a heart cap.

Then I knew. I knew that this was real; that I had returned to the place I had left behind. "They don't remember me though, right?" I sighed and opened the vial, when I was here before; Julius had told me that the liquid in the vial allowed me to stay in this world. If I didn't drink it, then I would simply disappear.

I downed the liquid in one fell swoop and smacked my lips together. It tasted like flavored water. It was sweet, and I had actually liked the way the liquid had tasted. "Eh, still…" I shook my head, knowing I had to find the quickest way out of here. I stood, my legs shaking under me. "Why does that always happen when I'm here?"

I ignored my shaking legs, steadying them out eventually, and looked off into the distance. Everything looked the same. It was as if nothing had changed, only I had. "But," I began to walk down the hill, deciding to look around a bit before I decided anything. "It's been a year, there has to have been other foreigners that passed through here." The sinking feeling of loss settled in my stomach, a queasy feeling filled me and I felt like throwing up. "Some of them had to have won, right?"

I walked into the forest that seemed to cover most of Wonderland. I looked around, and noticed a new pathway that hadn't been there before. "Strange…" I took this new path, following it all the way into a large open area. It was filled to the brim with red roses. "Amazing…!"

I walked to the very middle of the field, finding that these roses held no thorns either. I sat, my knees meeting in front of me and my legs forming an upside down 'V' formation. "When did this get here?" I reached down, taking a rose into my hand. I was then reminded of the rose in my hair. I plucked the rose out of my hair and set it down with the others.

The roses very much reminded me of Blood's garden, that I could see clearly out of the window that he had given me when I was at his mansion. Also, the roses were the same as the ones in the Queen's courtyard, the white roses that had been painted red.

"Is someone there?" A male voice reached me from the other end of the field. I couldn't quite recognize it; it had been too long since I had interacted with the role-holders. "Who are you?" He asked, and I could hear him taking steps closer to me.

"My name?" I asked and I could hear him agree. I chuckled dryly and spoke, "It's common courtesy to introduce yourself, before asking someone's name." I hadn't turn to meet the man's face yet, and I wasn't sure I was ready to do so.

"Oh!" He exclaimed and laughed lightly. He stood close behind me, and his presence began to overwhelm me. I had a hunch about who the man was, the personality, the way he spoke. "My name is Ace; I'm a knight of hearts!"

"You're a knight?" I heard him agree, and I sighed knowing that I had to introduce myself now. "Well, knight of hearts, my name is Bridget." I said, turning around and meeting his face with my own. I smiled softly at him and blinked dumbly when the wind picked up around us, causing loose rose petals to fly all around. "Is…something wrong?"

His eyes were wide, shaking with surprise. "Bridget…?" He knelt before me, and pinched my cheeks. I pulled away from him, rubbing my now pinched cheeks. "It…it is you!" He suddenly wrapped his arms around me, speaking so fast I couldn't understand what he was saying.

"What do you mean?" My heart was racing; I couldn't quite comprehend what he was telling me. What did he mean, 'it is you'? I tried to pull away, escape from this confusion but he held me tightly. "Ace…?"

"I won't let you go again, Bridget." He whispered softly, he sounded so sad, almost as if he was going to cry. "I've missed you so much, everyone has!" He slowly pulled away, keeping his hands on my shoulders. "You look beautiful, Bridget!"

I blushed, turning my face away from him. "Don't say such silly things, Ace." I carefully turned to face him. "How…how do you remember? You weren't supposed to!" I felt my heart breaking, he shouldn't be able to remember me, how was this even possible?

"Well, to be honest…I didn't remember you for a long time." Ace pulled his hands away, taking my own into his. "No one did, Bridget. But," He smiled bringing our jointed hands to his lips and kissing mine softly. "As foreigners passed through here, we began to remember you."

"But…how?" I asked staring at the knight as he tightly held my hands. It was as if he thought I would disappear if he let go, or let me out of his sight. "I don't understand…why me? Why remember me out of all the other foreigners?"

"Because, Bridget, you were the only one who brought us all together." I blinked staring into Ace's eyes. They were shining with so much happiness, I found a bit of my own self becoming happy. "After you left, we didn't know why, but we stopped fighting. We don't get along that well, but it is way better than before."

"There's…no more fighting?" I couldn't believe it. I smiled softly, glad that everyone seemed to be getting along. Well, maybe not getting along, but it was a start. "That's…really great." Ace smiled and scooted closer to me.

"It is, and now," I tilted my head, asking what he was planning. He laughed lightly, pulling me into a hug. "I get to show everyone that you're back!" Ace suddenly pulled me up and literally swept me off the ground.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" I shouted, and Ace only laughed. "Ace! Put me down! I can walk fine by myself!" He shook his head and smiled down at me, he placed a soft kiss on my cheek. "Ace?" His forehead rested against mine, and I blushed deeply. How could he be so calm about this?

"A knight does this for his damsel, right?" He whispered and then did the most embarrassing thing. His lips lightly pressed against mine, and he laughed at my expression. "You still get embarrassed so easily."

I turned away from him, my hands placed softly over the lips he had just kissed. "What did you mean?" I asked quietly as Ace began to walk back into the forest. Within seconds trees surrounded us. "When you said you were going to show everyone that I'm back?"

"Exactly what I said." Ace replied with, pulling me closer into him. "Bridget, I only want to keep you to myself, but if I do that wouldn't be fair." Ace groaned, mentally battling with himself. I guessed he wanted to be the only one to occupy my time, but that was never really the case in Wonderland.

I laughed and rested my head against his chest. "Silly Ace, you know there's no way that's going to happen. I can feel it in the air," I told him and he asked what I meant. "I think…everyone can feel my presence, they may not know it's me, but they can feel it."

Ace blinked and sighed, he agreed with my weird logic, stating that my presence in the air is what had brought him to the rose field. "Speaking of which, when did that get there?" I asked, staring up at him.

"Around the time that you left, a year ago." He looked ahead, a ghost of a smile on his lips. "It started out small, but everyday we all planted one more rose. For a whole year, that's all we did and then-"

"I came back." I muttered and he nodded. "It feels…strange, to be back here after everything." A sense of calmness was definitely there, but also a sense of fear. I was afraid of this place, afraid what I would find after being gone for a whole year.

We traveled the forest in a sweet silence for the longest time. I started to get sleepy, and I then realized something. Leaning my head once again, on Ace's chest I muttered out a question, "Are you lost?"

He laughed and looked around. "It would seem so!" I wanted to yell at him, but found it far too tiring. "It's okay Bridget, go to sleep." He lowered his head and kissed my forehead, wishing me a goodnight. I muttered out a "goodnight" to him and fell asleep in the warmth of his arms.

When my eyes had opened again, I was met with a mess of orange and blond hair. "Eh? Who are you?" I mumbled, still half asleep. I rubbed my eyes, and waited as they refocused and I caught first sight of a resident of Wonderland I had never seen before.

"Pierce Villiers." He mumbled, looking sleepy himself. He knelt beside where I was propped up against a tree; apparently Ace had gone to look around? I mentally shrugged, too tired to think of where that knight had disappeared to. "Who are you?"

"Bridget Adell." I told him and he neared closer to me. I felt my face flush when he was now only inches above me. "W-What are you doing?" I blinked up at him, his little mouse ears twitching. He looked behind him for a second, before returning his attention back to me.

"Bridget is very pretty." He said simply and then pressed his mouse ear to my chest. "Bridget's heartbeat is very fast right now, is Bridget okay?" He asked as he slowly pulled his face away from my chest.

I nodded, not sure what to say or do. This mouse was unpredictable and didn't seem to know what he was doing. Pierce leaned in closer, his ears twitched again and he glanced behind him once more. He turned his green eyes back to me and then did the most surprising thing to do to a person after having known them for less than five minutes.

Pierce Villiers had kissed me. I just froze under him, my eyes wide and boring into his half-open green hues. I gasped when he suddenly jumped away, a sword having swung horizontally above me. Standing there, holding the sword was the knight of hearts.

"What just happened?" I asked myself, watching as Ace pointed his blade at Pierce. "Ace!" I stumbled as I stood, and stood before Ace, arms outstretched and blocking the mouse. "Wait! I don't think he knows what he was doing!"

Ace and I argued about Pierce for awhile, but in the end I was glad when Ace put his weapon away. I turned my attention back to Pierce who sat cross legged, staring up at me. "Bridget is very pretty, and very nice to Pierce." He said, his mouse tail swishing behind him.

I knelt beside him, "Pierce, what were you doing out here?" I watched him carefully making sure that I would be ready in case he decided to spring on me again. "Pierce?" He yawned and looked behind him; he then looked back at me that same bored expression on his face.

"I was bored back at the Amusement Park, so I left." He yawned and his ears twitched. "Looks like I was followed." He mumbled and looked up at the same tree I had been sleeping under. Ace and I turned our eyes to it, seeing a certain Chesire Cat lying lazily on a tree branch. "Boris?"

"Pierce, why did you leave?" Boris asked, his cattail curling up besides him. I blinked up at him, feeling my breath hitch as his eyes wandered from Pierce to Ace, and then to me. "…Who is?"

I yelled out as Ace pulled me into him, possessively wrapping his arms around me. "You can't look at her Boris; I'll kill her before you can." Ace said, a creepy grin forming on his lips. I felt my heartbeat quicken and I tried to wriggle out of the knight's grasp. I didn't think he'd really kill me, but…I wasn't so sure of myself at this point.

"Why would you do that I wonder?" Boris mused, crouching up and then leaping from the tree to land besides Pierce. "Unless…" I could feel his stare; he peered into my back and no doubt examined me. "I see now."

I gasped when a bullet flew by me and hit Ace pointedly in his shoulder. Ace staggered back and redrew his sword. He smirked and rushed forward; flying passed me, and straight at Boris and Pierce. I stood stock frozen as bullets rained the air and the sound of a blade cut through the wind.

"Stop it now!" A female voice caught everyone's attention and a young girl with blond curls, like that of a doll, stepped onto the scene. Her eyes were a bright blue and she even wore a dress that seemed to be perfect for a doll. "You guys are waking everyone up!"

"Roza, isn't it your bedtime?" Boris commented, his handgun still pointed at Ace. The girl, Roza, stepped in between Boris and Ace and poked the cat's flat stomach. "What are you doing?" The young girl scolded Ace and Boris for fighting so late.

"Honestly, what is so important that you two have to fight about it now?" Roza asked, hands on her slender hips. Pierce said my name and pointed at me, standing awkwardly off to the side. "Her?" The young girl walked over to me and studied me.

I stared down at her, afraid of this strong-headed young girl. Something about her made me nervous; I wasn't sure what it was…

The girl suddenly drew out a gun and aimed it right at me. My eyes were wide and my breath caught in my throat, she clicked off the safety and spoke, her forefinger on the trigger. "If she's the problem, then I'll just kill her."

I finally did manage a breath when Boris and Ace stood before me, and Pierce had pulled me away, holding tightly onto me. The girl asked what they were doing and Boris had replied, "Protecting her. Roza, you can't just kill the new foreigner." He glanced back at me. "Especially not this one, I won't let you kill Bridget."

I gasped, staring at the back of Boris' head. So he remembered me too. I gently smiled; a sense of love pulsated through me and warmed my body. "Boris…" I saw his cheeks raise, knowing full well there was his signature smile on his face.

"She doesn't even look that special!" Roza scowled, her gun still aiming at me. Granted, she couldn't really shoot me with Ace and Boris blocking me the way they did. "She has plain brown hair that's too long, and her eyes aren't any pretty color like blue! And she's wearing that icky black color!"

"What's going on out here?" I pressed my back into Pierce as Elliot March emerged from the shrubs of the forest. Behind him were a sleepy looking Dee and Dum, followed by none other than Blood Dupre. "Roza?"

The girl turned back and quickly hid her gun. She pointed at me, and yelled in a childish tantrum. "Boris and Ace were fighting because of this plain girl!" She stepped away from us and over to the Hatter family. "Blood! Can't you kill that girl?"

I took a closer look at this Roza, and although she appeared young she actually seemed to be only a year younger than myself. I blinked; trying to make sure Blood couldn't get a look at me. I was worried about what he would do or say.

Boris turned his head back at me. "You don't want to see him, right?" I nodded and fidgeted as his tail wrapped around my waist and he pulled me right behind me. "Sorry Blood, you can't see our precious treasure." I could barely see anything of the Mad Hatter family, as I hid behind Boris' figure with my face covered by his large boa.

"What are you hiding, cat?" Elliot March questioned and the distinct sound of a cocking gun was heard. I pressed myself further into Boris, my hands clenching the fabric of his shirt. I was worried for him, knowing Elliot; he wouldn't hesitate to shoot unless Blood stopped him.

I peeked over Boris' shoulder and instantly my eyes met that of Blood's. My heart seemed to beat out of my chest as he stared deeply into my hazel hues, and then I felt my heart break. That Roza girl latched herself onto Blood's arm and gave him a meaningful, if not slightly possessive kiss on the cheek.

"Please, let's leave." I murmured into Boris' back and took comfort in the fact that his tail wrapped tightly around my waist. I knew then, that he only wanted to protect from any kind of harm, be it physical or otherwise. "Boris…"

I could feel Blood's eyes on the spot where I stood, and although he couldn't see me…I believe he felt my presence. Just as Ace had said when he first found me, the air was different around me…familiar and yet unfamiliar at the same time.

"Then leave." Blood said simply, his eyes trained on the cat. "I do not want to hear you complain Roza, you can not control if a new foreigner arrives." Blood scolded the girl and she 'hmph'ed and stalked off to the Hatter mansion, was my guess.

Dee and Dum followed Roza, and only Blood and Elliot remained. "You can feel it too, can't you Elliot?" Blood said, his eyes flashing over to the hare. The Mad Hatter returned his eyes to the spot behind Boris, to where I was standing. "Bridget."

I winced and buried my face into the fluff of Boris' boa. "I don't think you should bother the girl, Blood." The Chesire Cat commented, one hand holding mine with his tail still around my waist. "You scare her, that or-"

"And who are you to know anything about Bridget and me?" Blood cut him off, a dangerous aura radiated from him. "You shouldn't speak of things you have no idea about, cat." I could hear Elliot's gun cocking as well as Boris'.

I had no idea why I moved, no idea why I acted on a silly little impulse, and no idea why I surrendered to my whim. "Please don't!" I yelled, standing in between Elliot March and Boris Airay. "Please…" I pleaded, my hazel eyes aimed at the feline.

I sighed lightly as Boris lowered his gun and smiled softly at me; he nodded and then fully put his gun away. "I will do as you ask, Bridget." He stepped away, ready to draw his weapon if Elliot or Blood tried to harm me in anyway.

I fearfully turned my eyes to Blood and Elliot then. I studied Elliot first, he seemed to realize who I was, and his eyes were wide as he studied me in return. I watched him, Elliot's eyes softened and he smiled weakly. He wasn't sure what to do, not with Blood standing so perfectly still and that same dangerous aura around him.

I then turned my hazel eyes to the mafia lord. Blood stared back at me silently, and I couldn't help but fidget under his knowing gaze. "It has been some time, Bridget."

Requiem: Well, there's the first chapter. Let me know what you think and I'll see what I can do to better the story. I know my writing isn't super great, but I'm always trying to improve. Reviews are greatly appreciated!