A/N: This is the third time I'm posting this story up, hopefully this time I'll get it right.

Disclaimer: I do not own Heart/Clover/Joker no Kuni no Alice or Alice in Wonderland.

Claim: this plot idea and future Ocs belong to me

Edited: 16/04/13-Fixed spelling mistake and changed some stuff.

Enjoy!

Prologue

'We're painting the Roses red'

If you think I'm going to start this story off with a 'once upon a time' then think again. That term is only used for fairytales, and by no means is this a fairytale.

Actually I'm here to tell you a story that began with a happy setting but ended in misery.

First of all, let me tell you about a place called Wonderland. Wonderland is a world parallel to ours except this world is more, how should I put it, outgoing. To get there is difficult, but the most notable features is that you should have an open mind and be asleep. Because you have to be asleep to get there, you would consider this world to be nothing more then a dream.

Sadly this world was more of a nightmare then a dream.

Wonderland is quite different then it's name. You see, Wonderland is like a game. You've got your supporting characters-the Role Holders and your background characters-the faceless. The main character would in fact be you.

But this game is not one of those happy games or fantasy games. No, you see this game is more of a war zone game then anything.

The occupants there don't care about death, killing is as common as breathing. These people don't have hearts, no, they have clocks. Because they can be replaced, they don't care if they die.

But they do care about you.

You see to us a heart is what lets us live and nothing more. To them, it's the most beautiful thing and they would do anything to get it-and you.

The main rule about this world is that everyone here will fall in love with the foreigner-which is basically you (regardless of gender.)

….Okay, sheesh, I was joking! Don't give me that look!

See although they do think a heart is fascinating, it does not mean they would fall in love with you. In fact, it would let you survive for about seven seconds before they decided to kill you anyway.

Wonderland is split into five parts-depending on the country. The five areas are The Clover Tower, Hatter Mansion, The Amusement Park, Heart Castle and The Circus.

It's a known fact that these areas are at war with each other.

The Clover Tower is the only neutral territory, and also the busiest place. Here, three Role Holders Reside. The Clockmaker, the Caterpillar and the Lizard.

Hatter Mansion is where the mafia resides. The four Role Holders that live here are the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Tweedle Twins.

The Amusement Park mainly hates the Hatter Mansion, it's quite popular with the younger kids. Three Role Holders live here, the Dutch(ess), the Cheshire Cat and the Dormouse.

Heart Castle is ruled by a queen who has no problem with cutting people's heads off. The three Role Holders here are the Queen of Hearts, the White rabbit and the Knight of Hearts.

Finally there is the circus, one of the most feared places in this twisted world. Although is may appear to be a Circus on the outside, it's also a prison. The Role Holders that live here are the Jokers.

Now that you've got the gist of the place, I would like to tell you the story of how this world found happiness with a foreigner and how that goes downhill when the foreigner disappears which plunges the world into despair.

The foreigner's name was Alice Liddell and she was a smart girl for her age. Her mother had died when she was young, causing her father to lock himself away to work more and her younger sister, Edith, too hate her for not shedding tears. The only person that was there for Alice, was her older sister Lorina.

Alice adored Lorina, but she was also a little envious of her. She viewed Lorina as a beautiful young woman who was smart and kind. Most boys fell in love with her including one special person Alice loved, her teacher.

Though Alice wanted to hate her sister for taking her love away from her, she just couldn't hate her-instead she kept her emotions to herself.

Maybe this is what helped send her to Wonderland.

Anyway, it was a bright sunny day when it happened. Alice and her older sister were sat outside in the garden, enjoying their time together. Lorina had suddenly suggested playing cards, to which Alice agreed. Before Lorina left to get the cards, she warned Alice not to fall asleep.

Unfortunately, as soon as she left Alice fell into a deep slumber.

When Alice did awake, she was met by the unusual sight of a white rabbit wearing a red waistcoat and holding a gold Pocket watch.

What was even stranger was when it actually talked to her.

Alice dismissed this as a dream and had closed her eyes. But she had opened them again when a man with the same features of the rabbit picked her up and threw her down a huge hole.

That's how she ended up in Wonderland.

When she arrived there, she was forced to drink from the Medicine of Hearts, a vial of liquid that keeps you from leaving Wonderland without filling the bottle. Alice had convinced herself that she was in a dream, and the others gladly played along.

She first met the Role Holders from Hatter Mansion. At first, the guards and right-hand man planned to kill her but after their boss arrived and warned them not to harm her, they changed their minds and soon warmed up to her.

She then stumbled across the Clock Tower residents, whom she got along well with. She decided she would stay at the Clock Tower seen as it was the only place that was neutral.

After that she met the Heart Castle Role Holders. She already knew the Prime Minister, heck she didn't want to be near him. She got along well with the queen and she found the knight to be a mystery.

On her way back from Heart Castle, she ended up meeting the Amusement Park Role Holders. She considered the Cheshire cat to be her best friend, she found the dormouse to be adorable and she found the Dutch(ess)'s music to be the scariest sound she had ever heard.

Finally she met the Circus Role Holders. Although they appeared to be complete opposites and funny, they were far more dangerous then they acted.

The residents grew to love Alice and she loved them back. But like all good things, it had to come to an end.

Eventually she fell in love with one of the Role Holders and ended up having a child with him. For those years with their child, it was pure bliss.

Until the birth of her twins, that's when things began to change. While most of the residents were happy to greet the new children into their world, some were not so happy and decided to strike out.

However things were quiet for the first few years, or that's what it seemed until that night. On that night, Alice disappeared without a trace while the house she lived in burnt to the ground.

Apparently during the commotion, two of her children were taken while the third perished in the fire.

The Role Holders were broken and felt immediate betrayal and despair.

The Caterpillar Role Holder went to go and see his long time friend, the Mock-turtle, to ask about what would happen.

His friend told him that Alice had been drawn to someone else and that Wonderland was going to be plunged into a never ending nightmare.

So that is a brief summary of what Wonderland has become, a baron wasteland where the Role Holders are nothing but their old shells.

But I guess I shouldn't get to ahead of myself by telling you how I preserved the story. If you actually went to Wonderland, you would hear the better version of it.

Me? Well, whose to say I'm making this up. I make a lot of stuff up, because that's what I do. Well, says the adults.

They consider me to be insane, because I talk about stuff that isn't real. I hear voices in my head, that's not normal, but to me I need this voice, or I'll disappear.

My favourite colour is red, want to know why?

Because it's the colour of blood, the same blood that covered my precious Son. She was beautiful, even in death.

My name is Alex, just Alex. And this is how I was kidnapped to my insane Wonderland-the only place where I'm the sane one.

I hope you guys like the intro.

27/06/2013-Just a heads up for new comers or old readers, I am editing this story, deleting and replacing some information.

R&R

-Tailsdoll123