Hello everyone~! And the second series of Alex in Wonderland has finally begun! *bows*
Firstly, I want to thank the people who read Fragments of Sorrow. You and the viewers who reviewed are the ones who kept me going. Plus my love for the Wonderland games. Hehe~
So some unanswered questions will finally be answered in Fragments Returned.
I really can't think of anything else to say right now. So sleepy. XD
Disclaimer: I do not / have not/ will never own anything in Joker/Clover/Heart no Kuni no Alice. All I do own are my OCs lol~
Well here we go! *cracks knuckles*
"When the day turns into night,
Mortals weep. They run in fright.
With fear comes man's abomination,
For she shall rise with great temptation.
Darkness looms around the Earth.
Hearts betray for trust is lost.
The time has come for man's extinction,
Says the seer of divination.
A sacrifice will set man free
Lies are spread to keep them safe.
But only when the truth does rise,
The greatest horror shall arise."
A small girl with long, black hair rubs her red, sleepy eyes while staring at a middle aged man.
"I don't get it uncle," she said while stifling a yawn.
Her uncle chuckled while closing the book in his hands and setting it aside on his desk.
"It's a prophecy written long ago by a great seer. He was an amazing fellow. Claimed he could see everything that was to come. And he was right about it too," the uncle explained in a cheery voice.
"But I don't get it," the girl whined. "Abomation, ektincton, divaton. What's it mean?"
The girl looked up at her uncle with curious eyes.
"Well my dear, first you need to-"
"Oh! And what's a seer?" the girl then added. "And greates howror. Howror is scary, right? So scary is gonna arise? What's arise? And what's scary gonna do to it?"
"My girl, you ask too many questions," the uncle said after placing his hand on the girl's mouth to silence her.
He sighed and rubbed his temples.
"Alex dear, if you wish to learn, there's only one proper way to do it," the uncle said while removing his hand from the girl's mouth.
"What's that Uncle Aswal?" Alex asked while scooting herself closer to her uncle; all attention focused on him.
"You learn it yourself," Aswal said while crossing his arms, a grin forming on his face. "Getting someone else to tell you everything is only the easy way out. And in the end, you gain nothing from it. But if you try to find the answers on your own, then you'll always feel rewarded in the end."
"Ooooh. How do I find the answers?" Alex asked while rocking back and forth.
"Hmm, well we have plenty of books in the study for you to look at."
"Ooooh. So if I read books and learn then I get a prize?"
"Haha, why of course."
"What kinda prize, Uncle Aswal?" Alex asked while bouncing up and down.
"Knowledge. Which is one of the greatest prizes of all," Aswal responded while raising his index finger.
Alex gasped.
"I want it! I want it! I want the big prize!" she shouted excitedly, not knowing what the word knowledge meant.
Alex turned and ran for the study.
*SLAM*
"A-Alex! Are you all right?" Aswal asked while staring at the six year old who had run into a wall and was now on the floor.
"I'm okay, uncle," she said while getting up and dusted her clothes.
"My dear, you really should cut your hair. You can't see a thing with those long bangs of yours,"Aswal said with a worried look on his face.
"I'm okay," Alex said then took off again.
"Honestly, that girl."
Aswal sat in the chair and pulled out some documents from a manila envelope.
"Well maybe she won't bombard me with questions now that I've given her that speech," he said then chuckled.
His expression went grim as he noticed something written on the documents.
"What will I ever do?"
-CHAPTER ONE-
-A NEW BEGINNING-
"Let's ride that one," I said excitedly while pointing at the roller coaster.
Alice gulped, not feeling too pleasant about riding yet another dangerous ride located in the Amusement Park.
"I don't know… Maybe we should ride something safer first. We can always come back here later," she said while trying to convince me.
"But Gowland says this one's a real killer."
"He did, huh…?" Alice asked with a forced smile.
"Yeah! See, I read once about this roller coaster that could go up to 149 mph. Gowland says that this new one can travel past 170! Don't you think that's neat? It's a new record," I said while imagining how thrilling the ride would be.
It's been 3 months since I arrived in the Country of Hearts, and this would be my first time riding an actual roller coaster. It's only natural I'd be excited.
Suddenly a loud explosion was heard from behind. Alice and I quickly looked to see that the roller coaster had somehow exploded and was now in flames.
"Alice it-"
"Yeah."
"Do you think they're-"
"I don't know."
"…"
"…"
"You want to go home?"
"Yep. Let's do that."
With that said, we both turned and headed towards the exit. The Amusement Park, as thrilling as it was, never failed to demolish itself.
"Don't worry, Alex. We'll ride the roller coaster the next time we come here," Alice said with a warm smile on her face.
I smiled back. I truly was happy to have someone like her as a friend. She could be scary when angry, but she was also kind and caring. She was strict about dangerous things like weapons and warned the twins each time about where they could and couldn't take me. She even forced me to eat food on a daily basis which was kind of irritating at first. Though lately, I've been getting this warm feeling inside of me. At first, I thought of her as something like a sister, but now… I don't know. It feels like she's more than that. Alice is like…
"Alice?" I asked while looking at the young lady with curious eyes.
"What is it?"
"What is it like to have a mother?"
"A mother?" she asked in surprise.
"Yeah. I've never had one, so I don't know what it's like or how it feels. Do you know?"
"W-well… I-"
"Hey doll," said an annoying Cheshire cat as he embraced me from behind. "Leaving without even a hello? Way to suck."
Alice looked at us in surprise.
"Boris! Let go of me this instance," I demanded. "And how many times do I have to tell you that I'm not a doll?"
"I think you're misunderstanding some things, Alex," Boris said while refusing to let go. "Nya~. Do you mind if I borrow her, Alice?" he then asked.
Alice stared at us for a while then giggled.
"Well why not. I have to get to work anyways. You two play nice," she said as she waved to us then left.
"N-no wait. Alice? You have it all wrong!"
Boris then dragged me away into the crowds against my will.
"Here you go," Boris said while giving me a strawberry ice cream cone as we sat on a bench.
"Thanks," I said while eyeing the ice cream.
"Nya. You wouldn't tell me what flavor you like, so I had to guess. Do you like it?"
I looked up at Boris and gave him a fake smile.
"I do like strawberry."
"That's great!"
I softened while looking at Boris' happy expression. He was kind of cute like this.
"So I have an idea for what we can do."
"About?"
"Your crappy love missions," the cat responded.
"Hey! They're not crappy!" I shouted in anger.
"Whatever. Let's go on a date," Boris said while smirking.
"D-d-date?" I asked him surprise.
"Yeah. It'll be fun."
"Exactly how is this going to bring the twins closer to Alice?" I asked, forgetting the ice cream in my hand.
"Simple. I'll lead you around. You remember what we do. Tell me if you had fun or not, and if you did then tell the twins what happened," Boris explained as if it were the most simple thing in the world.
"I can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because I have someone I like," I argued.
"What? The gloomy clockmaker? Screw him. You know he only thinks of you as some kid," Boris argued back.
"How dare you! I know I have a chance with him if I try hard enough. You'll see," I said with determination.
"Well that's later. Now, we should focus on our date."
"No way."
I then felt something smooth and sticky running down my right hand.
I looked to see the ice cream dripping all over.
"Oh gawd," I said while throwing the cone into the trash. "Ugh, I hate sticky stuff."
"What a waste," Boris said as he walked up to me.
"Well sooorry if I wasted that precious ice cream. Someone had to go and spout nonsense about a d-d-daaaate! ? !"
My eyes went wide as Boris licked the ice cream on my hand.
"W-what are you d-doing?" I asked, flustered, as he continued to lick it all up.
He stopped, looked up at me, then smiled.
"Your face is red."
I glared hard at the pervy cat.
"You're cute when you're like that," he said then winked.
I could feel myself overheating. Whether it was from anger or embarrassment or even both, I'd make this cat pay.
"I really hate you."
"Whatever. Let's go," Boris said excitedly as he dragged me on. He had gotten used to all the hateful comments.
Maybe telling him I hate him almost all the time wasn't a good idea…
I lay on the bed, exhausted from spending an entire time period and a half with Boris. I'll admit that the rides were fun and sometimes scary at the same time, but it annoyed me when Boris went into flirt mode.
"That dumb cat," I murmured while staring up at the ceiling. "But being at the amusement park is fun… hmph! I'll never tell him."
I turned to my side and closed my eyes.
It was nice of Gowland to let me spend the night period in one of the guest rooms. I really did like that old man. Much better than Boris. Now if only he could play music better.
"…"
*sighs*
"I want to see Julius…"
That day when Julius first gave me his blood was when I felt a warmth in my chest like no other. How he protected me… The rare times when he was gentle… It's because he's usually so cold that those gentle times hold so many meanings for me. Plus, he was easy to talk to. I shared all my secrets with him. I feel like I could tell him anything…
Once, I read a book about a man who drank the blood of his lover. His love for her was greater than anything he had ever felt before, but drinking her blood only deepened their bonds. This made their love unbreakable and eternal.
Apparently those who drink the blood of their true love will always be bound to them.
"…"
"I guess it's like being tied down," I said while thinking of what Boris once said about falling in love. "No, no. Maybe something else."
"Ugh, oh well. I'll see Julius after a good sleep," I said while pulling the covers over me.
"Stupid Boris…" I said while drifting off to sleep.
"…lex…"
"Mmmh…"
"..Alex…ake up…"
"Hmm…"
"Alex… wake up…"
"Ugh… Nightmare?" I asked while opening my sleepy eyes.
I yawned loudly while trying to open my eyes.
No use.
Sitting up, I rubbed them and waited a while for my vision to become clear. Waking up was never fun… Especially when I'm still sleepy.
"Nightmare?" I asked while looking around with only my right eye open.
Guess I'm not dreaming.
As I stood up and stretched, I couldn't help but feel something was out of place.
"It's so quiet... And what happened to my room?" I asked while looking around.
I looked down at my wrinkled clothes.
"Oh dear. Looks like I forgot to change clothes," I said in dismay.
Realization then dawned on me.
That's right! I spent the night at the Amusement Park. No wonder my room's so different.
*chirp chirp*
It's pretty quiet out there.
*chirp chirp*
Quiet enough for birds…? Why do I hear birds?
I decided to take a look outside.
Was everyone taking a day off?
Doesn't sound possible though. But then again, what do I know?
My eyes went wide after opening the door at the scenery before me.
"A forest?" I asked in surprise while taking a few steps forward.
I looked around, left to right, trying to search for the Amusement Park.
"What on earth… WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED! ? !" I shouted, as I started to panick.
I spun around, deciding to go back into my room.
*slam*
I watched in dismay as the door to my room shut itself and vanished.
I started to quiver as I knew where I was and was completely clueless to how I got there and why.
"W-why m-m-me?" I asked, right eye twitching.
Rustling could be heard in the bushes behind me.
Turning my head slowly, I watched in horror as the rustling became louder.
My eyes went wide as the creature revealed itself and roared.
"A-a-a-a-a… AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ! !"
Haha... Poor Alex. Not only is she in a forest (a huge fear created by the twins and accidentally Ace), but she's also face to face with something else. Something scary! xP
Ahh so now it's time for Mary Haze's Questionnaire Corner! *ding ding ding*
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So hope you all enjoyed! Will aim to post the next chapter in a week. Will try hard for it. Going to break myself from this procrastination.
Take care everyone! x3