A/N: Due to a twist of fate, Alice's confrontation with Bumby goes a little bit differently. However, things go on… Even if they happen 150 years in the future… After a deal with a spirit and with new memories of a new life she continues. Also somehow a VRMMORPG is involved.

This is what I had to deal with, but I didn't let it keep me from writing another AMR crossover.

Warnings: Contrived plot elements to start things off, but hey how else would this crossover fic even be possible. Also probably OOCness… I mean Alice will hopefully still be Alice, but she will be different since she is put into the future with a better, but still somewhat similar background. Also she spent most of her teen years living in Japan.

I could go on, but I think you have the idea… A lot of changes… I still see her as Alice even if she is much different now… Hopefully you will all see her this way as well. I Promise I still think this is a good story, but maybe it's just because I am biased.

Anyways on to the story.

Prologue: The Deal of a Lifetime

"Oh please, Alice. Who do you think people will believe?" said an arrogant mocking male voice. Green eyes glared at the man speaking.

"Ha. Glare at me all you want, Miss Liddell, but you know it's the truth. After all, I am the Good Doctor Angus Bumby. A kind and sophisticated gentleman who could easily be a professor or Dean at Oxford University. Instead I help damaged children forget their painful memories and become productive members of society."

He then gave a smirk. "You're just a raving mad woman who lost her whole family and kept repeating 'I killed them, I killed them.' Do you honestly think they will take your word over mine?" Dr. Bumby watched Alice lose her confidence for a moment.

Her green eyes narrowed again after a few seconds. "I will just have to point out the children and surely the police or someone will realize how odd it is and investigate. There is no way you can completely win."

The 'good' doctor gave a harsh laugh. "Don't you get it, Alice? I've already won. Your 'Wonderland' is in ruins, you have no one left, and you're a complete and utter mental mess. As for someone investigating me…"

He paused and gave a confident grin, "Well many powerful men in this area are 'esteemed clients' of mine. You will find particular tastes of all kinds at every level of society. I provide them a means to enjoy these tastes. They will gladly make sure I'm safe, even if someone actually believed you."

Alice looked down to the ground in thought. The doctor wasn't finished talking yet though. "However, I must say this isn't at all how I wanted things to be. You were supposed to be an extra special treat."

He gave her a lustful gaze, "A beautiful young woman with a troubled past who learned to behave as she should and fit in with upper society. A lovely seductive treat that gave my clients more than just a quick and easy good time in the bedroom. This was supposed to be my plan for you, Alice."

The 'gentleman' started to pace a little bit as Alice listened in silent disbelief at his audacity. "You ended up being more trouble than you were worth when you started going on about that silly little fantasy world of yours."

He gave a scoff, "even then I decided you could just be a desperate beauty willing to do anything to forget her painful memories. This would have still been rather profitable for me."

He then gave her a quick glare and accusingly said, "But you had to keep digging into your forgotten memories."

Angus Bumby stopped his pacing and tapped his cane on the stone floor. He didn't need the cane, it was simply for style, plus it made for a great tool when used properly. "I almost thought I would have to kill you when you started remembering that tramp sister of yours."

"Don't you dare call Lizzie that! You foul, loathsome, hateful, disgusting worm!" Alice shouted at him.

The doctor actually burst out in a laugh. "Oh I will say what I want about her. She got what she wanted in the end, despite how she played hard to get. She may have said 'no' but I know she meant 'yes'."

"The incident in the restroom at the train station was just a little game she was playing. She called for that guard and he came and checked, but I had already made my escape. I won that game of her's along with the many others she played," the man said as if it only made sense.

"Ohh she really was quiet the tease, your sister. Acting like she was disgusted by me when she really wanted me in every way. Regardless it doesn't matter now. I'm finished with you, Alice." He scoffed in dismissal at her.

He then gave a smirk as he opened a pocket watch with his left hand while he gripped his cane tightly in his right hand. "In fact, I'm waiting for your replacement right now, Miss Liddell."

Alice heard a train whistle blow nearby. The frail young woman looked to the ground in anger and desperation. She couldn't think of much to do here in her current stance.

She heard the whistle blow again closer this time. She clenched her fists tightly. She knew he was right. She now knew the only way to get justice would be by her own hands.

Her eyes were a storm of emotion unseen by the foul fiend in front of her. Her green eyes finally narrowed. She knew what she had to do. She wished it wasn't this way, but it was.

She had to end him. Not just for herself, not just for Lizzie or her family. No, she had to do this for all of the lives this man twisted for his own gain.

Bumby felt an odd tenseness in the air suddenly. He looked behind him and his jaw dropped open. Alice stood right in front of him, but she wasn't the sickly pale skinned, disheveled haired and dull eyed frail woman anymore. She had somehow transformed.

She was still pale skinned, but she looked healthy nonetheless. Her hair was dark almost black with a red tinge to it and stopped around the middle of her back. Her green eyes were vivid and filled with life.

Angus took a couple of steps backwards trying to figure out what was going on here. People can't just suddenly change like that. "Not possible…" he muttered to himself.

Alice walked up real close to him with a lovely confident, but dangerous smile gracing her lips.

She was now standing right in front of him. She seemed to tower over the doctor despite being more than a head shorter. Alice then softly said to him, "You didn't win."

Her words perplexed the doctor until she gave him a strong shove off the train platform right as the train arrived. Seconds before he was out of reach, Bumby managed to swipe out at her legs with his cane on instinct catching her off guard.

Alice gasped in surprise as she started falling sideways. The last thing she saw as the side of her head hit the hard stone floor harshly, was the train slam into Bumby's body. Just then Alice heard a hard crack and the world started to disappear into black nothingness. Alice felt a little glad she at least managed to give the justice Dr. Bumby deserved as life finally left her body.

{-} {-} {-}

Green eyes opened slowly to a white world as the young woman gave a groan. Alice eventually sat up and shook her head to clear the fog in it. She looked around and saw nothing but a white cloud world around her. She wasn't sure where this was or if it was just another hallucination.

"It isn't a hallucination I assure you, Alice Liddell," a calm voice said to her.

"Most of the hallucinations I've met would say the same thing," Alice answered dryly.

"True, but would they say so before you even asked? Also would they tell you that you are actually dead right now?" The voiced replied just as calmly.

Alice thought on that. As odd as it sounded to some people, it was true the hallucinations of her mind wouldn't do those two things. Alice finally turned around towards the voice and saw a figure that looked like a man in a white robe sitting nearby on a tuft of cloud. "So, I'm dead then? Does this mean this is…?"

The voice cut her off. "Yes you are dead, but no this is not heaven, nor is it hell. It isn't even really purgatory." Alice's eyes widen a bit in surprise.

"So where is this place and who are you… Are you… ummm God?" Alice asked unsure of herself. This wasn't like anything she had been through before, which said a lot.

"No. I am merely a spirit servant. I'm not even considered an angel. They are too busy with other matters. As for where this is… It's a crossroads of sorts," the spirit answered.

"I thought you said this wasn't purgatory though," Alice said. She wasn't all that religious. Not really surprising considering all she had been through in her brief life.

"It isn't. Purgatory is where souls are purified before going into heaven, or so many would have you believe. Really it is where one waits to be judged based on all their deeds and everything they have been through. This place here is a crossroads, like I said. You have a choice to make," the spirit said.

"I might regret asking this, but why do I have a choice to make and what is this choice?" asked Alice.

"Your life was filled with much misery. You were treated horribly at Rutledge Asylum and then mistreated by that so called 'good' doctor. In case you are wondering, he went on the fast track to an eternity of suffering," the sprit spoke to Alice.

Alice felt a little vindicated hearing this as the spirit kept talking to her. "Because of this fact and the fact you were taken before your time. You are a special case. You can either go on and be judged on everything you did including the sin of taking a life."

Alice's jaw dropped as she spoke. "He was a horrible horrible man that trained children to use them as prostitutes. He raped and murdered my sister! He even burned down my home with my family still inside! Not to mention his 'plans' for me." Alice felt angry that she was being told she did the wrong thing. She was fairly certain she did London, if not the world, a favor by ending Bumby's life.

"All that may be. But you don't regret killing him, you don't even wish to be forgiven for the deed. Also taking another's life is still a sin regardless of if they 'deserved it' or not," said the spirit in a stern voice.

Alice gave a sigh and just listened. The spirit decided her argument was finished, so he continued. "As I was going to say. You have a choice, Miss Liddell. You can either choose to go on and be judged, or you can go through a trial that will be taking place in the future of your world. The choice is yours. Do you have any questions?"

The spirit always asked when there were cases like this if they had questions. Usually no one asked questions though. They either quickly chose to pass on, or take the chance at a second life. Alice, though, would be different.

"If I choose to go for the test how long will I have to wait? How far into the future will it be?" she asked.

"It will take place about 150 years in the future." Alice gasped hearing this. "However, if you choose to take the second chance at life, you will quickly wake up during that time. The flow of time is different here after all and our Blessed Lord will control it in a manner."

"You will also be given the knowledge needed to understand what is going on and to stand on equal footing with the others in this situation, but they won't be on their second life like you, they will be on their first and most likely only life," the spirit said in a business like tone.

Alice was in deep thought on his words as she asked, "What is the goal to complete this… test… Also, though this may not be related, am I truly over my madness now? I really hope this isn't just some part of that."

The spirit despite the serious nature of this situation gave a small smile. "The only goal for you is to survive the test. You are truly over your madness, Miss Liddell. A feat very few can accomplish on their own like you did, much less twice."

The spirit wasn't sure what the plan for this woman really was if she took the deal, but he figured the fact she had overcome so much on her own would play a key role in it. He couldn't show it, but if she took the deal he would root for her, for all the good it would do.

After a few moments of thought, Alice finally had her choice. "I will take this test. As tempting as it would be to just be done with it all and go on to eternity. I know Lizzie and my parents would want me to live on if I had the chance. I know they would be happy to see me again, but they would want me to take a chance at possibly earning a happy long life."

The spirit nodded to her. "Very well. Remember you only have to survive. It doesn't matter how you do this, but your actions will determine how this test may affect your second life. However, so long as you truly regret any bad actions you may take and ask for forgiveness you will be given it, if you prove you truly mean it. The Lord is very forgiving after all. "

Alice gave him a determined look as she stood ready for whatever had to be done for her to go on with this test. The spirit gave a few last words of wisdom to her. "No matter how bad things may seem. If you keep living there will always be chances for things to get better. Good luck, Alice."

Once the words were spoken, the spirit vanished and the world around Alice turned bright white. As the world turned bright white, knowledge, images, sounds and feelings rushed through her. It was an overwhelming amount of information, but Alice didn't feel overcome by it.

She didn't feel burdened or squashed or anything like that. All of the information felt natural to her, it felt like it was always there in her brain. There wasn't even a headache. She supposed this was due to the source of the knowledge given to her.

{-} {-} {-}

Alice's vision seemed to clear after a few seconds. She saw only white light, but it was different from meeting with the spirit. It didn't seem like supernatural light or anything. She quickly realized what it was she was seeing. She somehow felt she had read all about it before, but actually using the NerveGear for the first time was different.

The young woman still thought it was weird she had to touch herself all over to calibrate the device. She did so, but it still felt kind of… perverted to her. Right now she didn't really care about it much. Usually something like this would have bothered her, but she was excited about this new technology and she wondered what a VRMMORPG would actually be like.

She considered herself a proper young woman and knew she was from a very upper-class and educated family, who didn't usually spend much time with things like video games. However, she also knew everyone needed something they did for fun. She chose online video games and played them in healthy moderation.

Her uncle might have frowned on such things when others talked about it, but he had a soft spot for his niece and ward, Alice. He knew she needed some kind of escape from what had happened to her, so long as she never forgot her family it was okay.

Alice knew this was her 'cover' in her second life. She wasn't sure why this was needed, but she supposed the powers above were just very thorough with placing her in this second life. She was surprised how well it matched up with her 'first' life.

In her second life, she was the last daughter and heiress to the Liddell Family fortune. She lost her parents and sister to a horrific house fire when she was 8 years old. She survived because her father told her to jump through the window and save herself.

Alice survived with only minor injuries, but her mind was in shambles. She suffered a severe case of Survivor's Guilt. She was supposed to end up living with her Uncle immediately, but it was decided by the doctors and her uncle, who couldn't be there for her at that moment due to extenuating circumstances, she be given a chance at a more stable life. She was next carefully put into the foster system.

The foster family she was put with was a good family who treated her well, but Alice couldn't get over her guilt. It became too much for them to handle and Alice was admitted into an asylum.

On the bright side, the asylum in her new life was much better than Rutledge. Her care takers actually treated her well, and many of the 'treatments' of the late 1800s were now illegal and better practices used instead for patients.

After five years, she was completely over her Survivor's Guilt and had a full bill of health. Her uncle was able to set things up by this time so he could give her the support, love, and care she deserved and needed. She did have to move to Japan though.

Her uncle fell in love with Japan in his younger days, and it was decided this would be a nice change for her. Some distance from her past would help keep her going and prevent her from slipping into a relapse. She did go on a trip with her uncle every year to visit their family's graves though.

This change was rough at first, but Alice managed to fit in and also fall in love with Japan. She eventually found video games and that became one of her past times. She was very interested in a game called Sword Art Online, since it was first mentioned in the media several years ago.

Sword Art Online was a virtual reality massive multiplayer online role playing game. Her uncle was a little skeptical of letting her play such a thing, but she convinced him it might end up being the wave of the future in both the technology and entertainment worlds. He finally decided to let her play it so long as she was careful not to get too lost in it.

Alice was now getting online for the opening day of the game. Her uncle gave her the NerveGear and the game as an early birthday present.

{-} {-} {-}

It took some time, but the white screen in front of her finally said, "Update Complete."

Alice now had to choose her avatar for the game. She decided to keep it fairly close to what she really looked like with some 'enhancements'. Her hair was dark pink for one. She really couldn't resist it. It was still the same length as her real hair though.

Alice was tempted to choose one of the many elaborate and very stylized hair dos in the game, but she actually prided herself on how silky smooth and straight her hair was. There were many who envied her for it at the high school she attended.

Another physical trait she was also proud of, were her vivid green eyes. They were a family trait and so she loved them even more. She decided to keep those on her avatar. This was something she did with almost every character she made for any game.

The last 'enhancement' she choose was to increase her bust size 'only by a little bit'. She wasn't one of those girls who always wanted bigger breast or anything like that really, but she always wondered what it would be like. In real life, she was rather slim in build but actually rather curvy given her petite body. Still she couldn't help but increase her avatar's bust a little bit more out of curiosity.

In the end, she mostly just kept her clothing and starter armor with the standard settings. She knew inside the game most gear would have its own style to it anyways. This meant there wasn't much reason to mess with colors on your armor and such from the get go.

The last thing she choose was her name in the game. She quickly typed in 'Alice'. She knew most people made up fantasy names and such, but she went with her actual name. It wasn't a very common name in Japan anyways, and there were plenty of people in MMOs who used English or almost English names. Besides she liked her name, her parents picked it for her after Lizzie suggested it. Her name was probably her closest emotional link to her immediate family now.

All of her decisions made, Alice finally entered the game. Her vision was overcome by several racing lights. Several popups appeared and instantly closed as they showed settings in the game and link status as 'ok'. Finally the world started to come into view in front of her eyes.

It was time for her 'test' and second life to begin. Alice intended to make the best of it. Not just for herself, but for her family too. She would live on for both of her family's first and second lives. She would also make the best of this new chance she was lucky enough to receive.

A/N: I know what is happening to Alice isn't exactly fair to her, but honestly I couldn't think of any other way to bring these two worlds together. Also I hope I didn't offend anyone with the religious aspects of this chapter. I did take some liberties here, but oh well. It's my fanfic.

Also… this is a mostly Alice and another character (not Kirito thought he will be a major character) centric fic. Finally, this is yet another fic that I am doing just for fun so who knows how it will end up playing out in the grand scheme of things. I still would like to hear your thoughts on the story and such so feel free to tell me.

One final note: I have a few chapters already written so don't be too surprised if the first few come out quickly. At the same time, though I know this is asking a lot, don't be too upset when future chapters take a lot of time to come out.

This fic will most likely not cover the ALO arc. I hate that arc and everything it stands for. I did however love the Aincrad Arc and the second season of the series (even if I still need to finish it).

One last warning before we start. There will be a lot of liberties taken with this fic so don't be too angry. I have a lot of extra levels to add in and such. Plus this is a cured Alice. This means she will be powerful and strong. I don't plan on making her more op than Kirito, but she and some others will be close to his level. Kirito and Asuna will still be major characters in this story. It just won't revolve around them exclusively like the anime/manga do is all.