Hey guys~ this isn't a new one, I just decided to post it but I hope I can get farther when my vocabulary raises its level :P I really like this one! It's a bit of a fanfic but not? It's based off wonderland at first but then it leads off...I just have it planned xD but yeah, have fun with it guys! Tell me what you think! toodaloo~

Chapter 1:

Today was the day. Today I have decided to finally work up the courage and confess my love to my one and only. It seemed fitting to do it on Valentine's Day don't cha think? It was also my senior year. Good bye high school! Hello, new world. So I figured I would do it this year.

I was sitting at the breakfast table with my friends in the cafeteria, as usual listening to their chatter. I was the one dressed as a Goth but I went for the cute look. You know, black everything but in corsets and tutus. I was wearing a tutu but today I wore a loose crop top with a kawaii cloud on it saying "I rain on your parade." My hair was black with neon blue by the way. Very cool right? Of course. Lip piercing and a lot of piercings on my right ear too. One on my left. I'm Claudia by the way. But everyone calls me Cloud.

Then there's the military dog and my best friend, Ryan. Combat boots, camouflage pants, muscle shirt, dog tags yada yada. He's a brunette and one of the tallest guys I have ever met. He also has the most peculiar amber eyes. So bright and freaky/cool looking I swear he can look right through your soul if you had one.

The last of the trio is the punk rock chic whom I adore named Sylvia but we call her Silver. Mostly because of her hair. It's this pretty white color and styled into those crazy scene hairstyles. Ocean blue eyes compliment it and well, you can guess her clothing. There's too much to describe. She also has a lip piercing though. And yes. We are labeled the Freaks.

Abruptly, I stood up causing my two friends to stop talking immediately. They gave me equal looks of confusion and curiosity. "I'm gonna do it. Today's the day." Understanding lit up in Ryan's eyes and he gave me a slow smile, "About time. Since when did you like him anyway? 3rd? 5th grade?"

Silver was a little slow until Ryan began to talk then a light bulb went on in her head. "Really? You're seriously going to? You're not gonna flake out like last time are ya cutie? It's our last year~", she said in a sing song voice.

I scoffed, crossing my arms, "Of course I'm going to! What better day than today?" They both crossed their arms and gave me equal looks of right-of-course-you-are. That only made me laugh because they always seemed to do things in unison. It's like they secretly practice to pick on me.

Ryan threw an apple slice at me all of sudden but I managed to dodge…barely. Guess who it hit though? My love…indeed. My eyes grew wide for just a second as I turned slowly, watching my crush run his hand through his night black hair, wondering who threw the slice. He looked up and his green eyes met my blue and hazel ones. I walked up to him slowly, hearing the snickering behind me. Damn that Ryan. My love looked up at me with an unsure look in his eyes. He gave me a crooked smile, one of the many I adored,"Uh…did you happen to throw that apple?" I could only stare until I reminded myself of the mission at hand. I gulped and shook my head slowly," No, uh...no Daniel. That was Ryan… I came to a-apologize for him since I was already standing." I looked down at the ground, looking at the belt straps on my knee-top shoes. I could only look at those eyes for so long.

He laughed softly, nodding his head once,"Alright well, apology accepted Cloud." He gave me a two-fingered salute as he began to walk away and I stood there, frozen. Something hit my cheek (another apple slice) and I looked up to see Ryan and Silver gesturing wildly in the direction of Daniel. I pouted, crossed my arms and walked after him quickly. He was almost as tall as Ryan and today he was wearing a red plaid shirt with black jeans, a chain attached to the pocket and also his black Converse.

I tapped his shoulder once just before he reached his table and he turned to look down on me (not in the negative way, the literal way). Daniel gave me a polite smile," Yeah?"

"I…well, I…" I clasped my hands together and tried again. I cleared my throat as Daniel waited patiently.

"Mr. Winchester."

"Madam Sinclair." His eyes sparkled with amusement, seeing that I had something important to say.

Then I blurted it all out as fast as I could," You see...I've…hadsuchabigcrushonyoueversincewewerelittleandIfinallyhadthecouragetotellyounoweventhoughitslateasbutter!" I sucked in a deep breath and waited for him to reply, again fixing my gaze on the ground.

A few moments passed and I began to worry if he was going to answer me or not. I lifted my head up slowly, peeking at him through my bangs. Daniel had a grin on his face with the same amused spark in his eyes.

"Late as butter…?"He questioned.

I laughed nervously, standing up straighter while pushing a stray lock of hair back. "Uh yeah, butter moves slow…?" My face began to show my confusion as I wondered if he heard the first part of my confession at all. It turned out he did as his face changed from amused to serious.

I knew then that he wasn't going to return my affection. I was prepared for this if this was the case. But I knew it won't be enough to keep my feelings protected. He smiled at me kindly, a guarded look in his eyes.

"Ah Cloud, I know we've known each other since we were kids and maybe that day at the canal made you feel differently about me or something but…I see you more as a sister." He ran his hand through his hair with an apologetic shrug. I understood what he meant, I really did but I still felt my heart begin to crack and shatter to tiny pieces like glass. I kept my face from revealing my feelings though, giving him a smile instead.

"I understand." That was all I could say, feeling my throat begin to close up threatening to bring tears to my eyes. Daniel stepped forward to give me a quick hug before heading to his friends. I just thought that was cruel. I knew it was a friendly 'sorry' hug but I wished he didn't touch me. I didn't move from my spot until he sat down and that's when I turned and walked back to my friends. Their eyes held the curiosity of wanting to know but once they saw my face, it turned to sympathy. Ryan scooted my chair closer to his and patted it.

I gave him a small smile and sat down, slouching in my chair. Silver crinkled her nose in Daniel's direction.

"I don't feel like being in school anymore", I said, my voice hollow.

Ryan nodded, "Let's go. We can go stuff you with ice cream." Silver grinned and we all stood up simultaneously.

"I call Rocky Road!" Silver said, skipping to the cafeteria doors with Ryan and me following behind. He looped my arm through his, patting my hand as he yelled out to her, "I said we're stuffing Cloud with deliciousness, not you fatass!"

I laughed, noticing Silver looking back at Ryan with a glare and continued to prance on. They always made me feel better. I still hurt obviously but they soothed some of the pain.

"I call Lucas!" I said, pulling Ryan along to catch up with Silver and he looped her arm through his other one.

We walked out of school with ease as the bell for 1st period rang. Good thing this school didn't really care about ditchers.

"I'm such a pimp" Ryan said, trying to put on a cool face while heading to the car. Silver and I rolled our eyes, pushing against him. It turned into a sandwich hug.

"Ladies! Ladies! Please, there's enough for everyone." He laughed, pretending to be out of breath.

"Jeez, you never stop do ya Ryan?" I asked, pretending to be annoyed as I got in the passenger seat of the car. Silver got in the back and Ryan was designated driver. He's the least craziest driver out of the three of us and that's saying something.

"I'm not going to give you the privilege of a response." He said with a smile, starting the car and backing out quickly, zooming out of the parking lot.

"Does that even make sense?" Silver said with a thoughtful look. Ryan just gave her the finger and continued to drive, heading to the store. I sat back in my seat, looking out the window as I replayed the events of my confession over and over, drowning out the bickering of my friends.

xXx

I awoke to the sound of doors opening and closing, my eyes opening slowly. A hand shook my shoulder lightly, "Cloud. Hey Cloud, wake up. We're home." I groaned, sliding out of the car to the pavement.

I heard a sigh coming from Ryan and I looked up to see him standing before me, arms crossed. "Really? Just get up. Silver already put the ice cream in the fridge and I'm not about to pick you up, princess."

I huffed, standing up quickly blinking up at the cloudy sky. "You know I hate that nickname."

"It worked though. That's why I used it." Ryan said as he led me up the few steps to our house. We all lived together. Yes, it's scandalous. Well maybe not but we all hated our parents so we pitch in on the rent. I liked my mom though but not the family. I had two half-siblings who she had with their dad; I never liked any of them. They didn't like me either since I was considered the half-breed so mom let me stay with my friends where it's better.

Both of Ryan's parents are in the military so they're constantly moving around from place to place and Ryan is eighteen so they just gave him money to start living on his own. Silver is a delicate case…her mother is in an asylum who knows where right now and her father is somewhere in the U.K but he has a monthly allowance for her.

Silver was sprawled on the couch, already devouring Rocky Road ice cream as she watched The Walking Dead on Netflix. Ryan joined her, sitting on the armchair opening a bag of Ruffles and stuffing them in his mouth. I shook my head at the ridiculous scene before me and walked past them into the hallway, looking at a couple of pictures of us perched on the wall. I stopped walking when I came across a particular picture. This one contained me and Daniel sophomore year in Disneyland with us wearing Mickey mouse ears.

I choked back on a sob, heading to my room with a heavy weight on my shoulders. I closed the door behind me with a soft click, biting my lip to keep from crying. I refused to cry. It's a very annoying thing to do.

'Get it together Claudia.' I thought as I slowly changed into a pair of black shorts and tank top to sleep in. I wanted to take a nap and never wake up since there was nothing to distract me from Daniel now. With a shuddering sigh, I collapsed on my bed and quickly fell asleep, letting the tears flow.

xXx

It's too early! She is in no condition to do this.

Silence! You will do as I say and bring her. No dawdling!

A sigh. As you wish…

A rustling was heard in the room as if whoever it was was hesitant to grab my attention. Well, they got it now since whoever it was woke me. I rubbed my eyes of sleep, head still on my comfortable pillow. My eyes scanned the darkened room, the blinds blocking out the sun even though the clouds were already doing that.

The rustling returned, making me look in the direction of my closet and there in front of it stood a rabbit. Not like any rabbit, oh no. It was a black rabbit with a white top hat. I rubbed my eyes again, making sure I wasn't seeing things or still dreaming. When that didn't work I reached over to my nightstand to turn on the lamp, illuminating the room with a soft glow.

The rabbit was still there, staring at me. I noticed it had a white spot on its right eye shaped like a diamond and it was also wearing a white bowtie. How fancy. I feel unworthy. I stared back at it, not really knowing what to do until it hopped closer.

"Well? Aren't you going to get up?" the rabbit said. I blinked in confusion. It talked. That is automatically awesome. I nodded slowly, swinging my legs over the side of the bed and sat up, reaching down to grab my converse and slip them on.

When I stood up, the rabbit was already waiting in the hallway. I wondered how my door opened. The cute little rabbit couldn't have possibly reached up and turned the knob. I walked towards him and before I reached down to pick him up; he dashed off ahead of me.

I groaned,"Hey wait Sir Rabbit." I shuffled slowly in the direction he took, watching the front door open by itself so the rabbit can go outside. That's not weird at all.

I entered the living room when Ryan, who was still eating junk food, blocked my way," Sir Rabbit?" He looked at me with an amused expression on his face, for a moment reminding me of Daniel's. My heart clenched at the memory but I quickly recovered before my face betrayed me. I pointed to the door and rolled my eyes, stepping around him to the front door.

"Hey wait. Where are you going?" Ryan and Silver said in unison. I swear they could be twins separated at birth. I ignored them and closed the door behind me, jumping over the steps to the yard. I searched it, hoping the rabbit didn't get to far. I had to follow that rabbit for some reason. Maybe because it talked, who knows?

I found him on the other side of the street, where the trees grew thicker, waiting for me. "You sure take your time miss."

I jogged across the street, reaching him and shrugged," I make people wait for me. Not the other way around Sir Rabbit." He gave me a peculiar look, one I couldn't pinpoint because, well, he's a rabbit. He turned to continue taking me to wherever until I heard the front door open with Ryan and Silver coming out.

I looked between them and the rabbit, watching him hop away into the cover of trees. I decided to wait for my friends, knowing the rabbit was going to wait.

"Cloud, cutie. Where ya going? Were you going to play hide and seek with the ghosts?" asked Silver with a serious tone when they caught up to me. Ryan just looked at me, wondering what was going on in my mind. I wondered too.

"I'm pretending to be Snow White. The rabbit took my slipper." I laughed and jogged after the rabbit, hearing my friends footsteps follow me.

"But cutie, you have both your shoes on!" Silver pointed out, believing what I said. I recognized that tone. She wasn't all here with us right now and that worried me but I had to follow Sir Rabbit. There was a slight problem with that. I lost track of him. I slowed to a stop in a small clearing, turning my head this way and that, trying to see a little mass of black fur.

"Over here." I turned to the left, seeing the little rabbit wave its paw to grab my attention. I didn't know rabbit limbs could move that way. As I was about to take a step towards him, a hand grabbed my wrist and I looked up to see Ryan with an incredulous look on his face.

"He talked..." Ryan narrowed his eyes, on the alert. I could see his protective, 'dog' side appear but I simply pulled him along with Silver's help. She was eager to follow the rabbit as well and I knew she would.

"Sir Rabbit, where are you taking us exactly?" I asked. The rabbit only began to hop away deeper into the forest that wasn't really a forest. Once again, I lost sight of him and that was beginning to frustrate me.

Ryan snorted and crossed his arms over his broad chest," Never trust talking animals."

Silver giggled, a crazed look in her eyes," Like you're one to talk, dog."

"Okay you potatoes. Quiet! We need to find him." I waved my arms in front of them in a random manner, making us all laugh.

Ryan shook his head and walked a couple steps ahead of us, "Being as I am commander and the muscle of this group, don't forget that I am also a gentleman, I will go first." Well now we know he's back to normal. Silver and I shared an eye roll and walked beside him, ignoring the comment he made.

"Mister Rabbit! Senor Conejo!" Silver called out. We walked a couple more steps until the trees became even thicker. It seems we really did lose Sir Rabbit.

"I guess we could head back home. I mean, it seems like black rabbit doesn't want to grace us with his presence any-Ahhhhhhh!" I was walking a couple steps ahead of my friends, not really paying attention to the ground until I fell into an endless abyss.

"Cloud!" I heard them frantically call, seeing their faces as I fell down, down, down. A shaking laugh escaped my lips as they jumped in after me without hesitation.

'These idiots…' was my last thought before I closed my eyes.