Author's Note:

Well...anyone experiencing any deja vu XD? If the summery or title seems familiar, this is a rewrite of the story Three Fangirls in the Country of Hearts: What Could Possibly Go Wrong. After going through it a couple of times, I realized how unfocused and inconsistent it is in terms of tone and direction and decided to redo the whole thing with a much better focus on what this story is about. For those of you who have read the previous story, even though the premise is still the same the old chapters have been rewritten and will be like reading another version of the original chapter. For those of you who haven't read the original, here is a little background about it:

As the summery indicates, this story is a self insert fanfic. Normally, I despise the thought of literally placing my true self into one of my works. However...this was written for two close friends of mine, in which we came up with situations if we were to enter the Country of Hearts. It gave me inspiration, and since my friends were super excited about me writing it, I decided to give in to my inner fangirl and just write it out, posting it online so she would have easier access to it.

Though just because I tribute this to my friends and is a self insert story, that does not mean I will not accept criticism. Nor does it mean I will not try hard to make sure it is as good as a fanfic of its kind can get. So please, do treat it like any other story, but just note what you are getting yourself into. It will be a challenge to write, strongly basing the OCs on my friends and I, but I am willing to step up and test my writing skills (and who knows, maybe it is possible to write a good quality self insert story XD).

Anyways, I hope you do enjoy it and please review!

Swirls of colors engulfed Liz's sight. Greens, blues, reds, whites–they whirl painting a picture similar to those of Van Gogh. Numbness accompanied her disoriented vision which refused to settle. She groaned, entangling her hand in her dark chocolate colored hair. A bitter, yet pleasant taste that reminded her of black coffee sat upon her tongue. The world slowly came into focus. She was staring at a bright and partly cloudy blue sky.

…Why wasn't she freezing? It was winter, wasn't it?

Confused and faintly light headed, Liz stopped rubbing her head and blinked at the warm sunny day that she knew was wrong. As she sat up and glanced around. Lush grass that was surrounded by neatly trimmed hedges, and a sing-song type of voice ringing in her ears.

Dazed, she turned to the source of the voices only to find a strikingly handsome man in a red suit and white bunny ears approach her and another man that was leaving…

Liz's eyes grew wide.

Wait. Bunny ears?!

"Ah! Good to see you are not seriously harmed."

"Huh…?"

Harmed? That explained why her head was aching, but not how she got hurt. She remembered a party. The New Year's party that her family threw…her best friends, Kat and Katie, were there...

"You fainted on the trip down," the handsome white haired man said, cutting her thoughts off. "You must still be dazed."

He came to her side, a pleased look in his ruby red eyes. He looked so familiar…

A memory suddenly flashed in Liz's mind. A pair of arms ensnared her, a sudden warmth engulfing her from the cold. She yelped in surprise, being carried off faster than she could comprehend…

"Liz!"

"Elizabeth!"

She and her friends were yelling, her desperately clinging to her captor's red coat.

There was falling, and then…

…Oh. Her blood turned to ice as the reality sank in. Oh no…

This was not good. This was very not good.

Standing in front of Liz was the one and only fictional character, Peter White. And she must be in Wonderland.

No... This has to be a dream. This cannot be real. It cannot be him. It must be a cosplayer or something.

A cosplayer who kidnapped her!

The red-eyed man blinked, tipping his head to the side.

"Are you well? You have been quiet for some time now. You are able to hear what I say, right?"

"…You fucking kidnapped me!" Liz suddenly yelled in anger, quickly standing up. "Where am I? Who the hell are you? Take me back!"

The Peter White…Cosplayer looked amused. "A furious one, you are!" he exclaimed. "A much shorter temper than my fair Alice!"

He suddenly glared at her as Liz tightened her fists.

"Now before you start attacking me, I shall explain everything."

He cleared his throat.

"My name is Peter White, the prime minster of Heart Castle. You are in the Country of Hearts, my dear, an outsider to a world where everyone is defined by the role they are born into, or even lack of role. All outsiders have to play the game once they drink the Medicine of the Heart."

Country of Hearts? I'm in the actual Country of Hearts?! And that vial is empty…

Now that Liz thought about it, staring at the empty glass vial Peter held in his hand, she did remember the taste of bitter coffee while disoriented from fainting…

That asshat! He is gonna pay for that!

Without warning, Liz drew her fist back and punched Peter's face with all the force she could muster. He stumbled back with a cry; surprised from the unexpected, but deserved, assault. Taking the opportunity, she sprinted towards one of the many paths through the hedges hoping to take the slim chance to escape.

Adrenaline coursed through her veins, helping her run faster than she thought she could. But the odds were not in her favor as she made just a short distance before she could hear footsteps behind her accompanied by an angry shout.

However her efforts to run were in vain. Running blindly in the hedge maze left her at a dead end.

Well…shit.

Skidding to a stop, Liz knew she was screwed. Assessing her surroundings, she could either wait for gun-toting Peter White or throw herself at the dense hedges to try to get through and slow her down.

Spinning around, she came face to face with the barrel of Peter's gun.

"What is wrong with you outsiders?!"

Liz froze staring at the gun inches from blowing her away. One finger twitch and she would be dead. No coming back. It would be an understatement to say she was terrified.

"I get tackled as I fall down the rabbit hole, only to then be assaulted by the outsider I choose to be Alice's new friend!" He ranted as Liz took a small step back.

"… T-tackled?" she hesitantly asked with a surprisingly steady voice, tearing her eyes away from the gun. Peter let out a heavy sigh.

"Yes. Your friends were very persistent. There was nothing I could do to shake them off. I had no choice but to bring one of them with us. Not sure what happened to the other one though..."

Kat and Katie are here in Wonderland too?! I hope they are okay…

"What did you do to my friends?" she questioned sharply.

"Nothing that concerns you. You are lucky that I need you for Alice or otherwise I would have ended you already!"

The harsh, dark tone in his voice made Liz immediately become quiet. There was nothing she could do. He could easily shoot her point blank if she tried to attack. No escape either. She was stuck playing hostage. There was a tense silence as they glared at each other.

"I don't know where your friends are," Peter finally answered. "However the one who tackled me I was able to push off and she must have landed somewhere else. I have alerted the castle guard that there is another outsider in Wonderland. The other one could either still be in your world or be somewhere out there just like your other friend."

Putting his pistol away, he let out a heavy sigh.

"Either way, I need to find out where they are before another roleholder does. Even if you are still mad at me, it will do you no good. If you want any chance of surviving Wonderland, I strongly suggest you come with me."

He stepped back, waiting for Liz to come to him.

She stared at Peter for a long moment, while she was relieved that he had put the gun away, which turned into a pocket watch. His red gaze still had a hostile look in them; but she didn't feel threatened by them like before.

I just need to cooperate...till I figure out what exactly is going on.

Steeling herself from any lingering fear, she walked forward and followed him towards the strange heart shaped castle.

How am I here talking with a fictional character from a manga?! And I know stuff from the books that outsiders shouldn't know.

She did read the manga Katie had introduced to her and Kat, getting them instantly hooked. It was kinda like a guilty pleasure since she was sort of a tomboy and wasn't that into romance. She never really put the thought in guys, especially now that she was in college. And now that she was an outsider here…everyone will fall in love with her.

Sighing at the stressful thought, Liz noticed that she was falling behind. Quickening her steps, she silently cursed her short legs before passing a faceless guard. Seeing it in real life instead of on the pages of the manga shocked her. She couldn't help but slow down and stare at the empty place where their eyes should be.

Peter, who had noticed the outsider's footsteps, had slowed and turned in annoyance. Grabbing her forearm in his gloved hand, he pulled her along to their destination; not caring why she had stopped. After a few seconds of being pulled, Liz in turn pulled her arm away, but still followed. There was a tense silence.

"Why don't they have eyes?"

He glanced at her. "They are the faceless. They don't have roles. I would have explained had you not tried to escape."

"That's your own fault for kidnapping me."

He shot her a glare before asking,

"What is your name?"

"…Liz."

Peter and Liz emerged from the hedge maze/garden and headed inside the large fairytale-like structure.

"Where are we going?"

"I am taking you to the queen to inform her of your arrival."

We are going to see Vivaldi? Great...

Liz continued to follow the Prime Minister, wondering if this was going to turn into anything like those Mary Sue, self-insert fanfics she read online...