A/N- Third Story! This, I hope isn't a confusing story like some of my previous ones and there are some OCs but I promise it won't be an OCX Role holder.
The time setting is in modern world, Alice is 20 almost 21 and her attitude might change a little but I hope it's a good story.
P.S.-The kids talk might be confusing so let me know if there's anything that confuses you viewers.
Summary- Alice has two adopted kids named Crystal and Alex who are 3 and 4 and life is pretty normal for them except for one thing: Her two children are being hunted down by a guardian.
When Crystal and Alex fall into Wonderland and Alice soon follows, what will become of their lives?
Disclaimer: H/C/J No Kuni No Alice doesn't belong to me,
It belongs to QuinRose blah, blah, blah you know the rest.
Alice and her Unusual Family
Chapter 1
Alice and her Family
It's nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh, Oh...
So much for my happy ending
-My Happy Ending by: Avril Lavigne
"Can't catch me! Can't catch me!" a three year old girl screamed as she's being chased by her four year old brother.
"Caught you!" he exclaimed tackling her in a hug,
"Ha, ha, ha, that was fun, too bad Mama can't join us" she said frowning at the thought of her mom cooped up inside the mansion.
"Go get Mama" she said walking to her home (mansion),
"No need sugarplum, Mama's already here" a young woman of 20 was walking towards them with a bright smile on her face.
"Mama!" both kids exclaimed in surprise and happiness while tackling their mom to the ground.
All three of them continued to laugh and joke like any other day but none of them knows what they'll encounter in the future.
The young woman is known as Alice Liddell a college graduate who adopted two kids when she turned 18 (normal kids get a car for their birthday, Alice gets 2 adopted children).
The two kids are Crystal and Alex Liddell whose real parents are not yet known.
Crystal is three years old but is very smart for her age,
Alex is four years old and is a talented boy.
When Alice turned 18 she visited an orphanage and spended time with the kids, two kids got her attention and researched on their predicament,
After Alice read the file she decided to adopt them because she knew that they were special kids so that's where they are right now.
The next day Alice was reading to Crystal and Alex under a cherry blossom tree when Alice suddenly became sleepy,
"Crystal, Alex, Mama's just going to take a short…nap" Alice murmured the last part before sleep overtook her.
Crystal and Alex quietly left their mother's side to let her sleep while they just play quietly.
"I wish something interesting would happen" Crystal exclaimed,
"What brought that on?" Alex asked his sister strangely
"Crystal don't know" she answered simply as Alex sighs.
Meanwhile a pair of red ruby eyes was watching the children intently,
"I hope they have the right qualities or else the game will be ruined" he said to himself.
"Pretty butterfly!" Crystal exclaimed in surprise as a blue and silver butterfly flew past the two children.
Crystal began to chase the butterfly while Alex chased after her shouting for her to stop,
"Crystal! Stop!" Alex ordered his sister who was chasing the butterfly without a care in the world.
Suddenly Crystal bumped into someone while the butterfly suddenly disappeared from sight.
"Crystal sorry" Crystal apologized to the young man, who she bumped into,
Alex just stood there with shock clearly written across his face, not because of surprise but because of the strange appearance of the man.
"Good morning, I am Peter White and who are you two?" Peter asks,
"Mama said not talk to strangers" Crystal said to Peter while Alex was busy observing the strange man.
"You're not from here" Alex stated looking nervously at Peter,
Peter just smiled and held out his hand "You two are very bright children and I know you want to know the truth "he said.
After some persuasions from Peter the two children decided to take a short trip with him to visit the children previous home where their biological parents used to live.
Alex was pretty nervous about the whole thing so he decided to run to Alice and tell her about the trip.
Alex is a fast runner so before Peter could catch him he shouted
"Mama! We're going to a trip with Peter White" the four year old shouted before Peter lifted him off the ground and carried him away with Crystal catching up with them.
"Peter…White" Alice murmured before darting her eyes open and standing up to chase after them.
"Kids, stop!" Alice shouted but they're too far away to hear her until she saw Peter jump down into a hole with her two children.
When Alice reached the hole all three of them were gone,
Alice peered at the edge cautiously "I can't believe I'm doing this" she muttered to herself before taking a few steps then jumping down the hole closing her eyes.
'Alex, Crystal please be safe' were Alice's last thoughts before she saw a bright light at the end of the hole.
Alice groaned as she picked herself up from the cold stone floor at the top of a tower.
"Where am I? Oh yeah, Wonderland" she said to no one in particular.
Alice sighed as she began to quietly walk down without anyone spotting her too bad luck wasn't on her side.
A dark haired, young man spotted her and before anyone could ask what's going on the young man grabbed her and harshly brought her inside the tower.
Alice is in shock, Gray had never acted so harsh in front of her but Alice has really changed since her last visit to Wonderland so no one could really blame Gray for he thought she's an intruder.
"Julius, I found her on the roof of the tower what should we do with her?" Gray asked the navy haired man who was working on a bunch of clocks.
"I don't know and I don't care but I suggest you show her to Nightmare" Julius replied not looking up from his work.
Gray sighed and motioned for Alice to sit down then both men left in search for Nightmare.
'Nothing ever changes' Alice thought to herself then giggled at a few memories of the clock/clover tower gang.
Suddenly the door burst open and three men walked in whom apparently are arguing and shouting.
"I don't know how she got here!"
"Why am I the one whom you're blaming?"
"Leave me out of this mess!"
Alice just stared at the 3 young men, who were acting like children,
Deciding that finding her children is more important than watching their fight,
She cleared her throat causing the 3 men to look at her.
"Excuse me for interrupting your meeting but I would want to get out of this place so I can find my children" Alice stated calmly but her eyes show impatience, anger, sadness, hope etc.
"You're children?" Gray asks eyes slightly widening,
"Yes"
"First, introduce yourself and tell us how you got here" Julius ordered with no emotion on his face.
"My name is Alice Liddell, I'm 20 years old, I came to Wonderland to find my children so are you going to help me or not?" Alice asked the three men who were looking at Alice like she's joking or crazy.
"Your…children?" Gray asked with shock written clearly on his face,
"Yes, their names are Crystal and Alex" she answers annoyed.
No one said a word for about a minute or two until Julius decided to break the uncomfortable silence "Can you wait, we need to sort things out" he said holding his head.
Alice grumbled in annoyance but after 4 years of being away then suddenly arriving back to Wonderland people will be confused so she can't really blame them for wanting to sort things out.
"I guess I'll go make coffee, like before" Alice offered walking to the kitchen.
"I cannot believe she's actually back" came the voice of Nightmare, speaking everyone's thoughts.
Julius just sighed as Alice came back with three cups of hot coffee balanced on a tray,
"Here you go" Alice said handing everyone their cups of coffee.
"93 points, seems you've been improving" Julius said taking a sip,
"Yeah, I've been practicing" Alice replied sheepishly taking a seat.
Alice explained almost everything to them, leaving only unnecessary facts that may raise questions.
"Where will you and your children stay?" Gray asks,
"I guess the tower, I've lived here before so everything should be fine" Alice answered.
"I guess that's everything we need to know, you can look for your kids now" Nightmare said
"Thank you!" Alice exclaimed happily running outside to look for her children.
Alice thought that she remembered where the heart castle was but now she knows that she's lost.
Alice sighed in annoyance and started to walk to another random path thinking hard
'I hope Alex and Crystal are safe, if not I don't know what I'll do-'her thoughts were cut off because she just bumped into someone.
Alice fell down on the dirt floor but the man didn't even flinch but just smiled and held out his hand for her to take
Alice took his hand and smiled in gratitude.
"Thank you; by the way do you know where I could find the heart castle?" Alice asked the man who looked familiar to Alice.
"Yeah, I'm on my way there, you look familiar have we met before?" he asks
"Yes we have, I'm Alice Liddell nice to see you again Ace" Alice answered smiling gently at the young man in front of her.
"Alice! You've grown since I last saw you, why are you heading to the castle?" Ace asked
"I need something from there" Alice answered thinking of her kids.
"Sure! Follow me" Ace said grabbing her hand and leading her to who-knows-where.
"Ace I think we're lost" Alice stated looking at the smiling knight then looking at the dark and starry night sky.
"Yep!" he exclaimed happily taking out his camping gear and setting it up, then setting a campfire.
"So Alice what do you need from the castle?" Ace asked
"It's something… not that important" Alice replied avoiding eye contact.
Suddenly it started to rain, first a light sprinkle then it became hard rain
Ace took Alice's hand and led her to the tent for shelter from the rain.
"That came out of nowhere" Ace stated handing Alice a dry towel
"Thanks" Alice said in gratitude taking the towel.
Ace and Alice had small talk for a few minutes until Alice said that she's tired.
When Alice hit her head on the pillow she felt Ace lie down next to her and snake his hands around her waist snuggling his face onto her neck.
"Ace what are you doing?" Alice ask
"Sleeping" he stated bluntly
"Can you let go of me?" she asked annoyance evident on her voice
"Nope, I'm comfortable in this position" he replies in a husky voice
"That makes one of us" Alice mumbles trying to ignore a certain knight but smiling at the childlike state he's in.
"Night Alice"
"Night Ace"
That ended the conversation with Ace snuggling into Alice and Alice warming into it and both of them falling asleep.
Alice woke up by the sunlight hitting her eyes
"Ace what are you doing?" Alice asked sleepiness evident in her voice.
"Just setting everything up, are you ready to go to the castle" he asks
"Yeah, just give me a minute to fix myself" Alice replies.
Fifteen minutes later Ace and Alice are walking again until they came across a fork path.
"Hey Alice, let's go this way" Ace said pointing to the left path
"That's the where the tower is, the right path is this one" Alice countered pointing at the right path.
"I'm positive it's this wa-"Ace was cut off by Alice who's already dragging him to the right path.
When Ace looked into Alice's eyes he saw determination in them,
'I wonder what's so important.' Ace thought confused.
Alice is determined to find her kids and get them back.
I'm done with the first story!
Hate it? Love it? Suggestions? Review please and remember criticism, reviews and suggestions will be noted.
Crystal and Alex will make an appearance at the next chapter and updates will be quick but it may not be that creative so remember: suggestions are nice!
SPOILERS for the next chapter (some of them):
*Vivaldi and Peter will appear
*Alice will show how much she cares for her children
(In a fun way)
*Alice and her children will go to the amusement park or the hatter's mansion
*There's a new role holder in Wonderland
*Crystal and Alex will be super curious that will lead them into trouble