Voyage One: The lost mouse
"I wonder if Peter's around," Alice said to herself as she walked towards Heart Castle, "I hope not, he gives me such a headache every time I'm around him."
"Aye, that's a real shame, then" a thick female pirate accented voice said, causing Alice to jump slightly, for she never heard the voice before, "I was hoping that blasted rabbit would have a mate by the time me ship gave birth!"
Alice quickly turned on her heel and saw a mouse eared figure that looked similar to Pierce Villiers with the exception that the figure's left eye was covered by bangs and their hat was that of a pirate's. The figure also had what looked like a saber attached to their belt.
"Who are you?" Alice asked after a moment of staring at the strange figure.
"The name's Captain Rose Villiers, King of the Pirates that sail the Wonderland Sea." Rose said with a smile as she swung a brown sack over her shoulder. The sound of metal hitting metal rang from the sack, making Alice most curious as to what was inside. "I'm also the Dormouse of Wonderland, and might I ask, what ye may be?"
"I'm Alice Liddell and an outsider." Alice said politely with a smile on her face.
"An outsider, eh?" Rose said as she took a step towards Alice and sniffed the air. "No wonder you smell funny."
"Thanks…" Alice said as she stared at Rose nervously.
"Say, ye wouldn't happen to do me a tiny whiny favor, would you lace?" Rose asked with a cheeky smile that made Alice think of Boris all of a sudden. "I…sorta forgot where the clock tower is, would you mind leading me there?" Rose continued as she scratched the back of her head nervously.
Alice thought for a moment or two about accepting the offer or just leaving her here and going to the castle instead. But Alice didn't have the conscious to do so to the poor captain.
"Sure, it's this way." Alice said as she began walking back the way she came.
"Thank you, Alice." Rose said cheerfully as she followed behind Alice closely.
"So your last name is "Villiers", right?" Alice asked after a moment of silence.
"Aye, what about it?" Rose asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice as she eyed Alice suspiciously.
"Does that mean you're related to a Pierce Villiers?" Alice asked nervously.
"You know me baby brother? How's the poor lad doing these days? Is that mangy pink feline still brothering the living daylights out of him?" Rose asked as she perked up a little.
"I know him and he's been doing alright with the exception that Boris keeps chasing him and Ace and Vivaldi hate him." Alice said with a hint of worry in her voice.
"What else is new about those two air heads?" Rose said, sounding annoyed, "Those two don't know a cute creature when they see one staring at them in the face."
Alice remained silent to that comment as she and Rose neared the clock tower as a blur of black and white passed by them. This made Alice stop in her tracks and caused Rose to slightly bump into her.
"What's the matter?" Rose asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
"Thought I saw something," Alice said after a moment of silence between the two.