Author's Note: This fanfic is beginning at the point in the manga where Alice returns to her world. Since I've never played the games, all my knowledge of this series is based off of the manga. Also, I'm not accurately basing anything off of anything. I just come up with stuff as I go, so please, if you are upset about something not being accurate, this really isn't the type of fic for you.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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Alice looked at her surroundings, "I really am back. Hmm.. That certainly was an interesting dream. Pretty realistic though…." She took a small breath and looked up to the sky and pondered to herself, 'I can't help but keep thinking that it's going to change from noon to midnight right now'. She smiled and stood up, "Well, I guess that I should apologize to Nee-chan for falling asleep." Alice started walking in the direction that her sister went and once she walked for five minutes her eyes widened, "Oh goodness!" She noticed that her beautiful sister wasn't breathing on the ground. Her sister was surrounded by a deck of cards. All of the cards were faced upside down except for the Ace of Hearts. Alice didn't really pay close attention to the cards. Instead she was panicking about her sister. "Come on Nee-chan! Get up!" she yelled and shook her sister. Unfortunately, her sister didn't budge.
Alice was about to listen for a heartbeat when she suddenly heard a male-voice from behind her, "Alice, it will be ok. Your sister is going to be fine." The familiar voice made her eyes widen and her heart started to pound. She didn't want to run into him… not here. She bit the corner of her bottom lip, then took a deep breath, 'You can do it Alice… you can face him…' She stood up and turned towards the man. As predicted, it was her ex-boyfriend, "How can you say things so calmly?" The man looked towards her, "Alice, I can say this, because I know. I know that she's fine." Alice was getting irritated, "How can you just know this? Besides, you should know that I can't trust you!" He took a small breath and calmly spoke again, "I need you to trust me on this one." She frowned, "I can't trust you! Not after I fell in love with you only to find out that you only dated me to get close to my sister!" The man looked down, "About that… I told you that I'm sorry…" Alice frowned again, "Regardless of your apology, It still hurt!"
He took two steps towards her, "From the bottom of my heart, I apologize Alice." Alice looked towards the ground and noticed the Ace of Hearts card staring at her. She gave a slight smile towards the card and whispered, "Even though it all was a dream, I feel as if you all are still very real." Alice took a deep breath and looked into the eyes of her ex-boyfriend, "I, I still can't forget about what you did, but I do forgive you for that… what I can't forgive right now is the fact that you look just like a mafia boss that I know." Her ex-boyfriend took another step closer, "Are you referring to Blood Dupre?" Alice's eyes widened as far as they could go, "You…. You know Blood?" He pretended to not hear her last statement and walked over to his girlfriend.
He gently took the back of his right hand and caressed it across her face, "It's time to wake up Love, Alice is ready to play that game that you promised her." Right then, Alice's sister's eyes shot wide open, "Oh my, how improper of me to fall asleep in the grass." She sat up and looked around her, "Oh Alice, I'm terribly sorry… after all, I did give you a hard time about falling asleep." Alice smiled toward her sister, "It's perfectly fine Nee-chan… I actually took a slight nap myself." Her sister then looked over at her boyfriend, "I didn't realize your arrival, did you just get here?" The man nodded, "Arrived a few minutes ago, I'm sorry that I didn't wake you up sooner… it's just that you seemed to be extremely comfortable there." Alice eyed her ex-boyfriend carefully. She knew that something was extremely off about him.
The man smiled towards his girlfriend, "So my love, what game do you have planned to play with Alice?" Alice's sister looked around her and smiled, "I had all intentions of playing Old Maid. Alice, is Old Maid fine with you?" Alice nodded, "Of course, I would be more than happy to play Old Maid with you!" Alice's sister began to gather the cards from the ground. The man carefully picked up the Ace of Hearts without anyone noticing and placed it in his pocket. Alice glanced over at her ex, "Will you be joining us for a game of cards and tea?" The man gave a smile and tipped his hat, "I would be honored to join two intelligent women at a card game." Alice looked at her sister, "I'll go and make some more tea." She immediately ran to the Liddel mansion and began to prepare tea.
Alice's sister looked at her boyfriend, "I'm surprised that Alice invited you. She acts tough, but I know that when we told her the news about us, it hurt her immensely." He ran a few fingers through her long hair, "I'm aware. I originally thought that I was suppose to be with Alice." She giggled, "That's because you still thought that you were in Wonderland, right?" The man nodded, "Yeah… I thought that it was the same Alice from last time. Every outsider seems to be named Alice. Not many people have the true records about the outsiders… I saw them though. All outsiders are known as Alice. And so many years passed that I couldn't recognize the Alice that I was in love with."
Alice's sister smiled, "The reason that all outsiders are called Alice though, is because I lied about my real name." The man grabbed her hand, "The second that I saw you though… that's when I knew that I found the wrong Alice. And now… she's all mixed-up in Wonderland." Alice's sister smiled, "She went there, didn't she?" The man nodded, "I recently spoke to Nightmare. It's true… Peter White took her to Wonderland." Alice's sister's eyes widened, "Peter White did? My goodness! I'm surprised that he would even be interested in a new outsider!" He nodded, "I was surprised as well. I'm not really aware of his true intent of taking Alice to Wonderland though. It concerns me… I feel as if he has something planned." She nodded, "When I had my trip in Wonderland, he detested me. Seemed to think that I constantly got in his way. It's his fault that I ended up there though… he was incredibly adorable playing in our garden." "It does seem that Peter White likes to slack off… I suppose that your garden was a great place for him to relax away from his duties." She giggled, "I suppose so."
At this point in time, Alice returned with some tea, "I'm back with some tea." Alice began to pour the tea and ask how many cubes of sugar everyone wanted, whether or not they wanted milk, and other necessities of tea time. After pouring the tea, her sister started to deal out the cards, "Oh Alice?" Alice took a sip of her tea, then looked at her sister, "What is it Nee-chan?" "You mentioned earlier that you weren't interested in the book that I was reading. I just feel that you really would enjoy the read." she mentioned happily. "Oh… maybe I will read it at some point in time." she responded, trying to remember what the book was. Her sister handed the book to her, "It's very important to me, but I really think that you will enjoy it." Alice grabbed the book and politely smiled, "Thank you Nee-chan."
The card game began and after a good 30 minutes, they were down to the final cards. Alice glanced at the number of cards each person was holding. For some strange reason, the number was even, "Umm… Nee-chan… I think that we may be missing one card…" "Why would you think that?" "I was just noticing that there's an even number of cards left." Her sister looked perplexed, "That's odd… I suppose that we'll stop our game here and see which card is missing." Alice nodded, the three players placed their cards down. Alice's eyes widened a little, "We're missing Ace!" Alice's sister exchanged a glance towards her boyfriend, then looked at Alice, "Alice, calm down. It's just a card. We can always have father buy us a new deck." Alice frowned, "Absolutely not! Ace isn't just a card! He's important!" Alice's sister looked at Alice sincerely, "Alice… a card is just a card. It really doesn't have any gender." Alice began to get angry, "Ace isn't just a card Nee-chan! Ace is my friend! And I will NEVER desert my friends!"
Alice's ex-boyfriend looked at Alice, "Alice Liddel. I do believe that you are over-reacting." Alice stood up and glared, "I AM NOT OVERREACTING!" Alice's sister spoke up in a calming manner, "Alice, I understand that you are upset, but there isn't a reason to raise your voice. Proper women should never raise their voices over trivial matters." Alice's ex-boyfriend turned around and acted like he picked up something from the ground, in reality, he just grabbed the card from his pocket, "Hey Alice, I just found the Ace of Hearts." Alice immediately snatched the card away from him and kissed it, "I love you… don't ever leave me again!"
Alice's sister and ex exchanged looks. Alice's sister then spoke up, "Alice… you can't live without them, can you?" Alice was puzzled, "What do you mean Nee-chan?" Her sister took a small breath, "You can't live without the people of Wonderland." Alice's eyes widened, "Nee-chan! What are you talking about? Wonderland is just a dream world! Though… it was a realistic dream…" Alice's sister shook her head, "Wonderland isn't a dream Alice."
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To Be Continued.