Allen in Dreamland by Blumarshin

Alice: Allen Walker

White Rabbit: Road Camalot

Cheshire cat: The Fourteenth

Red Queen: General Cross

White Queen: Linalee Lee

Mad Hatter: Tiki Miyk

March hare: Yu Kanda

Door mouse: Miranda Lotto

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum: Lavi

The Dodo: Komui Lee

The Caterpillar: Bookman

Chapter One: Shall I take you to a wonderful world?

It was raining. The rain fell not hard or softly but steady, the wind sending it against the window in a constant pitta patter against the pane. Allen was alone in his new room; he stared outside, on the single chair leaning against the window sill he sighed, his hot breath fogging up the glass. He couldn't see anything outside, darkness enveloped the world. It was sometime in the late morning, when the moon had fallen and the sun had yet to rise. Allen couldn't even see any stars, only the rain that hit the window. It was a dismal sight, fitting Allen's miserable mood.

He had been confined, his innocence bound, his door and window sealed so he couldn't leave the room. He didn't even have his constant companion Link or even Timcampy with him. The Black Order higher-ups had ordered everyone to be separated from him, ever since he returned from his last mission. It had been a disaster, another nail hammered down in the coffin that condemned his fate of turning completely into the Fourteenth, a Noah, enemy of humankind and the Black Order, his home.

Allen could recall it clearly, he, Linalee, Chouji and of course Link were on a routine mission following up some rumours from a town the finders had discovered of people disappearing in the night. A plague had entered the town the outside villagers would say, which could only mean one thing, the Earl was at work and more Akuma were being created.

It was true, Akuma had taken over the town they soon discovered and even sooner had fallen into a deadly trap in town square. The town hid several level four Akuma and many level 3 and 2. It was so alarming at which so many level 3 had evolved to level 4, the exorcists could not keep up. Chouji was unprepared and Link was doing his best to defend him and Chouji while Allen and Linalee worked together to try and destroy the attacking Akuma. Allen had become fearful of drawing his sword out, afraid of it hurting him like before. They were struggling and without using his sword, Allen was losing the fight.

The last thing Allen remembered was the sight of a level 4, a twisted grin on the childlike face before him, its hand up and ready for the killing blow and then nothing...he blacked out, Allen was sure he had finally seen his last moments before his death. He had felt in that moment that he didn't want to die. However, now Allen would have preferred that to what happened next.

He came to standing, his hand on a level 4 Akuma's head that was kneeling before him. The Akuma said, "Yes, Master Noah, as you command..." and the group of Akuma that had survived, who were all kneeling before Allen, he noticed, rose and flew off into the night. Allen turned in horror to see Link, Linalee and Chouji to the left of him, Linalee was on her knees, unable to support herself, her eyes wide and crying, her hands covering her mouth in horror. Link stood stiff and straight his face a blank mask but his eyes stared unflinching in certainty that Allen was now lost and a threat to the Order. Chouji was pointing at him in accusation his face contorted in fury. Allen attempted to say something before Chouji screamed at him,

"Noah! Noah! Noah! Noah! It's true! You're a monster, a monster!"

Allen fell to his knees, his hands shaking before him, what did he do, what did he do? Was the thought that kept repeating in his mind.

"Allen...?" Link slowly questioned and it was a question not a statement. Allen could only nod his head before he finally had the courage to ask them the question that was running back and forth in his mind.

"What did I...do?" he whispered out.

It was Linalee that answered him, but she turned away unable to look at him, her hands now clenched to tight fists at her sides, her voice cold. "The Akuma pushed you up against the wall. The next thing we saw was you grab the Akuma at its neck one handed and pulled it up. Your skin suddenly darkened to brown and you began to laugh, it was horrible. The Akuma stopped struggling, the battle stopped and everyone; us and all the Akuma were drawn to watch you. You pushed your hair back and those damned crosses appeared on your forehead. You looked straight at the level four who attacked you and said, 'Good morning,' and then you were angry, really angry and said, 'how dare you attack your master...'." Linalee paused and began to cry even harder, her voice cracking.

"The aura you put out, it was so evil, it was like when the Earl had me in Edo, suffocating, I thought my heart would stop. I was suddenly so afraid. You looked right at us and then said, 'I am near,' and then, and then, you turned back to Akuma and said 'I am Noah and you will obey me in all things.' The Akuma all bowed to you and you looked at the Akuma you were holding and said, 'deliver my message to the Earl, he will need a new song and only I the musician, the part he gave up can give it to him.' The Akuma smiled at you, it looked so happy, you dropped it and it too kneeled before you and then you told them to leave." Linalee put her head in her hands once more, her eyes still wide, "But I don't understand, you were in Crown Clown, you were in Crown Clown. How can you be an exorcist and a Noah?"

"He's neither, he is a monster," Chouji answered for her. Link had then walked up to Allen and told him to deactivate, which Allen did. Link then bound him and they left the town. When they returned to headquarters Allen had been locked up in this room as he awaited his fate. What had hurt him the most was when they arrived Allen had finally gotten the courage to reach out to Linalee and try to explain, try to comfort her and say it was still him, he was still here and he would not let the Fourteenth win. But he hadn't got that far, when he brushed her shoulder with his fingertips, she flinched from his touch and said, "Don't touch me..." she didn't even spare him a look. It broke his heart.

Apparently word had gotten around fast, the people he thought who were his friends and family all just looked at him with either shock, sadness, anger or hatred as he was carted away by half a dozen Crow members. He was lost in their eyes. Some wouldn't even look at him, others he could see had seemed to accept that he was now lost to them. The fact that the Akuma obeyed him, that the crosses had finally appeared on his forehead, that the Noah could use the innocence Crown Clown, that he intended to contact the Earl and that he had said he was near. The Order thought that the Noah meant he was near to completely possessing Allen. But Allen knew the truth, it was that 'Neah' was the Noah's name. The fourteenth had told them his name. Allen didn't have a clue about the song he mentioned though. Allen truthfully really didn't want to know.

He had been locked up in this room for three days now, with no other human contact, food had been placed under the door through a latch that opened up from the other side. He hadn't eaten it though, hopelessness had engulfed his heart and all his doubts and fears were his only thoughts. He feared that they would come to remove his arm and innocence, it was the start thing to do. They will probably execute him now.

For the first time in a very, very long time Allen wished for a different life. He wished for a different world, without the Earl, without Akuma and without the Black order. His family had once again abandoned him. First his parents, then Mana and now his fellow exorcists.

Allen took his eyes off the empty landscape portrayed in the window and got up of the chair to lay down in the cot that pretended to be a bed. Closing his eyes Allen began to imagine a world where there was no fear, no loss or pain, but fun, happiness, laughter and joy. Where life was a party and he could drink tea and eat all types of cake all day. His friends were there and they too were happy. Plus Mana was there and once again together they would drink tea and talk like they used to. At the thought of Mana, Allen let out an abrupt laugh.

"I don't think I can continue walking forward Mana. I feel so lost..." Allen's heart sank even lower as he curled up in the fetal position and silently cried himself to sleep.

Allen was walking down a path that never seemed to end, it was night and for all the eye could see were the grassy plains to the left and right of him and the path. Though it was night the sky was red and the moon was an ominous black. However, for some reason this didn't bother Allen, he just continued to walk slowly down the path as if in a daze.

A voice called out in the night to Allen. "Hey, shall I take you to a wonderful world?"

Allen looked up there was a shadow before him, a big grin on its face. Allen couldn't help but stare at the teeth in that grin. There was something so familiar about it.

"A... wonderful...world?" Allen repeated.

"Where all your dreams come true..." the shadow answered. There was something Allen should be remembering but for the life of him he couldn't. So he said the first thing that came to mind.

"O...kay..."

"Then follow the white rabbit..." the grinning shadow turned and pointed to the distance.

"The white rabbit..." Allen repeated as if mesmerized.

"Don't fight it Allen just go..."

Allen looked to where the shadow pointed and saw a flash of white darting between the tall grasses.

End chapter one.