Summary: Alice Liddell has fallen down the rabbit hole and it has led her to a dark place filled with what she had once thought to only be mythical creatures. In mystical Underland where the Mafia are vampires, the Amusement Park is overrun with shapeshifters, and the Castle of Hearts is filled with elementals, Alice had never been afraid of the dark, but now she's having second thoughts… Alice/All
This is a very, very, very old story idea I had way back when I was doing Childhood Wonder (aka the dinosaur age.) Since I'm back, I did some revamping to the outline and so here I am! :D
Not so sure how often updates will be, but here goes? :)
HnKnA isn't mine.
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Underland Magic
Are you afraid of the dark?
Turquoise colored eyes owlishly blinked, their focus that had previously been faced skyward gradually came to terms with their surroundings.
"Alice?"
With a hand moving to clutch at her top of her brown hair covered head, the young girl known as Alice found herself wincing while she turned to the other female that had called her name. She managed a smile to her lips quickly when it appeared her older sister was watching at her worriedly.
Alice immediately straightened herself up, her expression lightening up, "Did you say something before? Sorry, I dazed off for a second!"
Her sibling sat with her legs folded beneath her and a medium sized pumpkin situated on top of her lap on the large blanket the two had set up near the back porch of their home. Alice sat relatively close by from where the older girl was on the blanket, a few pumpkins sprawled out around her along with a carving knife not too far off.
It was then that she remembered what they were doing.
Carving Jack-o'-lanterns for the front of the house for decorations considering Halloween was already one night away.
Putting a hand to her mouth, her sister, Lorina gave a slight giggle, "No need to worry. I was just making sure you were okay. You were staring off at the moon for about five minutes straight, it didn't even look like you were breathing." She informed in amusement, effortlessly causing the younger female to blush lightly.
You really shouldn't be.
Lorina cocked her head to the side, "If you stared at it any longer, I would have thought you were going to transform into a werewolf!"
The blue-clad brunette gave a weak laugh, "No, no. I'm fine. I was just daydreaming… Well, night dreaming in this case." She corrected herself with a dry smile to her lips while she turned her attention back up to the pumpkins around her.
Her older sibling on the other hand, averted her focus to the sky where the moon was still shining brightly and Alice released a low sigh, "Sorry for slacking. I know you wanted all these done by tonight, if not tonight, they'll all be done by tomorrow afternoon for sure." Alice reassured at the same time as she picked up her knife before she began to cut away at the top of the pumpkin.
Still not moving her fixed gaze from the moon, Lorina smiled gently, "What were you daydreaming about?"
This question caught Alice off guard for a moment and she had to pause her movements to catch herself.
When she found herself unable to truly put together everything to proper words she bit her bottom lip with furrowed eyebrows.
After all, darkness as its own entity is entirely harmless.
"I… It was weird…" She mumbled modestly, "I don't really know how to describe it. It was just about vampires and werewolves fighting and then there was something about witches too, a bunch of them fighting each other and stuff." Alice truthfully remarked with a hand toward the top of her head, tone was hushed and soft, something that curiously caught her sister's attention.
"Hm?" Lorina inquired once more and Alice rapidly broke eye contact with her in favor of keeping her gaze locked on the pumpkin within her hands.
Shyly, she shook her head, "It was something that just sprang into my head. It's Halloween tomorrow, so I guess it was just about monsters and spirits. Just silly kid things." She attempted to laugh off airily, but even she could hear the uncertainty in her pitch.
Thankfully enough, Lorina didn't truly call her out on it and instead sent her a beam, "I guess you're truly getting into the Halloween spirit then, yeah?" Moving the pumpkin from her lap, her sister dusted off her skirt before standing up to her feet on the blanket, leaving Alice to stare up at her in confusion.
Lorina put a hand to her face charmingly, "Don't you suppose now would be the perfect setting to read some scary stories together?"
Surprised at her words, Alice watched at her sibling completely puzzled, "What? Scary stories?" She began to straighten up, almost in preparation to get up and follow after her older sibling that waved off at her pleasantly.
"Well, Halloween's tomorrow and all, not to mention the pumpkins can wait until tomorrow. If you're in a monster mood, we can read the stories together out here. Stay right here, I'll be back." Lorina instructed with a sweet smile before she turned her back and began her way toward the house.
However…
"Lorina…" Alice sighed out after her sister was out of earshot.
At this time, a large gust of wind suddenly gave a blow, and Alice found her shoulders slumping while her hands rested down on the blanket firmly.
The temperature outside was fairly chilly and Alice was a bit grateful that she had chosen to try on her Halloween costume along with Lorina for their pumpkin-carving session. She hadn't truly been in the spirit of dressing up for the event ever since their mom had died a couple years back, but Lorina was fond of Lolita-like fashion, so when she'd given Alice a costume based off of a character from some book of hers that she had read, Alice couldn't find it in herself to deny it.
Her eyes briefly scanned over the pumpkins that they had yet to begin carving. There were only about twelve of them and Alice couldn't help but allow one of her hands to move over to grab one and idly play with it within her grasp.
She never understood the point of making the vegetable into some sort of party decoration.
If she remembered correctly, Lorina had said something about the scary faces being made to scare off evil spirits on the haunted night, but Alice found that incredibly hard to believe. In fact, that assumption sounded incredibly childish and naïve.
After all, monsters and ghosts weren't real.
She hadn't had a phobia of those kinds of things since she was about twelve years old or so. As she grew older, she came to know that common sense was her best friend and things like those just couldn't exist in any logical sense.
The things that reside in the dark…
The wind continued its heavy tirade and the trees in the backyard all gave their own low noises as their leaves and branches were forced to one side, the unique sound they gave off all too familiar to the brunette who often found herself out back with her older sibling even on windy days.
Seeing it all at night time was a different experience all on its own.
With the darkness all around, it was creepier to sit out back alone.
Her teal eyes dulled considerably while she now began to cut off the top of the pumpkin in preparation to begin her carving.
Those are what you should be afraid of.
"Alice…"
Hearing her name, Alice found herself growing sleepy, almost as though a slumbering spell had just been cast on her eyes.
It was like a whisper, so incredibly faint almost as though it had been carried with the wind, but it was still heard all too clearly to the female despite the fact she was edging closer and closer to sleep.
Was it Lorina calling for her?
It had sounded as though the voice had come from within the house and considering how it was just the two of them home alone that night, it had to be.
She considered just laying on the blanket and waiting for her sibling to return considering how lethargic her body had suddenly become, however she heard her name called again, this time more urgent.
"Alice!"
Now more attentive, the brunette rose up to her feet, her eyes watching ahead at the large house ahead of her plainly.
Slowly, she began her trek back into her home.
Each of her steps felt heavier than the last as she entered through the back door.
None of the lights in the kitchen were on and she couldn't help but allow her eyebrows to furrow at that. She would have assumed Lorina would have turned them on when she was going upstairs for the stories.
After flickering on the switch at the wall, Alice continued moving throughout the house which was still incredibly dark as though her sister hadn't even walked through.
The house was incredibly silent and she supposed that it really wasn't anything unusual. She couldn't remember the last time the house had much noise in it, aside from when she or Lorina were playing the piano.
"Lorina?" She called when she made it to the staircase, her hand clutched at the sleek wooden bar firmly while she looked upward at the dark and empty passage above.
The silence within the house was her only answer back and she had to frown at that.
While making her ascent upward, she couldn't help but wonder if Lorina planned on scaring her by jumping out from somewhere in the dark, but she had to pass the idea off because Lorina truly wasn't that type of person…
"What is she doing then…?" Alice breathed out to herself the instant she made it to the top.
Taking her steps toward the bedrooms, she gave a yawn while rubbing one of her eyes when the same sleep spell that had hit her from earlier suddenly returned.
Briefly, she considered just retiring to her room for the night but she knew she couldn't make Lorina go to all the trouble of finding a book and going out there to not see Alice there. Her sister did too much for her anyways.
Her feet kept a small pace in the direction of her older sister's room.
Walking down the hall, she couldn't help but come to notice that her bedroom door was wide opened.
The only odd thing was that there seemed to be an orange light emitting from inside of it.
Confused, the brunette's eyebrows furrowed before she allowed herself to peek inside of her room.
Inside was as she had left it before she had gone outside with her sibling, but the orange light was shining out throughout the room dully almost as though a flame was set inside. After walking in a bit, her eyes were instantly met with her large, full body mirror in shock.
The temperature within the room seemed to have heightened and Alice could only gape in fright as she found herself watching into her mirror that was hosting a floating fireball within. Her own reflection wasn't seen and her feet took a step backward cautiously.
"Am I dreaming…?" She dully muttered to herself with a hand to her face.
There was clearly no fire inside of the room so having one reflected back at her in the mirror made no sense whatsoever.
The flame inside the mirror seemed to move and Alice grunted before whirling on her heel, her mind immediately telling her to get her sister for help for whatever was occurring.
As she made it only a single step from the door, she found herself gasping in shock when her body was pulled back from behind abruptly.
But she was in the room alone, so how—?
Eyes wide, she turned her head around in order to view whoever grabbed her and when her gaze set on some man with white hair and glasses she felt her blood chill.
"What the— W-who are you!?" She cried in terror, nothing but bewilderment and shock surging throughout her body as the unfamiliar male smiled down at her kindly,
"I suppose it was rather foolish of me to think you'd willingly try to grab my flame, you're much too sensible for that."
His mouth was dangerously close to her ear and she released a shudder from within his arms at the feel of his breath on her skin.
"Smart and beautiful, what a combination." He stated right before Alice found her feet leaving the stability of the floor and she was hoisted over the man's shoulder suddenly.
Releasing a shriek of surprise, her hands automatically reached out to find something to latch onto and when they did, they grasped onto something soft and furry.
Rabbit ears?
Her eyes watched at the things within her fingers in nothing but fear and confusion.
The man had white rabbit ears growing out of his head.
"What!?"
He ignored her shout and instead began adjusting her within his grasp, now moving her into his arms bridal style firmly, "We must get going now, Underland's calling."
"P-put me down!" She demanded, the fear in her body beginning to reach its boiling point, she felt her survival instincts begin to kick in as her body began to writhe in his grasp furiously. The empty chill throughout her body continued to soar when it became all too apparent that his grip on her was too strong for her to escape out of.
"Lorina! Lorina, help!" Alice cried as she felt him beginning to walk, "Somebody, please!"
Her captor didn't seem the least bit panicked by her wails and instead gave a chuckle, but it wasn't a dark or sinister chuckle as she would have expected, in fact it was rather light hearted, as though he were casually responding to a story a friend had just told him.
"You're squirming so badly, if you don't stop I'll end up dropping you!"
When his steps went further into her room she found her eyes growing wide as he stood toward the farther end of the bedroom, his steps stopping directly across from the balcony, which had its door wide opened.
Feeling tears coming to her eyes, Alice shook her head furiously, "Let me go right now!" Her hands now became fists as she began hitting at his chest as hard as she could, however she didn't get more than two punches in before he began sprinting toward the balcony.
"What are you doing!? We're not on the first floor; if you jump, we're both going to die!" Alice screamed fearfully as he hopped on the ledge of terrace.
The man gave her an amused look, and Alice was now able to see from beneath the moon's light that his eyes were a striking shade of red, both hidden behind a pair of glasses and the bangs of his own white hair, "But if I don't jump, we can't fall down the hole."
Clutching onto the front of his shirt tightly while his balance seemed to sway in favor of falling over the edge of the balcony, Alice watched up at him frantically, "H-hole?" After her words, she turned her eyes down below and she instantly found herself stifling in shock at the sight of the gaping, dark, seemingly endless hole that was situated right in her backyard under her balcony.
"How did that get there!?"
That wasn't possible! She'd just been outside and that hole definitely hadn't been there!
Her captor pulled her more closely, gaining her attention uneasily as his lips pulled into a sweet smile, "Let's fall together."
She didn't have any time to register his words before he pushed himself off the ledge, bringing both himself and her plummeting downward into the large, round pit below.
The feeling of free falling was one that normally exerted excitement into her body, but this time around, nothing but terror filled her senses as the overwhelming sense of impending doom sang around her mind.
"We're going to die!" Alice exclaimed fearfully, the air whipping at her ears and her hair flying upward while the two of them continued falling, "I don't want it to end like this!"
The white haired man didn't relieve her of his hold and he kept her close even as they kept going down, his arm still coiled around her snuggly.
He flashed her a grin that made Alice immediately know he was crazy and there was no way she was going to survive this.
"Falling certainly is fun. It's unfortunate that we can't do it all the time, but it has to end eventually." He charmingly informed her and Alice gaped up at him in disbelief, "That isn't what I meant!" Her voice was carried away as she saw a light rapidly approaching from down below.
Squeezing her eyes shut she found her thoughts fleeting to that of last minute prayers before she ended up as nothing more but a gory pancake on the ground.
An overwhelming chill entered her body and it was as though all traces of heat in her system were sucked out in a single instant. The sensation caused her to gasp and right at the same time, she found the falling sensation in her stomach coming to an end as she was now placed on what felt to be solid ground.
Reluctantly, she peered open one of her teal eyes in an effort to see where she was.
Her surroundings were entirely unfamiliar but… It wasn't possible that she was dead, was it…? There was no way she could have survived that fall after all...
Getting up to her knees weakly, she cautiously found her eyes moving more outward where she could see a bunch of trees, making it obvious that she was on some structure with high elevation.
"That was quite fun!"
Alice whipped her head in the direction the cheerful words had been spoken and when she found them landing on the man from before, she gave a grunt before pushing herself backward from him suspiciously.
She was now able to get a full look at him and she couldn't help but grow more disgruntled at the sight.
He really did have rabbit ears. Big and furry, they were void of color as was the mess of hair on top of his head and the white clashed greatly with his pair of scarlet irises that watched at her so pleasantly. He must have been geared for Halloween early, probably as a male playboy bunny or something.
"Of course with my crappy luck, it happens to be a playboy bunny creep that kidnaps me." She dryly muttered to herself before she pointed her index finger at him crossly, "Listen here, you creeper! I don't know why you kidnapped me, but whatever the reason I hope you realize I'm of no use to whatever weird slave trade you have going!" Defensively, she stood to her feet and glared at him harshly, "Take me home!"
Tilting his head to the side, the man blinked, "Take you home? I'm sorry, but that isn't possible."
"You just dropped me down a hole that randomly appeared in my backyard to this place and you're telling me it isn't possible!?"
"Oh, I didn't tell you yet, did I?" He placed a gloved hand to his chin while he inspected her curiously, "This place has a name, you know! I suppose I should welcome you to Underland now, Alice! Please forgive my lack of manners, there's simply too much to do, my mind is reeling to get everything across."
Alice blinked her eyes wearily, "Underland…?"
He nodded happily before he began going into his pocket a bit more excitedly, "So much to do, we should be happy there is so much time to do it!"
The brunette gave him a weary look, "Wait… You know my name?" This kind of took her a bit by surprise though a part of her argued if he was sent to kidnap her; it'd make sense if he knew what her name was.
The male now glanced up, seemingly finding what he needed from his khaki colored pants before he began approaching her, something that instinctively caused her to take a few steps backward, "Well, of course I do. I love you after all."
Whatever was within his grasp, he uncorked before putting it to his mouth and taking in the contents.
Still disturbed, Alice watched him blankly as he made it in front of her, his tall frame somewhat intimidating over her shorter form especially when he leaned down closer to her face. Initially confused, Alice opened her mouth to question him once more but right as she did, she found herself hitching a gasp in the pit of her throat as he pressed his own lips against her opened ones.
The motion was enough to have her frozen as she felt some sort of warm liquid escape from his own mouth and enter her own.
Was that his saliva? The very thought grossed and freaked her out at the same time that she immediately began to struggle.
She tried to pulled away, frantic to breath and to spit out the substance but he held her steady and when Alice felt her lungs begging for a proper breath, she found herself swallowing the contents with her mouth, the taste was far too bitter to be saliva to her inner relief.
After she swallowed, the man pulled away with a bright expression on his face, though she couldn't see much of it as she doubled over and erupted in a fit of coughs.
"You don't need to be so shy around me! I could feel your heart beating so fast." He chuckled while he wiped his mouth with the back of his arm. Alice glared up at him through the thick of her hair menacingly.
Cracking her knuckles, she stood up straighter and began approaching him slowly, "You…"
"Ah, that's right! You don't know my name yet! Well, my name is Peter White."
"Peter White, huh?" She growled before flexing her fingers slightly, "Well, Peter White, you just second-hand fed me some strange liquid."
"Mmhm! It can't be helped if you're to stay in Underland." He affectionately eyed her as she continued her advanced, "Oh, Alice! I really can't wait to start mating with you—"
His words were cut off as Alice pulled her arm back before slamming her fist into his cheek as hard as she could.
Angrily, she grabbed the front of his coat and shook him, "You better take me home right now! I swear to God, I'm going to rip your ears off your head and force feed them to you!"
Peter watched up at her as though he were in a daze, "E-eh?"
"I don't have the time for this! Take me back!"
"I already told you, I can't! Ow! Ow!"
"And I told you I'd take these stupid Halloween-costume ears off and make you eat them, right!?"
"Alice, dear, please be more gentle with me! They're not a costume, they're real! A-ah!"
"Take me back home, right now!"
"Ow! A-Alice, that hurts! Ow!"
"Get back here!" Alice hissed dangerously as the man managed to slip out of her grasp.
Peter nervously adjusted his red crossed top his cheek appearing swollen as he tenderly put a hand to it with an anxious smile on his face, "You're rather strong for someone your size!" His other hand went up to pet at his ear that was limp on his scalp, "Unfortunately, I think it's time I take my leave from here for now." He began backing away to what appeared to be a door.
With a new kind of smile to his face, he waved at her in a rather eerie manner that made the female's anger dissolve slightly.
"I can't wait to see you again, Alice."
"Hey, wait!" Alice called to him, her hand reaching out as though to grab him back, but he was already gone.
Her eyes then fleeted to the floor where she found her gaze landing on what appeared to be a light blue glass vial.
Quietly, she allowed herself to scoop it up into her grasp. That was what the liquid that Peter had forced her to consume had been in… She'd probably need to carry it around as evidence when she was getting help.
After snapping the top back on it, she pushed it into her apron pocket before racing out the door that Peter had gone through.
Looking down, she was able to see nothing but stairs down below. Not wanting to grow discouraged, she swallowed down a gulp before she began her trek downward.
It was obvious that she was in a tower of some sort, and judging by the amount of stairs she had just gone through, it was a pretty big one.
"Is anyone even in here?" She lowly asked herself with a hand moving to her chest.
It felt like she had been going throughout the thing for over ten minutes and she had yet to find sight of anyone.
Naturally, with her bad luck, Peter had to have dropped her off into some sort of abandoned tower more than likely miles away from civilization. The thought made her grow uneasy, but she tried to keep her thoughts positive.
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps echoed throughout the stairwell and Alice found herself stopping in surprise. When the noise persisted and she was positive that it wasn't her own, her heart began to pick up speed before she perked up and began racing down a bit more quickly.
Turning the corner, she found herself looking down the staircase at another man now.
A polite smile made its way to her lips as she watched down at him modestly. Her mind was still a bit taken unexpectedly and she urged it to come up with something appropriately to say, "H-hello! I was wondering if you could—"
Her words ended in a crushed gasp as Alice staggered for a breath, her eyes growing wide and her access to air was cut off out of nowhere.
It felt like someone was choking her.
Both of her hands flew to her throat frantically in an effort to remove whatever force was there constricting her air supply, but nothing was there as far as she could tell and she could feel her panic levels rising quickly while her fingers clawed at her neck desperately.
What was going on!?
She could feel her lungs whining for relief and she was unable to supply it as her mouth opened and attempted to breathe, however the pressure at her throat didn't waver.
"Who are you?"
The voice allowed her to remember that she wasn't alone and her gaze cut downward to where the man from before was standing. His right arm was extended up and outward in her direction, his hand had its fingers clenched in a rather odd way that somewhat mirrored as though he were crushing an invisible ball within his grasp.
His cobalt blue eyes watched at her aggressively and they seemed to narrow at her dangerously when she didn't answer immediately, a fact that made her grow more confused with the passing second.
Why wasn't he showing any confusion at her state? Shouldn't he be trying to help her?
Unless...
His fingers seemed to incline toward his palm slightly and even in her panic, Alice came to notice that his gesture correlated to the pressure at her throat becoming more intense.
... This man was choking her without even touching her?
How was that even possible?
Realizing now that if she didn't explain herself, he'd probably end up killing her, Alice attempted to muster out her explanation as painlessly as she could especially when she felt her body beginning to levitate off of the ground ever so slightly.
"Peter… White… He brought me... Here…" She weakly informed, her eyes sincerely watching at him while her lungs felt just about ready to burst. Alice could feel her face's temperature as unbelievably hot and her heart was pumping incredibly fast, "I… Can't... Breathe…" She choked out.
Instantly after her words, her feet made contact with the floor below her once more and the choking sensation at her neck disappeared entirely as though it had never been there in the first place.
Alice held her throat tenderly while she began gasping for air and she spared him a cautious look, "M-my name is Alice Liddell and I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to intrude in your home, but it wasn't even my fault! Peter White kidnapped me and fed me some weird potion before disappearing on me! I was just trying to look for someone to help me!" She attempted to reason, her body tensing up in fear when the man grunted and brought one of his hands up to brush a piece of his long, dark hair past his ear.
"No, I should be the one that's sorry. I attacked without warning." He insisted, his tone was flat and cold that Alice found herself carefully observing him as he turned to walk away, "Well, come along now. Unless you plan on standing there all day."
His harsh way of speaking was enough to somewhat bring her out of her daze that her mind was still in from the unexpected attack she had been under before and though she wasn't too sure on going after him, she knew she didn't have much other choice.
Biting her bottom lip, she clenched her fists at her sides before she began hurrying down the steps in order to follow after him.
"My name is Julius Monrey and I'm the owner of this Clock Tower." He explained while opening the door to a large office.
Alice mutely fell in step behind him, a hand to her mouth as she silently observed everything around her in curiosity. There were a lot of clocks all around the room as there were outside; she supposed it made sense the place was called Clock Tower.
Not only that, but the place was so big; it seemed easy to get lost in.
Julius took a seat at the single desk within the room, his eyes glancing up at her seriously, "Now then, Alice, if what you told me before is true, I don't know how to be any more blunt than to tell you that you are a human in Underland."
Standing before him somewhat awkwardly, Alice blinked her eyes, "A human…? You say that like you're not—"
"Underland is a world filled with what your world would refer to as monsters."
Caught off guard, Alice found herself frowning, "Monsters? Monsters aren't real." She attempted to reason gently, not wanting to offend him and when his eyes critically watched into hers, she allowed herself to grow silent, though her apprehension didn't fade.
"Anyways, Underland is a country divided into four domains. There's the Hatter Territory which is dominated by vampires, the Amusement Park has shapeshifters, and the Castle of Hearts is elemental filled. The three of them are currently in a power struggle in terms of land supremacy, so things are a bit violent." With his explanation Alice's eyes dulled.
He was speaking so seriously… But vampires didn't exist; neither did shapeshifters and what exactly were elementals?
Still not really wanting to get him angry, Alice cleared her throat, "Uh… Alright, well in that case, where are we?"
Julius frigidly eyed her, "We're in the fourth domain, the Clock Tower and of all the territories, it's neutral amid everything. Not only that, but this is the territory predominantly for espers."
At the word, Alice found her eyes widening in realization. She could remember once reading a book about espers. They were those supernatural humans that had those psychic based abilities…
If that were the case, that explained how Julius had been able to choke her earlier… He had used telekinesis.
Straightening up now, she licked her lips as the prospect of being stuck in a world where mythical beings probably existing started to weave its way into her mind, "Ah! I see! Does that mean you can also read minds then?"
"No, I can only use telekinesis. It's mostly for protection considering my role."
Alice's curiosity peaked at that, but before she could inquire him on what that meant, he continued, "Back to you, you wouldn't happen to have the vial that had the potion that Peter White gave to you?"
"Oh, I do!" Alice instantly answered with a nod, her hand fished into her apron pocket to reveal the glass item to the man that watched at it with a nod, his arms folding over his chest with a blank expression on his face, "You need to keep that close to you. I don't know the specifics or details, but I'm pretty sure that'll play a key part in getting you back home."
The thought made her glance down at it curiously while she played with it within her fingers, "Hopefully I can get back soon…" Her eyebrows furrowed before she determinedly brought her head back up to stare Julius in the eye, "Where can Peter be found? I need to find him. He may be able to tell me more about how to get home."
Seemingly shocked at her random display of energy, Julius quickly caught himself before coughing into his hand briefly, "He's always at the Castle of Hearts. He's the Prime Minister there, so catching him anywhere else unless he's on official business is rare."
"Great! I'll go find him and give him a piece of my mind again!"
"Where do you think you're going?" Julius cut off before the girl had a chance to turn around and head to the door.
Blinking, Alice pointed at the exit, "To the Castle of Hearts!"
"Do you have a death wish?" He arched a brow her way and Alice felt herself flush slightly, "It's sunset right now. If you leave now, you'll be caught out there alone during nightfall and being a human, that's just about the worst thing you could do in Underland."
Sporting a frown now, Alice now tried to go over her options.
She really didn't have much of anything to do, though he really was right. If the place was composed of monsters, she couldn't even imagine what would happen to her in the dead of night out there.
The thought sent a shiver throughout her body before she sighed with a meek look the long haired male's way, "Alright… I guess I'll go looking for him tomorrow. It wouldn't be a problem if I stayed here for the time being, would it?"
Julius shrugged his shoulders, his body now moving toward the side of his desk to where a box of clocks was situated. He brought one of them out and onto his desk, his eyes not meeting hers as he spoke, "Do as you wish."
"Thank you, Julius." She gratefully breathed out before she made her way back to the door, her mind already set on exploring more of the Tower. She'd have to find a bedroom, the bathroom, and she prayed that there were some female guest night clothes somewhere in the place that could fit her.
She had a feeling that she was going to end up staying in this place for a while.
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This is really long, I don't even know why.
Having smut in the future is a huge possibility so I'll probably bump the rating up if that's the case ayy B) and I'm drowning in WIPs of chapter updates and oneshots, so I should really get to work on that and hopefully just have an updating rush/party :D
Anyways, I hope you liked it and if you left a review to tell me your thoughts, it'd be fifty shades of swag