A/N: well if you guessed this is where Truths was going to end up well done, I send you cake with my mind. I had this idea for ages because I didn't really enjoy the OVA so I wrote my own version. It's rather different from the original but, somewhat similar too. I don't wanna give anything away. Thanks for coming to visit me here and I hope you enjoy this~
Tick Tock Tick Tock.
Ciel groaned and lifted his head from where it was rested. He really needed to get a new clock if it could wake him from slumber. He yawned loudly, stretching his arms above his head and inspected the now crumpled paperwork that had served as his pillow. He hadn't got much sleep the night before due to a terrible thunderstorm that kept him awake half the night and even the sleep he got was light and easily broken.
Tick Tock Tick Tock.
He slumped back in his chair, already bored with just considering getting back to work. He supposed it was much better than going back to sleep. After that dream he felt as if he never wanted to close his eyes again. It was odd though. He usually remembered his nightmares in vivid detail yet, this one seemed to be slipping through his fingers like water. He supposed it didn't matter though.
Tick Tock...
The young lord didn't expect the clock to suddenly chime and he nearly jumped out of his skin. Sighing deeply he sent the clock a death glare even if he knew that it was an inanimate object that would not respond to such things. He was moderately surprised to find that he had slept for a number of hours and it was now three in the afternoon. If he had to guess he had fallen asleep around nearly twelve. That meant he had missed lunch. And would have to wait for dinner. He was glad Sebastian was finally respecting his wishes to have a nap but, letting him miss food was inexcusable.
He promptly stood up and prepared to go hunt the man demon whatever down and give him a well deserved scolding. Half way to the door he hear a most curious of sounds a kin to the scurrying of a small animal. He hoped to God that the manor didn't have a mouse problem again or that Sebastian's cat harem hadn't gotten loose. He thought it was funny how the butler didn't know that he knew about his collection of wardrobe kittens. As long as he didn't let them run wild or bring them anywhere near him then he was completely fine with it. It wasn't as if he was paying the man.
Shaking himself from his thoughts he listened again for the sound. Sure enough it was there again. He stalked over to the door as quietly as possible and pressed his ear to the heavy wood. The sound wasn't too far off so the creature was defiantly close. He decided that he was going to catch it himself, cat or no. Then he would have another thing to complain to Sebastian about. The young earl slowly eased the door open and slipped out of the room once there was a big enough gap to do so, then quietly shut it.
No sooner than he had done so, he felt something quite small ram right into his leg with such force it caused him to stumble and nearly fall. After regaining composure, he turned to see what kind of creature was scurrying about. He knew for certain that it couldn't be a mouse or a rat of some sort, whatever had hit him had simply been far to large. To Ciel's surprise, it looked just like one of the stuffed toys that his company manufactured. It was just a stuffed rabbit in a waistcoat and glasses. Funny though he couldn't remember the design of it.
He stalked over and nudged it with his foot gently. When the toy didn't budge he scooped it up and gave it a firm shake. The toy squealed shocking him so much he dropped it to the floor instantly.
"Kids these days have no manners!" The stuffed toy huffed, getting up from being all but thrown to the ground, "It's rather rude to pick a person up you know. I may be little but I'm more grown up than you."
"Sorry." Ciel breathed in disbelief backing himself towards the door.
A number of thoughts whizzed through his mind at that point. Most were along the lines of: what the Hell was this thing, how could it talk and was he still dreaming. He watched the bunny dust off it's-his?-waistcoat and check over the glasses perched on it's nose. It then turned to look at him, with a smile on it's face (or what appeared to be a smile) and it's deep red eyes looking into his.
"Now, I believe I should introduce myself after that most terrible incident. I am The White Rabbit, very nice to meet you, Alice." He said with a quick bow.
"Excuse me? I think you have the wrong person, as you can see I am a boy and Alice is a girl's name." Ciel all but snapped.
"Oh dear, oh my, this wont do at all. The name 'Alice' dose not apply only to girls. Think of it more of a title! Alice is the saviour and I have been sent to find our Alice and that is you. See? The first saviour was called Alice and I suppose it has stuck with us." The rabbit explained hopping over to Ciel and giving a quick tug on the bottom of his shorts, "We'd best be off then."
"I honestly have no clue what your talking about Rabbit." The young earl huffed more than fed up with the situation.
"I know it's a shock and yes your more than unwilling but, this is the way it has to be."
"It doesn't seem like I even have a choice in this matter."
"Exactly." Rabbit exclaimed attempting to lead Ciel away from the wall.
The young earl got the message and followed after the rabbit when he had given up on trying to drag him away. He still had no clue as to what was happening but, he supposed that he should humour the little guy as it couldn't hurt right? He still didn't know what was happening here and how the little fellow had come to the conclusion that he was this 'Alice'. He scowled at that name. He didn't care if it was supposed to be likened to a title, to him it was still a girl's name and he didn't give a damn if his own name was one letter shy of it.
But, who was this first 'Alice'? And what did the rabbit mean by saviour? He looked down at the creature happily scurrying beside him. The ticking of the clock and boredom seemed quite far away now, actually, his office seemed quite far away. He certainly didn't remember this corridor being so long. Looking up from the White Rabbit what Ciel found left him once again speechless.
The wallpaper had changed colour to various shades of pink, purple and yellows and the patterns were something he would never dream of having in his manor. None of it matched and some was peeling from the wall, dirty and old. If all that wasn't enough of a change, the brightest colours were glowing. As he strolled past, he hand a gloveless hand over it which he quickly drew back. The walls were wet. He stopped and look a quick look at him hand but, found nothing of what he had felt. Shrugging he looked over at the section of wallpaper he had touched and found that there was a single hand print of what he supposed was black paint.
"What the Hell is going on here?" He mumbled transfixed by the new developments.
"Oh dear, oh no. Oh goodness. You shouldn't of done that Alice!" Rabbit squealed bouncing up and down.
"And why not? This is my home, I deserve the right to see what's happening to it?" H snapped.
He was pretty sure that whatever was happening was because of that stupid stuffed toy. It wasn't just the walls that had changed. Grass and mushrooms had started sprouting from underfoot and the windows had gone jet black as if it were night. The paintings that had been hung on the walls had all turned into mirrors each showing a reflection of what certainly wasn't what they should be. Even his furniture had changed from what he remembered.
"What have you done here?" He growled grabbing Rabbit by his waistcoat.
"I-I did nothing, I swear on my life!" He squeaked trembling in fear, "This is you! You're creating this with your mind!"
Ciel promptly dropped him to the floor again walking away in the direction they were going. He didn't want to hear anything from the rabbit. All he needed to do was find Sebastian and then they could sort it out and hopefully be back for dinner. Looking out the window he guessed that wasn't in the cards.
"Wait wait wait! Alice! Don't walk off you'll get lost or hurt!"
He ignored the bumbling idiot of a stuffed toy and kept walking as fast as he could hoping that the little guy couldn't catch up. As he walked he noticed how the wallpaper steadily became duller and more dirty and how the greenery underfoot died and turned dry. He stopped looking around. Well, this was certainly different. Had this happened because he left Rabbit behind. Ciel shook his head, of course not.
He slowly carried on looking around him nervously. For some reason he felt as if he had been here before but, he just couldn't remember. Maybe he had dreamed about it before. This was a dream after all. Well, it had to be. He suddenly felt cold and a creeping sense of dread stopped him in his tracks. In front of him was a simple metal door that seemed very out of place. He slowly made him way over to it, looking it over. Nothing seemed to be strange or different about it from any normal door in any possible way except one. There was a small window with dark vertical metal bars too far up for him to see through. It wasn't much of a difference yet it was enough to set warning bells of in his head.
Against all his better judgement he tried the handle. The door easily swung open, making a groan of protest as it did showing that maybe it had not been opened in quite a while. He peered into the room and decided that if seemed safe. He slipped in and shut the door behind him. The room was empty and cold. He could see his breath coming out in short puffs before him. On the far side of the room, there was another window but, this time it appeared to spotted with rain.
He walked over to it squinting as he tried to make anything out in the murk. Nothing but, he had been right when he guessed it was raining. He quickly became bored and turned around but, as soon as he made to walk back to the door, he felt himself fall.
The world seemed to suddenly speed from view as he tumbled down into the dark abyss with a single sentence echoing through his mind.
"You'll be comfortable in your new home."
