Just touching up on my fan-fiction-ing skills; and it is Christmas time (Soon,) so I decided to write a friendship Christmas themed one-shot. Enjoy!

I do not own HnKnA

A quiet chatter bounced off the walls of the Heart Castle ballroom.

Various maids, butlers, and servants in general hugged each other and tears of joy flowed from their unseen eyes; glad to see their friends, and family. All the role-holders were here too - of course - and enjoying themselves at that.

Vivaldi, Blood, and Elliot were talking about subjects that had changed far from their first topic. Dee, Dum, and Boris sat in a corner; drinking some rainbow colored fluids and laughing to heart's content. The 3 Clock Tower residents - Plus one; Ace - sat at a velvety red table, discussing "business-type" matters. Peter, as usual was running after Alice (Who screamed at him to stop) who was being chased by Gowland; also trying to refrain the white-haired rabbit from suffocating their precious outsider.

Yes, this was the perfect party.

All except for a certain person - no, should I say people? - that weren't invited. That were currently perched on a balcony watching the madness go on in the overly red ballroom. White stood there, leaning on the white, frosted handrail while a series of very "colorful" language went into one ear; and out the other.

"Damn it, White! Are you even listening to me?" Black yelled from the mask that hung loosely on White's belt. "One swear word? I must be so special," White snapped out of his trance, producing a witty comment that made Black even angrier. "No. You aren't you fucker. Getting back on the god damn topic, I can't believe they had the nerve to not invite us!" Black spat venomous words. "Well, in their defense, we weren't exactly the best of friends," White's single crimson eye set on a single figure, running around in a light blue - lighter than usual - dress, lined with red & gold streaks.

"But, if you want to have some fun, I do have a nice, wicked idea," White continued. "It involves a certain foreigner."

"Hell yes!" Though White couldn't see it, he could tell that Black was getting excited.

"Let's begin, shall we? Alice."

-.-.-.-.-.-

Alice sneezed loudly inside the large room. Wiping her nose of any traces of fluid, she turned back to Peter and continued to yell at him; as she was before. "STOP! CHASING! ME!" She glared at Peter, who was conveniently being held back by Gowland; showing no signs of resistance. "But, My Dear-" He was abruptly cut off when a small hand - covered in lacy gloves - connected with his cheek.

"AND I'm not "your dear," either!" She huffed off, leaving Gowland to worry about Peter. She walked off to a large door of the ballroom, being let through by the guards, she took off her high heels - a set with her dress - and navigated bare-foot through the dark halls toward a pre-prepared guest room. As she walked by the various paintings - a variety of previous Kings and Queens, to just random flowers - her mood lightened and she began humming. At least, she was.

Alice was stopped by a large "wall," and fell down with a "Mmph!"

She rubbed her bottom gingerly, "Owww," Alice groaned. "Hey Whore," A single voice broke the peaceful silence as Alice froze in place, knowing exactly who the voice belonged to. "B-black?" She questioned, looking up. "Who else idiot?"

"W-what are you doing h-here?" Her voice wavered from high to low pitches and she tried to get her mind together once more. "I must say," White interrupted, "We were unfortunately not invited. So we thought we might as well have fun." His crimson eye set on the brunette. "Alas, we haven't gotten a single present yet,"

"And?" Alice questioned, getting some of her voice back. "What would you like me to do about that?"

"We thought," White got down on his knees in front of Alice. "That you'd be our present. In exchange for your little friends mistake," He moved his face closer, just centimeters away from Alice's. "You don't got a fucking choice either," Black added.

He closed the gap by leaning forward and kissing her - not roughly, but not too softly either. "Mmph!" Alice protested and began to move away, scooting backwards on her hands, before being caught by - who she thought to be - Black, roughly grabbing her wrists and pulled her closer than before. Alice's face began to grow a darker shade of red, in embarrassment.

His tongue invaded her mouth, tasting every inch before retreating to then kiss her lightly on the lips. Black's voice was the first to chime in afterward, "Best damn present ever," White agreed, then laughed a little. He stood up and stared back down at Alice, smiling a small smile and staring down at her once more with kind eyes. "We'll see you later, then." The Jester looked as if he was about to do something else, but another voice stopped him.

"La la la! *Hiccup* La! Pfff! *Hiccup*" A drunk Ace was walked down the halls, swinging side to side and weird sounds escaping his mouth; before noticing the two."Joker *Hiccup* what are you doing here?" He questioned, falling down and leaning against the wall, draped with a purple curtain.

"Nothing you need to know about, Knight." Black's voice was stern with order.

"Looks like you're flirting with Alice," How he did it, Alice would never know, but all of a sudden Ace seemed sober. Just as she thought he was going to do his Knightly duties and save him, he said : "Can I join?"

"Huh?" White's jaw, literally dropped.

"I wanna join~!" He sang, standing up and going next to Alice, still on the ground from her previous shock. "You step any closer to my Alice, I'll blow your brains out," The White Rabbit stepped out of the shadows, wielding his gun. "P-peter?" Alice asked, starring at him. "I followed that stupid "drunk" knight out here," He answered, his face still cold with anger.

"If you blow anyone's brains out, you might as well blow your own," Vivaldi stepped out of another crevice of shadows and glared at them; Blood and Elliot followed from behind her. "What a party!" Gowland yelled, followed by the residents of the Amusement Park and the Tweedle Twins. The Clock Tower's residents followed soon after.

"Why are you here Joker?" Julius asked while glaring at the Jester. "Why shouldn't I be here?" He replied smoothly, plotting in his head about escape. "I don't know, maybe it's because of the reason that you totally hate us and want to kill us all?" Gowland frowned at Joker.

"Yes, we totally want to fucking kill you," Black yelled from his usual spot. "Yet we haven't, we just like taking our sweet time GROWING OLD."

"An old you would be funny," Ace laughed, earning him glares from all directions. "We will not allow a fight on this day, in our territory!" Vivaldi screeched. "You," She pointed a bony finger at Joker, "We will excuse your presence here this single time if you leave this instance." Her purple eyes projected anger towards the red-head.

"If we don't?" White questioned, obviously, a plan already formed in his head. "Off with your head!" She yelled. "Well, you forget one thing," He said slyly, "You can only behead me if you catch me," and with that, he grabbed Alice by the waist and proceeded to run off down the hall and towards the balcony they were previously talking on.

A surprised gasp escaped Alice as she was picked up and heaved onto a broad shoulder. On her journey farther and farther from the role holders - screaming her name at different intervals - she felt Joker . . . shaking under her?

Alice then noticed he was really laughing! A once-in-a-while thing too, if she had a say. The brunette gripped onto the back of Joker's jacket, the sounds of the role holders dying down until only Joker's laughing could be heard in the empty halls. "Wasn't that fun?" Black half-laughed, half-asked; but quickly added a 'Bitch,' along with his earlier question. Alice smiled softly, though she didn't really want to admit it, it was fun today. Also it being one of the few days she wasn't almost killed by Joker. Instead of answered, she just snuggled into his jacket, smells of cotton candy and popcorn wafting into her nose.

Soon after, accompanied by the sweet smells, Alice had fallen asleep. "Damn it, she fell asleep!" Black groaned as they set her down on the edge of the balcony, light snowflakes had begun to fall in a steady stream onto their faces; melting soon after. "Is it still on?" Black asked White, but White just nodded his head side to side, "Let's enjoy today." He answered, then stepped onto the balcony and jumped off in a silent movement.

-.-.-.-.-.-

In Alice's dream, she danced around an empty ballroom with a faceless, orchestra music played in places that were silent. She smiled, at least it wasn't a role holder she was dreaming about! Her happiness soon diminished when the whole view turned around to reveal the "face-less's" true face, Joker.

She opened her mouth in a silent scream and tried to detach herself from him, as soon as she did this, a look of hurt spread across his face. Alice didn't like to hurt people, that was a fact. Even if this person was Joker, she wouldn't hurt him. Alice hugged him in apology - not knowing why that was the action she chose - but she did it anyway.

A pain shot up her spine as she was suddenly sucked out of the dream, and into reality.

-.-.-.-.-.-

Waking up in a freezing cold, wasn't very nice.

Her eyes shot open as the first of a million snowflakes began pouring on her face, and body. Had Joker just left her here? Looking around, she saw no signs of life and sighed as she plopped back into the castle; welcoming the warmth it had to offer. Making her way back to her friends, a lot of thoughts bounced around in her mind; for one, why didn't Joker massacre all of them? Especially Alice!

One thought laid far back in her mind, at least, she chose not to approve of it. Because of the fact it would never be true.

Was Joker really, actually. . . nice?

Well, that was...fascinating.

The story actually began as a friendship story, but my Joker part of the brain took over and it ended up being a Joker X Alice pairing o_o

(Reviews are like cookies, the more I get, the fatter I get and the more I write. Do not ask how that works, it just does)

Also, for anyone who wonders when I'll update Love in a Fairy Tale, I will soon! I'll alternate between these two stories! I need to stop getting new ideas :(