The two stared at each other in utter disbelief. Alice looked at herself. Her arms were bigger and more muscular, she was taller, and she had jet black hair hanging at her shoulders. It felt totally different then her waist long hair, which seemed to trail. Her head… Well, Blood's head… felt so much lighter!
She put a hand through her hair. It was silky and smooth, like feathers, and messy from sleeping. And she was flat! She poked at her now bare chest, and noticed it was now that of a male, flat and hard. She couldn't even believe it!
Blood on the other hand, seemed very displeased. He had his arms folded awkwardly across his new chest, and tapped a foot lightly. He was wearing her cream colored night gown with blue straps and a bow in the middle. The long hair going down his waist bothered him, not only because it rubbed against his rear every time it moved, but it was constantly getting in the way. Examining himself in a nearby mirror, he almost scowled in disgust at the appearance. "How did this happen, young lady?" he spoke with her voice, which was laced with a tone of homicidal intent.
"You really think I know?" she snapped back in the low sleepy smooth voice. Good God, she couldn't even BELIEVE how she sounded. Blood, who was fumbling with his folded arms finally snapped. "How the hell can you do anything with these things on your chest? I feel like I'm being weighed down!" he growled, poking at the soft chest. "Don't just touch those!" Alice yelled angrily from Bloods body.
"But—" "NO BUTS"
The two glared at each other before Alice sat up out of bed. "Fine, I'll go talk to Nightmare at the tower. Maybe he knows how this happened" she sighed, buttoning the makes shirt back up. "Young Miss, I believe you are not aware, but YOU have paperwork to do" the male smirked from the girl's body, as Alice was struck by realization. "And you only did one page. Tsk tsk" he chided, turning on his heel.
"Well then, that means YOU go" Alice grimaced, looking towards the mountain of paperwork on the man's desk that had been uncompleted. He stopped "… I can?" he sounded surprised. "Yeah, of course you can…" she raised an eyebrow, confused with his surprise. "Wait… I'm you… I don't have to follow the rules…" with that, he headed for the door. "Wait, go to the clock tower and ask Nightmare—"
"Yeah yeah yeah" he replied, waving a dainty hand to dismiss the subject, before striding out of the door. Alice took a seat in the Mafioso's desk, staring at the paperwork she had to do. This was going to be a long day.
-x-
Blood walked out of the mansion, and wasn't stopped. He was an outsider. He didn't have to follow rules, and could do anything he wanted! He was wondering why on earth he was even listening to the woman's pleas for finding who did this to them when he could be drinking tea, or sleeping!
Seeing a tree not so far from the Hatter Mansion gates, he took a seat beneath the tree, lying down beside it and staring up at the blue skies. "No responsibilities… The only responsibility the young lady had as an outsider was to fill the bottle, and since he had no intentions of doing that, he was a free man. Just thinking about it left him smiling as he fell asleep beneath the tree.
-x-
"—ce"
"—lice?"
"ALICE?"
Blood squirmed uncomfortably, ready to shoot the idiot who dared disturb his sleep. Cracking his eyes open, he saw red. "Oh~ you're awake after all! I thought you were dead~" a sing song voice came. His surroundings were moving, but he was not. Not to mention he could feel two arms in rather uncomfortable places. It wasn't until he was fully awake did he realize he was in the knights arms as he carried him through the forest.
"K-Knave of hearts!" he exclaimed, surprised at how he was once on his grounds under the tree, and now being carried through a dark forest with the knight. "Eh? Alice never calls me that" he gave the outsider a confused look. "I'm not Alice" he growled angrily.
The knight gave a merry laugh. "And I'm not Ace! Stop playing Alice~" his smile remained ever present on his mouth, only pissing the mafia boss off more. "Put me down you oaf!" he shouted, squirming and thrashing in the knights arms violently. "Eh? Okay, I was going to set up camp soon anyway" he mumbled, putting him down. As he huffed, he began to walk off, until he felt a warm gloved hand on her shoulder.
"You don't really want to go off by yourself, right Alice? After all, there are some scary animals out there" the man shrugged the hand off. "I can take care of myself with my—"realization struck. He didn't have his cane! He didn't have his gun! For the first time in the man's life, be felt completely vulnerable and powerless.
He shook for a second with anger, only to have the knight pull him back. "Now, Alice. Don't be scared… It just means we get to camp tonight!" the look across his face was that of hidden intentions, and Blood could tell. He used a similar look way too often. "Well, let's get ready to hit the hay!"
-x-
Elliot knocked on the door of Bloods office. "Blood?" No answer. He knocked again, harder. "Blood?" still no answer. It was late at night, and he hadn't even come to attend the usual midnight tea party they held annually every night. The hare looked to the door, and swallowed before entering the mans office. He was ready for bullets to fly at him for not knocking, or the man to not actually be in his office, but in his rose garden instead. What he found was different.
Blood, or in this case, Alice, was resting her head in her arms at the males desk. Eyes closed, and breathing steady, Elliot could only assume his boss had fallen asleep yet again, and he would have to do that pile of hell known as paperwork. Picking up the rather large pile, he forced himself out the door, and to his bedroom office, closing the door silently behind him. Placing the now messed up stack of papers on his desk, he took a seat and removed a pen from his desk, but as he took the first paper, he realized something off.
It was complete. One page, two page, four pages, ten! He went through the massive pile, realizing that Blood has actually finished his paperwork by himself for once! He stared in partial shock. Well, now what? He was so used to slaving away for hours after the Midnight Tea party that for a split second, he couldn't even think of what to do next. But he knew one thing. Sleep.
AND CHAPTER TWO! It leaves off funny, I know, but I like leaving you wanting more! Bio class is up next anyway, and I didn't study anything legitly on the packet. Maybe I can just wing it. Anyway, I have more ideas swirling for the next chapter! Do you have any suggestions? What would you like to see? Tell me in reviews or Inbox! Thank you for reading and your support! *Bow bow with happy tears*
