I stood there as I watched Peter leave. Then my chest started to hurt, and I fell to the ground, too weak to stand. Shit. I need to get up, I thought to myself as I stared up at the sky. I shut my eyes, trying to control the hunger.

"Hey! Are you okay?" I heard someone say. The voice was male. I opened one eye and saw him standing over me. His hair was a light brown, dirty blond, and his eyes were red. He stared at me with a concerned expression on his face. And he reeked of blood, but I could tell it wasn't his. Both of my eyes snapped wide open, and I felt them change color. One second he was over me, the next he was under me, my mouth at his throat. I felt my canines extend at his pulse, then I pierced the skin of his throat. I began to relax as the crimson liquid slipped down my throat. The man groaned under me, and after I took a few gulps, I pulled away and stood up, licking away any blood on my face. I watched as he propped himself up on his elbows.

"Hey, that hurt!" he said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Sorry about that," I apologized to him, extending my hand to help him up. He grabbed it and I pulled him to his feet.

"Wow, you're pretty strong for a girl," he said to me, "my name's Ace," he shook my hand as he introduced himself.

"Mine's Ari," I said, "again, sorry I snapped like that. It happens when I haven't 'eaten' for awhile."

"Nah, it's fine. But what did you do exactly?"

"I kinda-sorta drank your blood," I mumbled, starting to feel awkward, "I'm a vampire, so I need to drink it if I'm gonna survive," I finished, starting to shift from foot to foot. I closed my eyes, feeling horrible that I'd attacked him. Suddenly, I felt hands grip my shoulders, and I opened my eyes to see Ace smiling at me. I felt a tear slide down my face, and he wiped it away.

"Don't start crying. I'm glad I could help!" he said, giving me a thumbs up. I couldn't help but smile back at him.

Hey! When can I come out to play, huh? I heard in my head. I stiffened at the words, my already pale face getting paler.

"You okay? You just got REALLY pale," Ace asked me, a look of concern on his face. I pulled away form him, not wanting him to get hurt.

"I, uh, have to go," I stumbled over my words, "I'll see you around?"

"Yeah, probably," he said, a confused smile on his face.

"Later!" I yelled as I started jogging towards the woods. When I hit the wood line, I ran. My other half was about to come out, and she loved to play and fight. Mostly play. When I was far enough, I stopped.

"Alright, you can come out now," I said out loud to my other half, Arisu.

Oh, FINALLY!I heard her shout with joy as we swapped places.

I stretched my arms above my head, feeling the thrill of being out again. I turned around and saw an iron gate behind me. My black tail started to swish back and forth in happiness.
"You got any business here?" I heard behind me. I turned around again and saw two boys, one wearing blue, the other wearing red. Both had black hair and only came up to my shoulder height wise. Both were wielding huge axes. I smiled evilly. This was going to be fun.

"Sorry, pretty lady," the blue one said.

"But we have to kill you for trespassing," the other said. They both had a smile on their face.

"Aaaaw, but you wouldn't hurt little 'ole me, now would you?" I asked, putting a pout on my face.

"Sorry."

"No exceptions." They started to run towards me, and my expression changed into a wicked grin. The red one swung his axe, and I jumped into the air, kicking off of his head to get higher, and causing him to fall to the ground. I landed on the ground with a tap and jumped again as the blue one swung at me. I landed on the tip of the blade and peered down at the boy, my eyes glowing green. A split second after, I jumped again, somersaulted in the air, and kicked the back of his head with my heel, sending him sprawling to the ground. I landed with a tap on the ground, and I felt something whiz past my ear. I whipped around and saw another bunny man holding a gun pointed straight at me. His hair was blond, and he wore a black and purple plaid scarf over a black trench coat. On his belt buckle was a little rabbit, and he had bits of hay sticking out of his scarf. I stared into his purple eyes with annoyance and impatience.

I waltzed toward him and grabbed his gun. It burned my hand, and I let go. I looked down at it, and watched as the burn healed in a matter of seconds.

"So," I said, looking at him from the corner of my eye, "are you the boss of these twerps I just pummeled?"

"No, I'm not, actually," he said. Is it just me, or are all the men we've met so far been extremely attractive? I heard Ari ask in my head. I grinned.

"Is their boss in?"

"Nope," he said, putting his gun back into its holster.

"Well then. What's your name, blondie rabbit?" I asked sweetly. I saw his face twitch. I read his mind until I got his name.

"Elliot, is it?" I asked. His expression changed to shock, and I snickered, "well, my name is Arisu. If you have any questions, look for Ari," I informed him, then walked away, leaving him with a dumbfounded expression on his face. I walked for awhile into the woods when I felt myself growing tired.Dammit Ari. You never drink enough,I thought to myself. I climbed up the nearest tree and got into a comfortable position, watching the clouds float by overhead. I felt my eyes start to get drowsy, and soon I was fast asleep.

"Ugh, what time is it?" I mumbled groggily. I looked around and realized I was me again, the cat ears and tail gone. Hm. Must have swapped back while we were sleeping, I thought, somewhat happy that we had. I looked up at the sky and saw the sun hanging low in the sky. I jumped down from my perch and looked at my surroundings. I was still in the woods, but I could still see the iron gate and the mansion behind it. I blinked, and was suddenly over the gate (gotta love the speed). I started wandering around the property when I came to a wood line permitting the smell of roses. I wandered through it until I ended up in one of the most brilliant gardens I had ever seen in my entire undead life. I felt a huge grin pull across my face as I stared at my favorite flower, the red a perfect shade of crimson. The scent of them filled me to the core, and I felt like sleeping again.

I walked around the garden a bit more, making sure nobody else was there as well as looking at the roses. When I was satisfied no one was around, I picked one of the roses, the thorns digging into my skin.

"OW!" I yelped as I cut my finger. I watched as the blood oozed from the cut. I brought it to my mouth and licked away the blood. I sat down on the grass, marveling at it's texture. I laid down and brought the rose to my face, letting its sweet smell swallow me. I caught the faint scent of a human, but I felt too tired to entirely care. I closed my eyes and let the intoxicating smell lull me to sleep.

I awoke feeling refreshed, even though I was still half asleep. Sleeping in that garden and not a tree had done me some good. Except for the fact that I wasn't in the garden anymore. I sat up and saw a blanket over me. I looked under me and saw myself on a large sofa. I looked around the room and saw bookshelves overflowing with books. Did I die and go to heaven? I asked myself. I shifted slightly and felt something poke my hand. I hissed at the shock of it and the pain. In my hand was the rose I had picked from the garden I fell asleep in.

"So the sleeping beauty finally awakens," I heard a man say from behind me, making me jump from the sudden noise. I turned my body to face the man who'd said that. What I saw was probably the hottest guy yet.

His hair was pitch black, and his eyes were an intense green. He had a mischievous grin on his face. I watched him like a hawk as he got up from behind the desk he was sitting at. Oh, now THERE'S a piece of meat I can sink my teeth into, I heard Arisu purr in my mine.

SHUT-UP! I yelled at her, though I couldn't disagree that he was attractive. I turned around and started blushing at Arisu's comment. I brought my legs up to my chest as he sat down on the other side of the sofa, positioning himself to face me, that grin still on his face.

"W-what?" I asked, starting to feel awkward.

"I'm just wondering how an outsider was able to get past the gate-keepers and find that rose garden that no one is allowed to enter," he said to me, his face turning serious.
"Ex-squeeze me? Baking powder? I'm a what,?"

"An outsider. Someone who isn't a resident of Wonderland," he explained, that serious look still on his face.

"Okay, well first off, there was nobody at the gates when I showed up. Second, I haven't been here before, so how was I supposed to know about some bloody rule?" I shouted the second statement at him. At this point, I was on my knees, my finger pointed in his face. I knew at some point during my ranting that my eyes had changed color from onyx black to ice blue.

Suddenly, an intense pain on the back of my neck flared, and I doubled over, the pain so intense I was about to scream. I bit my lip so I wouldn't, my fangs digging into my bottom lip until it bled. My right hand gripped the back of my neck while my left griped tightly on the blanket. Tears streamed down my face, and I could hear Arisu screaming in my head.
THAT DAMN JAMES! Arisu strained past the pain, This damn CURSE! Why the hell did we kill him?

"Because he tortured us...he tried to break us for years..." I said out loud, my voice straining from pain, "we didn't know he'd eaten a witch...we had...no choice but to kill James...we didn't know he would curse us...to remember the pain...nor did we know he was the only one...who could break it or use...another white witch...but they hunt us...kill us for trying to survive...Arisu..." I whispered that one word before the pain became too unbearable to even speak, the scar of the curse burning. I removed my hand to reveal the black rose scar, but it still burned. I looked up at the man, a shocked expression on his face, my eyes pleading to him.

"Help me..." I whispered. Then darkness swallowed me.

I awoke God only knows how long later with the blanket covering me again. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I shifted my head slightly and saw an apron over a blue dress. My face scrunched up in confusion. It wasn't until she spoke that i realized who it was.

"Good to see you're finally awake, Ari," Alice said, a smile in her voice. I sat up immediately and stared at the human I hadn't seen for months. When I saw her smiling face, my face stretched into a huge grin.

"ALICE!" I shrieked while I tackled her, my white cat ears and tail popping out. We both fell off the sofa and onto the ground.

"Ow. Watch the vampire strength there," she said to me, the smile still in her voice.

"Ah, sorry!" I said, letting go and kneeling next to her. I offered my hand and helped her sit up next to me.

"It's no trouble. Just be careful, alright?"

"Okay. OHMIGAWD! How have you been? I haven't seen you since I left London!" I exclaimed, my tail twitching back and forth in excitement.
"I've been fine. How did you get here though?"

"In Wonderland? This creeper rabbit guy named Peter kidnapped me and brought me here. Then he made me drink this weird medicine stuff bykissing me! It was-OH MY GOD, you were the 'her' he was talking about!"

"Okay, I need you to slow down. What happened after Peter made you drink the Medicine of the Heart?" Alice asked me, putting her hands on either side of my face.

"Well, after he walked away, I collapsed and snapped from hunger and attacked this guy named Ace. The awesome part was that he was perfectly fine with it. Anyway, I ran away from him because Arisu was trying to swap places with me and I didn't want him to get hurt 'cause he was so nice to me. Then Arisu and I swapped places and found ourselves in front of this estates gates. She fought these kid twins wearing red and blue andtotally kicked their butts, then she got shot at by another rabbit guy named Elliot. Then she walked off and made us sleep in a tree-a tree for god's sake-and when I woke up as me again, I hopped the fence, wandered around, smelled the roses, went to the garden, fell asleep, woke up in here, had a friggin' attack, and now here we are," When I finished, I was breathing hard. Alice stared at me, a blank expression on her face. After staring at me for many uncomfortable seconds, she finally thumped my head, then hugged me.

"Ow," I mumbled. She let go of me and look ed past me at something. I gave her a confused expression and turned around to see what she was looking at. What I saw was the man I'd had an attack in front of. My eyes went wide when I realized this. In the blink of an eyes, I was in front of him.

"Oh my God, I am so, so sorry you had to see that! I am so unbelievably so-" I stopped talking when he put a hand over my mouth.

"Blood, she didn't know about the rule. Not that you could kill her anyway," Alice said from behind me.

"And why ever not?" Blood asked. I removed his hand from my mouth and answered his question.

"Because I'm already dead."