From the very first man my mother brought home, I decided I was never going to be like her. I wasn't going to love, because I learned that loving could leave to hurting. Not the physical kind of hurt that left bruises, but the kind that could leave emotional scars. I didn't want to deal with that.

I belived I would never feel such a horrible emotion.

I was wrong.

Dead wrong.

"OW! Oh shit, son of a bitch..." I rubbed the back of my head and groaned. Falling from heights was something that I enjoyed doing. But it wasn't something that I did frequently either... oh wait, there is that one time I went cliff diving and it was really fun, but that's different. It's not cold, hard ground meeting you.

"I'm gonna feel that later, stupid usagi." I stood and looked around, but Peter was nowhere in sight.

"Hey! Helllooo! Peter! Look, I'm sorry I called you stupid! Where are yoou!" I put my hand up to my mouth as I called.

But I got no answer.

"Hel~loo?" I called, but again there was no answer. "Okay. The best thing to do in this situation is to stay where you are until- OH SHINY!"

Easily distracted as I was, I ran toward the shiny thing.

I came upon a large, familiar looking gate. The mansion behind it was even more familiar. "Woah. I'm soooooo trippin'. This is just weird." I took a step back only to have something sharp poke me in the back. "Owie!" I jumped and took a step away, turning around. "What the he-OMG NO WAY."

I stopped when I saw two twin boys dressed in red and blue.

Obviously, they were Dee and Dum.

"Look, brother! An intruder!" Dee said.

"Who is she, hmm?" Dum frowned.

"Who cares! Should we kill her?" Dee asked.

I burst out laughing. "You two are so cute~~! Despite those axes, what are you gonna do to me!"

The two looked at each other and smirked. Suddenly, they weren't so little- they were grown up and... tall. REALLY tall.

"Oops..." I covered my mouth and looked up at them.

"Hmm, she's so cute, brother~ I don't wanna kill her just yet!" Dum said, his eyes flashing dangerously.

"Me neither!" Dee smirked.

Dee grabbed my arms and pulled me close to him.

"Ah! Uhm, you know this is illegal! I'm getting sexually harrassed everywhere I go..."

Dee chuckled darkly and licked my ear. Dum kneeled down and grabbed my hand, licking my fingers. I blushed and tried to get away, but Dee only tightened his grip around my waist.

"Woah. What the hell are you two doing?" I heard a familiar voice from off to the side and I looked over to see none other than...

"ELLIOT MARCH HOLY SHIT I LOVE YOU!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, prying away from the twins and hiding behind him.

"What the hell?" Elliot looked utterly confused.

"I think this some crazy cosplay convention totally dedicated to Heart no Kuni no Alice because you all sound and look just like the characters. I'm scared, confused and happy all at the same time!" I stood on my tippie-toes and gave Elliot's ears a light tug.

"Owowow!" Elliot yelled and I let go.

"Okay, so they're... real? I am SO on crack." I shook my head in disbelife.

Elliot glared at me and it sent shivers down my spine. "Who are you?" He asked in a demanding voice.

"A-Alex." I said, suddenly feeling... scared.

"How did you get here?"

"Well I got in this fight with my mom and I left, then I fell asleep, then some crazy bunny guy who looked EXACTLY like Peter kidnapped me then I jumped down a hole, which I don't normally do, that's more of a James from Silent Hill thing, and then I ended up here and almost got sexually harrassed by possibly the two cutest twins on the planet." I explained, all in one breath.

Elliot rolled his eyes, "oh wow."

"You don't believe me!" I frowned, "I'm not lying."

"Yeah sure. Whatever," Elliot replied, "lying or not. I'm going to have to kill you now."

Dee and Dum frowned, "but we wanted to!"

"It sure looked like you guys were busy killing her."

Dee stuck out his tongue, "we were gonna kill her when we were done."

"Uh-huh. Sure you were." Elliot retorted.

And this turned into a huge argument.

I looked between Dee, Dum and Elliot and begged someone to come help me.

Well someone did.

And I wished that certain person didn't.

"Elliot." His tone was sharp, harsh, but yet soft and made me weak in the knees.

But then again it also made me wanna kick something... like a cute little puppy... damn, where was Peter when you needed something cute and fuzzy to kick?

"B-Blood-sama..." Elliot looked over at Blood and blushed lightly.

"Who's she?" Blood asked, pointing at me, making me flinch back.

"She's our new favourite toy!" Dee said, grabbing my hand and pulling me close to him again, biting me ear.

"She is, she is!" Dum agreed.

Blood frowned, "release her."

Dee, reluctantly, did and I stumbled foward toward Blood a little.

"Are you alright? What's your name, sweetheart?" His voice was just so... so...

emI wanna kick him. I WANNA KICK HIM SOOOO HARD!/em I screamed in my head.

"Alex." I replied, trying not to laugh at the whole 'sweetheart' thing.

"Well, Alex, I do apologize this. Please, come inside and let me... make it up to you."

I gritted my teeth. Say no. SAY NO. Just think about what he means by 'MAKE IT UP TO YOU'! C'mon just say that lovely word-

"Fine."

Okay, not the word I was looking for, stupid! Now you're in for it. He's sure gonna 'make it up to you' now. Idiot.

Blood smirked and my tough act faltered a little as my face turned a light pink.

"Elliot, take her inside and show her around, alright?" Blood turned and left.

The moment he was gone, I let all my anger go.

"STUPID JERK! STUPID JERK! I HATE HIM, I HATE HIM, I HATE HIM!" I yelled, "Dee! Gimmie a grenade."

Dee, without question tossed me one. I took out the pin and threw it in some random direction and watched it explode.

"Aaah, that makes me feel so much better. Okay Elliot, let's go~~!" I sang and walked through the now open gates.

Elliot looked at the twins, who pointed after me.

"After you," they said.

Elliot frowned and followed me.