Alice

They rested in Alice and Cyrus's hidden tent until they had decided upon a plan to rescue Cyrus's brothers. The quest seemed hopeless and for days they were all depressed. Coming up with multiple scenarios, none of which were fool proof. This time they had to be more careful going to Jafar's castle, and going unnoticed.

Alice trusted everyone in their party, except Anastasia. Ana was master of Will now and there was no telling what was up her sleeve at this point. Her motives were always shady, but Cyrus insisted that we trust her.

She thought,'Cyrus is right of course... I'm just not very happy about it.'

Neither was Will, she could tell. He hated his predicament and felt humiliated.

Who wouldn't?

Just because Anastasia believed now that she really loved him doesn't mean Will would ever want her. He deserved so much better than to be betrayed by her. In the past, Alice had believed that no person was ever truly a "lost cause", there was always hope... maybe there was for Ana? Still, something about Ana's manner made her stomach churn.

She hadn't been planning it, but Alice had grown quite fond and protective her friend, Will, the knave.

She couldn't ever imagine leaving him behind here. They had to get him out and release him from his bonds.

'We had to retrieve his heart as well' Alice thought.

As much as he doesn't want to put it back, she had to find some way to convince him.

It was the only way he would ever be able to let Ana go and start new.

Her loyal and determined companion deserved it.

He deserved to love and be loved after everything he had been put through.

Sometimes she wished Cyrus and herself would just live happily ever after already. It seemed so distant from them. Now that they were together, Cyrus seemed more distant than had been apart. Alice thought, "Perhaps we just haven't had the time to discuss it. I know we will at some point, everyone is just distracted, especially Cyrus."


After their nightly discussion of their plans, they came up with a pretty solid one. The basic gist would be distracting Jafar with a proposal he wouldn't be able to refuse from the Red Queen: The Genie's bottle for Ana's throne returned and never to be bothered by jafar again, she would use a wish.

That would be the deal as Jafar saw it. Really it would just be a distraction.

The White Rabbit, Cyrus, Will, and Alice would be searching for the other genie bottles.

The Bottle will be a fake and Ana will use her last wish to return to them after they had alerted her of their finds.

"It is a risk, but it is the best plan we have," Cyrus said.

After the discussion Alice pulled Knave aside in search for firewood.

Once a reasonable distance away, she voiced her concerns:

"Will, we are placing a lot of trust in Anastasia's hands, can she be trusted?"

"Of course she bloody well can't be trusted, Alice! She's always got other motives! I think this plan is a bad idea. The only reason she is even on our side is because she thinks she wants me! she's delusional! once she figures out I'm not what she wants, our plan is in the gutter!"

"She loved you once, what's to say she never has stopped Will? I'm not saying you should forgive her... after what she's done to you, she can't expect that. What if she's just trying to make it right?"

He lowered his head and stared out into the night sky. "You don't understand." he said in a small voice.

He swiftly gazed back into her eyes "You don't know her like I do. Before everything changed, she was going to get me back by the magic of the three genies! Had she her way, she would force me to love her! She doesn't understand anything beyond herself. She doesn't understand a selfless love. She wants power, that's all. She doesn't get that I will never want her. And you, you and cyrus are putting yourself in danger. Once she uses her three wishes, the bottle will be Jafar's... I will be Jafar's."

Alice cupped his face in her hand.

"Will... I will never let that hap-"

He pulled away, "I'm not sad about it Alice. What matters is that you, Cyrus, and his brothers will be safe. Far away in a distant land. And I won't feel a thing because I don't have a heart, and will be getting what I've deserved all these years."

"You can't mean that. You don't deserve any of this Will. and I will never leave wonderland without you or your heart."

He made a start at that last part, "Alice..."

"We're getting it and we're shoving it in your chest. You can't ignore your feelings forever, Will. Now where is it located?"