A strong thrumming purr vibrates against my shoulder blades as my back arches into Elliot's stomach. I heavily sigh sleepily waking up to a wide strip of light surging into my eyes. Hm ... ow ... I try to block out the light but it slips through the cracks in my digits.

"Hrmph ... 's bright ... ," I mutter as I flip over pressing my head into Elliot's chest. A light laugh slips through my throat as I press against his warm bare chest, humming as I lightly tap my fingers against his collarbone.

"You awake?" Elliot sleepily mumbles refusing to open his eyes just yet. I smile and kiss his collarbone.

"Mraw - yeah." I moan as I sit up, rubbing my eyes awake as Elliot's arm remains drooped over my lap. The sheets slide against each other as Elliot's chest presses against my back his arms forming a mini cage around my waist. I giggle as he softly brushes his lips over my shoulder encouraging me to return his affection. My hand snakes up to his head lightly ruffling his orange hair.

"Hm~ I'm still sleepy." Elliot yawns dragging me down with him as he lays on his back securely holding me to his chest. I snort a laugh and twist around in his grasp poking the tip of his nose and his hands gently lay over my hips.

"Yeah? Well I've got to go to work so~ let go." I tease with a serious hint, softly drawing my fingers down his throat. He closes his eyes and pleasantly hums.

"Hm~ work ... work!?" He shouts, his eye bursting open as he looks over me with, yet again, a spark of fear in his eyes. His ears restlessly twitch as he frowns thinking hard about something. I smile and doodle circles around his clock.

"You're going to break something thinking that hard." I murmur before trying to get up. My spine stiffens as his hands venture back, tightly grasping with intent of not letting go.

"I'm hungry. Let me eat?" He playfully asks with a strained smile before planting kisses on my neck. I raise my eyebrows as he sits up, still tightly grasping through my underwear, kissing my jaw and anywhere else he can reach. My arms lightly lay on his shoulders as I let him get away with the affection for a little bit while I wake up.

Alright Elliot your cuteness can only go so far.

"Let go, Elliot." I mutter, reaching up and push his chin away.

"But why? I want to touch my woman." He growls with a grin, obviously hiding something behind his violet eyes.

"Your 'woman' needs to go to work."

"Boo! Stay here for a while longer. Hey, let's go try making those carrot cookies." He excitedly says as his ears flinch around like crazy. What is he hiding? I heavily sigh. Whatever I'll think about it some more at work.

"In the ovens you torched? Yeah, no. Let's not. Besides," I continue as I sit up and gently kiss his lips, "it's not like I'll be gone very long."

"But we hardly get to see each other." He complains, almost as if he is trying every angle there is to get me to stay, "just stay here another day. Please, for me?" I roll my eyes and slide off his lap trotting over to my clothes.

"I have work Elliot and I'm sure you do too. I can't go shirking off of work just because you ask me to." I smile, amused at his attempts to make me stay. It's almost cute but it's starting to hedge more towards annoyance at this point.

"Please, Jackie? What if those people come back and attack you?"

"I've got Boris, Gowland, and my period to help me." I huff as I gather my clothes, slipping into the bathroom.

"That's not good enough!" Stupid. Never underestimate a woman's menstrual cycle. It will beat you and leave you out to dry like nobody's business. I open the door and toss Elliot his shirt before heading towards the door.

"Well, it'll be good enough for now."

"At least stay for breakfast." He huffs, remaining firm in his stance. I sigh and lean back into his embrace, lightly tugging on his hair.

"Yes, Elliot you are cute and yes, you are adorable but~ I have work. I'll see you soon." I say as I reach up on my tippy toes and kiss his jaw before heading out the door.

"H-Hey, wait -!" He asks, coming out into the hall with his orange silk pants on. "Are you sure you can't at least stay for a short stroll through the rose garden? We've installed a new fountain."

"Oh ho~ trying to salvage the magic from last night?"

"It appears so~,"

"Why else would he chase her half naked?"

"Ah." Elliot utters as his face darkens with embarrassment. I smirk and tap him on the chest.

"Bye bye Elliot~," I hum, trotting off to the main doors as he zooms back into his room. Stupid hare. Oh well. A smile crosses my face as my chest warms up. That's just the kind of guy I fell for I guess.

"La di la di da~ oh? Oh! Hey look it's Jackie!" Ace cries from the woods as he hurries to the path. I heavily sigh as the night hops out of the bushes giving me a big bear hug. "Hey Jackie!"

"Hey Ace." I roll my eyes as he sets me down looking at me with a big grin.

"Hey, you lost too?" Ace asks with a grin. I chuckle and continue walking slightly irked as he follows me.

"Nope. I, unlike you, know where I'm going."

"So then~ where are you going?" Ace asks with a darker purr. I glance over my shoulder spying his smile as wide as ever but his eyes color with a different sense of cheer. I pick up my pace watching as he follows close behind.

"To work."

"At the Amusement Park?"

"That's where I work."

"Really? You know where it is?" He hums with a strange note to his voice.

" ... yeah ... Ace, are you alright? You're acting strange." His smile falls as he looks to the ground trotting beside me.

" ... the Clock Tower moved."

"It moved? What are you talking about?" I ask starting to get concerned with my happy go lucky friend. Yeah, he's got a dark side but all in all he's a good guy.

"Haven't you noticed? This is Clover Country." Ace continues with a monotone voice masking what he's really feeling.

"What? No, Ace, it's Heart Country - oof." I huff as I run into something plushy. I look up spying a giant mushroom in the middle of the street. Huh?

"Why is there a mushroom here?" I ask looking around and spying more giant mushrooms, some as big as houses and others the size of my thumb.

"It's normal for mushrooms to grow here. I thought you would be more concerned with the fish swimming around your leg!" Ace erupts into laughter as something slips up my pants slapping into my leg.

"Oh my gosh what's in my pants?!" I scream wrestling with my belt. The wriggling thing thrashes around in the pant leg traveling further up to my thigh. "Get it out get it out get it out!"

"Ok~!" Ace cries as he tackles me into the bushes. His strong hands easily sweep aside my fingers as he slips off the belt in one go yanking my pants down to my knees. I breathe hard as I watch a fish head poke out of the fabric, hopping into the air as it swims off into a nearby tree.

" ... what in the heck did I just witness?" I ask staring dumbly as the fish hides behind the branches of the tree, breathing completely normal. I jump as Ace leans on my knees dreamily looking over my dark green lacy underwear.

"It's normal. It's Clover Country, after all. There's no Clock Tower, or Amusement Park here. We both lost something important, didn't we?" Ace sadistically purrs as he cups my cheek and leans forward.

"Jackie, would you like to get lost with me?" I growl and slap his hand away as I jumped to my feet, wrestling my pants back on and belt.

"Awe~! But I liked being in your pants!" Ace whines reverting back to his happy go lucky self. I raise my foot and stomp on his head, not hard enough to hurt him but solid enough to get my point across.

"Go away, Ace. I'm going to the Amusement Park." I growl hopping over the bushes. This is crazy! Giant masses of land don't just up and go in the middle of the night. Ace is just being Ace right now. Irrational and stupid. "Look, follow me and I'll take you to the Clock Tower."

"You think you can?" He dangerously asks as he peers over to me. I shiver under his intense gaze continuing at a brisk pace.

"Yes. And then I'll show you that it's still there and you were just lost."

"Really? Thanks Jackie!" He happily cries wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"Let go."

"I don't wanna."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't."

"Just get off."

"No."

"Ugh." I huff suffering through Ace's twisted affection. Fine. Whatever! I'll just dump his stupid butt at Clock Tower and head to the Amusement Park. No big deal.

As we trot passed the town I begin to have a very unsettling feeling settling in my gut. Wasn't that a bakery at the corner and not a shoe store? Or that sidewalk. Those colors are different than the sidewalk at the entrance before. Why does that all look different now?

"Are you starting to see it?" Ace asks as hot breath blows into my ear. I shiver and smack his head away trying to ignore the renovated town.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I huff, snatching his hand and guiding him around to the front of the Clock Tower. I slow to a stop as I look over the new building. What ... is this?

"See? You're lost too. This is Clover Tower, Jackie." Ace's gently places his hands on my shoulder as he leans down into my ear. "The Amusement Park and Clock Tower are gone. They moved and there's no telling when it will be back."

"H-Hey ... get off, Ace." I growl, frightened as my little heart pounds hard. That's impossible. How is that possible?!

Anything can happen in Wonderland.

"You see it now? You're pretty lost right now, Jackie. Your Amusement Park is gone. Where are you going to go now?" He asks with a smirk before curling it into a wide grin. "Hey! Hey! I know! Come stay at Heart Castle!" His eyes grow a little distant as he gazes into my green eye, "maybe, with you there I'll be a little less lost?"

"ACE!"

BANG

I scream as Ace hooks his arm around my waist, leaping back as his sword smokes from where a bullet nearly hit him dead in the heart.

"Whew~ that was close March Hare." Ace sings with a cheerful smile. "Hey, hey, you knew the move was coming didn't you? You felt it right? Isn't it surprising how the Clock Tower and Amusement Park are gone?"

"L-Liar!" I shout, shoving against his chest. I stumble back before darting down the path to the Amusement Park.

"Jackie, wait -!" Elliot cries before metal clashes. No no no no no! Not again! I couldn't have lost everything again! This is just some sick joker Ace is playing on me! My lungs burn as I haphazardly roll to a stop, looking at the endless woods before me.

Where is my Amusement Park?

My chest tightly constricts as I slowly shake my head.

Why?

Why do I always lose things important to me?

First my home in my world. And now the Amusement Park here.

Ace, he was talking about some sort of move? I stare at the sea of trees reviewing everything that Boris, Blood, and Ace have said to me. They were all talking about a move. Boris ... is he gone now? I suck in a quickly breath as it finally hits. He was talking about me being happy that he would finally be gone? Did he know the Amusement Park was going to move? Then why didn't he tell me? Was it because ... he wanted me to be happy with Elliot?

My knees buckle as I drop to the ground in shock. That's what it was. He thought he was pestering me being with Elliot. I mean, he was but that doesn't mean I want him gone!

A-And what about the others? Why didn't they tell me about the lands themselves moving? If I had known that I would have stayed at the Amusement Park!

...Wouldn't I have?

I mean, it makes sense to stay here. These guys have always supported me even when everyone was basically pushing me out. They've been my solid base, my job, my home, my family while I've been here.

Wait a minute.

"J-Jackie! Hey! Are you alright?" Elliot's voice shouts from behind. I lifelessly stare at the trees as he crouches down in front of me and shakes my shoulders. "Jackie, look at me. Are you hurt?"

"You knew." I breathe out as my chest tightens. He knew the lands were going to move. That's why he was so scared every time I tried to leave. That's why he wanted me to stay and bake terrible cookies. That's why he made a stay the night. That's why he didn't want me to leave in the morning. He did this because he knew the Amusement Park was going to move.

He selfishly made me stay so I would lose my second home.

"I," he hesitates, thinking twice about lying. "I did. I tricked you, Jackie. But I love you and please understand that I only did that so we wouldn't be separated and-,"

"Elliot."

"Y-Yeah ... ?" He squeaks as my hands shoot up tightly gripping his long ears. My head shoots up with fire in my eyes making his face pale in pure terror.

"YOU STUPIT RABBIT!" I scream yanking his head all the way to the cobblestone path that one led to the Amusement Park.

"It hurts!" Elliot cries as I swing around and straddle his back, continuing to stretch out his ears like taffy.

"Good! Why would you trick me? Why didn't you just tell me the truth you stupid cotton tail!" I rant continuing to try and pull his ears.

"B-B-But then you would have stayed and OUCH! I-I-I wouldn't have gotten to see you!" He cries, trying to reach back but the pain is too much for him to bare.

"That is a very stupid excuse you stupid rabbit! Stupid hare! Stupid, stupid bunny!" I shout, pinning him down as I get ready to yank his stupid ears right out of his stupid skull.

"I-I-I-I-If it's your stuff you're worried about don't worry! I had some servants come to the Amusement Park before the move - YE-OUCH! A-And they only moved to another place so they're perfectly fine - EEEEEEKKKKK!" He shrieks as I twist and mangle his ears.

"You think this is just because of my stuff or even them moving?! How much of an idiot are you?!" He's so stupid! This isn't about my stuff or even the fact that the Amusement Park along with Mary and Boris moved, although it is an important part.

It's the fact he tricked me away from my 'home' here in Wonderland.

My support. My very base. No more Mary, the father figure, to come up with ingenius ways to harm people on rides, to which I would scold him. No more Boris, older brother, to beat around when he leaves dead crap in front of my door. No more ... no more fixing machines and working my mind. No more job. No more smiling Amusement Park employees. None of that. Just me and ...

Just me and me alone just as it always have been.

"Very - OUCH - stupid! I'm a stupid, stupid idiotic - AH! - man who can't - NO NOT THERE! - do anything! P-Please let go you're ripping my ears right out!" He screams as his grips the base of his ears so they aren't at least pulled right out. My grip begins to falter as I see tears well up in his pained eyes.

What am I doing? Yes, I really, really like Elliot. I like him to the point that going on about daily life would be very boring, and nothing to look forward to. I-I like him as a friend and as a man. A man who I trusted and never thought would trick me like this.

Why, Elliot?

"E-Elliot ... I trusted you! Why ... why did I believe you?" My shaky hands loosen their death grip on his ears. I gently slide back, biting my lip as betrayal remains clear in my eyes. He remains low on the ground, submitting as his crumbled and ruffled ears fall back.

I take a few steps back looking over what I've done to the big man. That was temporary relief. Nothing ... nothing is really going to fix this. I stare at the ground struggling to put a name to so many emotions swirling around in my gut as Elliot hops up, nervously patting my shoulders.

"L-Look, they're fine, Jackie. If y-you're worried about their health then it's groundless. They just moved, that's all. A-A-And they'll be back I promise. Hey." Elliot sweetly says between his pained whines as he tilts my chin up. I lifelessly gaze over Elliot unable to tell if I love him or loathe his very guts. "Oh come on! You said you wanted to get to know me so what's better than us living together?"

"Elliot ... I-I-I'm so disappointed in you," I breathe, shaking my head as I head back to the mansion with a sore heart. Elliot remains frozen on the spot, unable to move from my crippling words. Elliot, it's not about the fact that Mary and Boris have been taken from me. It's not even about my stuff that I'm so upset about.

It's the fact that you're willing to trick and hurt me to get what you want.

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