~ Authors Note~
Welcome back! Well, here's another chapter of my story. Hope you enjoy it! The clothing was a pain in the butt, I really dislike describing clothing.. I spent 20 minutes just looking for pictures that I could look off of that didn't look weird.. Well, i hope you enjoy chper two of my story!
I do not own Shugo chara, Alice in wonderland, or any of it's characters. ^-^
~Recap~ She lied her head on the ground and placed her hands over her head in fear. "P-Please don't hurt me!" She pleaded, trembling.
"I'll give you whatever you desire! Just please do not hurt me!" The rustling subsided, although she could hear footsteps get closer to her as whose ever it was feet crunched the leaves around her. The sound stopped right in front of her. After a moment of waiting, thinking that something would happen to her, she became very confused.
She slowly began to look up at who was standing before her. The first thing she saw was a pair of fluffy midnight blue paws. She felt herself relax when she knew that it wasn't a human. She followed the pair of paws up to a soft looking fluffy chest, then to its face. It was just a normal cat, one that you would find in a normal persons house. It had a light pink nose and golden yellow eyes. It's eyes amazed her, they were the perfect shade of gold. Like the color of freshly grown wheat in Autumn. It's long whiskers added to its cuteness. It's tail flicked back and forth in a constant rhythm as it stared at her.
Amu looked at the small cat with confusion. "What's a small cat like yourself doing in the middle of nowhere?" She began to stand up, only then realizing how dirty she had gotten. Miki was right, she thought, I really do look like a villager. She was wearing a simple brown robe with a piece of fabric tied around her waist to make it fit a bit better. She had to admit, it wasn't the best thing for a princess to wear, but she loved how comfortable it was. She never cared if she was yelled at by Miki on how it was not suitable for a princess but she never cared. It was always more comfortable than those girly dresses that gave her rashes all the time.
The small cat began to walk off, but before disappearing into the bushes he looked back at the pinkette. "What?" She asked the cat. "Would you like for me to follow you?" The cat meowed in response, and walked through the bushes. She found herself following the cat. This situation reminded her of a story that she had read not to long ago. Alice on Wonderland was what the book was called, although instead of following a rabbit, she is following a strange cat that she found in the middle of nowhere. She thought about the story and what happened.
Alice was the main character, she was like Amu, didn't like doing all the fancy stuff that other people wanted her to do. She was sitting with her sister who was reading her a book when she got bored. She saw this little white rabbit holding a pocket watch, he kept repeating "I'm late! I'm late! I'm so very late!" She followed him as he ran and jumped down a hole. Her curiosity had gotten the best of her as she looked down the hole, and ended up falling into the hole. She was teleported into this strange world filled with strange things. She found strange people as well, a disappearing cat, a pair of twins who act funny, the hatter who invited her to a tea party, a blue caterpillar who smoked something strange, and many more people. She followed the rabbit through Wonderland until she found herself at a castle. The castle of the Red Queen.
She didn't remember what happened after that because Miki had made her put the book down and work on her studies again. She doubted that this cat would bring her to some strange castle though, it seemed unlikely. Maybe a small village or town. She chased after the cat, trying not to lose sight of it. Then she pushed aside some branches and the sun blinded her for a moment. She raised her arm above her eyes to shield some of the light. When her eyes adjusted to the bright light, she looked up. A large castle stood before her, much bigger than her own.
"Wow.." Was all that she could say about this quite amazing looking castle. She remembered the cat, and looked frantically for it. The cat had been sitting in front of a hedge maze, waiting for her. She walked towards the cat who turned around and ran into the maze. "Wait!" She yelled towards the cat. She quickly ran after it. When she got into the maze, she looked again for the cat. Looking both left and right, she was able to see the cat before it ran around yet another corner. She chased the cat around multiple twists and turns. She stopped at one moment to realize she could hear something. It sounded like a violin, but the music that it was making sounded sad.
She again looked for the cat, who was once again waiting for her. As she followed the cat, the violins noise had gotten louder. The cat had turned into an arch way, and as it did, the noise from the violin stopped. She peeked around a corner to find a tall boy with midnight blue hair holding a violin in one hand and the cat on its shoulder. He had a black no-sleeve jacket with white buttons running down the right side, and a white lining around it. He had a white belt that went around his waist. Underneath the jacket he had a white undershirt, along with black pants and shoes. On the cuffs of his undershirt were black crosses, and another cross was dangling from around his neck, except this one was white. She had to admit, the outfit fit him quiet well.
"You." He had said in a low voice. Amu nearly jumped, she stood still, hoping that he didn't mean her. "Where have you been Yoru?" He continued, the cat meowed in response. So that's his name, she thought. "I told you not to go into the forest, bad things are out there that could easily eat you for a snack." He pestered the small cat. The cat gave him an unamused look, then looked in Amu's direction. The boy's eyes followed in the direction of the cats, which led to her. Her eyes widened as she quickly turned her head around the corner, hoping that he did not see her. He walked over to the arch, curious as to what the cat had been looking at. She thought about running, but for some reason her feet wouldn't move. Amu suddenly felt a sharp jab in her back. She turned around quickly and tried to step back, but instead she tripped as she turned around, falling in front of the arch.
"What are you doing on these grounds?" The boy demanded. The boy was dressed like a samurai, he had dark green hair that was tried with white cloth behind his head. He had two katanas, one in each hand. She was confused, no one around these lands were dressed like him.
"I-It was an accident! I swear I didn't mean to come here!" Amu pleaded. "I saw a cat, and I followed it! I followed it to this location. I am telling the truth!" The midnight blue haired boy looked at her with interest when she had said that.
"Kairi, this girl is with me. Please lower your sword." Instructed the boy. The samurai did as told and lowered his sword.
He placed his swords in his sheath and bowed. "Please forgive me prince Ikuto. I did not know." Ikuto, Amu thought, somehow that name fits him.
"It is fine. Now return to the castle." Ikuto demanded. Kairi did as told and walked back to the castle. He turned his attention then to the pinkette. "Why are you here?"
"Like I said before, I followed that cat!" She pointed to the cat who was on his shoulder. The cat jumped down from his shoulder and sat in front of her, then meowed.
Ikuto looked at the girl and held out his hand, gesturing to help her up. "If Yoru trusts you, then you are no danger to me. But you should return to where you came from." Amu grabbed his hand and stood up, dusting herself off, although she was already very dirty to start with so it did not help.
"There's one problem with that." She alleged. "I do not know how i got here. And there is no way i am going back to where i am from" He looked at her with a skeptical look.
"And why is that?" He asked.
"That is none of your business." Her voice sounded aggravated with the subject and Ikuto didn't like making girls mad, so he didn't continue with the subject.
"Then lets make a deal." He suggested. "I'll let you stay at my castle on one condition." He looked at her with a smirk. "You will have to be my new maid and you will have to do as I say."
Well, that's it for my second chapter! I hope you enjoyed! You see that review button down there? You should click it. Go on, click it. And ill see you all (hopefully) next chapter!