Heart no Kuni no Alice/Alice in the Country of Hearts: To Tell a New Tale

Chapter 2

The first thing I remember is feeling someone gently shaking me awake, which was a bit odd since my mom would just yell for me to wake up most mornings.

"Fi' mo' minutes Ma…" I mumbled as I rolled over onto my belly, trying to go back to sleep.

I heard a small, somewhat familiar giggle. I cracked open an eyes to see a blurry (hey, I did just wake up after all), black haired woman standing next to me in a white and blue dress.

This surprised me. "Who're ya?" I asked as the woman became a bit clearer. I could see her eyes were either covered by her bangs, or she had her eyes shut, because I couldn't see them behind her blonder hair.

"A maid. Now it is time to get up, the Queen wants to see you." She said as she placed a pile of clothing on the nightstand next to me. "The rest-room is over there," she said, pointing to a pure white door on the other side of the room. "And please remember to carry this with you at all times." Again, she gestured to a small container with a heart on top. "Come out when you're ready." And with that, she quickly left, still giggling.

It took me a few minutes to process this. "Queen...Maid...Where the fuck am I?" I shouted as I shot up and looked at my surroundings.

The room itself was quite large, with light blue paint on the walls, which had pictures of beautiful meadows and rivers on it. The ground had a carpet as white as new-fallen snow, which carried some dark wood furniture on it. Just a simple nightstand, a large dresser, a table and some chairs in the corner, and of course, the bed which had a light blue comforter on it.

"…..Fuck…..I've been kidnapped by people with crap-taste…." I said to myself, as I got up, grabbing the clothes next to me and went into the bathroom to shower (if it had a full bathroom, that is).

When I walked in, I thanked god there was a bathtub with a shower. I set my clothes on the counter and looked in the mirror, noticing someone had bandaged my cuts. "Wow…nice kidnappers…" I said as I started up the shower and undressed both myself and my wounds.

I quickly showered, did my morning clean-up, and looked at the clothes they gave me. There was a light blue skirt that went most likely went down to me knees (judging by the length), a white sweater which felt soft to the touch (silk maybe?), a pair of white stockings, and even some clean, white undergarments (which scared me a little…).

I put them on, and was surprised they fit me perfectly, which freaked me out at the fact they got my sizes. I looked at my other clothes and carried them out with me, not wanting to leave them behind. I spotted my bag at the foot of the bed and tossed my clothes into it and slipped on my cheap black sneakers. I picked up my bag and started for the door.

As I was about to walk out of the room, I remembered to pick up the little container and toss it into my bag, hoping the glass wouldn't shatter easily. As soon as I walked out, the maid who woke me up greeted me and quickly led me past servants carrying bags, trunks, and supplies for what looked like a trip. The weird thing was the fact all of the servants had their eyes covered with their bangs.

Soon we got a large, light blue painted room, which was mostly empty save for two thrones, one occupied by a young woman in her late teens or early twenties. Her hair was long, straight and blonde, cut to perfection really. She had light blue eyes that matched her walls perfectly, except her walls didn't have a bit of a mischievous glint to them like her eyes did. She wore a long light blue dress (that was a few shades darker than her eyes) with a white corset and instead of tiara or a crown on her head, she wore a daisy chain around her head (a mixture of blue and white daisies).

The main bowed and backed away as the women stood up and slowly walked over to me, looking very cool may I add. When the woman was just a foot away from me, she hugged me tightly and kissed me on the cheek. "You're finally here!" she shouted as her hug got tighter and she kissed on the other cheek.

I blushed as the kissing fro this stranger-Queen. "Wh-who are ya?" I stuttered

The women didn't let go of me, but stopped kissing me. "My name is Amity, I'm the White Queen, and now, you're Big Sister!"

My eyes widened and I pulled away from her. "Queen? Sister? Dude, you fucking kidnapped me! Now, tell me where the fuck I am!" I shouted; remember that this place had taken me away from my town (since there was no place like this down in CC). I turned away from her, looking for another door I could leave through, seeing as how the guards blocked the one I came in.

She frowned. "We didn't kidnap you. But before you try to leave, I should tell you…you can't. I know you drank the liquid last night, and because of that, you're bound to this land until you can fill the container again. But you are free to leave the castle when you please."

I turned to her, giving her the "are-you-serious?" look. "Miss…one….you are a fucking loon. A drink can't force me to stay in a place."

She shook her head. "It does. You must try to befriend people here, talk to them, only when you fill your little container can you leave here and go back to your own world."

I nodded, deciding to play along for now, since I remembered that she kidnapped me, and there may be a chance of her being psycho. "Okay then…so, where am I?" I asked which launched her into explanations that went by in a whirlwind of words. I was only able to catch some of her explanation, saying that we were in the land of Spade, going to Wonderland tomorrow, and that her name was Amity.

I just nodded, and soon she said we had to leave, for we were leaving for Wonderland as soon as I woke up. I just nodded again and followed her outside into the carriage awaiting us. We went in and as soon as it started to move, Amity fell asleep.

The maid that woke me up was in here as our personal maid. I still had yet to see her eyes, but that didn't really matter at the moment. The maid chuckled at the now asleep Queen. "Forgive her highness; she has fallen asleep in carriages since she was young."

I nodded and looked out the window, watching fields of crops and grasses pass us by, reminding of my small hometown….

"Ma'am? Do you want to see something before we get to Wonderland?" the maid asked me. I turned to her and nodded, wondering what she was going to show. She lifted her bangs and showed me her face. My eyes widened and I bit back a scream. This woman had no eyes!

"What the hell! Are you okay? Can you see? Wait, How can you see?" I asked her quickly.

The maid laughed at my outburst. "Here, the people without "roles" do not have eyes. Her highness is the White Queen, which is one of the roles. People like me on the other hand, are considered replaceable, thus to tell us apart, we don't have eyes. But we can see perfectly."

I frowned and nodded. "Well, I know how ya feel. Bein' replaceable an' all."

This surprised the maid. "Really?"

I nodded and smiled. "Yeah, but I got used to it." I held out my hand to her. "The names Ashley. What's yours?"

The maid gave me a soft, cute small. "Charlene Mathers. It is very nice to meet you Ashley." And with that, she shook my hand.

For the rest of the trip, Charlene and I talked, and she explained everything to me, slower this time around. She told me about Wonderlands territories and their fights. She told me about the other's with roles, the Country of Heart (which is where we were going, Charlene said the Queen confuses places all the time), and the fact there was another Outsider (which was what I was here) named Alice.

The only thing Charlene couldn't explain is just why I was brought here. Only Queen Amity knew, and it wasn't very likely I was going to get that answer from her very soon.

Very soon, we arrived during night time (which I could have sworn the sun had just risen when we left) and had to be hustled in quickly into an odd castle with heart décor. Charlene was sent to sleep with the servants of this castle while Queen Amity and I were given our own rooms. I soon fell asleep wonder just what happened, and what tomorrow would hold for me.