Pandora Forbidden Hearts

Summary: After being rescued from Abyss Oz finds himself ten years in the future, with the powers just like a chain but is he one? He and the others that know this must hide it but when you're in love it becomes hard to hide all the secrets you have from them.

*Warning Spoilers maybe inside


Chapter 2- School

"So, Oz... How exactly do you know that pompous brat, Lex Remius?" Raven says coolly as he leaned back against the seat of the taxi they were riding in. It was dark and late at night as they drove through the country. Oz who sat between him and Alice sat staring past Alice, out the window at the pastures they were passing. Hearing Raven speak to him he turned and looked at Raven with a small smile.

"Lex is a friend of a friend, of my sister's... Ada wouldn't remember him though and he never came around the past five years so Gil wouldn't know him so I'd say me and Alice are the only ones that know him." Oz says with a wide grin on his face. Raven scowls before looking out of the window himself.

"He's a trouble maker that only likes to get in Pandora's way." Raven says with an annoyed sigh as he glanced at the sleeping Alice. "Of course that stupid Rabbit is no better..." He adds with a bored tone and Oz frowns.

"Trouble makers or not they are still good people that have goals that they're planning to complete before they disappear from this world and I find that amazing." Oz says with a slight smile on his face as he looks away from Raven. "When will I get to see everyone again?" He says with a small frown and Raven looks back at him with a slight look of displeasure.

"Once we figure a few things out, do not worry. We will take care of you until then." Raven says calmly as he pulls his hat over his eyes but not closing them or looking away from Oz. "You should try to get some sleep. It will take most of the night to get to where we are going." Raven says coolly watching Oz nod slightly before he leaned back against the back of the taxi.

"Night Raven." He whispers closing his eyes as Raven watched him before turning away from him.

'He's back but why do I feel like my master is still missing.' Raven thought turning to the window slightly and lighting a cigarette. 'It's because I wasn't the one that saved him?' Raven thought closing his eyes to rest his eyes but he soon found himself inside of a dream.

He was standing outside of Pandora's headquarters walking down into the garden that was filled with black roses. They moon shone brightly as everyone inside was celebrating his birthday, he was now twenty years old but his heart was still stuck five years before. A careless wind blew around him sending chills up his back as he stared up at the starry sky. He felt an emptiness inside him when he saw those stars but it was soon forgotten when he started to hear a familiar song playing in the distance. His eyes widened as he turned toward the song and began running as fast as he could until he stood in front of a young girl who was covered in scratches and holding a doll tightly in her arms. She also held a golden pocket watch which was playing but slowing down as it continued to play, she was silently crying as if she was fighting a painful sadness and her grip tightened on the watch. She didn't move but he knew she knew he was standing there because she gently held up the doll which was split in half.

"I need help." The girl said miserably as she looked up at him with her pleading blue eyes and a trembling lip. "Please get me Lex Remius... I need his abilities, tell him, Will... No tell him Alyss needs him. He'll know who you are talking about." The girl says pleading but Raven just stood there staring at her and the watch curiously.

"Where did you get that watch?" Raven states coldly and the girl frown knowing that he wasn't going to comply as she shakily stood up gripping the doll and the watch tightly against her chest.

"My friend gave it to me to use to have Lex Remius fix him, my power doesn't affect him so he needs to fix this doll for me..." She says bitterly as she leaned against a tree branch and Raven saw just how beat up she actually was.

"Did you climb over the walls just to find 'that' trouble maker?" Raven says watching her stumble foreword before she falls to her knees and winces from the pain.

"Ah... Y-Yes, it's for my precious friend though... He's my only friend since Jack, if I don't fix this he'll surely die and forever be lost even to the Abyss. I'll never get to see him again." The girl says starting to cry silently as she stood back up and continued to walk toward the building.

"You do know you won't get in, they won't allow someone to simply enter this place. Besides you're in pain, aren't you?" Raven says fallowing her limping steps with ease and she lets out a bitter laugh.

"If you'd just go get him for me I wouldn't have to be in so much pain but you... stupid... stupid..." She mutters looking back at him with a slight glare before she smiled. "You... You damned fool, didn't understand what my friend needs and if you won't simply go and get him then kindly let me be. I have to save my Oz or I'll be all alone again." She says in a serious voice causing Raven to grab her arm and she cried out in slight pain.

"Wait! Did you just say Oz?" Raven says in a serious voice and she glares at him, whipping her arm away from his.

"DON'T TOUCH ME I DIDN'T COME HERE TO SEE YOU! I don't have time to chat! I need to find Lex Remius!" She shouts falling backward from the pain of leaning on one of her legs and she starts sobbing "H-He's my only way to fix him! I need the doll maker!" She sobs uncontrollably and Raven looks at her completely baffled

"And you have found him... What's the matter, Alice-san? Huh? Oh my, you're... Don't cry Alyss-chan. My you did a number on your doll form... Did your little friend get bullied by the other dolls again because he is Aly's favorite?" A man's voice says kindly as the girl nods and Raven turns away from the two.

"Remius... be glad I am not going to report this girl for breaking in. She's hurt... so see to her injuries." Raven says walking back toward the building and he heard the watch playing the same song that had led him to her. 'I don't know where she heard his name or where she got that watch but she's just some stupid girl with a broken doll. She won't be able to help me.' Raven thought starting to fall from his dream because he heard a soft singing voice.

Raven opened his eyes, keeping them hidden under his hat as he looked forewords to see Alice and Oz sitting on the other side, both fully awake. They were listening to the golden watches melody as Alice softly sung a song to the beat but it seemed a bit off tempo.

"Roses die, the secret is inside the pain... winds are high up on the hill, I cannot hear you. Come and hold me close, I'm shivering cold in the heart of rain. Darkness falls, I'm calling for the dawn.*" Alice sings softly with a soft frown on her face and Oz smiles softly at her before closing the watch.

"You said this song was from your dream right? A world like this one but without Abyss and the chains. I don't believe that a world like that exists but that song is quite lovely. Maybe we can make a piano accompaniment to Lacie and you can sing it for Lex. It makes me think you secretly wrote this song just to express your feelings." Oz says with a small laugh but Raven took note that it sounded a bit off to be Oz's voice.

"Shut up Hahen!**" Alice mutters pushing Oz backwards who only giggles softly before lifting his head up boldly and sticking his head up.

"I'm not broken! I am just in pieces." Oz says in a proud voice glancing over at Raven, who quickly closed his eyes but could have sworn Oz's eyes were a bright red color.

"Right... Just go back where you came from and let Oz back out we were doing something." Alice says in annoyance and Raven was curious to what she meant but Oz simply laughed the way he usually did.

"Alice do not be mean to Adriana, She's a good mother!" Oz says and Alice scoffs in annoyance.

"A dark sea-witch is what she is!" Alice mutters and Oz lets out a scoff.

"That's rude. She's a part of our family and you know it! So is Jet, so don't be mean to him either!" Oz says in a serious voice causing Raven's curiosity to increase but he didn't open his eyes so he could continue to listen in to their conversations.

"Yeah Right!" Alice says sarcastically as Raven heard a small thump of her foot kicking Oz. "A part of you that can come out of a mirror and walk beside you! I can't believe that the will of Abyss would do something like that! It pisses me off!" Alice screams and Raven sense's the tense atmosphere that had just set in. He felt the eyes of both his comrades staring at him but he kept his eyes closed to try and ease their tension of them waking him up.

"I-I don't think he woke up and don't talk like that the driver will get creeped out!" Oz says in quiet relief as he looked back at Alice. "I'm surprised that you didn't wake him up... He sleeps just like Gil does." Oz says with amusement in his voice.

"Gil? You've said that name several times... Is that the boy that the Jackal kept copying?" Alice says softly calming down from her anger and Oz lets out a soft happy sound.

"Yeah, he is my best friend. I can't wait to see him again!" 'I can forget everything just by seeing his happy face...' Oz thought smiling brightly as Raven opened his eyes making sure his hat covered his eyes so he could watch Oz. "Oh and I'll work on finding Alice's memories too. I promised you and Aly-chan! When we see Gil again, I am sure he'll will help too 'cause he'll like Alice, you two are alike!" Oz says cheerfully as Raven felt the corner of his mouth twitch before Alice let out a small sigh.

"I doubt it... every time I'd look at him I would probably get angry at him because of that bastard Ravenclaw." Alice says coldly pulling her legs up to her chest and Oz frowned slightly before smiling.

"I wouldn't... and I won't because it wasn't him." Oz says smiling happily before frowning too. "If this was just another illusion I would be sad though. I probably just give up and disappear somewhere, I'd let the chain power devour me until there was not a trace of the real me. No one would be able to pull me out then." Oz says quietly with his eyes filled with such sadness and it stung at Raven's heart before he saw Alice reach over to touch Oz. He instantly got aggravated and lifted his hat up out of his eyes.

"What are you two doing chatting at such a late hour? Go to sleep, you need all the rest you can get for tomorrow! We'll be staying at the Reinsworth house until the papers for your transfers are set so go to sleep! You have a long day tomorrow." Raven says in a slight aggravated voice causing Oz to jump a mile.

"Raven! How long have you been awake?" Oz says in a slight panic and Alice glares at him.

'Long enough to hear some very strange and confusing things.' Raven thought before scowling. "Not that it matters but I woke up from a high pitched shrill that came from the stupid Rabbit." He replies causing Alice to scowl.

"You bastard! What the hell were you doing listening to our conversation then?" Alice squeals and Raven snorts looking at Oz, who was staring at him curiously.

"Like I'd listen to a conversation that involves you yah stupid rabbit... I just heard you two bickering and opened my eyes." Raven says coolly watching the two look at each other before nodding. Alice crosses her legs before she rests his head on her left hand, looking away from them all. Oz looked at Raven with a slight curious look before he smiled and leaned forward.

"So what are the transfer papers for?" Oz says curiously as he continued to stare at Raven with a small bored look and Raven was surprised that he even took notice to what he had said about the transfer papers.

"Well you'll be starting a school that's run by Pandora, sometime in the near future, in which I am a teacher. It is summer vacation right now but it will be starting in a month." Raven says causing Oz to stare at him with a shocked look on his face and Raven lowers his hat to cover his eyes again.


* These are lyrics to a song called 'Every time we kiss' by Emily Bindiger and is an insert song from the Pandora Hearts Anime on Episode 25

** Alice calls Oz 'Hahen' which means 'Broken piece' (it's a nick name for the people named Jet and Adriana)