Chapter 4-

Alice was rubbing her wrist as she sat at the long table. Ace, the directionally challenged knight, had been insisting on going left when Peter had been shouting that the palace was to the right. Alice, who had both her wrist in the hands of the other two, was being pulled back and forth. That was, until she had screamed in pain when Ace had pulled to hard.

Now, Alice was having tea in the garden with the Queen of Hearts. Peter, who was standing next to her, whispered in her ear.

Suddenly Vivaldi's eyes shot forward to meet Alice's curious ones. "What do you mean you're not going to our ball?" She inquired, raising an eyebrow.

Alice frowned. "Exactly that. I'm not going." Silently, she reached out and took a sip of the tea that was only to be found in the castle.

"We will kill White." The Queen said after taking a sip of her own cup.

"Go ahead." Alice nodded to her.

At this Peter turned into his rabbit form. "Really? You'll let her," He whined pointing to the Queen who looked at him rather bored. "kill me? Your precious Sir?"

That was when Alice snapped. She walked over to where Peter stood on the table and picked him up. She turned him to face her. "I'll go so don't die cute rabbit!"

Vivaldi nodded, pleased.

Alice rubbed her nose against Peter's small rabbit one. Instantly his face lit bright red and he passed out.

Ace, who had just shown up, grabbed the rabbit by it's jacket collar like it was diseased. "Sir White can be so funny!" He said with a laugh as he carried him away in the direction of the palace maze.

Now Vivaldi shook her head. "Alice, we think you should stay the night."

Alice looked at her. "No thank you. I think I'll be going back to the tower now."

The Queen smiled to herself. "We'll kill the Knight."

"Please and thank you if you do." Alice told her. That smirk on Ace's face was really getting on her nerves.

Vivaldi said, "Just seeing what you would say. You are allowed to leave."

At that Alice left.

Julius POV-

Alice walked into my office, holding two cups of coffee. I looked up at her. "When did you get back?" I asked as I took the cup from her. I took a sip. "84. You must be happier than earlier."

I was prove correct as a smile played at the corners of her mouth. She didn't answer me, just sat down and sipped her coffee.

I didn't bother to press for an answer. There were only three clocks left and I wouldn't be getting anymore since the dance was in two days. Working on them I suddenly noticed that Alice was now tense.

Sighing I looked towards her. "What is it?"

She gulped and looked down at her hands. He fingers knotted together than unwound. This continued for five seconds before she spoke. "I… have to go to the dance." She mumbled.

Rolling my eyes I turned back to my work. "Is that it?" I asked her. I was only talking because there were so little clocks left and each had a very small problem.

Alice looked up at me but I didn't bother to look at her. "I need someone to take me. The only two people I feel comfortable in taking me is Boris and you. I don't want to make Boris go out of his way and come all the way here just to pick me up, though." She admitted.

My eyes widened for a second then went back to normal. "I'll go with you." I told her. That's when a thought hit me. She didn't have a dress, and people who go together should match at least slightly. "I'll go with you tomorrow and buy a dress for you."

I could see out of the corner of my eye her face lit up. "Thank you Julius!" She shouted and ran out of the room, but not before she gave me a hug which made my face turn scarlet red.

(Julius agreed! Yay! Now, what problems can I cause at the dance? Hm. Something with Blood I think will be good. :) Hope you enjoyed it!)