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'The'Thoughts

'The' - Telepathic Speech


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(AN: A little heads up for you readers. Since Oz has introduced himself as Jack Vessalius, I will call him Jack until Oz reveals himself.)

"What?" Raven breathed; he and Sharon had just arrived next to Break when they heard the stranger say his name.

"How can this be?" Sharon asked.

Break was the one, however, that did not make a comment. Instead he looked straight into Jack's eyes, who stared right back at him with a piercing gaze before he fell unconscious.

"Jack!" Alice exclaimed rushing over to him.

"Help him, you bloody twits!" Alice shouted at the trio.

Break, Raven, and Sharon climbed up the stairs as fast as they could.

Break turned Jack so that he was on his back. Raven checked Jack over for any injuries that he may have had before announcing, "He's just exhausted. He must have used up a lot of energy."

Alice, not wanting her contractor to be harmed, transformed into the B-Rabbit without thought and gathered the gold-haired man into his arms.

"Where can I take him to get some rest?" Alice demanded.

"We can take him," Break said as he and Raven took the unconscious man into their arms.

Alice reverted back to her human form as she and Sharon followed the three males into a carriage.

Pandora~Hearts

Raven watched Jack sleep and could help but feel a sense of recognition with the golden-haired man in the bed. He looked at Alice who was sleeping with her head on the bed while she sat on the floor.

'They must be close,' Raven thought, 'But is that reallythe legendary B-Rabbit?'

Jack opened his eyes to find himself in a bed with nothing but the shirt he was wearing and a pair of black slacks. He looked over and saw that on and by a chair in the room was the rest of his clothing.

Feeling a slight weight on the bed next to him, Jack turned to see Alice sleeping peacefully. He stroked her hair softly to wake her up.

Feeling a hand dragging their fingers through her hair, Alice woke to see Jack smiling gently.

'That smile is so familiar,' Alice thought looking at the emerald-eyed man, 'It's warm. It feels like I know him, but it was the real Jack that really had me going; I know him from somewhere, but Oz reminds me of him a lot.'

Raven watched the scene from afar, wondering why they acted like that around each other, seeing as the girl was a Chain from the Abyss and he was a human.

"How long have I been asleep?" Jack asked.

"Two days," Raven spoke up, revealing his presence, "You've been asleep for two days."

"Come to the small dining room when you've dressed," Raven said, walking out of the room.

"Alice," Jack said.

Realizing what her contractor was asking, she walked out the room and waited by the room.

"Gil has indeed changed," Jack chuckled, "But it has been ten years, and so much can change in that time span. Just as I have."

Jack hurriedly got dressed and exited the room to find Alice standing by a window. Tapping her shoulder, he gained her attention and the both of them headed off to meet the trio they knew awaited them.

Once entering the room, Alice and Jack saw that the stable was set with sweets of many types and two cups of tea.

"Ah! You're here!" Break exclaimed, waving his sleeve at the duo.

"Please take a seat," Sharon said kindly, "I'm sure that you're famished from what you'd gone through. And also because this young lady has refused to leave your side to even eat."

Upon hearing this, Jack turned to Alice with a reproving look, before smiling in thanks.

Break and Sharon watched this interaction with interest.

"Jack-sama," Sharon began as he began sipping his tea and Alice began eating a cake, "Where were you all these years?"

Seeing that none of them had the intention of hurting either him or Alice, he answered, "The Abyss. I was in the Abyss."

"For how long?" the strawberry-blonde asked.

"Just a little over ten years," Jack said waiting for their reaction.

They didn't disappoint. Raven lost his footing (he was leaning against the wall) and crashed to the floor, Sharon spit out her tea, and Break dropped his cup of tea; some of it falling on Sharon's hair.

"Who are you?" Raven growled.

"I am Jack Vessalius," Jack said, but when seeing the black-haired man about to protest to this, "And yet at the same time I am not."

"What do you mean by that?" Break asked suspiciously.

"I am not the true Jack, but in another way, I am," Jack replied.

"What have you been doing in the Abyss all these years?" Sharon asked.

"I've been closing as many portals as I could," the gold-haired man answered.

"Portals?" Raven mumbled.

"Ways from which Trump Chains or any Chains can escape into this world from the Abyss," Jack told the trio.

"Trump Chains?" Break muttered.

Jack looked at Alice to explain. She sighed and began explaining, "A Trump is a Chain that is at the very bottom of the list. Meaning that it's the kind of Chain that has the lowest amount of power, compared to other chains."

"What would these Chains of the higher power level be?" Sharon asked slowly.

"The Mad Hatter," Jack said looking at Break, "Raven," he looked at Raven at this, "Eques the Shadow Horse," he looked at Sharon, "The Cheshire Cat, and of course the Blood-stained Black Rabbit, or B-Rabbit for short."

"How did you know?" Raven growled.

"While traveling around and sealing Ways, it's quite easy to find out information," Jack said, "That and the fact that there is one window that allows you to look into this world helps as well."

"Do you know Oz Vessalius?" Sharon asked. "Have you met him in the Abyss?"

"I know him," Jack said, "But I can't say that I've met him."

"You know him—" Raven began.

"—but you never met him?" Sharon finished, confused.

"That would be correct," Jack answered.

"Why now?" Sharon asked. "Why did you come after all these years?"

"The true Jack Vessalius told me to come now," Jack shrugged, before looking at Alice for permission, to which she nodded, "And because we need to find Alice's memories."

"Alice?" Raven questioned.

"Memories?" Break murmured.

"This is Alice," Jack gestured to the brown-haired girl, "She is the B-Rabbit everyone knows about."

"Yes," Alice spoke up, gaining everyone but Jack's attention, "When I woke up in the Abyss, I only knew that my name was Alice. I had no memory of being born in the Abyss like all Chains should. I felt that my memories were here when…I…heard…that…tune…"

Alice snapped her head towards Jack urgently, who had done the same at the same time.

Jack quickly searched all of his pockets, only to find that the watch was gone. He closed his eyes and searched for the watch with his aura.

His eyes snapped open as he ran out the door, the other four right behind him. They all arrived just in time to see Jack running across the main lobby towards the watch, only to be stopped by a bright light, which blinded them all with its intensity.

When the light had died down, they all saw what looked like a ball covered in spiky grey fur. The ball unraveled in what looked like a hedgehog with stitches in its eye lids. After landing on the floor, it immediately began to ram the door with its head and occasionally as a ball.

Jack looked to Alice who nodded.

Raven was about to shoot the Chain with his gun, but Break stopped him, "I want to see just how powerful the B-Rabbit truly is."

"B-Rabbit!" Jack called out, snapping his arm to Alice, palm facing her.

A red and black glow enveloped the brown-haired girl. It grew larger and larger, and when it finally cleared, away, there stood the legendary Blood-stained Black Rabbit, its scythe in its hands, gold spear-tipped chains hovering around her and her Contractor protectively.

The spear-tipped chains each wrapped themselves around a limb each including the Chain's neck. "You're an eyesore!" Alice shouted as she slashed at the Chain with her scythe.

The hedgehog disintegrated into a few sparkles before fading away.

Jack went over to get the watch and touched it just as Alice did after she'd gone back to her human form.

A bright light erupted from the pocket watch.

Raven, Break, and Sharon as well as Alice and Jack found themselves sucked into a vision of some sort.

They saw Alice in a lovely gown playing with her dolls and cat, when suddenly that vision crumbled and became one in which a fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius was being strangled by what looked like a present Alice.

The light died away and so did the vision.

"Break," Sharon said, blinking, "Was that…?"

"Indeed," Break said to his mistress, "The two of them seem to be part of what we need to find out the Truth."


-Next Day-

Jack and Alice walked through the mansion, Jack telling Alice about his many exploits and friends as a boy.

"What about that boy?" Alice asked.

Jack smiled. 'She's beginning to become the sweet girl was before, at least that's what I can gather after seeing Jack's memories.'

"Gilbert," Jack said, "Gil came to our mansion after being found in the Vessalius gardens unconscious. I saw that he was shaking as though he was afraid of something. He wasn't able to remember anything apart from his name. The very day we met was the day we became friends. Although he was always strict about rules and stuff, he was also a bit of a crybaby, too. But he was always there for me, my first real friend besides my little sister."

"O-Jack?" Alice asked, catching herself when she was about to say Jack's true name.

"Hmm?" Jack replied absentmindedly, as they continued to walk through the gardens before stopping underneath a large Weeping Willow tree and sitting in its shade.

"What's that melody that always plays from that watch?" Alice asked, sitting next to the golden-haired man.

"Lacie," Jack replied, "It's called 'Lacie'. Why? Do you like it?"

Alice nodded a bit shyly. "It sounds familiar and very pretty. Almost nostalgic."

Jack nodded. "I agree that the song is pretty, but the history behind it is both sad and horrible."

"What do you mean?" Alice asked.

No one noticed Break, Raven, and Sharon walking towards them.

Jack brought one knee up and propped an arm up on it, letting it hang lazily upon it while the other was stretched out.

"The melody was composed by Glen Baskerville for a woman he loved named, Lacie," Jack began explaining, "This pocket watch is also a music box created by the trueJack Vessalius for Glen, who was his friend at the time. Unfortunately, Lacie had died during the Tragedy of Sabriél. It was at her grave that this was found," Jack held the pocket watch in his hand for Alice to look at, "It is said that this was a song that the woman herself, Lacie, used to sing."

"Then besides a melody it's got a song?" Alice asked.

Jack nodded, still looking at the watch.

The duo still hadn't noticed the trio, who had set up a small tea table filled with sweets and tea with three chairs, listening to Jack as he spoke.

"Do you know it?" Alice asked.

Once again Jack nodded.

"Can you sing it?" Alice asked.

Jack started at this and looked at Alice in shock.

'You're in a bit of a predicament, aren't you?' a voice chuckled within Oz's head.

'Oh just shut up will you!' Oz shouted at the real Jack Vessalius, who had chosen this moment to pop up in his head.

'Just sing it,' Jack told him, 'You'll be fine and do fine. And I hope you've noticed the three in front of you listening ever since you started speaking about the melody's origins.'

'They are?' Oz mentally winced before kicking himself for not paying attention to their surroundings.

"Alright," Jack [Oz] sighed, "I'll sing. I swear, the things I do to keep you happy and him occupied."

'Hey! I heard that!' came Jack's indignant reply.

'You were meant to! So there!' Oz retorted before beginning his song.

Jack's smooth, soft baritone voice filled the small courtyard.

Everytime you kissed me
I trembled like a child
Gathering the roses
We sang for the hope
Your very voice is in my heartbeat
Sweeter than my dream
We were there, in everlasting bloom

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

Silver dishes for the memories for the days gone by
Singing for the promises
Tomorrow may bring
I harbour all the old affection
Roses of the past
Darkness falls, and summer will be gone

Joys of the daylight
Shadows of the starlight
Everything was sweet by your side, my love
Ruby tears have come to me for your last words
I'm here just singing my song of woe
Waiting for you, my love

Now let my happiness sing inside my dream…

Everytime you kissed me
My heart was in such pain
Gathering the roses
We sang of the grief
Your very voice is in my heartbeat
Sweeter than despair
We were there, in everlasting bloom

Underneath the stars
Shaded by the flowers
Kiss me in the summer day gloom, my love
You are all my pleasure, my hope and my song
I will be here dreaming in the past
Until you come
Until we close our eyes…

Jack opened his eyes to see Break, Raven, and Sharon as well as Alice clapping.

"That was really good!" Alice said, eyes sparkling.

"That was actually my first time singing," Jack said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

The four looked at him in shock, Jack laughed nervously, as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Now onto other things," Jack coughed, "What would the three of you like?"

"I would like the two of you to become my subordinates at Pandora," Break said bluntly.

"Hey," Alice said suddenly, "We don't know your names!"

Everyone looked at the brown-haired girl.

"It's true," Sharon conceded, "We haven't done introductions."

"Although they may not be needed," Jack said, with a smirk.

"Why not?" Sharon asked curiously.

"I just might know your names," Jack said simply.

"Alright then," Break said happily, "Go ahead and guess!"

"You, Milady," Jack said pointing to Sharon, "Are Lady Sharon Rainsworth, daughter of Lady Sharon Rainsworth of the Rainsworth Dukedom."

"You," the gold-haired man said, pointing to Break, "Are Xerxes Break, servant of the Rainsworth Dukedom. And that little doll on your shoulder would be Emily."

(AN: Look up a picture of Emily, since I'm waaaaay too lazy to do so.)

"And you," Jack said pointing to Raven, "Are Raven Nightray adopted son of the Nightray Dukedom and elder brother to Vincent Nightray. Ten years prior, until that fateful day when Oz Vessalius was sent to the Abyss, you'd been a servant of the Vessalius Dukedom, known as Gilbert."

The trio looked on at Oz in shock.

"How do you know all this?" Sharon asked.

"One: I know two of you, Two: I told you that I was able to learn quite a bit while in the Abyss, and Three: I just put puzzle pieces in the correct spaces of my memories," Jack said.

"You've said you know two of us," Sharon commented, "Who?"

"You Lady Sharon, and Gilbert over there," Jack said.

"How would you know us?" Sharon asked.

"I met you ten years ago, of course," Jack said simply, "Remember, I told you that I was in the Abyss for just a little over ten years and that I am Jack Vessalius, but not entirely."

Everyone looked confused now.

Jack sighed. "Sharon-sama, look at me and see if I remind you of anyone, if I resemble someone you'd only met once."

Sharon did so, but still didn't understand.

Sighing once more, Jack said, "Sharon-sama, you'd only met me once. How would I look as a fifteen-year-old boy?"

Mulling over his words and looking at Jack, her eyes widened in shock and realization.

"Oz-sama!" Sharon exclaimed.

Gilbert, once known as Raven, and Break turned to Oz in shock.

Oz stood up to his full height and gave a mysterious smile. "Pleased to meet your acquaintances," he said. Everyone noticed how Jack didn't deny he was Oz.

"Oz?" Gilbert asked.

"It's been quite a while, hasn't it, Gil?" Oz asked, smiling sadly.

"This is quite the surprise," Break said.

"I would propose speaking inside where no one can hear us," Oz said, looking to Sharon for approval, to which she nodded.

The group of five walked into the mansion, Break, Sharon and Gilbert all thinking the same thing: 'WHAT is going on here?'


Song: Everytime You Kissed Me by Emily Bindiger


A bientôt,

TsukiyoTenshi