Alice Human Sacrifice

Me: Hey! Whew! It's hot in this house. Anyway, sorry for the delay. Went to see the Hunger Games again but this time with my cousin. Teared up when Rue died and screamed when the mutts came out of nowhere. lol! It just slipped out, too. Okay, since I'm really burning up in this house, I'm not gonna keep ya'. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Lady of Club

A crystal cup fell from Jenna's paw as she shook with fright. "In only one day, two mammals have gone mad. It seems to be some kind of ailment, don't you think?" She had heard about the two incidents involving insanity and death from a village two days' time from her lovely town and she grew worried. She feared that the same fate would land on her. She couldn't bear the thought of doing anything to harm the mammals.

Her servant, Celeste, placed a light caramel-colored paw on her shoulder. Her garnet red eyes gave Jenna a comforting gaze. "Our lovely queen…uh, our dearest queen, please do relax. There's absolutely no chance of you having that ailment, though. You still haven't decided…"

"No way!" Jenna cut Celeste off. She rose off the wooden chair she had been sitting in, a worried expression making its way on the baby blue-eyed female's face. "I won't die from this stupid disease! But…I'll die when I'm too old to bear living anymore. Yes! I'll be healthy if I have a younger body." Suddenly, the atmosphere turned completely black. Celeste was gone from her sight, as was the room.

A young male kit appeared from behind Jenna. He sighed, "Gee, that's irresponsible of you. Don't you want to become an Alice?" The female's upper torso jolted straight at the sound of that familiar voice. Him. That little boy… She turned her head and, sure enough, he was standing there with an emotionless expression and his midnight hair covering both his eyes.

"You again? There's nothing worth going back to my world for. So, please, leave me be. I'll never be a singer at that circus again, just singing, singing, singing, singing! Nobody was looking at me for who I really was! Nobody loved me! But here, everyone loves me." Those days in that cursed circus haunted her again. Being caged and forced to sing all the day through, receiving looks of envy and pure hatred. Everybody paid no attention to her, not that she asked for it or cared for it. At night, when the circus was closed, she did nothing but cry and whisper that she wanted to die so that she wouldn't have to live in misery anymore.

When she finally decided to make an attempt to escape one night, she was happily welcomed by the mammals of a town. They adored her, and she adored them. She did everything within her power to make everyone happy. Eventually, they wanted her to be their queen, since they heard that their current queen was dying of an unknown disease. She kindly accepted their offer. She couldn't be happier to server for them, for the sake of their dying queen.

Dream interrupted Jenna's further thoughts as he said, "Are you sure? Do mammals really love you for you?" A smirk appeared on the boy's face as the grown female shouted at him to be quiet and that they did love her for who she was. He loved to toy with her. Jenna calmed down again to softly beg him to leave her alone immediately.

Dream stood there. He sighed with a grin, "So, be quiet is how you're going to go. Right! You're proud of your voice. So, are you sure you want to go back to being the circus's diva again?" He touched his fingers on the center Jenna's throat. Her eyes widened in fright and confusion until she felt her vocal chords failing her. She began to cough violently.

She croaked, "What…why? What, did you do to my voice?" Dream laughed at her pitiful attempt to shout at him.

He teased, "You know, I think I like you better like this. It feels so nice of me to change your voice." He continued to laugh at the female as she placed her paws around her throat as if an invisible being was strangling her. She begged Dream to give her voice back. He did not do as asked. Instead, he gave her another teasing smirk.

"Your voice is so ugly when it's getting old. You'll always be in this castle, slipping into madness with each passing day." With his high-pitched laugh, he disappeared. The black atmosphere disappeared along with him, leaving Jenna sitting on a stone ground. She cried out for him to return her voice, but it was no use. She was never going to be able to sing again, thanks to him. Tears flooded down the female's face. No. No. Please, no! This can't be happening! Little boy, come back! Give my voice back! Give it back! Please!

Her servants, Celeste and Delilah, ran to her aid, asking her if she was all right and what happened. "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Tell us, please!" Jenna tried to tell them, but her voice was gone. Weak croaking came out of her mouth instead of words. Celeste turned to Delilah, a snow white-furred mink, to go get some help. The mink ran swiftly into the town, calling for help while Celeste stayed by Jenna's side. She rubbed the queen-to-be's shoulders, reassuring her that help was on the way.

Dream watched the scene with an amused laugh. "So long, Queenie!" He faded into his dark atmosphere. He walked over to where the two plush dolls resembled Buck and Chloe, his two failed Alices. Another plush was going to join them now. He took out a plush that looked like Jenna. The plush had on a beautiful dress. It was black at the waist down and white at the chest. A green bow was wrapped around the neck, the bow being in the front instead of the back. On the top of its head, was a small crown made of silver. She, the plush Jenna doll, had an adorable smile on her face and her baby blue eyes gleamed happily.

The boy began to hum the song again. This time, it was about the third Alice, which failed. He began to sing out loud.

The third Alice was an innocent young lady of Club, an enchanting, graceful figure in the world of Wonderland.

She charmed the people in her land to every beck and call.

A peculiar country answering to each command.

So she rose into the throne to be the country's queen, consumed by paranoia of her own impending death.

Soon the queen succumbed to a dark and nightmarish dream, disguised in kindness, loathing fate, she secured her regime.

Dream played with the plush Jenna's hair and sighed. "She was really ugly, cheating people with her pretty features. Next time, she'll be very sure not to trick anybody else." He placed the doll in between the other plush dolls before walking away. He stopped for a moment to sigh in frustration.

"All of them have been failures. Will I ever find a good enough Alice? Maybe I should try younger mammals, like maybe in their adolescent years. Of course! Don't they dream a lot? It's that simple! How did I not think of this before? It's perfect!" The image of two girls came to mind. Yes! Those were the two he was going to choose. Dream smiled.

He transported too where the two females stood. They saw him and he told them about them becoming an Alice. "What did you just say?" The hazel-eyed female asked in disbelief. The boy did not answer her. He disappeared, leaving the confused females to stare at each other in confusion. Dream placed an invitation near a tree, out of the twins' sight. With a smile, he faded. Make me proud, ladies.

"Whoa! That was so sad! Why did Dream take away her voice like that?" Chloe had her ears pressed against her skull.

Celine answered, "She soon started tricking them into doing things by using her charms after the last queen died and she replaced her. As punishment, Dream took away her voice. It's sad, but she had it coming."

"That's not fair, though! She was suffering so much in that circus, and she finally had a chance to be happy. Then, Dream comes along to ruin it and make her miserable again. He's so evil, I don't care if that Alice deserved it or not!" Keiichi protested.

"Keiichi, please calm down! Geez, it's like you guys are making a big flip over a story that's just made up!" Celine shouted, shutting everyone up instantly.

Everyone sat in silence for a while. Finally, Dimitrios spoke up. "Well, at least she didn't die." They nodded assent. Celine told them that what Dimitrios said was true. Instead, the poor third Alice had fallen ill.

Another wave of silence hit the weasels and ferret until Rosalina heard her rock phone "ringing". The cerulean-eyed she-weasel told Celine to wait a minute. She ran into the den and quickly picked up the rock. "Hello?"

"Rosalina."

"Oh, hey, Jason! What's up?" Rosalina responded, his voice getting her back into a chipper mood.

"Lars and I will be there soon. He needs to pick up Roxanne from our place. We should be there in about thirty-five minutes. Anyway, are you having fun with Celine and her siblings?" Jason asked.

"Yeah, Celine is telling us a rather interesting and creepy story. She kind of scared Taliyah at first, but she's out there with the others, listening to the rest of Celine's story. To tell you the truth, I was creeped out, too. So…. did you boys have fun?" Rosalina switched the subject, not wanting to talk about the creepy story at the moment.

"Ah, yeah, we did. Oh, Lars said hi and that he wanted you to tell Roxanne that he loves her."

"I'll tell her. And tell Lars that I said hello. I'll be waiting for you, Jason. I need to get back with Celine and the others. Celine's ready to tell the rest of her story, and I don't want to keep her waiting."

"All right, I'll let you go. I love you."

"I love you, too. Bye." Rosalina placed the rock phone back on the couch with a loving sigh. She couldn't get enough of hearing those three words from her mate. She was in a love daze until Celine called for her. With a small blush, Rosalina ran out of the den to join the story circle again. Before the forest green-eyed kit started the story again, Rosalina told Roxanne that Jason had called to check on them and that Lars said he loved her.

"Well, I love him, too." Roxanne said with a sweet smile. She then noticed that everyone was waiting for her to be quiet. She did just that. Celine nodded her head and continued her story.

Me: Okay, about Jenna being a queen. Don't say anything about it. The Third Alice was young lady that was about to be queen, and she grew paranoid and insane. Since she suffered from paranoia in the third book, I just thought she should be the third Alice.

The ending seemed rushed. Sorry, but like I said: I was about to leave to go see the Hunger Games and I wanted to finish this up before I left. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Feel free to leave a review. Stay cool. Seriously, though, it's really hot today. lol Okay, until next time...

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