Chapter 6

I looked to my left, two people smiled, but they didn't have eyes. No eyes!? What is this? I backed up slowly, bumping into someone. "Oh sorry." I turned around and saw a boy. He wore black and a fluffy pink scarf thing around his shoulders. He had pink hair, and pink cat ears with a pink tail. He looked like a punk cat, kind of cute, but weird. "God!" I yelled, nervous. "First rabbit ears and now cat ears?!" I yelled, starting to freak out. "Oh and don't get me wrong, I think they are flipping adorable!" I growled. "Oh and by the way, you have to kill this crazy chick running around this place." I said, running my hands through my hair. "And don't worry, it's a 50/50 chance you'll survive." I said. "Best odds of my life." I mumbled. "Fuck you Nightmare." I yelled to the sky.

The cat boy smiled. "Aren't you full of energy?" He smiled with a hint of worry. "Sorry, just a little outburst." I shrugged. "I'm Nikole." I said, nodding my head up slightly.

He chuckled. "I'm Boris. The guy over there is Mary Gowland." He said, gesturing to the guy singing and playing horribly on the violin. Boris reached for his pink chains around his body, then changed it into a gun, which shocked me. "Shut up old man, you're disturbing the peace." He growled, shooting a few feet away from him.

"Damn cat!" Gowland said, and then looked at me. "Oh, Peter brought another outsider?" He smiled. I nodded and gave him a smile. "Wonderful!" He said. "Would you like to hear a song?" He asked me.

I looked at Boris like he was supposed to do something to help me. "Umm," I started but Boris grabbed my arm and helped me away. "Thanks." I said, looking behind me at Gowland, who seemed to be angry.

Boris' POV

She finished screaming at the sky, and I gave a little smile. She was kind of cute when she had that outburst. "Aren't you full of energy?" I asked with an amused expression. She smiled and shrugged. I wonder why Peter brought her. Her hair was like Alicia before she turned mad and dark, golden locks fell in front her face as she nervously straightened up. Her blue eyes shone bright in the sun, a hint of scared in them. I bet she was scared. Nightmare puts a lot of pressure on the new outsiders. I felt sometimes bad for them, not all, but some. She seemed different. I bet she wasn't running away like most of them, if she was, she would have bolted from this place like the others did. Her body looked calm, but I could hear her heart going wild.

That heart.

Bump, Bump. Bump, Bump. Bump bump. Bump bump.

And she smelled nice, like flowers. Probably because Ace captured her and made her sleep at the forest, or dragged her in the forest. I wonder if she met Alicia yet. After Gowland scared her enough, I dragged her into the Park. She needed to relax, definitely relax. "Where are you taking me?" She asked after she thanked me.

I shrugged, her soft skin was nice. Alicia was always cold, and rough. Hers was smooth and warm. And that heart. GOD that heart.

Bump. Bump, bump. Bump.

Good, she's calming down. "What do you want to ride first?" I asked her. She skipped next to me.

She smiled. "You know, I've never been on a roller coaster." She said with a bright white smile that made my clock skip a tick. "Big sis!" Two voices that I hated the most screamed behind me. Damn brats.

Dum and Dee hugged her quickly, ignoring that I was here. I smiled as she nervously hugged them back. Yeah, that was the cute face. My tail flicked a little and my ear twitched as Gowland walked around with his violin. "Brats, get off of her, we're going on a roller coaster." I growled, pulling on their collar.

"OH! Big sis? Can we come, please?" Dum asked, well, more like begged. "Yeah, can we sis?" Dee begged also.

Nikole looked up at me again; maybe she was asking me if I cared. I chuckled with a smile. "Come on guys." I said, walking to the roller coaster.

"Um, really quick." Her voice stopped me. "I have a quick question. Why don't they have eyes?" She said, standing on her tip toes and whispering in my ear, nodding over to the faceless people.

"Oh that's and easy one. They don't have roles." Dum smiled. "Yeah, only those who have roles have faces." Dee smiled. "Like Boris, he cuts and pastes places together." Dum smiled. "Yeah, and Julius fixed clocks, while Blood is the Mafia boss, and Ace kills people for the clocks." Dee explained. "Come on lets go on the roller coaster." They both yelled, grabbing her arm. I sighed and followed. "Damn brats." I growled.

She looked confused, but she'll get it soon.

Nikole's POV

They both dragged me to the roller coaster. "I'm coming, dang." I mumbled as they pulled me in a seat behind them. Dum and Dee were in the front, ready to go. Boris sat beside me, waving to the girl with no face to go ahead and go. The roller coaster slowly rolled up a hill. "Have you ever been on a roller coaster big sis?" The twins asked and I shook my head, scared more of this than Alicia at the moment. "Oh, this will be fun, you'll love it." They both smiled, and I got a bad feeling from that smile.

We stopped for a moment at the top, but somehow it felt like an hour. One moment later, it shot down the hill. The twins' hands were up in the air as it fell down, but I was gripped Boris' hand that somehow was in my hand, and screaming to the left of me, away from Boris'- probably sensitive- ears. It swiveled left to right, up and down. It felt forever until it went upside down for a moment, and stopped. Out body's upside down. I breathed for a minute, thinking we didn't die. Then the roller coaster finished the spin and did more swiveling left and right. I was grabbing Boris' shirt by not, screaming to the ground. I am never doing this again, I thought. All I heard was Boris laughing at me from this action. When the ride finally ended, I sat still for a while. I slowly let go of Boris' shirt and sat up straight. Dum and Dee were laughing and same as Boris. "Never make me do that again." I grumbled, staggering out of my seat and into the ground, where I fell on my fours, coughing.

"Big sis, you okay?" Dum and Dee asked with both of their hands on my back. I nodded. "You guys have water?" I asked, rubbing my face. I was dizzy and could hardly see the ground straight.

Boris said yeah and picked me up. "I'll get you some." He said, carrying me away from the ride.

"You can put me down, I can walk!" I protested, but he wouldn't listen. "Boris!" I mumbled, my vision starting to get back.

He sat me down on the bench and got me some water. I drank a few glasses, feeling a lot better. "Do you guys mind if you can tell me where the castle is? Where Peter is? I need to talk to him." I asked, sipping the last of the water in the cup.

Boris raised an eyebrow. "Don't you already know why you're here? Why else do you need him for?" He asked curiously, his tail flicked left to right a few times. Cute, I smiled.

"I need to ask a lot more questions." I smiled with a laugh. "This won't be easy if I don't know things around here. I promised Ace I would get you guys' hearts back, and I'm not backing out yet." I said.

Dum and Dee gasped. "Blood said that he wanted to see you again, I heard him talk with Elliot about it. He said he was interested in you." They both said, nodding their head.

I rolled my eyes. "Nah, it might be a while before I head back there again." I said, a little mad about when he didn't let me leave when I wanted to. It wasn't like he owned me, he should have just left me on the ground, I didn't even need him.

Boris smiled. "I see you don't like him, that's a first, mostly every girl loves him." He explained.

"I don't like him nor do I hate him." I pointed out. "Anyway, can you point me to the direction the castle is?" I asked, standing up.

Boris followed me as I left, Dum and Dee talking up a storm as they headed for the Hatter's Mansion. "You don't have to follow me Boris; I can find it on my own." I said, looking around the forest.

"I know, I just don't want you to get into any trouble out here." He said, his ear twitched every once or a while. I bet he was listening around to see if Alicia was around. I sighed and waited until we reached a castle, red roses and red hearts were everywhere. Men without faces worked in the gardens and women without faces were running around.

"Here it is." Boris mused.