Ah, sorry for the long wait, I had writers block. Anyways I am back and I hope you enjoy the chapter
"So, can you explain how this season thing works? Joker has never really explained it since I've never been away from the circus." Alana said as the two girls walked through the forest. It was hard not to notice the difference in temperatures when leaving the Amusement Park, which instantly perked the brunet's interest.
"Well this is my first April Season so I don't know a lot of the details. From what I do know every territory, besides the circus and the forest surrounding it, has a season. The Amusement Park has summer, which is why it's so hot and has pools right now. Hatter Mansion has fall, Clover Tower has winter and Heart Castle has spring. From what Alice has told me each season will hold a festival or event; though I am unsure if that has happened already. I don't leave the Amusement Park too often." Jackie told Alana in a thoughtful tone. Wouldn't Nightmare have explained all this by now in her dreams, like he did for the American girl?
"To travel between territories foreigners like us have to beat Joker in a game of cards. Although I myself prefer challenging Black in the prison; he's easier and his expressions when I break out of a cell are hilarious." She continued with a chuckle. Alana cast a thoughtful look Jackie's way, her eyes flashing with confusion.
"Hold on a moment. If I have to challenge Joker to a card game then why was I able to go to the Amusement Park?" She asked, her voice teetering more to curiosity than confusion. Jackie's own face fell as she realized Alana was right.
When taking Alana from the circus she didn't challenge White to a card game; not that she'd have been able to. When running from the circus Alana shouldn't have been able to go to the Amusement Park, right? If a foreigner didn't challenge Joker they just ended up in the place they were last. That was why Jackie was able to return to the park without challenging Joker. After a moment of thinking of reasons to why Alana was able to leave the circus the darker haired girl shrugged.
"Well, maybe because you never been anywhere else before you got a free pass." She guessed, finding it made the most sense. Alana hummed, nodding in agreement and looked ahead as the circus tents came into view while the music got louder.
"I guess that makes sense." She said, the two of them stopping at the edge of the trail. Since it was evening not many of the circus performers were practicing outside and the few that were didn't seem to notice either girl standing within the trees.
Both girls were a bit nervous to face Joker after what happened last time. No doubt he was still upset about what happened earlier. Not only did Jackie take Alana away from them but now the brunet was thinking of leaving the prison for a while. While it was against the rules to hurt Jackie or force Alana to stay there it was doubtful things were going to be that easy. Hopefully the sweets were enough to tame Black's rage and Jackie was able to get back on White's good side.
"You know there is so much to this world that I don't know. I know the difference between a role holder and a faceless. I know about the random time changes and I know that role holders seemingly have odd powers, but that's all I know; I don't even know how long I've been here. Since I live in the prison there are no windows to keep track of time and I don't own a clock." Alana admitted smiling almost sadly as she recalled the countless hours she spent in the prison. Jackie smiled kindly and placed her free hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, you'll learn more soon. Here, take these with you. I'll meet up with you later in your room." She said, handing off the bag of candies. Alana returned her smile and took the candies.
"Alright but you'll have to ask White or Black where my room is. See you later." She warned before her body rippled and vanished before Jackie. Taking a deep breath Jackie stepped into the circus and prepared to face White.
In the Prison/Black's P.O.V
It had been hours and Alana still hadn't returned to the prison. Even as the time of day changed to evening I couldn't sense her in any of our territories. I knew she was still in Wonderland, however, since I would have felt it if she left. No doubt it would take our executioner a few time changes to actually find her, as well. As useful as he actually is, the man has no sense of direction and is a bubbling idiot. Although he was the only one we could send after her since anyone else we'd send would be killed on sight.
For the mean time I decided to try and let off stream by punishing some of the prisoners. Taking my anger out on the prisoners was a great stress release and my counterpart usually joined me if he wasn't busy at his circus. Besides, a few of the prisoners were starting to get rowdy and I think it was about time to remind them who was in charge here. That's why I actually prefer the younger prisoners better. They are such well-behaved toys that do what they're told. It's a shame that they're here but a rule breaker is a rule breaker; perhaps their parents should have kept a better eye on them.
"P-Please, have mercy!" The putrid worm beneath my foot begged as I kicked him against a wall. I scoffed as his pathetic plea and marched over him.
"Do you really believe begging will get you anywhere, you piece of trash?" I demand, swiftly kicking him in the side and felt his ribs crack against my boot. "You should be happy I'm not tearing your fucking head off!"
"Gahk!" that was the sound of the ingrate throwing up his own lung, much to my satisfaction. I didn't give a crap of he died; it would just free up space in the prison.
"I-I beg of you, n-no more!" The rule breaker cried, trying to clutch his stomach with his shackled hands. I scoffed at him and readied myself for another attack.
"Black?" A familiar, feminine voice called out nervously. Feeling my clock skip a tick I turned around in the cell and gazed out of it.
Alana actually came back? I suppose I was too distracted with this scum bag to realize she had entered my territory. I could hear her footsteps echoing off the walls in the distance. I felt my hand tighten around my whip as I grit my teeth together, my earlier feelings starting to resurface. The woman was stupid to return when I was still so angry.
"Black, where are you? Come here before I eat all this junk myself!" Alana's voice loudly threatened. I felt my anger subside a bit at the thought of junk, which I had no doubt meant sweets.
'So she brought me sweets, huh? Jackie must be behind that.' I thought, chuckling to myself. "Bribes won't get far with me, bitch!" I called, ignoring the confused faceless behind me. He painfully wheezed as I gave him a final kick before leaving the cell and locking it back up. Bribery or not, I wanted those sweets.
"Fine, then I'll just take them to my room and eat them all myself. Perhaps I'll even give them to a prisoner." She called back, proving she was close enough to hear me. I huffed and stomped down the hall in the direction of her voice.
"Fucking bitch. If she gives those away I'm going to throttle her." I grumbled to myself, ignoring the prisoners that cowered in fear as I passed by. Now, just where is that annoying girl?
Alana's P.O.V
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't even just the littlest bit scared going into the prison. Even though I am the one that wanted to face Black over White I have no idea what he'd do once he realized I came back. Yell at mean, curse me out, demand why I went with Jackie, maybe even put me back in the cell. Although he has whipped me a few times in the past, though never hard enough to make me bleed, I don't think he'd seriously hurt me. I can't even imagine what White was putting Jackie through right now.
To be perfectly honest I still rather deal with Black's rage than White's. I've actually seen White get mad once before and it was pretty damn creepy. All I saw was his demented smile and an evil glint in his eye before he shoed me out of the area. I swear you could hear the tortured pleas from that pour faceless from miles away. I really don't know exactly what White did to him and I don't want to know. I know Joker is no saint but I rather stay oblivious to what he actually does to the prisoners or people that piss him off.
Sighing in boredom I stared down at the bag of sweets and leaned against the wall between two empty cells. I was bluffing for the most part when I claimed I would give them away. I would never do something that stupid; either give Black's peace offering away or get too close to the prisoners, like I was warned never to do. Although I was pretty tempted to take one of the sweets for myself, however. I am not much a fan for sweets but I do enjoy some hard candies and gummies, either they are bears, worms or anything else.
"Well, maybe one candy won't hurt. After all, he's always stealing my candy apples." I mumbled to myself, eyeing a gum ball sized green jawbreaker. Yeah, he won't notice if I take one small candy out of the bag.
Taking the jaw breaker out of the bag I popped it into my mouth. Mmm, it was lime flavored. Putting the bag of candy on the ground next to me, I leaned my head against the cold, prison wall. It had been a while since I've actually had hard candy; I almost forgot how much I like it. I closed my eyes and rolled the candy around on my tongue, catching as much as the flavor as I could. Jawbreakers normally have more than one flavor to them so I wonder what flavor would come up next.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" Black's seething voice shouted. I bulked away from the wall and snapped my head in his direction, feeling the hard candy slip past my tongue and into my throat. Uh oh.
"Gack!" I chocked, grabbing for my throat. Oh crap this was very bad; I can feel the candy stuck in my throat.
"Those are mine, bitch." Black growled, swiping the candy from the ground before turning around. "You're punished to your cell for the next five time changes." He growled, stomping towards the cage he and White put me in earlier.
Was he serious?! I'm chocking on a candy here and all he's concerned about was locking me up again?! I glared disbelievingly at him, pointing at my throat. Oh come on, just turn around already! I began to punch at my diaphragm, trying my hardest to dislodge the damned candy. It'd be a cold day in hell before I actually let myself die chocking on a candy of all things. It almost seems embarrassing considering I live with murderers.
"Well, you coming or what, whor... Oh shit! Are you chocking?!" He shouted as he finally turned around, looking in time to see me fall to my knees. Glaring at him again I used one fist to punch my diaphragm while I used the other to flip him off.
No matter how hard I punched at my diaphragm I couldn't even feel the candy move a little bit. I could feel my lungs begging for more air and my heart pounding in my chest. Oh crap, could I really actually die like this? Die chocking on a candy all because Black snuck up and scared me? Well, not if I could help it! Exhaling as deep as I could with the oxygen remaining in my lungs I gave myself one final, hard, punched. With a final cough the jawbreaker shot out of my mouth and traveled about six cells down the hall.
Third Person P.O.V
"Fuck. You!" Alana gasped for air, bent over on her hands and knees. Light headed and sore from the lack of oxygen, she fell onto side, clutching her stomach with one arm.
"Why the fuck did you just stand there?!" She demanded, continuing to gasp for air as she also continued to glare at Black's still surprised face. "I'm not going back do that damned cell either, you bastard!" She snarled before rubbing her throat with a whimper.
Why did he just stand there? Not even Black knew why he didn't jump in to help right away. Unlike the worthless pigs behind bars he actually cared if Alana died or not. It was stupid of her to take his candy in the first place but the warden didn't want, nor, expect her to chock over it. Sometimes it was easy to forget just how weak foreigners really were. If it had been a role holder that had been chocking they would have gotten the thing out of their throat in seconds. So why were foreigners so weak compared to them?
"Dumbass! Why didn't you just swallow the damned thing?" Black gruffly demanded, bending down so he could slap a hard hand over her back. Startled Alana coughed off some saliva that had gotten into her lungs before taking some deep breaths as they then settled into her normal breathing.
Sitting up on the floor the girl pressed a hand to her chest. She could feel her heart beating a little fast but, seeing as she was chocking a minute ago, that was normal. Her back was a bit sore from the force of the slap but Alana was grateful for the help. Once she felt her heart calm down a bit she removed her hand to push herself up off the ground.
"Erm, thanks." She mumbled as she pushed herself up and brushed off any dirt that got on her clothes from the ground. Once standing, Alana turned to face the warden, crossing her arms against her chest and glaring at him in annoyance.
"What the hell do you mean why didn't I swallow it? It was too big to slide down my fucking throat; that's why! Besides, it's your fault I swallowed it in the first place; you snuck up on me!" She shouted, her face reddening with anger as he hands balled into fists. Black rolled his visible eye and took a step forwards.
"If it's too big for you to handle then don't go sticking it in your mouth." He huffed, pinching her nose shut with his free hand. Alana grunted and slapped Black's hand away from her face before using it to drag it over her own face with a groan.
"Do you realize how perverted that sounded?" She questioned, removing her hand to gently rub her still sore throat. It would probably take a while before it stopped throbbing.
"Depends on how you take it, Whore." He huffed before grinning. "You took it dirty, huh? I wonder what really goes on through that supposingly virgin head of yours." He teased, kicking his foot against the wall and slamming his free hand against the wall to trap her. Alana leaned back against the wall, glaring at him as her cheeks brightened in color.
"SHUT UP! Now you're doing it on purpose." She accused, blushing in embarrassment. No she really wasn't the most innocent virgin out there but it wasn't as if she was going to let him know that.
Black chuckled and, placing the bag of sweets on the ground next to him, used his other hand to cup her cheek in his hand. "Oh, and what if I am, slut? What are you going to do about it?" He purred seductively.
Alana felt her heart skip a few beats as her body trembled. If she didn't know any better it sounded as if Black was coming onto her. In hindsight it wasn't all that unexpected considering who he was. Chances were he was just messing with Alana's head like he and White usual did. What was unexpected, however, were the feelings it caused the brunet to have. Her heart fluttered in her chest and she felt bad for wanting to leave the prison. However Alana knew she'd have to leave if she ever wanted to see more of Wonderland. Well, better tell him now before she got too scared to say anything later.
"Black, I'm leaving the prison. I'm going to be staying with Jackie for a few days. Don't try and stop me from leaving." She told him, raising her arms up to his chest, attempting to push him away. "I'm going back to my room to pack up the few things I have."
"Tch, and who the fuck gave you permission?" Black growled, pissed off by her sudden flippant attitude. Hah, he could easily fix that.
"Do I need to teach the toy a lesson?" He asked, yanking her away from the wall and into his chest as his other hand slipped down to her chin before seductively purring, "Well? What's your choice?"
Alana felt her heart flutter between fear and an emotion she wasn't sure of. She was scared of Black right now but part of her... actually liked the way he was talking to her. Not only did it make her heart flutter but her face heat up as well. Attempting to calm her nerves Alana inhaled deeply before exhaling slowly so she could give Black her answer.
"Jackie explained the rules to me, Black. You're not allowed to keep me here against my will. I choose to leave and you are not allowed to stop me." She answered bravely, doing her best to not show fear as she met with his eye. The warden numbly studied her for any deception before wickedly grinning.
"Are you sure about that? Are you sure that she wasn't just feeding you the wrong information?" Black asked, his excited grin growing larger as he realized what happened. Oh, there is going to be hell to pay.
He should have realized sooner that Jackie would have told Alana about the rules. Now that Alana knew the truth it would be much harder to control her. The girl was supposed to listen to him no matter what; he was the master and she was his obedient toy. Although, in a way, that only excited Black even more. Now he got to punish Alana so she'd never think of leaving him again.
"I don't give a shit if it's true or not, Black! I could use a vacation away from you and White. So wipe that grin off your face, eat your damned candy and leave me alone!" She snapped, perhaps a bit too harshly. Sighing as she realized how harsh she sounded her face softened before she continued.
"It's not like I'd ever be back, Joker. I live here after all. I just want to get to know this world a little better." She told him in a kinder tone, addressing him by his true name for once. It didn't seem to make a difference and, feeling his clock squeeze in his chest, shoved her away.
"See what I care, bitch. The cell will be waiting for you when you come crawling back here." He snarled before turning away. He paused only to snatch up the bag of sweets before stomped off towards his office.
"Why would I want to come back when you are just going to shove me back in a cell? Smarten up, Black!" Alana called out to him before frowning. Sighing sadly she glanced over to the small candy she earlier coughed up before making the long walk down to her room.
'I hope Jackie gets off easier than I did.'
I hope Black wasn't too OOC in my Point of View for him. Anyways please review the chapter, I'd like 3 reviews like last time, and I will try to work on the next as soon as possible.
This is unedited since I didn't have the time. I think you waited long enough for a new chapter and I will edit later on.