A/N

Hey there, it's Danielle again \(^0^)/ I am back with a new chapter! Thank you to those of you who have been reading and to this. Hope you've enjoyed the story so far. So sorry that I took forever to update it! I was out of town and had no Wi-Fi to post this. Anyway, I added some new characters to the story so hopefully it'll spice things up. Well, that's all I have to say so leave a review if you'd like and Enjoy!

Disclaimer: this fanfiction is based around Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki. I do not own any of the characters just the story line I made up.


~ Chapter 7: Patience ~

Alice's POV

The sun's rays pour through the window, dust particles dancing in the air. From behind my eyelids I could feel the sunlight; it flashed red from the veins in my lids. I turned over and buried my head underneath my pillow and pulled the covers high over my head. Today was a Saturday and I had no intention of wasting a good amount of sleep. Just as I was about to fall asleep again, a voice calls out whilst knocking on the door.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"Ms. Alice? Your Mother wishes to see you downstairs after you've gotten ready." The maid said. She pauses in hopes that I would reply. I didn't and sighed loudly. Guess she heard it because soon after I heard her footsteps go down the hall. Throwing the covers off, I got up from my bed and stretched. Picking up my phone from my bedside table, I checked the weather and any messages I had received as I walked to my bathroom off from my room. My phone wasn't fancy or anything, just a regular black IPhone. The case I had on it was a black one in the shape of a rabbit. Oz had won it at the Amusement Park yesterday but gave it to me because he thought it suited me better. Gil certainly agreed saying it definitely suited me as a baka usagi.

Didn't mention that again after I had switched out his phone case with a seaweed one that I had won.

I grinned at the mere memory. Suddenly I heard my text tone had gone off and glancing down I could see that I had gotten a new text from Oz. It read:

Hey Alice! We're meeting at the park right? Of course we are, we went over this yesterday. Haha, silly me. Anyway, I'll see you there at 10. Byeee :D

Damn is he an excited one. He does realize we're going to a Mental Hospital right?

After texting him a reply I went and took a shower and got dressed. When I was done I hurried down the stairs to see what my Mother had wanted me for. There she stood beside the mahogany doors that were the entrance to our home. I walked up to her and waited patiently for what she had to say. No doubt was it about Alyss.

"When you meet your sister be aware that she is not right in the head. She's kind of like me in a way. The caretakers there will explain more." She said solemnly.

"Uh, yeah. Bye!" I said. Figuring that that was all she had to say I started to head out the door. Before I even got my foot out she grabbed my shoulders with a vice like grip. She put her lips close to my ears and whispered so quietly that I almost didn't catch what she said.

"Whatever you do, do not mention anything about a white rose." She waited for me to reply.

Is she talking about the white rose that Alyss was holding before I took her to her?

"Do you—"I was cut off before I could get my question out.

"Just tell me you'll do as I say." She hissed. Her grip got tighter and I as I looked down at my shoulders and noticed that they were about to bleed from the pressure she was exerting. I could tell she was about to lose it. Nodding my head, her fingers relaxed and she removed me from her grip. Pushing me out the door she called out "You take care now, Alice. Remember what I said."

After saying that, I bid my final good bye and headed to the park.

That was odd…I wonder what that was all about.

~~ At the Park~~

I finally arrived at the park and began to search for Oz.

Where could he be? I thought I told him to wait near the entrance.

I kept walking along the path in hopes of finding him. Just as I thought that I'd never catch him, I rounded a corner and saw that he was sitting on a park bench. I was about to call out to him, when I frowned at what I saw. There I found Oz sitting next to some girl I didn't know.

It's obviously not Ada…she has blonde hair not caramel brown…

As I reached the bench I saw that it was a girl around my age. Her hair was tied half up half down with a big bow on her head. She was wearing a pretty long dress that came down to her ankles. It was fancy too; I have to have guessed it was silk or something. There was no pattern on the dress just a dark purple with some frills of lace adorning her sleeves and collar. They were having quite a conversation because the girl always seemed to be laughing and smiling at whatever Oz had to say.

When I reached them I made a large "Ahem." To signal that I was there.

The girl obviously noticed me and stopped talking immediately, but before she did that she gave me a pleasant smile. Oz oblivious to the situation turned around to see what she was looking at; upon seeing it was me he paled tremendously.

"Ah, Alice! Um…I was just…" Oz said at lost with what to say. I tapped my foot impatiently. He was starting to test my patience.

"Who's this?" I questioned.

Is she a friend of his? How come he didn't tell me…?

Standing up Oz started to explain. "This is Sharon-chan!"

My brow cocked at the "-chan" part.

Chan…is that something a friend would do; we're friends so how come he doesn't do that to my name as well? I'll ask him later.

The so called "Sharon" girl started to speak. "I'm so sorry, this is all my fault." She sounded very sincere. Continuing on she said "I'm sorry Oz; I hope I didn't anger your girlfriend," as she turned towards me.

Oz blushed deeply. I however was very confused.

Girlfriend? Oz hasn't explained this concept to me yet.

"No, no we're not dating." Oz said hurriedly putting his hands up in defense. "Alice and I—we're just good friends." At this Sharon muttered an "Oh."

"Anyway we were just on our way to go somewhere so I'll have to say goodbye for now." Oz grabbed my hand. "See ya!" he said as he waved.

"Bye then!" Sharon called as we half walked slash ran away.

Sharon's POV

"Break, you can come out now. They've already gone and left the park." I said.

Out of the bushes came a man with white hair with a doll on his shoulder. His bangs covered one eye and the other remained seen. It was a deep red and seemed to go on forever. He was wearing a long sleeved kimono that went way past his hands. If he were to put it up it would hang off a bit since it was so long. The doll on his shoulder had a little cape with a ribbon to tie it off. The eyes were beady and it seemed to be "alive."

"Oh ho ho Ojou-sama likes little boys huh!" Break teased.

"I was just talking to him, not flirting." I said exasperated, "Besides I think we got some pretty good information to report back to Pandora."

Nodding his head in agreement he replied "Yes, that kid gave out a lot of information about himself and Alice. So lax that boy."

"Well, let's head on back! Maybe with this new information we'll find out what really happened with Project Sablier." I proclaimed.

"Patience, Sharon. This is just a fragment of the truth."

"You're right. Let's head back now."

And with that we too headed out of the park but from a different entrance that Alice and Oz had used. Stepping into a black convertible we drove off away from the park.

Alice's POV

After getting Oz to explain what happened back and having him comply with buying me meat later we headed on to St. Laurence's; before we did though Oz told me he had a question that he had to ask me.

"Is there anything else I should know?" Oz asked, "I mean other than the fact that you're going to talk to your sister."

I was about to nod my head no when I remembered what my Mother had just said earlier. Opening my mouth to tell him I hesitated.

I should probably tell him…but it's none of his concern. Besides Oz is just here for support; I'll be the only one talking to Alyss anyway.

"Alice?" Oz inquired, "Is there something wrong?"

I snapped myself out of my thoughts and forced a high and haughty laugh.

"HA! As if. I'm ready to go." I declared hoping to convince him that I wasn't hiding anything.

"Oh, ok Alice. Just know that I'll be here for you." Oz stated.

I blushed.

He means friend wise Alice, get a grip. Besides that's what friends are supposed to do!

~~ St. Laurence Mental Hospital ~~

Oz's POV

Upon reaching the hospital, I gulped.

I thought Mental Hospitals were supposed to be…fresh?

It was the exact opposite. The walls of the building were starting to deteriorate and the windows looked as if they hadn't been washed in years. Up and down the sides of the building vines crawled all over it and got tangled and twisted with the windows broken shutters. Walking up the steps I went and held open the door for Alice then followed her inside. Once we got in we saw that it was empty except for a few people sitting in the lobby chairs.

"Do you need something?" the lady behind the front desk asked.

"Yes, I'm here to see my sister Alyss." Alice told her.

"Oh, she's waiting in the garden in the back. Here I'll show you the way." Motioning for us to follow her, she took us to the back of the building. I looked around and let me just say the outside reflected the inside as well. The floors were dirty and the wall's paint was beginning to chip off. When we reached the doors leading to the garden, the lady told us to call for her or the nurses if we needed any…assistance.

"She tends to be a bit…aggressive. Well, I'll leave you be." And with that she walked away back to the front desk.

I know Alyss is in a Mental Hospital…but is she that unstable?

Before we went out we went over the plan again.

"So I'm going to go and talk to Alyss alone. You will just wait somewhere in the garden." She explained to me again.

"And if you need me you'll call." I relayed back to her.

"Ok. I'm ready." Alice announced.

"Ok." I pushed open the doors and there right in front of us stood Alyss.

"Hello, little sister. I've been waiting for you."

A/N

Sharon and Break are the new characters I introduced. Later in the story you'll get why Sharon said "Project" instead of "Accident". It's very intricate and hard to explain here in the author's note. How it happened is kind of creepy actually—well in a way it is. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and until next time, bye! :D