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Heck yeah! Sorry for the long wait...but guess what?! In the next chapter, the actual plot will begin! So in other words, more stuff is going to happen! WHEEEEEEEEEEE! :)

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"Ouch!" Alice hissed as someone stomped on her foot. She hugged her things more tightly to her chest and attempted to squeeze between offending person and the lockers.

...And this is why I always get to school early.

She sighed softly. She really, after all, had no one to blame but herself. She had slept in until there was no hope of getting to school early. Instead, she ended up coming to school at the same time most people ended up getting to school...approximately one minute before the bell rang.

"Excuse me...sorry...pardon me.." She muttered as she unceremoniously shoved her way to her first class. When she finally reached the door, she couldn't contain a soft sigh of relief. At least now she was safe from the hordes of foot-crushing students. She slipped inside as quietly as she could, pausing for a moment to glance at the teacher's desk. She almost dropped her things when she saw that there was a small crowd of people, girls in particular, surrounding it. She couldn't even see the teacher! She shook her head before slipping into her usual seat near the back of the classroom.

I am never going to get used to this school!

"Hey, Alice!" She glanced up to see a familiar brown-haired 'knight' slide into the seat next to her.

"Hi, Ace." She responded, not looking up from where she was busy organizing her desk.

Crap crap crap crap crap... Please don't see.

She moved her head to one side, trying to obscure the left side of her face. Yesterday, she had been too careless. Her father had managed to hit her face, and it was now quite visible. She had checked that morning, and it had been an ugly purple color with a tiny cut following the line of her cheek bone.

Calm down...just act normally and he might not notice.

She rifled through her papers, quickly finding last night's homework. She pushed the rest of the unneeded papers to edge of her desk, reaching for whatever else she would use.

"Have you heard?" Questioned Ace enthusiastically, leaning toward her.

"Heard what?" Alice frowned, cupping her injured cheek in one hand, as if she were resting her chin on her palm.

"Oh..." His face fell considerably, "Then you haven't...Ah, well, it'll be a surprise!"

Alice was pretty sure she hated surprises. And if said surprises were suggested by Ace...

"I don't that's such a good idea." She said smoothly, glaring at him suspiciously.

"Aw..." He pouted, looking at her sadly for a moment, "But Alice~!" He whined.

She glared at him for a moment, before continuing to examine the contents of her desk.

Ace sighed in an exaggerated manor before leaning forward and resting his elbows on her desk, "Your class is going to be very interesting today. There. See? I gave you a hint!" He flashed her his signature grin and stood up, walking toward the door.

Thank god he's leaving...but what about that surprise?!

Alice scowled at him, "I don't want a hint, Ace, I want an answer!"

He shrugged, shooting her a look of faux innocence, "Fine than. If you want answers..." He winked at her, "Come to Wonderland."

She crossed her arms over her chest, "And if I don't?"

"Then we'll make you come!" He called cheerfully, "Sorry, Alice, I would love to stay and answer your questions, but I have class...and if I stayed, Julius would call me on it!"

What? Why...?

"Julius?"

Ace clamped a gloved hand over his still-grinning mouth and slipped out the door.

I wonder...what did he mean by, 'Julius'?

Alice only faintly remembered that one of the members of Wonderland was named Julius, and that only because of his way-to-perfect-to-even-be-real hair and slightly-rude demeanor; he had not seemed to be very happy to meet her at all. But Julius wasn't even in this class; he was one of the older members of Wonderland and seemed rather smart (unlike Ace, who had actually been forced to repeat a couple of his classes), so he most certainly wasn't going to be in her chemistry class.

She hadn't even been aware of staring at teacher's desk until the group of students surrounding him began to disband and walk to their desks, leaving her in full view of the blue-haired man sitting there.

...I take that back. What is he doing here?!

She watched in amazement as he began to take role, ignoring the many girls who were making eyes at him.

After he was finished, he shot a quick glare towards the class before standing up and clearing his throat, "Please pass your homework up to the front."

Is he...our teacher?!

Alice blinked in surprise, staring at him.

There's no way... He's much too young!

"Hey!" She glanced up to see one of her classmates glaring at her impatiently and holding out one hand, palm outstretched. She stared at it blankly for a moment, until the boy sighed dramatically and rolled his eyes, "Your homework. And hurry up about it-Julius gets mad real easily ."

As if on cue, Julius cleared his throat, loud enough to be heard of the quiet murmurs of the students.

"Impatient little bastard!" The boy hissed under his breath, gesturing impatiently with his hand.

Alice grabbed the homework from last night, quickly holding it out for him to grab. She expected him to make some final jab like 'about time!' but instead he simply snatched it from her and handed up toward the front of the room.

Can't even spare me enough notice to be an asshole, huh?

But that was a good thing...wasn't it? After all, that seemed to be her goal in life. Stay quiet. Don't get noticed by too many people. And, most of all, never, ever tell anyone about what happened. She had never broken any of her rules, well, except for now.

And except for...one other time. And, back then, she had payed the price for being so stupid. Whose to say that this time would be any better?

It won't make a difference anyway...as long as I only break one, no one has to know about anything else, right?

"Alright, so today's lesson is ridiculously easy. Turn to page 268 in your text book and read the chapter. Then answer the questions. I assume your all capable of doing that?"

Alice glanced up to see Julius standing by the board, looking, well, bored. Murmurs of assent traveled through the classroom, mostly from girls too busy daydreaming about Julius to pay attention to how rude he was being.

What an annoying guy...

Once again, she looked around the classroom, this time taking more notice of the students who weren't obviously in love with their teacher. Most of them didn't look happy, but none of them looked confused. It was as if everyone but her had been expecting Julius to be the substitute.

I guess I have no choice... If I want to find out what's going on, I have to find Ace and ask him...

This was going to be a long day.

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When the bell rang, everyone (except for the drooling, Julius-obsessed fangirls) stood up in a flurry of papers, eager to get the door.

"Homework is to interview a family member and find out their views on the lesson we just studied! You will write two paragraphs, one on their views (with a signature) and one on your own views!" Their blue-haired teacher yelled before sitting down at the desk and going back to his book, completely ignoring the girls trying to say goodbye to him.

A family member...?!

Alice stood up, swallowing hard. She couldn't interview a family member. No way.

Maybe your allowed to just ask someone random...

Timidly, she gathered her things and walked toward Julius' desk, where the fangirls had finally dispersed, "Um...Monrey-sensei?"

In answer, he glanced up from his book, raising one eyebrow.

"Are we allowed to interview someone who isn't a family member? A friend, or someone like that?"

"No."

She waited for an explanation, but he remained silent, reading his book.

"Well, why not?!" She couldn't keep the annoyance from her voice; he was being incredibly rude!

She thought she saw a flash of surprise in his eyes at her angry tone, but it was gone in a second, "You are perfectly capable of interviewing someone in your household." He told her coldly, "So why are you asking me to do something different?"

She opened her mouth to reply, but then, realizing she didn't have any excuse that she could tell, snapped it shut again. "Never mind." She murmured finally, "Thank you for your time." She added, before turning and hurrying out the door.

Who does that guy think he is, anyway?!

She was so preoccupied with her own thoughts that she didn't notice Julius staring after her in confusion, his mouth open as if to ask another question.

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"Ace?" Alice peered through the doorway of the abandoned room were Wonderland met, "Ace, are you in here?"

"Alice~!" And suddenly, out of nowhere, someone tackled her to ground with a hug.

"Peter..." She moaned, attempting to disentangle her limbs from the oblivious rabbit-man. She flinched as he made contact with her bruises, which covered her arms and torso, and decorated the top of her cheek. "Ow..." She muttered.

"What's wrong?! Is my beloved Alice hurt?!" Peter gripped her arm, searching her frantically for injuries.

She quickly yanked up the hood of her sweatshirt, hoping that he wouldn't look to closely at her face, "I'm fine! Being slammed into the ground just hurts, you know! Now, please get off of me!"

"I-Is Alice m-mad at me...?" He moved to one side, bending down so that he could look directly into her face, his eyes wide and innocent. His ears flopped down.

H-He's so cuuuuute... Just like a real bunny...

She shook her head.

No! Snap out of it, Alice! It's not a real rabbit! It's not even cute-

Suddenly, she was hyper-aware of the fact that she was blushing as she stared into his huge, adorable, very red eyes... She sighed and gave in, "I'm not mad. Just get off me."

"Yay~!" He smiled happily and held out a hand to help her up, all the while murmuring something about what a wonderful couple they made.

Ignoring his hand, Alice stood up by herself, using the wall to prop herself up. She was exhausted, and thanks to Julius she was going to have to interview Lorina tonight...or at least get her signature. As for father...it probably wasn't a good idea to even try asking him.

"Come on!" Peter grabbed her arm, pulling her toward the doorway.

"No, Peter I'm not coming inside, I just had to ask-!"

But it was too late. Peter already had the door open, and she was yanked into the room. She tried slip away from him, but he noticed what she was doing and quickly closed the door.

"Peter-!" She snapped angrily, pulling at her hood. She gave the room a quick sweep and, seeing only Boris and Pierce, mentally sighed with relief.

I just have to get out as fast as possible...

"Yo, Alice!" Boris stopped chasing Pierce long enough to give her a smile.

"Alice, help me chu~!" Cried the unfortunate mouse-boy, ducking behind one of the dust-covered drum sets.

She waved to them quickly, making sure to keep the left side of her face in shadow, and immediately started trying to get back to the door, "Peter, please open the door. I really need to leave."

He stared at her sadly for a moment before reaching for the door, sensing that she was upset. But before she could make her escape, the door burst open.

"Hi~! Sorry I'm late...I got lost." Ace grinned cheerfully, leaning against one side of the door frame.

The others will probably be coming soon...

"Ace, move! I need to get out!" She gave his chest a little push, but to no avail. He remained where he was, only raising an eyebrow at her attempts.

"Don't you want to know why Julius was teaching your class?" He pouted, looking at her sadly.

I'll just humor him, then maybe he'll let me out!

"Fine. Tell me. But then you have to move, got it?" She growled, glancing around the room quickly.

He smiled, glad to have won, "Most everyone knows that Julius is the substitute when a teacher gets sick or something unexpected like that...I can't believe you didn't!" He cocked his head to one side, eyeing her curiously, "After all, everyone is always talking about what a genius he is. And he's always complaining about having to go to high school!"

Alice bit her bottom lip in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"His parents made him redo high school, of course! He already went through all the classes, but sense he was so young when he went through, his parents made him go through again when he finished collage." He smirked, "Something about making friends... Not that he's much luck with that..."

"That's..." She stared at him for a moment, overwhelmed by a sudden flash of pity for Julius.

Being forced to redo school here just so he can meet idiots like Ace...no wonder he's in such a bad mood all the time!

But then she recalled the way he had acted during class that day.

Just because your smart, doesn't mean you can act like a jerk to everyone else!

"That's great, Ace." She murmured quickly, "Thanks for telling me. Now I really have to go now..."

"But Vivaldi said she wants to see you~!"

As if on cue, the purple-haired woman's voice rang out through the hall, "Move, you stupid knight! You're in Our way!"

"Hmm...I wonder if this meeting is going to be more interesting than the last one...?" Another voice mused, barely sparing the occupants of the music room a glance.

Dammit! Can this get any worse...?

Blood, Vivaldi, Ace, Peter, Boris, and Pierce...twice as many people as when she had first entered. And they could all end up seeing her face and, therefore, the fact that she had obviously been hit by someone.

"Excuse me, but I have somewhere I need to be!" She said loudly, looking pointedly at Ace.

"Aw...but-!" Suddenly he leaned closer, abandoning his post at the doorway. He looked at her for a moment, his eyebrows knitting together, "Alice? Is there something on your face...?"

"No!" She said quickly, pulling on the top of her hood. Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, she hurried out of the door.

That was close...

She covered her cheek with one hand, taking extra precautions to make sure neither Blood nor Vivaldi saw. As she passed them, she kept her eyes on the floor, ignoring Ace's curious stare burning a hole through the back of her neck.

She was almost to the door when Blood arm snaked out, grabbing her wrist and yanking her hand away from her face.

"What the-!?" She cried out, spinning around to face him.

No no no no he's going to see, he and Vivaldi are both going to see...

"Let go!" She snapped, pulling against him. "Hey, who do you think you-!" Than, the one thing she was counting on not happening, happened. The hood of her sweatshirt slipped off of her head, leaving her entire face open for inspection. She saw the slight widening of both of their eyes, and could immediately tell that they knew.

"You really do have something on your face." Blood commented, raising an eyebrow.

"Alice?" She felt Vivaldi's gentle hand slip onto her free arm, "What happened?" She demanded, frowning slightly.

And suddenly, she was tempted to give in. To slip her hand into Vivaldi's hand and tell her everything. To explain what happened to her mother and her mother's unborn child. To tell her why bruises covered her body with their ugly arrays of purple and yellow.

But remember what happened last time you told?

Of course she did. Of course she remembered.

Which would you rather have, Alice? Two days of someone who knows everything about you, or someone who doesn't know, but at least doesn't hate you!

As if sensing her hesitation, Vivaldi's hand slipped down towards hers, "What happened?" She repeated her question, less demanding this time, but no less urgent.

"I-" Alice swallowed.

Remember what happens when you break the rules.

She remembered.

"Nothing." She ripped her hands free of both Vivaldi and Blood's grasp, running down the hall.

Blindly, she hurried down random corridors, not even bothering to take the time to notice where she was running. Anywhere to get away. Anywhere just to make sure that they never found out.

She yanked her hood up and continued running, ignoring the confused yelps and cries of the people she ran into.

I need to get out of here!

She forced herself to slow to a walk, acting as if she had every reason to be exiting the school in the middle of the day.

Just act natural...

She glanced down at her hoodie and, to her surprise, found little wet splotches dotting the front of it. When she raised her hand to touch her face, she found that it came away wet.

I'm crying...? Why I am I crying?

She scrubbed her tears away impatiently, hurrying through the door. Perhaps if walked quickly, she could make it to her part-time job early enough to work an extra shift.

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Black shoved his way impatiently through the crowd of students, searching for his twin.

Dammit, White, were the f*** did you go?!

He spotted a familiar red head for a second, before it disappeared into the crowd, "F***!" He hissed, pushing his way forward to move toward where he had last seen White.

Just as he was about to reach the edge of the crowd, a girl slammed into him, sending him careening dangerously to one side.

"Hey!" He shouted at them, "Watch were the hell do you think you're going you motherf***ing-" she glanced quickly over her shoulder, giving him a bare glimpse of her facial features before racing forward again, but a glimpse was all he needed.

It's the f***ing bitch!

A muscle in his face twitched slightly, seemingly remembering the time she had completely humiliated him. Publicly.

But more importantly, he had registered that from the fact that she was running away from something, her eyes and cheeks wet from tears...

The little bitch is hiding something.

And he doubted, considering the way she acted, that it was easy to make her cry.

Something big.

He grinned, suddenly finding himself whistling.

Something that maybe, just maybe, I can use for my revenge!

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So yeah... Black's revenge should be veeeeeeeery helpful for the plot thingy. Fufufufu... But anyway, if you have a character that you think should have a AliceX scene, please tell me cause I'm not sure which to do right now... :( Ah, well... Oh, and if you think I had revealed everything that happened in Alice's past... You were wrong! MHA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA! XD So that should be revealed...eventually. But anyways, I'm happy to be back on here! Yay! 3 3