It was like any other morning. I was sleeping, Julius working. The extra time that I got to snooze was like heaven…. Until a certain, stupid knight came in and woke me up. I didn't know that if you poked me in the side while I was sleeping, that I would punch you in the face and fall back asleep. It wasn't till Julius woke me up to leave, did I see the faint red mark on Ace's cheek.

"What happened to him?" I asked Julius. All he did was sigh.

"Come on Sadie, aren't you ready yet?" I heard Ace call. I turned to see him in a white suit and Julius in a black one. I felt a sweat drop form.

"Ace… you look, ah…. what's the appropriate word?"

"Handsome? Amazing?" I shook my head and waved my hand.

"Well have fun at the party," I said while walking away. Ace grabbed my hand, twirling me around. Suddenly I was in a crimson dress. My face held the WTF as I looked down at myself. "What just happened? I'm scared." Julius gave Ace some sort of signal ( a nod of the head) and Ace lifted me up. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING? PUT ME DOWN BEFORE I PUNCH YOU AGAIN!" Ace didn't listen to me and started to walk out of the Clock Tower. My attempts to jump down and run away were in vain. So I sort of, excepted my fate as I swayed back and forth from Ace's shoulder. Ace had gotten us hopelessly lost and Julius regretted letting him lead the way. When we finally reached the castle, I felt sick from the swinging and we had to stand out there for a while till my stomach decided not to force all of it's contents out. Then the dreaded moment where Julius, Ace, and I entered the castle. I was tempted to latch onto Julius, and in the end, I did. A woman in a red dress and royal purple hair was sitting on the throne with a meek looking king next to her. Vivaldi. The doors behind us were shut and I felt the claustrophobia set in. Vivaldi began to make a speech and the light had dimmed. When she finished, lights came back on and everyone started dancing. I looked around to see that I was alone! Julius was far away by the windows, looking grim, with a goofy Ace standing next to him, downing drinks. I felt someone grab my hand and I looked around in horror. I let out the biggest sigh of relief when I saw that it was Alice.

"Wow, you look amazing! And that necklace! Where did you get it?" Alice asked. I forgotten about the emerald beauty around my neck.

"Oh this," I started to laugh nervously. Suddenly I was twirled around again and came face to face with the punk cat.

"Hey there," he said sly. I felt weird. Dee and Dum were with him and it was like they were comparing me and Alice. Alice a baby blue dress that was rather puffy while I stood there in a crimson, slim fitting then it was layered on the bottom. It kind of reminded me of Madame Red's dress, I loved that dress and Madame Red. It didn't help that there was a noticeable size difference between Alice and I. If you get my drift. ( )( ) ( ) ( )

"Come on, let's dance big sis." Dee called as he took my arm and Dum took Alice's. Boris's ears flatted as he said that he wanted to dance with us before them. "No way cat, we called them first," the twins said. Some faceless people came around and said that we should do a group dance.

"A what?" I said, but was whisked into the circle. After that I danced with Dee, Dum, and finally Boris. During our dance, I couldn't help but stare.

"What are you looking at?" He asked with a cute cock of his head to the left. His ears twitched. He gave me a suggestive look that said, I'm sexy and I know it. I laughed on the inside.

" I was wondering how soft your ears are," I said, rather randomly. He seemed a little down by this. "Cause one thing I've noticed in the cats back home is that they have this really soft spot of fur behind their ears." I was JUST about to reach up and touch his ears when Elliot appeared. Boris was annoyed that he came and asked to steal me for a dance, but I didn't notice.

"Of course master! I shall show you how much I've learn," I said stupidly. Yes wee grasshopper, you have done well. I felt like an old Chinese man would come out and say. While we dance, I wondered the same thing that I did with Boris. A while after we started, Elliot noticed that I was close to tears from the pain that emanated from my feet. He let me leave and I thanked him. Before I could make it to Julius, someone grabbed my hand.

"You look stunning in that dress." I turned my pale face to see Joker, looking surprisingly handsome in a tux. "So you did come after all." I hung my head in defeat.

"I had no choice. Ace picked me up and got us so lost that there would have been no chance for me to get back to the tower." A song had just finished and another one had started.

"May I have this dance?" He held his hand out for me. I sighed and excepted. I couldn't bring myself to look at him, since I thought my face would be darker than my hair and I stared at our feet, the thought of embarrassing myself had vanished and I just concentrated on dancing.

"Are our shoes that interesting?" He asked, with a hint of a chuckle behind his tone. I looked up.

"Did you say something?' That was when I stepped on his foot. He didn't make a face of pain but I had realized what I had done."AH! I'm sorry!" He only laughed. Then was when I noticed something, didn't Joker have one of his ears pierced? I forgot that thought when a feeling of pain shot through me. I hunched over and tried to find some way to stop the pain in my feet. "I'm sorry, I don't really ever wear heels or dresses for that this really hurts." The frown that graced his face seemed...oddly normal. I don't ever remember seeing Joker frown. "I'm really sorry, but can I go sit for a bit?" I actually asked him, like his thoughts mattered. He nodded and I hobbled away. I made my way to Julius and had a drink shoved in my face by Ace.

"Here you should try this." One sniff and I could smell alcohol.

"No, I don't drink alcohol and you shouldn't either." He gave me a strange look. "Alcohol is a depressant drug that causes millions of deaths. Besides back home we can't drink till we are 21." He gave me a face of shock.

"Really! That has to suck."

"No I think it is fine. Mostly stupid people drink would you want to waste a good time by waking up in the morning with a hangover." I noticed Julius's face was very pale.

"Julius, are you alright? Should we leave?" Before he could say anything, a voice cut in.

"You can not leave until we have met you properly." Behind me was Vivaldi. Just out of curtisy and memory of how you should act around royalty, I did a small curtsey

"I'm sorry your highness." She stared at me for a moment before leading me away so we could speak in private. "We wish to speak to you privately, away from the noise." On our way out of the ball room, I saw Joker again. Weird, there is something... added? Or is it missing? She took me to a room that I fell in love with.

"This is the most beautiful room I have ever laid eyes on."

"We are glad you like it. You like stuff animals as well?" I sat down with her at a table and grabbed an adorable black and white kitten.

"I do. I love stuff animals." She smiled.

"We may be cold and cruel outside for everyone, but we keep this room secret for us."

"Your majesty-"

"Please, call us Vivaldi." I felt embarrassed.

"Vivaldi... were did you get that!" I pointed to the amazingness in the corner. There stood/sat a giant teddy bear the height of the room.

"Do you like that?" I was close to tears.

"It's so beautiful. It had always been my dream to own a stuffed animal the size of a room." We sat and spoke of different things, like how my night was time had gone by and the party was done. I said good bye to Vivaldi and returned to Julius who looked like he got hit by a bowling ball. So Ace and I helped him home. It wasn't that bad of a night...

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