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Alright just to give a little heads up on the story, from what I know, it takes place in France and this is a rewriting of the anime in my way, seeing as the entire manga hasn't come out, nor have I read. I'll have actual French towns and such probably in my story, but I might also make up cities and such, just like Sablier is a made up town.

Now, I'm going to start this off the way it did in the anime, I might change it a bit throughout the chapter, but I thought I should give a tiny warning.

So, I hope you all enjoy it!

The Altered Rotation

oO~Escape~Oo

"You remember what to do?" Jack asked Oz.

"For the last time, Jack, I remember!" Oz exclaimed exasperated, his voice considerably deeper than it was when he first entered the Abyss. "Geez! You fuss almost as much as Mrs. Kate back at home! I'm starting to wonder if the both of you knew each other or if you were related!"

"Yes, that's ni—" Jack began, only to realize just what Oz implied, "Hey! I'll have you know that I'm only acting like this because it's finally time to put our plan into action and I don't want anything to go wrong!"

"Just like Mrs. Kate. Definitely just like her," Oz muttered under his breath as he began to walk away.

"Remember to come—" Jack was about to say before being cut off by Oz.

"For the last time," Oz called back, "I KNOW!"

-Chapel of Legend-

(AN: I have no idea what the name of the chapel where Oz's Coming-of-Age Ceremony was held, so I just made up a name and I know it sounds corny, so just deal with it!)

"Ah, such a nice morning," a man commented, "The birds are singing, the sun is shining; quite the setting for a morning tea break, don't you think?"

"Tea time should be over, Break," Sharon commented walking over to the man, now known as Break, at the small tea table that had some sweets as well as tea set on it. "You're just too absentminded."

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Break had shoulder-length white hair, his fringe completely covering his left eye; there was another layer of hair that went to about mid-back underneath the shoulder-length top. His right eye was a deep-red colour. Skin, pale, but clear.

He wore a pair of black slacks, a violet dress shirt that wasn't tucked in, a dark black-violet ascot ties was around his neck untucked, and a pair of laced-up white boots that had a slight heel. He also wore a white coat that was hanging off of his shoulders, although his hands were in the too long sleeves; it was white with black lining and a slight portion of the back of the coat was black at the top, though no one could tell because of the way he wore it.

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"Isn't this lovely, though, Sharon-sama?" Break asked. "After all, linking the passages will take quite a bit of time."

"Would you like to come over and have a candy, Young Lord?" Break asked a lone figure sitting on one of the pews in the chapel, waving a wrapped lollipop in his hand.

"I'm fine," the male said gruffly.

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The male had wavy black hair that went a little past his shoulders, clear skin, and golden eyes.

He wore a pair of black slacks with a gun holster on his left thigh, a white dress shirt that wasn't tucked in with the collar of it unfolded; a pale blue ascot tie of the same colour went from an inch below his collarbone to the middle of his chest. He wore a black trench coat that flared out at the waist and stretched down to mid-calf, the sleeves of the coat were loose, but fitting and from the elbow, it started to flare out a little bit, making the cuffs at the wrists to flare out a little deeper; the collar of the coat was unfolded and laid behind the unfolded collar of the shirt, about in inch taller in height and it also had the black belt-straps, tied in a bow behind his back. He wore a pair of white wrist-length gloves with gold designs on the back of his hand, a pair of black loafers, and a black akubra hat on his head. His right ear had a gold piercing around the cartilage.

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"With your impulsiveness, you might fail in all the things you can accomplish, Raven" Break said, mouth full with a lollipop before spitting the stick out. "This assignment was conducted by the Rainsworth family themselves in the first place. That's a secret from the organization, so throw in some effort."

"It'll be fine," the lone figure, known as Raven said, "I won't fail." 'Not again'

Sharon smiled at the man before turning to Break. "Now, shall we get started? That is, to save Lord Oz Vessalius with our own hands."

Raven looked up from the ground, a determined expression on his face.

-The Abyss-

"Alright, I think I've found her," Oz commented to himself, "But just to be sure…" he then took out the pocket watch, opened it up and wound the little knob, playing the sweet tune.

A young girl that looked to be the age of thirteen looked up from gazing around aimlessly at the familiar sound.

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She had along calf-length brown hair with two long, thin plaits off the sides, and she had light violet eyes.

She wore a pair of tight black short-shorts, a pair of white knee-length laced-up boots that had a bit of a two-inch heel, a white long-sleeved dress shirt that had an unfolded collar, and a pair of white wrist-length gloves. She also wore a long red and white trench coat that went to mid-calf; it had long sleeves that were tight at first, but became looser at the elbow and as it went to the wrists, the red sleeves became white deep turn-back cuffs that were lined with white lace. There was also a strip of white diamonds going down her sleeve. There was also a white diamond pattern on other parts of her coat as well as a large white bow resting underneath her collar bone to just above her naval.

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The girl leapt up and floated towards where the tune was coming from only to see someone she'd never seen in the Abyss before.

"Oi," she called, gaining the stranger's attention, "Who the hell are you and where is that music coming from?"

The stranger smiled slightly, making her unknowingly flush, before saying, "My name is Oz Vessalius and the music you hear comes from my watch."

OZ gave a slight bow to her before standing up straight once more. "Now, I suppose I should get right to the point, right? Alright, from what I know, you want to go to the other realm to get your memories back, right?"

The girl started at that. 'How does he know that?'

"I have a proposition for you," Oz stated, "That is, if you choose to listen."

The girl mulled the thought over for a moment. 'He knows I want to go and get my memories. So in return for that, I can get him out of the Abyss If he wants me to, but other than that, what could he want? I suppose I'll listen, but I won't agree unless there's something for me in the deal.'

"All right, spit it out," the girl said.

"Oh!" Oz exclaimed. "That reminds me, I don't know your name. I only know you by your title, B-Rabbit."

"Alice," the girl said after a moment, "My name is Alice."

"All right, then, Alice," Oz said, "Here's my proposal. You want your memories and in order to do so, you need to get out of here. Whereas I just need to get out of here in general. If you'd like the both of us can form a contract, but legally."

Alice nodded as she listened, but was confused at the 'legally' part. "How the hell do you expect us to form a legal contract? When one binds themselves with a chain, sure they're welcome to use our abilities if they want, but at the price of a seal that'll drag the both of us back down here when the seal's complete."

"I know that," Oz replied, "But I know someone who can help us form a legal contract, so nothing will happen to us."

'If we can get a legal contract, then we're both out of here and won't be dragged back down! But how do I know he's not lying?' Alice thought.

"How do I know you're not lying?" Alice demanded.

Oz smiled at that. "Because the person that can help us, is someone from your memories."

That statement struck a chord within the brown-haired girl.

"Deal," was all Alice said before telling Oz to take them to his person he knew.

When Oz and Alice arrived at a small house-like room, Jack immediately came out to greet them.

"Well, it seems like you've been successful in convincing her, Oz," Jack commented.

"You had no faith, did you?" Oz asked, exasperatedly.

"Of course I did," Jack said, before turning to smile at Alice. "It's been quite a while, Alice."

At that moment, Alice knew that Oz had been telling the truth.

"Okay, you!" Alice said, pointing at Jack, who was surprised at her hostility. "The kid here said that you knew how to get us a legal…contract…why do you two look alike?"

Jack and Oz chuckled nervously, while rubbing the backs of their heads sheepishly. "Well, it's actually, 'cause I'm his reincarnation," Oz explained.

"Okay…" Alice trailed off before reverting back to her old personality. "Anyway, just get us a contract so that I can get out of this damned place!"

"Was she ever this hostile when you knew her?" Oz whispered into Jack's ear.

"Never," was all Jack could say looking at Alice as though he'd seen Oz wearing a tutu and dancing the cha-cha around the Abyss.

"Anyway, do you just want to get this over with?" Oz asked.

Jack snapped out of his shock and turned to Oz saying, "Alright, you and Alice stand next to one another."

Both did so and held hands when Jack told them to do so.

The gold-haired man chanted a bit and both Oz and Alice glowed a light violet. "Now seal the contract as you would have if you did made an illegal one," Jack stated.

Just when Oz was about to ask how she'd seal her contracts, Alice kissed him on the lips without hesitation. Oz's eyes widened and stiffened at first, but relaxed later on, though he never closed his eyes.

About a minute later, both separated, to see Jack looking a bit freaked out, for lack of a better word.

'Alice would never have acted like that before,' Jack thought, 'This is quite the awkward change she's gone through.'

"Well, the both of you have just made a legal contract, so you have the benefits of not being subjected to those of an illegal contract," Jack congratulated.

"Do want to get out of here, right now?" Oz asked his new Chain.

"What do you think, you idiot?" Alice retorted.

"Stay safe, then," Jack said to the both of them, "And Oz? I'll be popping in here and there to check up on things alright? And remember what we agreed on."

Oz nodded and thanked him for everything he'd done for him.

Alice transformed into her B-Rabbit form and let Oz climb up on her shoulder before summoning her scythe and blasting a pathway out of the Abyss.

(AN: Alice's B-Rabbit form looks just as it always had, so I'm not going to even both with describing it. If anyone wants to know, just get a picture up on Goggle Images, or just watch the bloody anime.)

-Chapel of Legend-

Raven, Sharon and Break were making their way to the staircase, when Break suddenly turned around and pulled Sharon into his arms.

"Break?" Sharon asked in concern, before her question was answered.

A light violet-coloured wind began to swirl at the very top of the staircase. The slight swirl of wind suddenly quickened and turned into a vortex.

The wind was so strong that even the trio that stood before the staircase could feel it.

When the vortex shattered into tiny particles of light, there stood the B-Rabbit with her contractor sitting on her shoulder, their backs to the trio below.

"Well, this definitely wasn't where I thought we'd end up," Oz said, jumping off of Alice's shoulder, allowing her to turn back into her human form, shocking the trio below, whom the duo hadn't noticed yet. "I was sort of aiming for the grave, somewhere secluded, but this is alright, since it's close."

"What're going to do now?" Alice asked, arms crossed over her chest.

"I really don't know. Since we arrived a bit away from our destination, I think all we can do is to go to where our actual stop was," Oz said, finally turning around so that the trio could finally see the mystery man.

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The man [Oz] (but they don't know yet, now do they?) had long mid-calf-length gold hair (his hair was down) parted on the right, messy bangs with a fringe swept to the right that covered his right eye and his left eye as well. From what the trio could see of his eye, it was a brilliant emerald-green.

He wore a pair of white breeches, a white dress shirt that had a an ascot collar and long sleeves, a black waistcoat, a pair of white laced-up knee-high boots that had a slight heel, and a pair of white wrist-length gloves. He also wore a justaucorps coat that went to just past mid-calf; the wavy-ended sleeves of his dress shirt were popping out of the ends of the deep turn-back cuffs, and his ascot tie was slightly ruffled (but not very poofy) and hung over his shirt and some of his waistcoat from just above his collarbone to about mid-chest over his coat (whose collar was unfolded over the ascot collar; his coat is unbuttoned). His ears were also pierced with sapphires that hung off of four centimeter chains from his earlobes.

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It was also then that Oz noticed and saw the three at the foot of the staircase.

'Shit!' Oz thought with a mental wince. 'No one was supposed to see us!'

"Who are you?" Break asked going up the first set of steps to the first landing.

'Okay don't panic,' Oz told himself, 'Just do what you and Jack planned, after all it technically isn't a lie.'

"My name…My name is Jack Vessalius," Oz answered calmly, which betrayed what he was truly feeling on the inside.

A bientôt,

TsukiyoTenshi