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'The' – Thoughts

'The' - Telepathic Speech

AN: Yeah, yeah, I know I a horrible person and blah blah blah. But what some people don't realize is that I have a lot more important things to take care of at this point and writing isn't always my top priority. Sure, I do my best to write when I can, but I don't know myself when my next new chapter for this piece will be up, so for now, I'm just going to rewrite this chapter as well as the ones after that.

Enjoy the chapter!

The Altered Rotation

oO~Different Places~Oo

The three humans and two Chains stepped out of the tear to find themselves in what looked to be the front courtyard of a large manor.

They looked around to see lush, green grass, rows and rows of red sword-lilies and deep-blue bachelors buttons ran along each side of the cobblestone path, a lovely stone fountain stood proudly in the center of the courtyard.

The quintet walked forward until they reached the large Victorian manor covered in maroon bricks and black pillars, shutters with a roof of the same color (black).

'Why does this not surprise me?' Oz asked himself.

'Because it shouldn't,' Jack solemnly replied, 'I know Glen well enough to know that this is probably one of the only few places where he feels as though he's in control. And you should know him through me, after all, so why should it be a surprise?'

'True,' Oz conceded, 'but something seems suspicious. It seems a little too easy to get here without having to fight our way in.'

'I know,' Jack nodded, 'That's why we all need to be on our guard.'

'We?' Oz asked. 'What do you mean by "We"? It's only the five of us, well technically seven including Raven and Mad Hatter, but before I left the Abyss with Alice, you and I merged together, so right now, you're just another presence inside me that's nothing but an annoying voice in my head!'

'I know b—hey! What do you mean by "annoying"?' Jack shouted indignantly. 'I am a perfectly helpful and handsome gentleman.'

'Of course you are –cough-lazyoldman-cough,' Oz stifled a laugh.

'Why thank you,' Jack replied, 'good to know you finally realized—wait a tick! What the hell did you say?'

Instead of answering, Oz just decided to ignore his incarnation before turning to his comrades.

"We need to be on our guard once we step in," the gold-haired man told them, "It shouldn't have been this easy to get here without any danger so we need to be extra careful when we go in. Glen may have already sensed us when we first arrived, but chose to lay a trap. So be on your guard and touch nothing."

The group nodded before pushing open the black doors and stepping into the manor, only to have to the door slam itself shut once they were all inside.

Pandora~Hearts

The floor was tiled in polished black marble, a deep-maroon rug ran through the centers of each hallway over the marble, the walls were a deep-maroon with a black vine and leaf pattern. Black Roman columns that were small in height held grey vases filed with crimson sword-lilies.

Pandora~Hearts

"Ah la la," Break commented, "Depressing, don't you think?."

The rest of the group glared at Break, but had to agree that though the colouring could be altered, the design of the interior was indeed well done.

"Now, had I been Glen," Jack muttered under his breath, looking at the three different hallways that led to the front lobby in which they all stood, "Where would I be?"

But unfortunately, before he or anyone else could say another word, a black void opened up underneath them all, plunging them into darkness.

-Break-

"Ugh," the white-haired man groaned, "What happened?"

"We fell through a hole!" Emily squeaked from his shoulder.

"So we did," Break confirmed, "And just where did we land is the real question..."

His only red eyes shifted around, taking in his surroundings.

Pandora~Hearts

He was standing at the beginning of a wide hall. The walls were painted a soft lavender with mirrors of all shapes and sizes hung from them. The floors were in a black and white checkerboard pattern while small balls of what looked like fire floated aimlessly around the room.

Pandora~Hearts

"I suppose there's no other choice but to walk, is there?" Break asked himself as he started down the hall.

-Gilbert-

"When I find who threw me down a hole, a bullet's going to be sent straight through their head!" Gilbert grumble to himself as he walked down the single stripe of white within the black he was in.

Just then, there was a bright flash of light and before he knew it, the black-haired male found himself being shoved forward.

His last thought was about how much he hated his life.

-Alice & Cheshire-

Alice and Cheshire let out a cry of pain as they landed on the ground. Hard.

"Who did that!" Alice shouted into the darkness.

"Alice," Cheshire said, tugging on her coat, before staring down at his hands, surprised to find himself in his human form.

"Come on out ya cowards!" the girl continued shouting into the darkness.

"Alice," Cheshire tried again, tugging harder.

"What're ya afraid o—WHAT!" Alice turned to Cheshire with a look of annoyance and outrage present on her face.

"I was just tryin' to tell you-nya," Cheshire said, exasperated, "We're in the Abyss."

"What?!" the brown-haired girl shouted in shock, finally taking the time to really look at her surroundings, noticing the odd bits of furniture and knick-knacks strewn around or floating around them.

"But how did we get here?" she asked, calming down after a few moments.

"I brought you here," a voice identical to Alice's but with a slight musical nuance said.

Both Chains turned in the voice's direction to find themselves face-to-face with the Will of the Abyss.

"Come, we have much to discuss," she stated, leading the two off in a random direction.

-Oz-

Oz fell through the air and tried to regain his balance, but to no avail as he landed on the ground in tangle of hair and limbs.

'Tell me again why I hadn't cut my hair after coming back?' Oz asked irritated.

'One: because you never bothered to cut while in the Abyss. Two: because you've gotten used to it. And three: YOU LOOOOVE IT!' Jack answered cheerfully.

'At least I'm not that conceited when it comes to my hair, unlike a certain someone,' Oz replied.

'Hey! I'm not vain, thank you very much! I'll have you know it's not easy maintaining hair as perfect and pretty as this!' Jack harrumphed.

'"Not vain"? When I accidentally sliced a bit off during one of our training session, you went ballistic and tried to kill me!' Oz said in astonishment, before realizing something his incarnation had said. 'Did you just call yourself pretty?'

Jack seemed to have realized this and stuck his tongue out at Oz before remaining silent.

"Where the hell am I?" Oz muttered to himself, looking around the landscape.

He looked around to see himself at Vessalius Manor.

"And exactly why would I land in front of my own home?" Oz muttered to himself as he walked inside, not bothering to knock.

-Break-

"Ah la la," Break murmured, "This is troublesome."

As he'd walked down the hall, he found that it grew narrower and narrower until he got to the end finding himself standing in front of a large mirror made up the end of the hall.

There was a moan.

Break tensed.

A cry of terror sounded.

The white-haired man felt a tinge of pain in his chest and clutched the area where his completed illegal contractor's symbol began to throb in pain.

Shadows appeared in the mirrors around him.

Break's eye widened. He turned back to try and go back the way he came, only to find that not only had the hall grown narrower, it had also managed to fold around him from behind, locking him in a box with mirrored walls.

"You will pay!" One voice rasped.

"Why!" The voice of a child whimpered. "What did we ever do to you?"

"You will rot in hell for your sins!" another voice promised.

"No," Break tried backing away, only to find his back bumping into the large mirror. A dark chuckle sounded behind him.

The white-haired man stiffened; he knew that voice. And he should; it was his.

Turning around to face the mirror, he found someone he wasn't willing to face.

There stood an exact cop of Break back when he was called Kevin Regnard with what looked like the silhouette of his former Chain, Albus, behind him.

Just then, the room expanded and both Kevin and Albus stepped out of the mirror.

"Happy to see you, Xerxes," the shadow Kevin greeted mockingly. Albus raised his lance and kept his shield at the ready.

Knowing there was no way to avoid this, Break whipped out his cane from inside his sleeve and summoned Mad Hatter.

-Gilbert-

"Okay now where did I land?" Gilbert grunted, trying to get up, only to find himself tied to a chair in the middle of a what looked like a little girl's room.

He glanced around at the usual things found in a young girl's room; stuffed animals, dolls, a closet full of gowns no doubt, a couple dead bod—DEAD BODIES?!

After calming down he looked closely at the broken and bleeding figures. One he made out to be a massacred Jack Vessalius. The other one he recognized, with bile rising in his throat, was a fifteen-year-old decapitated Oz.

He felt a drip on his head.

'Rain? Here?'

But it wasn't rain, upon closer inspection, he realized that it was raining blood.

-Alice & Cheshire-

Alice popped a few cookies into her mouth and watched the girl she knew now as her sister play with Cheshire.

When the Will of the Abyss had lead them to her home, Alice thought she and Cheshire were about to say their goodbyes. But was surpried when the girl introduced herself as Alice as well.

(AN: From here on out, the white Alice, or the Will of the Abyss, will be known as Alice, 'k?)

When she'd first revealed herself, Alice didn't believe the girl in front of her. She thought it must have been some kind of trick that Glen had used on her. It wasn't until she began retelling bits of her life, that Alice even began to believe her.

-Flashback-

"But how?" Alice asked. "How are you my sister? You live here and until I died, I lived in the human world!"

"I don't know," Alice admitted. "All I know is that when mother had us, something happened. A Chain rose from the Abyss, looking for someone to contract with. When the Chain was rampaging through our father's manor, somehow in the chaos, I was thrown into the Abyss through the rip the Chain appeared from."

Alice gasped.

"It wasn't on purpose," Alice reassured her sister. "Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to tell you what happened to me after I arrived in the Abyss. Everything I know is because a different chain found me and took me in."

"But how did you become the Will of the Abyss?" Alice asked curiously.

"It was because the Chain who found me passed the power and title onto me," Alice told her sister with a blank expression.

-Oz-

Oz walked through the halls of his home, looking for a way out and for the reason why he was sent to his home.

He stopped and listened.

Echoing faintly though the halls was a sweet voice singing.

The robin's home is a nest o'erhead
The bees, they nest in a hive instead
My baby's nest is his little bed
Bye, baby, bye

The voice sounded somewhat familiar to Oz and despite the protests he heard from Jack, the gold-haired man followed the voice down the halls.

A bientôt,

TsukiyoTenshi