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'The' – Thoughts

'The' – Telepathic Speech

AN: This is pretty short, so don't expect too much to happen.

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The Altered Rotation

oO~Farewell, My Sister~Oo

Alice stopped mid-sip and looked up from her cup of tea.

"What's wrong-nya?" Cheshire looked up from his bowl of cream, nudging Alice.

The brown-haired girl swallowed another bite of her pastry and glanced at her sister curiously. "What's wrong?"

"It seems that your friends are getting quite close to escaping the traps Glen set for them," Alice replied. "As of now, they are wandering through a dark void. That has no beginning and no end unless you know where to look."

Alice set her pastries down and looked at her sibling with a serious expression. "So how are they supposed to get out?"

"Jack-I mean, Oz can try to use sword to cut though the void," Alice began.

"I'm hearing a 'but' in there," the brown-haired girl crossed her arms, eyebrow raised.

"Well, it looks like you can be perceptive," Alice teased before her faced eased back into a serious expression. "Oz can use his sword; however he would only be able to use it as a light rather than something to cut at that point."

"Why-nya?" Cheshire spoke up.

"If he tries to cut through that void," Alice's voice dropped low, "then it will split, but upon splitting, one of two things could happen. The first is that the dimension will try to devour him and there would be no way to save him then; not even his own powers would be enough to rescue him."

"Wait a second," Alice held up a hand, "Why the heck are you talking about it like it's alive?"

"Because it is," Alice explained, "when each of you were separated, it was upon Glen's orders, but he left it up to the dimension itself to come up with something different for each person. I was only able to bring you here because of my connection to you. I wouldn't have been able to do that before, but for some reason, the connection became strong for that instant, allowing me to bring you here."

"What's the second thing-nya?" Cheshire asked.

"The second thing that could happen is that the destruction of the dimension could cause a chain reaction," Alice told the two. "This means that when that dimension is disrupted so greatly, it could cause other dimensions to collapse just as easily."

"Then how can they escape-nya?" Cheshire slurped up the last bit of cream.

"I can create a gateway," Alice replied. "Using your contract to Oz as the conduit, I can create a path that would lead everyone to the exact same point."

Alice and Cheshire nodded. "So when do we start?" the brunette asked.

"As much as I hate to say it, it's best if we get started now," the white-haired girl frowned, "If we leave your friends alone in that dimension for too long, they could be driven to insanity."

'Could the Clown be anymore insane than he already is?' Alice thought absently. "So what do we do?"

"Cheshire, I'll need you to shift and Alice, hold on tight to him," Alice ordered. When the two had done as she'd said, the white-haired girl held up her hands, palms facing the two.

As Alice chanted, a soft white light shot out of her hands and engulfed Alice and Cheshire. The two felt a slight tug and watched as a path of soft white light formed before them, leading to an opening.

"Go!" Alice panted from exertion. "I don't know how long I can keep this up!"

Alice and Cheshire glanced at each other for a moment before nodding and shouted a thanks to the white-haired girl as they ran towards the opening.

The moment her sister and Cheshire stepped through the opening, Alice collapsed to the floor, panting heavily. 'Good luck, my sister,' she thought.

A bientôt,

TsukiyoTenshi