A/N: *screams* YEAY! This is the last chapter! Yes! My first finished
story. Now, I will do a sequel.but on the conditions listed at the end of
the story. Oh, this contains no spoilers to the end of 'Alice', because I
still haven't finished the game yet.
Toys in the Attic
'Wish'
Alice waited for the emptiness of death to fill her, but it never came. I didn't dodge.I should be dead. She heard a noise to her left, very close to her ear.it sounded like raged breathing.
She opened her eyes slowly to see that someone was blocking the Queen's attack from hitting her. Her eyes moved over to see their face, and what she saw shocked her. "Cheshire!?"
Cheshire looked down and gave her a pained grin, "You honestly think I'd let you be hurt now, do you?"
"But what about those Guards, I thought they-"
"I wasn't even there, they found that trap easily enough." He winced at another volley of energy pounded into him and fell closer to both the wall and Alice.
Alice put a hand on him gently. "Cheshire!"
His breathing was more erratic now, and a small bit of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. "Almost done." Cheshire closed his eyes and took a breath. "Listen to me Alice."
She looked up at him, "You're talking like you're dying." then it hit her. "No!"
Cheshire opened his eyes, the red growing black with death. "Listen Alice!" He took a short breath and continued. "She's going to try and distract you, just ignore her. Everything that she says are lies. She doesn't know how to tell truth anymore." Cheshire closed his eyes and put his forehead on hers, "Just don't die on me. I'll meet you soon."
Alice closed her eyes and nodded. She felt Cheshire lean down slightly and kiss her lightly.
She could taste blood, death, and as the last of the Queen's energy ran through his body, she could taste his pain.
Cheshire tensed up as the attack ended, then went limp as life left him, and slumped to the floor.leaving Alice standing there with his blood on her lips.
A cruel laugh echoed through the chamber as Alice watched Cheshire's body fade away. "Poor child. Lost the only person that cared about her. How pathetic."
Alice silently put the blade away, and carefully pulled out the blunderbuss. "I'm not the pathetic one." She looked up at the Queen, tears falling from her eyes, "At least someone loved me. At least someone cared about me.it's more that you can say."
She cocked the gun and started to walk towards the twisted queen. "How dare you say that to me. My subjects love me."
Alice shot one of the tentacles that tried to stop her from advancing. Cocking the gun again she sneered at the Queen. "Then why did you have to twist them to your own image. Why did the Hatter have to die? The Rabbit?" BANG! Another tentacle dead. "Even my dear Cheshire. Starved to near death. Because of your madness and hate."
"And you think by killing me you can see that sad creature again? The only way to see him is to be sent to hell." The Queen apparently had regained enough energy to send Alice on her way, as another ball of dark energy started to form. "And I'll be more than happy to send you there!"
The maid stopped and aimed the barrel of the gun straight at the Queen. And as the Queen brought her hand up to kill, Alice fired, taking off the Queen's hand and her head.
"Not before I send you to hell first."
***************
Hours passed, but Alice remained in the room, slumped on the floor where the Cheshire was. Her knife was out as she was carving designs on her arms, trying to drown out the voice in her head.
Do you really think you can kill me, Alice? I am you and you are me.
"You're lying. All you say is lies."
And you're going to believe that dead cat? He didn't know what he was talking about.
"He knew!"
Laughter. Only an insane child would trust a cat! You are never leaving this nightmare.never.
"I am.He said I would."
He is never coming back for a wretched child like you.
'alice'
Leave her alone! She's mine!
'alice, come back to me.'
NO!
'alice'
***************
Inside the Rutledge Private Clinic and Asylum a young boy stood in front of the receptionist desk.
The receptionist looked up at him and asked him in a whiny voice, "May I help you?"
The boy smiled, "Yes, I would like to see a patient, her name is Alice."
The lady nodded and looked up the file, "She's in room 101 of the children's ward. But She's not allowed to have any visitors." She looked up to see that the boy was no longer there.
"Wait! Sir! You can't go down there!" She stopped an orderly that was walking by, "A boy just ran down towards the child's ward, stop him." The orderly nodded and ran after.
The boy stopped and looked at the numbers by the doors, "99.101! There it is." He looked around and saw one of the physicians. "Excuse me, sir?"
The man stopped reading what ever was in the book in his hands. "Yes?"
"Um," the boy looked back over his shoulder, "the lady down at the desk gave me permission to see this girl."
The man's face seemed to light up, "Are you related to her?"
A nod was the response.
"Well, I'm her physician, Dr. Wilson." Dr. Wilson put the key in the steel door and opened it. "This might be what will wake her up." But instead of paying attention, the door hit his book, spilling charcoal drawings all over the floor. "oh, I'm so excited I've gotten clumsy."
The lad bent down to gather the drawings up and saw one of a cat that got his attention. He handed all the pictures except that one to Dr. Wilson.
Dr. Wilson took them and put them back in the book, and noticed that the boy still had one. "I'll be needing that one too."
The boy walked into the room and handed the picture to Dr. Wilson. "I'm sorry. It's just that that cat reminded me of a cat I have."
Dr. Wilson closed the door behind him, "Hmm, she told me that this was the Cheshire Cat. But I never thought that they were real."
The boys red tinted eyes took in the room, how dismal. "Oh yes, they're very real." Then his eyes found Alice, sitting on her bed with her green eyes staring into nothingness, and scratches on her arms.
"We don't know how those marks get on her arms, but those happened within the last few days."
All he did was nod and then walked to Alice, kneeling in front of her. Dr. Wilson opened the book and started jotting down notes.
"Alice?" The boy blew some of his black bangs out of his face, exposing scars that ran over him. "Alice come back to me."
The girl sighed and spoke in a lifeless tone, "Why?"
"Because I came back for you." He looked into her eyes to see if anything happened.but there was still nothing.
"But I'm waiting for someone."
"Who?"
"My Cheshire."
He took her hand, shocked at how cold it felt. Slowly he leaned forward to put his mouth by her ear. "But I'm right here. Please come back to me."
"Ch-Cheshire? No. He died."
"I know I did, but just in Wonderland."
"No."
He sighed, not wanting to resort to this. And he recited something that only the maid and her messenger knew, "'Why can't true love ever find me? I've found mine, but he will never know'.that's what you wrote on your ace of hearts."
Suddenly, as if by magic, warmth started to come to her hand. "Kitten?"
"Yes. I've come back to you Child."
Dr. Wilson looked at the two in shock, "How-?" Then the door slammed open.
The orderly had finally gotten to the room, "Doctor, this boy has to be taken out of the asylum." He started advancing when Dr. Wilson put a hand on his shoulder.
"Wait a minute."
Alice's voice seemed to get more life in it as she talked. "Can I leave yet?"
Cheshire tipped his head, "Do you want too?"
Alice nodded her head slowly, "Oh yes. I would love too."
A grin appeared on his face. "Then we shall." Cheshire helped her up, it was almost like helping a puppet. After she was standing, he started to lead her to the open door.
The orderly looked at them, "Doctor, are you going to let them leave?"
The Doctor opened his mouth, but felt like someone was staring at him and looked up. The Cheshire's blood red eyes were boring into his. "Yes." Then he looked to the orderly, "And would you please lead them out, if anyone asks, tell them I said so."
So the orderly led the two out, and when they got to the door, Cheshire turned to him. "Thank you."
The orderly smiled, "No problem. I've been watching her for a while and I'm glad she's out."
Cheshire nodded and kept walking, an arm around Alice's waist, guiding her. When they got to the line of trees, he stopped. "Dee.Dum.We're leaving now."
Two identical men came out of the trees on either side and nodded. They had thin faces and a curled moustache. They wore a red and black striped long sleeved shirt with a black no sleeved vest that had a collar that rose to mid ear. The look was completed with white gloves and a red bow tie. "Of course."
The messenger looked over to Alice, "We're heading to home now Alice."
The maid looked up towards the darkening skyline and sighed.
"Home."
A/N: Wow.it's done.and just in time for New Year's! Ok, so how do you like it? I wasn't originally planning Tweddle-Dee and Tweddle-Dum to make an appearance, but you know how it is with writing, these things get a life of their own. Oh, and I don't own the design of the Tweddles, they go to FingCupcake, I say his (or her) drawing of them on the Dojo at OekakiCentral and got inspired.
But yes, I said how if you wanted a sequel, how to get it.ok here it is, I have to have the start point and the end, how many chapters, and if they should go back to wonderland.
If someone does this and I like it, I'll take it and I'll draw them an Alice picture.
Consider it a contest.
Chaio!
~Alora-chan~
Toys in the Attic
'Wish'
Alice waited for the emptiness of death to fill her, but it never came. I didn't dodge.I should be dead. She heard a noise to her left, very close to her ear.it sounded like raged breathing.
She opened her eyes slowly to see that someone was blocking the Queen's attack from hitting her. Her eyes moved over to see their face, and what she saw shocked her. "Cheshire!?"
Cheshire looked down and gave her a pained grin, "You honestly think I'd let you be hurt now, do you?"
"But what about those Guards, I thought they-"
"I wasn't even there, they found that trap easily enough." He winced at another volley of energy pounded into him and fell closer to both the wall and Alice.
Alice put a hand on him gently. "Cheshire!"
His breathing was more erratic now, and a small bit of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. "Almost done." Cheshire closed his eyes and took a breath. "Listen to me Alice."
She looked up at him, "You're talking like you're dying." then it hit her. "No!"
Cheshire opened his eyes, the red growing black with death. "Listen Alice!" He took a short breath and continued. "She's going to try and distract you, just ignore her. Everything that she says are lies. She doesn't know how to tell truth anymore." Cheshire closed his eyes and put his forehead on hers, "Just don't die on me. I'll meet you soon."
Alice closed her eyes and nodded. She felt Cheshire lean down slightly and kiss her lightly.
She could taste blood, death, and as the last of the Queen's energy ran through his body, she could taste his pain.
Cheshire tensed up as the attack ended, then went limp as life left him, and slumped to the floor.leaving Alice standing there with his blood on her lips.
A cruel laugh echoed through the chamber as Alice watched Cheshire's body fade away. "Poor child. Lost the only person that cared about her. How pathetic."
Alice silently put the blade away, and carefully pulled out the blunderbuss. "I'm not the pathetic one." She looked up at the Queen, tears falling from her eyes, "At least someone loved me. At least someone cared about me.it's more that you can say."
She cocked the gun and started to walk towards the twisted queen. "How dare you say that to me. My subjects love me."
Alice shot one of the tentacles that tried to stop her from advancing. Cocking the gun again she sneered at the Queen. "Then why did you have to twist them to your own image. Why did the Hatter have to die? The Rabbit?" BANG! Another tentacle dead. "Even my dear Cheshire. Starved to near death. Because of your madness and hate."
"And you think by killing me you can see that sad creature again? The only way to see him is to be sent to hell." The Queen apparently had regained enough energy to send Alice on her way, as another ball of dark energy started to form. "And I'll be more than happy to send you there!"
The maid stopped and aimed the barrel of the gun straight at the Queen. And as the Queen brought her hand up to kill, Alice fired, taking off the Queen's hand and her head.
"Not before I send you to hell first."
***************
Hours passed, but Alice remained in the room, slumped on the floor where the Cheshire was. Her knife was out as she was carving designs on her arms, trying to drown out the voice in her head.
Do you really think you can kill me, Alice? I am you and you are me.
"You're lying. All you say is lies."
And you're going to believe that dead cat? He didn't know what he was talking about.
"He knew!"
Laughter. Only an insane child would trust a cat! You are never leaving this nightmare.never.
"I am.He said I would."
He is never coming back for a wretched child like you.
'alice'
Leave her alone! She's mine!
'alice, come back to me.'
NO!
'alice'
***************
Inside the Rutledge Private Clinic and Asylum a young boy stood in front of the receptionist desk.
The receptionist looked up at him and asked him in a whiny voice, "May I help you?"
The boy smiled, "Yes, I would like to see a patient, her name is Alice."
The lady nodded and looked up the file, "She's in room 101 of the children's ward. But She's not allowed to have any visitors." She looked up to see that the boy was no longer there.
"Wait! Sir! You can't go down there!" She stopped an orderly that was walking by, "A boy just ran down towards the child's ward, stop him." The orderly nodded and ran after.
The boy stopped and looked at the numbers by the doors, "99.101! There it is." He looked around and saw one of the physicians. "Excuse me, sir?"
The man stopped reading what ever was in the book in his hands. "Yes?"
"Um," the boy looked back over his shoulder, "the lady down at the desk gave me permission to see this girl."
The man's face seemed to light up, "Are you related to her?"
A nod was the response.
"Well, I'm her physician, Dr. Wilson." Dr. Wilson put the key in the steel door and opened it. "This might be what will wake her up." But instead of paying attention, the door hit his book, spilling charcoal drawings all over the floor. "oh, I'm so excited I've gotten clumsy."
The lad bent down to gather the drawings up and saw one of a cat that got his attention. He handed all the pictures except that one to Dr. Wilson.
Dr. Wilson took them and put them back in the book, and noticed that the boy still had one. "I'll be needing that one too."
The boy walked into the room and handed the picture to Dr. Wilson. "I'm sorry. It's just that that cat reminded me of a cat I have."
Dr. Wilson closed the door behind him, "Hmm, she told me that this was the Cheshire Cat. But I never thought that they were real."
The boys red tinted eyes took in the room, how dismal. "Oh yes, they're very real." Then his eyes found Alice, sitting on her bed with her green eyes staring into nothingness, and scratches on her arms.
"We don't know how those marks get on her arms, but those happened within the last few days."
All he did was nod and then walked to Alice, kneeling in front of her. Dr. Wilson opened the book and started jotting down notes.
"Alice?" The boy blew some of his black bangs out of his face, exposing scars that ran over him. "Alice come back to me."
The girl sighed and spoke in a lifeless tone, "Why?"
"Because I came back for you." He looked into her eyes to see if anything happened.but there was still nothing.
"But I'm waiting for someone."
"Who?"
"My Cheshire."
He took her hand, shocked at how cold it felt. Slowly he leaned forward to put his mouth by her ear. "But I'm right here. Please come back to me."
"Ch-Cheshire? No. He died."
"I know I did, but just in Wonderland."
"No."
He sighed, not wanting to resort to this. And he recited something that only the maid and her messenger knew, "'Why can't true love ever find me? I've found mine, but he will never know'.that's what you wrote on your ace of hearts."
Suddenly, as if by magic, warmth started to come to her hand. "Kitten?"
"Yes. I've come back to you Child."
Dr. Wilson looked at the two in shock, "How-?" Then the door slammed open.
The orderly had finally gotten to the room, "Doctor, this boy has to be taken out of the asylum." He started advancing when Dr. Wilson put a hand on his shoulder.
"Wait a minute."
Alice's voice seemed to get more life in it as she talked. "Can I leave yet?"
Cheshire tipped his head, "Do you want too?"
Alice nodded her head slowly, "Oh yes. I would love too."
A grin appeared on his face. "Then we shall." Cheshire helped her up, it was almost like helping a puppet. After she was standing, he started to lead her to the open door.
The orderly looked at them, "Doctor, are you going to let them leave?"
The Doctor opened his mouth, but felt like someone was staring at him and looked up. The Cheshire's blood red eyes were boring into his. "Yes." Then he looked to the orderly, "And would you please lead them out, if anyone asks, tell them I said so."
So the orderly led the two out, and when they got to the door, Cheshire turned to him. "Thank you."
The orderly smiled, "No problem. I've been watching her for a while and I'm glad she's out."
Cheshire nodded and kept walking, an arm around Alice's waist, guiding her. When they got to the line of trees, he stopped. "Dee.Dum.We're leaving now."
Two identical men came out of the trees on either side and nodded. They had thin faces and a curled moustache. They wore a red and black striped long sleeved shirt with a black no sleeved vest that had a collar that rose to mid ear. The look was completed with white gloves and a red bow tie. "Of course."
The messenger looked over to Alice, "We're heading to home now Alice."
The maid looked up towards the darkening skyline and sighed.
"Home."
A/N: Wow.it's done.and just in time for New Year's! Ok, so how do you like it? I wasn't originally planning Tweddle-Dee and Tweddle-Dum to make an appearance, but you know how it is with writing, these things get a life of their own. Oh, and I don't own the design of the Tweddles, they go to FingCupcake, I say his (or her) drawing of them on the Dojo at OekakiCentral and got inspired.
But yes, I said how if you wanted a sequel, how to get it.ok here it is, I have to have the start point and the end, how many chapters, and if they should go back to wonderland.
If someone does this and I like it, I'll take it and I'll draw them an Alice picture.
Consider it a contest.
Chaio!
~Alora-chan~