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(An: I've had this idea for a week, and it just keeps gettin' bettah folks. You -might- be able to guess where this is going. All depends ppl. Why am I writing this? I feel deprived of Cheshire/Alice stuff. It's just -that- simple. You don't -have- to have read "They say I'm insane," but it might help. For those of you who -have- read it, except for the beginning, it will be written like that. For those of you who haven't, that means it will flit from POV to POV, sometimes backtracking as the situation demands. Ask if you get confused, and I will gladly clear it up. The dimension theory: Alice's world, Wonderland, and the X-verse are all on different planes of reality. Alice's England is in the Victorian era, Wonderland has no real time, and the X-verse is some time after Apocalypse.

Before we begin, a little backstory on our characters. (I.E. a section which explains what I've warped and twisted for my means.)

Alice: The creator and savior of Wonderland, as we all know. With Cheshire's help, she's discovered that she can manipulate Wonderland, although doing so saps her energy quite fast.

Cheshire: Cat-turned-man. A little confused about being human, but otherwise normal. Enigmatic.. and utterly confusing.

Rogue: X-person with "poison skin." This means that she saps people's life-force (memories, powers, ect.) if her bare skin touches someone else's. She's quite upset with Remy, for reasons unknown. To us, anyway.

Remy: Originally worked for Magneto, but has joined the X-men in recent times. Wishes that Rogue would shut up for a while and let him explain just why he did what he did. He can make any non-organic objects explode, but weapon of choice is usually cards.

And now, the fic.)

A FEW MONTHS BEFORE OUR STORY BEGINS, LONDON, ENGLAND

"Are you sure this will work, Cheshire?" asked Alice, a small frown on her face.

The young man known as Cheshire shrugged. His grin was ever-present, or he too might have been frowning. "When have I ever been sure of anything?" he replied. He held out a hand.

Alice rolled her eyes, but took the hand anyway.

"Close your eyes, love, and think of home," said Cheshire, his voice soft.

Alice did as she was instructed. She imagined the Tulgey Wood, as it had been in her childhood, immense and beatiful.

There was a faint whooshing noise and Cheshire and Alice landed in a heap in the midst of said Wood. "We need to work on your landings," said Cheshire, helping her up.

Alice looked around. Tulgey Wood wasn't quite as it had been when she was young, but at least it wasn't the horrid caricature it had been. "Well, at least we got here," said Alice with a shrug.

In the following months, Cheshire and Alice discovered that the world was like that all over. The enemies had disappeared. Only the card guards remained, and they did no harm, just patrolled the borders of their suit's realm. There were no hearts anymore.

They flitted between worlds, just to see if they could, although the majority of time was spent in Wonderland.

PRESENT DAY, THE XAVIER MANSION

(Beginning in Remy's POV.)

I sigh and hesitate a moment before knocking on the door. Inside I steel myself for Rogue's reaction. I can only hope that my time away has dimmed her anger, at least a little bit.

Rogue answers, and it becomes clear that it hasn't. Her expression is neutral for a second, and then it changes into her usual glare, turned up in intensity.

She attempts to slam the door in my face but I move, blocking her.

"Please, Rogue," I say.

Rogue's glare remains. "No, Gambit. Get away from meh."

I cringe. She only calls me by my codename when she's really mad at me.. or considers me an enemy.

"Rogue, come on, let me explain," I beg.

Rogue doesn't falter. She shoves me out the door and slams it. "Rogue, wait, please!"

There is silence for a second, and then loud music comes blasting from her room. I lean my head against her door. I notice that the music is so loud I can feel it through the wood.

"Fine, be that way," I whisper.

(Rogue's POV)

I regret ever answering that door. That damn swamp rat! Why can't he just leave meh alone? I think, as I try to not think of him.

I'll never forgive him for what he did.

Never.

He had me going for a good long while, just like everyone else in my life.

I trusted him with everything, and just like everyone else, he betrays me.

Ah'm not going ta cry, no way. Ah've wasted too much tahme crying ovah him. Despite my thoughts, a tear runs down my cheek anyway.

How could he do that to me?

(Remy's)

I sigh again. It's not like I was expectin' anythin' else.

Despite how well I knew Rogue, I had held out a vague hope that maybe, just maybe, she'd hear me out, that everything would go back to normal. Pfft. Yeah right. Right now, I really wish I could be somewhere else.

(Rogue's. It's a game of POV tag!)

Right now, Ah reallah wish that I could be somewhere, anywhere, else.

I close my eyes and try to lose myself in the music, when there is a flash of light and a whooshing noise. What in the-

There is pain, bright and flaring, and then there is darkness.

(Alice's POV, backtracking slightly.)

Cheshire and I walk through the Tulgey Wood, as we have done so many times before in the past few months.

But today, there is something wrong. As Cheshire and I watch, a troop of Club card guards walks by. They look at us suspiciously, but do nothing.

When they pass, I pull Cheshire deeper into the Wood. "What in the world is going on?" I hiss at him. "We're miles from any Club territory.

"Werecat's whiskers, Alice, I don't know!" replies Cheshire. For the first time in.. ever, the grin is off his face. "I'm as confused as you are."

I have no idea what's going on, and neither does Cheshire. Things are not looking good.

We crest a hill and enter the Vale of Tears (it's been a while since I started the game.. but I'm pretty sure the Vale and the Wood are fairly close together).

As we watch, there is a flash of light and the same whooshing noise we hear when we cross from Wonderland to England or vice-versa. But that isn't what's strange. A young man and woman drop from the sky and land on the stretch of land before the waterfall.

The girl looks like she hit her head pretty hard, but the man seems fine. He stands up, and looks around, and then sees the girl. He falls to her side, and shakes her. We are too far away to hear what he's saying.

Cheshire and I approach carefully.

The man doesn't seem to notice us for a moment. He mutters to himself in French, then looks up and sees us. "Merde," he says.

"You'll have to speak English please," I say. "I never was very good at French."

The man blinks and looks confused for a second. "Quoi?"

(Remy's POV)

When I regain my bearings from the fall, I look around. I realize that I have no idea where I am.

Then I see Rogue.

I kneel by her, praying that she's not dead. It was a pretty far fall, after all. I shake her shoulders gently. "Rogue, Rogue, wake up. Mon Dieu, Rogue, come on!"

Rogue moans faintly.

I look up and see two figures walking up to us. One is a girl, pretty, who vaugely resembles Rogue (green eyes, brown hair, that kind of Goth look), and the other is a guy, who appears to be anorexic and is grinning. It's not a nice grin.

"Merde," I say.

"You'll have to speak English please," the girl says. "I never was very good at French."

"Quoi?"

"In English, if you don't mind," repeats the girl.

I blink, and stand up. "Who're you?" I ask.

"We could ask you the same question," replies the boy.

"M' name's Remy, Remy LeBeau. And you two would be..?" I reach inside the pocket of my coat, grabbing my cards.

"I'm Alice, and this is Cheshire," says the girl.

I blink again. "Quoi?" I repeat.

(That's that. Did anyone -else- notice that Rogue and Alice look alike? It's just something I've seen. I am aware that I spelled Diue wrong.. so sue me. I don't feel like looking it up.)