Chapter 6
The Amusement Park
Alright before we get started I'd like to say I'm sorry for this one being late. I was busy and a wee bit lazy... So now that six is up I'll start on seven soon! And also thanks to all that reviewed :D
I sat down on the ground tired of walking, I haven't seen anything since I left. Maybe I'm lost? Oh no, not again. Tears began to flow from my eyes as I stood up. I can't just sit here and wait for Joker to find me or just to randomly run into a tower. I stood up when I realized I forgot my kitty cat at the tower.
"Oh no! I hope they take care of her..." I mumbled sadly. "I can't find a way back anyway."
I continued my trek to the Amusement Park while sniffling and crying. How could a gigantic place be so hard to find anyway?! While I was sulking about not finding the most awesomest place I've ever dreamed of, I didn't notice the rustling in the bushes. Although when I heard a voice I snapped my head towards the voice coming out of my sulking.
"Huh? This doesn't look like the clock tower?"
I stared at the man with messy brown hair and he was wearing a long red coat that had, from what I could tell, hearts on the sleeves, he was also carrying a sword. What a very strange man, he seems to be lost. The man then spotted me and smiled, or was that a smirk.
"Excuse me!" he called jogging over to me. I tensed as the man grew closer with each step. Stranger danger, stranger danger, STRANGER DANGER! I wanted to run away but the man got to me before I could make a move.
"Y-yes?" I replied nervously.
"Do you know where the Clock Tower is, little girl?" asked the man. "Huh oh hey! You've got eyes!"
I stared at the man strangely. "Y-yes I do, and the Clock Tower is that way, mister." I replied pointing behind him.
"Oh really? Thanks!"
"No problem mister." I said quietly.
Just as the man was about to turn and walk to the tower he got another look at me. "You look familiar... Have we met before?" the man asked.
"N-no sir. I just arrived here a few..." would it be called days or time periods as Joker told me. "time periods ago."
"Are you sure?" he questioned getting a good look at me and invading my space
"I am sure." That is when I remembered mommy use to go here too. "Perhaps you know my mommy, and that is why I look familiar?"
"Mommy?" asked the man cocking his head to the side in confusion.
"Yes mommy, my mommy's name is Alice." I replied.
"Alice? Your mommy is Alice?" he asked in shock. I nodded, can he not see the resemblance, everyone has told me I look just like mommy. "Ah! Now I see it you've got her looks and her hair, 'cept those eyes of yours." said the man.
My eyes were a bright-ish green color while my mother had blue eyes. My eyes belonged to my Daddy, but I never got to meet my Daddy. Mommy said Daddy left after I was born, from what I was told Daddy was her old school teacher. Mommy told me Daddy was a nice person who cared for her until he left her alone. Mommy said she still loves him even though he left her.
"Th-they're my father's eyes." I said nervously.
I didn't know who this guy was, but he just gave off this weird vibe and it made me feel very nervous, and he was a stranger danger.
"Father?" mumbled the man. "So Alice finally got laid,eh?" the man started to laugh.
Got laid... What's that? I stared at the man confused. The man slowly settled his laughter and smiled at me. "You don't know what that means do you?" he asked mischievously.
I shook my head no and the man approached me. "Well that's when a-" the man was cut off by falling to the ground.
"Run away chu!" a voice squeaked.
The thing that ran over the man quickly ran by me an squatted down behind me. "Hide me chu!"
"E-Excuse me?" I stuttered trying to turn around.
"Come back here ya rat!" yelled a voice.
I looked back forward seeing something pink coming our way. The person behind me squeaked in fear. "Noooo chu!"
"Hiding behind a little girl? Pathetic!"
A man stopped in front of me looking down hungrily at the person behind me. The man had pink hair and a large pink and a light purple-ish boa hanging off his shoulders. He had chains hanging off his choker, black punky clothing and had triangle tattoo's under his eyes and above his belly button along with a belly button piercing. The most interesting feature about this man was that he had cat ears and a tail. My eyes grew wide and I felt my face redden.
"Kitty cat!" I yelled as I jumped at the man.
The man gasped stumbling back from my glomping attack. The kitty man stared down at me like I was crazy as I tried to reach for his ears, but failing miserably. The man smirked at me. "Aww well look at this kid! Not tall enough to get what you want, eh?" said the man chuckling.
"I'm not short!" I yelled, stomping my foot on the ground.
The tall kitty man place his hand on top of my head and measured my height to himself. "Kid you barely come up to my stomach!" chuckled the man.
I felt myself tear up and yelled at the man, "I'm not short!" before crying. The man's eyes widened and he started to panic.
"H-Hey, come on kid don't cry!" pleaded the man.
The person behind me pulled me into a hug and yelled at the man, "How dare you bully her, chu! She's just a kid!" The person that was hugging me was nuzzling my face.
"I-I didn't do anything!" defended the kitty man. The person ignored him and comforted me.
"It's okay, chu. He's just a big bully!"
"Aw! You made the young lady cry!" the man who I was talking with previously whined at the two men.
The cat man kneeled in front of me and pulled me into a hug. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." mumbled the kitty man.
My crying slowly died down and all that was left was sniveling and hiccups. "Y-you really mean it?" I asked stuttering from my crying.
The cat pulled away from me and nodded sadly his cat ears pulling back to show he meant it. I blushed and started to reach for his ears. The cat man just sat there and waited, as for the other two they just stared at the scene before them. My hand brushed against his ears and I started to scratch his ears. The kitty an closed his eyes and a purr irrupted from his throat. His face had a tinted pink to it as I stopped. "Such a good kitty!" I gushed.
He opened his eyes and looked away embarrassed about how he reacted. I smiled up at that man. The man with the messy brown hair came up to me and picked me up and spinning me around causing me to squeak in fright. "Aren't you cute!" he gushed.
"P-Please s-st-stop!" I yelled getting dizzy from spinning.
"Aw but little Liddell! I like spinning with you!" whined the man. He stopped spinning and pulled me into a bone crushing hug.
In the midst of pushing this strange man away, I was ripped from the man and into anothers arms. "What the hell do you think you're doing to her, Ace!" yelled my rescuer, looking up it was the kitty man.
"Well well kitty! We must not touch what isn't yours!" Ace said snatching me back from the cat.
"She isn't yours either, dumbass!" the cat yelled back.
"I found her first!" said Ace rather cheerfully.
"Found?! What is she, chu?! An object!" yelled the mouse man taking me from the cat.
I stared as the three bickered and the mouse squeaked when the cat made a threat about eating him. Bicker, bicker, bicker, blah, blah, blah. This is getting boring, wonder if I can wander off without them noticing. Slowly I backed away before running down the way I was going. Giggling to myself I continued running away from the three strange men and past some gate. Looking behind me I could see two of the men running after me, the cat man and a man who had orange hair with a yellow streak, bright green eyes, a cool looking hat, mouse ears, and a tail.
"Wait, chu!" squeaked the Mouse man.
"Come back here, kid!" yelled the cat man. I laughed and continued running before bumping into someone.
"Hey!" exclaimed a man.
I looked up seeing a man with red hair that was braided and crystal blue eyes with glasses. He wore a strange outfit, it was bright yellow blazer with music notes on one side of the blazer collar and on the ends of the sleeves, a button up shirt, diamond going down the side of the sleeves and the shirt, a weird tie with a treble clef on it, and attaching the collar to the tie was a music note chain. The man stared down at me with a smile.
"Why hello there little lady!" greeted the man.
I gasped and pulled away before apologizing, "I-I'm so sorry, Mister! I wasn't looking where I was going."
My face was flush with pink at my embarrassment of running into the man. "It's okay, little lady! No damage done" the man hummed patting my head. I blushed but nodded happily.
"So what's your name, little lady?" asked the man.
"I-" I was about to answer but was cut off.
"Mary! You caught the kid." came the cat mans voice causing the mouse to squeak and ran ahead so he could pull me away from the cat man and the man I just met. The man I just met snapped his head at the cat man and glared at him giving off the feeling of murder.
"BORIS!" yelled the man causing me to flinch and hide behind the mouse man.
The cat- er Boris smiled mischievously as "Mary" pulled out a rifle from no where and pointed it at Boris. I screamed and hid behind the mouse man. The mouse turned around towards me and hugged me as shots were blasting through the air. I cried causing both Mary and Boris stop and stare at me. Mister Mouse Man squeaked and tried to comfort me.
"I-I.. I want Joker!" I manage to say through my cries.
"J-Joker?!" screeched the three men.
"What is a kid like you hangin 'round the Jokers for?" asked Mary.
"H-Huh? What's wrong with Joker?" I asked with a sniffle
"They're bad news, chu!" said Mister Mouse Man.
"No they're not" I argued. "T-They're very nice!"
As if realizing something Mary's eyes widened. "You're that kid that was on the high wire with Joker!" he exclaimed. Staring at Mary I nodded.
"Y-Yes."
"No way!" came Boris' voice.
"Chu!" added the Mouse Man.
"So that means-"
"You are a foreigner!" gasped the three men.
I shrugged with a nod, "I guess so." Turning my head the other way I seen a huge stuffed teddy bear hanging from one of the game stalls. Ignoring the questions that were being asked I ran to the stall and eyed the teddy bear, ignoring all the other prizes.
Reaching to touch it, it was pulled away by a faceless woman. "Ah! You've got to play the game before you can get the bear." she said.
Biting down the scream that wanted to come out of my mouth I nodded in understanding. "What do I need to do?" I reluctantly asked.
She smiled brightly and explained what I needed to do, "All you need to do is hit the red star with a dart." I stared at the star in disbelief. The entire star was blue with only a small star that was red in the middle. "It's only five dollars for three darts." she said with a smile.
My face fell into sadness realizing I didn't have any money. "Sorry, ma'am. No money..." I turned around and walked away from the stall but bumped into the Mouse man. "Oh sorry, Mister Mouse man." The Mouse Man squeaked in surprise.
"Huh? Oh! My name isn't Mister Mouse Man, I'm Pierce Villers! Chu!" said The now Mister Pierce Villers.
I Bowed and introduced myself seeing the other two men behind him. "I am Raven Liddell."
"WHAT?!" screeched two of the men so loud I think I heard birds fly away, as for Pierce he just squeaked.
"You're related to Alice?!" asked Boris, more like yelled.
"Yes, She's my mommy." I replied ready to shield my ears from the loud yells that might ensue. Maybe I should start wearing a name tag that says, Hello my name is Raven Liddell, Alice's Daughter. Chuckling at my own thoughts I forgot to cover my ears to protect them from the yells of shock.
"Please, Misters, not so loud." I pleaded on behalf of my ears safety. They immediately stopped and apologized. "Sorry."
"Well, Misters, to simply answer your questions, Yes I am Mommy's daughter. No she is not here. And No she has not told me anything about you, nor mentioned you and wonderland at all." Boy this is a lot of work, maybe I should carry around a sign too.
"How's Alice" asked Boris.
"Well before I tell you anymore, mommy said to never share anything with a stranger." I replied with a cautious look.
"Huh?" They all seem confused by me calling them a stranger.
"Oh!" said Boris, I know his name yes, but I don't know his last name. Mommy said it was always polite to ask for someone's name. "Well I'm Boris Airay." Boris said.
"...Mary...Gowland." mumbled Mary, or maybe I should call him Gowland since he doesn't seem to like his first name very much.
"And you know me chu!" said Pierce.
I nodded to Pierce and curtsied to the rest, "Pleasure to meet you." They nodded or smiled in reply.
I could see Boris smirk out of the corner of my eye and walked over to me. Turning my head towards him I felt my feet lift off the ground. Boris put me up on his shoulder and chuckled. I balanced myself and stared at his ears. Smiling to myself I stared scratching his ears causing him to jump and nearly drop me.
"Kitty!" I squealed and continued scratching his ears. I could hear a purr erupt from his throat, but stopped when Pierce and Gowland laughed. Glaring at the two men, Boris put me back on the ground and pulled out a knife and fork.
"What are you laughing at?" growled Boris. Pierce squeaked and ran off with Boris hot on his trail. Gowland shook his head and returned his attention to me. He dug inside his coat pocket and pulled out something gold and plastic.
"Here little lady, a life time gold pass to my theme park." he said. I took the pass gratefully and smiled at him.
"Thanks!"
Beaming at the pass I ran off and went to the Merry-go-round ignoring the Gowland who was shouting my name. I showed the faceless my pass and got on the ride problem free. I wasn't the only kid on there, there were faceless kids on there as well. Smiling I got on a tiger and waited for the ride to start.
Boris' POV
After chasing Pierce and torturing him before letting him loose, I wandered the park looking for Raven. Knowing the old man he had given her a pass and could be any where within in the park. Lucky for me she wasn't as hard to find, she was on the merry-go-round. The merry-go-round just started and she was laughing and having fun. Her smile brightened when she caught site of me, she waved before giggling about the ride. Smiling to myself I walked towards the kiddie ride and leaned against the railing giving her a smirk and a small wave. She blushed in return and payed attention to the ride. I gave out a small chuckle at how cute she looked when she blushed.
The ride ended and she climbed off the ride and ran to me.
"Boris" she squealed and jumped into my arms.
"Well hello to you too." I greeted.
She looked up and gave me one of those cute little smiles off hers. "Boris lets play!" said Raven.
I gave a chuckle and nodded. "Sure kid what do you wanna do?" I asked walking away from merry-go-round.
She put a finger to her face and looked to be in thought. She looked around and her eyes lit up. She tugged on a strand of my pink hair and pointed in a direction. Following her finger I looked to see she wanted to go on the roller coaster.
Smirking I looked down at her. "You sure you want to go on that?" I teased. "That is a big kid ride."
She looked up and glared at me. "Yes!" she argued. "I want to ride that one."
She gave me an angry pouty face and pointed at the ride again. I gave her a short laugh and walked towards the fastest roller coaster in Wonderland. In truth I was worried about taking her on that one, her being just a kid I don't know if she has ever been on a roller coaster or not. Cutting to the front of the line I got in the first cart and set Raven next to me. She was jumping up and down in her seat in excitement as I buckled her in. The ride operator looked at us after the other passengers were in to see if Raven was ready. I gave him a thumbs up and he nodded then started the ride.
The ride was full of twists and turns and loops much to Raven's delight. She was screaming and laughing as the ride shot down at a fast speed and back up before another a double loop came up and the ride was finished. She looked happy with her hair sticking up and she unbuckled herself before crawling over me and getting off.
"Hey, hey, hey! Where do you think you're going?" I called undoing the buckle and running after her.
She didn't stop and ran to one of the games, but walked away disappointingly. She looked around for another ride or another game but her eyes wandered to where I was.
"Boris! Boris!" she yelled running towards me.
"What is it, kid?" I asked picking her up in my arms.
"I want to play one of those games! But I don't have any money to play with." she said sadly looking down.
"Well I can take care of that!"
I walked over to the booth that she was staring at before, the one with the giant stuffed bears. "This what you want?" I asked pointing at the booth.
She nodded and giggled. I waved to the vendor and she handed me a gun. I took it and set Raven back on the ground. I shot the targets right in the middle, making a perfect score.
"Better decide on which one you want." I told her firing at the last target.
She gasped and clapped her hands. "Wow, Boris! That was amazing!" squealed Raven.
I chuckled and asked her, "Which one do you want?" Her eyes brightened as she looked for the one she wanted.
"I want that one!" she said pointing at a giant pink bear that had a black bow around its neck. I nodded and told the vendor what she wanted. The faceless vendor nodded and handed me the bear. I smiled as a thanks and crouched down to Raven's height level.
"Here you go." I said holding out the giant bear.
Her face lit up as she grabbed it from me. "Thank you so much, Boris!" she squealed and leaned toward my face planting a soft kiss on my cheek.
I felt my face heat up as she pulled away and ran off with the bear to a near by bench. I still stood there shocked by the little girl that I didn't hear her call for me. I blinked out of my surprise and felt a smile grace my face. I looked at when I stood back up to my original height.
"Boris!" called Raven. "Come on! Let's play some more!" She held the bear close to her even though it was bigger than her.
I chuckled and ran over to her. "How 'bout we put him away first before we do anything else?" I asked gesturing toward the bear.
She looked reluctant at first but nodded. "Okay! Let's put him in your room!" She replied smiling.
I grabbed the bear with one hand and picked her up with the other. I walked over to the large house located in the middle of the house and opened the door that I cut off to lead to my room. She stared at my room in surprise. "Wow!" she mumbled as she jumped out of my arms. What an excited little girl she was. She looked around my room as I followed her.
"Say, Raven?" I asked catching her attention.
"Yes?"
"Why don't you go and choose a place for your new bear, hm?" She nodded and ran to me grabbing the bear before looking around. She ran toward my bed and jumped on crawling toward the headboard and placed the bear there. She started rubbing her eyes sleepily and she sat there for a while.
"You tired, kid?" I asked, laying on my side beside her. She nodded and I pulled her down with me. "Good, 'cause I need a cat nap." I yawned out.
Raven snuggled into me and I could hear her breathing even out signaling that she was asleep. I held her close as I fell asleep not long after her. But that only lasted five minutes until I heard gunshots from outside. Lucky for me it didn't wake her, although she did twitch a little. I held her as close as I could hoping she wouldn't hear the gunshots. No means no! Damn Hatters.