Alice of Human Sacrifice: The Blue Alice
The Little dream, once again searched the human world for a suitable Alice. "I must choose carefully this time. I will find the perfect Alice for my world! The last Alice was just a one-off. This one will definitely create my world, and I will become strong!" The little dream said, determination ringing in its voice. "And then I ca-"
The little dream was cut off by talking. Wait, not talking. Singing. It was a beautiful voice, deep and rich. The song was beautiful too. Filled with hope. The little dream liked this song, and soon found the owner of the voice, a blue-haired man with a long white coat, and blue scarf. "He will be my next Alice." The little dream was happy. When the blue-haired man fell asleep, the little dream approached him.
"You shall be my second Alice. The Blue Alice. You will use your singing and wonderful voice to rebuild my world. And I shall be big." The little dream spoke softly to the blue-haired man, and drew him into itself. For the second time, someone was pulled into the tiny and incomplete world of the little dream...
xx~The Second Alice~xx
Kaito opened his eyes, and wiped the sleep out of his eyes. His head was foggy. He had only meant to sleep for a few minutes, but he had been so exhausted that he had slept for a few hours, from the way his body ached. As his head cleared, he got up and finally realised his surroundings. He was no longer under the tree that he had fallen asleep at. He looked around; a curious frown on his face as he realized that he was in a rural village.
"Where am I?" he thought aloud, confusion evident on his face. As strange as the situation was, Kaito remained calm. As a child, Kaito had always been creative, and was good at accepting situations. "Perhaps, I am dreaming?" Kaito twirled around, taking note of how empty the town was. There were only a few people hurrying along, and they kept their heads down, as if they didn't want to be seen.
Do not fear.
Kaito looked up, hearing the little dream speak. "I was not afraid in the first place." He said, smiling softly. "Only curious." He sighed. "I have the feeling that you are responsible for my situation here. And that you know what it going on." He gestured to the town, smiling strangely. "I would like you to explain why I woke up in an underdeveloped village, with" he looked at his hand, "a blue diamond on my hand."
Very funny. But of course I shall tell you the reason you were brought here. The little dream laughed. I am a small dream. I will soon disappear soon, if I do not get bigger. I have searched your world for Alices to build my world, and I have chosen you as my second Alice. Please, build my world. If I get more powerful then I may be able to send you back. So if you will not do it for me then at least-
"Alice?" Kaito said, looking dubiously at the sky. "What a strange name. But I understand. Build a world huh?" He looked around. "And how am I supposed to do this, exactly?" He laughed lightly. "I suppose I should sing. That is my strongest point, and probably the only reason you noticed me. Am I right?"
The little dream gasped. How did you know? Well, of course you are correct. I would like for you to sing, and then my world will grow. And then I will send you back, if you wish. Please help me. And also, that mark on your hand... I am not sure what it is for, but please be careful. My last Alice, she... let us say that it did not end very well. And I truly wish to become big, and I do not want my Alice's to fail.
Kaito nodded. "Yes. I understand. You may count on me. I will make a nice big world for you." Kaito smiled. "I will sing to these people, and fill them with happiness. I will create a big world for you, and then you will grow powerful, and I can go back. And I have to be careful of the diamond on my hand... ok, got it!" He said cheerfully, looking up at the sky.
Thankyou... Good luck, my Alice... You will need it...
xx~The Second Alice~xx
Kaito laughed as the little dreams' voice faded away. He understood and accepted everything perfectly. As a child, he had had a huge imagination, and this reminded him of one of his stories. He looked around the town at the few people hurrying by. "They seem to be scared... but of what?" Kaito was very observant, and could sense the fear coming off these people in waves. Kaito was a compassionate boy, and didn't like it when everyone around him was unhappy.
He wanted to make them happy.
"I shall have to sing to them, songs, that will fill them with a hope, that is what they need." His brow wrinkled as he thought about it. "Something to assure them that whatever it is they are scared of won't come back." He took a step forward. "Something to believe in." He puffed out his chest as he searched for a suitable spot to busk. "I will be what they believe in!"
As Kaito concluded his prideful speech, he found a suitable place to sing. It was what appeared to be a town square, quite large for the small town, with an elegant fountain in the middle. Kaito wandered around the square, and stopped at the fountain. "This is a good spot!" he said happily, making himself comfortable with his surroundings. There were more people passing by the square that anyone else. Most people were ignoring him, but a few were giving him curious stares. He was a stranger in this town, and he could tell that the villagers were scared of him. He would show them that he meant no harm, and that he was here to rid them of their ridiculous fear.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
The hooded person stood in an alleyway, peeking out at Kaito as he settled in the courtyard. Their eyes narrowed. "Another Alice... I wonder how this one will turn out..." The hooded person withdrew into the shadows of the alleyway, and fled, their cloak trailing behind them in the wind.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
Kaito took a deep breath and sang.
People stopped and stared at Kaito, at how bold he was, as if they couldn't believe that he was denying the fear. Slowly, a crowd began to accumulate around him, Kaito smiled as he sang, filled with pride and... Something else. He wasn't sure what the feeling was, but he knew it was foreign to him, and he was determined to get the better of this 'feeling'.
As he concluded his song, people clapped. He smiled. He was making them happy, it was obvious. With just one song, there already seemed to be more people that before. "So this is what he meant by 'making a world'." Kaito thought, smiling at the awe-struck crown before him. He would make them forget their fear. They would forget about it, and be happy.
Then it would strike when they were least expecting it.
Kaito's eyes widened as he swivelled around, looking for who had said that, only to realise that it was himself that had thought that. No! I want them to be happy! I don't want them to die... He shook his head and turned to the villagers. "Fear no more! Whatever it is that worries you, together, we shall banish it!" He shouted, and no one responded. They were still scared. No matter, he would show them. He would sing and they would forget their fear. "I will be back tomorrow!" he said warmly to them, as the crowd began to scatter. "Don't forget to come and watch!" He sighed, and went about finding a place to stay.
As he walked off, he couldn't help but think about his dark thoughts from earlier.
The diamond on his had glowed softly.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
Kaito found refuge in a small shack at the very edge of town. It was very close to what appeared to be a forest. It was big and dark and... dead. What appeared to be a red mist seeped for between branches, and the more of this 'mist' there was in this tree, the more dead it appeared. Kaito stared at it out the window, puzzled. Since when did mist kill trees? Perhaps that was what the people were scared of. In any case, it was something to steer clear of.
As Kaito closed his eyes, his mind wandered back to his dark thoughts earlier that day. Why did I think like that? I'm a good person, aren't I? I only want them to be happy. If they forget their fear, if they're filled with hope, then maybe they'll be happy. If they're scared... and I don't know what they're scared of, I don't know what will happen. I just want them to forget the fear.
Because when it comes back they won't be expecting it.
No! Tha-that's not what I think! I want to make them happy! Happy, that's right, I don't want the people to be scared, that's why I want them to forget the fear. Not because they won't expect it when it strikes back. Yes it is. NO! It's because I want them to be happy. I want them to be happy. I want them to be happy. I want them... to be happy... I want... them... hap... py..
xx~The Second Alice~xx
Kaito's eyes flew open as he sat up, looking around. "No!" he yelled. His head whipped around. "Oh." He said, sighing in relief. "It was only a nightmare." His brow furrowed as he tried to grasp the fleeting memories of his dream. "Happiness?" He shook his head. "No. Today I have to do some more singing. Create some hope, make some people happier. Today I begin my conquest to glorify this town!" He leapt off the bed, whirling around the tiny room. Kaito grabbed his dark blue scarf, and wrapped it around his neck. He bounded out the door of the tiny room, rushing to find the fountain from the day before.
When Kaito arrived at the fountain, he found a small group of people waiting for him. They cheered as he arrived. "Master!" they cried, stretching their hands towards him. "We have seen the light! There is nothing to fear!" Kaito looked at them, shock registering on his face. "M-master? There is no need for such formalities. You may call me Kaito." He smiled at them. "You are right. There is nothing to fear. You can forget your fear and be happy!" he smiled.
The diamond on his hand glowed a little brighter.
"Master Kaito!" The crowd cheered, and Kaito began to sing. He sang all day, songs filled with hope, filled with promises that the fear would go away, that they had nothing to be scared of. Anyone who heard his song forgot their fears. The town grew, and became livelier; smiles were now a common thing. The dream's world grew, and so did it's power.
Kaito danced as well as sang, and managed to develop a crowd of followers. Every morning people would wait to meet him at the fountain, wait for him to sing. People of the village were filled with a false hope, forgetting their fears for merriment. People served Kaito, gave him food and money. They even offered him a better home. But Kaito decided to stay in the ramshackle house. Every day he would look out at the forest and see the red fog. Each day the diamond on his hand would shine a little brighter.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
Kaito hummed to himself happily, making up new tunes to sing to people. Today, he was going to make everyone forget their fears. They would all be happy. Happy. Forget their fears. Then it would strike when they were least expecting it. He would fill them with false hope.
Little by little, Kaito forgot about making people happy. The Diamond glowed fiercely, and Kaito's new songs were all filled with false hope, filled with things to make people forget. And slowly, they did. Fear became a distant memory. Everyone was happy, laughing, dancing and worshipping Kaito.
And that was when the deaths began.
At night the Red Fog attacked. Kaito awoke each night to the piercing screams of the villagers as they were murdered by the fog. Instead of being disgusted by them, Kaito cherished them. Each night, instead of fearing the deaths, he looked forward to them. He did not know what the Red Fog was, all he knew is that it caused death, and death was... death was good. Death was funny. Interesting. Happy. Yes, that's right, death was happy.
It became obvious that Kaito enjoyed other people's pain. As his madness grew, so did his power. His songs, instead of influencing people, would change them. It was only small changes, at first. People would get a little sick after hearing his songs. But Kaito's power grew, and people began to die at the sound of the songs. Only a few, some of Kaito's very first followers managed to escape that fate. Instead they would go mad, and like Kaito, enjoy other peoples' death. The little dreams' world began to shrink again.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
The slowly shrinking dream knew that it had to stop Kaito. But it also knew that, like Meiko, Kaito would not respond to its pleas. What am I supposed to do? I picked another wrong Alice, it's obvious that he will destroy my world now! I don't want to disappear! I want to thrive! I have to live! Kaito! Stop this at once!
But of course, Kaito never heard. He was too submersed in the power of the diamond.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
The hooded figure had had enough. They slowly pulled off their hood, revealing an elegant, feminine face, with long blond hair. The girl frowned, and pulled a little necklace out of her pocket. It had four charms on it. Each one was a different card symbol, each with different colours. When she slipped it on, the girl slowly transformed into what appeared to be a young man. He looked crazy.
The girl pulled her cloak back over her head, and stepped out onto the street. She walked swiftly to the fountain. It was early morning, and the first rays of light were just beginning to bless the town. Already Kaito followers were gathered here, all waiting in anticipation for their 'master'. Couldn't they see that he was killing them? Weren't they able to detect the madness that was so obvious in his eyes? Didn't they notice the diamond on his hand and think it to be strange? They must have fallen under Kaito's spell. But not her. Oh no, she would be the one to stop him. In her robe's pocket she fingered and diamond-encrusted handgun.
After what seemed like only a few minute of waiting, Kaito appeared. It was obvious when he was near, because of the peoples' reaction. They stretched their hands towards him, as if he was a magnet and they were metal. The hooded girl narrowed her eyes. He would torment the people no more. Filling them with false hope, making them forget their fears. That would only make it easier for the fear to strike! They wouldn't be expecting it.
Kaito had arrived. He managed to settle himself in the space of only a few minutes. He never brought much when he came to sing. The only time he took so long was because of all the people he had to calm down. But he was getting better at it. He was so eager for the people to die that he made it easier for himself to do it. Despicable. Kaito took a deep breath to sing a-
A loud gunshot rang throughout the town.
Kaito fell to the ground. The bullet had hit its mark. Right through his eye. The diamond stopped glowing immediately. A red pool formed around him, and people surrounded him, crying in horror. As upset as they were now, it was better for them. No more deaths. The people who had been less close to Kaito snapped out of their reverie, and hurried back home. The others, his closest followers were weeping in sorrow. Their bodies began to decay, just like Kaito's own. They had been so faithful to him, so reliant on his singing, that it had become their life source. Deprived of it, they began to die. A small price to pay, for the lives of many others.
Satisfied, the hooded girl turned and hurried away from the crowd, the face-changing spell wearing off. She pulled the hood over her face again, and tucked the gun back into her pocket. As she cast one glance back at the fountain, she noticed that where Kaito had died, and large blue rose tree had grown. It hardly surprised her.
xx~The Second Alice~xx
The little dream sighed sadly as it returned to the human world. I chose wrong again. Perhaps I should just give up on being big, and just stay as a small, tiny dream. But if I do that, I will disappear. I will die. I do not want that to happen, I want to be strong, to live, to thrive. I suppose I will have to find another Alice, I suppose. But... who was that person who killed my previous one? I must thank them, they prevented my destruction, but who would know to do that..?
xx~The Second Alice~xx
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