I'm back! Yay!

This took a little longer to write than I expected. Mostly because I had created this whole, complicated, interdimensional theory, involving phase changes and subatomic particles and such. Then I learned that because of one tiny fact, it was completely invalid...

So I had to do some revising. But I think it turned out alright anyway.

I think this chapter is kind of boring compared to the first one, not as much humor. But this will probably be the only one like that, because they are seriously worried about their kidnapped friend. The next chapter will be better I promise. I should know, I already have it half-written. :)

One last thing, I want to say THANK YOU! to KDN's Notepad, wonderfulwonderwolf, DazingDreamer, oBseSSiON Is ODd, and pinksugar4111 for reviewing! It made me really happy to know that you all liked my story! And also thanks to anyone who added this to their favorites or story alerts for the same reason!

oBseSSiON Is ODd, I wanted to address your comment about the pairings. I honestly have no idea where this is going pairing-wise, but I really appreciate your suggestions! I'll take them into consideration whenever I decide.

Now, onto the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Heart no Kuni no Alice.

When Marie had glanced out the window and saw a strange man with rabbit ears carrying off Lydia, she had good reason to be concerned. Slamming the door open, she bolted outside towards the two figures.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing you bastard?" She shrieked, but it was too late. The man had disappeared into the hole, still holding her friend.

Marie got to the edge and called down for Lydia, but there was no response. She hoped the stuffed animals they had thrown down there would be enough to cushion the fall. She put her head in her hands.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK!" She raced inside and down to the basement.

"Rose, open the fucking door," she yelled while pounding her fists against the offending piece of wood with as much force as she could muster. "It's a fucking emergency this time, I swear!"

"What happened?" Rose asked calmly as she let her friend into the room. Marie started pacing.

"Some weird man with rabbit ears fucking kidnapped Lydia," she explained hysterically, "and the bastard fucking jumped into the giant gaping hole in our backyard!"

"Are you serious?" Rose exclaimed, just before… "Wait, what hole?"

Marie dragged her out to the yard where Lydia was taken. She stared in shock at the deep pit.

"How did this get here? When did it happen?"

"I don't know! Lydia came across it a little while ago and called me over. We were bored so we tossed my old stuffed animals down there to see if anything would happen." Rose decided not to comment on that last sentence in light of the serious situation.

"Marie, go get me a flashlight and my green toolbox. Quickly!" She ordered, and her friend nodded and left without complaint.

Rose laid down on her stomach in front of the hole, so that she could still reach and see into it, but she wasn't in any danger of falling in. Slowly, reaching her hand forward, she placed it just inside the inky blackness, moving it down the interior perimeter of the large circle. For the first couple inches, she felt nothing but ordinary dirt. However, once she got a little farther, she came across something very peculiar.

It was smooth, but not exactly solid. She found it impossible to call it either soft or hard. It was somehow both, or maybe it was neither. The only way she could describe it was as solidified nothingness.

Rose frowned in concentration as she heard Marie returning. This was going to be very complicated.

"I got what you asked for," Marie told her, setting the metal box on the ground. "Did you find out anything?" Rose drew back her hand and got up from the ground before answering.

"This hole is impossible," Rose stated, adopting a professional tone. "It was not created by any natural means."

"How can you tell?" Rose grabbed the flashlight from her friend's hand.

"First of all, it's perfectly cylindrical. Perfection to this extent just doesn't occur in nature," she explained. "Also," she turned on the flashlight and pointed it at the hole, "light doesn't affect it at all. It's the middle of the afternoon on a very sunny day. If this was natural, we would be able to see the inside at least a little ways down, even without a flashlight."

"Whoa, I didn't even notice," Marie confessed astonished. "That's just fucking crazy."

"Yes it's very strange," Rose agreed, "and you see how even though I'm pointing the flashlight so that the light is directed at the side of the hole so we should be seeing the ground, it remains completely black." She turned off the flashlight and set it to the side.

"There is also the matter of the inside itself. I observed earlier that there are only a couple inches of regular soil on top. Past that, the hole appears to be made of some sort of half-tangible material."

"I don't understand," Marie said. "I get that this hole is freaky and shit, but why does it matter what it's made of? It's still just a hole, and Lydia is at the bottom of it right?"

"There is no such thing as a half-tangible substance," Rose explained, ignoring the question. "This hole defies the physical laws of the universe, meaning that in this universe, this hole is impossible. Yet here it is."

"But… how?" Marie cried, frustrated. Rose gave her a very serious look.

"The only explanation is that it is not from our universe, but a different one. But because this hole cannot technically exist in our world, it must be still connected to that other world. Meaning that this hole is actually a portal to another dimension," Rose stated. Marie stared at her in shock.

"That's crazy. You're crazy. Fuck!" She shouted. "So what, Lydia has been taken to another world? Shouldn't we, I don't know, call the police or something?"

"Do you really think the police are going to believe two teenagers who say that their friend has been kidnapped to a different dimension?" Rose asked.

"Maybe?"

"No! Of course not. Besides," she continued, "it's never a good idea to get the government involved in something science has not caught up to yet."

"But we can't just fucking sit here and do nothing!" Marie started panicking. "Who knows what Lydia's going through? Or even if she's still alive! We should go after her." She made to go towards the hole.

"No!" Rose grabbed her arm and dragged her away. "What if there's no way to get back? And we have no idea what that world is like! We can't just jump into this completely unprepared."

"Then what do you propose we do? There might not be a lot of time." Rose opened her toolbox and pulled out a small black spec.

"This is a tracking device. I designed it in case something like this ever happened to one of you. It's like a DNA magnet; it latches onto the signal of Lydia's DNA and will seek her out until it finds her."

"Alright, then what?"

"It also acts as a radio transmitter. We will be able to hear any conversations she has, thus finding out if she's okay." Rose then dropped the tiny invention into the hole. She dragged Marie back into the house and down to the basement. Then she led her friend to a stool in the workroom.

"Sit," she commanded. Marie sat. Rose then disappeared into a closet for a few moments. There were several loud crashes, and she came back with a very ordinary-looking radio, which she slammed on the counter next to Marie. She pointed to a little red light on the device.

"When the tracker finds Lydia, this light will turn green. You will be in charge of monitoring this. Call me when anything happens."

"What will you be doing?"

"I will be working on finding a way to get her back, or to get us back if we need to go after her," Rose explained. She disappeared again to the other side of the large room, leaving Marie to hope, sigh, and stare at the little red light.

"Fuck. Lydia, you better be okay."

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