Hey there, and welcome back to my new chapter ^_^. This chapter is going to be on how Ace got his name; hopefully this one would be funny as well.
But before I start, I want to thank you all for reviewing my last chapter; it made me really happy that you all liked it. I also want to thank Stella Dawn for giving me the idea for the chapter. Ok, well other than that, Hope you all like it
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Alice waved goodbye to Elliot and the bloody twins, as she left the hatter's mansion. It was late and Alice was planning on going back to the tower. Yes the others had asked her to stay the night, but Alice insisted that she would be fine going back on her own. Now here she was walking through the forest, trying to fine her way around.
Even if she had been through these woods countless of times, when its dark out, Alice sometimes forget where she was. So now, she was walking around, most likely lost. She sigh and continued to walk, hoping that she would either fine the tower soon or fine someone else that she knew, that can help her around.
Alice continued to walk around, finding that she wasn't going anywhere soon. She sighs once more, and stopped walking. She crossed her arms and began looking around to see if she can remember the spot she was in. She couldn't, it was too dark out to tell. Alice shook her head and continued walking once more.
As she continued to walk, Alice saw the sight of a bright reddish orange light coming from not too far from where she was standing. Alice blinked and began walking towards it. As she came closer and closer, the light grew brighter, Intel she was standing at the source of it.
There, Alice saw someone she knew there, doing something that didn't really shock her. It was Ace. He had his tent spread out and ready for him, so when he feels tired he can go to bed. There was a little camp fire, which explains the light Alice saw. She sighs and shook her head.
Ace heard someone sigh and turned around. When he saw Alice, he grinned and stood up from where he was sitting. "Alice! What are you doing here?" he asked her, the grin not leaving his face at all.
Alice sigh once more and then smiled at Ace. "Well I was looking for the tower, and well, since it is dark out, I couldn't fine my way. Then I saw the light from your camp fire and well, here I am" she said and the stared at him. "And let me guess, since you have your camp site already set up, that means your lost as well" she said crossing her arms.
Ace stared at her and then laughed. "Well, it's not easy finding your way in these woods in the dark" he said while laughing.
Alice sweat dropped. 'It's not because its dark, it's because you have no sense of direction' she thought, laughing a bit along with Ace.
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Alice stared at the camp fire, in thought. After a few more chatting with Ace, she decided to stay with him the night, because it would have been no use if she kept getting lost all the time. Plus who knows, it can become morning in a few minutes anyways. Alice continued to stare, Intel she saw Ace walk into the tent. She shrugged and throws water on the fire to make it disappear. After that, she turned around and walked inside.
There she saw Ace taking off his coat. Instead of acting like the way she did, the first time she was out camping with Ace, Alice didn't freak out. She just sat down on the ground and looked around. She went back into her thoughts and one had come to her, one that she has been getting three times already. Why was Ace, named Ace?
Once Ace was done, he looked back at Alice and smiled again. He could see that she was in thought and wondered what she was thinking. "What's on your mind Ace?" he asked still smiling at her.
Alice blinked and then looked back at Ace. She stared at him and then sighs. "This might sound weird, but I was wondering, how did you get the name Ace, anyways?" she asked him.
Ace stared at her for a few seconds before laughing. "That's a weird question alright, but I don't mind telling you, it's quite funny actually" he said grinning at her.
Alice stared at her and then sighs, Hopefully, his experience wasn't so weird or crazy like The twins and Blood's. Then again, this is wonderland, all sorts of things can happen. "Fine, tell me"
Ace smiled and then began to remember. "Well it all started when…"
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A four year old boy, with brown hair and red eye's walked around his home looking for something to do. His mother was out shopping, and his father was in the living room, playing some card game with his friends. The little boy sighs. He doesn't know why his father won't let him go in there, it's not like he would do anything wrong.
The boy walked to walk around and then stopped, when he was standing right in front of the door that went into the living room. He stared at it and then shrugged. Even if his father told him to not go inside, he still decided to go in. Plus who knows, his father could be playing a really fun game, and didn't want him to know because he wanted to have all the fun.
The Four year old, opened the door and walked in. There, he saw five faceless men, all sitting around a round table, with cards in their hands, money on the table and cigars in their mouths. The boy walked up to a man with dark brown hair and tugged on his pants.
"Daddy, can I play?" the brown hair boy asked, smiling innocently at him. The man looked down at him.
"Son, didn't I tell you to stay out of the living room" he said and the one of the other faceless men, chuckled at him.
"But I am bored, and have nothing else to do" The little boy said, complaining, and the man continued to chuckle, while his father sighs.
"Let him stay, it's not like he will do anything wrong, he can just stay and watch, while we play. It doesn't bother us, right guys" said the man who was chuckling, now looking at the other three faceless men. They nodded their head, and the little boy's father sighs once again.
"Fine, you can stay, but don't interrupt me, when it's my turn, also you have to stay quite ok" he said looking at his son, who nodded his head happily. His father then picked him up and placed the boy on his lap.
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The brunette smiled happily as he watched his father play, he thinks it was called poker. He had learned a few things while watching it. One, was that every time someone had won, they get the money that was on the table, two was that u need to get the right cards to win and three was that even after you lost, you kept on bidding money, Intel you have no more.
The whole time, each of the men were winning, beside's his father. It kind of made him upset, but he still had a smile of his face, not trying to show it. But then after a while, the little boy looked at his father and decided to ask a question.
"Daddy, I know I promised to stay quiet, but can I play?" he asked with a pleading look on his face. "Please, please, please!" he asked repeatedly.
His father stared at him and then sighs. "Fine, you can play, but you're going to be my partner. Ever time it's your turn, you can pick a card and if you think you have the right one's in your hands, then you can place it down, but show it to me first before anything" he said and his son nodded eagerly.
"Ok" the small brunette said happily.
All the men in table, all began taking cards, Intel they each had five in their hands. "Are you guys ready to show what type of hand we have?" asked a faceless blond, looking at the others, who nodded.
The little boy looked at his hand and saw that he had all Ace's in them. He looked at his daddy, before he did anything. "Daddy, should I place down the cards I have in my hands?" he asked him innocently.
His father looked at the cards that his son had in his hands. Now, if he had eyes, then you would have seen his eye's being widened. But since he didn't have any eyes, he just looked at it, surprised. He then smiled and nodded. "You can play it son" he said and his son smiled happily.
The other men stared at them and then shrugged, placing down their cards. One of them had two 2's, 1 king, one 4 and two 8's. Another had a king, a 5, and three 6's. One didn't play down his cards, guessing that he didn't want to play since his cards weren't that good and the other had a almost a royal set, only instead of having a ace, he had a two.
The said man looked at the father and son and then grinned. "Well are you going to play your cards?" he asked, grinning, because he thought that he had won.
The father smiled. "I'm not, but my son is" he said, patting his son on the head, while the boy played down his cards. He had all of the aces, and king. All the faceless men stared, and would have wide eyes if they had any.
The boy, just smiled happily and giggled, liking the reaction that everyone was having. His father grinned and took all the money that was placed on the table, while still patting his son on the head.
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Everyone had played a few couple of rounds, and each and every one of them, the little four year old had won it because he had always gotten all or most of the Ace's in his hands. If it wasn't an Ace, he would get a full house or a royal family.
This is how it went:
The second Round, the little boy got another whole set of Ace's, the third one, he got a royal family, and then he got a full house and so on such.
They continued to play, Intel they were in their tenth round. Almost all of the men had given up because they had no money or didn't want to waste the last amount of money they had. The only one's who was playing, was the one who suggested for the boy to play, his father and the little boy.
The man stared at the father and son, and was getting a bit nervous. He doesn't really know why he was still playing against them two, mainly when the four year old is always getting the best cards. How is that? It's not every day, where you find someone who is a good as playing poker then anyone. Mainly, when they are a small four year old, with red eye's, who was smiling happily pretty much all of the time.
He looked at his cards, and saw that he had two Aces' in his hands, the diamond and the clubs. He as well had a 2 and a three. It wasn't good enough, but he has a fair chance against the kid, since he had two of the aces with him. Who knows, the kid might not even get an ace at all this time.
The man stared back at them and then smirked, trying to keep his poker face from showing off his nervousness. "Well, let's see what the little boy has on his hand" he said, while placing his cards down and then crossing his arms.
The four year old brunette smiled, and nodded. "Ok" he said happily and then placed his cards down. There in his hands, was the Ace of spade, the Ace of heart, a king of spade and a heart of queens.
The faceless man stared at the sigh, placing his head on the table. "I give up, you win" he said, pushing the last of his money, towards the father, who was chuckling. The son smiled and giggled along with his daddy.
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After an hour or two, all of the other men picked up their things and left the house. Now the father was inside the kitchen, sitting on the kitchen table with his son, who was smiling happily at him, while swinging his legs. His mommy had come home just not to long ago and was now starting to make dinner. She looked at the two and wondered why they both looked so happy.
"So, did you boys do anything fun today?" she asked them, while cooking.
Her husband smiled at her and then looked at his happy sun. He chuckled and then placed his hand on top of the little boy's head. "Oh nothing just placed a little card game with the boys and my little Ace here, that's all" he said chuckling.
The four year old brunette, with red eyes looked at his father and giggled happily, while nodding his head. Is faceless mother looked at the two, wondering what they were on about? She then shrugged and continued cooking.
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Ace finished talking and smiled back at Alice. The said girl just stared at Ace blankly and then shook her head. Sometimes she wonders why she had even asked.
Instead of saying anything to him, she got herself comfortable in her sleeping bag. She closed her eyes and was about to fall asleep, but instead she opened her eyes when she felt someone near her.
There, was Ace, smiling at her, having his arms wrapped around his waist and his head on her chest. He closed his eyes and listened.
"I still like listening to this sound" he said listening to her heart beat and not moving away from his spot. Alice blushed deeply. She then pushed him away, blushed and looked away from her. "Good night Ace" she said and then lay back down, trying to fall asleep.
Ace blinked a bit and then began laughing. He lay down on his sleeping bag. "Goodnight Alice" he said smiling at her. He then soon fell asleep.
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There you go, hopped that you all liked it. The chapter was a bit rushed, and I don't think I did that well of a good job in making Ace act like himself, but I hoped that I still did go.
The chapter was also a bit short, but I hope that it was still good.
The next chapter is going to be on Growland, so you all will have to wait to read it.
Other than that, I hope you all liked it and will review.
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