-Alices POV-

Lillian had gotten to bed about midnight. She seemed rather upset; I'd heard her parents shouting at each other and her. I realised that there might be more to this family conflict than I had originally anticipated… I silently watched her from the mirror until she fell asleep. I couldn't stay in my box tonight…Berry bell had flown off while I was reading under Lillian's bed. I knew I would wind down without sleep but I had to find out where Berrybell had gone.

I flew around the N-field for most of the night looking for any trace of her. Eventually I had to give up. Lillian would awaken soon and if she was disagreeable during the day I would hate to see her in the morning just after she had woken up. I flew back through the mirror and gently landed on the floor. Lillian had her back to me; a strange pink substance was in her hair. I walked over and felt it, it was incredibly sticky. Her sleeping with it in her hair had covered most of the bottom of her hair. Since there was no other plausible way to get this substance out I summoned Sousesukis scissors and cut around the area covered in the sticky substance.

"I'll have to do the rest when you wake up" I murmured

"Do what?" Lillian said as she rolled over to face me yawning.

"Removing the sticky thing from your hair. Now sit up straight, your hair is a mess."

"Isn't everyone's when they wake up?" she yawned again as she sat up

"Shush, I need to concentrate" I said quickly. I started straitening the edges of her hair cutting the once long hair into a medium length bob. "This may take some time to get used to" I said as I focused on pulling the messy mop of hair into a plait at the back of her head.

"What time is it?" she asked. I looked at the small digital alarm clock on her bedside, the digits read five thirty five. A small bell picture in the corner of the rectangular display had the numbers six forty five next to it.

"Nearly an hour before you have to wake up, but I suggest you get ready anyway"

"Why?" she replied slightly irritated.

"I'm assuming you and your parents don't have the best of relationships. If you get up now you can be ready, check you haven't forgotten anything and cook a meal you like a lot to take with you as a pick me up." I said as I tied off the end of the plait with a ribbon I had found in the magazine. "sorry it's so short"

"So short…?" she put her hand to the end of the plait and looked around almost in a panic as she saw the layers of sticky hair around her. She turned to me and I fully expected her to start yelling at me… She instead wrapped her arms round me and hugged me tight whispering "thank you"

"Th- this is a bit of an over-reaction isn't it?" I said a bit embarrassed

"Sorry… I was worried I wasn't going to be able to get it out" she said quietly "Mum wasn't going to cut it out after yesterday"

"She's your mother, I'm sure she would have"

"She would have been in a bad enough mood to have made a botch job of it and just-"

"Look, if you want to go make your pick-me up lunch I suggest you stop waffling and go cook. I'll clear up the mess" Lillian looked up at me and let stopped hugging me.

"Thanks… um"

"My name is Alice if you're about to ask. Now off you pop" Soususekis scissors disappeared and I used Shinkus rose petals to wake up a teddy bear sat on Lillians desk "sorry to wake you up"

"That's fine" Lillian said with a yawn

"I was talking to the bear" I said as the bear and I started picking up pieces of sticky hair and throwing them in the bin.

-Lillian POV-

I packed my bag and changed into my school uniform before running into the bathroom to put on my makeup etc. By the time I had finished that my alarm was going off in my room. I ran in and shut it off. Alice had pulled her case out from under the bed and was climbing into it holding my teddy bear.

"What are you doing?" I asked

"I'm going to bed, I didn't sleep well at all last night…"

"With a teddy bear?"

"I get lonely" she said closing the lid down slowly but before she locked the case she said a quiet "have a good day". She was actually kinda cute when she wasn't bossing me around.

I hurried downstairs and started brewing some green tea. I made a bento with my favourite ingredients in it including sausage octopi before grabbing a chocolate Taiyaki and pudding pot out the fridge. By then my tea had brewed and I had enough time to fry an egg and make some toast. I sat down to eat my food when mum ran into the kitchen rather late.

"Ok what do you want for lunch dear?" she said flustered

"I've made my own mum" I said taking mouthful of egg on toast

"Haha very funny. Why are all these pans out?"

"I told you, I've just finished making my lunch"

"sweetie" she turned to me with a tired and exasperated look on her face "I've never seen you make egg on toast let alone" she stopped talking when she realised I was eating a half decent breakfast with a fully made bento box in front of me. She tried to speak a couple of times but couldn't seem to find the words to say. I couldn't handle the awkward air so I picked up my food and bag, downed my tea and took my toast with me. I shut the door behind me and walked down the road towards the train crossing.

-Barasuishou POV-

The rest of the images where rather boring… The girl went to a large building full of people and was talked to for the rest of the day in a room of people. I had already seen when Hinaichigo had supposedly left Alice. The supposedly perfect girl had been so engrossed in her reading under the bed that Hinaichigos Rosa mystica had split from Alice un-noticed… Which is meant to be impossible. How the weakest of the sisters had managed to break away from Alice was beyond me let alone without Alice even noticing!

"FATHER!" Hinaichigo was still yelling. Enju had given up trying to stop Rozen who was currently kneelt in front of the dome of crystals… which to my annoyance was weakening at the same rate I was. I gave in and let Hinaichigo go to father. I was at the point of exhaustion and had no tolerance for the imps screams. She ran to him and cried into his arms. They stayed like that for an unbearable amount of time.