-Lillian pov-

I never thought I would be spending my last moments with an omnipotent Rabbit demon having a tea party as he explains his life story… this is so weird.

"Would you like more tea?" he asked in a sickly sweet way. I nodded my head too afraid to speak. He refilled my cup with green tea and started talking again "I decided the best way to re-set the game would be to pull Alice apart piece by piece. First I had to wake her up for which I needed a human. That's where you came in. you were the right mix of miserable and lonely to want to respond to the note… with a gentle nudge from me of course." His smile grew wider as he took in my increasingly scared face "from there I left it a little while before I did my first test. I chose to use Hinaichigo first as she was one of the weakest Rozen maidens and therefore she would be the easiest to remove. My plan worked of course and I managed to pull her Rosa Mystica into the N-field without either of you noticing. I had trapped a doll named Barasuishou, Father and a doll maker called Enju in a room in father's house. At first I let them believe they were free inside the house but when I pulled Souseiseki- the blue doll- out and sent Hinaichigo to you I trapped them all into one room. At the moment they're searching through a pile of roses believing that I have left them a gift when in fact it's just a pile of roses I sent to entertain them. I've also twisted the doll Barasuishous feelings towards her maker, although her new-budding friendship with Souseiseki made it easier to manipulate her. She is now on her way towards finding the other maidens in their sleep. However she won't be able to find them as her darkness will disintegrate as long as I have her body inside here" he produced the doll in purple he was holding on the train "when you die, she will die." He threw the doll over the table and I managed to catch her before she hit the floor. Laplace's demon started to laugh uncontrollably and the tea set and furniture disappeared. He continued laughing seemingly floating in mid-air doing flips as he laughed. "Don't you see?" He continued laughing "it's so much fun! This is an endless source of entertainment! And at the same time father suffers watching his dolls hurt and die!" I looked at him unable to comprehend how cruel one being could be…

"Lillian?" I heard someone call… it was faint but me and Laplace could defiantly hear it. He panicked and went to grab the purple doll from me but it was too late. I woke up coughing and spluttering in Nori's homeroom lying on the ground. Nori was stood over me and a dark haired man with dark brown eyes was crouched next to me adjusting his glasses.

"She'll be fine sis" the man said standing up. I heard Hinaichigo run towards me making a high pitched noise which I guessed was her tearful way of saying she was worried. She hugged me around my neck crying. I felt like crying too, to have learned everything I had and then to wake up like this…

"I'm ok Hina… I'm…" I tried to move my arms and I couldn't lift them. Worse still I was getting shooting pains down my arms and back… it was pretty bad… Trying to stay calm I said "Nori, get Hina out of the room."

"Wha-?"

"Hina I know I just got back, but I need you to be a big girl and head out for a little while, ok?"

"O… ok" Hina said trying not to cry. Nori picked her up and put her in my bag. Before leaving the room Hina took one last look out of the bag before zipping herself back in. I looked to the man who had been stood quietly watching the whole fiasco. He looked down towards me.

"So you're this Lillian Nori told me about"

"You know Nori?"

"I'm her younger brother, Jun" he said stiffly

"ahhh… That explains it"

"Look… I don't know why you were at the bottom of that pond but-"

"About that… Listen. Nori should have a file in her top left draw of her desk. Give it to her and tell her that it's happening again." He pulled the file out the draw. It was a yellow paper file with my name written in red at the top, bits of important looking paper sticking out of it "oh and… did you find a doll in purple with me?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Take her with you and keep her safe at all costs. The rabbit man is after her." He grabbed the doll and walked out the room closing the door behind him. I closed my eyes and prayed that my limbs would move… slowly but surely my arms started to move a little. Nori ran in again without the bag and knelt at my side.

"Have you been keeping up with your meds?"

"Yes I have but the doctor said that they're mostly for pain relief, only one can strengthen the bones." I winced as the pain shot down my back

"What happened? Don't hold back, I need to know so I can tell any doctors or anyone about what happened?" I hesitated… but Nori needed to know

"I was pushed down a flight of stairs, managed to run to the pond, collapsed and then I fell in. Passed that I need to talk to Jun. Alice, Hinaichigo and all the dolls are in danger" Nori was shocked I could tell. She quickly regained her teacher façade and took a couple of deep breaths. Before we could continue talking the door opened abruptly and the boy that pushed me down the stairs strutted in and started yelling

"What is the hold up? I don't have all sod-" he looked and saw me lying on the floor…and then started to laugh.

"Yukio! This isn't funny! If you dare-"

"That's him" I said quietly. Nori turned her head to look at me "He pushed me down the stairs." Before anything else could happen the paramedics ran in and managed to get me onto a stretcher. By then the pain I had been trying to supress got to me and I blacked out… again.

-Barasuishou pov-

I had followed Souseisekis instructions and I had started to move my darkness around. I had managed to move enough to have bumped into another darkness, all I needed to do was get my darkness to merge… I focused myself and forced them to combine. I was able to make a pathway between them and walk through it. This darkness had vines growing everywhere… I guessed this would be Suiseisekis darkness…

I wasn't expecting to see what I saw next…