Chapter Five: What She Really Wants
"And here is the Country of Spades!"
The dark knight set Alice down.
She dusted herself off and glanced around warily.
It was so very different from the Country of Hearts. The atmosphere was dark and brooding. The woods surrounding the edge of the boundary were much darker than any of the woods she had encountered before in the Country of Hearts. She looked down at the grass. Was it a dark green or was it black?
"Are there no colors here?"
The knight nodded.
"Is it... is it always like this?" she asked.
"Always like what?"
"Like... this um gloomy?"
The knight cocked his head slightly. "Gloomy?" He glanced around. "Ah... well the Country of Spades is known for its dark side."
Alice shuddered again as the knight grinned evilly.
"Neh, Alice? Do you know what the Ace of Spades stands for?"
(Meanwhile, several hours behind...)
No one had spoken a word since they started their journey. There was nothing really to say or wanted to be said. They were all too busy thinking about Alice.
Was she all right? What did Spades want from her? Did he hurt her?
So many questions, and not one could be answered until they found their Alice.
"Are we in the Country of Spades yet?" Peter asked impatiently.
"No idea!" the Ace of Hearts replied rather cheerfully.
Blood rolled his eyes. "We still have a bit more to go."
Peter frowned. "How much farther?"
Blood sighed through his nose. "Once we pass the Amusement Park-"
"The Amusement Park?!" Elliot gasped. "Let me see the map!"
"Yes, wonderful, I know," Blood answered sarcastically as he handed the map to Elliot.
Peter twitched his eyebrow slightly. "If we bump into that cat..."
"Who, me?"
"Boris!" they all yelled, voices full of annoyance.
The Cheshire cat raised his hands in defense. "What?!" He then cocked his head slightly. "Wait a min, what are you four doin' together?"
"That would be none of your business!" the white rabbit snapped.
Boris grinned mischievously. "Oh?"
"We're looking for Alice," Ace offered.
Boris pricked his ears. "Alice? Is she missing or something?"
"Kidnapped rather," Ace clarified.
"Kidnapped?!"
"Look what you've done, you stupid knight!" Peter growled.
"What?" Ace feigned innocence.
Blood grunted. "Shall we just continue on our way?"
"I'm coming too!"
"No, you aren't!" Peter twitched his ears angrily.
Boris made a face. "I'm comin' whether you like it or not, Mr. Rabbit!"
Ace grinned. "The more the merrier."
"Don't call me 'Mr. Rabbit'! I have a name!"
Elliot and Blood sighed.
"Let's just keep moving..."
"Lead on!" Ace sang out.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Blood grumbled under-breath as he hurried onward.
"Sooo... Who kidnapped Alice?" Boris asked, joining Elliot.
"Spades," Elliot answered quickly.
Boris cocked his head. "Spades? Who is this 'Spades'?"
Elliot sighed. "The Ace of Spades, okay?"
Boris frowned slightly and frowned. "I wonder if I should tell the old man."
"NO! Don't do that!" Elliot begged and glanced at Blood through the corner of his eye. "It's bad enough we have Ace, Peter White, and you. No more!"
Boris fidgeted. "I suppose you're right. But I still think I ought to let 'im know about Alice."
"Do that and I'll kill you!" Elliot threatened.
"Oh come on! The old man might be useful!"
"Useful!" Elliot snorted. "I think we have enough 'useful' people with us right now. We don't need anymore!"
Blood glanced at the hare and cat behind him. "I don't think Mary could handle this trip."
Elliot and Boris held back their snickers.
"Very true!" Elliot agreed then turned toward Boris and gave him a told you so! look.
Boris rolled his eyes. The two were probably right, but it would be so much fun to see Blood and Ma- *ahem* Gowland forced to get along with each other. Oh well, at least he had the others to watch.
Boris grinned mischievously. This could be a fun little adventure. Alice would be so pleased to see them all together like this. Well that is if they got along with each other by the time they made it to her. Boris twitched his tail. Yesss, it was going to be fun trying to get everyone to get along.
Boris slipped beside Peter White. "Are we there yet? Are we theeeeeeere? How about now? There yeeet?"
"Shut up, stupid cat!" Peter snapped. "We'll get there when we get there."
Ace chuckled. "Oh ho says the one who was asking the same thing several minutes ago!"
Peter gritted his teeth. "I'm trying to be patient..."
"Sure you are!" Ace teased playfully.
Peter set his lip in a firm line. Just ignore the knight...
"Aw! You're no fun, Peter."
Peter huffed. "I don't care."
Boris smirked. "Arrrrre we therrrrrre?"
*Bang, bang, bang!*
Boris dodged the incoming bullets. "Too slow, rabbit!"
"Do you three back there mind?!" Elliot asked as he turned around to face them. "Blood and I are trying to figure out where the Castle of Spades is!"
"We don't mind at all!" Ace sang out.
Blood sighed. I'm seriously doubting we can get along for much longer...
"Are you sure this is where we are on the map, Elliot?"
The hare twitched his ears. "Positive. Here's the Amusement Park and just right here is the border between us and Spades. See?" Elliot pointed on the map. "If we keep going this way, we can make it to the Castle of Spades in a couple of hours."
"Couple of hours?! We need to find my Alice now!" Peter cried.
Blood's eyebrow twitched slightly. That... rabbit!
Ace peered over Blood's shoulder. "It'd be best if we headed toward the Spades' Clock Tower."
Blood frowned at Ace.
"I know him better than any of you," Ace replied quietly.
Elliot cocked his head slightly at the seriousness of Ace's voice. "Why is that?"
"Because we're both Aces." Ace grinned.
Elliot mentally face-palmed. He should have felt that one coming. No way would Ace be actually serious. No, the Ace Elliot knew was only serious when it came to killing. Elliot shook his head. Best not think about that right now. They had Alice to worry about.
"Ne ne."
"What is is, brother?"
"I'm bored..."
"Me too, brother."
"We should go to the Amusement Park and see Boris."
Dee frowned at his twin. "You know we can't."
"Why not, brother?"
"Boss'll dock our pay if we aren't guarding!"
"But we can hurry back before he returns!"
"We don't even know when he's going to return! We can't slack off now."
"But, brother... I was thinking."
Dee pinched the bridge of his nose. "Thinking?"
Dum grinned. "Yes, thinking. Don't you want to go rescue the pretty lady too?"
Dee pursed his lips. "Of course... But-"
"Let's go, brother!"
Dee glanced at the mansion behind him. Surely a short trip away from the mansion couldn't hurt.
"All right, we'll go!"
"Ahem!"
The Bloody Twins blinked and looked up at their unexpected visitor.
"You two shouldn't be ditching your roles."
The twins cocked their heads as they studied the guest.
Hmmm... tall. Average build. Eh? What's this? That outfit... Ah! An Ace? How strange! Two Aces visiting the Hatter Mansion in one day?
The knight smirked slightly as he drew his sword. "Those who don't follow their role-holder duties should die."
The twins narrowed their eyes at the knight before them.
"Shall we kill him, brother?" Dee asked, fingering his axe.
Dum grinned. "But of course!"
"Ready whenever you two are!" the knight called out.
The twins smirked. "Let's hope you are the one that's ready!"
(Back in the Country of Spades.)
The dark knight's eyes seemed to dance happily as they stared into Alice's fearful blue ones.
"Do you know, Alice?"
She gulped nervously and shook her head.
The knight laughed. "The Ace of Spades represents death."
Alice shivered in spite of herself.
The knight smirked. "Scared, Alice?"
"N-no..."
The knight put his gloved hand under her chin and forced her to look at him. "You're scared. Just admit it, Alice."
She struggled in his grip and lowered her eyes.. "W-What do you want from me?"
The knight ignored her question. "You know... there's another way to leave Wonderland besides that bottle in your pocket."
Alice looked up at him timidly.
The knight smirked. "By dying."
Alice gasped.
"But not yet, sweet Alice. I can't let you die quite yet."
She narrowed his eyes at him. He's acting like Ace... He's not serious.
"You're the one who's scared now."
The knight raised his eyebrow. "Me?"
She nodded. "You don't really know what will happen if you kill me, do you?"
The knight laughed. "You're wrong, Alice. I do know what will happen. But," His black orbs bore into her blue eyes. "But there's something that I want to make sure happens before you die."
Alice tried to calm herself as she stared back at the Ace of Spades. "And what would that be?"
The knight's smirk widened. "Oh nothing much. Just to teach some role-holders from Hearts a lesson about letting outsiders use them." He put a finger on Alice's lips to prevent a gasp from coming out. "Don't worry. You're the only one that is going to die."
Alice glared at the knight, but the knight only returned another smirk. He was so different from his brother, Ace! The Ace of Hearts wasn't... dark or scary. This Ace of Spades was truly serious about every word he said. The Ace of Hearts, he was just lost and confused.
"Ah, one more thing," the knight interrupted her thoughts.
*Click!*
The knight smiled. "So you don't escape."
Alice gasped and stared at her now cuffed hand.
The knight laughed. "And."
*Click!*
The knight pulled Alice close. "To keep you close to me."
Alice frowned and tried to pull away.
The knight laughed again and jangled his cuff. "Now you're mine, dear, sweet Alice."
She glared at the knight again. If only she were with the Ace of Hearts instead!
(Still several hours behind but getting closer!)
"Are we-"
*Bang, bang bang!*
"If you ask ONE more time, I WILL kill you!" Peter yelled after firing a few more bullets at Boris.
"Sheesh..." the cat rolled his eyes.
Ace glanced at the cat and rabbit. "We're about to reach the border."
Boris pricked his ears. "Already? Sweet!"
Blood looked up from his map. "Yes... it looks like we're here."
The five role-holders stared at the dark woods that were the beginnings of Spades.
Elliot gulped nervously. "So um... that's the Country of Spades?"
Blood nodded slightly.
Peter White twitched his ears nervously. "W-What are we waiting for? Alice is in there!"
Boris sniffed the air then grinned. "Looks like this is gonna be fun!"
Elliot sighed. Of course the cat would find this interesting. To be honest, if it weren't for Alice being in there, he'd be bolting off in the opposite direction.
The Country of Spades did not look friendly at all.
A chilling breeze made its way through the dark wood.
The role-holders shuddered.
"Ready?" Blood asked.
The others nodded somewhat reluctantly.
Blood set his lip in a firm line and crossed the border.
He glanced back at his companions. "Aren't you coming?"
"Haha! Of course!" Ace replied quickly, following Blood a little deeper into the woods of Spades.
"We're... c-c-coming." Elliot's ears drooped slightly as he, Boris, and Peter also crossed over into Spades.
"Now where?" Boris asked as he glanced around.
Blood looked down at his map. "We need to head a little toward the West, toward the Spades' Tower."
"I know a short-cut."
Blood narrowed his eyes at Ace. "We will be following the map.
Ace pursed his lips. "I'm not kidding, Blood. I really do know one."
Blood ignored the knight and pressed forward.
Ace let out an exasperated sigh before joining the others who were not far behind the Mad Hatter.
But of course no one listens to me. No one trusts the Ace of Hearts. Ace's heart throbbed. Except... Alice. Alice trusts me. His heart throbbed again. She does trust me, right?
(Back in the Country of Spades.)
"Oy..." Spades frowned as he looked up at the now cloudy sky. "For it to rain now!"
Alice pursed her slips slightly.
"Guess it can't be helped." Spades sighed.
"What are we... *ahem* you going to do about it then?"
Spades smirked. "Set up camp."
Alice blinked. "But how?"
"Like this!" Spades popped out a tent from his behind back.
"..."
Spades cocked his head. "What?"
"Ah... nothing." Alice fingered her cuff absentmindedly. He is alot like Ace but then... not.
Spades frowned slightly and grabbed her wrist. "Hurry up. Before it starts raining."
"Agh!"
Spades pulled her into the tent and quickly zipped the door shut.
"No need to be so rough!" Alice glared at him. Ace is soo much nicer than you!
Spades shrugged and lied down beside her causing Alice to frown. She quickly scooted away from the knight as much as her cuff would let her.
Spades glanced at her then stared up at the tent's ceiling. "Hey, Alice."
"What?" she asked grumpily.
Spades smirked slightly. "Aaaaaalice."
She sighed. "Yes?"
"Do you love anyone in Wonderland?"
Alice blinked in surprise. That was... random.
"What sort of question is that?"
Spades chuckled softly. "You haven't chosen anyone yet, have you?"
"Um no... I don't plan on choosing anyone. I just want to go back home."
Right? I just want to go home... I'm not falling in love with anyone. Her heart throbbed as if in an effort to change her mind. No! I want to go home. I don't love anyone here. I won't fall in love again.
"Good."
Alice's frown returned. "What do you mean by 'good'?"
Spades chuckled again. "I have my reasons."
"Doesn't everyone?" Alice mumbled irritably.
"My, my, Miss Grumpy!" Spades teased.
"I'm not grumpy!" Alice defended herself. "I just wish people would just tell me things!"
"But that's what makes this game fun, Alice." Spades smirked.
"For you perhaps." Alice huffed.
Spades shrugged and yawned. "G'night, Alice."
She glanced at the knight. "Have a nice nap."
The knight smirked. "With you here, I'm sure to have a lovely nap."
Alice shuddered. I wish I were with Ace...
She rested her chin on knees.
She just wanted to go home, right? She frowned to herself and shook her head hard. There was no way she had fallen in love with someone. Stupid Spades for putting such thoughts in her head! She just wanted to go home... to see her sister.
That was all she wanted.
Her heart throbbed.
Was that really all that she wanted?
(Currently in the Country of Hearts.)
"Ah, ah..." the knight yawned. "Is that all you two got?"
The now truly bloody twins glared up at him.
"I suppose I should just end your misery now." The knight fingered the edge of his sword.
"Then do it!" Dee spat weakly.
The knight smirked. "Shall I?"
Dee merely glared.
The knight raised his sword above Dee's head. "Say your goodbyes."
"DEE!" Dum screamed.
The knight suddenly froze, his sword just barely slicing into Dee's skin.
"Did you say 'Dee'? As in the Bloody Twins 'Dee' and 'Dum'?"
Dee manage to give the knight a slight nod.
*Shing!*
The knight quickly slid his sword back into its scabbard. "Well... I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to kill you after all. I have business with what's-his-face Hatter."
The knight glanced at the fallen twins. "Since I need you two to get to the Hatter, I'll let your little ditching your roles thing slide. But next time, I won't go easy on you guys."
Dee glared at the knight as he struggled to get up.
"Blood's not here," he managed to rasp out.
The knight raised an eyebrow. "Then where is he?"
Not trusting the knight, Dee replied, "Out."
The knight frowned. "Out where?"
"How should we know?!" Dum whined, trying to help his brother. "We're just the gate-keepers."
The knight sighed. "I suppose you two have a point..." He drummed his fingers thoughtfully against his side. "Whenever your boss returns, tell him the Ace of Diamonds will be waiting for him at the Clock Tower here."
The knight gave the twins a casual wave of good-bye before disappearing into the brush.
"What do you think, brother?" Dum asked somewhat hesitantly.
"I don't know... let's just go inside for now."
Dum nodded in agreement. "Yeah... let's."
(Back to the group of travelling role-holders)
"Ugh! I should've brought an umbrella!" Boris complained as he squeezed the water out of his boa. "I hate rain!"
"Just be thankful it stopped raining!" Peter snapped. "With this delay, who knows how far ahead that Spades is now!"
"If we had taken my shortcut we'd already be at the tower," Ace muttered.
Elliot rolled his eyes. "If we had taken your shortcut, we'd be lost!"
Ace glared at Elliot. "Unlike you, I actually know this place!"
Elliot once again rolled his eyes. "Riiiight. We are going to follow the map."
Ace growled under-breath. "Fine! I'll just fine Alice on my own! See if I care if you get lost following your stupid map!"
Ace turned sharply on his heel and headed off for his shortcut.
Elliot pursed his lips slightly then glanced at Blood. "Should we send someone after him?"
Blood narrowed his eyes at the retreating knight. "No... it'd be best to follow him."
Elliot gave the Hatter a bewildered look. "Are you crazy?"
Boris popped in between the hare and hatter. "Yeah, are you? We all know that Ace is totally lost all the time."
Blood shook his head. "He's not lost... at least not now."
Boris and Elliot glanced at each other then shrugged.
"What do you mean?" they asked.
Blood sighed through his nose. "You'll find out soon enough."
(Back to Spades and Alice)
*Zzzzzzip!*
The tent flap fell open as a young man slipped inside.
"Hey, Spades! You should have told me you were-"
Alice rubbed her eyes sleepily with her free hand. "Wha?"
Spades groaned. "Griffin..."
The young man grinned. "Hullo, Spades. I was wondering when you'd be back."
The knight grunted. "What brings you here, Griff?"
Griff shrugged. "Just wanted to see you." He glanced at Alice. "Aaaand who's your new friend?"
"This is an outsider."
Alice glared at Spades.
"Whoa! You're an outsider?!" Griff was by Alice's side instantly. "A real outsider?! Why didn't you tell me, Spades?!"
Spades grunted and mumbled, "This is precisely why..."
"Wa! A real outsider!"
Alice blinked. "Um hi?"
Griff smiled pleasantly. "What's your name? I'm Griffin as you already heard from Spades here."
"I-I'm Alice Liddell."
"Oooo. Nice name."
Alice blushed slightly. "Th-thank you."
Griff gave her a wide grin.
Alice returned a small smile as she studied the young man.
He was a little different from the other role-holders she had met. He had the nice shirt and pants as the other men had, but he just had a different air about him. Perhaps it was the cap and goggles he was wearing? What was he trying to look like, a pilot? Alice shook her head and studied him again. She couldn't tell for sure, but he seemed to be rather tall. Perhaps a little taller than Julius? He had lovely hazel-green eyes and golden hair poking out from beneath his cap. As if to go with his golden locks, he had a large pair of fluffy golden wings on his back.
Alice couldn't keep her eyes off them.
They looked... so soft and pretty.
Griff cocked head slightly. "Whatcha starin' at?"
Alice blinked. "Um uh... I'm sorry." She blushed. "I-I didn't mean to stare."
Griff raised an eyebrow. "It's okay, but what were you starin' at?"
"Your... your wings."
"Oh?" Griff glanced at his back and fingered one of his wings. "These things?"
Alice nodded.
"What? You've never seen wings before?"
"No, I've seen wings before. Just um not on a person," Alice explained.
Griff cocked his head again. "People don't have wings where you come from?"
Alice nodded.
Griff blinked. "How strange..."
*Ahem!*
Spades crossed his arms, jerking Alice toward him. "If you two are done, do you mind getting out of the tent, Griff?"
Griff glanced at Spades. "Okay, but can I take Alice with me for a bit?"
Alice looked at Spades hopefully.
Spades growled. "No! She's staying with me."
"Too bad." Griff pulled of his goggles and it changed into a gun. He aimed his gun at the cuffs.
*Bang!*
Alice had her hand over her heart and panted nervously. She glanced fearfully at the now broken chain that connected the cuff on her wrist to Spades' cuff.
That was too close! she thought.
Griff grinned as his gun returned to their original goggles form. "She's going with me without your permission. Come on, Alice!"
"Wha?"
Griff grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the tent.
"GRIFF!" Spades roared.
"Heehee this is gonna be fun, Alice!"
"How can you be happy?! Spades might try to kill you!"
Griff laughed and put his goggles back on. "Spades? Kill me? Ha! Watch this!"
"WHA?!" Alice screamed as she felt herself rising.
Griff had suddenly grabbed her underneath her arm pits and was now pulling her up into the air with him.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Alice screamed as Griff flew higher.
"What? Isn't flying great?"
"Not like this!"
"Ah, come on, Alice!"
"Can we please go back down?" she begged.
"Aw, Alice! But the view from up here is great! Don't you like the breeze?"
"I would rather enjoy this view and the breeze with my feet on solid ground!"
"All right... I'll take you to the tower then. Spades will probably head that way anyways."
Alice clenched her eyes shut. Anywhere but in the sky would be lovely.
After a few more moments of tor- *ahem* lovely flying, Griff finally landed on the top of the Spades' Clock Tower.
"Careful," Griff warned. "It's still a bit slippery up here from the rain."
Alice grabbed Griff's arm as her legs started to slip. "Ah!"
"Whoa..." Griff helped Alice regain her footing.
"Ah yes... Thanks for the warning." Alice blushed deeply and leaned over against the railing of the clock tower.
Griff grinned. "No problem."
Alice bit her lip slightly as she gazed at the Country of Spades below her. Wonderland is a lot larger than I thought...
"Is the Country of Spades the same size as the Country of Hearts?" she asked.
Griff pursed his lips and fingered his goggles. "Huh, never really thought about that before. But I think all the countries are the same size. Could be wrong." He laughed.
Alice rewarded him with a small smile. "How many countries are there in Wonderland?"
Griff raised an eyebrow. "Rather curious, aren't you?"
Alice smiled sheepishly. "Yes..."
"Lemme see. There's one, two... mhm three, ah! Four countries total." Griff grinned. "That satisfy you?"
"Haha... Yes, that answered my question."
Griff frowned slightly as he gazed into the distance. "Looks like we got some visitors."
"Visitors?" Alice squinted.
Griff glanced at Alice. "Um yeah. I better take you down to Spades."
Alice frowned slightly. "Why? And I can go down the stairs!"
Griff picked up Alice bridal-style. "Because you're Spades' guest, and a lady shouldn't be seeing fights." Griff winked at her. "Not to mention flying is faster."
Alice cocked her head slightly. Griff was... so different from the all the other role-holders she had met. But then again, she'd find out what he was really like eventually, just like she had Blood and Ace. She sighed softly to herself. Julius was the only "normal" one in Wonderland, well Julius and maybe Vivaldi.
Only time can tell... Alice smiled bitterly to herself. Time seems to be the answer to everything.
(Back to the finally caught up group of role-holders from the Country of Hearts)
"Whoa..." Boris stared at the Clock Tower not too far ahead of him. "Ace wasn't kidding when he said his shortcut would be quick."
Elliot nodded, dumbfounded.
"But where's Alice?!" Peter cried out.
"Patience," Boris purred.
Peter's hand hovered over his pocket-watch.
Boris smirked. "Pa-"
Ace held up his hand to silence the group of role-holders behind him.
Blood's eyes widened. "Watch out!"
He jumped in front of Ace and swung his cane at the surprise attacker. He grimaced and bit his lip as he stumbled backwards toward Ace.
"Not bad."
Ace and Blood glared at the attacker.
"Who are you?"
The attacker smirked slightly. "Name's Griff."
Boris's tail twitched with excitement. "He looks like fun!"
Griff smirked again as he pulled off his goggles and instantly they changed into his gun. "Leave now and no one gets hurt."
"Where's Alice?" Peter White demanded.
"That'd be none of your business. You guys aren't suppose to be here."
"You're right."
Blood's companions gasped. "Blood?!"
"At least, they aren't." Blood waved a hand toward his friends.
"Traitor!" Peter screamed.
"I, on the other hand, do have business here." He narrowed his eyes at Griff. "I have some unfinished business with Spades."
Griff frowned. "What sort of business?"
"Oh nothing that concerns you. Just a wanting to take a certain foreigner back to where she belongs."
Griff tightened the grip on his gun. "This 'foreigner', as you call her, doesn't belong to you."
"Nor does she belong to you or Spades," Blood replied coolly. "But she does belong in Hearts and not here. She came first to Hearts so she stays in Hearts."
Griff fingered the trigger. "Says who? The rules?" Griff chuckled. "I'm not stupid, Hatter. I know very well that the rules say nothing about what country the 'foreigner' must stay in. She can go to any country as she pleases."
"Did she want to come here?" Ace suddenly asked.
The role-holders paused to stare at the knight of Hearts.
Ace narrowed his eyes at Griff. "Has anyone cared to ask where Alice thinks she belongs in Wonderland? After all, the rules say that the foreigner may go where she wants. And none of you seem to care to know what she wants."
Griff glared at Ace. "What she thinks or wants isn't important right now. The important thing is for you guys to get out of here."
Ace drew out his sword. "You'll have to make us leave."
"Fine, so be it." Griff grinned. "Welcome to Death, dear people of Hearts."
Author's Notes: Well I hope you guys liked this update. ^^ I had fun with this chapter. Aaaand thank you guys soo much for following/favoriting/reviewing this story! It's been such an encouragement! I just love reading your reviews over and over again while I write. It always gives me a good boost of inspiration. ;)
And wah! I was happy and excited to see that a person from Korea has viewed my story! 감사합니다! It really made my day. ^o^
Just a note, I just want to mention that the Country of Spades and Country of Diamonds was an original idea of mine but I just discovers that I wasn't the only
one who thought of that haha. ^^;; Except my version of the countries are not counterparts of the characters in the Country of Hearts. Characters such as the kings, queens, aces, and prime ministers will only be similiar by title. Their personalities will have not be counterparts of any characters from the Country of
Hearts.
Just another note that I'm planning on a having the Country of Clover be the same thing as the Country of Clubs since a three-leafed clover looks like the club
symbol. X3
I can claim Spades, Pat, Griff, and Diamonds right? Right?! Lol yes, those guys are mine. Just loosely based off of characters in Alice in Wonderland and Heart no Kuni
no Alice.
Also, I thought I'd note that I've only read Heart no Kuni no Alice (Alice in the Country of Hearts). ^^;; I was going to read the other but the art design was just
awful to me. And... Alice suddenly moving to the Hatter Mansion broke my brain, well that and other things. ;; I also tried to watch the movie and well that didn't go well either. It was soo confusing! And the I didn't really care for the drawing style. *sighs* I was hoping it'd be more like the manga.
Another note, Griffin is based of the gryphon from the book Alice in Wonderland. Heh heh heh... I hope you guys like him. ^^;;
Author's Response to Reviews:
AnimeOtaku18- Wow this story is great I thought at first it was gonna be okay but after the first chapter I fell in love with the story so plz update soon
Aw thanks! I'm glad you ended up liking it. heh heh. I hope this update was enjoyable as well. :)
FallenAngelVamp- Then the men are off to the rescue and save the maiden! Wow, i thought the kidnapping was part of the story?.O.o Oh well, its written down. Thanks for updating another chapter to the story. :) I kept looking back on this fanfic checking to see if updated. I love the way when Spades says this to Blood, "You have no power over her." Reminds me of an 80s fantasy movie i had watched and loved. Although I love Ace, I love the pairings of AlicexBlood. :D but ill understand if this story will have something different. . Hmmm... what if were Spades also to have feelings for Alice as well? Since everyone in Wonderland will love the outsider... oh well. And Blood... saying and thinking Alice is at fault that this happened. But because he loves her. Does Alice love him? Now questions of this story is racing through my head... SUSPICIONS! :D Update soon! :D
heh heh yuppers. interesting little group to go save Alice, eh? XD weeell I did plan on having Spades use Alice buuut I didn't think of him actually taking her to the Country of Spades sooo... *shrugs* heehee I'm glad you liked that little part. Aaaaaah, yes I'm a fan of BloodxAlice too but sometimes it's just so hard to decide between Blood and Ace! Waaaaaaaah! ^^;; With Spades little relationship with Alice, I can't say yet. ;) We'll see, won't we? *evil chuckle* I'll try to be nice. ^^" I hope you enjoyed this update! :D Thanks soo much for reviewing!