Edited: I'm sorry but I had to delete this chapter so I could edited it. Something went wrong as I was editing it the first time and doubled everything. Then all my previous edits were lost.

A quick heads up: this is the Diamond Country where Nightmare and Ace are teenagers. I've read what walk throughs I could find of their routes to understand their personality better. For those that know more or have played the game sorry if someone might seem a little OOC. To those that don't I will say now, to avoid confusion, teenage Nightmare is really shy; or so I read in a walk through.

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Avery's P.O.V

I cracked my eyes open as I felt a throb in my head and a pain radiating through my leg. I could also feel myself laying on something pretty stiff though my head rested on something much softer. My vision was pretty blurry and I couldn't remember anything past falling down that strange hole. Maybe that was all some weird dream and I was actually hit by the truck. What other explanation was there? That would mean I was lying on an uncomfortable hospital bed and Alana was likely on the bed next to me. At least I hoped she was.

"Will she be alright?" A strange, young sounding male voice asked. Craning my head to the side I was nearly blinded by a bright light as the blurry form of a figure sat next to me.

"I believe so, Master Nightmare." A woman's voice answered and I heard light footsteps get louder until another form loomed over me. "It was the strangest thing, seeing a foreigner falling onto the train tracks out of thin air like that." She continued, seemingly looking down at me before her form vanished from my line of sight.

'… Train tracks?' I think, finding it hard to believe. Even if falling down that hole wasn't a dream landing on train tracks seemed extremely unlikely. Also why did the voice call me a foreigner?

"The me from Clover Country must have brought her into Wonderland; I don't have the strength to do that kind of thing yet. However I believe she should be in Heart Country rather than here. April Season must have interfered with the rabbit hole somehow and brought her here instead." The male from before spoke again as I felt a hand gently touch my forehead. I twitched at how cold the touch actually was but didn't try to pull away as I tried to make sense of what he was saying.

There have been times where people have told me that I'm pretty oblivious when it comes to certain things. I don't really know what they are talking about but this is something I really can't wrap my head around. Everything from that woman saying I fell on train tracks to this boy saying weird things like the me from Clover Country, wherever that is, just didn't make any sense at all. Maybe I was just having a strange vivid dream at the moment. Yeah, that made more sense. I bet walking Jaiden and Jett with Alana was part of the dream as well. So that should mean I should wake up soon in the room I share with Alana.

"… There's another girl here, and two dogs. Get anyone and everyone who is not working to look for them." The male voice ordered after a short silence, his hand slipping off my forehead. Huh, by how surprised he sounded one would think he had read my thoughts or something.

"Yes, Master Nightmare." The woman's voice replied as I then heard more tapping sounds getting further away. A moment later I heard a door shut from somewhere nearby and I finally lifted my hand to cover my eyes from the light.

'Ugh… ow, my leg hurts. What happened? I-I didn't really fall on train tracks, did I?' I think, forcing myself to sit up. Well at least my vision was finally clearing up.

"Unfortunately you did fall on train tracks and pretty hard too. Normally the landing shouldn't be that rough but it seems that, because it's April Season, things got out of control. I'm sorry if you got hurt and I have sent my staff out to look for your friend and your dogs." The young, male voice told me as my eyes slowly adjusted to the light. Groaning in the back of my throat, I looked to my side, finally able to see the young man who was talking to me.

His silver hair partially covered his right eye and was tied with a purple ribbon in a side pony tail. His left eye was gray but his right eye was hidden not only by his hair but by an eye patch as well. His chin was resting on the end edge of the bed and he was rather pale. He also looked rather young; perhaps a few years younger than myself. Lastly he was wearing the most adorable clothing; a white and black jacket that was lined in gold and black pants. I wonder just what kind of design they were.

"U-um, anyways, are you alright? I'm surprised that the only real damage to your body is your legs with the way you fell. You're lucky that you were found before you froze." He told me, sitting up straight as his pale cheeks darkened a bit. Oh, was he alright? He wasn't getting sick or anything was he? It was a little chilly in here after all.

"Oh, um, yes?" I answered, not entirely sure if I was OK. Tossing the blankets back and away from my body I saw the large, ugly and purple bruises forming on both my left thigh and shin. Ouch, no wonder why that hurt so much.

Nightmare's P.O.V

Needless to say I was very surprised when I was told a foreigner had fell at the Train Station, on the tracks no less. If it wasn't for the faceless woman or Gray, who had been searching for bombs at the time, she would probably still be outside in the snow. I had never met a foreigner, though I knew my adult self in Clover had the power to connect to their world, so I was curious to meet the girl. In fact, when I walked into the infirmary and saw her laying on one of the beds I insisted on staying with her until she woke up. After all as the master of the Train Station it was only proper for me to do so.

Convincing Gray to leave me alone with the foreigner took a bit of work, though. While I'm glad he decided not to assassinate me he is still a very scary man. If he's not trying to poison me with medicine or his awful cooking he's trying to force me to work. He is also the only person who's mind I can't read so I can never tell what he's thinking. So I have no idea what he thought about the foreigner but he had wanted to stay with me until she woke up; even tried to get me to do some paper work in the meantime. After about twenty minutes I managed to convince him to go look for the spies that were running around the station.

It was easy to tell when the girl woke up but since her thoughts were still so jumbled I decided to wait a little longer until speaking to her. However I was pretty stunned to find out that, through listening to her thoughts, another girl and two dogs had come to Wonderland with her. Another girl I could imagine but dogs as well? What purpose could my Clover self have by not only bringing in two girls but two dogs? Either way I ordered the faceless woman who was with me to go out to look for the missing foreigner and the two dogs.

After that the girl's thoughts became more focused, if not somewhat embarrassing. Honestly I don't pay attention to what clothes I wear or the design of them. My train staff does that all for me and what I'm wearing now is just my typical train station uniform; nothing all that special. Yet she thought they were cute.

I decided to not to think about it too hard as I instead explained what had happened to her leg. She didn't even to seem to realize I had read her thoughts and instead threw the blanket off her body to reveal how bruised her leg really was. This was the first time I noticed the injury and I felt the blood in my face drain.

"I-I'll have someone take care of those." I tell her, trying not to stutter too much as I look at her bruises. They looked really bad and since she is a foreigner they'd take a while to heal, right?

"Oh, I-I-It's alright, I'm fine." She stuttered, tossing her long legs over the side of the bed. Before I could convince her otherwise she stood up and took a couple of steps toward the door.

D-damn it, this wasn't good! I can't allow a foreigner to leave while she's still hurt. Besides, even if she wasn't hurt it's cold and dangerous outside the train station. Diamond Country was currently undergoing April Season and, even though foreigners are extremely rare, there were rules in place for them in case one ever came. That made Wonderland even more dangerous than usual for foreigners; not that I exactly knew how not dangerous their world was in the first place. Still, as master of the Train Station it's my job to make sure that this girl stays safe and that's just what I was going to do.

Avery's P.O.V

Every muscle in my body felt stiff and rusty, as if I had been lying on that uncomfortable bed for a while. However, since I had been through worse, it was nothing I couldn't handle. The pain in my left leg was a little harder to ignore but it was something I would have to ignore if I wanted to find Alana and my dogs. I might not know where I was but that wouldn't stop me for looking my friend or dogs.

"H-Hey, don't rush yourself; you're hurt! Please Ahh..." I heard the young boy cry out and trail off from behind me, which was followed by a chair scraping against the floor. Turning to look behind me I saw that the boy had stood up to try and stop me but stopped as he realized he didn't know my name. R-Right, I suppose telling him my name is the least I can do for helping me.

"Don't worry about me, OK? I really am fine. Ah and my name is Avery Fernandez." I answer his unasked question with a smile. However my smile dropped as Alana, Jaiden and Jett entered my mind and I turned around fully so I could face him.

"A-Although, do you know where Alana is? And my dogs?" I ask, remembering what he had said earlier about sending people out to look for her. Are they really not here and if not then where are they?

If the boy ordered that woman to send out people to look for the others, that should mean he had some idea where they were. Right? I mean how else would he know about Alana, Jett and Jaiden? If he really knew where they were I needed him to tell me so go to them as soon as possible. After all, as confusing as falling on train tracks was, if I got hurt did that mean the others were also hurt?

"Sorry but, no, I don't know. April Season has messed with the land so they are probably in one of the other territories. However I've sent my staff out to look for them so, please Avery, stay here until then. Oh, and I'm Nightmare Gottschalk. " He tells me while I noticed he was looking at my left leg again. I didn't mind all that much and decided to ignore his stares for now.

"Territories?" I asked, wondering what Nightmare meant by that. He nodded as he then began to explain what he meant.

"Normally there are only five territories in Diamond Country but, since it's April Season, there are six. You are at the Train Station at the moment, which is run by me." He tells me, placing a hand on his chest with a bashful smile. Huh, so this kid is the boss of this place? I wonder how old he is.

"The Graveyard and Museum are owned by a mafia boss by the name of Jericho Bermuda. The Hatter Mansion is also owned by a mafia boss by the name of Blood Dupre. They're rivals and both are dangerous. I wouldn't suggest being around either for a very long period of time." He suggested, suddenly looking somewhat disturbed but I paid little attention to that. M-Mafia, there are mafia's here? I noticed that he nods his head but I don't put too much thought into it as he continued.

"The Castle of Diamonds is run by the Queen of Diamonds, Crysta Snowpigeon. Be very careful around her if you ever met her; she's a very scary woman." He warns as his face pales and he even shivers. Huh, I wonder what so scary about the queen that it has Nightmare looking frightened.

"The last territory is only here temporarily and that's the circus. Unless your friend landed somewhere in the forest I think she'll be in one of those territories, along with your dogs." Nightmare finished explaining and I nodded in understanding. So, including a forest, that was seven places to search.

"Right. Um, can you point me in the right direction for the closest territory?" I asked, eager to find Alana and my dogs. Nightmare looked troubled and shook his head.

"Sorry, but no. I've already ordered my staff to look for your friend and dogs so there's no reason to worry. Besides it's dangerous to walk around Diamond Country alone right now; especially during April Season." He told me apologetically as he glanced to the side. Following his gaze to a window I saw that it was snowing pretty hard and dark.

Oh, so is this why Nightmare keeps trying to keep me here? Because it's night and snowing? As a Chicago girl I have walked through darker and worse; though only when I had no other choice. I know how to protect myself from creepers but I don't think I'd get very far in the storm. Yet what if Jaiden or Jett gets trapped out there? Or Alana? Unlike the dogs she didn't have a fur coat to keep herself warm so she'd freeze way quicker than they would. Oh, what I am going to do?

"Don't worry, they aren't near the Train Station. They are all … somewhere safe and warm, that much I can tell you." Nightmare tells me and I turn my attention back to him. Huh, was it just me or did he look slightly paler again?

"Really? … Wait … how did you know what I was thinking?" I asked, realizing that I didn't speak that out loud. In fact, this wasn't the first time he answered a question I never asked out loud. But how … how was that possible?

Nightmare's P.O.V

"Oh, that's simple. I can read your thoughts. Well, technically, I can hear your thoughts." I answer, actually surprised that she didn't ask that sooner. After all, I have been reading her mind for a while and she hasn't reacted until now.

I became concerned when I suddenly could no longer hear Avery's thoughts. It was strange because Gray is normally the only one who's mind I can't read. Was she really so stunned that she became thoughtless? Huh, I guess mind reading isn't a normal thing in her world … at least according to the doubt in her thoughts just now.

"But that doesn't exist." She says doubtfully and wondered if I had some sort of strange disfiguration as she looked me over. I felt my cheeks flush and I cross my arms at the comment.

"Hey, don't be so mean; there is nothing disfigured about me!" I cried, feeling insulted by her choice of words. It's not my fault I'm an incubus and have mind reading powers; it's just the way it's always been.

"You sure? No third eye or something?" Avery asked with a serious expression but a playful tone as she walked over and poked my forehead with her thumb. I felt my face heat up in embarrassment as I realize she was just teasing me and brushed her hand away from my head.

As far as I can remember no one has ever teased me before; at least not in such a playful way. My train staff might pamper and spoil me but they don't tease me. Gray more tortures me with medicine poisonous food and forcing me to work than teases me. As for Crysta … well I rather not even think of her. I know for a fact that she has an interest in me for, if she didn't, she wouldn't try to freeze me almost every time we see each other. So I don't really know how to handle Avery's playful tease.

"Of course I'm sure; I am an incubus after all." I tell her as I rub the spot she poked, looking up at her. Wow, I didn't notice before but she's actually very all; probably even taller than Gray.

"Really?" She asked, clearly in denial of my powers. "If you can really read minds than repeat this." Ronald raspberries roast rocks in a rotisserie

"Ronald raspberries roast rocks in a rotisserie?" I asked, completely stunned and confused by Avery's thoughts. I get that she wants more proof but do all foreigners think of the weirdest things?

"Whoa. Now repeat this!" Slithering snakes swallow sweets and get tooth cavities she thinks in an excited tone and an amazed look on her face. Wait a minute, excited and amazed?

"Are you enjoying this?" I question, feeling a smile creep onto my face. Well, this was new.

Not many people actually like the fact that I could read their minds. Even the faceless that work for me were slightly uncomfortable around me at times. Yet this girl seemed completely different from everyone else. Is this what a foreigner really is?

"I am." She confirmed, grinning as I could hear her mind thinking of more things she could test me with. Creaking crickets cretins croak signing sally songs she thought, again confusing me with the randomness. However I'll put that issue aside for later.

"Huh, not many people like the fact that I can read minds. In fact they hate it. You're the first person to think differently; thank you." I told her, once again feeling my cheeks heat in color. Ugh, it's a good thing Gray wasn't in the room or he'd probably scold me by now from how much blood I have rushing to my face; not that I can help it.

Avery's P.O.V

Wow, so he really is a mind reader. I don't know why he'd say others hated his ability; I think it's cool! I bet Jeremy would love that kind of power; it would likely make his job ten times easier if he could just read minds. I was a little upset that he didn't repeat the last thing I said but towards him thanking me for not hatting his ability I was about to reply but was cut off by a knock at the door.

Turning my attention towards the door I saw a man who was probably in his mid-twenties enter the room. He had mid length blond hair, wore a uniform that likely went with the Train Station, was probably five foot six and had no eyes. E-Eyes! W-What happened to his eyes?!

"Master Nightmare, we believe we have located the two dogs but we are still unable to find the other girl." The man said but I barely heard him as I continued to stare in shock. H-How can he even see with no eyes?!

"Where are the dogs?" I heard Nightmare ask from beside me. Blinking in shock I turned to look at him. A man with no eyes was standing in front of us, did this not bothering him?

"We believe that one of the dogs was found at the Graveyard and the other was thought to be seen running around the forest near the circus." The man answers again seeming to see very well despite not having eyes. However my mind was caught on the new information and seemed to temporarily forget the fact that the man didn't have eyes.

'The Graveyard and Circus? Those were two of the territories that Nightmare told me about earlier. What are Jaiden and Jett doing there?' I think to myself and felt my brain try to progress what I had heard.

"Retrieve the dog from the Graveyard first, before it is chased away. I don't think Jericho would stoop so low as to hurt a dog so it may still be there by the time you get there. As for the one seen running through the forest he is probably at the circus by now so send a few people to ask Joker if anyone has seen him." I heard Nightmare order from beside me, making me perk. Oh, he's sending people out to get my dogs? Good, then maybe I can go along and see if they are OK for myself.

"I'm sorry, Avery, but as I already explained it's too dangerous to be walking around Diamond Country right now. Besides you're still hurt." Nightmare apologized before I could say anything, clearly reading my mind. I frowned and watched the eyeless man walk out the door, determined not to give up.

"I-I know but I still want to go. It's not right that I'm here while they're all out there, wondering where I am." I argued, hoping he'd change his mind. Nightmare sighed softly and walked back over to the chair by the bed, sitting down.

"Maybe but wouldn't it be bad if you got hurt while looking for them?" He asked, looking me directly in the eye. I frowned as I realized he had a point but still didn't want to give up.

"W-Well yes, but what if they are hurt too?" I counter, fearing that the others were all hurt somewhere. After all that eyeless man said they believed they found my dogs but never mentioned the condition they were in. Also that Alana was still missing.

"…I don't know if it will work on dogs, but I suppose I can check the dream realm to see if your friend is sleeping." He suggested after a moment of silence. I looked over to Nightmare in confusion and walked over to him.

"The dream realm?" I asked, wondering if I had heard him right. What exactly is a dream realm?

"The dream realm is my true territory outside the Train Station. It's the place everyone in this world goes when they fall asleep. Since I am a dream demon I can control people's dreams if I want to." He answers with a proud smile before rubbing the back of his neck. "Of course you have to be asleep to go there."

Wow, as weird as this whole situation is, Nightmare continued to amaze me. First I find out he can read minds and now he's telling me he can control dreams. That's pretty amazing, a little hard to wrap my head around, but still amazing. I wonder what other powers this boy had but I suppose I could ask him that another time. For now he was offering up a way to find Alana and that's what truly matters to me at the moment.

"You can really control dreams? That's so cool!" I tell him with a sheepish laugh and grin at him. "A-And Alana will be there?" I asked, hopeful that she would.

"I-I think so. Y-Yes, if she's sleeping she will be." Nightmare stuttered as his seemed to redden in color again and he coughed behind his hand for a moment. My eyes widened at the roughness of the coughing but, before I could ask him if he was alright, he stopped and wiped his hand on his pants.

"A-Anyways, your friend might be in a dream right now but it should be easy to pull her from it. That way the two of you can meet." He offered, smiling shyly though I recognized an obvious hint of excrement in his eyes. I nodded eagerly, smiling at the thought of seeing Alana and knowing if she was safe or not.

"Yes, I would like to make sure she's safe for myself." I tell him excitedly. Nightmare nods in understanding but then looks nervous all of a sudden.

"Alright, you just need to fall asleep and you'll appear in the dream realm. A-Although it will be much easier to do so if we touch while sleeping; since I honestly don't know how it will effect someone like you. S-So when you're ready just let me know." He stutters before walking over to the cot I had woken up on. Well if this was all to see if Alana was unharmed I suppose I can handle lying on that uncomfortable bed again. Sleeping with Nightmare, however didn't bother me; if we had to touch for me to be able to get into the dream realm then so be it.

"O-Oh, alright." I say, thinking that I just needed to fall asleep. … Well, seeing that I'm not tired, that's actually going to be harder than I thought.

Hmm, well if this was an infirmary that meant there had to be a medicine cabinet somewhere in here. I didn't want to bother Nightmare because he was already lying down. Looking around the room I noticed for the first time that there was a woman on the other side of the room. The woman, much like the man, also had no eyes but I did my best to ignore that fact as I walked over to her. That man from before seemed to be able to see despite not having eyes so maybe this woman would be able to help me.

"Um, excuse me, do you have any nightquil?" I ask, hoping that I wasn't disturbing her work. The woman turned her head towards me and tilted it in what I guessed was supposed to be a confused look.

"Nightquil? Is that medicine, dear?" She asked, her voice soft, kind and confused. I nodded and glanced towards the cabinets with the glass windows, searching for the sleeping drug.

"Y-Yes, it's something that will help me sleep. I-I'm supposed to meet Mr. Gottschalk in the dream realm." I tell her, looking back at her when I was unable to find the drug. Even without eyes I can tell that the woman was startled for a moment before she turned around and grabbed a purple bottle that was on the table beside her.

"If Master Nightmare wants you to meet him in the dream realm, than take this. This stuff will put you to sleep within seconds, dear. I am not sure how it will work on you, since you're a foreigner, but a cap full should do the trick." She tells me with a smile and opens the bottle for me. She then pours some into the small measuring cup that was covering the lid and then hands it to me.

"T-Thank you, ma'am." I say politely before drinking half the cap without thinking. Oh, wait a second, I should really lay down first before I drink the rest.

Turning around I walked back towards the bed Nightmare was still laying on. His eyes were closed and his chest was moving slowly. Ah, it seems that he had already fallen asleep. He must have been more tired than he had been letting on. After all he did… whoa, I suddenly didn't feel very well. My head spins as my knees buckle under me. The last thing I remembered before blacking out was heavily falling on the cot and thinking the medicine sure kicked in fast.

Yep, we are doing April Season in Diamond Country. Since Joker is far more active in Diamond Country -from what I read in all the walk throughs- we thought it would be fun to include April Season. I apologize to peekodemeeko12 if I went OOC with Avery

Ah, and if you see any grammar mistakes please let me know, it is something I need to work more on. However, as mentioned in the first chapter, I tend to use both pretense and past tense from force of habit so, unless it sounds really off, please leave that be.

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