Chapter 6-

"What the h***!" Black Joker practically screamed his head off. "I leave to chase after a loose prisoner and return to find the old and new hatter dead! Not only that, but the 'cute' couple bleeding on my f****** floor!"

Julius tried to stand but winced and fell back down. "Now, now, don't try anything stupid Clockmaker." A voice called out and White Joker materialized. He unlocked the unconscious Alice from the wall and carried her bridal-style. "Care to help me bring these two back to the Clocktower brother?"

"Tch," Black mumbled but lifted the now passed out Julius onto his shoulder.

As the brothers walked back to the tower the tension between them almost caused all the flowers around them to wilt. Literally. Wonderland was truly an amazing place.

"Just what were you thinking, letting that b****** Blood ruin my prison?"

White sighed. "He didn't ruin it, he just added to the décor. Besides, I was bored without you around and I figured it's be an entertaining show."

Black looked at the smiling face of his brother. "Sometimes I think they got it wrong, calling me the evil one."

An Hour Later

"Ugh." Julius sat up, only to find himself lying on his bed, Alice next to him.

His eyes widened. He shook the girl, trying to wake her. "Alice! Please, Alice! Be alive!"

The foreigner blinked her eyes and stared at the man in front of her. "Julius?"

Suddenly she was embraced in a tight hug. "Oh Alice, I thought I lost you forever," the clockmaker almost cried. He was so happy, to have his Alice back safely in his arms. Where he could protect her no matter what.

"What happened to Leo?" Alice asked as she pushed away from the hug. She knew what happened, even though she hadn't seen it, but she didn't want to believe it. Sure, she had only known the new hatter for a little less than three time periods, but she had a feeling that, no matter how annoying he was, that she would've gotten along with him.

Julius bit his lip and looked away. "He got… what he wished for."

A tear slid down Alice's face. She got up and walked over to the door. "I have to… I don't know. I don't know what to do," she wailed. Because of her, Leo had died. Even if that was his wish, she still couldn't bear it. She had practically given him the opportunity to have his wish granted.

Julius walked up to Alice and held her hand. "Here, I picked this up before I passed out." He dropped something into her hands.

Alice looked at the feather. I was green and bent out of place. She smiled painfully. "This was his." Julius nodded. Alice looked around frantically until she found a pen and paper. She tore the paper into a thin strip and wrote a note, tying it around the feather. She looked at Julius expectantly. He opened the window and with the gust of wind that went by, Alice dropped the feather.

The wind carried it away, somewhere. Alice rested her head on Julius's shoulder. "Fly away, to a place where you can rest peacefully."

Julius nuzzled his cheek in her hair. "Be happy, wherever you end up."

At the Hatter Mansion

The twins sighed as they finished cleaning the office. It had taken them several time periods because of how dirty Leo left it. "Now what?" Dum asked his brother.

Dee shrugged. "Wait for the new boss and chicky rabbit to appear."

Before they left, Dum opened a window. In flew a feather with a note attached. It landed on a newly poured cut of tea on the desk. The letter came undone and fell into the liquid. The note was smudged, but the message would forever be there.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Sorry this took so long, writer's block is a pain. Anyway, this is now finished. Please thank crazzy2000 for requesting this continuation of Dancing in Time. I hope you enjoyed this story, I know I did.