The Problems of Staying
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Well I am glad to now know that many of you readers enjoy that I let you readers say how you want it to turn out. I am sorry if I have some typos, I have spell check on and I usually fix it right away. If I switch from third person to first person, or visa versa, I apologize I didn't notice. Thank you for making me aware of this.
Hey people I am sad about one thing. I may have many reviews but not all of them state what you want to happen next. Out of all the reviews that came from chapter six only seven gave me the preferred outcome. From those reviews I shall make chapter seven. I am glad that no one chose the Hatter Mansion, I actually dislike Blood in the manga. But who Alice ends up with, in the end, is up to the readers. There was a tie, really people I asked for no tie it gives me a harder time, between Castle and Amusement Park.
The Problems of Staying
Alice woke up in the sturdy arms of none other than Julius Monrey. Alice gave a smile to Julius seeing that he was asleep. Alice needed to get out of bed but didn't want to go through what happened last time. So she needed a plan. 'What if I . . . no. What about . . . naw. Oh I got it!' Alice thought. Alice scooted her hand up to take the feather sticking out of the pillow. She plucked the feather out and tickled Julius's back. When Julius reached behind himself to scratch the spot Alice rolled out of his grasp. She placed a pillow in his arms not to make him unconsciously aware. She giggled at the sight of Julius, the mortician of this world, hugging a pillow so lovingly to himself.
Alice went downstairs to go make breakfast. She decided to make Julius's favorite, so that way he wouldn't be as upset with her for sneaking out of bed, French toast and crispy turkey bacon. Soon after she finished making it, and covered the food so it wouldn't get cold, she sat at the table and decided to figure out what she wanted to do today. 'Where should I go today? I haven't visited the castle in a while. I would like to have some of Vivaldi's advice on my current situation. But I would like to avoid Peter most of all. He be to annoying at the moment. The amusement park would sound good, too. Nah I think Heart Castle would be best. I need my girl talk.'
"Alice." She heard her name being said in a low and frightening tone. "Heh, Heh. H-Hi Julius." Alice said nervously, with a little wave. "Why did I find myself cuddling a pillow this morning?" Julius said with a forced smile. "Because I snuck out of your bed this morning." Alice said nervously. "And why did you sneak out of bed?" Julius said about to yell. "To surprise you with your favorite breakfast." Alice said truthfully. Ok only half truthfully. Julius raised an eyebrow and was shocked that she would do that for him. "Why?" "To thank you for comforting me yesterday." Alice concluded with a smile. They ate breakfast in peace and said their goodbyes, kissed each other on the cheek, and Alice headed to the Castle.
On her way to the castle she runs into Boris. No literally she ran into Boris. "Boris! What happened to you?" Alice asked him. "Hi Alice I kinda went to the Castle." Boris said, rubbing his arm nervously. "How many times do I have to tell you to not go to the Castle. You just get hurt." Alice said, exasperated. "So far, including just now, twenty-two times." Boris said while counting it off on his fingers. Alice slapped her forehead and ran her hand down her face. "Let's go to the Amusement Park and I'll bandage you up. So the 'couple' went to the Amusement Park. 'This will only take a little while. Then I will go to the Castle.'
With Boris:
'It worked! I just knew Alice will go to the Castle. So I went to the Castle. Purposely got hurt. And now Alice will care for me and stay away from Peter.' "Hey, Alice, why were you heading to the Castle?" Boris suddenly asked Alice. "Oh I wanted to talk to Vivaldi." Alice said. They had a nonsense chit-chat until they arrived at the Amusement Park. When they got inside the workers noticed them and asked if they needed anything to which both Alice and Boris said no. The workers then left to find Gowland and let him know that Boris's soon-to-be-wife, in all the Amusement Park residents' minds, is here.
Boris sat down on his bed while Alice retrieved the first aid kit. He loved how Alice was always concerned about him and looked out for him. The thought of it always being like this made him happy. He soon got lost in his 'Wife Alice land'. "Take your shirt off." "What?" Boris asked thinking he was still in his Wife Alice dream land. "I said take your shirt off. I need to bandage you there too." Alice said. 'Wow he really is fit. I guess one good thing came out of his carelessness. Now to bandage it. Make that two good things: I get to see it and touch his abs.' Alice thought. Now she took extra precaution in bandaging his wounded self. When she finished Boris got an idea.
"Alice." Boris whined. "Yes?" "It still hurts. Can you kiss it to make it better?" Boris whined with big, wide kitten eyes. Alice made wide eyes. She then walked over to him knelled down to kiss is stomach. Boris got really happy. "Nope" Alice said and shot back up. "What?" Boris said sadly, but strangely turned on by her teasing. "No kiss for boys who don't listen. You know you'll get hurt when you go to Heart Castle but go anyway. Bad kitty." Alice said while shacking her finger at him, then pulling his ear a little, scolding him. He had his head down "Yes ma'am." So the two walked out of Boris's room. When they were leaving they saw Gowland.
With Gowland:
He saw the two walk out of Boris's room thinking that he would love it if it was like that every day. Now our dear Marry-Go-Round had a few tricks up his sleeve. "Alice, how are you?" "Good Gowland. Now I must get going." Alice said then started walking away. "Hey Alice I found out some interesting things about Blood." Alice turned to look at him. "More. Tell me." Gowland chuckled and started. "Well it turns out he has a drinking problem." "What type of drinking problem?" "Drinking 'til you are way past drunk problem. He slips some in his tea too. Did you know that he gives some to the twins too?" Gowland said knowing that Alice hates alcohol and loves the twins dearly so would hate if they drank that wretched stuff. Alice had a horrified expression on her face.
"Gowland I got to go visit Vivaldi. I will visit soon. Bye!" Alice said running off. "So old man do you think Blood has any chance now?" Boris asked. "Not much and I am still thinking of more rumors. If she didn't run off I would have used more." Gowland said while pulling out a notebook full of rumors. Boris made wide eyes at the sight of it. "You are really enjoying this aren't you?" "Yes revenge is sweet. Let me play a revenge song for you." Gowland said pulling out his torcher device-I mean violin. Boris ran not wanting to lose one of his nine lives.
With Vivaldi:
Vivaldi was waiting for something interesting to happen and talking to Peter. "Peter We have something to ask of you." Vivaldi declared. "What is it my queen?" "We want you to marry Alice." Peter made wide eyes then smiled largely. "Yes of course my queen." 'We want Alice to marry our brother but if she won't marry Blood we want her to marry Peter or Ace. That way our cute Alice will live here with us.' Vivaldi thought. Vivaldi saw the large doors open to show Alice. "Alice my love!" Peter yelled then glomped her. "Peter get off me!" Alice yelled in his ear, knowing it will hurt him, and proceeded to attempt to push him off her. Eventually she pushed him off and he held his ear. "Alice marry me. Our love was meant to be." Peter said holding her small hands in his and looking affectionately into her eyes. "No." Peter looked heart broken and came up with an idea. There was a small poof. "Awice will you marry me, pwease?" Peter said all cute like in his rabbit form. Alice picked him up, hugged him, and said maybe.
"Vivaldi, can we talk?" Alice said to the queen of Hearts. "Of course. Let us go to my secret room." They walked in peace, no Peter or Ace in sight, to her room. When they arrived Vivaldi ordered a maid to bring tea and small snacks. "What is it that you wanted to talk to us about?" "Vivaldi you know I have to marry, right?" Alice asked. "Yes we do." Vivaldi said with a little pity in her voice. "Such a shame you have to marry those scum called men." Vivaldi added.
"I don't know what to do! I already have several proposals. Julius, Elliot, Dee and Dum, Boris, Pierce, Ace, White and Black. And now Peter! I am young and I didn't want to marry yet. But it was either marry or get a clock in order to stay here. Also I only have a year, one stinkin' year, to marry. I don't want the pressure. And I know there are more proposals on the way. What should I do? You are the only one I can fully trust right now, Vivaldi. Please understand. I need your advice." Alice said this on the verge of tears. Pacing around the room and clasped her hands together on her knees in a pleading motion at the last part. Then broke down to tears.
Vivaldi rubbed her manicured nails through Alice's hair. She comforted the girl and when Alice calmed down said she will help. "Alice we will help you in any way we can. Yes you have many suitors but we know you shall make the correct choice. Why not Blood or Peter, perhaps Ace?" Alice visibly paled at their names. "No. Blood never asked and I don't think I would marry him." Alice said then grimaced remembering everything Gowland told her. "Ace scares me and I don't want him to attempt to kill me again. Peter is a stalker but maybe." Alice told Vivaldi.
The two made small talk over the rose bud tea and tea pastries. Then they agreed to have Alice sleep over for the night. They sent Alice to her normal room. As soon as Alice laid down to sleep someone knocked on the door. She groaned, sat up, and started mumbling crude words. She opened the door to find Peter in his pajamas smiling widely. "Alice, my dear. I want to be near. To sleep with you. Is what I wish to do." Peter told her hopefully. "No." Alice said bluntly. Peter got an idea and snapped his fingers at it. He then turned himself into his animal form. He looked up with big eyes, put his hands together in front of himself, and leaned forward. "Alice-chan may I pwease spend the night with you?" "Of course." Alice picked him up and brought him to the bed. They then proceeded to fall asleep.
With Nightmare:
"Hello Alice." "Hey, Nightmare." "What's wrong?" "Just a lot of pressure is on me right now. Too many proposals, while trying to avoid some people." "And who would those people be?" "Blood Dupre." Nightmare was shocked at this. "I know you dislike him and all but why?" Alice then remembered all the rumors Gowland told her before she could stop herself. She saw Nightmare's face and knew she was too late to prevent him from knowing. "You read my thoughts, didn't you?" Alice said already knowing the answer. Nightmare nodded yes still in shock from the thoughts.
With Peter:
'I won't lose you this time dear. Those other suitors should shake in fear. No is an answer I shan't take. I wedding is what we shall make.' Peter thought to himself. He was thinking of ways to kick the other men out of her heart without having Alice know it was him. Perhaps framing another suitor. He didn't want to make Alice upset that surely would not help him, and if anything he wants her to like him most right now.
With Blood:
The Mafia was sitting around the tea table. Carrot dishes everywhere, including Elliot's stomach, and tea, all sorts, were in front of each inhabitant. "So Elliot you proposed to Alice?" Blood said calmly with a hint of snide. Elliot choked on his carrot muffin for a second there. "Y-yes I did." The twins stopped chatting with each other and watched hoping to see if they have competition for marring Alice. "Sorry Blood. I know you don't like Alice but I do." Elliot said seriously.
"Actually I do want to marry Alice." Everyone made wide eyes. "I have taken quite a liking and interest in that foreigner." "But you always make fun of her, boss?" Dee said. "And try to hurt her?" Dum added. "You are always cruel to her." Elliot stated. "So let us make a deal Elliot. Whoever marries Alice wins her. The other can't interfere in the others married life. But I warn you Elliot I will do anything to win." Blood said the last part darkly. Elliot put his hand out to show he agrees. They shook hands. The twins said nothing about going after Alice's hand. They don't want the others to know. They want the least amount of people trying to impair their chances. Blood excused himself so he could go to bed.
He was visited by Nightmare. "Hello Nightmare. I am going to guess you have something of importance to tell me?" "Yes." "What is it?" "I am going to guess that Alice has been avoiding you?" "Yes. How did you know?" "Well Alice was told some things about you." "Tell me." Blood said darkly. Nightmare shivered in fear and even coughed up some blood, then told Blood all the rumors word-for-word. By the end of being told the rumors Blood was pale from being sickened by the rumors and visibly shaking from inner-rage. Obviously someone was trying to lower his chances at winning.
'Who said this? It wasn't Elliot because he just found out I want to marry Alice. Peter? Gowland?' "Who said this to her?" "Not positive myself. But from what I thought about it Gowland. He hates you and he would want Alice to marry Boris. He already thought of those two as a cute couple. Plus he was waiting for the perfect moment for revenge." Blood nodded at Nightmare's reasoning. "Time to wake up." Nightmare said. "Time to pay Mary a visit." Blood said when he woke up.
With Boris:
'Where is that mouse?' Boris has been looking for Pierce since he woke up. He then saw something hiding in the bushes. 'Found him.' He walked up slowly and pounced catching the poor, defenseless mouse off guard. "Now listen here I have a deal for you that you will like. Promise me you will listen and stay still and I will let you go. Promise?" Boris said calmly and lowly. Peirce nodded in agreement. Boris let him down slowly.
"Ok we both remember what happened with Peter, correct?" Peirce nodded in agreement. "Well we both want him out of the picture. We both don't want him to get Alice. So I believe we should work together to get rid of him. We want to get rid of his chances for winning. So I figured that if we work together we have two times the chance of him loosing." "I agree Peter is a meanie~chu. But what if we don't only do Peter?" "I'm listening." Boris said curios at what the little mouse was getting at. "Well what if we both diminish the chances of Alice marring the other role-holders. Plus then all we have to worry about is each other then. If she ends up with one of us she will stay here at the Amusement Park." Pierce said. Boris stared wide eyed at the mouse's reasoning. "I agree let's go with that." They shook hands and started scheming.
With Alice:
Alice had left the Castle a while ago and was heading to the Tower. When she got there she saw Julius working on something. "Hello Julius." Julius looked up apparently just noticing her. He gave a smile and motioned with a finger for her to come over. She did so curios at what he wanted. He then signaled for her to look away from him. He did so again. Julius put something around her neck and clasped it. She cupped the object in her hands and looked down at it. It was a golden clock, with a silver inside, bronze hands and violet colored numbers. She looked at Julius and hugged him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"Turn it over." Was all he said. And sure enough she turned it over to see her name in cursive writing and a date. "What is the date?" "The day you first came here, the first day you entered my life." Julius said. Alice teared up when he said this. She hugged him. "Julius thank you. This is a wonderful gift. I love it. It is so pretty." Julius went back to fixing clocks and Alice watched him. "Hey Julius?" He looked up to see what she wanted. "I am going to the Amusement Park. I wanna see if I can hypnotize Boris into thinking he is a dog." Julius gave a small chuckle at this.
When Alice arrived at the Park. She saw Gowland and went to talk to him. "Hey Gowland have you seen Boris?" "Hey Alice!" Boris yelled running over to her. "Nevermind Gowland." "Hey Mary. Hey slut." They heard an ominous voice say. 'Blood' All three thought. And sure enough when they all looked over they saw him.
"Hello Mary. Turns out you been spreading rumors about me. That is quite low." Blood said darkly with a matching aura about him. "Blood if I recall you spread my real name far and wide here. Just returning the favor." Gowland said. "Well I don't like lies." "What lies? Gowland only told me what he himself heard." Alice said defending her favorite park owner. "Well they are lies. I would never do that. I myself don't like alcohol too much, let alone allow kids to drink it. I would never sleep with someone, let alone a guy, whom I don't like." Blood said honestly. And from the look in his eye Alice could tell it was true.
With Gowland:
Alice turned to look at Mary Gowland. "Gowland why would you tell me lies?" "Only said what I heard. Plus it would improve Boris's chances." Gowland lied smoothly muttering the last part, but Alice heard it. She turned to Boris. "What does he mean 'improve Boris's chances.'" "Obviously he means that he told you those lies to get you to like Boris more. I mean if you hated me more you turn to Boris. Probably been planning it together the whole time too." Blood said before Boris could defend himself. "Boris told me he wanted to marry me before this whole calamity. Plus he didn't know about this ordeal until I told him." "What are you talking about one-chan? We told Boris first. He heard us talking about it and then asked us what we were talking about." The Bloody Twins said together, confused. "Boris is this true?" "Yes I knew about the marriage thing but I did want to marry you before I found out about it." Alice started shaking her head back in forth slowly in denial, tears threatening to escape and cascade down her face, she was heart-broken at being betrayed and lied to about something so serious in her mind.
They all saw her expression and saw her taking agonizingly slow steps back, shaking. "You-you-you l-lied to m-me. You b-both lied to me!" Alice said and bolted. The Mafia looked at the Amusement Park residents. "This is war." Both sides took out their weapons and started shooting. The shooting went on and on for an hour. They only stopped because it was getting late the war wasn't over yet. Oh it was nowhere near over.
With Jokers:
"Black did you hear?" " Did I hear 'bout what?" "That the Hatters and the Amusement Park residents are at war." "Of course I know that, but you forgot 'bout the damn Castle too. The war been goin on for centuries." "Not that Black. They got their own personal war. Apparently Gowland spread horrible rumors about Dupre. And Alice-chan was involved." "Really?" "Yes and . . ." White proceeded to tell what happened. "Damn! That was sly of Gowland. And what a turnout that had." "Yes Black" "And this will help us White." "How so?" "We can make the war large enough to make Alice sickened by it. We can be there to comfort her and get her to want to be with us. This will help us greatly." Black said with a sly smile present on his face. "I agree whole-heartedly."
With Alice:
Alice ran back to the Clock Tower in tears. She kept wiping them, willing them to stop. The tears wouldn't, they kept coming staining her cheeks. Her eyes were red and puffy from her crying. She would stagger in her running every once in a while from being blinded by her tears. When she reached the clock tower she ran in and closed the door and collapsed and cried her heart out. Julius heard her and came running to her aid.
"Alice! Alice what's wrong?" Julius questioned Going down on one knee holding her close. She just cried harder. Julius picked her up and carried her to his room, which he hoped would become their room soon. He laid her down and set himself up against the head of the bed then moved her head to his lap. He let her cry her heart out. When she calmed down enough he asked her if she would tell him what happened. She gave a hiccupped yes. And she proceeded to tell him everything, hiccupping throughout telling the story.
"I know I may have over reacted. But I have had a lot of pressure and stress lately. And I thought that I could trust that Boris wouldn't lie to me about something that I think of as serious. This, the decision I make, will affect the rest of my life. But he just went out and lied to me. And Gowland why would he tell me those lies. I was so stupid to believe them. I-I-I . . ." She started to softly cry. "Julius you truly are the only guy I can trust right mow with my whole-heart." She said honestly and then hiccupped. Julius gave a small smile to her then ran his fingers down through her hair and down her back. Happy that his chances of winning her hand. "Let's get you some water to get rid of those hiccups." Julius said. Alice hiccupped again, sniffled, and nodded yes. She grabbed Julius's hand and put her head on his shoulder and walked downstairs.
They got Alice water and she, eventually, got rid of those hiccups. 'Good riddance.' Crossed both their minds. But Julius did find them a little cute. They decided to go to bed early. They got ready the way they usually do. Julius said he wanted to complete his last clock first. So Alice went to watch finding nothing better to do. Suddenly the front door slammed opened and someone raced in, grabbed Alice, and left so fast that all Julius could do was blink. He didn't even see a face. "Alice?" 'Wasn't Alice there a second ago? Here one second gone the next? This makes no sense.' Julius scratched the top of his head in confusion. He was struck dumb for once.
Alice was shocked to be in Julius's office was second and then being carried through the forest to who-knows-where the next. Soon she got to the gates of the Hatter Mansion. 'No not the Hatter Mansion. Couldn't my kidnapper take me to the Castle or the Joker Forest?' She was set in a chair and then turned to face her kidnapper it was none other than the leader of the Mafia, the owner of the Hatter mansion, her personal bully, Blood Dupre. Blood then went to his seat to the right of her. The twins were in front of her and Elliot, eating a carrot concoction, to her left.
After a long, agonizing silence Alice spoke up. "I am sorry Blood." Blood looked at her, a little surprised she talked at all, let alone to apologize to him. After all he kidnaped her when she was getting ready to go to bed and in her nightwear. "I apologize that I believed Gowlands rumors about you. I should have known better than to believe something he said about you. I am sorry for the way I acted about them earlier. It was wrong of me. I should have confronted you about them and get my facts straight too. All I can say or do is apologize. Sorry." Alice said looking into her teacup the whole time. All of the Mafia, including the faceless workers, stared at her while she gave her little speech. And all saw that single, lone, tear slip down her face and into her teacup. Blood stood up pulled her from her chair and kissed her. It was a simple and tasteful kiss. It wasn't as deep or passionate as Blood wanted but he had to refrain if he wants her to be comfortable with him. To Alice she for some reason craved for more but she doesn't want to fit the terms that Blood uses on her.
Alice had her eyes open the whole time Blood had his eyes closed. The kiss lasted no longer than five seconds. Everyone who saw it was open mouthed in shock. 'Clever Blood. Clever. But the game isn't over yet.' Elliot thought. The twins exchanged a look that said we-gotta-work-harder-to-win. "Apology accepted." Blood said when they separated. "I will have one of the maids escort you to a room." When Alice made it to her room she went to the bed and laid down. 'It feels weird not being in Julius's arms. I miss the feeling. Weird.' She fell asleep eventually.
Ok people I know this is shorter than my last one. But I am tired and I don't have much free time anymore. So in return for my not typing much you get an extra question.
Does Alice spend her next day with the Bloody Twins, Elliot, or Blood?
Should Boris confront Alice right away or stay back and think of a much-needed-for-his-desperate-self plan?
Extra! Extra! Review all about it!
Oh and I am a really big Boris fan also big with Julius. They are my favorites. Then Elliot, Nightmare, Gray, Bloody Twins. I don't like Blood or Ace much at all. Peter, Pierce~chu, Gowland (as a fatherish figure), Jokers, and Vivaldi (as a sister figure) are ok. So if you want me to lean to a character you want her to be with better tell me and I will give them special attention for the next chapter. The chosen one will get extra special spot in the next chapter. So point up.
Fruity-sama out. Peace!