Hey Dudes... I finally edited chapter 2!
Chapter 2- Calm
Right after her father left the table Alice ran back to her room, leaving Abyss' protest behind her. There is no way she would be left in the care of that old hag. Abyss however enjoyed being with her. Considering both of them loved dresses. Alice however wore one just so that she had something over her body. Luckily she was allowed to wear riding boots beneath her dress. It would have been horrible if she would be forced to wear those heels. She shivered at the thought.
Alice now dug through her closet, looking for something. It was hard. Since the amount of fluffy dresses that she hardly wore was outstanding. She finally found what she was looking for. It consisted of a white dress shirt and a short red skirt. She took out black leggings for good measure. As much as she loved casual clothes she liked to keep her decency, thank you very much.
Before Alice could change her sister just had to come in.
"Father said that you should behave."
She ignored her sister who was still hugging the stuffed bunny to her chest.
"Don't sneak out again Alice."
Alice turned to look at her. There was no way she would spend the afternoon under the watch of Charlotte. No way she would play with Abyss and her stupid tea time plays. She was way too old for that and she had no interest in such things.
"I'm sorry, but I will."
"Alice..." Abyss whined.
"I don't want you getting into trouble."
"Its not your life"
With that Alice left towards the bathroom to change out of her current clothes and into the more comfortable ones. She tied her hair into a ponytail and left the bathroom. Now the only problem was. How to sneak out from under the nose of the old hag.
That was not a problem now that she thought about it though.
Alice proceeded to take a coil of rope from behind her closet and she threw it out the window. Thank goodness that her room was in the back side of the manor. Afterwards she tied the rope at one of the posts of her bed. She took a look back. Abyss just stood there staring at her, from the same spot she was earlier.
"Don't tell father."
She continued to stare at her. It seemed like she wasn't breathing. She then took out a pair of scissors she was hiding. She intended to cut the rope. Alice was going down first.
Alice then sat on the window's ledge and slowly held on to the rope and climbed downwards in a rather hurried way. She was a few feet from the ground when abyss cut the rope, making alice land on her buttocks.
Before Abyss could look out the window Alice ran the way to the back wall there she searched for the gaping hole underneath. The hole was hidden behind a wall of vines that no one bothered to cut.
It was a very happy moment for Alice when she found that escape route. It was a pleasant summer day and Alice just finished another fight with her father and she wanted more than anything to leave. Filled with anger she went to the back and leaned against the wall of vines and slowly slipped down to sit on the grass. Just when she sat down she fell through the hole and found herself outside the grounds and near a small clearing of trees to the side of it was a well-worn path taken by visitors and other passers-by to the provinces and the entrance to city. There started Alice's days of sneaking out.
Abyss found out soon enough. What with her sharp eyes. She saw Alice sneaking out and when her dear sister returned she bombarded her with questions that Alice flat refused to answer.
Alice was now walking through the town. (It was a 30 minute walk from the Estate to the nearby town) Desperate for a drink of water she decided to stop by the local inn. Luckily no one recognizes her as the daughter of duke.
On her way there she happened to pass by an alley.
"Oh nothing, I'm just an evil passerby passing by."
Said a blond boy, who seemed to be aged 15. He was wearing a brown vest over a white dress shirt , underneath he wore a checkered short. His hands were behind his back as he slowly walked toward a group of kids. His face was a bit covered by the black hat he wore on top of his head.
"That is not the way you bully a kid..."
The blond said and he proceeded to take out a dagger and grabbed the bullied kid's hand.
"You should take off their fingernails one by one."
The other kids then started to make a run for it as the teen licked the edge of the blade. The bullied kid how eve seemed like he was close to tears.
Alice then ran into the alley and tried to stop the teen from doing what he threatened to do when she turned the blond to face her she heard a loud crack. It turns out the knife was candy.
"Want some?"
The youth said to reveal emerald eyes.
Alice and the kid was shocked beyond measure.
"What kind of person are you? Freaking out a poor kid." The latter still shocked.
The emerald-eyed boy munched on the candy before he said.
"I was trying to stop the other kids from bullying the little guy. Anyway-"
He turned to look at the kid.
"Want some?"
Now looking at the kid clearly she could see that the kid had mousy brown hair that was messy big eyes. The kid calmly shaked his head.
"Whats your name? Mine's Oz"
The boy now identified as Oz sat on the ground his back leaning on the wall as he becomed the kid to sit beside him.
"Philip..."
"Nice meeting you Philip."
Alice did not know what to do about the situation. Her thirst forgotten.
Oz then looked up at Alice green eyes shining underneath the shadow of his hat.
Alice extended her arm and said.
"My name is Alice. "