Hi c: So I originally wrote out this chapter in my Study Hall today, but then I forgot to bring my notebook home. D: I fail. ;_; So I'm gonna try to rewrite anything that I remember. [x

Chapter 2: Tower of Memories.

Alice ran as quickly away from Gil and the alleyway as her feet could take her. She didn't stop, not even for a second. She was scared if she stopped that the tears would come down harder, that more sad thoughts would enter her mind.

Most importantly, she was scared that if she stopped Gil would catch up to her.

Ha.. yeah right.. He's probably not even coming after me.. but if he is.. Alice thought. She picked up the pace, trying to piece together in her head his expression when he was cruel to her with his words, trying to figure out if there really was something hidden in between them. Unfortunately, now wasn't the best time to do that. Alice's eyes were shut as she flew through who knows where, her breathing becoming more ragged and her body craving to stop. The young girl realized quickly that she needed to stop, she got pretty far from the scene anyways. However, she stopped a bit to abrutly, and ended up falling on her knees, her tears staining her bright red cheeks.

Her thoughts were straighter now, she was able to sort out and think a bit more clearly as she panted on the ground. I see.. if Gil was to go after me he would've caught up long ago, wouldn't he have? He isn't coming after me, no one is. Her heart began to sting. She couldn't quite piece together why exactly he hated her. Her best guess was how she had made a contract with his "beloved master," but to her, that was a bad excuse. If I hadn't done that Oz probably would've never gotten out of the Abyss! I practically saved his master and I get this from him! Why does it even matter to me...? Her emotions kept piling up on her, enclosing her until the child realized something alarmingly funny.

This wasn't a new feeling.

She could feel it. She'd felt something like this before, a hurt & curious emotion mixed together. She'd felt the confusion of wondering why someone could hate her. Before she could attempt to come up with a conclusion, Alice was lost inside a dark memory.

You see, Alice had ran right where the old Baskerville tower that once confined her once stood.

The one she'd been killed in.

Gilbert was standing in the alleyway, watching as Alice ran away at her

best speed. He knew he should go after her, but his mind was still in shock, not running correctly. He could've been in a forest fire and he probably wouldn't have noticed.

As Gil slowly came back to his senses, it seemes like the thousands of questions that he was holding back came rushing into his head. What was all that about? Why did she just run away like a little kid? Why does she care if I'm mean to her, she is too, isn't she? How come it even affects her this much? Why do I feel so guilty and hurt about this.. shut up! I shouldn't, she's just a chain, she's not even a human.. As that thought came up in his head, Alice's words repeated themselves inside of him.

I don't even know if I'm human or not..

The way she sounded was so different then the Alice he thought he knew. Her voice was so fragile, so breakable. Her face was brushed over red from the embarrassment of all of this. It was a new side of Alice that he hadn't seen. He began to feel some pity for her..

NO! He told himself. She's a chain, nothing more. It'll be her fault when that seal is complete and Oz is brought back into the Abyss. I'll never forgive her for that. No matter how human-like she seems, it doesn't matter! She's a creature, a thing Gil, NOTHING MORE.

Gil sighed at his thoughts. He knew in a way that even if this girl was a chain, her humane qualities were always showing. It didn't make sense. Gil sighed, deciding that since she isn't in B-Rabbit form, she must have SOME feelings, and he'd obviously been hurting her. He took off in the direction of Alice to go find her.

Gil ran around the town, searching for her. She wasn't too hard to spot;

A child with long, burnette hair and two braids, with her bangs pulled back so in front they looked in a way like cat's ears – Gil trembled at that thought – wearing a checkered red and white cape with a big bow in the middle, followed by that short little skort and big white boots. It must've been a while, because he noticed the sun go down. He realized he was near the area where Alice had regained that memory of her running towards that mysterious Jack. Gil looked around, and saw something peculiar in the distance? Something brown and red.

It must be Alice! He thought. He ran towards the object, and shouted out her name "Alice!"

When he got a good look at her, he stopped.

She was sitting in the middle of the grass, in a small fetal position. Her chin was in her knees, and you couldn't see her mouth. Her eyes. It was worse then when she was crying. They were wide open, but didnt seem to be seeing much. Her expression was coated with just pure fear, confusion, maybe even some trauma. She was vigorously trembling.

Gil stared at her, then called to her again.

"... Alice?"

Cliffhangerr. :D Not a very good one ;-; I think this is better then the rough draft I made at school c:. I'll probably update the next chapter sometime before Monday. Please R&R!