Hiii~ Guess who's back?

So what shall happen to dear Alex in this chapter?

Read and find out! :3

Alice: Joker/Clover/Heart no Kuni no Alice do not belong to Mary Haze.

Me: Thank you Alice for the lovely disclaimer! X3 For once it's not forgotten!

Alex: Do I have to be in the story? I don't like where things are going.

Me: Yes you do, so shut up.

Alex: *sighs* This isn't good.

-Chapter Three-

-Annoying Twins-

Two little girls sat together in a dark alley, sharing a thin blanket while snow fell harshly. It was one of the coldest winters yet. The girl with black hair hugged her sister tightly.

"Don't worry. I'll keep you warm," she said while trembling.

"We're going to die. Aren't we?" asked the girl with a weak voice.

"Of course not. We're just going to sleep."

Of course they were going to die. The air was too cold for anyone to survive long while outside. It especially didn't help that they were dressed lightly.

A man walked by and stopped in front of the two.

"What a rare sight," he said then smiled.

The girl with black hair looked up weakly at the man with empty eyes. He held out his hand towards her.

"If you come with me, you'll never have to suffer again."

Trusting a stranger was dangerous, but the girl had no choice but to accept. It was either die or accept the man's invitation.

But something felt wrong. The world suddenly began to turn dark. The girl with black hair looked around with fear creeping in. What happened? Where was she? Where was the man? Her sister?

Suddenly a sound was heard from behind. The girl slowly turned around to see what had caused it. Her eyes widened in horror at the display before her. Her sister laid motionless on the ground, completely covered in blood. The girl walked slowly towards her sister. When standing in front of her, she was positive that the girl was dead. Tears filled in her eyes.

"NOOO!"

I sat up quickly in cold sweat. I took deep breaths and placed my right hand over my forehead as I tried to calm down.

"Why am I having this dream now?"

-3rd POV-

Alice knocked on the door to Alex's room. Silence.

"Alex? I'm coming in," she said while opening the door. When she walked in, she looked around and saw that nobody was there. The bed was empty, and there was no place the girl could have crawled under.

"Now where did she go?" Alice had decided to visit Alex and persuade her to eat. She had already gone through four time changes without a single bite. As she looked around, she noticed that the window was open. Alice walked towards it and looked out.

"Did she really?"

-Alex POV-

I walked towards the gate of the Hatter Mansion. I was becoming too restless earlier and decided to go out and explore. I would have gone out the door, but I didn't feel like calling anyone for help or getting lost. So in the end, I decided to go out the window. That way, I could find my way out and in no problem. For now. Of course I wasn't going to just make the window my main entrance and exit forever.

"Hey, it's sister," said Dee as he came to hug me.

"Hi sister!" Dum greeted as he hugged me as well. I could hear the clash of sharp objects behind me. Of course they'd hug me with they're dangerous weapons.

"Get those away!" I said in a panick.

"Oh sorry," said Dum.

"We'll just turn them into guns. See? Safe."

I stared at Dee in disbelief. Exactly how did they turn those into guns? And how were guns safer?

I sighed. Well at least guns couldn't cut you. I continued on my way out. Dee and Dum followed close behind.

"Where are you going sister?" asked Dee.

"I'm going to explore. It's my first time in this place, and I want to check things out.

"Ohh~ Can we come?"

"If you want to."

"Yay~" the twins said excitedly.

"Where do you want to head to first sister?" asked Dum.

"Why do you keep calling me sister? We're not family or anything."

"Course we're family," Dee said excitedly. "Everyone in the mafia is family."

"An' that makes you our sister."

"Wait, MAFIA?" I asked in disbelief as I spun around to face the two. "You guys are all part of a mafia?"

The boys nodded a yes with huge smiles on their faces.

"An' you're with us now."

Well I wasn't feeling too pleased right now. Out of all the places Alice could have been found in, she just had to be living with the mafia. And now I was staying with them too. Kill joy. Ahh but these people were nice. But still… the mafia? Ehh but they seemed harmless. But then again…

"So where to sister?" asked Dee, popping me out of my thoughts.

"Hmm well what places are there?"

"There's always the Amusement Park!"

"An' the Castle of Hearts!"

"Amusement Park and Castle huh? Sounds like fun! But what about that tower?" I asked curiously. I wanted to thank the guy who lived there for helping me out. Even if it wasn't much.

"The Clock Tower? You really wanna go there first?" asked Dee.

"Mhm. I want to do something there."

"Hmm."

"Hmm."

I gave the boys a questioning look. It was pretty obvious that they didn't want to go there first. It didn't take long before Dee looked like he made up his mind.

"How about we go play at the Castle of Hearts?"

"Yeah! Let's go play there first," Dum said cheerfully.

"I don't want to play. I want to sight-see," I complained.

"Ah but it's impossible for us to go to all places at once. We should pick one place and play."

"Agreed brother. Since we won't have time to visit all the places, we should just choose one. Let's have fun~"

"It's really impossible to go to all three?"

"Yeah, impossible," answered Dum.

I frowned at this.

"Well then if that's the case, then why not go to the Clock Tower today and then play at any other place tomorrow?"

"Nope."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

These boys were starting to get on my nerves. I should have just declined when they asked to come!

I crossed my arms and pouted.

"Hmph! Well then, I'll just go to the Clock Tower by myself. You boys just do whatever you please."

Dee and Dum looked at each other then looked back at me with smirks.

"Do you even know how to get to the Clock Tower?" Dee asked, smirk still planted on his face.

I didn't like where this was going.

"N-no. But I can find out!"

"Oh no brother~ It looks like sister doesn't know the way," said Dum.

"Mhm. An' if she goes all by herself, who knows what will happen to her."

I raised a brow.

"What's going to happen?" I asked while feeling displeased.

"Anything. There's wild animals an' people who could kill sister."

"K-kill me! ?" My eye twitched. I really didn't like this. "Y-you're bluffing!"

"No sister~ Brother is right~ It gets even more dangerous at night."

"Oh~ That's right brother. The animals are more fierce at night."

"You're lying! You're just trying to scare me!"

Yeah that's right. These kids are just bluffing. There's nothing scary out here. I mean I was with Ace the whole time and didn't see a thing. Ahh but Ace did mention it being dangerous at night. B-but it could be anything! Whatever he meant!

"Oh no sister. We wouldn't do that~"

"If you don't believe us, then why don't you find out," said a confident Dee.

I'm not scared.

"I-I will! Just you wait and see!"

I'm not scared.

I spun on my heels and faced the forest before me.

I'm. Not. Scared.

"Well?" asked Dee.

I took a deep breath then marched forward. There was absolutely nothing to be afraid of.

My body froze as rustling could be heard.

"Geh!" said a voice from the left. I turned quickly to see a blur falling towards me.

I'M SCAAAARED! !

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ! !"

CRASH!

-3rd POV-

Dee and Dum stared at the scene before them. They started to laugh uncontrollably.

"This is too good brother."

"Agreed."

They continued to laugh.

The "thing" that happened to fall on top of Alex was none other than Ace. He sat up while rubbing the back of his head. This just wasn't his day.

"Is anyone hurt?" asked a worried Alice as she hurried over here. She had been concerned about Alex and decided to search for her.

"Everything's fine Big Sis," said Dee. He and Dum had finally stopped laughing.

"But sister doesn't look well," Dum said as he pointed to a knocked out Alex.

Alice gasped in disbelief at the scene.

"Ace! What on earth are you doing! ?" she asked, panicking as she saw Ace on top of the knocked out Alex in an awkward position.

"I'm trying to get through this unlucky day," he answered then sighed. He looked down and finally noticed that there was someone below him.

"Oh so that's what I fell on. Hahaha~"

"DON'T LAUGH!" shouted Alice in frustration. "Get off of her now Ace. We need to bring her back."

"But we wanna play with her," said Dum.

"No! How can you play with her if she's unconscious?"

"We'll just wake her up."

"No! Alex needs to get home immediately or she'll become ill."

"Sister's sick?" asked a worried Dee.

Alice was trying hard to not explode with anger.

"No, but she will be if we don't get her back. Ace, can you please carry her back?"

"Sure!" the knight said cheerfully.

The group headed back to the Hatter Mansion with an Alex who was probably now afraid of forests.

Thank you to everyone who read this chapter~ x3

Ahh well Alex will finally be doing some sight-seeing in the next chapter. 3

Aaaand voting for who Alice will be paired with is still going on. Don't be shy you lovely people. *winks*