I do not own Heart no Kuni no Alice.

"Ace, you stupid knave, get back here, you might as well start to dig your grave!" Peter shouted, firing his gun at a rapid pace in the general direction of Ace. "Get back here stupid! Your head needs beheading!" Vivaldi yelled, trying to catch up to Peter and Ace, who were slowly getting farther and farther away from her. At last, Vivaldi couldn't run anymore, so with difficulty, she shouted "Peter, I grant you permission to be his executioner in my place." With that, Vivaldi fell to her knees, trying to catch her breath. So, the Queen is out of the race . . . I guess that's good. But it won't be fun if she doesn't get to Alice. One less person to the party, then. Ace grinned over the shouts of Peter.

Now, since Boris lives at the Amusement Park, it's a safe bet that he'd take Alice there. Well then, to the Amusement Park!

Boris grinned widely as he and the Tweedles walked triumphantly through the Amusement Park, oblivious to the strange looks they were getting. Earlier, just as they had arrived, the time period had suddenly changed, morphing from a hot Summer day to a cool Autumn evening. The only people who were around, that is, other than our kidnappers and the kidnapee, were the faceless.

Many giggles and gasps of shock surrounded the four, mainly being because he was carrying Alice in a bridal style position. Then one faceless came up to them. "Mister Boris sir, Master Gowland won't be here for at least five time periods. He told me that he wanted to practice his violin playing, and that he wants you to look after the park while he's gone." Boris nodded, yawning a bit as he sent the informer away.

"Yes! Now the Old Man's away, now he can't disrupt our time with Alice." Boris smiled, his tail flicking back and forth from happiness. "Boris-nii, where's your house at again?" Dum asked as he sleepily rubbed his eye. "Yeah, we're getting tired here." Boris, still grinned widely, stopped a moment to adjust the way he was holding Alice before replying; "Almost there. Just gotta go around the roller coaster."

Soon after this statement, they reached Boris' small room, got settled in, fought over who got to sleep beside Alice (The Tweedles took the prize) and finally drifted into a nice, quiet sleep.

Julius proceeded to walk closer and closer to Gowland, his ears ringing in protest as he drew near. "Gowland! Gowland!" I t was no use, as Gowland was humming softly as his fingers continued to make the violin screech loudly. Julius cringed as his ears were still being attacked by the hideous noises. "Dammit, Mary! Shut up!" The horrendous screeching stopped at once. Gowland turned slowly, and to Julius, he seemed to grow taller, to the point where he loomed over Julius. "What did you call me...?" Julius gulped, but then an image of Alice flashed across his mind. There was no time for this! "Nothing. Anyway, it's not important. Alice is in trouble, and... and... I, kind of... sort of... I-I need your, your... help." Julius looked down to the ground, then back up to Gowland, who had a slightly proud look on his face.

"Anything for Alice! Now, where is she?"

After some explaining and a lot of cuss words toward Boris, the two set off back to the amusement park.

Alice found herself drifting in a large white room. She rubbed her eyes, as they hadn't adjusted to the brightness that had suddenly blinded them. "Nightmare? Are you around here?" Alice asked, twirling around, searching for the sickly incubus. "Right here, Alice." She looked up, and saw Nightmare, casually sitting above her. "Hi Nightmare." Alice greeted as she smiled up to him. "Hello, Alice. How have you been?"

Alice sighed at this question, shaking her head. "Not too good, it seems Boris and the Twins have decided that it would be a good idea to kidnap me." Nightmare chuckled, coughing a bit at the end. "Alice, you seem to get into such fun situations. I wish I could have accompanied them whilst they kidnapped you. It would have been so fun. -Sigh- But noooo, because guess what? Gray says I have to work. Which is completely unfair, I'm in charge, so he should have to do all the work. After all, I'm super important!"

Alice smiled politely, nodding her head as if she were talking to a small child who claimed he had the magic ability to fly and breathe underwater. Nightmare frowned, reading her thoughts. "HEY! I am too important, so don't go 'Sure you are, keep believing that.' in you're head. Sarcastic thoughts are NOT cool, Alice. Hmph! Talking to someone who's as important as I am like that. The nerve!" Alice chuckled a bit. "Technically, I never told you that, I thought it." Nightmare scoffed. Then he smirked.

"Well, Alice, it seems you'll be having a pleasant surprise in the morning." Alice frowned. "What? What are they doing? Why are you still smirking? Is it that bad? I swear, Nightmare, If you don't tell me right now, I'll-" Just before Alice could reach Nightmare, he and the huge white room around her began to disappear. "Have fun, Alice." She heard these words just before her eyes fluttered open.