Alice Human Sacrifice

Me: Hey! So terribly sorry for not updating. Anyway, last chapter of this short story. Finished it up so that I could work a little on my remake. May also have to work on a chapter for my new collection one-shots, The Adventures of the Buckminster Family. I'll be done with school in just two weeks, leaving me with little time for me to finish my remake of my first book. Guess I'll have to add that to the list of Stories to Work On Over the Summer. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 5: Ace of Hearts Duo

Rosalina hummed as she tried to make sense of what Dream was proposing to them. "Which means…"

"Therefore, I explain to you from the beginning that he wants us to become Alice." Rosalina's twin sister, Roxanne, said in conclusion. She explained to her cerulean-eyed sister that Dream had three of his Alices have been failures and that he wanted them to be his next Alice. She told him he wanted a true Alice, one that was decent enough and didn't wreak much havoc. So, he chose them.

"Alice?" Rosalina questioned.

"The little boy wants us to remember the world of Alice, but perhaps that dream….No, in other words, does he want us to remember him? He chose us." Roxanne wondered. Was this why Dream chose them –to remember him? Was this why he chose those other three Alices? Did he want them to remember him, too?

Her sister piped up. "Is it okay to remember that dream? Well, from here, it means we shouldn't go out of here."

"I think so…" The twins continued to try to make sense of Dream's words as they sat on either side of the mysterious boy. He made no expression and listened to their conversation.

"I only need you, Roxanne." Rosalina smiled at her sister. Roxanne replied that she needed her sister as well. They wrapped their arms around each other in a sisterly embrace. Rosalina's head rested on Roxanne's shoulder while Roxanne's chin rested on top of the cerulean-eyed female's head.

Dream smiled. "You are good children, right? You are also curious. I like you two and I want you to stay here forever. You can be free as much as you like. See you again, right?" With that, the boy disappeared, like he always did. They said goodbye to him once he was gone.

Rosalina stood up with a sigh escaping her lips. "Well, Roxanne, what should we do now?" She watched her sister get in her thinking state, which was Roxanne leaning her head to one side and her eyes drifting upward. Soon, the girl asked if they shall go elsewhere, since she was bored just sitting there doing nothing. Rosalina agreed to that and they were on their way.

Their arms were linked together like chains as they walked through woods. They walked further to find a wooden cage just a few yards away from them. They couldn't identify whoever was inside that cage. Rosalina was the one to point if out first. "Hey, there's a cage over there, Roxanne! Let's go there!"

"No, Rosalina. We mustn't get near it." Roxanne objected. She didn't like the thought of someone hostile being in that prison. She cared for her sister's safety, and she didn't want her to possibly get hurt. Rosalina scoffed with a look of disappointment.

She said, "Are you scared? I thought you were brave." Rosalina glared at her sister. She didn't understand that going over there would have a bad consequence. With a sigh, they walked through the woods more with Roxanne following behind. Roxanne soon found a letter on the ground, just lying underneath a tree. The female stopped in her tracks at the sight of it.

"What is this? A letter? Hmm, it doesn't have a sender. Why does it have a heart on it? A love letter, maybe?" Roxanne picked it up from the ground to examine it. Rosalina turned her head to see that her twin sister had found something. Curious as her sister, she ran in her direction and stood behind the hazel-eyed weasel.

"Oh, a letter! Roxanne, let's open it!" This time, Roxanne couldn't blame her sister for being curious. She was wondering what the letter said. So, she opened it. Inside was a card with two crimson hearts with their tips touching and a golden heart overlapping them. On the upper left corner and the bottom left corner of the card were twos.

Roxanne began to read aloud. "To the person who found this, please come to the castle at 7:00 P.M. today." She hummed in confusion. Why did they have to go to this said castle? For whatever reason, they might as well do as the card says.

Rosalina gasped excitedly. "Castle? Roxanne, let's go there! Forget the prison!"

"Sis, there are no details written inside, the sender either."

"What did you just say? Are you kidding me? Roxanne, it is very interesting because of this!" The she-weasel sighed at her sister. They really had no choice, but to find this castle to see what they wanted from them. Rosalina grabbed her sister's paw in hers as they walked through the woods. After three hours of walking, they finally turned up to find the castle that was mentioned in the letter.

A caramel-brown weasel ran up to them to greet them. Her ruby red eyes sparkled happily at their appearance. "Welcome, welcome! Thank you very much for coming. Yes, we can't come here normally because of the invitation card." Rosalina and Roxanne followed Celeste down the gloomy hallway. Their only lights were the lit up torches on both sides of the hall.

"You did want us to come here, right?" Roxanne whispered. She gasped when she heard creeks and the wind's moans echo through the dark hallway. Rosalina held her sister's paw tighter, reassuring her that she would be okay. Her cerulean eyes asked her if she had said something before she got scared. In response, the twin shook her head.

Celeste grinned at the twins. "I'm sorry but I have a reason why I sent the invitation. I want you to meet the queen. I beg of you to not tell anyone that I'm doing this." She gave them a pleading look. Rosalina was excited. They were going to meet the queen! This day, by far, had to be the best one she's ever had in a while. She vowed that she and Roxanne wouldn't breathe a word about this. Roxanne nodded in agreement with a small shrug.

"Oh, thank you so much! The queen is really sick. She wants to hear beautiful songs, so that she won't feel bad anymore." Celeste told them. Rosalina smiled wider. Not only were they going to see the queen, they were going to sing to her, too!

"We're good at singing!" She told the servant. Roxanne smiled slightly, though she was having a very bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She was not sure if this was a good idea or not. Celeste's chipper voice was heard again.

She said, "That's great! You are young enough to sing well. I'm glad I can get you two to sing. I'm sure the queen will be very happy to hear your voices." Celeste had a mischievous look about her that increased Roxanne's uncertainty. Sadly, her twin was just too oblivious and excited to have a single concern about the red-eyed weasel.

Rosalina smiled, "Really? This is wonderful, don't you think, Rosalina?" The female didn't respond. She was in a train of thought when she spoke. Is this….so? Her sister's eyes met hers as she gave Roxanne an assuring grin. "Don't worry! Our songs are the best of all!"

"I…don't mean…that…" Roxanne murmured. The bad feeling in her stomach came up again. She felt as if she was going to vomit due to the unceasing feeling of anxiety and hesitation. Celeste told her not to worry or feel nervous. She told her that she didn't feel anything anymore. This scared her. She couldn't turn back now, neither could her sister. So, they continued down the dark hallway, awaiting their fate.

Dream yelled in frustration, "What? No, don't go that way! It's forbidden because I say it is!" He had been watching them, just as he did the other failed Alices. He was so sure that those two would be the true Alice, but alas. "Ah, I failed again. The problem is that they're so curious, especially the one with blue eyes. They promised that we would meet again, but now we never will because you followed her."

He sat on the ground with his plush dolls. He held the second and third Alice, Buck and Jenna, in his arms, leaving the caged first Alice on the ground. He began to sing the last portion of the song.

And as this passed, two children walked through the woods.

Partaking in tea underneath the trees they never part.

They found an invitation to the queen.

It was the Ace of Hearts.

The fourth Alice was a duo of curiosity.

Both were lost and could not find the boat where they began.

They ran through countless doors so recklessly, two twin sisters running wild through Wonderland.

A stubborn, naïve sister and a witty, smart sister.

But they had strayed too far into Alice's Wonderland.

They were never woken from their terrifying dream.

Forever they would wander in this twisted fairy tale.

He had put down the plush Buck and Jenna dolls to pull out two other plush dolls that resembled Rosalina and Roxanne. They both had bloodstains on their bright yellow and violet dresses. They had been attacked by the third Alice, thus was why the plush dolls had the crimson spots on them. The dolls showed no signs of pain. Instead, they still had the stitched up smiles on both of their faces. Their eyes were gleaming happily, like the Jenna plush doll.

Dream finished the song with a sigh. "Who shall I take next? Do they think that it's okay for every Alice to stay here? I want someone else! I want everyone to remember me! They weren't enough! For example, it's their turn." The white atmosphere turned to black as Dream revealed his horrific pitch black eyes with an insane grin on his lips.

Celine motioned for Gale to clamp his paws on Taliyah and Keiichi's shoulders, causing them, as well as everyone else, to scream in fear. Taliyah ran into Rosalina's arms, shaking and screaming. Keiichi held Noemi tightly in his arms, scared out of his wits. The poor girl was nearly squeezed to death by her brother, he was so scared.

It took ten minutes for the frightened kits to calm down, especially Taliyah. Once she finally did calm down, she glared angrily in Celine's direction. Noemi wrapped an arm around her sister's shoulders and shouted, "Sis, that was no' cool!" Gale and Dimitrios seemed to think otherwise. They were laughing hysterically. Dimitrios admitted his brother got him and the others good.

Celine gave an apologetic giggle. "I'm sorry. I just couldn't help it. Sorry, everyone." Rosalina and Roxanne were already recovering from the fright, but they heard their little foster sister's apology and accepted it. Chloe shook her head at the green-eyed preteen with a chuckle. I'm pretty sure the kits are gonna have nightmares tonight.

Suddenly, Jason and Lars appeared from the foliage. The rustling scared the kits after what happened to them, but they were relieved that it was just Rosalina and Roxanne's lovers. The twins got up from where they sat to greet the male weasels. Rosalina gave Jason a peck on the lips while Roxanne just simply hugged Lars after a tender kiss.

Jason and Lars were soon greeted by the kits and Celine. They all group hugged them, smiling happily. Keiichi began telling them about Celine's story, and once he was done, they were wearing freaked out, shocked expressions. Jason was the first to say something. "Celine came up with that story? Huh, never thought she had such a dark mind. You all didn't get too scared, did you?"

"We were all right, until Celine and Gale decided it would be funny to scare us out of our wits by slamming his paws on my and Tally's shoulders. You should have seen how fast Tally ran to Rosalina. I nearly made Noemi's internal organs explode because I was holding on to her really tight. Celine apologized, though. So, I guess I won't tell mom and dad about this." Keiichi had a small blush on his face. He was still embarrassed that he got scared so badly, but he wasn't the only one.

Lars ruffled Keiichi's head with a lighthearted laugh. "I really hope you guys don't have nightmares tonight." The boy nodded his head in agreement. Keiichi walked away from Jason and Lars to Noemi, who still had this peeved look on her face. He begged her not to tell Buck and Jenna that Celine told them a scary story and startled them at the end, thanks to Gale. It took a lot of begging, but Noemi vowed not to tell. She went over to Dimitrios to ask him to do the same thing. By the time they all agreed not to tell their parents about Celine's dark tale, Buck and Jenna were the next ones to appear.

Taliyah ran into her mother's arms, snuggling her head into Jenna's shoulder. "Hey, sweetheart, did you have fun?" The girl, as well as her siblings, nodded. The kits stared at each other, mentally telling each other to come up with something. Noemi told them what they did, but left out the story as to not get Celine in trouble. She didn't like lying to her parents, but she didn't want Celine to get punished for scaring them.

"Well, sounds like you guys had a good day." Jenna jolted slightly, but then relaxed when she realized Rosalina and Roxanne were hugging her. She turned to hug them back with a sweet smile on her face.

Jason and Lars shook Buck's paw before catching up, asking how life was and then talking about guy stuff, which involved a small bit of perverted stuff coming from none other than Lars. Roxanne had to smack him hard in the back of his head to get him to stop. It made Buck chuckle at how his foster daughter could get her mate to behave himself.

A couple hours later, Buck, Jenna, and their kits and foster daughter left to go home. Of course, they didn't leave without giving hugs and kisses and saying bye to the happy young couples. As they walked, Taliyah began to hum a little tune. She instantly stopped when she realized she was humming the song from Celine's story. Her sapphire eyes scanned her family, making sure nobody heard her. Her eyes met her father's single blue one, which was the same color as hers.

"Wot are you singing back there, Tally?" He asked, his lopsided smile twisting on his lips.

"Oh, I-I was just h-h-humming a song Celine taught me t-t-t-today." The girl stuttered shamefully. Her gaze went to the ground, embarrassed that her father heard her. Luckily, he didn't ask her what the song was and just nodded.

A sigh of relief escaped Taliyah's lips. It was too soon to calm down when she heard a high-pitched little boy say in her mind. It's your turn. Make me proud. She gasped softly, her head instinctively turning to see no one behind her. Trying to calm down again, she whispered, "It's just my imagination. It was just a story. It's not real."

You will remember me and Alice's world…forever. The voice rang in the girl's ears again, scaring her to her fur's end. Celine and Noemi were calling out for her to catch up with them. When Taliyah realized she had stopped in her tracks, she beeline sprinted to catch up with her family. "I won't be next. It's just a story." She whispered to herself again as she ran. Little did she know she was going to enter Wonderland once she was fast asleep in her warm leaf-made bed.

Unknown to her and her family, a young male kit with snow white fur and black hair appeared from a far distance. He smiled at the running female with a happy giggle. "Do your best." He said before disappearing.

Me: I switched the twins' roles in Celine's story. I originally had Roxanne be the curious one and Rosalina the one that had the bad feeling, but I decided to switch the roles, since I felt that the way I had it wouldn't really do. Oh, and not only do I have the book one remake and The Adventures of the Buckminster Family on my list, I'm also thinking about doing a remake of my second book, too. So yeah I hope you enjoyed this story. Feel free to leave a review. Until next time!

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