Ok, I know it's been a while, but I was totally stuck. * Mutters * stupid writers block... Anyway, I did some more research on Alice of Human Sacrifice and I got my new idea! I also want to thank tradgedymaster01, fuzzy-vamp-bunnay, and soulreaperforlifeforreviewing! Encouragement is awesome! So, I need at least 2 new reviews before I update again.
Also, I forgot this last chapter, so let me do it now.
Disclaimer: I do not own Alice of Human Sacrifice.
Now, onto the story!
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When Alice awoke, she was alone. She was lying in a green field, staring up at the sky. Blindingly white, fluffy clouds- Practically cotton- lazily drifted across her field of vision. Tall green grass reached high, blocking out the edges of the clear blue sky.
Still half-asleep, Alyss didn't feel like moving. It's so peaceful here, she thought. I could stay here forever and not have to worry about stupid parents, or grandparents, or moving, or weird white rabbits in waist co-
Alyss suddenly sat straight up, throwing off the remnants of sleep. Is this Wonderland? she thought. I swear that I fell down a rabbit hole, but there isn't supposed to be sky underground.
Alyss stopped and thought for a second. Well, wherever I am, I need to find someone who actually knows. Alyss slowly stood up, and then gasped. She was surrounded on three sides by a field of green grass that seemed to stretch on forever. To her left there was some kind of village in the distance.
"W-where am I?" Alyss muttered, shell-shocked. She stared for a few more minutes, despairing at the fact that she had no clue where she was, before managing to snap her self out of the depression. Well, better get moving.
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Alyss finally arrived at the village after walking for what seemed (to her) like hours. As she walked between the thatch houses on the dirt streets, she was in shock. Children were out and about, playing everywhere, but that wasn't what shocked Alyss. It was that most of the children weren't human. Even as she watched, Alyss saw a boy run by, giggling, while being chased by an animal, the size of the boy, that looked suspiciously like a lizard (if lizards ran on their hind legs).
As soon as Alyss was able to rip her eyes away from the lizard-boy, she noticed other creatures acting like humans. Gryphons stood on their hind legs and chatted with one another under the afternoon sun. Mice were scurrying around on all fours, then halting and transferring their weight so that, they too, could stand similar to humans.
"Are you lost?" a voice came from behind Alyss. She spun around, surprised, if not a bit jumpy. There stood a woman, about twenty-five years of age. Her brown hair was covered in part by a kerchief, and her simple dress immediately marked her as a villager.
"Oh thank God, another human!" Alyss started blubbering, finally broken down by all the strangeness she saw around her. "I was afraid that I was alone here, 'cause I don't know where I am or how I got here," Alyss gestured wildly as she spoke. "It's just there was a rabbit in a waistcoat and-"
"Whoa, calm down girly," the woman laughed. "You must not be from around here. Wonderland-" Suddenly the woman froze, staring at Alyss's right hand, which was still in the air with the palm facing Alyss.
"So this is Wonderland, right?" Alyss asked, not picking up on the woman's shock. "How did I end up here?"
"Y-you're the S-spade, aren't you?" The woman stuttered fearfully, hate and fear evident in her glare.
Clueless, Alyss answered "I'm not sure what you mean. What's the Spade? I just suddenly showed up here and-"
"Don't lie to me!" The woman snapped harshly, backing away slowly. "I know why you're here, and no one will believe you! Just leave this village alone!" She suddenly turned and ran to a nearby boy, picked him up, and ran into her house, screaming "the Spade is here!" all the way.
As soon as the "Spade" was mentioned, screams began echoing around the village. Parents- human and animal alike- grabbed their children and ran into their houses, slamming doors shut with such force that their houses shook.
Alyss noticed a boy that had tripped and fallen in the middle of the square. He was silent for a second, before he broke down into tears. Alyss, moved with pity for the small boy, began walking towards him with every intention of helping the poor boy to his feet.
When Alyss reached the boy, she knelt down and spoke to him. "Are you okay? I'm not here to hurt you."
The boy sniffled, his river of tears finally beginning to slow. "I can't talk to you," he whimpered.
"Why not?" Alyss questioned, honestly unsure of why everyone was running way from her, seemingly scared for their lives. Glanced at her hand and examined the symbol there.
It was a spade, like there would be on a suit in a deck of cards, except it was blood red. It sat on the back of Alyss's right hand, in stark contrast to her pale skin.
" 'Cause Mommy always said that if we weren't good the Spade would come and take me away," the boy stated simply, completely forgetting his earlier panic.
"Gregory! Get away from her!" a scared and angered voice came from Alyss's left. There stood a mob of men, obviously farmers, that held all forms of weapons, ranging from pitchforks to swords, but they all had scared looks on their faces, but they were hiding them well.
Standing in front of the mob was a woman but she was obviously scared, although it wasn't for herself. Her eyes were darting back and forth between the boy on the ground, who was obviously her son, and Alyss.
"Gregory, please come here," the woman called out again.
Alyss stood from her kneeling position, and began to slowly back away from the boy. "I didn't mean anything, I swear! I didn't do anything, so why are you afraid of me?" She kept backing away from the mob that had started coming closer once Alyss began backing away.
As soon as Alyss reached about twenty feet away from the boy, who had started crying again at the sight of all the weapons, his mother dashed forward and picked him up, holding him tightly.
"Be gone from this place Spade! We know your tricks! You will not take any of our children!" one of the men from the mob called out.
"I don't want any trouble! I just want to know what's going on!" Alyss blubbered, desperately hoping some one would believe her. Her prayers were not answered.
"Get lost, Spade!" one of the men from the mob, a boy actually, no more than thirteen years of age, dashed forward with his sword and managed to carve a shallow slice just below Alyss's left shoulder before retreating fearfully back into the mob.
At first, Alyss hadn't even realized that she had been cut, but then the pain hit her and the tears started silently streaming down her cheeks. "Please..." she begged. "Leave me alone..."
"The Spade isn't so tough after all!" A voice came from the mob and was answered with a resounding, "yeah!" and, "let's get 'er!"
As Alyss saw the mob break into sprints, coming after her with everything ranging from pitchforks to kitchen knives to full-blown swords, she broke down, turned and ran. To where, she didn't know. All she cared was that she was getting away from the murderous villagers.
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The White Rabbit grinned as he saw Alyss run from the villagers. At first, he hadn't been sure if he was strong enough to influence the villagers' thoughts and turn them into twisted versions of themselves and have them do things they normally wouldn't do.
He grinned again, a twisted mockery of joy. It had certainly helped that this area of Wonderland had a a story that involved children being taken from their homes by a woman with a spade carved upon her body. Nowadays it was used to scare the children into behaving, but it provided the push the Rabbit needed to take control of the villagers thoughts, even the slight belief that the story could have been true.
He grinned again. How he loved manipulation, and it was always made easier by hate and fear.
He frowned suddenly, disturbed from his vicious thoughts by the absence of Alyss. The villagers were jeering at her retreating form as she ran off towards the forest. He hopped off, following her, in order to complete the second part of his revenge against Alice.
Keep running, Alice. Just when you think you've found safety will you
discover just how painful trust is.
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SORRY! I know this is cutting it really close to the, "I'll update sometime this weekend" deadline, but it is still Sunday, so no complaints. Anyway, updates will be a little delayed from now on. The end of the school year is coming and teachers are piling stuff on because they just realized how little time we have until finals begin.
The next update will probably be some time towards the end of May. Until then, keep those reviews coming! They encourage me to work faster! Sorry for any spelling mistakes! I didn't have the time to self-edit because I was busy this weekend. Thanks!
-Dimidium Draco