Nightmare-sama~

"Alice~" Nightmare chimed. "Alice~ wake up you silly girl! We need to go shopping before Gray finds me."

"Go away…" She mumbled, rolling over. Nightmare then took the covers and removed them from the bed.

"Wow." Was all he could say. He found that the nightshirt he gave her had hiked itself up above her belly button. The sudden chill made her jump up and she realized that she wasn't completely covered. She grabbed one of the plush pillows and threw it straight at Nightmare's head.

"Get out!" she cried as she took another pillow to cover herself.

"But-"

"OUT! Get out! I'm awake and will go shopping if you just get out!" She screamed, getting ready to throw another pillow at him.

"Ok, ok. I'm leaving." He chuckled as he walked out the door. He closed it behind him and smiled at himself. 'What a nice body.'

"I might just have to kill you, Nightmare." Alice said as she exited the room pulling at the hem of her dress. "You may have seen too much… But if I ask you will probably lie."

"I didn't see anything." He lied. In truth he only saw her panties but that alone made him feel very perverted.

"Lord Nightmare!" Gray called from behind them.

"Crud! Run!" Nightmare yelled. He grabbed Alice's hand and began to drag her away. Gray started chasing after them.

"W-why is he chasing us?!" she cried out.

"He has more paperwork for me to do. But I want to go shopping with Alice~"

"Get back here Lord Nightmare!" they heard Gray yell. Alice suddenly stopped running.

"I'm tired of running, dang it! You made me run yesterday and you want me to run today. "

"A-Alice, please!" Nightmare cried trying to pull his hand away from hers, but by this time it was too late. Gray had already caught up.

"Thanks Alice…" he mumbled as he grabbed Nightmare. "Where did you think you were going?"

"S-shopping with Alice. She doesn't have a nightgown because it was left behind at the clock tower."

"You have work to do." Gray scowled.

"b-but Alice-"

"Is going shopping with me while you do your job."

"What?!" both Alice and Nightmare asked in unison.

"What? You don't want to go shopping?" he asked while turning to look at her.

"I-I do b-but-"

"You give her the creeps." Nightmare said.

"Nightmare!"

"And you smell like cigarette smoke. She is very easily affected by that stuff you know."

"Nightmare! Shut up. Go do your job. I will go shopping with Gray." She growled.

"Really?" Gray asked.

"Nooo. You should go shopping with me." He pouted.

"Sure, why not. As long as you don't stand too close I think I will be fine. And Nightmare has work to do…. I always admired those who worked hard." She added. Nightmare straightened up.

"I gotta go. I have some work to do." He said as he scurried off. "Take good care of Alice while I'm gone!" he called back.

"So… lead the-" Alice began to ask him to 'lead the way' but Gray pushed her against the wall and held her there.

"How do you do that?" he asked.

"D-do what?" she asked turning her head away from him. He reeked of cigarette smoke.

"Nightmare never does as he is asked unless you force him. How do you make him do it willingly?" he growled.

"I-I don't know. P-please let me go!" Gray grumbled and released the girl.

"You are a very amazing woman…" he mumbled before walking off. "Come on. We don't have all day to shop. I have a job too ya know." Alice then began to run after him. His long strides were as big as two of her own. He was so tall compared to her. She could barely keep up.

The town they went to outside the tower was very… green. Clovers were painted everywhere. Alice finally came to a shop that she thought would have what she was looking for. She went in and found something suitable but remembered she had no money.

"Uhh…. Gray…?"

"What?"

"Can I… uh… borrow some money…? I… It seems that I left it all at the clock tower…." She mumbled. He grumbled under his breath as he reached for his wallet. He then continued to pay for her purchase and began to leave.

"You can make it back to the tower from here, right?" he asked.

"Y-yes."

"Ok then. You can stay here and window shop if you want. I have work to do." He said as he ran off back to the tower. Alice sighed. She began to walk down the line of shops to look.

"Alice?" asked a voice from behind her.

"B-Boris?!" she asked, spinning around to find a pink haired teenager with cat ears and a tail. His tail swooshed back and forth when he saw the girl. She ran to him to give him a hug.

"It's good to know that you made it here safely." He chuckled, hugging her back.

"What are you doing here?! I thought you would stay back in Hearts at the Amusement park."

"Me? Why would I do that? It's not like I work there or anything. I only crashed there. Now I live in the forest. I am also welcome to stay at the Hatter's Mansion if I want."

"The Hatter's mansion? So how busy is it over there?" She asked.

"Wow, uh. They even have Dee and Dum doing paperwork there is so much. Everybody is running around trying to get things done. The castle is the same way with all the guards running around. They didn't even notice me last time, so it was pretty boring."

"Hm… I'm staying here at the tower with Nightmare."

"Nightmare? Nightmare Gottschalk? That useless incubus?"

"He is not useless…. All he time…." She said. Boris started laughing. "His last name is Gottschalk?"

"Yeah."

"I didn't know that."

"He probably didn't want you to know" he chuckled.

A few hours later Boris had bought Alice some ice cream and was chatting about the move.

"I'm so glad I bumped into you Boris." She said.

"Me too. I was actually starting to get worried about you."

"I never knew anybody here in Wonderland can worry about another person."

"We do. At least about you. Only you. Your special." He smiled.

"Why is everybody calling me special!" she yelled, angrily. "I'm just a normal girl."

"With a heartbeat and a choice in life." He said. She sighed at his remark

"Fine…. Well… Nightmare might start to worry if I stay out any longer. I should probably go. Bye Boris."

"Bye Alice, see you later."

Just for a taste of what is to come...

"Meh. Don't worry about an old man like me. You're so weird for even worrying about the mortician."

"Don't say that!" she yelled at him. But by that time it was too late. His eyes were closed and his body began to change into a clock right inside her arms. She took the clock and held it close to herself as she cried.

"Hand the clock over." Blood said.

~Chapter 8

Review if you want me to post more. I have up until chapter 12 done.