Welcome to Dodo Academy for the Gifted!
Going to the Amusement Park!
Elliot couldn't stop laughing when Vivaldi was telling him about her last visit to Dodo Academy; it was about a blood-type project. The purplette unconsciously had been rambling about Gray Ringmarc, which Elliot recall was Nightmare's adoptive brother.
"...But despite all that, I think he's cool. Gray's weird sometimes, but he surely says good stuff. I think of Alice as a friend, but...yeah, I want more friends...that's not wrong, right?" Vivaldi finished, her expression turned longing but a bit shy. Elliot watched his junior friend with a calm smile.
"Wanting, wishing things, hoping and stuff, those are things that make us human." Elliot said wisely. "Daijobu desu, Vivy. Demo, it's good that you're very grateful for what you already have."
The girl was enlightened and smiled at her brother's pal. "You know what I like from you, bro? I can talk all this mushy-gushy stuff to you and don't feel awkward at all! Plus, I get to learn some Japanese slangs..."
The blond prince chuckled and sipped his chamomile tea. He used to visit the Dupre for polite tea with Blood and study group, but lately he had been visiting to chat—gossip—about a certain Dodo Academy student with Vivaldi instead. His eyes trailed around the living room, wondering if Blood was already home.
Speak of the devil, Blood entered the room and quickly caught the sight of them.
"Konnichiwa, Blood-kun. I hope you don't mind me being here too much." Elliot smiled.
Blood scoffed and shook his head as he dropped himself on a comfy chair. "I just ordered a maid for a tea...Are you guys talking about that stupid idiot Alice again?"
Vivaldi scowled in an instant. "Shut the fuck up, dude! Don't call her that! You're the fucking stupid idiot!"
Blood whistled. "But she is...I can't help but call her that. Well, not really. My nick name for her is 'Ugly'. That's what she gets for calling me 'Scarecrow'. Although we agreed on this peacefully."
Elliot and Vivaldi were startled. "Peacefully? What do you mean?" Vivaldi frowned.
"Oh yeah, haven't I told you?" Blood was totally enjoying this. "I played with her during her sick day last week. We baked a cookie, read a book, play games and I'm going to get a kitten from her neighbor—we saw the cat which given birth together..."
Vivaldi's jaw was on the floor, and veins popped on many places of her face. "Wh-Wha—What—"
"We got stuck in the basement when we tried to get a cookie dough, and you guys know what? She's so funny, I got her frightened when the light was out."
Elliot unconsciously frowned and stared at Blood coldly. The raven-haired boy knew this, as he was taking secret glances. He stopped talking as a maid came to serve him a cup of tea, and they were silent, waiting until the maid left.
Then Vivaldi yelled; "You visited her and didn't even tell me!?"
"What are you talking about, Viv..." Blood said, sipping his tea calmly. "Actually, you guys remember Madam Victorianne?"
Elliot's scowl quickly faltered at realization. "Oh...of course...She's your father's retired hunting trainer, right?"
"Oh, that freaky Granny with airguns whom you like to visit every week?" Vivaldi twitched. "That's Alice's Grandma? Holy shiet!" she laughed nervously. "I really didn't know much about Alice..."
"Neither do I..." Elliot looked down with a deep frown.
Vivaldi's head swiftly turned at Elliot. "Wait, does that mean, the couple we met at their Culture Festival...They were really Lewis and Carroll Liddell!?"
Blood's smug expression faltered. "Wow...I forgot that we saw them. Wait...that's odd..." Blood hung his head on his palm, frowning in thought.
"What is it?" Elliot asked.
"I didn't remember they had a third daughter..." Blood muttered. "I mean, once when I visited her, I snuck a peak on some of her family album, and coincidentally I got Mr. Lewis Liddell's family album. He had two daughters, which we all know are Lorina and Edith Liddell. There was no Alice."
Vivaldi raised her eyebrows, utterly confused. "W-Well, maybe it was taken before she was born?"
"No..." Blood shook his head. "It was just taken recently. I saw the date, it was taken three years ago, which means Alice must be just seven..."
Elliot leaned his back to the soft sofa, and hummed. "Those two are famous for their carriers...but they didn't talk much about private life. Lorina is a very famous singer, Edith is just outstanding in her acting career...but then I recall that they made a contract with their managers to stay away from their private life..."
"Why would some artists be so secretive of their private life...?" Vivaldi asked to no one. She then sighed. "I swear I don't fit in Richford...I wonder if Daddy would let me move to Dodo..."
"Shut up, forget about it." Blood rolled his eyes.
"You shut the fuck up!" Vivaldi yelled back, and the two started to shout at each other.
Elliot stared down at his empty cup of tea. That wasn't really fair. Now that he thought about this...Blood had many connections to Alice's private life—he personally knew her grandma, he even played with her on her sick day...he once saw their family's album...
The blond prince shook his head, angry to himself. What's wrong with him? Why was he being envious for such trivial things? That's childish! If he wanted to know more about Alice, then he could always...
Aha...
"Oh yeah, now that I recall our plans to visit my country this month..." Elliot's voice stopped the siblings'fight. "I want to ask you a favor, Vivaldi. I'm sure you'll like this very much." He smiled at the purplette.
Blood wasn't sure if he'd like it, though.
"Okay, what's up?"
"I want you to invite Alice and her friends to come and visit Japan with us. Everything's prepared." Elliot smiled as he lifted his cellphone to plan out the flight with his butler.
Blood scowled and clenched his fists. Yep, he surely didn't like this. Vivaldi was cheering and fist pumping, though...
~.X.~
It was Saturday morning, and Alice stared at her 'little brother' in confuse. She then glanced around; Ace was playing catch with Boris, Gray was drawing hearts on his desk, Nightmare was working on some quizzes, Julius as usual was reading...
She stared at Pierce again. Pierce was crying silently, sinking his face into his arms on the desk, sobbing. Usually he'd be so loud when crying on things that he's afraid of, so maybe it was a different case?
"Pierce...?" Alice called, softly rubbing the boy's back. The auburn boy stiffened and slowly glanced at her, face red and wet from crying.
"What is it?" she asked softly, pulling a seat next to the boy, who furiously wiped his face.
"I-I'm...I'm just..." Pierce sobbed and hiccupped. "M-My parents...maybe they'll get difrozen..."
Alice frowned in confuse for a while, and then said; "You mean divorce?"
Pierce started to cry again. "Yeah...th-that's it...dibrokes...! I-I...I don't w-want...I-I'm sc-scared...what do I do...?" he sighed and wiped his face again, but then Alice offered some tissue from her pocket.
"Mommy and daddy had always b-been fi-fighting...D-Dad is...so harsh...sometimes...he hit me or mom when he's angry...I know I'm...such a coward, I know he's ashamed of me...I'm...I-I'm such a failure at life...I...waaah..." the boy then dropped his face flat on the desk.
Alice sighed and hummed in worry. Apparently, Pierce became what he is because of his father's pressure. However, she didn't really know what to say...she didn't understand Pierce, or what he's facing...
"I'm sorry Pierce, I don't know what to say..." Alice began.
"Oh, just ignore him..." Boris said out loud, striding towards them with Ace. "That's his own fault. If only he's not like that, maybe Uncle Frank won't be so angry and hit them, and maybe he won't even get a divorce with Auntie Luna!"
Ace laughed and jumped in front of Pierce's desk, making the boy flinch. "What do you need is to be tougher! Now, let's see if you're tough enough to handle..." the brunette dug out something from his pocket and then exclaimed; "THIS!"
Pierce shrieked and fell off his chair, and started crawling away. "AAAH! GET IT OFF ME! OFF OF ME! AAAH HELP ME! BORIIIS HELP MEE!" he shirieked hysterically, a caterpillar crawling on his head.
"No! You gotta toughen up!" Boris stubbornly said, sticking his tongue out.
"Go Pierce! You can do it!" Ace cheered.
"Stop it, guys!" Alice snapped and sighed as she stomped towards Pierce. "I don't really know how to toughen up, but this is a mental torture, not training!" she said while taking away the caterpillar and then put it out through the window. "And that was a cute caterpillar." She commented.
Boris sniffed. "Oh, Alice, you're such a spoilsport."
"Aww Alice, what? Are you like, Pierce's knight in shining armor...?" Ace teased. "So romantic...always go and save Princess Pierce all the time~ Pierce and Alice then ride away on her horse, k-i-s-s-i-n-g..."
Alice twitched. "Go on, idiot! Go on! I'm mad at you now! I'm not going to teach you our homework!" she yelled and then stomped away.
"Ooh, Alice is mad? Oh, you're mad, Alice? Are you mad...?" Boris teased, following the girl. "You're mad just because of that? What if I do this? Are you going to get madder?" he said and pulled her hair.
"Stop it! Why are you guys so mean!" the girl yelled.
"Ooh, I wanna do that too!" Ace pulled the girl's hair and laughed, making Alice scream in anger.
"Stop! Stop pulling my hair!"
"You guys, drop it." Julius scolded from his desk coldly, and his cold wrath was enough to made the boys stop. Ace sighed and walked away, kicking a chair while Boris scoffed and whistled as he went to sit down.
Julius twitched and glared at Alice who silently took a seat next to him.
"That doesn't mean you can sit with me."
"But Julius, thank you for saving me from those filthy prats...!" Alice whined. "I will do anything for you in return, except paying."
Julius stared at the girl for a while, then chuckled. "You don't do that. That's not what a friend do."
Alice brightened and smiled. Julius then shared his book with the girl, and they read together.
Boris pouted and then took off his shirt, throwing it on the floor. Ace just stared at the two, a bit coldly, then angrily ripped his text book. Nightmare and Gray, who had been observing, shared a glance to each other, and shook their head.
Pierce spend his rest of his day staring at Alice. His savior.
~.X.~
Recess
The bell rang, and the Rainbow Puking Unicorn Class went out happily. Ace stuck out his tongue at Alice.
"I'm not sharing my homemade bakery for you today!" he teased.
Alice puffed her cheeks and looked away. "Fine! I'm not sharing my special blend tea with you then! And Boris too!"
"I don't like your tea anyway!" Boris scoffed. "Come on, bros!" he nodded to Ace and dragged Nightmare, while Ace dragged a sleeping Gray.
"U-Um..." Pierce called. Alice turned at him. "Y-You can have my lunch!" he said, shoving a box of turkey sandwich to the girl, and then went off running.
Alice twitched, but then Julius came and took it.
"I'll have one of that. Thanks." He said and went to his usual spot under the tree.
Art Class
"Alice, y-you can use my waterpaint!" Pierce said, slamming his watercolor set on her desk. "I-I also have oilpaint...y-you can use all of my paint brushes too!"
"Pierce..." Alice patiently called.
"Th-This is my pallete, it's new! Please use it!"
"Uh, Pierce...thanks..."
"I'll prepare the paint for you!" Pierce exclaimed, but then when he was going to prepare the paint, his elbow tripped a bottle of painting oil and spilled everything on Alice's sketch.
Alice just stared at her messed-up desk, and her ears went hot when she heard Boris and Ace laughing at her bad luck.
"I-I'm...so sorry! I-I'll get a mop! Y-You can use my canvas!" Pierce went off running again to get a mop.
Chemistry
"A-Alice, I can...d-do that for you!" Pierce offered, nodding toher acid-filled chemical tube. "I-It's dangerous!"
'That's why I don't want you to do it for me.' Alice twitched and sighed irritatedly, deciding to ignore the boy instead. What's up with Pierce? She appreciated that he's trying to be helpful, but he's messing up things! Plus, because of him, she smelled like painting oil now...
"A-Alice, really, I want to help you—"
"Pierce, if you have time to help others, you should finish your own project." Nightmare said softly. "Or, you can keep Gray awake if you really want to help." He said, nodding to where Gray was holding a tube of salt water while nodding off.
"U-Um...okay..." Pierce sadly left.
Nightmare inched closer carefully. "What's up with Pierce?"
"I dunno, bro." Alice tiredly shrugged. "Hmm...He had a family problem, but I can't help him out, because I don't understand."
"Oh...well..." Nightmare hummed for a while, carefully dropping some Benedict into his tube of sugar water. It turned into red color. "You can always try to cheer him up if you can't help with his problem." He said again while taking down a note.
"Hm, not a bad idea..." Alice smiled. "Maybe I should go to that new Amusement Park with Pierce...yeah...! You're so smart, Nighty." The girl grinned while testing her solution with universal indicator.
~.X.~
Julius twitched as he was crouching beside Gray, who was peeking at certain auburn boy and dark blonde girl. The navy-hea groaned.
"I can't believe you made me come here and stalk them!" Julius hissed.
"I can't help it, I don't know where this place is." Gray muttered back.
"Why do you have to stalk Alice and Pierce anyway?" the Wallflower twitched. "I mean, I thought you liked Vivaldi Dupre..."
Julius twitched even more when Gray's ears and neck turned red. The golden-eyed boy sighed dreamily.
"Ahh...Vivy...I miss her..."
Julius facepalmed, feeling nauseous. He still couldn't understand what was so appealing with that bad-mouthed, stubborn, loud rich tomboy. Then again, Gray was an AB-type, naturally he'd like weird stuff.
Alice and Pierce were lining up for cotton candy. Pierce glanced around frantically, then stopped at Alice just to blush, and then glanced away again. His heart was thumping like crazy...What's going on? Why did Alice asked him to go? Was this a date? The boy turned even redder at the last thought.
The Amusement Park was a temporary one; they only had small Ferris Wheel, some fortune teller tents, food court and other portable rides. It was more like a Fair. Apparently it was held by Grell Trickster, the Circus' owner.
"Pierce, this is for you!" Alice chirped, handing a cotton candy while biting her own.
"Um...Th-Thank you..." Pierce smiled shyly. "A-Alice...wh-why? Wh-Why do you...a-ask me?"
Alice grinned. "I want you to cheer up, Pierce, because I can't help you out with your problem." She said honestly. "It's because despite you're a scaredy-kitty, the usual Pierce can always cheer up things around him. And you're a good boy, because you want to make people around you happy. That's why, you have to cheer up, alright?"
Pierce blushed harder, but then he grinned proudly, then nodded. He didn't know what to say. He never knew that...someone would understand. Pierce wanted to make people happy, but he wasn't just brave enough. He tried to help Alice, but he ended up messing her up. He was glad that she wasn't angry.
He never knew he would be so happy to have a 'big sister'.
"Hey, look...that's Peter." Alice pointed out, pointing towards a certain albino sitting on a lone bench.
Pierce didn't know who he was, but he decided to follow Alice anyways. Plus, this Peter guy...he didn't have any scary aura around him...His whole appearance emmited 'peace'!
"Hello again, Peter!" Alice greeted.
Peter looked surprised, and he tapped his stick around and knocked her feet. "Um...Is this...Alice?"
"Yeah! You remember me!"
The albino smiled and tapped his stick again, and knocked Pierce's shin softly. "Oh, who is this?"
"This is my little brother, Pierce. Pierce, this is Peter, my friend." Alice introduced them.
"U-Um...nice to meet you!" Pierce braced himself and offered a handshake. Peter just nodded with a smile, and Pierce blushed in shame. Why'd he won't take his hand!?
"Peter, Pierce is offering you a hand." Alice said.
Peter looked preplexed. "Oh, I'm sorry..." he laughed and then waved his hand around until finally caught Pierce's and shook it. "I didn't know that, sorry Pierce."
Pierce was utterly confused. He was holding his hand right on his face! How could he not see it?
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you Pierce..." Alice sighed, realizing what's wrong. "Peter here is blind, that's why he didn't know that you're offering a hand."
"O-Oh..." Pierce's eyes watered up. "I-I'm sorry to hear that...P-Peter..."
Peter chuckled. "That's quite alright." He said kindly. His eyes just darted between Alice and Pierce, because he couldn't see their faces. "Are you guys playing some rides? I want to ride one, but I can't get in because I can't see anything...Then again, I'm not sure if blind person can ride a roller coaster..."
Pierce felt so sorry for him. "U-Um...I-I'll help you get in! Right, A-Alice?"
Alice twitched. What was this? Pierce, getting on a roller coaster? Was he serious?
"Okay, let's do that. Don't worry about it, Pete. No one will know if you're blind. I'll help you putting on the safety gadgets."
~.X.~
Well, for a temporary amusement park...
They sure had a tall roller coaster there.
Pierce's heart fell off to his stomach and his color faded away as he stared at the ride, towering up like Everest Mountain. Maybe it was an effect because he was so short, but it was...so...tall...
Will he able to live through this?
He started seeing things. A man was cutting off the rail with a chainsaw. Dead woman hanging from the rails, suiciding. Indiana Jones riding on the 360 degrees rail and fell and got crushed by his ride...
His schizophrenic was acting up again. Okay, he's dead.
"You don't have to force yourself if you don't want to, Pierce." Alice's soft voice crept to him. Pierce looked behind him and stared at Peter and Alice, who were waiting for him.
Pierce stared at Peter for a while. He was blind...how would that feel? Living in the dark forever...That would be very scary, but Peter wasn't shivering at all. Pierce inhaled deeply. He gotta be braver than that!
Do this for Peter!
"L-Let's do this!"
Gray twitched as he watched Pierce and Alice helping out a white-haired boy to get into a ride. Julius just sat behind him, playing 3DS nonchalantly.
"What is she doing!? I don't trust you, roller coaster..." Gray growled, and then groaned when a park staff parked a trolley of barrells in his sight. "Aargh! Barrells! Get out of my sight...Son of a b...barrell..." he sighed when finally the staff pushed the barrells away, and then groaned again, since a man and a girl getting up the ride behind Alice's, covering his target.
"Jule, we gotta go and get onto that ride, now." Gray deadpanned, taking out his wallet, then shove five dollars at Julius, who smirked evilly.
"Not bad..." the navy-head smirked.
Pierce hyperventilate, immobilized inside the ride, while Alice was helping Peter to use his belt. What to do? What did he do? Oh God, he's gonna die...
"Hey, are you feeling sick, boy?" Pierce almost jumped off his seat when the man behind him spoke, leaning to his seat. "Oh, you're not used to ride this, huh? Well, here, to prevent you from nausea." The man somewhat looked like Boris, but he had curls on his light violet hair, and he was holding a lemon candy.
"Ooh, I want that candy too, Garry..." the little brunette beside him asked, she was very pale as Pierce was. She caught Pierce's gaze, and the two blushed.
"Th-Thank you..." Pierce muttered thankfully and accepted the candy. That girl was so cute...She looked like around his age...What's her name? Was he brave enough to ask?
"Feeling better now?" Alice asked, watching Pierce eating the candy. Pierce smiled weakly and nodded.
"Okay...Here we go!" the man behind Pierce chirped excitedly. Peter grinned, and Alice was giggling in excitement. Pierce grabbed his safety pole tightly and prayed.
Then, he realized; his schizophrenic wasn't acting up at all.
~.X.~
Pierce was very satisfied to see Peter looked very happy after getting off the roller coaster that he recovered from his fear quickly. Well, actually, everything went better than expected. Even better when Pierce actually saw the roller coaster for 13 years old kids and above...His roller coaster was just the kiddy one.
"Hey, how does it feel not seeing anything while riding a roller coaster?" Alice asked curiously.
"I missed the view...but it's like...riding a racing car...at first it was so scary, I was reminded of that accident..." Peter sighed, but then laughed softly. "But it was really more like sitting in front of a giant windmill. I sure enjoy the wind!" the two laughed cheerfully.
"I'm hungry." Alice quickly said. "Grandma gave me a lot of allowance today. I'll treat you too, Pete! What woul you like? Pierce?"
"U-Um...Corndog?" Pierce said.
"Hey, that sounds good...I want that too, Alice, if you don't mind...?" Peter grinned shyly.
"No problem. Pierce, you have to lead Peter to sit down somewhere, I'll run before the corndog is crowded, okay? See ya soon!" Alice ran off.
Pierce was unsure, but he cautiously touched Peter's sleeve, and then Peter stared waving around. He looked panic.
"P-Pierce...? You're still there, right? Where are you?"
"Oh...I'm here, Peter...Sorry." Pierce braced himself and caught Peter's hand. Peter gripped onto his hand tightly, and sighed.
"Haha, sorry. I go around by my own a lot...but it's very scary when my companion is suddenly leaving me...I won't know where I stand..." Peter smiled sadly, while Pierce carefully led him to a bench. "One time, some bullies left me in the middle of a road, and I really didn't know, until a taxi driver was yelling at me. That was so scary..."
Pierce was already crying. Poor Peter...those bullies were so mean! Why'd anyone made fun of a blind kid! That's so inhuman!
"But Peter is so brave." Pierce said after a silent while, they were sitting on the bench. "I'm a coward...I'm even afraid of my own shadows, let alone things that I can't see. I'm so afraid of the dark, I'd die if I'm blind...but Peter is so brave."
Peter fell silent for a while, then chuckled softly. "I'm not brave...I just...that's like, I don't have a choice but to face the truth, that's all. Maybe it's more like...being strong, rather than being brave. I'm not as strong or brave as you're thinking, though, Pierce. I still regret many things..."
"Like what?"
"Now that I'm blind...I can't play the piano anymore. I wanted to be a famous pianist...but now I can't." Peter sighed. "That's the only thing I regret. It's like my life is empty now. It was my whole-life dream, and it was taken away. Dramatic, huh?"
Pierce sobbed and silently cried beside the albino. They didn't say anything for a while. Peter might somehow know that he was crying, but he knew than better to let him cry.
"AAAH! NO! NO!"
"Wh-What, what is it!?" Peter asked, panicking a bit.
"C-Clowns! There are clowns coming this way! Oh no! I'm going to get killed!" Pierce shrieked, hyperventilating. "Ha...Ha...Clowns...Oh God...I'm so scared..."
Peter swallowed in confuse. Clowns? He didn't really understand, but if he was afraid... "Uh...Try to camp in the corner." Peter suggested, hearing footsteps of crowd which he assumed as clowns coming closer.
"C-Camp in the corner! Camp in the corner!" Pierce frantically camped behind a trash can, hugging his knees, trying to erase his presence. Now, Pierce was doing a great job on that, because Peter was totally losing him, he started to panic, worried if Pierce left him.
"Hey, boy~!" Peter sighed in relief when one of the clown spoke to him. "Why are you alone here~? That's loona-loone-ley, ya know?"
"I'm blind, so...I don't know where I am..." Peter honestly answered, hoping they're good.
The clowns exchanged stares, and then grinned evilly. "Ooh...poor kiddie~ Why don't we walk you somewhere so you can find your way~?"
"Yeeee, this way~" the other clown grabbed Peter and dragged him away.
Pierce sighed in relief and pondered; camp in the corner was a brilliant idea! Next time if he saw anything scary...just camp in the corner. Yeah! He gotta thank Peter for this invention! The auburn boy got out behind the trash can and froze.
Peter was gone.
"Oh no...Peter...!"
"Hey, Pierce! What the heck are you doing there?" Alice twitched, coming with three corndogs in her hands. "Where's Peter?"
Pierce ran and hugged her, crying. "Waaaah! Peter was taken by the clowns! What do I do? I fail at protecting him! I'm so sorry Alice! I fail you...huu huuu waaah...!"
"Calm down Pierce, then we have to follow those clowns!" Alice decided, and quickly finished her corndog. "Eat this one, and..let's follow those clowns over there!"
~.X.~
Black sighed as he got out of the lion cage after taking care of Donald and Goofy. He then saw the Clown Bunch were laughing their asses off over something.
"Oh look, there he is~" a ginger clown laughed, pointing at Black, who twitched.
"The fuck you want?" Black deadpanned.
"Nothing~ We just had a very funny story, Blacky~" the other clown laughed. "There's this blind boy, he asked us for direction...so~ we kindly take him to the Horror House~!"
Black snorted. "Huh if he's getting hurt or shit, that'd be so funny 'cause that'd be your fucking fault, dumbass. Then Grell will enjoy whipping you."
The clowns glanced at each other, and then bursted out laughing.
"The funny part is still to be told, Blacky~! This boy asked our name...And so I really feel that...Pffft..." the ginger clown couldn't finish.
"At the moment...pffft...it'd be funny if our names were Black and White~ HA HA HA!"
The Clown Bunch laughed off as they walked away, and Black dropped his chair and whip, turning paler.
"What...the...fuck...just—what the fuck—WHIIITE WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE!"
~.X.~
"Corridors." Alice deadpanned. "I don't trust corridors...Never trust corridors...ever." she mumbled to herself and looked around. "I feel like having a de javu right now..."
"Alice...I'm scared...are you sure Peter went in here?" Pierce was crying on the floor.
"Yeah, I swear I saw him... Oooh! Look! A lantern...! Oooh~" Alice cheerfully took a lantern and used the dim torch on the wall to lit it up. She sighed in relief. "No we can see-BARRELLS!"
Pierce jumped at the shriek, while Alice was kicking the barrells.
"Out of my way, barrells! Grrrh! Let me get to the...door..." Alice tried to pull the door, and groaned. "Aargh, it's locked. What kind of Horror House is this!? The exit is locked too!"
Pierce then saw a piece of paper coming from one of the barrells. "Oh...th-there's a note here...it says...Welcome to Horror House! This is a different Horror House than you've ever visited! You can only get out by solving puzzles and finding keys to make it more thrilling and face all the jumpscares! Enjoy~! By Grell...Trickster..."
Pierce sobbed.
"Goddamn barrells...I knew it...you're hiding the key...aren't cha...?"
~.X.~
"Guys, what the fuck are you doing?" Vivaldi deadpanned, standing behind Julius and Gray, who were sneaking behind an ice cream cart.
The two stiffened and turned. Julius deadpanned, while Gray turned and see an angel, lighting up his darkest days, treasure in front of his eyes.
"Oh, Dupre." Julius curtly said.
"V-Vivy..." Gray sighed happily.
"Whatever! You guys gotta come with me!" Vivaldi harshly grabbed Julius and Gray's arms, dragging them. Gray sighed happily, while Julius was groaning in pain.
"Hey! Hey! Don't touch me!" the Wallflower protested.
"Oooh...yess...beautiful..." Gray sighed.
"We're going to the Horror House. Alice went there, and there are fucking puzzles to solve there, so I need you guys to do the work." Vivaldi growled under her breath and stopped as they stood before the Horror House.
"You saw Alice went in here?" Julius asked. "Why are you looking for her anyway?"
"Yeah, I need to ask her something important. I've been looking for her all day, and her Grandma said she went to this park. I saw her coming here with Pierce." Vivaldi nodded to the Horror House. "You see, Mr. Trickster based this house on some games...I only knew Amnesia, the rest are puzzles, and I fuckin' hate them! It's so convenient that you're here, Jule. You're smart!" she grinned at Julius, who twitched.
Gray twitched irritatedly. Why is Vivy grinning at Jule!? And she's saying that he's smart! Why is she—she's complimenting Julius!? She also said that Julius is convenient! Oh no...was Gray's presence is nothing to her?
"Plus, since Gray's a gamer, he'd recognize stuff. Then again, I just realized this!" Vivaldi got a realization. "The three of us are gamers! Alright, this is gonna be easy! Let's go and find Alice!"
"No problem, Viv." Gray coolly said. "I'd follow you to hell if you're going there." He scoffed as if it was nothing (but cheesy).
"Are you kidding me..." Julius sweat-dropped.
So he was much or less got dragged by Vivaldi, and Gray was no help at all here, and Julius couldn't do anything about it. This is the most profitless day ever! ...Except for that five dollars!
~.X.~
White sighed as he cheerfully walked towards the Horror House, Black stomping behind him. "Don't be so grumpy, old man...That's very fine~ We just go in here, grab that lil' blind boy, and everything will be juuuust fine..."
"This is adding more fucking work to our hands, goddammit White!" Black growled again.
"Oh, Black...just relax..." White's voice trailed off after he opened thedoor, and cold wind blew them, dark cemetery greeted them, and horror shrieks greeted them.
...
"This'll be an adventure!" White optimisticly said, and dragged Black.
"Fuck my life..." Black deadpanned as the door closed behind them. He then frantically turned to open it, and cursed. "I fuckin' knew it! It's locked! Goddamn cliche Horror House! Fuck my life!"
"I guess we just have to get to that mansion over there..." White shrugged and they started to walk.
"Why the fuck is there a mansion inside a fuckin' Horror House!?" Black protested.
"AAAAAAAGGH!" a woman's shriek was heard.
"F-FUCK! FUCK!" Black shrieked at the shrieking banshee. "Just...fuck you! Aaargh! Fuck this place!"
White laughed. "What? You're scared, Black? The Lion Master is afraid, hmm?"
"Shut the fuck up, dude! Let's just find a way out of this fucked up place and forget that fucking blind boy!" Black frantically paced towards the mansion, and White followed, cheerfully laughing at his twin.
~.X.~
"Where is it!?" It was the third room and Alice was looking for keys again. She harshly opened drawers, chests, wardrobes, checking all barrells, and then stopped just to yell at a skeleton model.
"I don't trust you!" she said, taking off the skull and tossed it into a drawer. "It's like he's watching us...But I trust you, leg..." Alice suddenly smiled and took off the skeleton's leg. "Okay, he's coming with us. I'm going to call him...Leg."
Pierce sobbed and frantically look for the key. Alice was going insane! They gotta get out...He gotta get out!
"A-Alice..." Pierce stopped looking and they stared at each other. "We...maybe we'll find it in that coffin." Pierce reluctantly pointed the coffin standing in the corner. They didn't want to open it, but apparently they've got no other choice.
"I hope Samara won't come if we did..." Alice whimpered and hugged the leg as she cautiously approached the coffin. "Y-You go first, Leg...make sure it's safe..." she threw the leg towards the coffin.
Pierce waited nervously, gulping.
The coffin didn't budge.
"It's safe...? Okay, I trust you Leg..." Alice sighed and slowly approached the coffin to pry it open. Nothing was inside. She sighed and smiled in relief as she found the key on the bottom.
"Awesome! Leg, you're the best!" she hugged the Leg, but then dropped it. Pierce whimpered as they heard a shriek again. And a crashing voice nearby.
"Oh no, it's her! Oh no! What do we do!? Camp in the corner! Camp in the corner!" Pierce frantically ran into the coffin, Alice turned off the lantern and then followed in, closing the coffin.
"Please don't find us..." the two prayed.
"KYAAAAH!"
"WAAAH!"
"AAARGH!?"
The two grimaced and stopped shrieking, tears on their cheeks. A brunette little girl just opened the coffin, and was shocked to see the two, she was crying as well.
"L-Let me hide too!" she pleaded. "She's coming here!"
"There's no place!" Pierce frantically said, sweating, and then glared at the Leg. "Alice, throw out the Leg!"
"What? No! How could you, Pierce?" Alice was so shocked as if the idea was so ridiculous.
"Alice, just...do it, please! I'm so sorry!" Pierce pulled the Leg and threw it away, then dragged the brunette girl in, before slamming the coffin close.
Alice whimpered. "Oh...Leg...I'm sorry..." she whispered.
The three held their breath as the door creaked open and Samara crawled in, breathing heavily. She stopped, slowly looking her surrounding through her strands of silky black hair, and the room shivered at her deep, throaty breathe.
The three kids flinched as Samara slowly crawled towards the coffin. Towards them.
"I...Is she coming here...?" Pierce mouthed.
"Oh no...I can't believe this..." the brunette whimpered.
"Run..." Alice warned. "Run. RUN, RUN NOW! GO! GO! GO!" she yelled and slammed open the door. "Split into three ways!" she commanded, and they shriek as they bursted out randomly, trying to run past Samara.
"Aaaaaahh..." Samara moaned, confused of where to go, but then spread her arms to caught them all.
Alice scowled and grabbed the Leg. "Oh no, you don't! Take this!" she hit Samara with the Leg. "Go, Leg! Go! Save us! I'm sorry!" she sobbed and tossed the Leg to Samara, and ran, following Pierce and the brunette girl.
"Oh no...Leg..." Alice whimpered.
The three ran off far enough, and stopped, panting heavily.
Alice sobbed.
"Let's have a moment of silence to honoring our brave hero, the Leg...for saving our life." Pierce sadly said in a soft voice.
The three looked down and prayed for the Leg's happy afterlife.
"Amen..." Alice sobbed. She then looked around, and then stared to the brunette girl. "Oh, you're the girl who sat behind me in the roller coaster, right?"
"Oh...yes. Um..." the girl looked at her shoes shyly. "Th-Thank you for saving me. I'm so sorry about the Leg. That's...my fault..." she whimpered, but then stared at Alice intensely. "Please let me follow you! I'll do whatever I can to help solve the puzzles and find the keys!"
"Of course!" Alice smiled. "The more is the merrier! How come you're in here alone?"
"Oh...I got separated from Garry..." the girl frowned sadly, she looked really lonely about it. "I hope he's okay."
"Is he your brother?" Pierce shyly asked.
The girl turned at Pierce, and blushed. "Y-Yes...Um...something like that...Oh yeah." She turned to Alice again. "Why are you guys here, then?"
"Oh, we're looking for a friend. He came here because he got pranked by the clowns." Alice sighed. "By the way, my name is Alice. I'm ten years old."
"I-I'm...Pierce, by the way...I-I'm nine years old..." Pierce introduced himself shyly.
The girl looked surprised, and smiled at Pierce. "Really? I'm nine years old too! Nice to meet you guys...My name is Ib."
Ib and Garry by Kouri.
Hey, this will be the last chapter before I'm off for...well, a month. I need to get this out of my system, lol.
So yeah, hope you enjoyed it~!