Author's Note; There's a huge hint by the name. I'm not giving it away, just yet, so just keep reading to see if you can figure it out. Guesses should only be made via PM! I don't want reviews with guesses, only because if they're true then it'll spoil the fun! But leave reviews about what you think~ Enter the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. Go, go, go!

Chapter Four; Enter the Ace of Hearts

I sighed as we walked along the trail to the Hatter's mansion. The visit to the amusement park was delayed further because Alice wanted me to at least briefly meet the residents of the Hatter's. "Blood Dupre… Huh?" I questioned as I stared at the amazing view of the mansion. It was a stunning building. Nothing like the castle, but I wouldn't mind living there.

"Elliot March lives here too. Just don't call him a rabbit…" Alice informed me as she scratched the side of her head. Was he like Peter? I thought on the matter, soon feeling two pairs of arms around my waist. "H-Hey!" I yelled, pink crossing my face as I tried removing them. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have minded, but it seemed without meaning to that they were tugging my skirt ever so slightly downwards.

"Lady and Pretty Lady came to visit us! Yaayy!" They said happily in unison before rushing over to Alice and hugging her. I laughed a little, forcing myself not to think about how they were in their older forms. "Yeah, we did… Did ya miss me?" They looked to each other for a second before answering. "We missed both the lady and the pretty lady…"

Dum spoke, staying near Alice as Dee came back near me. "Yeah! When Boris told us lady and pretty lady were going to go to the Amusement Park, we went there everyday but boss started getting mad…" Dee explained with a frown, soon being replaced with a smile. "But lady and pretty lady are here now! So now we can do our job and see you!" I smiled and patted him on the head.

"Aww, that's so cute that you missed us so much…" Dee frowned along with Dum. I knew that look… It was usually followed with… "What did Blood tell you two?" The four of us heard, interrupting their chance to change into their older form. I looked to the figure who spoke and tilted my head. Those were so bunny ears. "Bug off pissy hare!" Dum shouted with an annoyed look. "Yeah! Shouldn't you be doing your work?"

Dee added. The male frowned, his brows furrowing. "Well it's impossible to do my work when you two are out here doing anything to avoid yours! How many times have I told you not to tie up the maids?" I cringed at hearing that statement, slightly glad I didn't think to work here instead of the Heart Castle. His hand flew outwards, pointing towards where a few maids were tied up in a tree. "Oh wow…" I said with a nervous laugh.

"Elliot…" Alice said with a nervous laugh which caused Elliot's ears to twitch slightly. "A-Alice! I didn't see you… I-I'm sorry…" He spoke rubbing the back of his neck. "What brings you here? Let's head inside… You two, back to work!" He briefly smiled when speaking with Alice, glaring to the twins threateningly. "You can't hog the lady and the pretty lady all to yourself!" Dee protested with a frown. "Yeah, and you're not the boss so we don't have to listen to you!" Dum added in.

Inevitably the twins joined us inside as we waited for the maid to finish making the tea. "Well… Kiana here hasn't met everyone yet, so I'm taking her to meet the residents of each territory…" Alice began explaining to Elliot, Dum clinging to her side as Dee held tightly to me. It didn't bother either of us much, since they were currently in their child form.

"Oh! I see… How did you get here?" Elliot asked me, causing me to scratch the side of my face. "W-Well… I'm not really comfortable talking about it right now… Is it alright if I tell you at a later time?" He nodded his head before both of our attention was turned towards Alice, who was giggling.

"She's normally not open with new people, so don't take anything personal by it, Elliot. It took me a whole a week of pestering her to even get her name when we first met…" A small pink crossed my cheeks, scratching the back of my head. I wasn't shy I was just… hesitant to tell people about myself. There's been so much in my life I'd rather not relive…

"O-Oh… Sorry for asking then…" He apologized, I shook my head. "No, no. You didn't know. If you had known before asking, then maybe I might be a little mad. Since we just met, it can't be helped. I'm sure it's kind of weird to have two outsiders around too… So…"

We had eventually gotten off the subject and began just talking casually. I sipped my tea happily, watching Elliot sip his carrot tea. "Alice, he's so a bunny…" I whispered into her ear, watching his ear twitch. Did he…? "For someone who's not a rabbit, you sure eat a lot of carrots, pissy hare." Dum spoke, purposely trying to bother him.

"D-Dum…" Alice tried to stop. We both sighed as the conversation was brought up again, watching the three argue amongst one another. "So… The guy you like… He lives here doesn't he?" I questioned Alice, watching her face grow pink. "Keep it down, Kiki!" I giggled at the frustration and embarrassment on her face, laughing so hard I ended up dropping my cup.

"Onee-chan it's not funny…" Wiping my eyes, I bent down to start cleaning up the cup. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to laugh so hard…" "You should let a maid do that…" Elliot said, getting up to call a maid over. I pouted and leaned back into my chair, crossing my arms over my chest.

No One's POV;

Kiana silently huffed to herself as she watched the maid clean up the glass, Alice laughing nervously while recovering from the short scene from earlier. It didn't take long for Elliot, Dee, and Dum to start fussing again. The maid quietly cleaned up the tea from the floor, giving Kiana another cup full of tea. "Thank you…" She spoke quietly, sipping her tea.

"Did I give permission for either of you to enter my mansion? Why are you three slacking on your jobs?" The three workers of the Hatter's Mansion stiffened at the new voice. Slowly the group's gaze was turned towards a black haired male who looked like he'd been woken up. Kiana's head tilted to the side, staring at the new figure.

"Oh, it's another filthy outsider? She works quicker than Alice, it seems, having already seduced the three of you." He spoke in an annoyed tone. Kiana's brows furrowed, setting her cup down as she glared to the man. "What the hell is your problem? Why would I bother seducing your men? Don't talk bad about Alice, either!"

Blood's eyes narrowed, glaring at the girl. "Because all of you outsiders are exactly the same, coming in here and making everyone fall all over you." Silence surrounded the room, Blood and Kiana intently glaring at one another. "Now, leave. So my men can possibly get some work done…" Her glare hardened, putting her hands on her hips.

"Is taking a break once in a while so terrible?"

"It's not a break when they're spending all their time with sluts like you and Alice."

"I don't give a damn what you say about me, but you will not speak of Alice that way!" Kiana yelled, puffing her chest out. This caused Blood to laugh, leer soon returning as he spoke. "What can you possibly do about it, little girl?" The sound of slapping soon echoed throughout the room, causing everyone's jaw to drop. Blood and Alice mouthed off constantly, but never did she hit him.

"Alice! We're leaving before…" As though fate were playing a cruel joke on the girl, the time suddenly changed from sunset to dusk. Stars glistened in the dark sky, the moon playfully glowing in the middle of all the stars. An annoyed sigh came from Blood, brow twitching softly. "It would be more problematic to send Elliot to escort you home… Elliot! Take them to a guest bed room then return to your work immediately…"

Elliot nodded as Blood turned and walked away. "It's just this way…" He started, turning in the direction of where they'd need to walk. "Screw that! We don't need to stay here!" Before receiving a conformation from her friend, Kiana was walking out the door. "Kiana!" Alice yelled, trying to follow. "I'll go get her… Just stay inside, alright?"

Elliot smiled towards her thus causing Alice's cheeks to turn a shade of pink. "A-Alright… Elliot…" She retreated inside, leaving Elliot to head forwards in attempts to follow Kiana.

Not too far from the Hatter's Mansion, Kiana was angrily walking along the path. "Who the hell does he think he is? I don't care if he is a mafia boss! That doesn't give him any special privileges! Stupid man…" Swinging her foot to kick a tree out of anger, she squeaked as someone grabbed it.

Kiana's POV;

"Whoa, whoa, whoa… You almost hit me there!" I heard as the figure held onto my foot. That voice… It sounded so familiar. "A-Ace? What're you doing out here?" Sure enough the knight of the heart castle came out of the bushes. "Hey Kiana… Didn't think I'd see you again! What brings you out here in the middle of the night? Don't you know that's dangerous?"

He had let me foot down as he walked out, growing closer to me until our noses were practically touching. I could feel his warm breath against my lips… "S-Sir Ace…" My cheeks grew a bit red as he chuckled. "You shouldn't do that, Kiana! You look so cute right now you might end up causing me to rape you… But I won't… yet."

"W-What was that?" I asked as the heat in my cheeks grew. "Nothing~ but yeah, what're you doing out here? Didn't Peter ever tell you it's dangerous to be out at night alone?" He was quick to change the subject… But I wasn't in the mood to be pestered by him, so I let him. "Um… I was on my way back to the clock tower…" He blinked for a moment before grinning.

"Is that so? Then I'll walk you there!" I squeaked as his arm wrapped around my waist, picking me up and slinging me over his shoulder. "S-Sir Ace!" "Nah, just Ace for you… 'sides you don't work there anymore!" He corrected me, walking along the path. "A-Ace… T-This isn't walking me there… This is carrying me…" I muttered, fidgeting slightly.

"There's a difference?" He asked, red hues looking towards me with confusion. I sighed, hanging my head before noticing something. "A-Ace! This is the way to the Hatter's Mansion! Go the other way!" He just grinned, walking further towards the Hatter's Mansion. "Nah, I know my way around Kiana! We'll make it to the clock tower in no time!"

Alice's POV;

I twirled the cup in my hands, my reflection glistening in the tea filled cup. I was worried about Kiana… She had been gone for a while and Elliot wasn't back yet… "I hope she's okay…" I spoke to myself. I didn't want to be here. I didn't mind Dee or Dum, or even being with Elliot… I did mind him. "Don't worry lady! I'm sure that blondie-chickie-rabbit will be back with her soon!"

"Yeah! Pissy hare may be a good for nothing, but I'm sure he'll find her!" Dee and Dum said, trying to cheer me up. I smiled softly, sipping the tea. "Yeah…" I didn't like how they were insulting Elliot, but I was more worried about their safety to yell at them for it. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening. "Onee-chan? Elliot?" I asked, hopeful it would be the two.

I was soon greeted by red eyes and brown hair, Ace grinning like an idiot. "See? I got us here." Kiana wriggled in his grip, blushing as she kicked her legs. "I can see pretty lady's underwear…" Dee said, a pink crossing his cheeks. My face grew blue as I noticed how he was carrying her, over his shoulder so that when he faced us her butt did too…

"Huh? Oh wow…" Ace spoke, pulling her skirt up to see her underwear. "I never knew you liked red panties~" I could see Kiana's ears go red as she blushed, kicking and wiggling in his grip more. "What the hell? Stop looking up my skirt! Let me down!" He laughed, finally putting her down.

"F.y.i. this is the Hatter's Mansion, not the Clock Tower!" She yelled, hitting him on the head before walking over to my side. "F.y.i? What's that?" He asked while blinking. "For your information, stupid!"

"Aww… Kiana, that's not very nice!" He said, laughing lightly.

"I don't care! You're not very nice!" She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest while still blushing.

"How am I not 'very nice'?" Ace asked curiously.

"Did I miss something?" Elliot asked, just walking in to see Kiana and Ace yelling at each other. I giggled lightly, shaking my head. "No. They're just fighting like a married couple, it seems…" I could see Kiana's brows furrowing. "Me married to him? NO way in hell! We're not a married couple!"

"Aww! That stings my clock! You're so mean Kiana!" Ace said, pretending to be hurt.

"Go burn in hell!" Kiana retorted, blushing as she leered at the wall.

"Well this should be an interesting night…" Elliot said, arching his brow as the two continued fighting. "Yes, very interesting…" I giggled in agreement. In any other circumstance, I would have pushed Ace off, but it seemed Kiana had everything under control… For now anyway…

Author's Note; Hm, well, this was quite interesting wasn't it? I wonder what will happen next! O_e;

It kind of sucks that I don't have a computer at home with internet connection… I would be updating more if I did! Dx

Oh well, I guess. Here's a short little bit on the next chapter;

Next up; Kiana, Alice, and Ace leave the Hatter's Mansion intent on returning to the Clock Tower… Well, with Ace's brilliant directions they end up going to the Amusement Park. What will happen when Ace says he's dragging the two to the Heart Castle after their fun at the Amusement Park?

Stay tuned~

(If you want xD)