"Dear?" Kiana questioned, nearly choking as the word came out. The man who stood before her was the leader of the mafia and well known mad hatter. Why on Earth was he calling her dear?! "What's wrong?" He walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed, reaching out his hand. She flinched, preparing for him to hit her or something, but soon relaxed as he gently caressed her cheek. Something was definitely not right with this picture. Despite all of this something inside her helped her stay calm. Her cheeks flushed, suddenly losing her balance and falling onto him. "It does appear that you have caught a cold, dear..."

"Great," she murmured, relaxing and allowing herself to fall asleep against the man. Blood quietly helped her get comfortable once more, tucking her in, then leaving and ordering one of the maids to look after her. He let his mind wander off as he walked out of the room, quietly thinking over things. "I wonder why she was gone this morning..." Although it wasn't unusual for her to just disappear; it was unusual for her to just up and leave while he was still asleep... He lurked his way into his library, sitting down and looking at the pile of paperwork that needed to be done. His mind was far from paperwork.

"Only one..."

Kiana whipped her head around trying to find the origin of the voice. It seemed to not exist.

"Only one outsider may be happy while another is around..."

"What?"

"You don't think Alice is honestly happy with you being there, do you?"

"But..."

"She isn't. All of the attention has been on you since you appeared. She's just 'the other foreigner'."

"That isn't true!" she growled at the bodiless creature.

"Believe what you want~"

She gritted her teeth, feeling as though if she grinded them any harder she would grind them to dust. Whoever this person was, they were definitely trying to get on her bad side. It was working. She would find them and kill them.

Suddenly the ravenette awoke, gasping while she looked around. Kiana dug around on her person, soon pulling out the tiny vial that forced her to stay in this place. It had a little bit of liquid at the bottom; very little. Wait, could that mean she wasn't even connected to this psyched out and crazy one? From the sounds of it... She had been 'here' for a while. Coughing, she crawled out of bed. She had to find Blood. If her theory was correct, then everything about this world was flawed. "Ma-ma'am!" squeaked one of the maids, helping her along to the library where Blood had his nose buried in a book.

"U-Um, s-sir, Miss Mariveil came to see you," the faceless maid squeaked, hoping that the Mafioso was in a good mood. He leered, however, for once it wasn't at the maid herself. "Bring her in," he sighed, closing the book he had been reading. She nodded and brought her in, ushering her to sit down on the couch. "You may leave," he dismissed the maid. She shifted a bit uncomfortably on the couch, having a feeling he was displeased with her. He sighed. "Why did you come here?"

"U-Um, I feel like I'm starting to forget some things... Could you explain to me?" His brow arched, looking at the female with concern. He walked over and sat down next to her, looking her in the eyes. "Do you remember how or about when you got here?" She shook her head. He blinked. It was unusual to say the least, but with her being sick, he wasn't putting much thought into whether it made sense or not. "Well, Peter dragged you down and both of you landed near the clock tower. He forced you to drink 'some medicine' as he told you." She quietly stared at him, taking it in. That was how Alice said she had gotten here. Hers was much different... "O-Oh! I see."

"Are you still feeling a bit fuzzy?" She nodded. This didn't look good. It seemed that running around yesterday on top of having a cold was really affecting her. "After that you scurried around the territories. Eventually you decided to stay here at the mansion, then we..." Her eyes widened at this interrupted sentence. "Boss? Huh? Oh, sorry, am I interrupting something?" It was Elliot. He over all looked the same, as Blood and Peter did, except... Dread ran over her expression, noticing a clear pair of dog ears. Did that mean he ran around saying he was a hare not a dog...? This world was starting to get more confusing the longer she stayed in it.

"Give us a moment, Elliot." He nodded and quickly got out of the room, soon leaving the two alone yet again. He gave her a sweet smile, reaching up and stroking her cheek very gently. "Do you remember what happens next?" She shook her head, looking at him with heightened curiosity. He allowed a sigh to escape his lips once more, replacing it with a soft smile soon after. "Some time after that, Peter, angry with your decision, attempted to drag you off to the Heart Castle. He was claiming you as his own," he paused, having a slight displeased look as he stated it. "You told him that you didn't love him and that you loved someone else. You returned here and told me how you felt. We've been dating since."

Kiana paled at hearing this. That's why she was in his bed?! A natural, despite being forced, smile spread across her cheeks. "I see! Well, thank you for reminding me." He nodded, kissing her forehead and returning to his desk. "If there's anything else you need, just tell me, alright?" She gave a quick 'mhm!' and went off to the maid who helped her return to Blood's bedroom. Her mind was quickly wandering away. Her first thoughts were on who she could get to believe her if she told them. "I should go after anyone who still has the same personality... If it's different then it may cause them to not believe me..."

She instinctively would have gone to Nightmare, but she had a feeling that something connected the damn dream demon to it. Both of them. She was going to give him an earful the next time she saw him. She ran her fingers through her hair, thinking over what to do. So far Elliot seemed to be normal, Vivaldi... She would have included Peter but he was now obsessed with her so... Perhaps Dee and Dum? It was then a crash sounded in the room, a blonde standing in the broken shards. "Huh, how did I get in here?" A familiar smile crossed her face. This idiot seemed to be the same.

"Um, Ace, how did you get here?" He turned to look at the ravenette, blinking. "Where is here exactly?" ... "The hatter's mansion. You didn't know that?" He looked around with the new found light and laughed. "Oh! I didn't recognize it until the wind blew the curtains open." She shook her head. Would he believe her if she said anything? Her eyes widened as he grew close, body being more familiar with his touch than she would have liked to admit. His hand rested on her cheek, looking at the pink painted over her skin.

"A-Ace? What are you doing?" He frowned but replaced it with a smirk soon after, his hand never leaving her cheek. "You don't belong here. I can't quite explain it, but something's different and wrong. Normally I can't stand you, but..." His warm breath grazed her lips, soon pulling away at the sound of footsteps. "M-Miss Kiana! We heard..." If the two had eyes, their eyes would have been as wide as dinner plates at the sight of the blonde. Ace just blinked, looking at the two maids who had arrived. "What? Do I have something on my face?" He laughed. She looked between the maids and the man who stood next to her, a thought quickly rising.

"A-Ace got lost! But he heard that I wanted to return to the heart castle for a bit, so I was wondering if maybe he could take me?" The maids muttered about how they needed to discuss the matter with Blood. She nodded and quietly waited. Would he actually agree to it...? She swallowed nervously when the maids returned. It had taken quite a while for them to discuss it... "He said that it was alright. We shall be escorting you there, however." A smile crossed her features, quickly explaining that it was alright since Ace always got lost.

On the way to the heart castle, Kiana was being pushed in a wheelchair by one of the maids from before with Ace by her side. A short sneeze interrupted their silence, Ace tossing his jacket onto the sickly female. "Ya need to keep warm." A soft pink crossed her cheeks. She knew that this was wrong and for some reason he hated her guts, but... he was acting and talking as though he actually cared about her.

Blood had been watching the knight carefully ever since he left the mansion. Something was up with him and whatever he was, he didn't like it. If he planned on hurting Kiana again, he had another thing coming. "Dee, Dum. I want you two to watch Ace and Kiana. Make sure not to lose them from your sight." They nodded and responded with a 'yes boss!'

Peter's ears twitched, leering daggers at the knight as he entered the main hall. "How dare you show up late! The queen should have your head!" His anger and yelling slowly stopped at the sight of Kiana. Her sights, however, were on Vivaldi. It appeared as though she still had the same personality, her hair and eye color had changed to be the same as her dearest brother's. "I apologize, your majesty, for not seeing you when I visited the other day. I was not feeling myself, so to speak." She waved her hand and gave a gentle smile.

"We understand. We have heard you are sick. Is this true?" She nodded quietly and flinched as Vivaldi barked for the maids to bring her some tea. Peter held out his arms, ready to pounce on his favorite person in the world. "My love- Ace..." His eyes grew dim, feeling the restraint of his arm keeping him from the other. The blonde just smiled, hand on his sword. "N-Now! Peter... I came to apologize to you as well, but I need to talk to Ace, alone." He pouted, muttering about how worthless Ace was and how he didn't deserve to be in the presence of her.

She could only groan. Was this how Alice felt? It sucked. The maid rolled her into the knight's room, bowing her head and waiting outside for them to finish their discussion. He had other plans in mind. The minute the door closed he was next to her, sword to her throat. "Why don't I want to kill you? I can't stand you, yet... I want you close to me. This doesn't make any sense!" He laughed out, putting his sword away. Mentally sighing, she looked at him. "I don't know how you're supposed to act around me here, but I do know how you're supposed to act around me in..." Her voice trailed off, quietly thinking about Ace. A soft pink flushed her cheeks. She just wanted to be in his arms...

She wanted to feel safe and secure again. Now she felt even more alone and confused than when she first arrived. "What would you do if I told you I didn't belong here?" This piqued his curiosity. "Hm? What do you mean?" A sigh followed her, standing up and finding some paper in his drawers. She drew two lines. One was curved as it went and the other was straight. "This is my world," she said as she pointed to the straight line. "This is wherever it is I am now. Somehow I moved from point a to point b." He nodded, listening to her quietly. He didn't quite get it but it did make sense. "Tell me more about 'your world'," he inquired, looking at her. She started explaining, telling him the major differences between her world and wherever it was she was stuck.

"So... I was in love with you?" A quick nod. "or so you claimed and acted," she muttered with a soft blush. He smirked, cupping her chin and forcing her to look at him. "Then that's probably what's makin' me feel this way. You're little knight must have some strong feelings for you~" She pulled back, looking away from him. "I don't know... What's different between how I used to act and how I do now?" He grinned. "Absolutely nothing! But for some reason, you're a lot cuter now."

She tapped her finger against her chin, not even noticing how close to her he was now. "Well, Ace always told me about how I needed to stop being 'so cute' as he put it... I thought he was just messing with me. A-Ace!" She squealed, falling over onto his bed.

Author's Note;

I apologize deeply about not being able to separate the last chapter, I was really wanting to post it so I posted it from my phone. Not sure how much I'll be posting as I need to start writing again, but I wanted to post this for everyone. Merry Christmas! I might be posting something Doctor Who related, not sure yet though. For your entertainment;

Preview for upcoming chapters;

Julius was now cringing at the words 'death', 'die' 'dead', and 'kill'. The death rate had gone up so drastically that he couldn't even keep count of how many clocks he had to fix.

If Kiki being gone affects Ace that much, does he really like her? I know everyone is supposed to like the outsider-s, but does he like her beyond the fact that she is merely an outsider? Could he lo-

"Yes... and no. I still have no idea how to bring her back, but I know a bit more of what's happened. It appears as though somehow she was sent to parallel world. It's exactly like ours, but different, mostly people and timeline/events that have taken place. It would appear that in this other world, she takes Alice's place. Everything that has happened to you she supposedly went through. However, there is some rather disturbing information that I found out..."

Ace smiled, holding onto his sword with deathly intent.

"Ah, well... You wanted to see me, Blood?" A soft smile crossed her lips, seeing him with his nose buried in some book.

How could she have let herself forget this man of all people?

"My, my, what're you doing wandering off on your own?"

"-Plus if I am anything like my other self, then I'm probably killing everyone in attempts to get you back!"

"You say that so innocently." She dead panned.

"I guess... I do love him... Wow, that feels nice to just say out loud," she laughed softly, looking at the ground.

"It seems things are going about smoothly."