Becoming Alice, in Wonderland chapter 4

A/N: Sorry for taking so long to finish the chapter! I haven't forgotten about this story though so continue to look for updates.

"Daddy is nearby!" Hinaichigo cried happily.

"We don't know that yet, Hina." Kanaria said.

"What do you think Shinku?" Suiseiseki asked.

Shinku stood there in deep thought. "It would make sense. We are in Wonderland and we are trying to become Alice. We have to become Alice, in Wonderland."

"That means that Peter is Father." Suigintou said with a grin. The other dolls looked confused. "He's my medium and Father loves me."

"No. I don't think so. Father is probably someone else. He wouldn't make it easy." Souseiseki said.

Shinku nodded. "Blood. I would like a list of the people that are not here right now." Blood nodded at the request. He couldn't really refuse. "Later today, we will go through the list to figure out more. Now it is tea time though."

Everyone knew that the discussion was over for now. Blood set Shinku down in her seat and she nodded with a small smile. Vivaldi clapped her hands and maids came in carrying tea. "I wasn't sure what flavor to have so I made several!" She said with a smile. Each person picked which one that they wanted and quickly drank it.

"Only ladies should be able to drink this tea." Shinku said after finishing when the party was over.

"Why thank you Shinku. I will make sure to remember that you liked it."

"Thank you." Shinku said with a curtesy to Vivaldi after Blood had helped her to the ground. "Now, Blood," Shinku said and turned to her servant. "I would like to know the names of the other remaining gentlemen in this place."

"Do you want it written down?"

"That is a good idea servant."

Vivaldi clapped her hands and a fine piece of paper was brought out. Blood bit his lip and mumbled the names to himself as he wrote them. "Elliot..., Ace...Julius. Who's next? Oh yeah Gray, Boris, and Pierce. Wait and Joker." He looked over the list and handed the cursive handwritten note to the small doll.

"Good. There are seven names. One for each of us."

"What do you mean?" Suigintou said with her arms crossed.

"One of us will search for each person. Whoever finds Father first must be Alice."

"How will we decide which one goes to which person?" Kanaria asked, ever the planner of the dolls.

"Why don't we pull names out of a hat?" Souseiseki said with a cheerful twirl. "That way its fair."

Without any other options, they decided that would be the way they would determine who found who. "You can use my hat." Suiseiseki said and handed it to Shinku.

Shinku nodded and placed the names in the hat. "We'll go in order of our numbers." Shinku said and held the hat out to Suigintou.

She put her hand into the hat and pulled out the name at the bottom of the hat. "Who did you get?" Kanria asked, excited to see who everyone got.

"Gray." Suigintou said in a bland voice.

Shinku held the hat out to Kanria next. She dipped her hand in and looked at the name she got. "Elliot."

Shinku turned to Souseiseki who pulled out a name followed closely by her sister. "Ace."

Souseiseki stated. "Pierce."

Suiseiseki said and held out the hat to Shinku so she could pick. "Boris." She said, taking the hat from Suiseiseki with a nod of thanks.

Hinaichigo was next. "Julius." Vivaldi read as Hinaichigo cheered.

Shinku turned to Kirakishou and let her pick out the last slip of paper. Shinku stared at her sister who usually had no body as she unfolded the piece of paper and read the name. "Joker."

Shinku returned the hat to Suiseiseki before making an annoucement. "We will commence the search for Father at the beginning of the next time period. Each will look for the person whose name they drew. If you determine that this person is not Father, you will return here. If someone is not back at the end of the time period, whoever is here will go to search for them. Does everyone understand?" Shinku said and looked around until she saw every doll nod. "It is settled." Shinku motioned for Blood to pick her up. "How long is it until the next period, servant?"

"I'll need to set you down to check."

"That is fine but then you must pick me up and carry me when it is time to leave."

"Yes Shinku." He said and pulled out a strange time piece. "It looks like the time periods will be changing soon."

Shinku nodded as the sky changed from afternoon to mid-morning. "Pick me up, Blood. Its time to go find Father." Blood did exactly what she said.