"Alice Madness Returns"

Alice read it over again as if she read it wrong.

"A L I C E"
That's definetly what it said.
Alice and her friends - and the seaweedhead (if she might add)...and the clown...(which kind of only
left Oz and Sharon(yes, she was forced) as her friends, but whatever) had been wandering around in
town for a couple of hours after hearing about this meat festival being held.
She of course had to attend! It was MEAAAAAAT.
They stopped by a bookstore when the festival ended, Break claiming he needed something in there,
so Alice had been left staring at this obnoxious book which mentioned her very name.
"Alice Madness Returns" She spoke again as if she couldn't perceive it.
"Huh?" Oz finally making his way to look what Alice had found. "Found something you like, Alice?" He
asked.
Alice nodded slightly. "I think I found something belonging to my past." Oz tilted his head in
excitement and wonder. "This book has my name on it," Alice pointed at it, watching Oz gaze glance
upon it, before letting out a laughter.
"What so funny, I found something didn't I?"
"Many people has the same name as you have, Stupid rabbit." Gilbert was suddenly behind her. Alice
stared back at him ready to make an insult at the man followed by "seaweedhead", but gave up and
picked up the book.
"I want this!" She squealed.
Gilbert said harshly no, before meeting Oz's gaze, reminding him that fighting in a place like this
wasn't such good thing, then mumbling about how stupid she was and headed out, dragging Oz with
him.
She wasn't going to let it go just like that though, the stubborn little rabbit as she was. She made her
way over to Sharon, who seemed to have fallen for just another Romance novel, Obvious by her
sparkly eyes and lack of awareness.
Sharon jumped a bit when she lightly tapped her back, since nothing else was working. She looked at
her then at the book, examining it. Alice gave her an expression that showed just as much she wanted
it. Then Sharon flinched slightly;
"You like horror stories, Miss Alice?" Putting her cheek in her palm, tilting her head to the side.
h-huh? did she say horror- Wait, was it tasty?
"I guess," she answered.
"Very well," Alice saw Sharon heading over to buy it and noticing Break suprised at his lady buying
something so Inappropriate.
Later that day Alice found herself staring at the book, she had been for hours.
It seemed interesting, by the cover of an girl about her age (She supposed) holding a kitchen knife as
long as her upper arm, while sitting in a heart shaped chair with needles and was that ...eyes? sewed
onto it.
Alice shrugged, maybe this wasn't good afterall. There were also dolls showing the insides of their
brains, all of them had their eyes ripped out ...and yup, it practically looked like the seaweedhead's
brother was at work, now selling out books. Worst of all, The girl on the cover was grinning, Well
atleast she looked confident.
It made her stomach tighten alittle.
Alice opened the book rather hasty, and started reading on the first page, from the top to the bottom.
This didn't give her much to go on, There was only some talk about "Alice" being mentally disturbed
after her parents passed away. Mentally disturbed? hm. she wondered how that was like. Did your
brain fall out? or make you grin like Alice, as she guessed it was, or would your eyes become swollen,
like you hadn't slept for weeks?
In any case, she turned to the next page and read. But gave up after the 3rd sentence. Alice had no
patient, and this wasn't an exception.
She looked around, sighing when she remembered that Oz wasn't her with her for the rest of the day.
She might aswell just sleep...She thought.
"BOO" She jumped, startled.
The clown found the worst of times to mess with her. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
"Shush!... You're reading -" He gently pulled at the book, reading the title. "Alice Madness Returns?"
Alice resisted the urge to smack him.
"Yes, what about it?" She crossed her arms. "Do you mind that I read" What was it... "Horror stories?"
Break started giggling. What the fuck did the clown find so amusing was beyond her. Was horror
stories something very weird? ...if these gory stuff wasn't...
"You READ?"
"FUCK YOU" This time he got it.
"...Miss Alice is so cruel!" She spotted him trying to get back on his feet. And when he did he brought
his hand buried in long white sleeves to his mouth, like he was preventing himself from saying
something, and blinked then led out a fake tear. Emily was about to say something, but the man
before her however made her shush. I guess he finally learned his lesson not to mess with her.
She saw Break frown for a moment before turning to his usual grin. "I was only curious, I'll see you
tomorrow then," He waved at her and walked out.
Right... Her damn manservant had left her at the rainsworth estate for an entire WEEK, with the
CLOWN and and that tea-drinking girl, which was just freaky for living with such a clown and not yet
lost her mind.
Her manservant was outright A MAD-SERVANT for doing such a thing!
She sighed and sat down again. picked up the book, that had fell on the ground, and continued
reading.
"'Seems following furry creatures into dark holes has become a habit. I hope it's not a vice.'
I hurried along after the white creature, into a dark foggy alley. I couldn't see anything beyond my
toe. I heard an odd noise which sent a shiver down my spine. I turned around, only to see a strange
ant like creature making it's way over to me. It was as if it was ready to attack me.
and suddenly I was surrounded by a whole clique of them.
I felt someone suddenly touching my shoulder.
'My stars and garters, Alice Liddell!'"
This book was most certainly mad. Who owned stars?
Alice continued reading, and noticed something interesting at page 7th.
"I walked over to Pris, She was feeding the birds, like always.
'Nurse Witless, do you plan to harm me? to send me back to the asylum?' I asked.
'I won't say no... I have a thrist you could photograph...' She walked over to the edge of the roof.
'Need a drink!'
Pris Witless's voice suddenly turned rather dark. I guessed I was wrong, but erased that thought
quickly as I saw her grew wings.
'More than my whistle needs whetting...' then she turned to me, with strong claws, and a huge mouth.
she was about to eat me!
The Jabberwock was back!"
Jabberwock? Wasn't that ...Reo's chain...? She must've been mistaken ...
"Before I could let out as much as a scream the ground opened up underneath me, as I fell down into
wonderland, once again."
She had been there before?
Alice continued reading till the clock turned midnight. Noticing suddenly no one was awake, no sound
of footsteps from servants rushing around doing chores.
She supposed she just had to go to bed now. She knew if she didn't get enough rest, her eyes would
bleed when she woke up and she really didn't like that feeling, so she crawled up in bed and decided
she'd continue reading tomorrow, or make some servants read it for her.
...yes, that would be better. And when Oz came back she'd make him read, as well as give him a
piece of her mind for leaving her.