Twisted Wonderland and the 7 Wonders (Twisted Wonderland x Ocs)

prologue nine

Shizuoka, Makoto and Grim walked along the main street when they came up to a row of large stone statues. 

"Uwaaaa amazing!! So this is the main street?" Grim looked on in amazement and something about the statue rang a bell in Shizuoka and Makoto mind.

"Doesn't she look familiar?" Shizuoka points to a statue of a woman, she was holding her skirt with one hand, while the other was holding a stick with a heart at the end of it, roses were all around her feet. Shizuoka had a feeling she's seen her before...

"It's not just you." Makoto pointed to a lion on top of a rock. "I feel like I've seen him before as well. Not in person, but more like in a painting..." Makoto looked down trying to remember, when the scent of another person nearby made her stop, her ears twitched. Grim just continued to talk about the statues in awe, but Shizuoka wasn't really listening, she had a weird feeling like she forgot something very important, and was trying to recall it.

"This woman looks so snobby..." Grim looked at the statue of the woman Shizuoka was staring at. 

The cat was frowning as he said that, when suddenly a male voice spoke to them, "you don't know the Queen of Hearts?" The three of them jumped at the voice, a boy with light red hair, wearing a school uniform, with a red heart over his left eye, appeared next to them, he looked younger than the two girls. 

At the mention of the name, Grim got curious. "Queen of hearts? Is she important?" Grim asked the boy, while tilting his head to the side. 

At the mention of the name Shizuoka felt as if something had lifted the fog in her mind, as many memories flooded her thoughts. "Off with your head..." She whispered to herself, her hand going to her throat. Makoto was the only one to hear her whisper, and looked over at Shizuoka with a questionable gaze, wondering what she talking about?

"In the past she was the queen who lived in the rose maze." The boy continued to speak to the cat, oblivious to the duo's inner conflict. 

Shizuoka then spoke up, interrupting the boy's explanation."She was someone who valued discipline above all, she was strict in a lot of things from the March of the cards, to the colour of a rose bush. It was in a land full of wonder where the subjects submitted to her rule." She paused, the red hair boy was shocked by the girl, he didn't realise she was there. 

Grim looked at her, hoping to learn more. "Why?" the cat asked 

Shizuoka looked the cat dead in the eye and said, "Why you ask.......because it was off with your head." She said in a mono tone voice, which made her words even scarier, and let's just say it worked really well on Grim.

"That's terrifying Shizu!!!" Grim put both paws up in the air with a terrified look making the boy smirk.

"It's cool, I liked it." He gave Shizuoka a thumbs up on the delivery, and Shizuoka looked confused at him, she didn't mean to sound scary she was just telling the truth and that was her natural voice. Whilst that was happening, Makoto's eyes were glued to the lion statue.

"Nobody would listen to a Queen who's just nice all the time right?" The red hair boy looked at the cat with a knowing smirk.

"I suppose a strong leader is better..." Grim mumbled but that sentence made Shizuoka froze for a moment as she looked over to Makoto to see her gripping her skirt tightly, while her eyes darted around wildly.

Makoto whispered, "no..no it's not." The other two didn't hear this and continued with their conversation on the statues.

"By the way who are you?" Grim asked the question which the girls forgot to ask.

"I'm Ace, a freshly faced first year nice to meetcha!" The boy now known as Ace smiled at the two. 

Grim smirked then he puffs up his chest and spoke proudly. "I am Grim, a genius who'll become the greatest magician." he looked so smug while saying this.