Clocks [Alice in the Country of Hearts Fan fiction]

Chapter 8: Stay?

Standing there, frozen with the grip on my arm. Should I leave and wake him or stay and wait until he leaves me alone? Elliot's grip on my arm tightened and pulled me closer to his bed, panic hit me and I couldn't do anything. Slowly I loosened his grip and eventually prying his hand completely off me. Then darting out of his room quietly, Dee and Dum saw my escape and came over.

"Hey sis?" Dee said as they walked infront of me. Both were covered in blood from God knows what this time.

"Wanna come play with us? We have lots of cool stuff we wanted to show you" Dun added.

Dee bursted in again "But first we gotta change" he laughed. I looked at them, they were so cute, I nodded and they grabbed my arm and pulled me to their room. It was covered in weapons from knives to poisons to guns and back to point things and sharp corners. They let me sit on their couch while they changed, I relaxed a little and waited. Soon enough they both came running back pulling knives and bombs and guns off and our of boxes and shelves and showing them to me competing over which was better.

"Let's show her our treasure" Dum suggested and Dee agreed. Dum pulled out a short curved dagger and they both sat really close next to me.

"We haven't gotten to try this on anyone yet, yeah Alice was saved last time we tried to use it on her, but this time stupid rabbit is asleep" Dee said and Dum took the knife and slowly brought it to my throat.

"Umm boys" I said quietly shaking.

"Don't worry sis you won't feel a thing" Dum smiled as the the dagger was a hair length away from puncture.

The door slammed open, "What the hell do you two think you're doing off duty" Elliot yelled until he noticed me sitting there.

"Elliot" I yelled as I glanced down at the knife.

"Get away from her, you stupid twins can't let a girl in your room at all. Alice now Sky, damn." He seemed in a grouchy mood as he pulled me away from the two whimpering twins and we walked down. the hall way.

"Sorry about that" he said as he rubbed the back of his neck smiling.

I laughed, "It's fine, and I see you found your jacket I left you"

"Yeah thanks for returning it" he replied.

Not sure what to say I added, "Um thanks again for letting me use it. Blood let me have a dress from here so I didn't go home looking like I just got mugged"

He glanced at me, "it looks nice in you" as we rounded to the door he added, "Have you decided to stay yet"

Before he opened the door he wanted an answer but I thought he already knew. "Elliot, you know I can't stay" I pleaded.

He opened the door angrily and watched me leave, did he really want me to stay? I walked down the path to the Clock Tower and decided to stop in and check on Julius. As always he was hard at work, I sat and talked with him for quiet a while until leaving. Detouring to see Gowland and Boris and play a few games until making my stop at Roxy's to say hi. When I came back home to the Castle, it seemed that Vivaldi had already been informed about the mob kidnapping. She ran up and hugged me, cursing a few times and yelling in the process though. I don't think she cared that her one of a kind dress was ruined, but that I wasn't in ruins which made me smile a little.

Finally I made it to my bedroom, slamming the door exhausted I looked at the vial again, it was full.....this fast the vial filled to the rim. Putting it back in my pocket I lazily slid into bed and laid there for at least a whole time period thinking about my decision to stay or leave. Nightmare told me that everyone in this world is something to me in my world, as i thought about it I laid it out: Ace is my older brother, Elliot is my past lover, Roxy is my best friend, Boris is my cat Max, Gowland is my father, Vivaldi my mother figure,  Peter my friends I do not hate but love all the same, Pierce is my time spent alone, Dee and Dum is my childhood, Blood represents the people that were ever mean to me and how I can learn to love them, Alice is my happy thoughts, and Julius is my art in the making.  Sighing I couldn't figure out who Nightmare represented. Then eventually falling asleep. Nightmare didn't come into my dreams either, leaving me to a nightmare of my past. When i woke up i woke up crying, it was better than screaming like last time. The dream was about my father's death, he pushed me out of on coming traffic and got hit by a car they didn't see him or even cared that they hit my dad that i loved more than air. I rolled out of bed and got dressed into my new dress Vivaldi dropped off for me.

Making my way to the roof of the Clock Tower so i could go back home i was joined by Roxxan. She understood why i had to go back home though, she still wanted me to stay.

"the Country of Hearts is much different now than it was before you came Sky" she said as we sat and overlooked the Country.

"How so" I asked the wolf.

She smiled and pointed to the Amusement Park and Heart Castle, "before you came, Vivaldi and Gowland never met for territorial meetings. After you came they do now." she stopped pointing. "Sky, the lines of terrorism and territories in the Country have blurred ever since you popped in" Roxxan exclaimed.

I sighed, "Will it stay that way after I leave" I ask.

Roxy shrugged, "I don't even know that." pausing for a minute and turning around to look at the door.

"Men are so ignorant, they can't even stop what they are doing to come and beg you to stay like Roxy and I have" Vivaldi announced as she strolled through the door and over to us.

"Vivaldi you know I cannot stay" I pleaded.

She smiled and laughed a little, "We know"

The three of us stayed there for a while and talked as if we were life long friends. Eventually they said goodbye and left me to my own decision, should I stay? I mean it's not like I have a sentimental value to either of these worlds. I just kinda wanna be left alone to think for a while and in both worlds that doesn't happen often. Standing there thinking a vision of the problems with my world came into my head. My brother abusing me, my mother neglecting me, and much more horrors that came with my old life. But in the Country of Hearts I was loved and a value to the people here. Though, I must go home and help my mother before she thinks I ran away for good,  they will be so happy to see me that they'll love me and never hurt me again. As I held the vial close to me in my hands I was flashed go Nightmares world.

"I see you have made your decision" he said, "we are all going to miss you Sky, never have we had a prize as glowing as you" he said with a smile. Then everything went white and when I opened my eyes I was laying in the pasture behind my house and it was bright and sunny out.

Running I ran to my house and walked in the front door, "I'm back! I'm home! No worries I'm okay!" I yelled as my mother came running in a was expecting a hug and affection but I got a cold glare instead.

"Sky you were only outside drawing in your stupid sketch book for an hour" she growled, "Now go do something productive and stop drawing worthless things. You'll never grow up and be rich my art like that" she kept going on. Tears swelled in my eyes and I ran into my brothers room, he was watching tv.

"You missed me right" I said as I looked at my brother who had just gotten home from a half year long trip with the military.

"Get out loser, go draw or something" he yelled and slammed the door in my face.

I cried even harder and ran outside, this had to be a dream it couldn't be reality. My life is a living hell and I should have staid in the Country of Hearts. 

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