Clocks [Alice in the Country of Hearts Fan fiction]

Chapter 9: Wonderful Wonder World

Nothing is going as anticipated,  panic shot through my thoughts. 'Nightmare please, this has to be a dream' I pleaded but no reply. As I came across my sketch book I was on my last page of paper, so I drew what I wanted most: everything back to normal. I drew all the people that I had just erased from my life, all with a smile on their face like they were happy to see me....other than Julius he never smiled. By the time my drawing was complete I smiled a little then looked back to hear my mother and brother arguing about something. My crying hadn't stopped as i looked back through all the pointless drawings I've had. They were truly useless, so one by one I ripped them out and tossed them on the ground like trash. Eventually I came across the drawing of my friends back in the Country of Hearts,  I looked at it and wished I was still there to say goodbye, then ripped the page out and threw it with the others.

Assuming the whole in the pasture was gone by now it was no point to go back looking for it, I don't want to go back, I belong here where all the people that love me are. Even though all those people I can count on one hand. I had to forget all about Wonderland if I wanted to keep living peacefully in my life. As I sat there and squeezed my head between my hands trying to erase my past memories, a breeze picked up my drawings and scattered them around the pasture.

"Why can't I forget" I yelled frustrated,  "You know suicide at this rate doesn't seem like a bad idea" I mumbled.

"Suicide isn't good at any rate, at least for you." a familiar voice said.

"Uh, hello? who's there?" I asked looking around but nobody to be seen.

"Sky, you've been crying, why are you so upset love" I asked.

I groaned and wiped my eyes, "Nothing I'm fine"

I could imagine a smile on the person's face, "You know I'm not stupid enough to know that's true" Elliot appeared through the pasture with a smile on his face.

"Why is my princess crying? who hurt you" he asked gently and he knelt down infront of me and wiped a few tears away.

Sighing I stated, "My family that I have left, doesn't care for me being here or dead"

He frowned and looked down at my hands, "This is no means to take your life, Sky, promise me you'll never say that again. It made my clock stop for a second" he said as he wrapped his hands around mine.

"Clock?" I asked curious if it was just a pun or if there was something I didn't know.

He pulled me close to where his heart was, "Listen" he said hugging me. Tick. Tock.  Tick. Tock. 

As I looked up at him I said, "I see now, you don't have a heart you have a clock instead. So when you die you turn back into your clock shape like the mobster you killed, then the clocks are taken back to Julius to be fixed and to revive the people again." I exclaimed hoping to be right.

"Exactly" he said as he peeled me off of him and placed his head on my chest. Budum. Budum. "Sky, you're loved by everyone in the Country of Hearts because you have something we don't have, you're life is precious and fragile while we could care less if died or not. Though when we die we lose our memories and our clock is transformed into a different person, we are not revived we are changed completely." he added and looked me in the eyes.

"So if you die" I paused, "I'd never see you again"

He sighed, "Right. But Sky, if you come stay with me back in the Country of Hearts will you promise me that if I die you would keep my clock and not let it be transformed into a different person" he asked.

I stared at my hands still wrapped in his and didn't look at him, "Elliot I can't go back, my place is here with everyone else like me"

His eyes widened, "Sky but you're miserable here,  I hate seeing you like this. You have to come back with me, I went through all this trouble to come get you"

"I'll be right back, my mom and brother have stopped fighting I need to show you something" I sighed and stood leaving him there by the tree in the pasture. Making it to my home I entered the house, noticing my mother and brother isolating themselves in their rooms I darted upstairs and searched for a small box that held my mp3 player, a locket of mine, some old pictures, a pencil, and lastly precious little paper that had my father's hand writting on it. As i made it down stairs and started for my back yard, Buddy came running to my side, he looked so happy to see me yet miserable here. Bending down to pet him he flinched before I put my hand in his golden curly fur, what had my mom amd brother done to my best friend? Calling him to my side I took him with me to meet Elliot, being the loving mutt he is he ran up to Elliot and started picking him. Taking Elliot by surprise.

"Buddy, that's enough" I said as he came prancing back to my side.

Elliot looked flustered, "What th- who's your pet" he asked with a 'I don't know if I should be mad or upset' look on his face.

I knelt down beside him and pet Buddy, "This is my best friend, Buddy. He's my puppy" I smiled.

"Oh okay" he sighed and eyed the box in my hands.

"Oh here" I said pulling out the small locket and carefully opening it and revealing the small photo of me in one side of it. "I never found anyone I loved enough to put in the other side, I would put Buddy but he moves too much to take a picture of" I laughed.

Elliot smiled and closed the locket in his hands, "I'll make sure to return it to you eventually" he said. Then taking the box and putting it in his jacket pocket.

"Hey you can't take that either!" I yelled as he stood and I after him. Though right as I got to my feet they were swept out from beneath me, Elliot was carrying me like a sack of potatoes and Buddy was just calmly prancing with him. "Elliot put me down" I yelled over and over again in his ears.

When he finally put me down he motioned towards the giant hole in my pasture,  I sighed and he knew what I was going to say. Before I said anything he turned away from me and mumbled something before turning around and leaning over me. Carefully he placed his hand on my cheek and then his lips pressed against mine, shocked I couldn't do anything but think of how Ace tricked me into drinking the strange potion. Then it hit me, Elliot was doing that too! But before I could react he had forced the whole vial down, trying to cough it up he picked me up again and Buddy too. Then next thing I know we are falling back to the Clock Tower. 

"Elliot what have you done" I growled and scolded him.