When in the Country of Hearts (a alice in the country of hearts fanfic)

The argument

Boris turned his gaze from the afternoon sky now turning to a sunrise to Clara curled into a ball in the soft grass. He smiled. Clara was very different from Alice. Yet she still cared like Alice, and didn't want anyone to die.

He wondered the reason why? Why did everyone from their world value life? Boris carefully picked Clara up and carried her away from his hideout. He laid her onto his bed, Clara rustling into a comfortable position before falling back into a deep sleep. Boris smiled once more. He was covered in dirt. The two of them had rolled around in the dirt for two hours, laughing. He quickly showered and got dressed in clothes similar to his other outfit. The door creaked open and Gowland walked in, a concerned look on his face.

"We have to go." He reminded Boris. Boris didn't want to leave, but every role playing character had to attend the meeting. He kissed Clara's head as she mumbled in her sleep.

"Let's go." Boris whispered as not to wake her. Gowland nodded, and closed the door. A minute or so later, he opened it once more, and a bottomless, black pit lay before them. Enormous bird cages were scattered throughout the darkness. both of the men stepped into a cage and looked around for others.

"Well well, if it isn't Mary Gowland and the flea bag that have Clara as we speak." Laughed Blood Dupre.

"I wouldn't talk much, Blood. You tried seducing the poor girl." Vivaldi sneered, Boris's vision finally seeing her through the thick darkness. Both Vivaldi and Blood were in a cages as well, their subordinates with them too.

"Guys, we don't need a remake of what happened last meeting, do we?" Nightmare coughed as he too came out of the darkness. Julius was among the first to show up, sitting on the bottom of his cage and swinging his feet over the edge. He had no subordinates, so he was alone.

"Wow. I thought I was gonna get lost for a moment there." Ace remarked as he showed up behind the Queen. He was then whispered a handful of swear words picked out by Peter who held a tray with one cup of tea for Vivaldi.

"Everyone! we came here to discuss Clara." Gowland announced. Everyone grew quiet. "What do we do now? Just keep her happy until she dies like Alice?" Boris piped up. Every meeting needed a question to start off the meeting. One person spoke at a time, seeing their own ways of approaching the question.

"You're right Boris. The question we will always ask is what now." Gowland set a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"What I don't get is what that girl thinks about life. Life is something to be used, not treasured." Blood stated, bored.

"Perhaps her world is filled with idiots and immortal gods who look down on death." Elliot guessed. He had not been listening much, but decided to jump in.

"She told me that no matter what, she'll change us. Make us see the world in a different way." Nightmare recalled. "That challenge may be hard." Julius's eyes widened. His mind flashed over the memory of Clara and him as they laid on the ground, looking up at the clear and sparkling crystals in the clock tower.

"I say we kill her and just move on." Blood interrupted, a faint smile growing on his lips. The twins began begging not to, Peter drew his gun, Ace, without a smile on his face, grabbed the handle of his sword. Boris stared in anger and shock at the mafia boss.

Minutes passed in silence.

Blood's smile grew more and more. Soon, he began laughing. He knew what was happening. Everyone in the country had fallen in love with Clara, and now would do anything to protect her. To Blood, Clara was boring. Anything that was boring to Blood, he killed. Simple as that.

Peter realized this as well, but he didn't care. They would be together, he was sure of it. He only needed to wait for his chance. Vivaldi sighed.

"Blood, we can't kill her. As boring as she is to you, the rules state we can't harm her in any way." Nightmare reminded him.

"Right." Vivaldi began, trying to get off the topic of killing Clara. "What about the ball? It's only five time phases away."

"We'll be there." Then Blood, the bloody twins, and Elliot began disappearing back into the black.

"He always leaves early." Vivaldi sighed in anger. Boris had one more question before they left.

"Why did she have to live in this hell?"

"Because the rules state we need a human to play the game." Nightmare answered.

"I mean, I know why, but why?"

"..I don't know."

Soon, Nightmare, Vivaldi, Peter White, and Ace disappeared as well. Boris simply sighed and looked down at Julius.

"Julius, why does Clara hate dying?" He asked. Maybe since Julius was close to Clara, she would've told him. Julius stared up at him.

"It's because in her world, when someone dies, they don't disappear. They stay and rot until every part of them is decomposed into the ground. the smell, the blood, it's there for months until it's gone." Julius replied, staring down at his hands. He got up from the bottom of the cage and walked off.

"I have work to do." He dismissed. Boris sighed and walked back through his door. Gowland left to look after the park. Upon entering his room, Boris saw Clara up and braiding her hair into a fishtail.

"Hey! I was wondering where you went!" Clara chirped. She had woken up to find an empty room. Clara then went around the park trying to find either Boris or Gowland. He smiled at her.

"Sorry. It was a meeting with everyone who has roles. I had to go." Boris explained, jumping onto his bed.

"It's hard to see everyone in the same room together. Did anyone draw a gun?" Clara laughed as she finished the last of the braid.

"Once. And it was Peter, Ace had his sword ready though." Boris said through a smirk. The rest of the time phase was Clara and Boris running around the park, finding whatever fun they could.

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I'm getting lazy, oh no.

You know that feeling when you finish a anime series and you're crying then you say,

"Well, time to move onto another fandom." Yeah. That's me today.

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