This is a crossover about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the story by Lewis Carroll and Alice Human Sacrifice, a song sung by Vocaloids. Vocaloids are voice synthesizer programmes produced by Crypton Future Media Inc.
It was a beautiful day outside. Warm wind was blowing and there were no clouds in the sky. The blue haired boy was sitting in a large garden, which was full of blossoming flowers, green bushes and trees. He was sitting at a water fountain, minding his own business. He heard a noise coming from behind a tree right next to the fountain. Surprised, he looked at the tree and saw a white rabbit with a red ribbon on its neck. The rabbit stayed there a while, staring at the blue haired boy and then turned its look away and ran towards the other trees in the forest. Something told the boy to follow that rabbit, but he did not quite understand what it was so he went after the rabbit.
Before the boy noticed, he was in the middle of a forest. He had never been there before and the further he followed the rabbit, the darker it got in the forest. Suddenly the boy stopped, which was not a very wise thing to do. The ground right in front of him started to open and sense it was too dark for him to see his feet, he did not notice there was a big rabbit hole right in front of him. When the boy finally decided to follow the rabbit again, he stepped right in to the hole and fell.
He did realise he was falling. He shouted as he fell. The falling felt like an eternity and he was surrounded by darkness. He did not know if he could ever touch the ground again. Then, he saw light coming from below. The blue haired boy knew he would finally come to the bottom of the hole. Softly he landed on the ground, right into a bush of hay.
Once he was done cleansing himself of the hay, he saw the white rabbit again. The rabbit looked at him and touched its ribbon with paw. The blue haired boy looked at the rabbit. It started to glow some kind of weird light and little by little it transformed into a girl with long silvery hair. ”I knew you would follow me!”, the girl said and smiled. The boy looked at her. He was still surprised that rabbits could transform into humans. ”So, what is your name, stranger?”
”My name? Why don’t you tell me who you are first and explain where I am?” the boy said calmly and irritated. ”Sorry, my name is IA and welcome to Wonderland. I am working for the queen, like everyone else here. I am on my way to a tea party with the Hatter. Do you want to join me, stranger?”, she said. ”Alright, but enough with that stranger thing. My name is Kaito. Instead, saying Wonderland doesn’t tell me much about where exactly I am”, the boy said. ”Don’t worry about it. Just follow me, to the tea party. However, we must pass through that forest right there. We have to be careful; a psychopath lives on that road”.
After hearing that the boy was not too sure if he should be with IA, but he thought that it is better to follow the rabbit girl than wander around the Wonderland while he knows nothing about the place itself. They wandered along a path, which lead to a field full of roses. There were many colored roses, but mostly they were red and white. The path was crossing the field right in the middle and lead to a dark forest. The boy thought that it must be just the forest the girl was talking about.
”Are you still there? Good. Now, we must be very careful, because the forest I mentioned before is right in front of us. I was not joking about that psychopath thing you know. She looks like an angel but she is a devil in disguise. Don’t answer her, no matter what she asks”, IA said and took her first steps on the path towards the dark forest.
The trees looked like they were crying in pain. There were some awful scratches on them and they were in very bad condition in any kind of way. The path was all dark and muddy. There were footprints on the ground. They looked like the person walking before had high heels. The boy thought the place they were heading must be a wonderful one since they really have to go through this awful forest.
”Well, well, well. Who do we have here? The little lost rabbit and a stranger, eh? Heading to the tea party again?”, a girl with brown hair, red dress and high heels said. ”That is none of your business. We are just passing through”, IA said. ”But it is my business! Who is this stranger with you? Do not tell me you suspect that he is Alice. You know very well what happened to the last ones,” the red girl said. ”I know that very well Meiko. No need to remind me about that. But it could be that he is Alice!”, IA said and turned her gaze forward, to the way they were heading. ”Please, do not give me that crap. You know Alice is not ever going to come. It’s just a sad legend that will never come true”, Meiko said. ”Just shut up. We are leaving now”, IA said and started walking away from Meiko. The boy just followed IA and looked once behind to see Meiko. She was grinning and waving at him but he just turned his look back forward and kept going along with IA.
”What is this thing about Alice? Is it some kind of a legend around here?”, the boy asked to break the silence. ”Yes, sort of. Not everyone believes in it but I want to believe that Alice will come and save us”, IA said. ”So is this Alice from another world or something? Like me?”, the boy asked. IA was quiet for a long while until she said: ”Yes”. The two did not say a word to each other until they were at the end of the road. There was a table full of sweets and teacups. By the table, there was the Hatter and a girl with green hair. ”IA! You are here!”, the Hatter shouted. ”Hello. How are you doing?”, IA said. ”We are great! And even better now that you are here!”, the girl with green hair said. ”So, who is this stranger with you?”, the Hatter asked. ”He is Kaito. From the other world. Kaito, these people are Gakupo and Gumi”, IA said. The boy nodded and looked at the Hatter.
”By the way. That girl in the forest said something like that there have been persons from the other world before. What has happened to them?”, Kaito asked. There was a long silence, dying to break. The three of them were looking at each other. Then the Hatter said: ”You are right. There have been people from the other world before. Even we three are from the other world. Nevertheless, none of us has been Alice, the person who will save us all and bring us back to the other world. Basically, many have come to Wonderland, but none have gone back”, the Hatter explained. Kaito looked at him. No one has ever returned. He does not stand much chance either. He wants to get back! He wants to go back so bad he never thought he would even miss his dull life back there.
”So, is there a way to get back?”, the boy asked. ”Of course there is, but no one knows it. Otherwise we wouldn’t be here right?”, the Hatter said. Gumi just nodded and looked at Kaito. ”The legend says there should be some sign on Alice so that we would know it really is Alice. Why don’t we check that?”, Gumi said. ”Wait! What are you going to do?”, Kaito shouted. He suspected that they might do something he does not like. ”We are just going to take a little look”, Gumi said calmly with a sparkle in her eye. ”Gumi. Wait. Let’s just ask him”, the Hatter said. ”Fine”, she replied and looked at IA, waiting for her to ask the question. ”Do you have a mark on your body? It is said to look like a note. A musical note”, IA asked. The boy thought about it. He thought and thought but he still was not sure if he had one. Then he remembered a thing that happened to him while he was in elementary school. All the other boys in his class had bullied him about a mark on his back. They called him the music boy, because the mark looked like a note.
”Yes. I have a mark like that. On my left shoulder”, the boy said. The Hatter, Gumi and IA were looking at each other. First, they looked a little dumb, as if someone had just hit their head with something. Then they started to smile and laugh. They were overwhelmed by the joy. They would finally find the way out! However, there were many problems ahead of these four. They just did not know it yet.
”We must celebrate this!”, Gumi shouted. ”You finally did it IA! You found him!”, the Hatter said. ”Gumi, Gakupo. You are forgetting one thing. Alice is finally here. Did we not dream about getting out of here? We do not have time for celebrating! The legend also says that even if Alice does come, there is a time limit! Exactly week after Alice has come, he has to find the way out or even Alice will be stuck here forever! This may be our only chance!”, IA said. The boy was only staring at them. Then he said: ”So I have just week time to find my way out of here?”
The silence fell over the four again. They were looking at each other. ”Yes. That’s right”, IA said and looked at Kaito. He nodded. ”The easiest way is probably to go to the Queen. She knows much more about everything than I do. She also knows how to get out of here”, IA said. ”I don’t know the way to the castle of hers. I need someone to accompany me”, the boy said. ”I’ll come with you”, IA told him and they said goodbye to the Hatter and Gumi.
”We have to go up there, right through that labyrinth. I hope that’s alright with you”, IA said. The boy nodded and followed her.
The labyrinth was enormous. It was made of rose bushes, so you had to watch your footing, if you did not want to trip on the roots. The most difficult thing was that you could not know where you were. For the boy’s sake, IA knew the route by her heart. She had been there so many times that it would have been strange if she could not remember the way up to the castle. Suddenly, a pink smoke appeared right in front of them. After the smoke cleared, there was a girl with long, pink hair standing. ”Hello Bunny. On your way to the castle? It is such a shame that the Queen is on a bad mood today”, the girl said. ”What do you want, cat?”, IA asked her. ”Nothing in particular. Who is this handsome young boy with you? An outsider?”, she asked. ”He is Kaito. He is also the Alice from the legends. But that is none of your business, Luka”, IA said and walked past her. Luka did not say anything. The smoke surrounded her again and she disappeared. ”You don’t seem to like that person much”, Kaito said. ”I and Luka have been at odds for years. Don’t worry about it”, she replied and the way up to the Queen continued.
The labyrinth finally ended and they arrived to a garden. There was a card guard right there when IA and the boy came from the labyrinth. ”Good day to you IA. On your way to see the Queen? Who is that stranger with you?”, the card guard asked. ”He is Alice. He needs to see the Queen”, she said and walked past the guard. The boy just nodded at the guard as he passed him as a hello. The stairway to the doors of the castle was right next to them. IA walked right in through the doors. She walked ahead past great halls and hallways until they arrived to the Queen’s room. ”Good afternoon, Queen Miku”, IA said and bended. The boy followed her moves and stayed quiet. ”Hello IA. Who is that person with you?”, she asked. ”He is Alice, your Highness. His name is Kaito”, IA said. ”Pleasure to meet you”, the boy said and smiled.
”No need to be so modest. He really is Alice? My, if that is true, we can finally get out of here! Only thing you must do to open the portal to the other world is sing!” the Queen said and got excited. ”Sing? What must I sing?”, the boy asked. ”Wait. You must prove me that you truly are Alice before I tell you anything!”, the Queen said. The boy took his shirt off to show the Queen the mark on his left shoulder. ”Fine. That is a good proof enough. We shall tell you now. But first, put that shirt back on”, the Queen said.
The boy put his shirt back and listened carefully. ”You must sing this song we will sing you. You must sing it right from the bottom of your heart or otherwise it will not work and the portal will not open. We will sing it to you now, so listen carefully. We will sing it only once”, the Queen said and started to sing. It was the most beautiful song he had ever heard. The Queen’s voice was pure, high and soft.
The song was a story about siblings that lived in a world of evil people. They were twins and they lived happily together until the other one of the siblings, the girl, was taken to a royal family where she will be raised to become the next princess. The other, the boy, was raised elsewhere. One day the boy was sent to the new princess as a servant. When he arrived to the castle, he saw his sister. She had become the princess and he would now serve her. One day, his sister told the boy to go to a town near by. There he saw a beautiful girl with long green hair and a handsome man with blue hair with her. She smiled at the boy. Back at the castle, the sister of his tells him to kill that girl he saw earlier. He did so, with tears falling down his cheeks. Later the man from earlier found out and wanted to kill the princess and she was ordered to be executed. The boy did not want his sister to die, so he said that they will change places and he will die in her place. He said that no one would notice the difference because they were twins. She left crying and went to see her brother get executed. In memory he said that he would play with his sister again later.
The boy started singing the same song. Out of thin air, a door started to appear. In front of the door, there were two childs, holding each other’s hands. When the song ended, they started talking. ”Hello Alice”, the boy in front of the door said. ”We are the ones you were just singing about. I am Rin”, the girl said. ”And I am Len. Through this door, you can get back to your world. Once you step through this door, Alice, the door will close”, he said. ”And it will not open for anyone else. When you are back in your world, everyone else who is from another world will appear there soon too. They just disappear into smoke in here and will appear in their world from smoke”, Rin explained.
”Alright. I shall get going then”, Kaito said and walked to the door. It opened and he stepped inside. He was flying up. A strong wind was carrying him up and soon he noticed light from above. He was almost back. He landed on his feet, right to the garden he was at before he left for his adventure. He was at the tree where IA had been before he started to follow her. He was back home. Moreover, he could not have been happier about it.