Episode 1

"...ice"

"Alice..."

"whispered*"

"hmm... who's there?... who are you?..."

AS ALICE KEPT QUESTIONING WHO IT WAS,

SHE SAW HER PARENTS STANDING IN FRONT OF HER

"Alice..."

"Mother... Father...? Is that you?...

"Alice..."

ALICE TOOK A STEP AND GOES CLOSER TO HER PARENTS,

BUT EVERY STEPS SHE TAKES THEY GO FAR AND FAR FROM HER

"Mother! Father!... Wait! please don't go! DON'T LEAVE ME!!"

ALICE SHOUTED AND CRIED

AS HER PARENTS DISAPPEARED IN FRONT OF HER EYES

SHE RAN AND RAN TO THEM,

SHE REACHED HER HAND,

BUT SHE COULD'NT MAKE IT

"Mother!Father!"

"Gasp*"

"urgh... my head hurts...that dream..."

"Mother... Father..."

"Drip*"

ALICE WOKE UP IN HER DREAM AND SAW HERSELF CRYING

"Wipe*"

"Come on! Alice! get it together"

(SHE SLAPPED HER CHEEKS*)

"Argh! look at the time I'm late!"

"I have to hurry!"

(ALICE PUT ON HER UNIFORM AND HURRIED TO SCHOOL*)

"Mr. Dean's going to scold me again for getting late!"

[HI! IM ALICE CRIMSON  17 YEARS OLD , MY PARENTS DIED WHEN I WAS YOUNG

AND I'VE BEEN LIVING ALONE SINCE THEY DIED ,

BUT EVEN IF THEY'RE GONE I SILL LIVED A HAPPY AND NORMAL LIFE

(SHE RAN AND RAN FAST TO SCHOOL*)

"Almost there..."

"YES! I made it!"

"Huff huff...*"

"MS. ALICE CRIMSON!"

(HER TEACHER SHOUTED*)

"You are late Aggaaiinn!"

"Grrr*"

"Waaahhh! I-i'm so s-sorry Mr. Dean!"

"IF I EVER SEE YOU LATE AGAIN I WILL PUT YOU ON

CLEANING DUTY!!"

"Y-yes sir... huhu"

"Sigh* now take your seat!"

"Yes sir..."

"Goodmorning Alice"

"Morning Cora, Ivy"

"To think you're late AGAIN"

"Hehe gumenasai"

"Let me guess you're watching late night anime again"

"Yeah..."

"sigh*"

[THESE ARE MY BEST FRIENDS CORA AND IVY ,THEY'RE LIKE MY ONLY FAMILY ]

"Ring ring*"

"Ok, class dismissed"

"Finally lunch time"

"Alice! let's go!"

"Yes Coming!"

[I  HOPE IT'LL BE LIKE THIS FOREVER]

"By the way Alice ,what do you do later after class?"

"Hmm...since leader said the kendo club is dismissed for today...I guess... nothing really"

"Perfect!"

"Eh? why do you ask anyway Cora?"

"Oh nothing really..."

"smile*"

"Since you don't have anything to do later me and Cora thought we could visit

this new cafe she saw the other day"

"Cafe...? sure! i love to"

"Great!"

-AFTER CLASS-

"Alice let's go"

"Coming"

"so where is this cafe you're talking about?"

"you'll see"

...

"Here we are"

"Waahh! it is so big! though it looks luxurious"

"Shall we go then?"

"Yes please"

"Ting*"

"Irasshaimase!"

"Table for three please"

"Right away maam"

"This way"

"Thank you"

"Alice could you wait here for a sec?"

"Yeah sure"

"woah this place is big ..."

"Hmmm?"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"

"surprised*"

"AH! you guys surprised me!"

"Happy birthday Alice"

"Cora... Ivy..."

"Drip*"

"You two remembered ... Waaahh! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!  you guys"

(ALICE BURST TO TEARS WHEN HER FRIENDS THREW HER A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE*)

"Ofcourse we didn't  forgot your birthday"

"You are our precious friend Alice"

"You two... Waahhhh! I LOVE YOU TWO VERY MUCH!"

"Ah! Alice! you'll ruin the cake"

ALICE BURST WITH HAPPINESS AND HUGGED THE TWO OF THEM

IT WAS A PRECIOUS MOMENT FOR ALICE TO BE WITH THEM

HAPPILY CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY

"Come on let's dig in"

"Hai!" (Note: Hai means yes! in japanese)

...

"Looks like it's already night"

"Should we head home?"

"Sure"

"Ting*"

"Thank you for coming!"

"Waahh they're sweets is so delicious!"

"Yeah!"

"Then we should hang here sometimes"

"I like that!"

"Oh! this is my way to the apartment, bye then"

"Bye!"

"Thank you very much for today Cora, Ivy you two are the best"

"Sure!"

"Bye then!"

"Bye!"

ALICE SAID HER GOODBYES TO HER FRIENDS AND WENT HOME

"I'm back!"

"Mother... Father..."

"Today was a great day... I celebrated my birthday with my friend today

and went home together... I wish you two were here..."

AS ALICE GOT HOME SHE EMBRACED HER MOTHER AND FATHER'S PICTURE FRAME,

SHE TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED ON HER 17th BIRTHDAY,

SHE TOLD THEM HOW HAPPY SHE WAS CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY

WITH HER FRIENDS

"Yawn*"

"I'm too tired to..."

ALICE'S EYES SLOWLY CLOSED HER EYES AND FELL ASLEEP

EMBRACING HER PARENTS PICTURE

"Alice..."

A VOICE WHISPERED TO ALICE

"Hmm...?"

ALICE OPENED HER EYES AND SAW HER SELF YOUNGER

"What... what's happening?"

"Where am I?"

ALICE WAS CONFUSED, SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING,

SHE TURNED TO A CHILD AND THEN...

"Alice..."

"This voice...!"

"Alice!"

"M-mom...?"

"Alice!"

"Dad..."

ALICE HURRIED TO THEM AND CRIED,

SO HAPPY TO SEE HER PARENTS AND FEEL THEIR WARMTH

AND ABLE TO BE EMBRACED BY THEIR ARMS

HER PARENTS WAS CONFUSED WHY SHE CRIED

"Alice?"

"What's wrong?"

[HAHH...Mother...Father... Oh God Please let this last... for just a little while...]

ALICE FELT RELIEF AND HAPPINESS ,

BUT THEN SHE HEARD A TICK OF THE CLOCK...

"Tick*"

"Hm?"

THEN SHE FOUND HERSELF STANDING IN DARKNESS, ALL ALONE

"Where... am I?"

ALICE WONDERED AND THEN HEARD THE TICK OF THE CLOCK AGAIN

"Tick*"

"huh?!"

ALICE FELL DOWN A BLACK HOLE

AND FOUND HERSELF AGAIN INSIDE HER CLOSET

"Oww my butt hurts..."

"Why am I in the closet? Where's mother and father...?"

"Huh?"

"Mother...?"

ALICE SLOWLY OPENED THE CLOSET DOOR

AND SAW HER MOTHER LOOKED AFRAID,

CRYING AND THEN SAW HER GOT KILLED...

BY A MAN THAT POSSESSED BY A DEMON

ALICE NEVER BELIEVED WHAT SHE SAW,

SHE WAS SHOCK SEEING HER MOTHER WAS KILLED

"M-mother...?"

ALICE MURMURED, SHE COULDN'T MOVE HER BODY

SHE WAS SCARED AND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

BECAUSE OF THAT THE MAN LOOKED AT THE CLOSET

AND SMELLED HER FEAR,

THE MAN GOT CLOSER AND OPENED THE DOOR AND SAW

ALICE. THE MAN SMIRKED AND TRIED KILLING HER ,

BUT THEN ALICE CALLED OUT HER FATHER,

BUT INSTEAD SHE SAW THE CORPSE OF HER FATHER,

ALL WAS COVERED BY BLOOD OF HER PARENTS

"Mother... Father..."

SHE CALLED AND THEN SCREAMED

"ARGGHHHHHH!!"

HER HAIR TURNED SILVER AND HER EYES TURNED GOLD

A BUTTERFLY SIGN APPEARED AT HER BACK AND THEN

MADE AN EXPLOSION...

ALL WAS DESTROYED, ALL WAS GONE ,HER HOUSE...

AND THE DEMON AND SPECIALLY HER PARENTS.

THERE SHE WAS STANDING, HER SILVERED HAIR

AND GOLDEN EYES WERE SLOWLY DISAPPEARED

"Poor child..."

SHE HEARD SOMETHING, A VOICE AND THERE SHE SAW

THE DEMON KING CYRUS

"You..."

"Who are you?"

"You can call me Cyrus... Alice"

"You know me?"

"yes"

(the demon king smiled*)

"It must have been painful to see your parents got killed"

"Flinch*"

"Such beautiful empty eyes..."

"murmur*"

"What's that child?"

"Please..."

"I want you to kill me..."

ALICE CRIED AND BEG TO THE DEMON KING TO KILL HER

"..."

"I'm afraid i can't do that"

"PLEASE!! KILL ME!!"

"Rage*"

"Please..."

"Hic*"

"I won't kill you"

"WHY!?"

"YOU'RE A DEMON RIGHT?!"

"KILL ME!... please..."

"How about i take your pain"

"Huh?..."

"My pain?"

"Yes, your pain"

"How?"

"I'll take your memories about how your parents died and who you are"

"Who am I...?"

"Yes, you see what you've done right?  Your silver hair and golden eyes and your butterfly sign,

that is because you are my..."

"Tick*"

"Gasp*"

ALICE WOKE  UP AND THEN SUDDENLY FELT PAIN IN HER CHEST

"THUMP*"

ALICE STAND UP OUT OF HER BED,

BUT WHEN SHE STAND SHE FELT PAIN

AND FELL DOWN THE FLOOR IN PAIN,

"Arghhh!"

"It hurts!"

ALICE CRIED IN PAIN, WHEN THE CLOCK TICKS SLOWLY TO TWELVE

HER APPEARANCE CHANGE

"Arghhh!"

SHE SCREAMED AND SCREAMED IN PAIN

AND THEN THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE,

SUDDENLY THE PAIN OF ALICE'S CHEST

DISAPPEARED

"Huff huff*"

ALICE LOOKED IN TO THE MIRROR AND SAW

HER HAIR TURNED SILVER AND HER EYES TURNED

TO GOLD

"What..."

ALICE TOUCHED HER FACE CONFUSINGLY, THEN SHE REMEMBERED

SOMETHING...

"I'll take your pain but it'll come back to you when the clock strikes at twelve midnight

on your 17th birthday, all will come back your pain your memories... and your parents"

"I remembered..."

"I am the demon king's..."

"Bride"

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