Warm. It was so nice. I wasn't being greedy by wanting more. Just a little more time like this…I shifted my body across the hard brick like surface, and a sharp pain ripped through my left arm. My eyes opened and I sat up as I breathed in the sharp metallic scent of my own blood. I squinted against the barrage of sunlight as my mind scrambled around in an attempt to figure out exactly where I was. Images ran through my head, my heart beating faster as I began to remember. A shaky hand shot up to my injury and pushed away the thick cloak to reveal a well-muscled arm that was now covered in layers of sticky blood. I held my breath and dug a long finger into the gash, whining like a puppy the whole time, as I drew out the bit of shrapnel. Once it was free with a liquid sounding pop, I flung it away and began the painful process of standing up, some things popping while others just made a threatening groaning noise. It took a ton of effort to do, but I didn't have time to rest. Wouldn't they be coming after me now? I didn't do what they said, so now they'll hurt me. I grit my teeth and my heart beat faster, nearly hard enough to make me cough up blood everywhere. Everything was becoming dizzy, the blue of the sky and the white puffy clouds beginning to roll into one huge ball of confusion.

I clutched the metal clasp of my cloak, and shut my eyes in a wild attempt to anchor myself. I took several deep breaths, but I always seemed to have the attention span of a goldfish, so it wasn't surprising when I got distracted as I caught onto something that smelled sweet, something spicy, and some cheap smokey tobacco. Those smelled different, not the tobacco, but the sweet and spicy smells. Now that I was actually paying attention, I also heard that annoying high pitched kiddie laugh. Curious, I opened my eyes and actually took in the space around me. There were hundreds of roof tops sprawled out in a lazy explosion of houses. Some of them were made from terracotta while others were plain, flat, and made of stone. Most of them had long stretches of wire attached to other houses with laundry hanging out to dry, a couple even had droopy looking plants. I crept closer to the edge and looked down at the cobbled road below, just to find a buzzing mass of people in a congested street. Eerily enough they looked like a bunch of maggots crawling all over a corpse. All of them wore really old fashioned clothes, and spoke loudly, as if they didn't have any home training.

I paced the entire roof, before figuring out there was an alley on the eastern side. I flexed my knees and jumped down, managing to land on my feet, with my arms out to catch me. There wasn't anyone in the alley, just some more clothes hanging off a low balcony and a cat that ran off as soon as I began to stand up. Deciding to get closer to the kids laughing, I went down the southern end and stared out at the swarm of people, before my eyes widened and I crept back into the shadows. To be honest, I hated getting my hopes up, because whenever they did they always plummeted. Sometimes life just dealt that type of hand, but this was something that a complete sadist would do. I turned back to the grimy walls of the house and hooked my fingers in-between the bricks, climbing back up onto the rooftops. I went to the very edge of the northern side of the roof. It faced another house that was much taller than this one and had several potted trees set up to look like a tiny garden. I backed up a few steps before running forward, when I was at the very edge I flexed my knees and jumped. A face full of muggy warm air hit me square on as I managed to stay in the air a few seconds before gravity decided to work. I reached out and grabbed the side of the wall, barely managing to hook my fingers into the window sill, and began a quick climb upwards. Making it onto the roof I quickly realized that this was one of the highest buildings in the area.

This town happened to be an explosion of buildings, but they seemed to have direct paths that led to various places. There was a massive path that looked more 'gaudy' than the rest. It seemed to be made of a darker cobble stone and in the northern direction. I didn't even have to follow the eye sore to notice that it led straight into the direction of a massive castle. At least I think it was a castle, it had spires, a wall, and looked like a fairy tale creation from all the way over here. A yellowish white blob creation, maybe faeries lived inside it. Wouldn't be too far fetched….

The thought launched me into action as I began jumping through more rooftops, making my way to the castle. Every so often I glanced down at the people, noticing that they didn't seem the least bit aware of my presence. That's nice. But then again didn't that make these people too care free? If I really wanted to I could jump down, stab someone, and move on without a care in the world.

"Idiots." I muttered as I hopped over a clothes' line and climbed up a chimney. When I had made it to the top and lurched forward, a bird streaked through the gap. Instead of moving the idiot kept going straight ahead. I brought my arms up to shield my face, just to feel a spongy mass of feathers and a beak hit me straight on. I didn't even have time to grab anything as I smacked straight into the wall, my wounded arm making a solid crunch. I shrieked, maybe from the pain, as I began falling straight down, just for all the air to push out of my lungs as I slammed into something hard. Strangely enough the hard thing was also warm, and moving, and…."Person."

"Yes, I am clearly a person." The male voice snapped. "Now get off me this instant!"

I held my breath as I got up. There was no way in hell I was gonna give away the fact that I was hurting, especially to someone who yelled at me for falling on them. It wasn't my fault. I can't control birds. If I could there'd be dead chickens at my feet right now. I staggered to my feet and turned around, not wanting to keep my eyes off the person I just pissed off. He was a strange looking one with spiffy old fashioned clothes, black hair, a ridiculous looking eye piece, and dual colored eyes. Wait, did that mean he was partially blind? I supposed that wouldn't matter much thanks to the long black rabbit ears on his head, he could probably hear a corpse rotting six feet under.

The man seemed to look me up and down for a moment before his eyes settled on my face. "You must be a new Role Holder. Only someone without the necessary life experience would be foolish enough to invade another territory and then assault one of the resident Roleholders." He put a hand into his vest pocket and dragged out a revolver, pointing the heavily polished thing straight at my head. "I suppose it's time for you to be replaced."

My heart shuddered in my chest, my head felt like it was swirling like a water coloring done up by a toddler on acid. At least that was the easiest change my body was going through. Everything smelt sharper, I could feel the uncomfortable dents in my leather boots, and the images around me began to become so intense it was like seeing everything from military grade binoculars. I curled my fingers and dropped low, back bending to a perfect angle to lunge forward and grab his arm and break it.

"Oh my, what's this?" A cheery voice said, it almost made my ears bleed.

The man stiffened, but his aim didn't waver. "A new Roleholder, your Majesty. Don't bother with her, I'll have her dealt with immediately."

A cool hand brushed over my cloak before a pale face peered up at me. Her green eyes widened a little as she leaned forward, her forehead nearly colliding into mine, making a low growl ripple through my chest. "I've never seen a person with features like yours! There's something different about them, almost special!"

"…"

The woman squealed and reached out, grabbing my face and squeezing my cheeks, the stress dropping off me as she did. "Oh, I want her so badly! Let's take her back to the castle Sidney, if I don't she'll go back to her territory!"

I heard 'Sidney' scoff, and the sound of the gun rattling. "I don't think it's a wise decision. What if the people from her territory try to find her? Let's leave her here for now and return to the castle for some cherry tarts."

The woman stomped her foot, looking more like a brat. "No! I'm taking her back with us and you can't stop me." She stuck her tongue out before turning back to me, tongue thankfully back in her face. "If you're a Roleholder what's your role? I only have one in my collection, but I don't think you're a King."

I shifted in her grasp, doing my best to use my hair to block her cold hands. She must have just had some ice cream or something, that type of cold isn't natural. "I-I'm not a Roleholder."

The woman gasped and she looked back to Sidney. "She really is different! She's a foreigner!"

"Yes but-"

The woman grabbed one of my hands and began to drag me onto the main road, bumping into people as we passed, my feet tangling themselves up as I attempted to follow behind her. "This is going to be amazing! You're the first foreigner I met, you know. You're really pretty too, well not that pretty, but an exotic type of pretty. That isn't too mean right…Um…"

I stopped in the middle of the street, nearly toppling over the woman. And what type of name do you give a stranger? Something they'll like, but something you can't get attached to, that's for sure. "…Shu."

"Shu." The woman repeated. "An exotic name. I wish I could freeze that too, I've never heard it before. Anyway, I can't wait to bring you back to the castle; we have the most beautiful roses in Wonderland…"

I had stopped listening to her at that point. My heart beginning to ache as the woman mentioned this place's name. For most people it sounded like a place that would be liked by strange foreigners, but it sounded more like the name of an asylum to me.

A bloody, deranged, absolutely chaotic asylum.

A/N: Disclaimer: Angelic trinity and I don't own any of the recognizable characters in this fanfiction. If we did do you think we'd be making fanfiction? Food for thought.

Hello everyone. So I present this fandom with another story, this time with the help of Angelic Trinity. The chapters are written by one of us then placed up on the site, this time it was my turn. Well, if you've gotta opinion just say something in the review box, love to see your two cents.

-Coy Serum