~Prologue~

The Dollhouse

There's a colorful, childish house inside The Looking Glass, where happiness is nonexistent, hatred transpires, and fear has grown. The embodiment of The Dollhouse is a very unnerving thing. It was created out of a desire for a childhood from a girl who was born of an innocent heart.

A malfunctioned heart, that is.

Now it is a never-ending world of toys, candy, and fun. Where the time is even more out of place, the land changes now and then, and it is inhabited by Forgotten.

Would you like to know what Forgotten are? Silly, they are Faceless who had gone against their useless roles. They go to The Dollmaker to get their eyes sewn in, then they get their eyes hollowed as a price. Then, they gain super strength and cannot be killed by anyone but Role Holders.

Those are the Forgotten. Why they go at great lengths for a pair of eyes, only to get it hollowed out, we will never know. But we do know that when we see a person in Wonderland with hollowed out eyes that never stops leaking tears of crimson blood, we must run.

Run, and run, and run, until they lose track of you. A merry game of chase where if you get caught, you die.

Oh, a merry game, indeed.

May I ask a question? Do you know what Wonderland is? No? Then allow me to refresh your memory.

Wonderland is a place that is distorted from our world, perhaps out there in the galaxy, but you can only get there through your dreams. It is a place of rejoice, where you can run from your problems. Even if everyone there is gun crazy, but the point is, you can lose yourself there.

In Wonderland, there are territories, so let me tell you what those are.

The Clock Tower, where the Clock Maker, Julius Monrey, resides. With him are The Lizard, Gray Ringmarc, and The Caterpillar, Nightmare Gottschalk.

The Hatters Mansion, where the Mafioso Mad Hatter, Blood Dupre, controls. His cronies The Tweedle Twins, Tweedle Dee and Dum, and the March Hare, Elliot March, follows him faithfully.

The Amusement Park where The Dutch, Mary Gowland, lives in with his Cheshire Cat, Boris Airay, and the sleepy Dormouse, Pierce Villiers.

There is also the Heart Castle, where the beautiful and violent Queen of Hearts, Vivaldi, controls, with the Prime Minister White Rabbit, Peter White, the Knave of Hearts, Ace, and the King of Hearts, whose name was never mentioned.

And finally, The Circus, where the Joker lives. There is two of him, yet they are not twins. They are…him, White Joker and Black Joker.

In Wonderland, you must participate in a game that helps you get home, that is the main goal. In your game, you meet the Role Holders, one with duties, and Faceless, one without duties. You, who are not of their world, are called an Outsider, and the rule states that everyone must love you.

They do, and once they love you, they'll do anything to make you forget your world. So that you may become a part of Wonderland.

Now, there are four Outsiders to choose from…

Alex Hudson, the insane girl. She lived her whole life in an orphanage, with her caretaker, Son Sohma. Unfortunately, an accident took Alex's beloved away, and many more misfortune happened to her. She was fifteen when she was taken to Wonderland, and left Wonderland with them barely being able to stand the sight of a stick.

Claire Triton, the mixed martial artist. She was ignored by her mother as a child for not being born as a male, and ended up losing her femininity to become something her mother wanted. She then became Alex's 'butler' and only wants to serve her. She was taken to Wonderland and forced to work off a debt with the Mad Hatter.

Jackie, the mechanic. She lost her twin brother to a car accident and was abused by her mother, who wished she had died instead of her twin. She was taken to Wonderland and became the Amusement Park's mechanic.

Lacie Heartfilia, the girl with a healing touch. She was born with a rare heart condition without parents and was adopted by a man named Wilson who kept her inside of the hospital. With no experience of the world, for living a sheltered life, she was almost raped by her teacher on the very first day of school, but was saved by The White Rabbit and taken to Wonderland, now having a fear for men.

All four of these Outsiders who have lived a difficult life can be found in different Wonderlands, different dreams. Where they can forget what troubles they had and let everyone fall in love with them.

…If they actually wanted that.

The Dollhouse creaks and groans, hungry for their arrival, and it's my job to bring them here and let them play the game. After all, if they participated in Wonderlands' game, then they can play in this…mini game.

Yes, let's refer to this Dollhouse in the Looking Glass as a mini game… A game of survival, loss, and blood. Where if you want to survive, then you must fight.

…Ding…Dong….

Oh, dear, it's time! I must hurry and fetch the participants! We cannot play a game without any players, now can we? It's no fun if there isn't anyone to watch bleed!

This is a game of life.

A game of death.

A game of sorrow.

A game of fear.

A game of hatred of your very self.

This very Dollhouse is the embodiment of those very emotions.

I lOoK fOrWaRd To YoUr PaRtIcIpAtIoN, oUtSiDeR….

~ End of Prologue~