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Alice Valerie "Valerie" Callinder

"This is definitely not what I was expecting."

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a character in “Wonderland Academy”, originally authored by Kura Ravengade, as played by RolePlayGateway

Description

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Name: Alice Valerie Callinder (She prefers to go by her middle name, Valerie)
Nickname: Valerie, Val, Ali, Erie, Vere, Callinder
Age: 16
Role: Alice
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 132lbs
Ethnicity: Caucasian/German Descent
Tattoos/Scars: She has a scar that stretches from just below her breast on the left side of her body and all the way across her abdomen to her right hip bone from a car accident when she was nine, along with a scar through her left eyebrow, and one last scar that stretches across the length of her jaw. She also has a tattoo just above her tailbone of the name Amanda with the words Sisters, now and forever following it with a dash.

Facial Appearance: With her high cheekbones and slightly rounded chin, she has a face that’s thin but not sickeningly so; it’s almost as if it was perfectly chiseled and rounded out. Her skin is a light peach and there are only a few freckles here and there on her entire body that she refers to as ‘angel kisses’, a name instilled in her since birth. Her eyes are a gray-blue that mesmerize most people, her hair is a perfect blonde-white, and it falls in silky waves to just below her shoulders.

Personality

Crush: Tarrant's interesting ... Extremely sweet, too. But so is Harry. Er, Henry. Oh, whoever they are, they're sweethearts, also.
Personality: Alice is extremely sweet and, unlike most people, tries to look for the good in others. The people at her new school are a bit unnerving and are slowly beginning to wear down her ability to look for the good in people. Some of them even frighten her, and she hates the fact that she's alone and arrived not too long after school started. naturally, however, she's kind and loves to be around people. So far she's been too shy to approach anyone, but a few students have, one of which caught her attention immediately. He mentioned his name was Tarrant, and so far she's noticed him more and more often since her first day. She loves to laugh and make others do the same, and has always been driven to do her best, to impress her parents and not let them down. That's her biggest flaw, however; no matter what she does, she never thinks she does it good enough, or is smart enough. She has an extremely low self-esteem, which, at her old school, always made her friends mad at her.
Danger Level: 2; it’s not like she won’t defend herself when people are outright attacking her, whether it’s with words or fists, but she doesn't go out of her way to endanger herself.
Aspirations: She wants to eventually graduate high school and go away to college, where she’ll study to become a bio technician. It’s a long shot, but her biggest dream is to win the Noble Prize.
Dominant Emotion: Sincerity or hope
Quirks/Oddities: Some people find it weird how into studying and doing her homework she is, or her loves for sciences and mathematics, or that she loves learning how to play various new instruments and compose music, but she adores it none-the-less.
Likes: Strawberries, Raspberries, Music, Boys, Dancing, Studying, Homework, School, Animals, Children
Dislikes: Gory Movies, Slackers, Liars, Cheaters, Conceited People, Hatred, Bullying
Sexuality: Straight

Amanda:

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Equipment

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Average Clothing:
All-in-all, she tends to aim for comfortable clothes that aren't too tight and aren't to baggy, just sort of in the middle.
Spring/Summer – Tank tops and skirts or jeans shorts, along with sandals, flip flops, or no shoes at all. She also tends to wear sundresses a lot, and with her favorite colors being blue and white, a lot of her clothes fall into those categories.
Fall/Winter – She loves wearing sweatpants and jeans, with long-sleeved shirts and baggy sweatshirts. She normally wears dark, faux boots and gloves without finger tips that she can flip a piece of clothe over the tips of her fingers to cover. Those and scarves and hats, too. She loves her scarves and hats.
Keepsakes/Special Items: A necklace from her mother and father for her eighth Christmas, with her mother's wedding ring on the chain with the actual locket, which holds a picture of her family, and an identical necklace that her parent's gave to her sister for their eighth Christmas, with her father's wedding ring on the chain, with the same photo inside of it. Also, a ring that her brother used to practically cling to is on the chain of her necklace

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History

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Bio: Alice was born in a small, middle-class family, with a twin sister and a younger brother. Her only living relatives were her parents, siblings, grandmother, and aunt. She was raised to always do her best and look for the good in people, just as her parents, Kathleen and William, did. And she was happy. When her eighth Christmas came around, her parents bought her and her sister beautiful, heart locket necklaces with a picture of a family portrait they had taken for their Christmas cards in it. A few months later, just after her ninth birthday, they were involved in a horrific, ten-car pileup on their way to pick up her sister from a friends house. The only reason Alice lived is because her father pulled her out from between the two cars that had trapped her when she had been ejected from an open side window, using the last ounce of his own strength to save her. He, her brother, and her mother, Kathleen, all died that day, on the way to hospital. Alice was in critical condition for several days and when she awoke, she was scarred horrifically across her stomach. The scar has dulled as she aged, but it's still extremely noticeable and, although it isn't a hideous scar, she thinks it is, so she has never worn a two piece during the summer to the beach.

After her parents and little brother died, her grandmother was left as her and her sister's guardian. She was then raised by her rich grandmother, who pushed her and her sister to do their best, enrolling them in a private elementary, then middle, then high school. Her grandmother is a strict, old woman that all of her friends would refer to as 'The Dictator', for she was always crabby and treated Alice and her sister like, well, crap. Alice, however, loves her grandmother dearly, seeing as only she, her sister, and her aunt's family are still alive.

A few days after Alice and her sister's sixteenth birthday, her sister committed suicide by hanging herself in their bedroom. Alice found her and has been mentally scarred ever since. This was only a few months before Alice was accepted to Wonderland Academy.

When Alice's grandmother announced that she had passed an entry exam and the requirements for a 'prestigious high school' a few states away. Although she really didn't want to go and leave the only home and people she had ever really known other then her parents, she went anyway, if only to make her grandmother happy and to escape the memories of her family and her sister. She arrived a few days before she would actually start school, just so she could get settled into her dormitory and get to know people despite the fact that school had already started, but she hadn't really gone out of her way to meet many other people. To be honest, she's a bit scared to. The only person she's met so far is named Tarrant - a weird name, but a genuinely nice guy.
One Greatest Fear: Losing the only remaining people on this Earth that she loves.
One Greatest Secret: She never, ever wears bikinis in the summer; she always wears one-pieces.
Theme Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n1Az2Yl ... ADEDC68EE4 Dear Juliet Lullaby by Chase Coy

So begins...

Alice Valerie "Valerie" Callinder's Story

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Wow ... This place is ... Enormous ...

Valerie stared up at the Academy with large eyes, her breath taken. She had never seen a campus so huge before. She rolled down the window and stared at the building that was undoubtedly the school, leaning out the window to do so.

"Miss, please sit back down. Your grandmother would have my head if you were injured in any way," the driver that quickly. Valerie sighed but relented and lowered herself back in the seat.

She would be starting school the next day, but had arrived early in order to unpack and get settled. And, as her grandmother had said, 'to make friends'. She frowned at the people as they rolled past several students heading to the main school. Something about them was ... Different. When she decided to attend Wonderland, she had thought there would be a whole horde of brainiac nerds and that was all. But these people ... There was no way in hell that they were genius's. It just didn't work do to the fact that they were dressed the way they were an doing the things they were doing.

The car rolled to a stop, she stepped from the car, and the driver began helping her unload her bags. She slipped on a pair of glasses and smiled and thanked him as he wiser her luck, then waved him goodbye as he left her standing at the front of the Academy.

Appearing lost, Valerie removed the map she had been mailed and peered at it. She didn't know what kind of drugs the person who had made this map had been on we they made it, but this definitely wasn't a map of the campus or the insides of the buildings. She crumpled it up an tossed it in a nearby recycling bin, grabbed her bags, and decided she'd find the Administration office or get lost trying.

And lost she became. Five minutes later and Valerie stood in a nearly empty hallway, several bags on the floor at her feet, looking baffled an confused as to how she ended up where she was. "Well what the hell ..." She muttered, glaring up and down the hallway. She moved over to a wall and desolately thudded her forehead against it, then stood that way. "I am so lost its almost funny ..." She muttered dryly. "Now what do I do?"

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Auhh, another day at the Home of the Mad, Wonderland Academy. That was so close to rhyming. Marchy woke up with his head still under the covers and curled up into a small ball. He was such a small lad, after all, making to the height of only about five-feet four-inches. Through the blankets, Marchy could see the light shining in from the fully open window. Every night he had a habit of leaving the curtains open so he wouldn't have to face the dark in his room in his waking moments. Marchy liked the sun after all for its warmness. Sitting up, Marchy rubbed his eyes, adjusting to the light. He was wearing a brown tee shirt that was way to big for his skinny body, practically falling off his shoulder, and baggy brown flannel pants. "Another day in Wonderland." Marchy said in a rather tired voice.

Marchy stood up and changed his clothes, donning a two-toned light brown and brownish-orange shirt with a pair of rather skinny skinny jeans. He put on some old brown converse and combed trough his hair, his eye and fingers twitching the whole time. He grabbed his old broken pocket watch and headed out of the dorms. As he walked, he spotted a girl with her forehead on the wall. Marchy stood and eyed the girl from down the hall, his eye twitching slightly, then he continued walking down the hall. He pulled his old, broken pocket watch out of his pocket and started swinging the old thing around. Passing the girl, Marchy started singing a little tea song about tea that went a little something like this.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little BAT, how I wonder where you're AT, up above the world sooOO HIgh, like a TEA-cup in the SKY, twinkle, twinkle, little bat, how I wonder where you're at!"

Marchy ended the small song as he walked passed the girl with a little laugh. His eyes were as wide as ever. His smile as wide as ever. As he walked, his neck tic slightly, almost like a clock, to the small squeaks and sounds of the school.

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A chill swept up the back of Valerie's neck as the eerie song began to be sung. She froze, the hair on her arms standing on end, and she stood still for several moments. As the song came to an end, she slowly turned, clinging to the wall as her back bumped against it. The stones scratched against her bare shoulders, the spaghetti straps of her white with blue polka-dots sundress not doing much to protect her peach skin.

Her eyes locked on the boy that had been walking down the hallway and had been singing that creepy song. He had an odd, nervous twitch going on with his head, and the slightly-wild look in his eyes combined with the weird pocket watch in his hand and his ... Different ... Clothing, only caused a bit of fear to swell up inside her. Her face flushed and her eyes went wide, her palms flattening against the wall behind her.

She coughed a little to clear her throat, straightened away from the wall, and looked everywhere but at the boy. "Um ... Ah ... Could you ... Possibly point me in the direction of the Administration's Office?" she asked, obviously nervous of being around him. As he stared at her, his weird tweak continuing, she began to gather her bags, slightly hurrying to do so. "On second though, I'm sure I'll find it if I look hard enough," she said quickly, then began down the hallway at a fast walk, only attempting to make the distance between her and the boy larger and wider. She expected any moment from now for him to do something else to scare her even further. Unable to see him due to the fact that her back was to him, she increased her pace, almost fleeing down the hallway.

She reached a corner and ducked around it, dropping her bags and leaning forward to rest her hands on her knees. Her entire body was trembling and her breathing was short and quick. "What the hell was wrong with that kid?" she breathed out, her heart still hammering in her chest. "What is wrong with this school?" she muttered. "Is everyone here insane and creepy?"

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Eventually, Harry fell asleep and contentedly receded into his subconscious. Henry, however, never fell asleep, only waited for his brother to be happy again. Slowly, so as to not wake him up, the boy stood and picked up his backpack, creeping out the door with Harry contentedly snoozing in the back of his mind. Henry threw the backpack on quickly, a deep blue denim that was years old from before they came to academy. A tag was sewn on that read "Harry" but below it in fine, orderly writing in black sharpie "and Henry." Harry was so desperate to include his brother when they moved here, it was nice of him, really. Granted, everything Harry did was sweet. Stowing the smile that tugged at the edge of their lips, Henry closed and locked his door to make his way to class.

Halfway there he turned a corner and saw someone he'd never seen before, panting with a look of total shock on her face. She looked like she was in bad shape. Her bags were everywhe-- ah, bags. New kid. Honestly he didn't know why she was so scared unless she'd met one of the other inhabitants already. Harry began to swim out of his slumber and saw her, too. Shoving Henry aside, he ran over and began to scoop up her things. "Oh, are you alright?! Are you hurt? Here, let me get this for you!" He grinned up at her sweetly and began to put her things back in order while she caught her breath. Henry rolled his eyes but let his twin take over.

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Out of nowhere, another body materialized, scaring her shitless. Valerie jumped almost a foot in the air, letting out a squeak in surprise. She flattened herself against the wall, not really knowing what to expect form this one. The last person she met had a twitch and sang creepy versions of nursery rhymes. She stared at him, studying him, before slowly relaxing and moving away from the wall. She straightened her sundress and fixed her blue sandals, toying uncertainly with one of the two lockets around her neck. Her mouth opened and closed a few times without a sound, she cleared her throat finally, then was able to speak.

"Ah, no, I'm not hurt," she said slowly, squirming a little under his gaze. "There's really no need for you to do that. It's quite alright," she said, reaching out as if to take them from him. "You're a really hyper guy, aren't you?" she breathed out, shaking her head and rubbing her temples, already getting a headache from everything that had been happening so far that day. "The first person I meet here tweaks out and sings creepy version of nursery rhymes that I'll never be able to here again, and the second person I meet is sweet. This place is giving me a headache ..." she muttered, shaking her head again.

She let out a sigh of a breath and lowered her hands, grabbing her backpack and slinging it over her shoulder. "Can you help me find the Administration's Office? My other belongings were delivered here last week, but I still need to find out where my dormitory is and get a lay of the land, you know, find out where everything is, all my classes ... It would be really nice if you could show me the way. I'm Al-Valerie; call me Valerie," she said with a smile at him. She couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with him, also. He seemed harmless enough, but there was still something a little off about him. She just couldn't quite put her finger on it.

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Harry grinned and giggled self-consciously. "Sorry, we didn't mean to scare you, I just like to help people, I can't help it." He stood and handed her her things with a tilt of his head and a shrug as a child might. "I'm Harry, Henry's being moody right now, and sure! It's really close to here, just down the hall! I couldn't find it for a week after I came here, this place is so massive and sprawls everywhere." He offered to carry her suitcase and pointed down the hall, starting off while walking backwards so they could still talk. "You probably met Marchy, he's... not exactly all there, but most people here aren't. There's a few that aren't so bad, though." He grinned again and shrugged dismissively. "What's your name? I'm Harry--oop, wait, I already said that, sorry!" He laughed softly and smiled a bit softer, cheeks rising cheerily as he led her to the A.O.

Henry just watched. Might as well let Harry have his fun for now. Class wasn't for at least an hour and he had done well on his homework lately. Jeez, sometimes they were a mystery...

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She managed an extremely uncertain smile. We? Henry? Harry? Despite her obvious confusion, she joined him in the walk, listening to him rattle on about the school and the people in it, and when he made his way back around to asking her her name, her uncertainty about this school only spiked. Half-convinced that everyone at this school was insane just from the two people she had met so far, she sighed and adjusted her bag, having allowed Henry, or Harry, or whoever he was, to carry her suitcase.

There isn't a single sane person here, is there?

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Harry," she scrambled, flushing a little and looking a bit afraid that he would grow angry since she had more then likely mixed him up with whoever Henry was. When she felt a slight breeze behind her, she froze, then slowly turned, almost closing her eyes with the fear that began to build inside of her. Oh God, who now?

What she was met with was a boy holding up a notepad. When he lowered then raised it again, she cast a glance at him then read the note. Not really understanding why he was communicating with her through writing, but not questioning it due to her not knowing if he had a medical condition or not.

"It's really nice to meet you, Skyler. I'm Alice Valerie Callinder, but I'd prefer for you to call me Valerie," she said with a smile, taking his hand in hers and shaking it warmly. She then turned back to Harry, if that was who he was. "Now, back to the Administration's Office ..." she trailed off, then looked back at Skyler, offering him another smile. "This loon here is taking me to the Administration's Office. Would you like to tag along?" she offered, picking her bag back up.

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Character Portrait: Alice Valerie "Valerie" Callinder Character Portrait: Julianna Vivaldi Heart Character Portrait: Tarrant "Mad Hatter" Hightopp Character Portrait: Andrew Pillar Character Portrait: Harry and Henry Jones Character Portrait: Skyler Zahner
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Giving one last look at Ana in the tree, Marchy's eye twitched then he turned to see a familiar face or two. "Why, 'ello Mr. Cat-ee-pillor." Marchy said with a big cheeky smile, eyes wide, and twitching and ticking to his ever excitement. He heard what Mr. Cat-ee-pillor said, but didn't understand a thing. He watched as Hatta jumped down in front of Queen De Hearts and Marchy almost fell over laughing. Hatta was probably one of Marchy's favorite people in Wonderland for his happiness. Falling down clumsily, Marchy was on the ground like Mr. Cat-ee-pillor and Chess. "Oh, and a merry hello to you, Chessie." Marchy said, cheeky smile still on his face with wide eyes.

Then Marchy heard Chess starting to sing. His head tilted slightly, eye slightly twitching. Then, for the first time in awhile, he actually calmed down. Laying on his back on the ground with a small, normal smile on his face and eyes not so wide watching the white clouds passing through the blue sky. Someone singing was one of the only things to make Marchy this calm, well that and a half cup of tea with butter of course. Huhm…the tic's have stopped. On that note, once everyone was back to talking and-or arguing, Marchy's leg did the worst tic he had ever experienced, looking as if his leg was having a slight seizure of its own.

At that, Marchy shot off the ground like an excited child. His cheeky smile was back with the return of his wide eyes. "I've got an excellent idea, why don't we all sit down for a spot of tea?" One of the things Marchy almost always brings up in almost every conversation is tea. Why? Nobody knows. It's just one of the many things he seems to be obsessed with, that, his pocket watch, half cups of tea, and of course a stick of butter. Every tea party on whomever's un-birthday it's to be, Marchy will pull out his old pocket watch. One of the hands on the old, broken watch would move, like the tic a dead animal will have before its dies. Marchy call the thing a MAD WATCH! and take a whole stick of butter and a small mallet, smashing the butter on the poor watch then dipping in into a cup of tea. According to Marchy, Everything mad need their daily tea or you shall become mad as a march hair.

Marchy than ran inside the school, not waiting for anyone to comment on his statement of having a cup of tea for the lot of them. He went straight to where they kept the tea cups and tea, grabbing a cup for everyone, plus a few extra, and the kettle that had already been making fresh tea. As he carried everything in his arms, he walked past the new girl, the Tweedles, and Sky. "We're all having a spot of tea, if you would like to join us after you've gotten done what you've got to get done." Marchy said, a wide cheeky smile on his face and wide eyes. His tic seemed to be gone for the time being, so in all he looked like a child mostly. A very hyper skatterbrained child. Without even a mere hello or goodbye, Marchy was back outside by the others handing everyone a tea cup and with fresh tea, the tea was in the cup of course. He then sat himself down on the ground with crossed legs. The old pocket watch sitting on his thigh and a stick of better on a small saucer. He had the kettle, the creamer, and the sugar sitting on a silver tray i front of him and he sat there, drinking his tea, ticking slightly, and humming "Twinkle twinkle little star." in his head, changing the words of course.

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Harry smiled luminously at Skyler after reading his note. "Hey, Skyler! I'm doing great! Henry's being a bit grumpy though, thanks for asking! What about you?" He returned the bow and nearly dropped Al-Valerie's suitcase. With a quick catch he stood back up, listening to the new girl talk to Skyler. Both Harry and Henry liked Skyler, he was quiet and good company, both for the one who liked to talk and the one who liked silence. He watched as Valerie and the boy shook hands with a pang of sadness and... jealousy? No, that was preposterous. He had his hands full, that was why, not to mention the fact that Al-Valerie was flustered. It was her first day. Yeah! That was it! Smile firmly back in place at the mention of the administrator's office, Harry began to walk backwards again.

Then she called him a loon... why was he a loon? "I'm... I'm just fine..." The smile fell from his face and he stopped short. He wasn't a loon... He was just fine, he and Henry both... A small, puzzled, guilty frown crossed his face as he felt Henry get upset. Quickly shoving him down (he hated doing it and would get hell from him later), he walked again, but a bit slower. Marchy came and went without a hello or goodbye (was he late for something?), but Harry didn't feel much like talking anymore. Mom and Dad had called him a loon after Henry died. Said they never wanted to see him again. "D... Do you still like me? Please don't say you don't want to talk to me anymore..." The vulnerability in his voice was apparent. He wanted people to like them. Henry may not care, but Harry did. He wanted to make people happy...

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Valerie smiled at her new companions and turned, as if to start back to the office, which she was positive she could find on her own now that she knew the general direction of it. However, she wasn't ready to leave the comforting presence of the people she now considered her new friends; not with God knows who running amuck in the school. Instead, she paused to wait for them, almost being barreled over by the boy who had succeeded in creeping her out before.

She took a step back instinctively, looking a the boy wearily. She took comfort in the fact that Harry didn't seem too worried about the boy, relaxing a bit as she notice his own ease around the crazy kid. When he was gone, she looked after him, puzzled, but shrugged it off. "Tea sounds great right about now," she said thoughtfully, looking over a Harry as he quietly began to speak.

Valerie frowned and stared at him for a few moments. "Why wouldn't I like you? You're the first person I've actually met here. I'm not about to not like my new friend. Besides, you're sweet," she said, smiling and tilting her head to the side just the right way. "Now how about that tea party?" She asked as they reached the office.

It only took her a few minutes to receive an updated map of the entire campus and the insides of the buildings, along with more paperwork for her to fill out. She left her bags in the office at the Principal's request - odd but she didn't mind - and started in the direction of what she knew was the entrance, due to her new map. "I'm guessing the tea party will be here, correct?" She asked both Skyler and Harry - and Henry, she supposed. "It seems like the most logical location. Shall we head there?" She offered them the choice, holding up the map to point at where she was talking about.

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Harry, now in a much better disposition, laughed softly and slid her finger further north to the rose garden. "That's where he was headed, with Marchy and almost anyone in this school logic is probably the least logical thing to depend on." He smiled at her and leaned forward to wink at Skyler on the other side of the new girl. He knew the boy would probably agree, but also knew he probably wouldn't attend the party because of both the Tea and Gardening Clubs' influences. "I'm fine with it. Skyler?" he asked just in case the answer would be different from what he expected. The Clubs tended to be rather touchy around each other, but Harry got along with everyone and Henry ignored everyone. It worked out.

As if on cue, Henry decided it was his turn. Extending his hand, the boy smiled much smaller with more of a bored smirk than anything. "Henry. Nice to see you, I suppose. Harry can be a bit... well, you saw, but just ignore him if you want us to go away." He rubbed at his eyes and waited for his handshake to be accepted before allowing Harry control again.

The boy giggled. "That was Henry, my brother. He's cool once you get to know us. So, tea?"

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She smiled and laughed. "Okay, right here then," she laughed, folding up the map. Besides, with at least Harry around, she wouldn't become lost. When a change went over his features and he introduced himself, she immediately had an 'Ah' moment. Instead of responding with something like, 'You're crazy,' or something along those lines, her smiled fell a little bit and she shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you," she whispered, a faint sheen of tears appearing in her eyes. She managed a small smile at Harry when he returned. "I had a brother. A sister too. She was my twin," she murmured, rubbing her arm and looking at the ground. "My brother and parents died when I was nine. My sister committed suicide only a few months ago," she said quietly, one hand lifting to clasp the necklace with the wedding ring that said William on it. "This was her necklace, and this was my father's wedding ring. It seems like we have something in common, don't we?" She asked sorrowfully, taking in a shallow breath.

In an attempt to rid herself of her depressed mood, she forced herself to brighten and held out her arm to him. "Let's go, I would love to go for some tea. Preferably green with sugar and a side if chocolate cake," she said with a laugh, poking his side. "What's your favorite type of tea and cake?"

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Harry smiled sadly and brought out his own locket to show to her. He didn't open it, but just showed her. The engraving on the outside shone brilliantly. He loved those words... With a deep sigh he tucked it back in his shirt. "Henry's grumpy all the time because this isn't his body. It's mine. Well, ours, but I was here first. He didn't have one anymore so I let him use mine." That was the most detail he went into. No one really knew how or why Henry had died, and Al-Valerie and Skyler were now the first to know that much. He was sad to know that they shared that much in common. "Most people don't take their others with them, but Mom and Dad always liked Henry better. It would've been better if I died. They would've been happier." He grinned luminously again, "So we were Harry and Henry! Mom and Dad still didn't like it, but Henry is better here than nowhere."

Henry smirked and scratched the back of their neck. "Suppose you think we're freaks now, right?"

Harry frowned and knitted his brows together, "Henry, that's rude! She said we weren't a loon and that she liked us..." He looked uncertain and turned to her. "Right?"

He forgot the question after she mentioned cake. He jumped up and down and clapped his hands. "I love strawberry cake, but ice cream more. Black tea with sugar and milk is the BEST, but I like green, too!" He began to walk backwards again so he could see their faces while they conversed.

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((NOTE: I got lost on who all was at the tea party, so I just tagged everyone XD))


Valerie smiled over at Skyler. "I like vanilla, too. And strawberry," she said, casting a grin in Harry's direction. "Actually, I just like sweets in general. It always astounded my friends how many sweet things I could eat without ending up fat and with cavities. It's just genes, I guess," she shrugged. On impulse, she reached over and grabbed Skyler's arm, then Harry's, and slid her arms through theirs, standing between them.

"I swear I don't bite, so you don't have to be so afraid to get near me. Besides, it's not like I'm chock-full of different diseases," she rolled her eyes as they turned the corner, her keen memory allowing her to remember precisely where they needed to go to reach the Garden.

She tossed a glance at Harry and smiled, remembering his earlier question before she had become distracted. "I don't think you're crazy. You two are just weird, like me," she said with undeniable confidence. She danced out of their arms and ahead of them, throwing her own arms out and twirling in a circle on her toe. "As I always say, embrace your inner weirdness," she laughed, basking in the sunlight she had danced out into, having pushed through the doors to get outside.

She looked over at Skyler and quickly read what he wrote, offering him a smile. "Alright, I guess I'll catch up with you later then," she said with a nod. She then tilted her head back and sighed. "I love the sun, don't you two?" she asked Harry and Henry. "I sure am going to miss it when winter comes around. It's a good thing I love the snow, too," she tacked on thoughtfully.

Turning, Valerie looked ahead of them, and a little ways away from the Academy was what was undoubtedly a green house. "That must be the garden, right?" she asked, already skipping in that direction. Yes, she was weird, but only because she was so happy and said the most random of things, but she wasn't insane. In truth, she was only doing it in an attempt to make Harry and Henry laugh and remain her friends.

She licked her lips. "Hmm, even the thought of tea and sweets is making me parched and hungry, despite the early hour," she said thoughtfully. "Alright, I'm definitely going. Shall we?" she asked, smiling over her shoulder at them. Without really waiting for an answer, she took off in the direction of the garden house, unaware of the insane - and dangerous - people she was about to meet.

She was more then excited to see the garden, for she'd always loved flowers, especially carnations and lilacs, so when she reached the gate enclosing the garden and heard the sound of distant voices, she opened the gate without a second thought and began into the garden.

Valerie's breath caught at the sight of the magnificent garden. Flowers, trees, bushes, anything anyone could imagine, were growing in the garden. lost in her own little world, she didn't realized she had reached the area the tea party was being held at. She snapped from her daydream and silent awe of the garden, freezing in place, her heart jumping into her throat at the sight of the people before her.

They were all obviously insane.

Swallowing her fear and summoning courage she hadn't realized was there, she lifted her hand into the air, just a little, casting a look over her shoulder for the comforting face of someone she knew. She looked back at the people before her.

"Hello," she managed, a bit weakly.

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Harry laughed happily when Al-Valerie linked arms with them and skipped down the hall. This was the best day he'd had in a long while. They had made a new friend who didn't think they were crazy and was happy to have an adventure! He giggled excitedly and managed to twirl them around once before continuing in a straight line, just for the fun of it. They reached the doors leading outside then and Harry's heart soared. Valerie dashed ahead and out the doors with them hard on her tail. Harry never stopped smiling and laughed frequently in giddy excitement. She affirmed the fact that she didn't think they were crazy which caused Harry to throw his fists in the air in a sign of complete ecstasy. She liked them! She really liked them! It was rare for Harry to know that someone honestly, truly liked them, Skyler was like that, and now Alice was, too!

Harry twirled around her while she basked in the sun, hyper and very puppyish. He tripped once and sprawled on the warm grass, but only laughed, stood, and brushed himself off. Henry took a moment's control then. Rolling his eyes, he carefully cleaned the grass from his hair. "Sorry about Harry, again, he doesn't get someone who is this accepting very often. I generally don't care one way or the other, but it means the world to him. Thanks, Valerie." He winked softly before a huge grin spread over their face. "Henry!" Harry protested, "Can't take you anywhere!" Henry laughed on the inside and settled down again.

"I love the sun and snow, too! Henry gets grumpy whenever he's outside, though. Too dirty and too much movement." Harry exclaimed, prancing up to her and linking arms again. He liked it, it was fun and he generally wasn't allowed to get too close to people, either for their comfort or his and Henry's own safety. "I don't like rain, though, rain has too many memories. Henry and I are the same there." He shrugged dismissively and carried on with his new friend, behind her now that she began to run ahead. Harry laughed and called for her to wait up, already panting from their shenanigans. Most definitely, this was the best day EVER! Henry agreed for once.

Al-Valerie was far ahead of them and turned a corner as she saw the Garden. Harry wanted to see her face, the Garden made everyone catch their breath the first time they saw it. Henry didn't like the Gardening Club, and to be honest Harry didn't particularly enjoy being around them, too loud, but the Garden was always a treat. For Harry, at least. He skidded around the corner and slid to a stop behind Valerie as she fumbled out a hello. Harry nodded and waved at everyone. "Hey, guys! We heard there was tea! This is Al-Vale--oop, I mean..." they froze for a second before Harry's eyes widened and they jumped in the air, laughing and stammering excitedly, "AL-VAL! It rhymes!! Al-Val! Alvalalvalalval!! See, when we saw her in the hall she was flustered because it's her first day and she said her name was 'Al-Valerie,' and clarified Valerie, but Al-Valerie stuck in my head! Al-Val!!" He laughed and hugged his new friend without really noticing he had and rubbed his hair excitedly. "Sorry, I got excited, how is everyone! Henry is being grumpy today, so he may not be talking much."

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Marchy sat there, enjoying his tea, thinking about random little thoughts that run into his mind, when someone picked up his tray with the tea, sugar, and cream all spilling over. "Well, that's not very civil, is it." He said, looking up at who had did it to see non-other than the Queen herself. Marchy sipped his tea as he watched her with a rather confused, frustrated look on his face, his eyes slightly closed from the sun beaming down. Then it hit him! The tray made contact with the side of his head and knocked him over. Marchy, being rather mad as he is, sat up slowly after it, putting his hand to the side of his head. He had a rather blank expression on his face after being hit with a tray without letting out a single solitary cry. Looking on the ground, Marchy saw the saucer that he had the butter in face down on the ground. He picked it up to see the butter all smashed into the grass. "That had been the best butter…" Marchy said he then stood up, still holding the saucer the butter had been on in his hand and had a very angry look on his face with his eye ticking furiously. He then throw the plate as hard as any madly insane person can, which is rather hard at that, right at the Queens head. He missed hitting her head by maybe an inch or two, it flying to the side passed her and breaking into a tree. Marchy then bent down and picked up a tea cup that had also fallen off the tray. "Don't forget your TEA!" He said before throwing the tea cup at the Queens head after missing the first time.

Not even waiting to see if he scored the hit, Marchy bent down and picked up his pocket watch that had fallen off his lap and putting it in his pocket. He gave one last look to the queen them headed over to the tea party table where he saw the Hatta, Mouse-wee, Ana, and the new girl he had…passed earlier. Giving just a mere nod to the bunch, Marchy just sat down and grabbed a cup of tea, ticking every so often.

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Valerie jumped as a man - and he could be nothing else but a man, an insane one, but definitely man - approached her. She studied him on what was now instinct, not wishing for another heart palpitation. When he introduced himself, she smiled. "We'll, 'Mr. Hatter,'" she said with a grin. "I think I'm going to take I calling you Tarrant, both to annoy you, because I like that name, and because I tend to avoid conforming to other people. So Tarrant," she said, emphasizing his name. "It's a pleasure to me-"

Valerie cut off in a shriek as Harry-Henry appeared behind her, shouting and talking away. She jumped away from him, her heart hammering in her chest. "Crap, Harry! Don't do that!! You scared ten lives outhof me!" She exclaimed. "Goodness, Henry, can you try to keep Harry a little more under control? I don't feel Ike dying early from heart failure," she gasped, leaning against a tree to catch her breath after that scare.

Clearing her throat and blushing a light pink, Valerie turned back to Tarrant. "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted ... It's a pleasure to meet you, Tarrant. My name is Alice Valerie Callinder, but call me Valerie," she smiled. She then scowled and turned back to Harry. "As for you," she said, pointing a finger at him and looking quite frightening in that moment. "Don't call me that," she pouted, all of her scary disappearing.

She tuned and peered around Tarrant at the table. "Is there green tea and chocolate cake? Oh, and strawberry?" She asked for Harry's sake. With he way that kid acted, he'd burst into tears over the mere fact that she didn't ask if they had the type of cake he wanted. "And vanilla?" She tacked on as she remember Skyler and how his favorite was that. She moved over to the table, only to retreat and scurry behind Harry, her eyes wide and staring, completely locked on Marchy. "That's the creepy kid that was singing weird versions of nursery rhymes," she whispered to him, peaking around his side cautiously. "He scared me even worse than you did just now."

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Harry bit back laughter when Al-Val jumped. Their snickers were cut off the best Harry could, tucking his top lip over his lower and looking innocently around. He bobbed back and forth on the balls of his feet as though someone else had laughed and shrugged. "Sorry," he chuckled from his chest, obviously struggling against the laughter. Henry looked at Valerie and rolled his eyes. "I've tried, Valerie. It's no use, don't even bother." He glanced at Tarrant with a stony expression on his face and nodded his stoic greeting before they returned to chuckling and bobbing. Harry put the tip of his tongue between his teeth as he smiled, laughter finally controlled.

They listened while looking at a rosebush behind Al Val and Harry snorted out a laugh again at the "rudely interrupted" bit. Tarrant was either going to murder her or be wildly amused. Knowing him, you never knew him. Harry waved at him again in case the Hatter had missed his earlier greeting and was caught off guard at Al Val's severe chastizing. The smile fell from his face and he looked pretty panicked in that moment. He pointed at his chest in question and looked around as if she could be pointing at someone else before looking back at her. His eyebrows were high on his forehead in surprise and confusion as to what he did wrong. The pout put the smile back on his face, however. He laughed once and poked her nose, leaning over to be at her eye level. "Al Val," he prodded. Karma.

Harry was thrilled when she asked about strawberry cake for them, but if they was in the planned attendance it would surely be there. They probably weren't, though, Henry tended to go straight to class so Harry never got to hang out in the mornings. Henry scoffed, "And we're not missing school today, either, Harry," he said aloud to Harry's thoughts.

Harry looked hurt. "But what about Al Val? We still have to show her around! And there's tea, Henry! TEA!"

Henry sighed and massaged the bridge of his nose. "Harry, can I ever take you anywhere?"

"Yep," he grinned, biting his lip again to hold back his laughter. That was when Al Val dashed back behind him in terror. Harry looked back at her with a small grin on his face, but concern in his eyes. Listening to what she explained he nodded. "That's Marchy. He doesn't tend to make much sense, kinda like Henry," he poked, happy to have the final word. Nonetheless, they served as an attentive shield and watched Tarra-- er, the Hatter and Marchy with a satisfied grin on their face.

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"Meow, baby."

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Chelle witnessed the scene before her- the tea tray swinging down onto the Hare's head, his admittedly comedic retaliation and his heated retreat to the tea room. She resisted the urge to burst into laughter, hypothesizing that it would only aggravate the Queen further. Sitting up, she stretched, watching curiously as quite the interesting trio walked onto the scene- Harry, Henry, and a rather delicate seeming young woman.

She watched Andrew get to his feet and approach their fellow students, wondering momentarily if she should get up and greet them as well, but decided against it. She relaxed back onto the ground, stretching out in the sun's warm rays. She closed her eyes, her lips curling into a relaxed smile.

Opening her eyes for a moment, she caught movement in the corner of her eye. Lifting herself up, she turned towards what had caught her eye. To her surprise, it was Sebastian- she would've thought he had been up by now, but she soon shrugged it off. She contemplated whether or not to go and greet him, and decided: Why not?

She strolled over to him, bowing exaggeratedly when she reached him. "Good morning, Your Highness," she snickered, "how is the King this morning?"

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Harry gaped his happy agreement at Melody before walking off to her, oblivious to if Alice was still attatched to him or stayed behind. "Yeah! Thanks! Hope you're having a good day so far!" He accepted the tea while waving a return to the other greetings and then looked at the table longingly. No strawberry cake. With a sigh, he smiled again as Tarrant replied to Alice and made his way to the head of the table.

But he hadn't responded to them.

Harry put the cup down halfway through adding sugar. "Hatter?" He sounded hurt, almost as if he were a child. "Hatter, wh... why didn't you say hi to Henry? He rarely says hi to anyone, but you ignored him."

"Harry, it's fine," Henry laughed, scratching the back of his neck. "If Tarrant didn't want to repl--"

"No, Henry, it's not fine!" he exclaimed. "You're worth people's time... You're worth everyone's time, Henry!"

"I'm really not, though, Harry, it's fine..."

Harry shook his head and looked down, struggling to keep it together. The anniversary was days away and people were already forgetting him! "It's not fair," he pouted.