Oh noes! Cuna has started yet another story! I know I said I was bad a multi-tasking, for those of you who have read the stuff on my profile, and some of my other stories. But I feel like starting another one. SO DEAL. XP

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There are puppets, dolls, and marionettes…toys manipulated by the hand, or by strings.

Let me out

Manipulated…no free will at all, just toys…objects…

LET ME OUT OF HERE!!

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She sat in the corner, huddled up in the dark room with nothing it in, other than herself.

Painit hurts

She drew in air in great, gasping breaths. She grabbed her chest, trying to breathe.

"I can'tthe Mistresswill become angry…"

Mikan Sakura. Born with a heart disorder, and raised to obey a master.

Her honey-brown hair was plastered to her head with sweat, and her chocolate brown eyes were becoming blurrier by the minute.

"NoIc-can..t…"

She tried her hardest to keep conscious, but soon after, everything turned a deep, pitch black.

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I hearvoiceswhat are they talking about

"She had another attack?!"

"She's absolutely useless!! I don't know why the Mistress is still keeping her here..."

"It's because she'll do anything. She was raised to follow orders. She can't refuse."

"She's the one that the Mistress whips most…"

Let me out of herepleasejustlet me go

"I would like to take her to Alice Academy."

"What"

"I will only repeat once more, I would like to take her to Alice academy."

"Ohyesof course!"

I'm being sold again, most likelyanother master

Soon after, she fell asleep.

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The other maids of the household chatted as they swept the floors and cleaned the furniture and such.

"What? That Sakura girl had another attack!?" one said angrily.

"She's completely useless! I don't know why the Mistress is still keeping her here…" another butted in, also angry.

"It's because she'll do anything. She was raised to follow orders. She can't refuse." Another said coolly.

"She's the one that the Mistress whips most…"

"I pity her…she's kept in such a dark room…no wonder she can't refuse…"

"I agree…she has a heart disorder, for God's sake! And she's being treated so harshly!"

"Oh, shut the fuck up!"

Inside another room near where they were talking, the Mistress of the household, and a man with blonde hair and violet eyes were speaking. Three men, wearing black, stood behind him.

"I would like to take her to Alice academy." The man said bluntly.

"What?"

"She has the qualities to enter the school," The man said, smiling.

"B-But, she has a heart disorder…"

"And, I hear you have been treating her quite harshly, even though she has it." The man replied, still smiling like crazy, making the woman guiltier and guiltier.

"…"

The man looked at the three men, and they opened three briefcases, full of money.

The Mistress looked completely shocked.

"There's roughly ten million yen here. I do not wish to treat her like an object, buying and selling, but I suppose this is the only way. Your heart is filled with nothing but greed."

The Mistress was still looking at the money.

"I repeat one more, I would like to take her to Alice Academy."

"Of course!"

The man sighed. He did not like this woman. So greedy...

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Mikan awoke soon after in a large room filled with everyday needed objects and appliances.

A small kitchen, a bathroom, dressers, a bookshelf, and the like.

She looked around some more, and found herself on a queen-sized bed with pink covers and blankets, along with some fluffy pillows.

As she gaped some more, the man with blonde hair opened the door and walked up to her.

"I see you're awake!" He said happily.

"My name is Narumi. I am I teacher for this school. You'll be living here from today on, and attending this academy."

"Haa…" Mikan responded slowly. She hadn't adjusted to this yet. She as never treated so…warmly. She was an object. Like a toy, being sold and bought by people.

"…And here's your uniform!" Narumi said happily once again, snapping her out of her thoughts.

He handed her the uniform, which consisted of a black, long-sleeved shirt and white collar, and a red skirt.

"I'd like you to wear these…to hide you're injuries of you previous…Mistress."

He handed her a pair of black gloves.

She nodded slowly.

"This academy is for children with special powers called an 'Alice'. You have the Alice of nullification…"

After he finished explaining everything, he left, and Mikan was along in her room. She stared at the uniform.

Never experienced love…treated as nothing but an object, a doll…

A puppet inside a play, connected to the puppet and its master by strings.

Someone…let me be free…

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UhhhHm. Kinda depressing, I guessIt'll get happier! At leastI hope so

Anyway, it's kindasadMikan is being treated to harshly!! T.T

And since she's alldepressing here, when I think of the actually cheerful Mikan, it makes me feel like I'm torturing the real her

I'M SO SORRY, MIKAN-CHAN!!!

(Somewhere)

Mikan: ACHOO!

Natsume: The idiot's catching a cold.

Hotaru: Someone's probably talking about how idiotic she is.

Anyway

Review, onegai?