It was a normal day in Gensokyo, until Marisa Kirisame, the ordinary magician tried to borrow a book from Patchouli Knowledge, which in fact she's stealing from her.

"Give that book back this instant!" Patchouli called out as she ran around the library after Marisa.

"I told you, I'll give it back someday!"

And eventually Marisa uses her mini Hakkero, AKA mister Spark, which nearly incinerated the library if Patchouli weren't there.

"Idiot! You'll burn the entire library!"

"Geez Sorry! You're just like Reimu when I borrowed some money from her!" Marisa apologized, reminiscing the time she stole some of the offering money at Reimu's shrine which she burned to the ground with mister Spark.

She can still remember Reimu kneeling down at the burnt shrine and wrathfully said "YOU MANIAC! YOU BURNED IT UP! DAMN YOU, DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL MARISA!"

She also swore that Marisa will get karma in the end, like Alice making her a doll or even Flandre Blasting her off.

Marisa didn't care or apologize at that though.

Now Marisa is flying out of the Scarlet Devil Manor through the window and is wondering where to go next.

She chose to go to Alice's house for tea. She flew to the forest where her house is, and landed near the front door, before putting her broom beside it.

She knocked on the door.

"Alice! It's me, Marisa!"

Also, it's been a while since she last saw Alice nor even visited her.

Alice opens the door slowly, and her eyes widened a bit as she sees Marisa.

"Yo."

"G... Good morning, Marisa."

"Good morning. Say Alice, got some tea?"

"Sure. Come in."

Inside is dark, the candles are off. Marisa couldn't even see the floor.

"Umm I could use some light."

"Ok."

She lit the candles one by one illuminating the darkness, revealing Alice's collection of dolls which she had made. They were staring right into Marisa's soul, which makes her uncomfortable.

Reaching the dining table, Marisa decided to take a seat as Alice pours the tea onto each cups.

Marisa couldn't help but feel weirdened out due to the fact that Alice's skin is pale white as if she didn't see the sun in weeks, her eyes were bloodshot as if she didn't sleep, and she has no emotion whatsoever on her face.

"Alice, are you OK?" Marisa said, before sipping the tea.

"Of course I'm OK, Marisa."

"I highly doubt that, ze! You look like you've barely seen the sun in weeks!"

"Well, it seems I couldn't lie. I just"

"Just what Alice!? What did you do all this time!?"

Alice didn't reply. Instead she drank her tea in one sip, and walked up the stairs.

'What in Gensokyo is she thinking!? She even deprived herself from sleeping! She can be stubborn sometimes...'

She glanced to the right where the dolls were once before, they were gone.

Then, the voice of someone descending the stairs is heard. It creeped Marisa out since it's the only voice that she heard in the house.

Alice is now visible to Marisa, carrying a doll which seems familiar to Marisa herself.

Alice sighed and said "I've been working on this since the day we met, Marisa."

She puts the doll on the table and turned it around so it could face Marisa.

Marisa's eyes widened as she sees the doll. It is her, a complete replica of herself, complete with the hat and all.

"W... What?"

"Sadly, this is just a prototype, and it requires one finishing touch."

"And may I ask what that is?"

"A soul."

Her eyes began to glint, signs of insanity is evident.

"Y... You're joking right!?"

"You know I don't joke much, Marisa."

"Oh yeah... Haha!"

She got up from her seat, and walked backwards to the front door, only for a sharp object to be touching her back.

She glanced at it, to see Shanghai, with an extremely large knife preventing her from escaping.

"Marisa... Don't you want immortality?"

"....eh?"

"Humans age and die in the end... While Yokai like me didn't... I don't want to lose you... I don't want you to leave..."

Alice grinned, and that grin alone is enough to make Marisa's face pale blue in fear.

Alice then began to chant a spell that Marisa never heard before, and suddenly she felt as if she's being pulled out of her body and into the doll on the table.

She looked at Alice catching her former shell, and caressed it.

"Don't worry. You will never die of age with this...."

She began to giggle, before the giggle increased into a maniacal laughter.

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A few days later, Reimu came to visit.

"Alice! This is Reimu, open up!"

The door is opened revealing Alice now back into her usual self.

"What do you want?"

"Did Marisa came by before? I can't find her in the village since days ago!"

"Yes. She did. She now lives here. My love! Dispose of her."

"Eh?" Reimu didn't notice a doll with a witch hat, blonde hair, white blouse and black skirt behind her holding a large knife, who then decapitates the shrine maiden.

It was the Marisa doll. Not only that Alice had imprisoned her soul in it, she also put her in a spell so she will only listen to Alice, losing her free will in the process. Her memories erased, and all that's left is that she is Alice's perfect doll.

'Nobody shall separate us both Marisa... Nobody.' Alice thought rang as she hugged and kissed the doll, as she walked to her bedroom to have fun with Marisa's former and current shell altogether.

-End