Gensoukyou:Little Alice

Background
Before the event that would be collectively called the Mystic Square, a young magician by the name of Alice made her way into the depths of Makai in order to do a little research in regards to magic as a whole. It is no secret that the demons of Makai hoard all manner of magical techniques, but the usual problem is living long enough there to either learn them or steal them. This young magician, however, is not the subject of this story, but she was intended to be modeled after her.

Shinki, the ruler of Makai, silently watched the magician as she traveled throughout her land, fighting any demons that tried to stop her. The way this young girl fought was very interesting to the ruler of Makai, and it gave her many bad ideas. The idea in particular was simple, but it was something only Shinki herself could do. She would recreate this magician by her own means, as a demon, with the intent of making a creature that surpasses the original.

As a demon, this incarnation would be far less physically frail than any human or youkai magician, and probably a good deal more physically powerful, too. However, she was not designed to be a physical fighter. Shinki knew that this girl would take on many fighting tendencies of the original, as designed, but this would be a problem in determining the girl’s power. However, as it turned out, the demon Alice was very receptive to new things and she learned very quickly.

As it happened, she did not strictly need more overall power, merely knowledge. As so, to secure the prospect of this creation indeed surpassing the original, she bestowed upon her a grimoire filled with many of Makai’s most powerful spells. However, she warned Alice that using such a grimoire would carry with it a great risk. The kinds of spells that would be unleashed by using such a grimoire were very detrimental to the one using it if they were not already of the same caliber.

The new Alice was no fool and took heed of her creator’s warning, only using it when it was truly needed. But as it happened, the more she did use it, the more of its power that she absorbed and made her own. Shortly after the Mystic Square incident had been officially resolved, she confronted those that had entered against her wishes and desecrated all that she held dear to her. They carried sins that she wanted one last try to punish them for. This was the second time she had ever opened the grimoire, and she called upon a power that was not her own in order to create an entirely separate space from Makai in which to trap those that had made Makai suffer.

Things were going as she had planned, and eventually they made it to where she was waiting for them. Although she fought to the best of her ability, and her power with the aid of the grimoire was equal to, if not greater than those she fought, she was severely lacking in experience compared to them, and subsequently lost. However, despite this, she has not given up and trains studiously as much as she possibly can. She hasn’t opened her grimoire since, saving it for the time in which she might use it to bring closure to an old score.

Personality
Alice is a bit of an oddity among demons, tending to seem cheery and happy the majority of the time, and the rest of that time is spent in quiet seclusion away from all the other demons. Although, it is worth saying that she still has that demonic tendency to be violent and dangerous, if employed differently. She is not a murderous, bloodthirsty demon, but she is sly and crafty. Many demons fight for blood and fighting for its own sake, but Alice fights to learn. She is analytical and strategic, rarely rushing into a situation without having at least a general idea of what she’s getting into.

Unlike the original Alice, she is far less anti-social, often communicating quite freely and eagerly with the other demons around. She isn’t hard to befriend, but many demons actually avoid her when they can. If a normal demon’s attitude is like that of fiery rage, then Alice’s is a slow acting, seemingly harmless poison. If the need arises, she has no qualms with using simple, petty demons in order to power her dolls, all but erasing who they were in order to use them as regenerating fuel sources.

Power/Combat
Alice’s base powers are similar to the original’s in the ways such as using dolls and lasers to fight, but she has inherited a great deal of Makaian magic and is well rounded as far as the types of spells she uses. Of course, even though the powers she shares with the original are similar, there are some differences. Her dolls are not enchanted to have artificial intelligence, they are the broken remnants of those that have challenged her and lost, using the broken remainders of their souls to function. These dolls are thusly not controlled by physical strings, but more or less threads of her power through which she feeds orders.

Like many other magician-type people, Alice has the ability to create a zone or territory that they have increased power and control in. What exactly their territories do depends on the magician, but it's obvious when you stumble into one by the way the space around you shifts for a moment, as though you were entering a sealed off area. It is not wise to attack a magician inside of their territory, as this is where they have the most advantages.

But by far, her most powerful asset is her Makaian grimoire. It is full of forbidden spells and other powerful magic, ranging from soul stealing to spells that cause whatever they hit to start disintegrating until nothing is left. She cannot use the majority of these spells from memory, as they erase themselves from her memory, though she has retained a few tricks.

Spellcards
Guardian Sign「Loyalty of the Mindless」

Demonic Control「Master Puppeteer」

War Sign「Playful Crusaders」

Forbidden Magic「Shape Changer」

Snare Sign「Threads of Binding Thought」

Puppeteer Sign「Magical Strings」

Color Sign「Forever Rainbow」

Strategy「7-Point Charge」

Radiance「Legacy of the Seven Colored Puppeteer」

Magic Sign「Contingency Plan」

Strategy「Selfless Sacrifice - Heartfelt Retribution」

Transcendence Project 「Doll Rapture」

Strategy「The Take and Give Gambit」

Dream Sign「Catch The White Rabbit」

Color Sign「Painting The Roses Red」

Dream Sign「Terror of the Jabberwocky」

Fire Sign「 The Great Fire of Suthwark」

Fire Sign「Sea of Flames」

Ice Sign「Blizzards of Makai」

Ice Sign「Glacier Maker」

Wind Sign「Cross Wind Flurry」

Light Sign「Light of the Distant Star」

Light Sign「End of Lies」

Forbidden Magic「Life Ending Curse」

Forbidden Magic「True Might」

Forbidden Magic「Alice in Wonderland」

Forbidden Magic「I Caught a Birdie, Then I Set Him Free」

Forbidden Magic「Demise Conductor」

Major
-Shinki no Mikoto: Her creator and teacher. They have a sort of Mother-Daughter relationship, although it may be hard to tell from appearances. She still looks to get even with the original group of people that came through Makai in return for beating her goddess.

- Alice Margatroid: Although Alice was created in order to be better than the original, she doesn't actually feel any aggression towards her. On the contrary, she's almost like an older sister. Rather than attack the original Alice in an attempt to find out who is better, Alice feels that she can learn something from hanging around her.

-Shishi & Shihari: These two dolls are the only of Alice's entourage of dolls that still possess fragments of their former selves and are able to act with some degree of sentience. In truth, these are Alice's only friends.

Minor
-Yumeko: As Shinki’s most powerful creation as well as her most loyal servant, Yumeko garners a great deal of respect from the young demon.

Trivia
-Although she looks like a child, she shouldn’t be regarded as such.

-The process of being broken down into one of Alice’s dolls is incredibly painful.