The woman in red didn't even have to turn around to know who been able to get into her castle without her, or anyone else's, knowledge. "Hello Will."
"Hello, Ana." The Knave of Hearts replied shortly without hesitation, not being able to call her by any other name to her own face.
Alice, who had been hiding behind Will, paused for a second before stating, "Considering all the tension in this room, I take it you two know each other."
"Once." They both replied at the same time. Both of them clear their throats and looked as far away from the other as humanly possible.
"And considering you called her Ana, I assume it's a nickname for Anastasia." Alice figured out all this with ease. It wasn't that hard, honestly, they weren't the best at hiding their obvious attraction towards each other. Besides, she had seen the look on her best friend's face before. Cyrus had it when he asked her to make her wishes so that he wouldn't fall for her more. Also, she was fairly intelligent and they weren't very good at hiding things.
The Red Queen glanced over at the Knave of Hearts, honestly hurt by what she had heard come out of Alice's mouth. "You told her about us?" Will thought he imagined the pain he heard in her voice. It wasn't his imagination, but he refused to admit that. He couldn't just drop all his protective barriers.
Alice cut in quickly, "No. A fairy told me that Anastasia really must have done a number on his heart." Alice truly hoped that the woman never figured out it was Silvermist. She didn't seem like a bad person, just one who had her heartbroken by Will. Apparently a lot like the Red Queen, actually.
"Silvermist?" The Red Queen could only laugh, "Oh, my dear, how did that one end up with? I wouldn't be surprised if she dropped him in a lake." She smirked at the thought. Will coughed yet again, not wanting to admit that it actually happened or acknowledge the fact that she knew that it happened. Once she saw his face, the woman laughed harder, "She did it, didn't she? I wasn't sure when I gave her the idea but I love it." The smirk on her face couldn't look more cruel.
"Why would you do that to him? You surely know that he is afraid of water and can't swim. If you loved him once, the-" Alice started in, getting completely confused at what was happening. The Red Queen and Knave? Alice just couldn't see it.
"Alice, that's bloody enough!" Will shouted, interrupting the middle of her rant as he glared at her. But at the same time, The Red Queen had something to say at the exact same time that Will had yelled at Alice: "Once? If I loved him once?" The woman shrieked with a look that could shoot daggers pointed directly at Alice, "I still love him, you little ignorant fool! It is he who doesn't love me!"
"What?" Alice gasped, absolutely shocked by this news. The Red Queen loves Knave? Knave left the Red Queen? What?!
"Oh no! You do not get to blame me for this! I told you what you needed to do to make us work! I didn't ask you to keep on with your war to become the Queen. I didn't want you to be Queen! I just wanted Ana! That's it! Just you! But you decided that we needed a castle and subjects and to rule over people!" Will snarled at her, glaring sharply. "How dare you blame this on me? I did everything for you! I got you here! I risked my life for you!"
"And you left me!" Anastasia cried back, stepping forward. "You just up and left when I was trying to change! I wanted things for us to be better!"
"I'm just going to..." Alice side-stepped out of the room to search the castle for Cyrus' bottle while The Red Queen was fighting with Will. He could handle her.
"That doesn't matter now. I'm over it, you're over it. All is done. We just weren't meant to be." Will snapped stubbornly, knowing this would tick her off.
"Bandersnatch, Will!" Ana didn't say Bandersnatch, I don't think anyone would use that to mean a swear word.
"Not Bandersnatch, Ana! It's the truth!" Will hadn't said Bandersnatch either.
The Red Queen stared at him, before rushing forward and pressing her lips against his. Knave's body moved on memory, knowing that this is how it should be. He leaned into the kiss, easily pulling the small woman closer to him.
Anastasia pulled away from her true love, smiling softly, "You want to rephrase that, Will Scarlet?"
"Complete Bandersnatch, Ana. Complete and utter Bandersnatch." Will replied quickly, pulling her in for another kiss. He still hadn't sand Bandersnatch.
They had a lot of catching up to do.
AN: Awe.~ I love this ship. (Also, I didn't wanna swear so you can guess what I subbed BanderSnatch out with.)