Truly, Madly, Deeply
Saw the movie, loved it... except the end. And so…
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Alice peered through the vial, giggling at how distorted Hatter appeared through it. Even more so than usual.
"And I could go home if I drink this?" She asked, remorsefully, the Hatter couldn't help noticing.
"You may do whatever you wish, my dear." Her friends. The White Queen, March Hare, Dormouse. Hatter.
She thought back to her life on Earth. Her mother, who she loved. Lord Ascot, still waiting for her reply. Her quest, to live her father's dream. There was so much that she still had to do there. But then, if she never came back to Underland? If she forgot, all over again. To go back to having the nightmares, back to hiding the insanity?
Alice closed her eyes, and she envisioned what she wanted the most. A smile crawled onto her face.
Warm arms enclosed around her. Squealing, Alice twisted her shoulders, to be startled again by the closeness of those achingly familiar, green eyes. Her body tensed unconsciously, but soon she melted into her favourite madman.
"Don't go, Alice." A tickle to her ear. A swelling in her heart.
"I would never want to."
Uncertain, the Hatter leaned his head onto her shoulder. He listened to their hearts, beating in time to each others. It had always been this way. A connection, even in the subtlest ways. He hoped Alice knew this, hope she knew how he felt about her. If it would change anything in her decision.
The vial came up to Alice's mouth. A stopper popped off. And the vial tipped. Hatter. His body froze. And time. If froze with him.
Moments past, sliding over each other until it all blurred.
But she was still there.
He hugged a little tighter, as if to check she wouldn't poof away. His eyes were guided to the ground, where a violet puddle quietly seeped into the dirt.
Alice turned to face him wearing a grin eerily similar to Cheshire's.
"How could I ever leave everyone here?" His ears heard this, but his eyes saw something different altogether.
"How could I ever leave you?"
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And there is it! Hope you all liked it. Perhaps, it could continue??
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