The Past, the Present, and the Future

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own any of the characters, nor do I make proffit out of this.

Chapter 1

The Underworld was at peace now. Both Queens, Red and White, had started to get along together. They wanted to get back all the lost years, and be sure that the each one had forgiven the other. That's why they had agreed to rule together. And that's why they were now in Marmoreal, talking about how things would be from now on. And to have a proper conversation.

They sat awkwardly in one of the many rooms. They were alone, except for the servants Mirana had asked to bring something for them to eat. Iracebeth tried and failled to ignore the puzzled, scared and disgusted looks that were send her way. Someone had to start speaking, and very quickly, so the Red Queen, moving unconfortably on her chair, spoke first.

"Sooo... What about now?" her sister looked at her with confusion in her eyes.

"I have no idea. I suppose we should tell people about our decision to rule together, but..." she stoped mid sentence, woried about what Racie might think.

"But you scared about how people might react to my comeback." looking at Mirana's worried face, she added. "You can say it, alright? I'm not going to try to hurt you. I never wanted to. It was just that... Damn, you were everyone's favorite and with this huge head things didn't got easier." the ginger one sighted and lowered her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"It wasn't your fault Racie." she took her sister's hand into hers. " Well, at least not all of it. I liked being the favorite. I didn't bother with your feelings. That's why I made the vow of never hurting any living creature ever again. Because I regreated the way I treated you. Principaly becase you allways took care of me." both of them smiled, remembering their childhood adventures.

"Everyone loved you so much... And in my eyes, you were the guilty one. But it wasn't your fault. It never was. They had already been displeased with me long before you were borned. I wasn't the perfect litle princess, you see? But they had no one to compared me with, neither did they had someone to replaced me. But then you came and..." the Red Queen's voice was barely above a whisper.

"And I took away what you had." the White Queen completed.

"No! I mean YES! I mean... kind of. You just had to smile and you would get everything you wanted. You still have that smile, you know? I didn't want to be like you. I wanted YOU to be like ME! I thought that you were just sacred of having some fun..."

"Yeah... I remember what kind of fun you like! Your idea of fun was based on breaking things!"

"No it wasn't! Those were accidents and you know it!"

"Really? What about the time when you decided to play animals and became a monkey and ended up breacking mother's favorite chandelier!?"

"Monkeys behave like that! I was getting into character! And you know what?! I also remember a litle princess who used to eat shoes!"

"What about you?! You chewed on pillows!"

"I didn't do it! I still do!" Iracebeth was smirking. Her signature smirk. A smirk where the left side of her mouth went higher than the rest, showing her perfect wight teeth.

"No way! I can't believe I am related to you!" Mirana was pleased to see her sister smile again. "Remember that time when you tried to teach how to ride a horse and I was so scared that I let the horse run away, and we spent all morning searching for him?"

"I thought Mother was going to have a panick atack!" the Red Queen stood up and with a finge pointed to the ceilling, she began imiting their Mother's lecture. "You were incredible inresponsible! You shall never get out of this room again! How dare you apeare here in such a state?! Look at your dresses! Your shoes your hair! That is ot the way a Lady should behave! It's your fault Iracebeth! Was sister is too young for such things!"

By now, Mirana's was bended over, laugthing. She could allways count on her sister to make her laugth. This was the Iracebeth she had grown up with. But after the Fell Day, things started went way worst than they had before.

While both Queens kept chatting, the servants brought a tray with pop-tarts, scones, tea, hot chocolate, cupcakes and other delicious things. They spent the rest of the afternoon together, remembering the old days, thinking about the future one, and of course, installing Iracebeth in one of the many guest rooms in the palace. But of course her sister wanted her to be near her, so she ended up in the room right next to hers.

Meanwhile, the Hater, Mallymkun, the Tweedles, Cheshire and Bayard were in the Gardens, talking about the events of the day. The tea cups had already been multiple times refilled, but the conversation still went for many hours. The Hatter had just joined them, after helping his family settle themselves.

"So, how are they, Hatter? I'm sure that after so long in the domain of that horrid big-headed woman they must be quite..." Mally was sitting on top of a scone, while driking tea from a tiny tiny teacup.

"Maddening?" the Hatter looked back to the castle. "Not at all. In fack, they have never been better. My cousin used to have lots of alergies, and now he is as free of them as a butterfly is of skills. As free as a butterfly is of butter. Funning things butterflys. You can say that butterflys existe but flying butters don't. I should make a butter hat! Oh yes, that would be most wonderful! An-"

" Hatter!" Bayard had to stop him, other way they would never hear the end of it. "What do you mean when you say that they have never been better?"

"They said that Bloody Big Head helped them in some ways." he stop for a moment, thinking about how to expose his point "They said it could have bean much worst. It wasn't good, but it wasn't all bad!"

"It was like us! She was mea-" Tweedledum started.

"Not tha mean! There were some warm beds..." Tweedledem disagreed.

"Yeah... I liked the beds..."

The Tweedles kept talking, completing eachother sentences until everyone got tired of hear them. Only one person stayed silent throught all of this. Cheshire. The magic Cat hadn't sayed a word yet. He was thinking... Yes thinking... The fact that he could turn himself invisible had some... benefits. He was private to many of the problems of the people in Underland. Over heard conversations... Images that should have never been seen... He had seen it all, heard it all. And he also knew some things about the Red Queen.

He had seen it when they were only children, and he was seeing it now, after so long. He didn't knew what it was, but when Iracebeth of Crims sayed that she allways like tiny things, he saw it! It was there! He knew the Queen like no one else, including her own sister, the White Queen. He had been private to her feelings, not that she knew it. And that thing about her that was back now, could only mean two things: or Underland was about to be ruled by two perfetly syncronised sisters, or Hell was about to break loose.

"Cheshire! Are you listenning?!" Mally was on top of a bull, looking at him suspiciously.

"Of course not, my friend. I shall go now." and with that, the magic cat disapeared.

"He knows something..." Bayard was a dog, and even thought cats and dogs don't combined, he knew that cat veryyyy well...

"Then he must tell us what it is!" the Hatter still hadn't calmed down. He was too excited about his family.

"Tell what?" a soft voice said from behinde them. Looking in that way, the tea party members saw Mirana half floating half walking to where they sat. She too had a happy smile on her face.

"We don't know!" the Hatter stood up, rushing to her side. "Your Majesty, thank you for helping my family. You have no idea what it meant to me. I shall hat your head like no hatter have hat before."

"Thank you my friend." she took something from her pocket. "But you shouldn't thank only me. It was everything thanks to Alice. And from what I have seen my sister also kind of helped them too. By the way, she asked me to give you this so that you can give them to your cousin."

"What are those?"

"Yeah, they look funny!"

And the Tweedles were quite right. They had the shape of a bean, but had many diferent colors, even having two colors some of them.

"Racie said they were pills, to help his allergies. He knows what to do with them." she sat at the table and grabed a cup of tea. There is never too much tea!

"Is it safe?" Mally asked, looking carefully to her Queen.

"If they didn't hurt him until now, I don't see why they would hurt him from nowone."

"I meant, is it safe to have the Red Queen here?"

They were all looking at Mirana now. They needed to know! It was hard to forget what they had gonne throught,at to have that woman there...

"Only time will tell us... " she looked up, to the window she knew belong to her sister's bedroom. "But I think she has something planned to redim herself..."

To be continued...

A.N.: Hey everyone! There you go, the first chapter! I hope you enjoy! By the way, sorry for any mistakes you might find, I'm portugese and only fifteen, so I'm still learning. To anyone who would like to know, I also have a fanfiction about Reign, between Henry and Catherine, The Hunger Games, between Effie and Haymitch and The Club Winx, about the Trix and their past and family and stuff like that. Adeus.