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Chapter one

Its was a fine sunny day, loud sounds of the celebrations that were taking place outside could be heard very clearly, birds were chirping outside the window of the shop in which Sophie Hatter was busy working on her finest piece of work. Sounds of the May Day Parade were echoing in every corner of Ingary, people were rejoicing and enjoying the company of their friends and family. Everyone was busy in their joys of life while Sophie was busy in her own little world. She was alone in the shop for her apprentices had taken leave for May Day.

The Hatter's Shop which originally belonged to late Mr. Hatter now belonged to his eldest daughter Sophie, this shop held a very close place to Sophie's heart because it was owned by her dear father, she spent most of her time there to cherish the very few memories she had of him. Working on the very fine embroidery of the blue hat, Sophie tied a knot with the thread to secure the beautiful pattern of flowers at the back of the hat.

After putting up the beautiful blue hat on display, she went near the large mirror hung at the entrance of the small gallery to pin up her lose strands from her braid. Donned in her old grey gown, she left for the entrance door. Just before exiting the shop she put on her favorite straw hat that was adorned with a pink ribbon. She opened the door, took a deep breath, and clenched the piece of paper on which was written Lettie Hatter's address.

Lettie was younger than Sophie who worked at a bakery. It had been weeks since Sophie saw her little sister, she had been so busy with work that she hardly had any time to stretch. She had been planning to pay Lettie a visit for days to see if she was doing fine. She took a step forward and started walking down the long street that led to the train-station. Taking the train she arrived at the square where the soldiers were parading on the stoney pavement, the onlookers were cheering for them.

In the hustle and bustle of the parade Sophie tried to make way for her to reach the alley that was behind the paraders. After much effort she finally reached the alley which led to the bakery. Walking down the empty alley, she felt eyes at her back, feeling like she was being followed, she turned around to find two Soldiers with wicked grins on their faces, getting scared Sophie stepped back unconsciously.

"Lost little mouse?" asked one of them. "No, I-I was just on my way to my sister's house" replied Sophie. "To me you look lost sweety, come on we'll escort you to your sister's place." said the soldier who smirked at his comrade. "Yeah come with us" said his grinning comrade. Trying to escape them Sophie said, "N-no thank you, I know the way so I'll just be on my way". "Hey come here sweetheart, we just wanna play, we won't bite...much." saying that they advanced towards Sophie and entrapped her with the wall.

Sophie's heartbeat quickened and she felt fear seeping down her spine spreading chills along her whole body. Adrenaline rushed in her system and without thinking she pushed back one soldier and tried to take off at full speed but as soon as she took a step forward her face collided with a hard object. She stumbled backwards but recovered quickly and looked up to see the hard object with which she collided.

What she saw looked like a frill that gentlemen those days liked to decorate their shirts with, moving a little away was some kind of a coat that had big purple and pink colored squares on it. What a weird color combination thought Sophie, snapping out of her thoughts she stepped back to get a better view, to her surprise she found a beautiful face that had pretty aqua colored eyes and the most gentle smile on it. The "object" with which Sophie had collided appeared to be a gentleman who had gorgeous blond hair, attired in blue trousers, white frilled shirt and a coat which was hanging loosely at his shoulders.

The handsome stranger held Sophie by her shoulders and pulled her to his side. "There you are honey, I've been looking all over for you." exclaimed the pretty stranger. "I-I was", Sophie stammered. " Hey! what do you think you're doing? ", said one of the soldiers, "Hands off her, she's ours!" said the other. "Escorting my wife I believe, besides weren't you guys practicing for the parade?" said the stranger calmly. "We were what... " before they could finish their sentence, the stranger waved his hand gracefully in the air and the two soldiers immediately shut up and marched off towards the parade."Off you go!",he said to no one in particular, "Hello there Miss...", "Sophie" said Sophie. "Ahh what a beautiful name, so Miss Sophie I'll be your escort this afternoon."

Author's Note:

Thank you so much for reading, I hope you liked it. Please review it and feel free to criticize.

Please try to read further chapters to get the real gist of my story. But I can assure you that my story isn't like the movie.