"I'll be back before you know it" she said, giving him a tight smile.
"You won't remember me," he returned sadly.
"How could I forget?" she asked, meaning it this time, she knew that there was no possible way to forget the man standing before her this time around.
He gave her a looked that said he doubted she would remember this time around and then leaned forward to whisper into her ear softly, "Fairfarren Alice." Before pulling back and awaiting for her to disappear from Underland a second time.
He wanted to beg her to stay and yet he knew that she believed that what ever it was she thought she needed to do in the Aboveland was more important than staying there with him. When she faded from his sight he fell to his knees and nearly wept in sorrow. He had been a coward because he had not been able to tell her that he, the Mad Hatter, was deeply and irrevocably in love with her, the Champion of Underland.
"Atter?" Mally said walking up to her friend. She knew that her friend was in love with the Champion anyone with eyes could see it. She hoped that Alice would not be gone for too long this time for she feared for his sanity.
Tarrant could feel the madness slowly taking over and knew that the only one that could stop it was Alice. She had a profound effect on him and he knew that if he fell into the madness that was slowly taking over his mind then there would be no one there to fix it; for he would not be able to allow anyone near for fear of hurting them. "What?" he finally said looking down into his friends small face.
The White Queen and now current ruler of Underland spoke , "Tarrant, she will be back sooner than you think."
Tarrant looked at the queen a question in his yellowing eyes, he was after all trying very hard to hold on to his sanity, "How do you know that Mirana? How long will it be this time? A day, a week, a month, a year? " he then completely broke down and started to weep.
Mirana looked a the man kneeling before her his heart nearly in shreds. She knew that the Champion would return within the year and when she did it would be for forever. She also knew that Tarrant was in love with her Champion and that their love for each other had already been prophesied. They were meant to be. She was his saving grace as it were. To answer the Hatter she said, "The Oraculum has already predicted her return Tarrant and when she returns it will be forever. She will no longer leave after that day. The day she will return is on Joyblus Day." she told him hoping that the day she gave would give the man hope to await her return.
Hatter looked at the queen now with something akin to joy in his eyes and then he stood with a renewed since of purpose and left the battlefield to await his beloveds return in the same spot he had awaited her before at the Tea Party Table in the Glen.
I know it's short but i wanted to show what the Hatter and the Rest of the Gang was feeling at the end of the film since it was never shown . anyway the next chapter is coming up soon
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ALICE IN WONDERLAND NOR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS WITHIN. I DO THIS FOR FUN AND NO OTHER PURPOSE.
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