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Eventual Madd Hatter/OC (Cheshire)

Everything in Wonderland is nonsense. Nothing is what it is because everything is what it isn't. So it's not unbelievable that the Cheshire cat happened to be a human Once Upon a Time. A human whose past is darker then what it seems. A human who just so happens to be the daughter and apprentice of the dark one. When she appears in Storybrooke things become little more strange.

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"You're late," cried the young blonde queen as a blue and purple stripped cat appeared into the room of the castle she currently resided.

Said cat grinned and stretched its paws out before itself. "I was told to come at my earliest convenience and now happened to be convenient for me. Besides for a place where there is no such thing as time the inhabitants seem to be obsessed with it. You, the rabbit, the hatter. The girl..."

The queen placed her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes as the cat continued speaking. "And to what do I owe the pleasure of this summons?"

"I need you to retrieve something for me," the queen replied.

The grin on the cat faltered for a moment before growing back instantly. "Surely there is another individual better suited for this job. If you had not already noticed... I am a cat."

"No, I need you to travel to this other realm to retrieve what I have lost."

"Another realm you say? Why I believe that is the rabbit's area of expertise," the cat commented as he floated around the room.

"I need you to go, because you have magic where as all the rabbit can do is travel through a hole."

The cat stopped floating and landed on a coffee table. His face now completely rid of the silly expression. "What you have seen is all the magic I have."

"As a cat, yes. But as your true from you were a powerful magic user," the woman said as she sat down on a chair facing the little table the cat was perched on.

The cat narrowed his eyes at the young queen. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Of course you do. Do not lie to me Chessur. The queen of hearts told me everything before she left Wonderland. I know that you were once human and that the queen turned you into a cat because she thought you were a threat," explained the queen.

"Even if what you're saying is true. What does your majesty expect to do about it. The queen of hearts is gone."

"Yes, but what if I told you before she left the Queen of Hearts told me how to reverse your curse?"

"Go on..."

"Before anything though, you have to promise me that you will go and get what I need."

"Fine. Yes. I will go and retrieve what you want from where ever it is you decide to send me. If you truly do know how to reverse this spell then get on with it," the cat snapped at the queen. His hopes were becoming high and if there was any chance of him actually getting rid of this cat body he wanted it to happen as soon as possible before the queen had a chance to second guess herself.

"Good. Now close your eyes," the queen said as she stood up from the chair and waved her hand out in front of her.

There was a cloud of red smoke and as it dispersed there was a young woman standing beside the table the Cheshire cat once sat. Despite the fact that the woman was wearing heels she was still rather short couldn't be standing any taller then 5'4" (5" without heels). Her eyes were almost turquoise with black kohl lining them with exaggerated smokey eye makeup. The girls hair was mostly black but the ends were faded to a light periwinkle coming down to the middle of her back and front of her chest. The clothes she wore were tight black riding pants, a black bodice over top a white blouse paired with a black tailed jacket.

"You... you're... you're a woman?" stated the queen as she stared at the supposed woman before her.

The woman in question grinned at the queen (old habits die hard). "But of course my queen. I have always been a woman. Unfortunately though when I was turned into a cat. I was turned into a male cat."

"I don't understand..."

"You don't need to understand, Darling. All you need to do is tell me what it is I am getting and how I'm getting there."

"Yes of course. You'll be going to a world without magic, and the rabbit will make a hole for you to pass through."

"Wait just a moment. You told me that you needed me to go because I had magic and yet you're sending me to a place without it? Now that doesn't make sense."

"Well... most of this place doesn't have magic. But the part of the world you will be going does have magic... very dangerous and very powerful magic."

"I see... and what is so important that I need to go retrieve it?"

"Well you see... thats the tricky part. Its not something I need you to bring back... its someone."

"And that someone is..."

"Ches - What is your name actually?"

"I used to be called Charlie... but you can still call me Chessur or Cheshire if you'd like. Now stop beating around the question. If you don't tell me, I won't do it and I'll take my chances being turned back into a bloody cat," replied Ches she placed a hand on a cocked out hip.

"Right... I need you to bring back the Knave of Hearts."

Chessur scowled and glared at the blonde. "Will? You want me to go and drag back Will?"

"Yes..."

"You do realise that the last time we saw each other, I was trying to eat Alice?"

"What?! Why?" gasped the queen in shock.

"Because your wonderful friend Jafar decided to place me under a little spell of his," the smaller woman snapped. "Between whatever the hell happened between you two after your happy little reunion and me, the chances of the Knave coming willingly are quite low."

"But he won't know who you are," the blonde pointed out.

"No. But I'll have to end up telling him if he doesn't find out because it will be quite strange from a random woman to show up trying to drag him back to Wonderland," Ches said as she clenched her fists to her side. Being back in a human body after so long felt foreign to her. "You never said how I am supposed to get him back either. Because I know that if the rabbit was actually going you wouldn't need me."

"That's why it needs to be you that goes. I did some terrible things to the rabbit I can't make do anything more for me. If I send you over and you have your magic your chances of being able to find a way back are higher."

Chessur's else lit up with a hint of mischief. "All right then... I would like to leave right now."

The queen got excited when she heard the woman's reply. "I was hoping you'd say that. Rabbit! Please come. Open the portal for Cheshire."

A white rabbit walked through the door holding a pocket watch while mumbling about time when he paused seeing a figure standing beside the queen. "Ah. Charlie, it has been quite sometime."

"In this form... yes. I believe it has, Percy" Ches smiled down at her old acquaintance.

"You look a bit different though," replied the rabbit eying the girl's new appearance.

"Yea..." she said looking down and pick up a piece of purple hair. "I guess it's because the Queen of Hearts wasn't the one to break the spell."

"I see. Well... I guess we should be off," said Percy as he made a circular motion with one of his paws. Looking back at Charlie he jumped through the hole. "I'll see you on the other side."

Chessur stepped forward towards the portal before pausing to talk to the queen one last time. "Anastasia."

The queen, Anastasia as she had been called, looked a bit shocked to hear her real name come out of the woman's mouth. "Yes?"

"For your sake... and the Knaves. I hope you're making the right decision," she replied before jumping through the hole herself.

"Me too."

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