"I miss my hair. It was so long and flowing. And my other clothes. Theses are okay. I miss all my party clothes they were so elegant!" the Hatter thought.
"Hatter!" Alice yelled from down the hall.
The Hatter grabbed the top hat that always topped his head and walked out the door. Alice had come barreling down the hall and almost knocked him down.
"Hatter! Where have you been? I've been calling you!" Alice said, while pushed up very close to the Hatter. Alice being so close made his heart do backflips. He blushed and looked down and started to walk down the hall.
"Oh, Miss Alice I was just lost in my own mad mind." the Hatter said tapping his head, making Alice giggle.
"Let's race!" Alice yelled as she started to run down the long hall. hatter could only smile and run after her. The two both came crashing in the dinning room barely missing being smacked right in the face by a bowl of sugar launched by the March Hare.
"Oh You crazy hare! You almost hit me in the face!" the Hatter scolded. The Hare just laughed and continued to trash the dinning room. All the other guess began to spill in filing the table. The White Queen came in as regal as possiblyand then dinner began.
Dinner was almost half way over and everyone was chatting and having a good time. All except Hatter. He just sat at the end of the table and pushed his food around. He just wan't feeling it tonight. All of a sudden he stood up, drawing everyone's attention.
"I'm going to go to bed, I'm not feeling very well. I think I'm going to call it an early night." Hatter gave a strained smile to all at the table and took his dishes to the kitchen. Everyone then engaged back in thier conversations, unfazed by the Hatter's behavoir. All except Mirana, who quietly got up and followed the Hatter.
"Tarrant? Are you okay?" The White Queen said to the Hatter.
"I'm right as rain, Mirana. Except for the whole mad thing." the Hatter said wiping away tears and faking a smile. All Mirana could do was pull the Hatter into hug and pat his head.
"Hatter, you know you can tell everyone. We will all understand. I see how it is wearing on you." Mirana cooed.
"NO! I can't tell anyone!" Hatter pulled away from Mirana and started to sob in a corner. Mirana then pulled a small vile from the folds of her dress and handed it to the Hatter.
"This will hep you sleep. That will help, just get a good night's sleep and calm your nerves." Mirana said as she kissed his forehead and walked back into the dinning room.
The Hatter quickly gulped down the sickly sweet contents in the vile and began to walk to his room. Almost instantly the sleepiness started to hit him, his eyelids got so heavy. He felt like he was dragging cinder blocks instead of feet and his head bodded up and way down the hal he started to dream while he was still awake. All around him the HighTop Clan's old lands formed in the halls. He seen all the places of his childhood and all the people he once knew.
Again the Hatter started to cry and now he started to run. He tried to run away from all the memories, but he couldn't. Finally he seen his room door and sprinted for it. He barreled into the oor almost breaking it off the hinges and hit the bed. The Hatter was alseep almost instantly.