The Reason They're Mad
Natalia was the infamous daughter of the infamous Joker. He was the wild card of the kingdom, determined only to bring Wonderland to its' knees. He was mad, a wild, insane, mad, unruly man. His wife? Unknown. His daughter? Only an infant when the Queen found her. She was just a child when she brought her to the casino, a wicked plot in her mind forming, the daughter of the Joker could only mean one thing. Chaos.
"Chaos Natalia Joker-Heart, you get back here this instant!" cried the Queen of Hearts after the haughty 18 year-old girl ran down the hall of the Hearts Suite deck of the casino. The girl had dressed herself in a high collared purple gown with a glittering ace on the back and front that day as she ran wildly down the hall, a wicked smile on her face.
"Clubs, what are you doing!" screeched the Queen as Natalia flew by them, "Catch her! Catch her!"
"Yes, catch me, catch me if you can!" she cried, knocking over a vase. Two men tripped and clamored to the ground. "Now look, clumsy Clubs on the ground!"
Her haughty laughter filled the hall as she swung around the corner and took a flying leap over the railing, missing the grasping hands by mere inches. With horror the clubs watched as she landed on the floor below with the grace of a cat, a grin stretched widely across her face as she bolted yet again down another hallway. The woman was quick; they'd give her that, but just were was she going?
The thing with the joker, was that he did things simply because he could. He wreaked havoc because he found it good sport, and thus his daughter would be no different. She ran wildly through the halls, her purple gown flowing out gracefully behind her, her laughter filling the air as she spun the corner, her bare feet sliding along the ground smoothly. She spun around the corner, her long hair flying out in a fan behind her as she spun, quickly darting off down the next corridor, heading straight for the door.
"Someone grab her!" shrieked the Queen, pointing her finger at the girl, "Can't anyone catch an eighteen-year-old child? Suits! Get her!"
Her laughter filled the halls again as she flew around yet another corner, her purple gown billowing out around her as she smoothly dodged the hands of a suit that grabbed for her. With a gleeful smile on her lips she headed straight for the doors.
"Catch me!" she hollered, "Catch me if you can!"
She spun around another corner, this time facing the suits with a taunting smile before stepping backwards and quite literally falling head over heels to the level below. Suit screeched the rail just in time to see her land gracefully on her feet and knock down yet another vase onto the heart-and-diamond tiled floor, sending the flowers and water sprawling, leaving those walking near to slip, which one did, falling down. The suits shook their heads and flew down the nearest flight of steps.
She had been like this since she was a child, causing chaos simply because she could. In her mind there was no rhyme or reason to her cyclone of destruction, and the Queen had come to decide that it was simply coded into her, like a program running its' course. The Queen of course, had plans for her when she had turned 12, deciding she was free to roam about the city. And oh boy did she! Natalia brought the city to its' knees, brought the knights to the ground with one sweep of her long raven hair! She was devastatingly beautiful and she did not know it, so when the Queen went out, she flaunted her to the world, flaunting her power and the casino. This was after all, the glory days of wonderland itself, with bright shining days and happy subjects, the Queen felt, that as long as Natalia remained with her, she would remain in favor.
But controlling the woman was a whole new issue. Natalia found every excuse to do something completely irrational, completely out of character, and completely strange. One day she would fancy a read in her room by herself, and when she was bothered, well lets' just say they replaced her broken wooden door with a steel one after the last vase came flying at a poor suit who was informing her for dinner. Other days she would do this, a wild chase throughout the casino, breaking everything and causing trouble for everyone. The reason for the chase today? She wanted to go through the looking glass; she wanted to see the world of the Oysters. God only knows why she wanted that.
The King knew why. You see, he was much smarter than the Queen when he was younger, and he could see it in her eyes. She was not a full wonderlander. She was a hybrid. Yes, it was clear her emotions ran deep much like an oysters. Once when she was very little he had chased her through the casino, only to have her foot get stuck on one place where the oysters stood, she kept moving but her feet did not. She ended up breaking her leg, a whole floor of pain flooding into the receptor beneath it. She was much more emotional than a normal oyster too, for that amount of pain bottled, she out milked a thousand oysters. He kept that emotion and did not tell the Queen, he kept it hidden in a cupboard in his sitting room. He'd never taken the emotion pain, and secretly he wondered what would happen if he did.
But now, she was heading for the doors, slowly, flight by flight or stairs, level by level of rooms until she reached the bottom. Sure she was only four floors from the top, but she was gaining space between the suits and her goal, the bottom. Her bare feet flew on the tiled ground as her laughter rang through the halls. She ran through the hall of mirrors, ducking behind one to confuse the suits just as they entered, only seeing themselves. She darted for the door they came through and laughed again, flying over the railing of yet another floor.
She skidded around another corner happily, her hair flying out behind her. She knocked down a pair of spades on her way through the hall, looking back at them and smiling, watching suit hurtle over them. She sang out happily at them.
"Run run as fast as you'll go, you'll never out run me though!"
She smiled to herself and spun down the next hallway, bursting through the door. She heard a loud crash behind her and she turned her head, looking back but her feet still moving forward and then-
Wham!
She lost her balance as she hit something, hard. The air that was in her lungs was now gone and her wild hair met with her head, losing her vision in a shade of dark hair. She expected to fall to the ground, but the smell of woodsy leather and the musk of warm emotion tea filled her senses as a pair of strong arms held her up. She gripped the soft leather in her hands as she regained her balance before releasing the person to brush back her hair.
He was a younger man, about two or three years older than herself. He wore a funny brown leather coat and a maroon shirt with argyle print and a crooked maroon tie that hung loose enough to allow the top buttons of his shirt to be open. He had a young, baby like face with puppy dog chocolate brown eyes that was rimmed lightly with what looked like eyeliner. She blinked, staring up at his unruly mass of hair, a bright red hat sitting crookedly on his head. He smiled, letting warm breath wash over her face.
"Sorry," she said, collecting herself and standing up. He let go in what appeared as a very reluctant manner.
"It's all right, are you okay?" he asked, his voice heavy with a British sound.
"I'm fine," she breathed, "Thank you for catching me."
She curtseyed at him, causing him to laugh, so she scowled.
"What?" she snapped "Is so funny?"
"I'm sorry," he muttered happily, "But it's been very long since I've ever seen a curtsey, its rather strange."
She blinked and opened her mouth, then shut it like a gaping fish, unable to form words. When he had finished his laugh he turned back to her.
"Listen, I'm sorry. Let's start over okay? I'm Hatter."
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A/N: This is very pre-Alice. This is very pre-dark wonderland, but as the story goes on you'll see just how it became dark wonderland. This is about Hatter and March and the Queen and King and how they all came to be like that in which you saw in the movie. Don't worry the next chapter will be much better!
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