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Now we have Chapter Two~!!!
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Alright, so I know that the first chapter was short, and I had made a goal to make any following chapters in this story longer than that, so here it goes!!!!!!
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Alice woke as the morning light shone through the window burning her eyes. Sitting up slowly, she rubbed her blue eyes as she stretched. She was quite comfortable right where she was, and didn't really want to leave the comfort and confines of the soft, warm, bed. That is until she remembered what had happened the day before, and how she had been away from home far too long. He family would be missing her!
Or at least she hoped they would be...
Jumping out of the bed, she slipped her shoes on, and ran to the door. Pulling it open, she was hit by a delicate smell of Eggs, and Tea. Walking through the halls, she took in the scent every now and then until she found the source. What she found was the Mad Hatter, hair as wild as ever, in nothing but a pair of loose slacks and an open dress shirt as he hovered over a pan of scrambled eggs and a pot of tea.
"You know it only cooks slower if you watch it." Alice commented with a light grin causing the man to jump slightly, and glance over at her with a quirked brow, "Or... That's what my mother always told me anyways." She shrugged with a light chuckle.
The Mad Hatter grinned softly as he straightened himself, and did up his shirt. Tucking it into his pants, he reached over to the counter for his vest.
"Did you sleep well?" He asked glancing over at her as he buttoned up his vest.
"Yes, quite well actually." She nodded with an uncontrolled yawn.
The Mad Hatter hopped up to sit on the counter as he watched the blond girl walk over, and sit down in a chair in the corner of the room. Swinging his bare feet childishly, he began to whistle a little tune causing a grin to form on Alice's features.
"I know that song." she commented with a soft smile, "My mother used to hum it when she was in a good mood." She added clasping her hands in her lap.
"Well it would only make sense that I would be whistling it then my dear, for I myself am in quite a good mood." He stated as he watched Alice intently.
"Are we going to be heading out soon?" She asked curiously as the Hatter dished out the eggs onto two plates.
"Oh of course not." The Mad Hatter shook his head laughing lightly.
"What do you mean... You promised you would take me home today." She said frantically as she rose to her feet, "When are you going to take me home!?" She shouted dropping the mans tea set leaving it to shatter on the floor.
Shrieking, the Mad Hatter cringed at the sight of the tea cup and saucer hitting the wood floor. Shuffling over, he dropped to his knees to pick up the pieces. Rushing them over to the counter, he began a failed attempt at puting them back together.
Alice sighed, guilt washing over her as she watched the man panic over the tea set. Walking over, she placed a hand on his shoulder apologetically, but was swiftly replied to by a firm hand to her cheek. Stumbling backwards, she placed one of her dainty hands over her red cheek, eyes wide. Staring at the Mad Hatter, who still had his back to her as he leaned against the counter, tears began to well up in her eyes.
"And here you made yourself out to be such a gentleman..." She muttered, growling lightly under her breath as she did so, "I thought 'The Mad Hatter' was just something that people called you because of the way you look..." She stated as a tear ran down her cheek.
"Oh Alice... You'll come to find, I'm quite mad." He replied as he turned to face her, a lopsided grin on his face.
Shuffling from side to side, Alice backed away slowly as he remained standing there as still as the numerous inanimate objects in the room making him seem like just an other piece of furniture. Turnung on her heels, she pushed the door open causing it to slam against the wall behind it. Pounding her feet into the floor, she turned to the stairs, skipping three at a time just to get out of there. Running through the front door, she kept running, not daring to stop. She trusted him, and then this all happened... The fact that she had trusted a talking cat when he told her to go to a man called the Mad Hatter for help made her wonder if she was delusional...
Stopping in her tracks, she fell to her knees. Looking up at the path ahead, she began to cry at how many forks in the road there were, each of them bearing a different name of destination. She didn't have enough time to decide which way, she had to get home now. Nothing was going right for her, and taking that into consideration she decided to go left. She didn't care at this point if she herself was crazy for thinking the way she was. Brushing her thoughts aside she decided to, instead, take the only unlabled path, which really was but was to busy with wanting to get somewhere else to notice. Passing the sign labled 'Queen of Hearts', Alice walked quickly down the long, dark, spiraling path.
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The Mad Hatter sat in the chair that Alice had been, staring at the tea stain on the floor. He hadn't intended on frightening the poor girl, it was just a natural habit that he couldn't controle. Figeting slightly, he gave up on sitting around and feeling guilty for hitting her, so he hopped to his feat, threw on the remainder of his clothing and his shoes and went off after her.
It wasn't honestly that hard to follow her; Her shoes left noticable imprints in the ground. Coming to the forks in the road, he followed her foot prints before noticing that she had gone to see the queen of Hearts. Eyes wide, he took off into a run just like Alice had. He prayed to god that that woman was to busy consulting with her incompetant husband. He liked Alice's head right were it was, fixated firmly on her neck.
Slowing to a stop, he found the entrance to the Queens garden open. Sighing with a squeek, the man took off into an other run towards the open gates just in time to be stopped by two guards.
"And where do you think you're going Hatter?" One asked with a quirked brow while the other simply stared at him with a firn gaze
"Let me through, or I'll-"
"Or you'll what?" The Guard asked with a smirk, "What could a Mad Hatter do..." He scoffed causing the second guard to chuckle with him.
The Mad Hatter began to chuckle with them, which only made them laugh harder, before grabbing the second guards staff. With one swift movement, he swung it so that it made contact with the first guards jaw before repeating himself, and doing the same to the second. Throwing the object the the unconscious men, he cringed at the sound of a blood curdling scream.
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Alice Stood before a tall woman; She was adorned in red, black, and white. She had been looking for someone to ask directions from, and she had just run head first into this busty woman. Now finding herself sitting on the floor in front of her, she noted the crown on the womans head.
"Are you a Queen?" She asked with a wide grin, "I'm terribly sorry, I did not intend on-" She started to apologize but was cut off by the shocked looking woman.
"She talks to much." She stated to a guard, causing Alice's mouth to clamp shut, "Off with her Head!" She shouted before continuing on her way.
"What!?" Alice cried as she got up and ran after the woman, "You can't take off my head, it's not right!" She shouted at the now angry looking woman.
"My Kingdom, My Rules!" The Queen shouted as she turned to face Alice, "You're quite rude, you talk to much, and you judge my authority as Queen!" She practically screemed, "All the more reason for an afternoon beheading..." She snarled as she pushed Alice back, with one hand, into the guard before continuing on her way once more.
"Please, Wait!" Alice shouted, "I beg of you!" She pleaded as she was turned around to face the guard. Pushing him back, she attempted to make a run for it, but he was to quick, and grabbed her hair pulling her back into him once more. She began to scream, and as he placed a blade to her neck, she only screamed louder causing the man to cringe.
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Running through the maze of a Garden, The Mad Hatter came through a heart shaped archway. The Queen of Heats' silhouette down one end of the wide corridor, and Alice and a guard down the other. A deep growl rising in his throat, he walked quickly down the hall to stop beside the guard and Alice.
"What do you want...?" The Guard asked in an annoyed matter at being interupted.
"That's not yours..." He muttered with a scowl plastered on his face.
"Wh... What...?" The Guard asked completely confused as to what that had to do with anything.
Pulling the mans arm away from Alice's throat, the Hatter slipped an arm around Alice's waist, pulling her away from the man.
"Just what I said... She's not yours." He snarled causing the guard to quirk a brow.
"Look, I'm just following the Queens orders..." He shrugged, "And the Queens orders state that she is to be beheaded." He stated as he reached around the Mad Hatter, and dragging her with him down the hall while two others moved to drag the Hatter in the opposite direction.
"Please, help me!" Alice called out to the Mad Hatter which only caused him to kick and thrash even more than he already was.
"Alice!" He called back just before he was thrown out the large hear shaped double doors onto a long flight of stares. Rolling down a few, he ran back up to the door slamming his fist against the dark red wood.
Heels dragging on the black and white checker tiled flooring, Alice continued to pull back against her captor. Rolling on the floor as she was thrown into a room, she pushed herself up off the floor so that she was sitting on her heels, she stared up at the guard who had a threatening smirk.
"I'm willing to strike a deal with you..." his grin was viscios, and his words malicious.
"What do you mean?" Alice asked hesitantly as she inched away slowly.
"Well it's quite simple." He said, a little too cheerful for the current situation, "You do a favour for us." He stated gesturing to a few other guards, "And we'll let you go, or, we continue with our original intensions." He said with a shrug, "It's as simple as that my dear." He nodded.
"What do I have to do?" She asked causing the 5 men before her to smirk.
"Well you see, the queen rarely allows other women to live anywhere near her kingdom for she fears that she will lose any loyalty from her husband, or any of us." He explained, "So it's not very often that there's a pretty girl walking around here... Even if you didn't exactly walk here." He stated gesturing to the dark windowless room.
"No..." Alice stated without hesitation as she shook her head violently.
The guards sighed, and hung their heads.
"Shame." He muttered before stepping into the room completely, the others closing the door behind him, "I was looking forward to that." He stated before bringing the back of his hand to the side of her face causing her to fall to the floor. Bringing his boot to her stomach numerous times, a cruel grin cracked the center of his face. Lifting her to her feet by her hair, he forced her against a wall so that her back was to him.
Sobbing, Alice clawed at the mans hand with her nails in hopes that he would let her go. He stomach, and her ribs ached; She coughed attempting to catch her breath.
Pulling her head back, just enough, he forced it back against the stone wall with a crack. Chuckling to himself, he couldn't help but lean in so that his face was beside hers.
"You should have chosen your first option Alice..." He muttered in her ear, "You would have gotten out of here in one piece." He murmured before sinking his teeth into her neck drawing a scream from the blond girl.
Shaking, Alice tried as best as she could to push off the wall, but to no avail. She was left to endure his 'playing' for a good hour before he left her to sit in a corner of the room, half conscious, bleeding a fair bit, coughing, and sobbing.
"Throw her out the back..." He ordered one of the other guards before whiping his hands clean, and going on his way.
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Sitting on the front steps, the Mad Hatter jumped slightly as the front doors opened to reveal the guard that had taken Alice off to god knows where. Jumping to his feet, he went after the guard before he was cut off by the man.
"She's out back waiting for you." He said quickly before slamming the door in his face once more.
Snarling, the Mad Hatter went running as fast as he could to the back of the castle. It was a good five, ten minute run, and he was growing angrier and angrier at how large this place was. Finally turning the final corner, he stopped in his tracks to let his gaze fall upon a beaten and bleeding Alice. Rushing to her side like he had the with the tea set, he knealt beside her. Cupping her face in his hands, he forced her to look up at him.
"Come Alice, let's get you home..." He muttered helping her to her feet.
"You're taking me home now...?" She asked astonished, her voice hoars, and raspy.
"Not that home Alice." He chuckled lightly, and arm around her waist for support, "Come, let's get you cleaned up." He said softly as he took her back the way they had both come.
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Yay for chapter two~!!! I love the Mad Hatter, he makes my life ^^
Although I'm feeling that I should feel bad for Alice, I don't because I know it'll only get worse for her... You know now too, but you don't know what happens, so you've still got that glint of hope that it won't be that bad... Silly kids... you shouldn't hope for a walking off in the sunset kind of story from me...
That'll never happen unless I'm being paid :P
