Tea Time Chapter 2

Summary: Hatter knew that after entering this world which was completely new to her that she didn't particularly like it when he tricked her and she ended up in the middle of one of his tea parties filled with fun and mischief. But surely she liked it a whole lot more than she claimed, for even she couldn't hide the mirth and delight her eyes held when she had a cuppa with him.

Pairings: Mad Hatter/ Tarrant Hightopp x Hermione Granger

Rated: M

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Previously:

"By sounding out my words. You might not be Alice but you're just as strange as she. Now come on we must go to se Absolem. He'll be able to explain everything to you now come on." he replied and before she could utter a word was pushed quite literally down the rabbit hole.

Now:

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It had been quite a few months since Hermione had heard herself scream but she definitely recognized the sound for what it was, as the hole she was rudely pushed into grew larger and larger the farther into it she fell. What shocked her most though, despite the live in furniture that was there, the white rabbit that pushed her into the hole was missing.

Her thoughts of the sneak were immediately wiped from her memory as she landed roughly on a bed that she did not think would have made her bounce from it as high as it did though it wasn't as bad as she thought when she noticed her slowed momentum. This thoughts too were short lived as she noticed a grand piano head towards her much smaller body. She was sure that pianos were not meant to dwarf over her so much though she mentally let out a sigh of relief noticing the thing slowed almost as if the laws of gravity didn't affect it at all and it floated away from her sight.

As soon as it disappeared, she roughly landed on the bottom of the hole which as she noticed almost immediately as she opened her eyes was that she was laying on tiled flooring something she was sure should not be found at the bottom of some mangy hole. Magical or not.

'Magic! Oh bloody hell, my wand!' she thought desperately though as she felt for her wand she couldn't help but choke back a gasp as three different pieces of would touched her fingers.

'Okay I don't have my wand but that doesn't mean I'm entirely helpless does it?' she thought painstakingly looking around the almost empty room as though it would spit forth the answers she seeks.

"Do you think she'll figure it out? It's not like she's Alice?" asked a squeaky voice doubtful of the young woman

"I do recall you saying the exact same thing about Alice last year, Mallymkun." spoke the White Rabbit as he continued watching the girl, who besides the curly nearing bushy hair resembled Alice nothing in the slightest.

Hermione took in the small table and once more looked around the room for what had to have been the fifth time in the past minute, though this time a small door which she could've sworn was not there the last time her eyes swept the room along with a key and a small bottle of some liquid with a tag reading 'Drink Me' tied around it.

She quickly pocketed the key and picked up the bottle examining it closely,

"It could be poison." she reasoned out loud before continuing, "Though I doubt a rabbit would've gone through all this trouble just to kill me. And I'm obviously not getting through that door anytime soon." as soon as she finished the sentence her head was tilted back and she was taking a couple sips of the drink which she soon realized, was stronger than butterbeer but not quite as powerful as firewhisky which confused her immensely as she didn't taste a hint of alcohol in the liquid.

She gently placed the bottle down and felt a tightening throughout her entire body and as she looked up she realized with fascination she was quickly shrinking, either that or the door which still stood tall in front of her was growing, either way she was pretty sure she found her way out.

"See that." spoke a childlike voice

"Yes. Yes I did. This is her first time here too." said another identical sound

"And she took the key with her!" answered the first voice in surprised yet approving shock.

"So she took the key. That doesn't prove anything." replied a now very haughty Mallymkun in defense.

The more Hermione shrunk and she did so until she was smaller than the door ahead of her did she realize her clothes did not shrink with her much to her embarrassment. She looked down expecting to find her naked chilled flesh, though was surprised to find that a light pink dress the same color as the tank top she was wearing before she shrunk now adorned her flesh.

Though whoever thought the dress up certainly had taste she found she did not particularly like the Victorian styled dress nor the small white heels that she was currently sporting. Fighting through a war and being on the run for a little over a year made her a little more conscious of exactly what she wore, how she spoke and of course what she did. Though if this is what she was given especially if the other option was running around this place naked she wouldn't speak out, against the gift.

She quickly moved herself towards the pocket of her now overly large jeans and was pleased to note that the key was still the perfect size for the lock on the door and as soon as she had a grip on the cold piece of metal she made her way over to the wooden door and with a quick flick of the key and twist of the knob the door swung open and she was greeted by the sight of two large boys that in a way reminded her of Harry's cousin, Dudley. A small mouse, what should be an extinct species of bird and finally that damned rabbit.

"Now that there aren't any more holes to push me through can you please explain to me what it is I'm here for?" asked Hermione glaring quite smartly at the bunny, she didn't dare say it aloud but she would bet Harry's Nimbulus 3000 that he would take that little nickname with great insult and she did not feel one hundred percent about testing her limits without knowing there intentions despite the fact most of them were animals.

"Yes of course, a thousand apologies Miss. But we needed help and your muchness called to Underland much like Alice's did last year and nine years prior to that."

"That was my Grams' name." mused Hermione out loud before shaking her head to clear herself from unnecessary thoughts, "What does this Alice have to do with me?"

"I thought I answered that already? No. Well then no matter, Absolem will be able to explain better than me anyway. Come on now all of you we're going to be late!" yelled the rabbit taking lead of the little ragtag group.

All except the two boys followed behind instead they went over to Hermione each both grabbing a hand gently before the one on her left began speaking.

"Hi there! I'm Tweedledum and he's Tweedledee."

"No, no you introduced us wrong. See he's Tweedledee and I'm Tweedledum."

"Pleasure." Hermione nodded to both in turn, "My name's Hermione."

"Wow. Don't get a lot of Hermiones around here. We've had a lot of Alices before though." spoke Tweedledee with a thoughtful look on his face while Tweedledum merely shook his head negatively and spoke.

"We haven't had that many and even if we had, Hermiones seem just as interesting."

"Should I be double interesting then?" asked Hermione earning her curious looks which she just blushed under, "Well my middle name is Alice. After my Grams."

"She said Grams again." spoke Tweedledum

"Wonder what that is?" agreed Tweedledee

"She's my great-grandmother. Grams is just for short. She's where I get my hair from. Well at least the texture, I have my father's hair color." she finished lamely

"Alice had hair like this too." spoke one of the boys Hermione at this point completely giving up on telling the two apart. They were even more confusing than Fred and George.

"Hers was yellow though." agreed the second once more. The three of them almost running into the Door Mouse, the Dodo Bird and the White Rabbit all coming to a harsh stop.

"That would be because she is her Grams' great-granddaughter." spoke a slowly drawn out voice, smoke soon covered her entire being and she was once more coughing to restore air into her lungs. Once the colorful smoke cleared and she could somewhat breath again she looked upon a giant caterpillar surrounded by flowers with faces on them.

"You know my Grams?" asked Hermione quietly

"The real question my dear girl is, do you?" asked Absolem as though he were speaking to a child.

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione as the caterpillar raised an invisible brow in question of the young witch

"Your Grams is in fact our Alice, though she failed to keep her promise to the Hatter. She never returned. I am not one to doubt Underland but there was a reason she doesn't return and that would have to be you."

"Tweedledee and Tweedledum said that they saw my Grams last year though, how is that possible?"

"How are a lot of things possible?" countered Absolem, "You my dear girl are a Magic much like the White and Red Queen. You should know the answers you seek better than I. And if those answers elude you they shan't for long." answered Absolem

"A Magic?"

"Did he say that correctly?"

"She's a Magic just like her Majesty and she's one of Alice's daughters!"

"She must be so powerful!"

"You'll have to forgive the flowers they go nutters for a piece of gossip." answered the Door Mouse loudly marching up to Hermione whom bent down to try to meet her halfway.

"Sounds like a pair of friends I have." mused Hermione happily, "I'm Hermione and we have yet to be properly introduced."

"Mallymkun the Doormouse at your service Hermione." replied the little mouse happily brandishing her sword and all.

"Well your services aren't needed at the moment. So could I perhaps interest you in a ride?" asked Hermione politely who at Mallymkun's eager nod placed said mouse on her shoulder before walking up to the White Rabbit.

"And what should I call you? Unless you prefer White Rabbit or is Bunny your surname?" Hermione teased lightly. Her back still hurt from falling through that damn hole and if she had to blame someone it would definitely have to be the little bugger who pushed her in in the first place.

"McTwisp." he replied tightly checking his watch again. "Now that Absolem has proven you are who we need here and proving you're related to our Alice we must get you to Marmoreal as quickly as possible." answered McTwisp .

She had no time to question what the hell Marmoreal was before a loud explosion went off and red cards began flowing from the direction they just came from. They quickly charged at them and before she could think to run a card had hit her on her neck, a scream was let out and then all was dark.

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