Authors note: Hey people. I'm bored and still sick, so I'm going to write another chapter. I'm happy I've stopped puking though.
-In a world gone mad, only a madman is truly sane. -
Melicia in Wonderland
Chapter 2: The Hatter and his insanity
The man looked up from his tea, jumped on the table and walked across it so he could get to me at the other end.
"This is not Alice. Who she, I don't have the slightest idea, but I know this and perhaps only this, she is not Alice." The 2 fat boys let go of my arms and I starred at the red headed man that the boys spoke to as Mad Hatter. "Of course I'm not Alice. I never claimed to be. My name is Melicia." I said with obvious distaste in my words. Why did they assume I was 'Alice'? Who ever she may be… "So now the question is, are you the Melicia?" The hare said from his chair at the far end of the table. The boys looked at me. One of them began to nod and the other one shook his head. "Tweedledum and Tweedledee stop pressuring the girl!" The hare said as he got up from his chair and hopped over towards us.
"What do you mean, am I the Melicia?" I asked, totally ignoring the hare. I wanted answers. How could I be me, yet not me?
"A test is in order, to see who she is and what she isn't." I was beginning to understand why they called him MAD Hatter. "To the White Queen?" Asked the mouse with an annoyed expression. Mad Hatter smiled, "To the White Queen we shall."
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After being dragged down the road, I was brought to a castle made entirely of white brick. It was beautiful with huge towers gleaming at me from above and windows opened at the max with flowers on the windowsills. Which the mouse, who's name is Dormouse, informed me that this was the white queen's castle.
Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Mad Hatter, the hare and Dormouse dragged me unwillingly inside. I didn't really appreciate the fact that I had to do a test in order to figure out if I'm really me or not. I found that quite rude but they thought it was necessary.
The inside of the castle was colorlessly beautiful. The design and overall beauty of it was stunning, but the lack of color made the sight absolutely mind numbing. I hated it with every ounce of my mind and soul.
Thy brought me to a thrown room, where the White Queen was sitting on an off-shade-of-white thrown. They brought me towards her and I took one look at her and sighed. She had long white hair and her skin was pale and delicate. She was wearing a long white dress the puffed out a bit at her waist. She was kind and sweet. Actually, scratch that. She was too kind and sweet. It's like she tried to keep all the bad away from her. The good in her was sickening. "Hello, Mad Hatter. May I ask what you need my assistance with?" Her voice had a certain ring to it.
"We need to ensue a test on the non-Alice girl, fallen from the above world who claims to be the Melicia." He says matter-of-factly. It's the first time I've heard him speak and he doesn't sound mad.
"All the scrolls tell of Melicia is that she is much different from Alice, that she will save us once again and that-Well those 2 things among others. I do have one idea on how we can test her though. All of you will have to leave the room." I stare at the queen trying to figure out what she was going to say before she cut herself off.
Everybody, including the guards, left the room. Leaving me feeling cold and alone.
She smiled sweetly at me and said, "You claim to be the Melicia?" I try to act nice and smile back, "Yes, that's my name. Can you tell me where I am? I was walking in my grandmother's garden and a fell down this hole and it brought me to this room where-"
She cut me off by waving her hand. "I know you are the Melicia. I will not test you as Mad Hatter has asked." I look at her trying to figure out if she's for real. She interrupted me to tell me she's not going to test me? And for another thing, why isn't she going to test me? Not that I'm complaining… "So, why did you make them leave the room exactly?" The Queen looked at me funny and giggled. "You are quite peculiar. I made them leave the room for I have something important to show you." She got up from her chair, grabbed a brown book from a shelf and sat back down on the thrown.
She began flipping mindlessly threw the pages until she found the one she was looking for. Her face changed from sweet to unreadable. She passed me the book and I stared at the pages.
The pictures were in black in white and they were only a few words scribbled at the bottom, but the pictures spoke for themselves.
The first picture was me looking in the well. I could see hands about an inch away from me, but I could not see whom they belonged to, which bugged me.
The second picture was of Mad Hatter and I. I was kissing his cheek while he blushed feverishly.
The third picture was of me talking to a girl shorter then me, but had to be older then me by a few years. I could see Mad Hatter in the background gawking at her. I was beginning to wonder who the other girl was.
The fourth picture was of Mad Hatter kissing the girl from the picture before, which somehow bothered me. A lot.
The fifth and last picture was of me drinking out of a vial. The girl was half smirking but Mad Hatter looked depressed. Everybody else looked neutral.
I read the words sprawled across the end of the page. It read, "In a world gone mad, only a madman is truly sane." It made me think of Mad Hatter. Could it be that he was truly saner then I?
I looked up at the queen and passed her the book back. "May I ask who the other woman was?" I asked softly. I was beginning to like this queen since it seemed like she was worried about me.
The queen regained her composure and smiled. "The girl in the picture was Alice. I showed you these pictures to warn you. The future is set in stone, all that can change is the out come written on the other page." She flipped the book so I saw it and turned the page. It was completely blank.
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Melanie Swirls.