"Oh no." Hare said.

"Uh-oh." Chessur sang.

"The Knave." Mally gasped, gripping a spoon.

"Goodbye." Chessur disappeared.

"Drink this quickly." I said forcing Alice to drink the shrinking potion. She coughed and shrank. I stuffed her into a teapot. I pulled it into my lap and covered the spout with my hand. Bayard sniffed the ground as the Red Knight came up to us.

"Well if it's not my favorite trio of lunatics."

"Would you like to join us?" Mally asked. He snickered, as if the idea amused him.

"You're all late for tea!" March Hare exclaimed, throwing a teacup that the Red Knight just barely dodged. Poo. It would have been nice for him to have another scar.

"We're looking for the girl called Alice." You're looking for a punch in the face.

"Speaking of the Queen, here's a little song we used to sing in her honor." I said.

"Twinkle, twinkle little bat,

How I wonder where you're at.

Up a-" I was cut off by Stayne's arm around my neck.

"If you're hiding her, you'll lose your heads." He said.

"Already lost them." I said hoarsely. Might as well go down my way. "All together now!"

"Up above the world so high,

Like a tea tray in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle…"

They continued the twinkles as Bayard approached my lap, where I held the teapot. Think, Hatter, think…

"Downal wyth Bluddy Behg Hid!" I whispered. He turned and ran off in the other direction.

"Follow the bloodhound." He told the knights, like Hare wasn't trying to ask him if he wanted anything. "You're all mad." What was your first clue?

"Thanks very much." March Hare said happily. Stayne threw his cup on the ground.

I waited till he was gone, then sighed in relief. I open the teapot, then remembered Alice did not fit in her clothes. "Oh! Pardon." I pulled out a little strip of cloth and made a small dress. I slipped it inside. "Try this on for size." I waited till she knocked on the top of the teapot to open it again. The dress was odd, but fit her nicely. "Uh… I like it." I said with a smile.

"It's a good thing the bloodhound is one of us, or you'd be…" Mally said, drawing a finger across her neck to make a point.

"What do they want with me?" Alice asked. She sounded so helpless.

"Best take her to the White Queen. She'll be safe there. Spoon…." Hare said. I'll admit, he had his moments. I took off my hat and sat it next to Alice.

"Your carriage, Milady." I said.

"The hat?" she asked, dumbfounded.

"Of course, anyone can go by horse or rail, but the absolute best way to travel is by hat. Have I made a rhyme?"

"Oh, I love traveling by hat." Mally exclaimed.

"Mally. Just Alice, please. Fairfarren all." I put on my hat, Alice sitting on the edge, and set off. I found myself reciting a rhyme I knew.

That forgien languge was Outlandish. LOL love it i shall UD soon.