"I'm here to see the Queen of Hearts."
"Does she know you're coming?"
"What the fuck? I'm Alice Black. I. Come. By. Surprise. Now, let me in."
The card guard looked rather confused, and unsure of what to do. He began to sweat, which the girl found absolutely hysterical. Throwing back her head, silky tresses rippling, she walked forward, and crossed her arms, before pushing the armed card, into the moat, his spear he used for protecting floating, as his flimsy paper body began to soak. Yelling, and screaming, positively horrified, he began to call for others, but none came. They merely stood over the balcony, gasping, and shaking their heads in shock and anger.
"You'll pay!"
"Nobody does that!"
"The queen will chop your head off!"
"I choose whose head comes off, thank you very much!"
With that bark of a comment, the cards bowed down low, and the card that was in the water sputtered, "The-the q-queen!" Before drowning all together. The Queen of Hearts couldn't care less, and when she saw Alice, standing there with a scowl of disgust on her face, a smile broke out, and a high pitched giggle of utmost delight.
"Alice? Alice!"
"You're Majesty..."
Alice smiled one of her prize winning fake smiles, and curtsied, before telling her that she had pushed 'her royal highness's' guard in the water, with excellent acting, making it sound actually sincere. The queen brushed it aside, before yelling for somebody to open the gates for her. Pushing everyone aside, the queen rushed down to embrace somebody who until now, nobody thought of as her friend.
"How've you been young lady? Oh, we must play something. Cards maybe...it's the latest crazy, and very chic."
Smiling graciously, Alice nodded, gears in her mind whirling...cards. Alice was very good at cards. Poker, Blackjack, Old Maid, BS, everything. And raise the stakes high enough; Alice could probably get anything she wanted. The queen loved games, and most likely gambling so why not?
"Tell ya what sweetie...we play for something...big. Real big. Make it exciting, shake the whole world up."
That got the queen's attention all right. Murmuring an, "I'm listening..." Alice had a hard time keeping the wide grin she felt inside off her face, and began to choose just the right words for her evil, devious scheme.
"I win, you renounce your position of queen, and I take over. You win, I become your slave. Card guards as witnesses, and I'm not very good. What do you say? Can you handle a little challenge?"
It didn't take very long for the queen to come up with her answer...sure, the stakes were high, but it was so hot the idea, risking it all, she just couldn't resist. And besides, she was good at cards. She just didn't know Alice was so much better.
"Alright. One game of poker, winner takes all, cards for witnesses. And we'll right it down, make a contract of it."
A card hastily wrote up a proposal, and both girls signed it, before sitting in the parlor, decorated with hundreds of hearts. Shuffling the cards, and dealing them, the queen's smirk grew big. Four tens, and a jack. Very good. Delicious even, some might say. Looking up at Alice, she was surprised, but happily surprised, that the girl looked miserable. I've won, the older woman thoughts, but kept a straight face. A card announced to show the cards.
Four kings, and a queen. Alice had victoriously beaten the one who had ruled over Wonderland for as long as anyone could remember. And as simple as that, Alice, a mere teenager, had defeated her. The Queen of Hearts had tried shouting, "Off with her head!" But it didn't work. And with a simple, pure evil, "Get out!" Alice took the crown off her head, replaced it on her own, and dismissed the no longer ruler. Cackling, the Queen of Diamonds retreated to her bed chambers, to think of plots, now that she ruled Wonderland.
"Does she know you're coming?"
"What the fuck? I'm Alice Black. I. Come. By. Surprise. Now, let me in."
The card guard looked rather confused, and unsure of what to do. He began to sweat, which the girl found absolutely hysterical. Throwing back her head, silky tresses rippling, she walked forward, and crossed her arms, before pushing the armed card, into the moat, his spear he used for protecting floating, as his flimsy paper body began to soak. Yelling, and screaming, positively horrified, he began to call for others, but none came. They merely stood over the balcony, gasping, and shaking their heads in shock and anger.
"You'll pay!"
"Nobody does that!"
"The queen will chop your head off!"
"I choose whose head comes off, thank you very much!"
With that bark of a comment, the cards bowed down low, and the card that was in the water sputtered, "The-the q-queen!" Before drowning all together. The Queen of Hearts couldn't care less, and when she saw Alice, standing there with a scowl of disgust on her face, a smile broke out, and a high pitched giggle of utmost delight.
"Alice? Alice!"
"You're Majesty..."
Alice smiled one of her prize winning fake smiles, and curtsied, before telling her that she had pushed 'her royal highness's' guard in the water, with excellent acting, making it sound actually sincere. The queen brushed it aside, before yelling for somebody to open the gates for her. Pushing everyone aside, the queen rushed down to embrace somebody who until now, nobody thought of as her friend.
"How've you been young lady? Oh, we must play something. Cards maybe...it's the latest crazy, and very chic."
Smiling graciously, Alice nodded, gears in her mind whirling...cards. Alice was very good at cards. Poker, Blackjack, Old Maid, BS, everything. And raise the stakes high enough; Alice could probably get anything she wanted. The queen loved games, and most likely gambling so why not?
"Tell ya what sweetie...we play for something...big. Real big. Make it exciting, shake the whole world up."
That got the queen's attention all right. Murmuring an, "I'm listening..." Alice had a hard time keeping the wide grin she felt inside off her face, and began to choose just the right words for her evil, devious scheme.
"I win, you renounce your position of queen, and I take over. You win, I become your slave. Card guards as witnesses, and I'm not very good. What do you say? Can you handle a little challenge?"
It didn't take very long for the queen to come up with her answer...sure, the stakes were high, but it was so hot the idea, risking it all, she just couldn't resist. And besides, she was good at cards. She just didn't know Alice was so much better.
"Alright. One game of poker, winner takes all, cards for witnesses. And we'll right it down, make a contract of it."
A card hastily wrote up a proposal, and both girls signed it, before sitting in the parlor, decorated with hundreds of hearts. Shuffling the cards, and dealing them, the queen's smirk grew big. Four tens, and a jack. Very good. Delicious even, some might say. Looking up at Alice, she was surprised, but happily surprised, that the girl looked miserable. I've won, the older woman thoughts, but kept a straight face. A card announced to show the cards.
Four kings, and a queen. Alice had victoriously beaten the one who had ruled over Wonderland for as long as anyone could remember. And as simple as that, Alice, a mere teenager, had defeated her. The Queen of Hearts had tried shouting, "Off with her head!" But it didn't work. And with a simple, pure evil, "Get out!" Alice took the crown off her head, replaced it on her own, and dismissed the no longer ruler. Cackling, the Queen of Diamonds retreated to her bed chambers, to think of plots, now that she ruled Wonderland.