Chapter 3

She found herself at home, In her beloved wonderland, her butterfly flew far away into Wonderland, but Alice didn't follow, she knew she would never be alone again "Thank you" she whispered to the butterfly that now was long gone, she started to cry, she realized her suitcase was right next to her, she smiled but didn't contemplate how or when it got there, she was too busy contemplating other things, Wonderland had changed, it was more obscure and it felt like her heart had felt, empty but at the same time it was full of things, beautiful things, after all, it was Wonderland, it was winter and not many flowers were present, now that Alice thinks about it, she's never seen Wonderland at full bloom, it was very cold but as soon as Alice smiled, wonderland's Ice began to melt, a crescent moon appeared in front of her "Cheshire!" Alice screamed in delight and hugged him "Alice" he said in a sigh of relief "you're here, stupid girl" and gave Alice the biggest grin Alice ever saw "How long has it been?" she asked him "Ten long years, Hatter killed time just after you left, to wait for you, so we all stayed the same" Cheshire replied (not in the upper land, he didn't, as she remembered how time had stopped her from killing herself) "I hope that little butterfly of yours doesn't tell hatter, or he will surely kill Hamish" he roared "What? the butterfly was a messenger?" "Yes, I inferred that you would need some company, Im not very happy with what she said" he looked down at her wrists "Of course I told her to leave out some details from hatter, if he realizes what you've done to yourself and why, Im afraid this time he will surely go completely mad, although I have to admit I myself went a little insane" Alice could see Cheshire was mad, this was a surprise, Cheshire was the oldest creature in all wonderland, although he looked very young, he was older than Hatter and the only person (or thing) he ever loved and cared for, was Alice. "Alice you look so different, I wouldn't have recognized you if it wasn't for your smell, roses and rain, lovely" Cheshire said "It would have been quite odd to find a stranger hugging the life out of me, now, now, we must go find hatter" His grin became very unpleasant, as if it hurt him to even think about it "Is hatter OK?" Alice asked quite preoccupied "Besides the fact that he has gone completely insane and we all fear him, I guess….no he's not ok" Alice was startled at this, Cheshire did not know fear, he never feared anything and Hatter was not like that "Umm Cheshire, are you afraid of him?" she asked cautiously "A little" he admitted, and Alice became a little terrified, they remained silent as they started walking towards the forest, "But hatter was always sweet and caring.." she said out loud and Cheshire laughed "Honey, even before you arrived in Wonderland for the 1st time, A LOT of people were scared of Tarrant to death, the only person he cared about was you, even The white queen was a little scared of him, so please don't tell me he's sweet and caring, the Borogove and Bandersnatch put together, now that's what I call sweet" she laughed despite herself and in the distance, they started to walk towards the shadow of a strange hatter, A hatter with a butterfly on his shoulder, she didn't have to get any closer to guess the color of it. "Cheshire?" she asked nervously "Give me your claw" she commanded "Pardon me?" said Cheshire, she grabbed his paw quickly before he could disappear and brushed her shoulder twice with the incredibly sharp claw, 2 pieces of clothing fell to her hand (which belonged to her dress) and she smiled in victory, she used this to bandage her wrists "I swear Cheshire, if you tell him, Ill slay your head with the vorpal sword, you'll lose your heads" she threatened, she was rather proud when she noticed her voice became a menacing obscure tone that made Cheshire look at her "Already lost 'em" he replied with a huge challenging grin and turned his attention to hatter, who was now completely visible and out of the shadows, as soon as Hatter saw her something fell from his hand, a teapot crashed to the ground, the sound startled Alice and when she turned and saw him there, She was paralyzed, His hair looked frizzy and dead, his hat looked old and dusty, his clothes were ragged and colorless, but his eyes, his eyes terrified her, they were black, pitch black, you couldn't even notice the pupils, his hands were stained with orange and she assumed it was mercury, and the bow that always remained in his neck was not there and his skin wasn't pale, it was white, dead white, he didn't look alive, that was the very first time that Alice had ever been truly afraid- he doesn't recognize me- she thought, for he remained paralyzed just like her, and for some reason, instead of running away from the horrible creature that was once her beloved mad-hatter, instead of showing fear or flinching like the Cheshire cat did when he saw him, she ran…towards him, with tears in her eyes, the butterfly told hatter that Alice was home, Hatter couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe it, Alice came back, for him, for wonderland, was she just another painful beautiful hallucination? she embraced him with so much love and hugged him so hard, Hatter wheezed and she asked "Tarrant?" her voice full of worry, his arms finally wrapped around her protectively, and he was holding her as if he was never going to let go ,as if he was never going to let anyone harm her and after embracing her, he let out a sigh of relief "Im fine" he replied, she didn't have to look at him to know that Hatter's eyes became a wicked green.

OMG!LOL Im so excited about my own story, yes I kno Im pathetic XD and proud of it!