Wow…Nobody reviewed on the last chapter (if u did, I apologize, I probably didn't see the review as of yet)! Ouch…that really hurts me. So, either it was REALLY bad, or people just didn't read it at all… Oh well, I've got a kick ass idea, and I'll be damned if I let it go to waste!

Disclaimer: If I owned, I wouldn't be writing this.

As they progressed in their journey Kora couldn't help but feel like she was being watched. And since Kora was a bit paranoid-this unsettled her to no end.

"Kora?" Hatter asked her as she was looking at the trees around the clearing they were in. "What's wrong?"

"I feel like someone's watching us…like when I'm reading a book and I KNOW that someone is watching the main character-I'm just waiting for whoever's watching to come out already-it's freaking me out!" she cried to him

"Well maybe you have a point, usually we would've walked into the White Rabbit or Mock Turtle-or even a talking Flower-but since the Red Queen's been back, many Wonder Lander's are wise enough-even if they are a bit odd-to stay in groups and in their homes or places they figure the Red Queen won't send her men out. But even THEN, it's not completely safe."

"What do you mean?"

"The Red Queen has been using the Dark Imagination to twist around the minds of some of the Wonder Lander's her men capture to assist in finding-well…whatever she's been looking for-other than Alice's throne." His voice had dropped to a more serious tone, "Or she usually kills the captives…she's gotten more cruel then before-not even, now she's just-evil."

Kora felt her blood drain and her heart speed up, what was going on? How did Dark Imagination corrupt the Red Queen even more? Right after it brought back her power! But most important of all, how could it be stopped?

"Who works for her?" she asked

"It's hard to tell. So few survive being captured"

"How do YOU know?"

"Because," he started to say to her as he took in a deep breath, "Hare was captured too. I had to purposely get captured to find him and get free from her prison so he would live."

Wow, Kora thought, that's real friendship right there…

"Where's the Prison?"

He shrugged at her as he stopped and sat on the uprising root of a rather large tree

"What does that mean? Didn't you get out?" she asked him

"Yes, we did-but when I was shipped there, I was in a crowded carriage, the cell had NO windows at all-and when I did find Hare, we left when it seemed like Night time because there were fewer guards and it was dark when we did get outside. We were able to run-and I mean really Run-back to the Wonder Woods during the night but it took a lot out of us. That's why Hare didn't come with us; he was tortured back at the prison-and the mere thought of him risking going back is enough for him to stay home-even without tea." He said-his voice was devoid of any emotion.

"Wow…that's…horrible. I hope Alice finds a way to stop the Red Queen-it sounds like the hag really went off the deep end." Kora sat next to Hatter and yawned a bit.

"Alice will…she always does…", was all he said before she started to fall asleep, while leaning on his shoulder, not that he minded much because he too fell asleep…

Short-I know! BUT I wanted to get this out of the way so the next chapter could make a bit more sense-you'll get it when you read the next chapter. Now, please review! Even if you don't really like it or not, please review! (Yes, I'm being a review whore right now-don't judge)

~until next time! Kamiierial ;-)