Chapter 4: Meeting the Enemy… Again
"I trust your night was… good." Jack smirked as Alice and Hatter walked into the main hall. There were dark circles under their eyes from a lack of sleep.
Neither Hatter nor Alice responded to Jack. They knew what he was provoking and wanted nothing to do with it. All they did was glare.
"I… see then." Was all that was said, by Jack.
"It's time." The 10 of Clubs shouted as he burst into the room. His presence slightly easing the tension growing between all of the occupants.
"The Queen has taken the bait. We must meet her on the front line, now." Clubs continued to shout.
Jack smiled and led the troops, Hatter and Alice into what could be a miserable battle on his gallant red and white steed.
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The troops met the villainous Queen on the front in haste. She had a small army but that was all she would need to win.
"Ah, Jack. I see you've come to your senses and given mommy her throne back. Maybe you don't have to be executed."
Jack gulped and raised his sword.
"Mother, I want a fair fight. Wonderland is not yours anymore. It is a free land from hence when you left. Now, surrender or parish." Jack yelled over his grumbling minions. His head was held high. He knew he would have to stand tall against his mother.
On the sidelines of this "talk" over the soul of Wonderland, Alice and Hatter talked. They didn't know if they would have the ability to do so for much longer.
"Alice, I… I just want you to know, I've loved you from the moment I saw you. I… you were stuck in my head from the moment I saw you in the sopping wet dress of yours. Alice, when we get back home, I want to marry you. I don't want any delay. I want you. I want to be happy with you. I want to be happy and you… you make me happy." Hatter was spilling out everything to her. He didn't know why but it just felt right to just tell her.
"Hatter, I love you too. I fell for you the moment you did that little smirk in the tea shop, saying something to make Ratty go away." She giggled, and he let out a little chuckle himself. "Hatter, David. I love you more than anything in either world. I don't think I would have survived anything without for when I tumbled into this… weird fairy tale. You have no idea how much you scared me though." She shook her head as though she was pushing a bad though from her mind.
"What do you mean?" Hatter asked. She had never been this open about her first trip into Wonderland before.
"Well… when you were shot by the Dodo, I was just going to turn myself in then. I needed you, I was dependant on you to much by that time. And on the beach when the flamingo crashed. God. I would have drowned myself if you had died." Hatter hugged her at that point. Unsure of what to say.
"Hatter, I want to marry you too. Without delay. As soon as we return, we'll have our wedding."
In the midst of there moment, a thought crossed each of their minds and it was a thought that they would rather not share with the other. They may never return. They could die here and never be joined in wedlock.
"Troops!" Jack called. Everyone, Alice and Hatter as well, looked to Jack for their instructions. "We are heading into battle. We don't know how many of you will come back to a free Wonderland but know this, your fighting for a cause. The right cause."
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