Crashing through the glass
Chapter 6
It was morning, and the oddity of this whole situation had finally sunk in the rest of the way. Alice was stuck in Underland until she could find a new way out. Of course, the chances of there still being Jabberwocky blood lying around were slim.
Tarrant had allowed Alice to sleep in a actual bed (his), and whittled the night away on what had once been a couch of sorts. Once the sun had peeked in the windows, the two (plus Mallymkun) left for the castle of the White Queen. Tarrant reasoned that it would be at least three days on foot. And since Alice was not the size of a doll this time, he couldn't just run with her in his pocket.
Then he remembered the mouse in his pocket. After apologies, promises of cheese and even a tiny hat, she agreed to not try to stab him in the leg again. Of course, she never promised to not stab him in the hand every time he tried to pull something out of the pocket she was now riding in.
It was beginning to darken, and the party was not nearly as far as they wanted to be along. The hatter had mentioned quite frequently that it was dangerous to be in the woods at night, but Alice was rather unaccustomed to such continuous walking. So, they all had to make camp in a small clearing.
"This isn't safe! Tarrant, why aren't we out of these miserable woods yet?" Mally asked, irritated.
"Mally, please! We can't very well fly to Mamoreal. We must walk until we can find some horses willing to let us ride." Tarrant argued to the mouse. "Now off to bed with ye!"
After the mouse left the two alone, Alice began to wonder aloud about her current predicament.
"Tarrant, do you know why I ended up back here? I've been thinking all day and I haven't come up with a single idea!"
"Well, Underland always calls back it's own. Didn't you know?" The hatter said absentmindedly.
"Can… can you repeat that?" Alice was a bit confused.
"Alice, my dear, Underland doesn't let in humans anymore. Animals, yes, but not humans." Tarrant wrinkled his nose. "I thought you knew- you've been and gone so many times!"
"Knew what?" Alice was worried now. "Tarrant… What are you saying?"
"Why Alice, you must have already known- at least, I thought you did. You have to at least be half Underlander to come back from the OtherSide!"
She had been planning to ambush the two travelers once they fell asleep, but this new revelation was more important. She had to tell the Queen.
((A/N: EIGHT BILLION MILLION TRILLION apologies for leaving you all hanging for so long! Stuff happened, and now I'm in college, and I had a boyfriend who dumped me and now I have a new boyfriend. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE- forgive me! I'll even give you cupcakes! (Don't worry, Pinkie Pie didn't make them) But please forgive me for being such a terrible authoress!))
