"Deana, you're here. OK," Ant said. "Why don't we go visit a certain little beauty I FINALLY befriended?"

He grinned as he led Deana to the beast.

She stared at it, a little mortified as she saw it move and jumped back as the majestic beast made its way towards her.

What's more was that it seemed uneasy when it first saw Deana, but then calmed down as Ant took the girl's hand and placed it on the beast's head.

"Good boy. Good boy," Ant said soothingly as Deana stroked its fur. The beast let out a soft purr and nuzzled her. Deana smiled.

"It's cute."

"Not sure about that. Anytime it can snap your neck open if it gets angry."

That was the wrong thing to say, because immediately Deana was running when Ant caught her by the waist.

"Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, and you're not making it angry. Come on."

Deana feebly made her way towards the Bandersnatch again. She touched its fur and the beast looked up at her with gentle, welcoming eyes. She smiled and petted it.

"That's it," Ant said. "See? It's all OK now."

Deana smiled at him. "Thank you." She kissed his cheek and then said, "it's getting dark."

"I-Is it? I didn't n-notice," Ant stammered, a blush on his cheeks.

Deana just shrugged.

"Come on. Come on!"

She held out her hand and Dan took it. They both walked to the Castle.

"Anyway, I wanna prank the Hatter!" she said.

"You could pretend to be me," Ant chuckled.

"What?"

"You pretend to be me, annoy the Hatter loads," He grinned.

"Yeah!" Deana said happily, bouncing up and down.

"Oh look. We're here."

They had got to Deana's bedroom door.

"See you tomorrow?" Ant asked.

Deana nodded. "Mm-hmm. "

"Good." Ant swiftly kissed her cheek, then went to his room, leaving a startled, blushing Deana, who stood there for a few moments before going into her room and brushing her teeth. She then got changed and jumped into bed.

That night, she only dreamt of Ant.


*Fangirl squeal* They're so cute! But not as beautiful as the Hatter and Alice :D

Finally I've managed to update! Sorry, GCSEs and stuff :/

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