Short, and doesn't really have a point, but I kind of loved the ending, and I hope you will too. Enjoy
"What are you doing here?" Alice finally asked knees pulled up close to her body as Iracebeth pulled up the sleeve of her injured arm. The bloody rag that she'd once worn had been replaced by crisp white bandages, but Alice still shuddered at the sight of a stump ending at where Iracebeth's hand should be.
From here, Alice could see tiny red specks forming beneath the bandages, in a slight curved manor as if someone was…"
"I bit you." Alice realized, brown eyes going wide as Iracebeth gave her a small smile. Her hair still fell down her shoulders loosely, the heart that had once been disappearing among the vibrant red curls on her giant head.
"Quite deeply, in fact." The ex queen said, sighing and sitting down in front of Alice, the white sleeve that she had pulled up to examine the cut. "But, I won't hold it against you. I would have done the same if I was experiencing what you were."
"Experiencing?" Alice repeated curiously. "What do you mean?"
The queen flicked her wrist. Her remaining hand waving through the air carelessly while she stood. "I'll explain later, but all you have to know is that it isn't safe for you to be out here, alone."
"What do you mean?" Alice asked again, standing up and following the queen as she walked towards the edge of the forest. Now, Alice started to take in her actually surroundings.
The ground was flickered with rocks and grass, and flowers leaned their heads against a wall of tall grass, some snoring and some mumbling. A dark night sky stretched along the horizon, the only light laminated by the moon above.
"We're at the door." Alice whispered, turning around and staring back at the door that she'd climbed through three times in her life time. The door that connected this world to reality.
"He didn't bother to finish what he started." Iracebeth mumbled to herself, and that was the last thing she said, for the entire way back to the castle.
. . .
Alice was dead on her feet when she walked into the castle.
No one was up at this time; it must have been close to four in the morning, and by the time that they actually found anyone, she was nearly delirious.
It was a servant, a pretty girl with white hair who looked a bit older then Alice herself She was dressed in a pale dress with an even paler apron tied along her waist and when she caught sight of Alice and Iracebeth, she dropped the ray of waters she'd been holding and ran over to the new arrival, her wet footsteps leaving prints in the carpet.
"Alice, Iracebeth." She said breathlessly, curtsying clumsily, and smiling. "We've been waiting for you. When did you get back?" She shook her head. "That doesn't matter; we need to tell everyone you're here. Come on." She grabbed Alice's hand and Iracebeth's good one. "This way, if you please."
The girl led down a series of hallways, and Alice followed her like a moth to the flame, too exhausted to do anything else, and finally when they found the right room-having found two other wrong ones- Alice wasn't even able to walk inside without stumbling.
"Your highness?" The maid asked, opening the door a smidge and peaking inside. "We have company."
The rest of the door pushed open and suddenly Alice was embraced in soft arms. At first, she expected to see the soft white hair of the white queen, but when she opened her eyes, she was a dark curtain of black.
"We were so worried." Irisa whispered, pulling back and smiling at Alice, her rainbow eyes shining with joy. "I'm so glad your okay."
"Me too." Mirana agreed, placing a soft hand on Alice's shoulder before her champion pulled the queen in for a hug of her own.
Mirana smiled when she saw her sister, disheveled and with her champion and then two sisters shared an embrace of their own. Last was Nicholas, pulling Alice into his arms and squeezing her tight, then after a few moments actually looking at her with a soft smile.
"You're dead on your feet, aren't you?" He looked up to the rest of his friends; there were only three of them that had stayed awake while they planned for new ways to find Alice. "I'm going to run her up to bed, aright?"
Everyone gave them a soft nod, Irisa suggesting that they all went to sleep, and as the two humans past the Hater, Alice stopped and turned to him.
He looked as bad as she felt, his eyes wide and blue, turning to Topaz as she stopped in front of him. Dark half moons under his colorful eyes, and his mouth a firm line.
Without a word, Alice took a step forward, standing less then a foot away from him, and cocked her head to the side, waiting.
Once the Hatter saw her posture, he opened his mouth, ready to apologize, and then.
Alice slapped him across the face.
Then, Alice turned around and walked out of the room, with Nicholas by her side.
See, Alice would slap the Hatter, thank you deathroman13 for the idea. :) Again, sorry it's short and doesn't really have much of a point, but I thought it was nice. I'm not forgetting about you guys. Review please!