Eleventh Installment
Events begin to unfold....dun dun dunnnnananaananann!!
I felt around on the ground until I found a string and pulled up on it to open the door. The light below wasn't blinding, in fact it was as dark as the attic had been. I dropped down into the dark area and felt around. It was a very small closet.
Hatter dropped down right after me and the space became instantly cramped. I was pushed against a wall with his hips pushing against my stomach. I never realized how much shorter I was.
"Feel for a doorknob." I say feeling along the walls.
Hatter reached around and his hand landed on my breast.
"That's not a doorknob you jackass." I hiss and bite his arm.
He just laughed a little bit and felt up the walls instead. "Found it." he said.
"Turn it slowly and quietly. We don't know if this opens into a bedroom or something."
Hatter turned the doorknob and the door opened quietly as I stepped out. I rubbed my eyes to get used to the light from a nearby window.
"Ah! Fuck!" Hatter hissed shielding his eyes.
"Shh!"
I looked around the room and then it hit me light a freight train, this room was familiar. I went over to the dresser that was under the window directly across from the closet. I opened the bottom drawer and found a pair of green skinny jeans. I opened the second drawer and found three black t-shirts and a purple sweater. I pulled the sweater out and it had a raindeer sewed on it. These were all my clothes. This was my grandma's house.
"Hatter. This is my grandma's house." I whisper and turn to see Hatter sitting in the closet. "What are you doing?"
"The sun is to bright. Your grandma? Why would she have the queen's ring?" he asked.
"I don't know. I need to change. Turn around."
Hatter turned to face the back wall of the closet and I put on my green skinny jeans and a black t-shit from the dresser. I snatch a pair of tennis shoes from under the bed and pull them on. Hatter turned back to face me.
"Do I get shoes?" he asked looking at his bare feet.
"Uhh...what size do you wear?" I ask getting on the floor to get under the bed.
"13."
"In men's?!"
"No, in children's...of course in men's!"
I dug under the bed. There was plenty of junk from my grandfather that my grandma stuffed under here. I pulled out a pair of old hiking boots and checked the imprint on the soul. "Size 12."
"Fine." Hater said catching the boots as I threw them to him. He pulled them on and I opened the bedroom door and peeked out.
I didn't see my grandma in the hall or in the living room. I snuck across the hall and peeked in her bedroom, she was passed out on the bed. I went back to my bedroom and peeked in at Hatter. "If we creep down to the front door and make it look like we just arrived, she won't wonder why I'm suddenly in her house."
"We need to know why she knows about Wonderland." said Hatter pushing the door open on me.
"I know, but in good time. Come on."
I walked down the hall with Hatter behind me. We got down to the front door and I opened it and slammed it shut. "Hey, Grandma!" I yelled just like I had been coming over for a visit.
There wasn't a response. "Go sit in the kitchen Hatter." I went back to my grandma's room and shook her shoulder lightly. "Hey grandma."
She woke up with a start and looked up at me smiling. "Oh, hello Alice. Where have you been lately?" she asked sitting up on the edge of the bed.
"My phone was disconnected. I've been really busy with school as well." I lied and helped her stand up.
"It's so nice you dropped by." Grandma said while she teetered out of the room.
I followed at her side. "I brought a friend of mine over. I hope that's okay."
"Oh that's just fine. The more the merrier!" smiled grandma as she round the corner and into the kitchen.
When she saw Hatter she backed up against the fridge and clasped her hand over her mouth.
Hatter flailed in his chair, flipped backwards, and stood up with his hand over his heart. He bowed quickly. "Queen Heart." he said quietly.
"S-sir Theophilus H-hatter...I-I never..." sputtered Grandma.
I looked at the nealy comical scene unfolding in front of me. I didn't understand what was going on. "What?"
Hatter continued to bow and Grandma continued to stare at him as though she'd seen a ghost.
"I don't understand. Someone tell me what's going on." I said pulling Grandma's hand from her mouth. "Talk Grandma."
"Alice. Can I talk to you outside for a second?" Hatter asked gesturing towards the patio door behind him.
I walked out onto the patio with him and he shut the door behind him. "Why did you tell me your Grandma was the Queen of Hearts?!" He yelled.
I covered my ears and then looked up at him. "I don't know what your talking about. You said she was dead, how is my grandma the queen?"
"I don't know, but she is dead. Well she's supposed to be dead! I don't know why she's here, or what's going on!" Hatter said and pulled at his hair.
"Why did she call you Sir?"
Hatter looked down at me. "I was a knight a long time ago."
"How long ago? You aren't even that old!" I yell throwing my hands in the air. Could my life get anymore complicated?
"When I was 18. I was the last knight she swore under and I was her personal guard. I was fired three years before she died, and nobody could give me a reason. I found out that Harold, who was an Ace at the time, had given the order."
"That's why you didn't like him. That's why you didn't call him Hare, isn't it." I asked as Hatter sits down on a lopsided law chair.
"Yeah. I wasn't even allowed to go to her funeral, but Harold was."
I set my hand on his shoulder, he was clearly upset. "How do you know that she was burried with all of her stuff then?"
"When royalty dies in Wonderland, all of thier possesions are burried with them." said Hatter shrugging my hand off his shoulder.
My grandma opened the door and poked her head out. "We need to talk." she said very seriously and then shut the door.
Maybe she could clear up all of the confusion surrounding the situation...
END CHAPTER
Ohhhh....why is the queen still alive?
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