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Fandom: Alice in Wonderland 2010
Rating: R ( M )
Warning: Explicit content, do not read when under 18.
Pairing: Alice / Tarrant
Genre: General/Romance/Hurt/Comfort

Disclaimer: I don't own anything nor do I profit.

Written as a reply to : 2010_Alice_kink


I dreamed you


Wedding Bells

The White Queen looked quite distressed as she marched up and down the room.

"How could she have done this? Against my explicit orders... How could she? Is it that hard to obey? Being disloyal! With all the honour I've given to her. Now there will be no fun and no party."

Tally had just been dragged away by her guards. She was to be brought to the border of the land and was banished to the outlands. Her insolent behaviour could not be tolerated and therefore, for ruining such an important wedding, she had been punished heavily. It was etiquette and the queen had been left with no other choice.

She held her hand against her head and kept pacing to and fro.

McTwisp hurried to her side and raised his little paw again. He spoke rapid and tripped over his words because of the speed he used to pronounce them. "Ma'am? It's Alice! She's gone?"

Mirana turned to him in shock and gasped. With everything bad that had happened this news was something Mirana could hardly take. Their champion, who without her knowing it had been taken to her castle, had left without actually seeing and talking to her. Another impudent move. Behind her a sharp intake of breath could be heard as the hatter grew angry again. The black bags had formed again underneath his eyes and he roared angrily. His eyes were spread wide and had turned a golden colour instead of the usual frog-green tint.

Everyone present in the room took a step backwards to make room for the mad hatter as he came up close to Mirana.

"Gone?" Mirana looked at McTwisp before looking at Mallymkun again. She addressed the mouse in hopes to avoid talking to Tarrant. "Has anyone seen her? Where did she go to?"

Mallymkun shrugged carefully and looked up at her queen.

"This is just marvellous." The queen continued in her rage and desperation. "Now there will be no wedding! Alice is gone and our bride has been exiled to the Outlands." She turned and came face to face with the mad hatter, a devilish expression on his face as the dark circles seemed to indicate his dangerous mood. "Your cousin wasn't worth it. Now we shall never have the Hightopp clan alive."

Tarrant flinched inwardly. The White Queen had been insulting his cousin and blaming his love. And now she was saying his family would be extinct soon.

"They were our best people. The best people we had in our kingdom." Mirana stated sadly. The hatter tried to keep himself in control but could feel his sanity fading fast. His mind was racing and the only thought that started to echo inside his head was the name of his Alice.

"Tally is sent away." Mirana sighed sadly as she ignored the silent hatter, who stood brooding in front of her, and passed him to take place on her throne again. "Alice is gone."

Something snapped inside of Tarrant and he growled. His golden eyes looked up at the queen as if he was blaming her. And the queen, feeling his anger and madness, gestured to her guards to stand ready to protect her.

"Alice is gone?" He roared. The White Queen looked at her friend in fright. It was obvious to anyone that he had now definitely lost his mind. But instead of advancing on the queen he took a step backwards.

"Wait?" Mallymkun dared to say. "Where are you going?"

McTwisp quivered and quickly hid behind a chair. "To Alice," he piped, "he's going after Alice."

Tweedledum and Tweedledee, who had been standing to the right of the throne, finally spoke up. "But how will he know if he has the right Alice?"

"He must have the right Alice."

"He can't have the wrong one."

The queen watched the hatter as he had stopped in his tracks. She watched him closely as he stood with his back towards her.

Mallymkun tried again. "Are you going after Alice?"

She couldn't be far now, could she?

"Of course I'm going to go after her." He growled in his thick accent. "What do you take me for? That I should sit here, withering away like some kind of fool!"

He took his coat and put it on in one swift movement.

"My Alice is out there somewhere, on her own. Do you think I would just let it be like that?" The whole company looked at the hatter in awe as he stampeded out of the room, leaving them with the impression of a broken and dangerous man.

"Someone go after him or this will not end well." Mirana managed to utter as she steadied her crown on top of her white curls. Immediately Mallymkun nodded and dashed after the hatter, shortly followed by Chessur and Bayard. The cat snickered and the dog was panting due to his old age. They had to hurry to keep up with the tiny dormouse who was already disappearing from view.

Mirana slumped back into her chair again and looked at the twins. "It's a pity she left. Without Tally here, Alice would have been the only other suitable bride for Tarrant."

The twins looked at each other before looking at their queen again. It was clear by the expression on their faces that they had no idea what the queen was on about and how serious the matter really was.

"If only Alice had stayed." She pondered out loud. "Tarrant could have been married."