Okay, I told you it would be a quicker update ;D I think some will like this chapter and you'll see why at the end ;)

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"So this castle is a thousand years old?" Alice asked, gazing up at the high ballroom ceiling.

"You wouldn't think so, but yes," the white queen smiled.

Just then Alice completely forgot where she was and how beautiful it was and remembered something – someone. Someone she hadn't seen since they arrived a few hours ago.

"Your highness," Alice started looking down at her feet.

"Call me Mirana, please," the queen smiled again, "We're more like sisters than a queen and her friend, and sisters call each other by name."

"Um, okay then, Mirana, thank you," Alice then continued, "Do you happen to know where Tarrant went off to?"

"Tarrant?" she raised her eyebrows – not shocked, intrigued, "Yes, I do. He's just upstairs and in the second bedroom on the left. We thought we would place you in the third on the left and so I simply had to place him next door. Go. Go and see him."

"Okay," Alice gave quick slight curtsy and then quickly shuffled away feeling the white queen's gaze the whole time. Alice was going to see him anyway, without Queen Mirana's suggestion.

As soon the ballroom doors shut behind her and the white queen couldn't see her eagerness, she broke in to a run and didn't slow down when she ascended the stairs. She was in such a rush she didn't notice McTwisp hopping down the staircase and nearly knocked him off of his feet. She called an apology over her shoulder as she reached the top and then turned left down the hallway, coming to the second bedroom door. She found the door a jar and so she peered in.

When she looked in she saw him. He was sitting on the bed staring at nothing in particular, away from her, toward the window. His famous top hat sat next to him. He wasn't talking to himself – no – he was deadly quiet and since she hadn't seen him smile in so long, she was becoming worried about him.

"Tarrant?" Alice called his name quietly but he heard her and gasped, shocked to find her there.

He shot up to his feet and turned to face her, "Alice! Did you get lost? Are you looking for someone? I'll take you to your room – it's just next door you know. It's nice too. I just checked for you – err, to make sure there weren't any, err, spiders and whatnot. I mean there was this one spider, but she was very cooperative. I asked ever so politely if she wouldn't mind moving her web in to the hallway instead and she obliged quite contently. But the room is lovely. I think you'll like it. It's not quite an Alice room but it's still very beautiful and probably very refreshing to wake up too –"

Alice giggled causing him to stop mid-sentence. He looked at her still filled with worry like usual, nowadays.

"Do you need something Alice? Are you looking for someone or are you lost?" he asked again.

Alice stepped in to the room and walked over to him, "I was looking for someone, but I found them."

"Oh…then why are you in my room?" he asked. Of course he wouldn't understand what she meant – he was worried, scared and a little confused at the moment.

Alice just chuckled to herself and then smiled up at him, "I mean you, Mr. Hightopp!"

He stared down her for a few short moments as if processing what she really meant. He then shook his head unable to understand – unable to read between the lines, "But…why? You saw me a little while ago, didn't you?"

Alice sighed and rolled her eyes, still smiling, "Yes, I did see you earlier but I wanted to see you again."

"…Why?" he asked again, looking at her as if she were as mad as him.

"Because…because…" Alice then realised she wasn't quite sure why. She just felt like she wanted to see him, like she needed to. She liked being with him and she liked seeing him happy. She had realised why she had found him a little annoying before – but she had also realised it was because she was being spoilt and couldn't get her own way. But when she saw how he was trying to see the situation through her eyes (when he let her try and speak with Eric), she decided that she was being extremely unfair. She decided to try and see the situation through his eyes and understood why he was acting so. Now that Alice had come to terms with that, all her feelings toward him had sprung right back in place. Where they had been fighting with the feeling of annoyance and now it was gone, the rush of emotion had come back full force and become so much stronger than before.

Alice gasped and he did too but he wasn't sure why. Alice realised why - she finally realised why she felt this way. She looked him in the eyes,, her face serious but featured with a brilliant smile that made the man's heart skip a beat.

"Tarrant Hightopp I came to find you because…well, because I love you!"


Ah, young love...well, actually I have no idea how old Tarrant is but I don't really care since apparantly he had a argument with Time but - oh well! It doesn't matter anyway! Tarrant and Alice are so cute together! ^_^

But bare in mind this story is also listed as a tradegy :p So I'll let you guys ponder on that - Haha! I'm so evil!

What will happen in the next chapter? Ooh! Updating soon! ;D

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