Alicia In Wonderland

Disclaimer: I don't own Alice in Wonderland

Author's Note: Couldn't wait any longer:) Here's Chapter 13! I know it's kind of short, but it's veryveryvery important to the final battle so please read and review! Actually, this chapter and the next chapter are very short, but the rest of them are longer, pinky promise:) So without further adieu, here is the Garden of Eating!

Chapter Thirteen: The Garden of Eating

Alison's Point of View

"You came back!"

I ran through the Red Garden to McTwisp, where I engulfed him in a hug.

"I promised, did I not?" he replied, shuffling his little legs nervously.

"Yes, but with the attack just two days away, I assumed you would have forgotten." I admitted sheepishly, looking down.

"You sound so blase about such a serious thing." McTwisp said.

"So what? What does blase mean?" I asked, confused.

"It seems like you don't care about an attack that will hurt so many people...your sister among them!" McTwisp explained.

"Ah! Alicia is here!" I exclaimed.

"Yes." McTwisp said.

"Come on, Mr. Rabbit! You'll be late for tea in the Garden of Eating!" I said, taking McTwisp by the hand (paw?) And leading him to my makeshift tea table.

"I see that you have real scones and tea this time." McTwisp noticed.

"Yes, well, my imagination got hungry." I explained.

"Indeed, it does tend to do that from time to time." McTwisp said, chuckling nervously.

"Grandma says that sarcasm isn't nice." I scolded.

"My apologies." McTwisp said.

"Thank you. You are forgiven. Now! One sugar or two, sir?"

"Two, please." McTwisp answered.

We sat in silence for a few moments.

"Look, Alison-" McTwisp began.

"Uh, uh, uh." I scolded. "Lady Kingsleigh."

"Sorry." he said nervously. "Uh, Lady Kingsleigh...please come back to Marmoreal with me!"

"No, Mr. Rabbit." I said slowly. "The White Queen would be very disser-pointed in me."

"No." McTwisp disagreed. "She'd be very, very proud of you!"

"Proud of me for deserting her? If anything, you should join us here! You're the one following the false queen, anyway." I said.

"Yes, but- wait...what?" McTwisp asked, confused.

"Don't you see? The White Queen is here with me, at the Castle of Hearts! The Red Queen is the one at Marmoreal."

"Darling," McTwisp said. "I believe you have your Queens mixed up."

"Think what you want, say what you may, but you'll never get my mind to sway." I recited, eating a bite of scone.

McTwisp sighed, and added more sugar to his tea.

"With all due respect, Mr. Rabbit, perhaps you would be less nervous all the time if you didn't consume quite so much sugar." I chuckled.

McTwisp blushed, and took a big sip of his 'tea' (aka, heart attack in a cup - twelve sugar cubes and counting!)

"Alison!"

I heard the Queen's booming voice.

"Hide, but don't leave!" I whispered frantically to McTwisp.

I watched him dart and hide behind a rose bush.

Then, the Queen came into view, and stopped right in front of me.

With red hair.

"Did you dye your hair with the Flounder Berry?" I asked her.

"What? Oh...yes. Yes, of course. I've already recruited our armada of Red Soldiers."

"Wonderful! You'll have your throne back in no time!" I shouted.

"Indeed." The Queen said. "But...I have yet to recruit a Champion."

"Who is Marmoreal's Champion?" I asked curiously.

"A young girl...her name is...Alicia, I believe?" The Queen answered.

My blood ran cold. Ice cold.

"No, no, that can't be right. Alicia isn't much of a...fighter." I said.

"I'm sorry...do you know her?" The Queen asked.

"She's my sister." I responded numbly.

"Perfect! Sister vs. Sister, just as it was with the Red Queen and I!" The Queen said.

"Huh?" I asked stupidly.

"You'll be my Champion, of course, won't you?"

I thought for a moment before saying, "Anything for you."

"Splendid! I'll prepare a suit of armor for you, and in two day's time, we will go forth to battle!" The Queen shouted happily.

"I won't have to...ride the Jabberwockey, will I?" I asked nervously.

"Of course you will dear! What, did you think it had a control panel?" The Queen asked, chuckling.

Sweat dewed on my brow, and my breathing quickened.

"But what will happen after Marmoreal is destroyed? You'll have nothing left to rule." I said.

"Of course I will! I will rebuild the empire completely, into a world of our own creation." The Queen responded.

"Oh." I said stupidly.

"You know Darling? You've proven so loyal to me...perhaps it is time for your coronation!" The Queen said.

"I'm sorry...my what?" I responded.

"I want you to be the Princess! You'd never have to submit unto anyone ever again! You would do as you please all the time, and never have to answer to any sibling or parent as long as you live. You would be free, my little one." The Queen said.

Free. The word echoed in my mind. All I wanted to be for so long was free to be the little girl I wanted to be. I didn't want to grow up too quickly, like Alicia or Mother. I wanted to have the freedom to make my own choices and do what was best for me.

The thought of becoming an adult before age nine is what made my decision.

"It would be my pleasure, my Queen."

"Oh, wonderful! I shall prepare you for battle immediately! And together, we will take Underland!"

I heard McTwisp gasp from behind the bush, and run off.

But the Queen was too caught up in her bitter glory to notice.

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~Peachy