Okay, I thought this chapter would be the action chapter but no, this is the chapter that leads up to the action chapter ^^" ...hopefully... Anyway I promised you a quicker upload and a longer one too and that is what I present to you today ^_^ Hee!

Eric and Rosary were sitting next to each other. Eric had his eyes closed as he was still concentrating - even after more than twenty-four hours - and Rosary was sat beside him with her chin in her left palm, staring off in to the dark distance. Here she was with her brother and all he ever wanted to do was sit still in absolute silence. Rosary was with the one person she felt happiest with and now she felt more alone than ever.

She sighed and dared to speak, "Eric, please, you've been here for days now. Take a break and talk to me."

Rosary waited for him to reply but he didn't even move. Not even his blank facial expression changed.

She tried again, "Eric. Eric, c'mon now. Please don't ignore me. You know how sad I get when you don't listen to me...why are you ignoring me? It's usually because I have done something to provoke you and you refuse to act because you don't want to hurt me. I thank you for that, brother, but I don't want you to pretend I'm not here! Please!"

Still nothing.

"Eric!" she was beginning to get angry now, "What happened to you since you left? You seemed to have changed in some ways. You seem to have forgotten me! You're so determined to get back for a reason I don't understand...and that Alice! You're always talking about her! It's her, isn't it? Alice - the one! Well, I don't think she's that much of a big deal, myself, to be honest. To me she's nothing but a murderer that has cursed us all for God knows how many years! The Temple Guardian told me that it could be as long as the Jabberwocky's life if we're unlucky! So, I do not like her...Eric what's the matter with you?"

She stared at the boy who was completely still and unreacting. Rosary then realised that tears had formed in her eyes and already escaped down her cheeks, she growled and then shoved Eric's side hard, "I hate you!"

Eric's body fell sideways to the ground and then just lay there lifeless.

"You're asleep?" she shrieked, but then she gasped and shook her head, "No, no. It can't have worked! It can't! Or maybe...maybe it didn't work and..."

Just then Rosary watched in horror as her brother's body started to fade away. She gasped terrified and lunged at him but she couldn't grab him. Her hands flew straight through him and grasped a few blades of grass from the ground.

She stared, wide-eyed and teary, where her brother once was a few moments ago.

"His body is calm. He is back."

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Tarrant asked her for the tenth time.

Alice laughed softly as she climbed on to the back of the Bandersnatch, who had arrived later than everyone else after he woke up and realised the palace was deserted. Luckily he had found Alice's scent and followed it to the ancient castle and she was very happy to see him too. Of course, she asked him if he wouldn't mind helping with the new challenge and, of course, he agreed.

"Tarrant, I made a promise that I would help Eric and his family and that is what I am going to do," she then smiled sweetly, "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine as long as I think of seven impossible things before breakfast."

"Seven? Wasn't it six?" he asked a little confused.

"Not anymore. Seven - being in love with a mad man," she told him, making him smile up at her lovingly.

"Ah, okay!" his scottish accent suddenly kicked in, "Right then, let's grab out armour and get moving! On we go to central MoonCamp!" (A/N - I know that doesn't really sound very scottish-Tarrant but I have no idea what he would really say in that accent ^^" Heh. Just go with it for me ^_~ Thanks guys)

Everyone started walking, marching or even running in Mally's case, as she was so small.

Alice promised her friend she would save him and his people and now she was going to seal that promise.

"R-Rose? A-A-Alice?" Eric sat up slowly and looked around to see were he was. It was a bit hard to tell because of how blury everything looked. He then gasped and had a mini-spasm as pain writhed up and down his leg. It registered slowly on his brain but when he finally realised he cried out in agony. He breathed in and out taking slow deep breathes trying to calm down and adjust to the excruciating pain he was currently in.

Eric looked around again, his eyesight much more clearer now, and quickly realised where he was. He had walked through this way many times with Rosary when they were going to or going home from the temple. That's where Alice would eventually be, if not there already, so he decided to - at least try - and make his way there.

He knew it would be too much to stand, let alone walk there, so he attempted dragging himself across the cold forest grounds. It still caused him unimaginable agony but he kept thinking about the people he loved and why he had to get to the temple.

"Alice - I need to help you. Mallymkun -I need to tell you I'm sorry...Rosary...I need to save you, my little angel," he kept chanting through the pain and just thinking about these three girls he seemed to have grown attached to (one for obvous reasons) helped him to stay focus on his goal of reaching his destination.

Hopefully - if I haven't missed anything out or messed anything up - I will have the next chapter as the action-packed (but-not-so-action-packed because I'm not good at writing about action) part of the story.

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