CH 21
"Lily!" James tried to run after her but Angel stood in his way. "Move, I have to go save her!" He practically growled at the wolf.
"James we aren't going to save her by barging in there! We might make it worst for her." Brandon tried to rationalize. Sam was holding James back as much as he could. Crystal and Tiffany were trying to keep the queen from running off as well.
"Crystal, Tiffany, don't hold me back from my daughter!" The queen raised her voice which she had never done to someone before. Tiffany looked up at the worried mother.
"She told us to stay and we have to do what she tells us." Her voice was soft.
"She doesn't tell me what to do, I tell her." Mirana softly argued.
"Alright!" Brandon threw up his arms and stomped off. They all watched him.
"Brandon, where are you going?" Crystal began to follow after him along with Tiffany.
"Absolem" After that everyone was following him to the garden.
"Alright Absolem tell me how to help my girlfriend!" James snapped. The caterpillar continued his smoking as calmly as ever. The queen stepped forward.
"Absolem, it would be most helpful if you could tell us how to save Lily." Her voice was soft but anxious. He blew out the smoke.
"You need help?" He calmly questioned.
"Duh, that's why we came to you." Crystal was now agitated. They watched as he sucked in more smoke.
"Wait for two days." The smoke streamed out of his mouth. With that the queen glided off. Tiffany and Brandon followed after her.
"Your majesty?" Tiffany gently touched the queen's arm. It took her a moment until she turned around.
"Yes Tiffany?" she weakly smiled.
"You don't have to worry; Lily is really good at handling these kinds of situations and James always finds a way to save her." She encouraged. The queen said nothing but instead hugged Tiffany.
"Thank you Tiffany." She wiped away a tear "Now I do believe you all are hungry." They followed her into the kitchen.
The Red Queen's Castle
The Bandersnatch carried me all the way to my impending doom. The kingdom wasn't nearly as pleasant as my mother's. He began to walk through to the red castle. The people around us were very strange with deformities such as large noses or ears. Once we made it to the stairs, card soldiers and those hideous devil creatures surrounded us. They all split apart for the Knave of Hearts to pass by.
"Ah, Lily of Marmoreal, you have no idea how hard you are to capture." His grin reached his eye path.
"Guess it's from running away from fans all that time. I am very famous you know." I couldn't help but grin back.
"Yes, indeed." He mumbled but loud enough for me to hear. "Guards" He snapped his fingers.
He began to walk into the castle as the guards pulled me off the Bandersnatch. I wish very afraid of even touching the same ground as those devil creatures, but I didn't have a choice. The Bandersnatch growled and was taken away to a small shed like structure. I guessed that was where they kept him. The card guards tied my hands together and dragged me along behind Knave. We came to a large throne room and I was stopped in the middle while the Knave continued further to a woman whose back was facing me. He whispered something in her ear. When she turned around my mouth dropped open.
"Ah Lily, my niece, so nice to finally meet you. Oh surprised to see me?"
"Well there isn't much to see considering your large head taking up all the attention." She turned blood shot read and I could hear snickering around me.
"SILENCE!" Her voice was a high pitch then she seemed rather hurt at my comment. Her head was very large and the blue eye liner didn't help much. "I won't harm you seeing as I need you alive."
"For what?" I tried to act as calm as possible but deep down inside I was freaking out.
"Why to take over all of Underland of course, but I need you to find something for me." She mischievously grinned.
"What's that?"
"Magic." She clapped her hands and they led me away.
They led me down some dark stairs. It was getting colder the further down we went. One of the cards lit a torch and I could finally see. It was a dungeon.
"Put her in there." A card pointed to the jail cell. They opened it up and threw me in then left.
"L-Lily?" A shaky voice whispered.
"Yeah and who are you?" I still couldn't see but I saw something white moving. "Nivins! Is it really you?" I pulled away to look at him. He was absolutely terrified.
"It's so god to see you. Have you seen your mother yet?" He shook as he looked around the room.
"Yes I have, but I am going to need you to help me now. You need to go find help to get me out of here, but be careful of the Bandersnatch, can you do this Nivins?" He was shaking and breathing rapidly. "Nivins I really need you." He looked at me with wide eyes.
"I can Lily." His voice wasn't very confident but when he said he could do it then he wasn't lying. I took out two hair pins from my pocket and began to pick is lock around his foot. It clicked and fell off.
"There through that hole. It should lead to the courtyard. Good luck Nivins." He took one last glance at me and was gone. I was alone in the Red Queen's castle.
Nivins
The rabbit crawled through the hole. He couldn't let her down, he just couldn't. Card soldiers past by the hole and he ducked back in. Once he saw an opening he hopped as fast as he could. He had to get help, but whom? An idea came to him and he ran off into the forest. He sniffed at the ground and his ears twitched at every sound. He didn't have much time, for if the queen found out he was gone, Lily could get into big trouble.
He found the entrance to a hole, but it didn't lead down, it led up. The Abovelands were bound to have someone he could get to help. This had to be it. He went in and climbed up. Already an hour had passed. He climbed and climbed until he saw light to the Aboeland.
He peeked through and saw bushes of roses, white roses. He hopped out and hid around the bushes. She had to be here she just had to. There were tons of people all dressed up. In the center of attention was a man proposing to a lady. She had a blue dress on and her blonde hair came past her shoulders. The girls looked around for a moment and saw Nivins.
"Excuse me, I need to think." She ran off towards the rabbit.
Nivins led her to the tree to the hole. He hopped down with her following behind. Here comes the help he had been searching for. He made it out of the hole.
Red Queen's Castle
It had now been 3 hours and I was getting nervous. My heart was pounding. I hear some rustling noises and glanced over at the hole in the wall.
"Nivins, you came back." I was so relieved he had come back for me.
"Of course Lily, I found you some help as well." He looked around as if something was coming at him.
"Are you alright Nivins?" He took in a deep breath and feinted. "Oh dear." What was I to do now?