Chapter 11: The Croquet Game and the Mock Turtle, Griffin, and Lobster
At an open field where there are multiple sticks sticking from the ground with color rings on it. The Queen of Hearts along with Duchess Stella are at the field and ready to play a game of croquet. The queen and the Duchess are holding different colored flamingos. The Queen is holding a pink one while the Duchess is holding a white one. On the ground are hell hedgehogs in different colors: red, black, blue, white, pink, gray, and silver.
"Where is the King. He should be here by now," Duchess Stella says.
"I already sent Moxxie Rabbit to fetch him, he should be here in a sec," The Queen says.
Then turns to see the King of Hearts and Moxxie Rabbit, "And there they are, and…"
However, the Queen of Hearts frowns to see Blitz is with them.
The King of Hearts walks up and says, "Hello Duchess, it's a pleasure for you to join us."
"Charmed?" Duchess Stella says, expressing a calm and firm tone.
"And I see you capture the fugitive who let three others get away," The Queen says.
Then commands, "Quick, take him to the dungeon and off with his head!"
"Now now, majesty, you shouldn't be too hard on him," The King of Hearts says,
"Yeah. You shouldn't try to cup anyone's head because of some roses that were planted by mistake. You can always replant them," Blitz adds.
"So, I am the queen, so what I say goes. They shouldn't have fucked up if they know what's good for them," The Queen sternly says, glaring at the Imp.
"What?!" Blitz asks, annoyed.
"In my kingdom, everything goes my way. And rule one in the croquet game, I always win," The Queen says.
"What kind of rule is that?" Blitz demands.
"My rule," The Queen says.
Blitz groans in frustration. To him, there is no getting through to her.
"Come now, Queen, why not play a little croquet. Blitzy agreed to play the game with us," The King of Hearts says.
"Blitzy?" Blitz mutters with a groan.
Then thinks, "It's weird enough when Stolas calls me that."
The Queen of Hearts frowns and yet answers, "Fine. He may join us. Grab a croquet mallet and a croquet ball and we'll begin."
"Okay, where are they?" Blitz asks.
Moxie Rabbit brings the hell flamingos and hedgehogs, "Here they are."
"Uh… those are flamingos and hedgehogs?" Blitz says, confused.
"Here in Wonderland, the flamingos are the croquet mallet and the hedgehogs are the balls," The King answers.
Blitz thinks, "I may not play croquet, but even I know you don't use animals as equipment. However, this place is different from Hell, so I'll just play along."
"Uh alright," Blitz says.
He then takes the red flamingo and the red hedgehog. Stolas takes the blue flamingo and the blue hedgehog.
The Queen shouts, "Take your places!"
Soon, multiple Succubus and Incubus, with numbers and symbols on their clothes gather around the open field. A few gather some flamingos and hedgehogs of their own, while the rest act as tunnels for the croquet balls to go through. Soon, a lot of the Succubus and the Incubus begin to play. The King and Queen of Hearts, and the Duchess begin to play as well. Blitz is standing by with a confused expression.
"This has to be the weirdest game I've ever seen," Blitz says to himself.
He sighs and says, "I guess I better take a swing at it."
Blitz then positions himself and places the flamingo on the ground. He then watches how the King swings his croquet mallet and tries to hit the hedgehog. He raises the flamingo in the air, but it sags as it laughs. Blitz notices it and tries to grab it from the top of the neck and tries to hit it from the ground. He's about to hit it, but the flamingo raises its legs in the air, taking Blitz up. Some of the players stop to notice and begin laughing.
Blitz grits his teeth and angrily says, "Listen you stupid bird, do you want us both to lose our heads or make a fool of me."
The bird laughs as he nods his head.
"Well, I do not," Blitz answers, as he plays the bird on it's back.
Just then, the bird then topples Blitz and they roll on the ground. Then, the bird tries to fly away, but Blitz grabs it's ankle. Soon, the players and everyone else begin laughing at him. They soon notice something and begin to laugh even harder, catching the King, Queen, and Duchess' attention. Soon, they begin to laugh as well. Turns out the flamingo has Blitz laying on the ground and holds him on his ankles, like he's going to use him as the mallet. Blitz crosses his arms in frustration and doesn't find this humorous at all.
And Blitz has reached his limits, "Alright! That's it!"
Blitz then grabs the Flaming by the next as he stands up. Aggressively place the hedgehog on the ground, Then swing the flamingo at the hedgehog, sending it rolling. The players watch as the hedgehog rolls. The beings act as tunnels move out of the wave, fearing they'll be hit. Then the hedgehog hits the stump of the rose bush and a rose falls to the ground, causing more laughter.
The King walks over to Blitz with laughs, "I must admit, that is a funny display."
"Yeah, well I sure didn't find it funny," Blitz says, crossing his arms and turns away from the king.
"Aww, don't think it's so bad," The King says, and places his black claws on his shoulders.
Blitz soon becomes confused to feel his claws on his shoulders. Then turns around to see the King of Hearts giving him a gentle and calm smile. The King then places his hand on Blitz's shoulder and around his waist.
"You do seem rather frustrated. I can imagine you have a stressful time today. If you like, maybe you can. I can sit down for some tea and some tarts," The King of Hearts says.
Blitz blushes a bit and tries to remain calm, "Uh, yeah. Uh sure. I mean, sure. I don't see why not."
Suddenly, they hear someone shout, "Hey!"
Then they turn their heads to see the queen of hearts.
"Are you two going to keep playing or stand there flirting with one another?" The Queen questions with a stern look on her face.
"Not me. I'm done with this game," Blitz answers.
Then blushes a bit, "And I was flirting with him either?" then steps back from the King of Heart's grip.
"Well, if that's the case, to keep you from making that hilarious and yet totally stupid display, you'll have to be put away so you won't distract us," The Queen says.
"Say what?!" Blitz asks, shocked.
Then the queen commands, "Guards, take him to the dungeon!"
"Are you serious?! Why would I want to be put in a dungeon?! It's not like I meant for that mess to happen," Blitz exclaims and sees the guards approaching him.
Blitz then begins to run away as the guards chase him. He doesn't know if he should be relieved that the queen isn't going to have his head cut off this time, or that he's being sent to the dungeon. Either way, Blitz doesn't want to take any chances, and continues to run away from the guards.
Soon enough, Blitz is no longer at the King and Queen's castle, and finds himself at a rocky beach. Luckily, he is able to lose the card soldiers. He places his hand on one of the rocks and takes deep breaths after all the running he has done.
"That was too close. That queen has a worse personality than Verosika," Blitz says to himself.
"Sounds like you got on the queen's bad side," A voice says.
Blitz turns to the direction of the voice to see what looks like Sallie Mae, Millie's sister, wearing a turtle shell, and the bandana on her head is a dark green color.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Blitz asks.
"I'm the Mae Turtle, what does it look like I am," The Imp turtle answers.
"Uh yeah. So what are you doing here?" Blitz asks.
"Just waiting for the Griffon and the Lobster to show up, and here they are," The Mae Turtle says, pointing behind them.
Blitz turns around to see the Griffon and the Lobster. Although, they look more like Imp with body parts of a griffon and a lobster. One of them is tall that has griffon wings, beak, and claws, and paws. The second has antennae and claws like a lobster. In fact, the two Imps seem to look like two of Millie's brothers.
"Okay, so what are you up to?" Blitz asks.
"We're just going to lounge around and relax at the beach," Mae Turtle says.
The griffon and the lobster lay down close to the stone and relax as well.
"So uh, anything else you're going to do other than sit down bored," Blitz says.
Mae Turtle thinks a bit, "Hmm… not really."
Blitz groans and says, "Talk about boring. I should have stayed at the stupid croquet match than being stuck here doing nothing."
"Come on, don't be such a downer. You need to relax for a while," Mae Turtle says.
"But I don't have any time to relax and all that shit, I've been walking all over those insane places, changing sizes, being chased away by flowers, and the Queen's soldiers. I'm about to climb the wall if anything else happens," Blitz says, irritated and stressed.
The Lobster says, "Sounds like you had quite an ordeal. Maybe relaxing here will work."
"Yeah. A good sleep will be good," The griffon adds.
Blitz sighs and says, "Fine. I guess I could use a rest after all that running."
Blitz then walks to the rock where the three are at and lays his back on the large stone wall. Blitz sighs and begins to feel rather relaxed. After the long adventure he has, he could use some relaxation.
"I guess laying here relaxing isn't so bad after all," Blitz says to himself.
Blitz continues to feel relaxed after the craziness he has endured until he hears the sounds of loud trumpets. Blitz sits up and the others hear the trumpet playing as well.
"What the fuck is going on?" Blitz wonders to himself.
Then he begins to hear voices saying, "The trial's starting. The Trial's starting. The Trial is about to begin."
"A Trial?" The Griffin replies.
"A trial, huh. Worth checking out," Mae Turtle says, getting off the rock and making her way to the trial.
"Sounds interesting, let's go," The lobster says.
Blitz becomes confused, "I thought you wanted to relax."
"Who cares, there's a trial going on," Mae Turtle says.
Then asks, "You wanna come."
"Aw what the heck," Blitz answers, shrugging his shoulders.
With that, he follows the three to the trial, and isn't sure what to expect.