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FINALLY! The battle is in this chapter! WOOHOO!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING; not Alice in Wonderland or any of its characters!
The White Queen tried to keep her smile but it was so hard! She walked outside of her castle and asked if anyone would be her champion and slay the Jabberwocky. Of course people volunteered like the Mad Hatter and Chessur but not Alice. She told McTwisp to unroll the calendar and as she expected, Alice was the one shown fighting the Jabberwocky. The White Queen frowned as her demon rose up once again and told her that she should kill the Jabberwocky to show everyone what their precious queen really was. The White Queen hushed the demon and forced it back down, with much too effort for her liking.
The White Queen looked around and didn't find Alice in the crowd, Where is she? As if on cue, the doors behind her burst opened and the Bandersnatch ran to her, stopping right in front of the queen. The queen wasn't even paying attention to the giant creature for her eyes were glued on who rode on its back. Alice slid off the Bandersnatch and walked to her queen. She bowed and said, "I'm sorry that I am late."
The White Queen didn't say anything to Alice. Her throat was too clogged with hundreds of emotions. Alice who was still kneeling in front of her, wearing the suit of armor that was in her throne room. Alice held onto the shield with her left arm and strapped to her waist was the Vorpal Sword. Even though it was sheathed the queen could still feel its power radiating but she couldn't really pay much attention to the sword. To her, Alice never looked so beautiful and so powerful.
Alice began to panic when her queen didn't say anything to her for awhile. Rising her head but making sure her eyes were trained on the queen's chest as it was an insult to look royalty in the eye, even though she broke that rule numerous times before, Alice asked, "My queen?"
The White Queen snapped out of her trance and smiled down at Alice, "Rise my dear." Alice did as she was told and everyone clapped and cheered, "Alice the champion!" Alice looked at her queen and whispered, "Its starting isn't it?" The White Queen nodded, her eyes scanning the crowd, wondering who will come back at the end of the day.
Alice looked too and was pleased when the hatter smiled up at her. She looked to her right and saw the White Queen getting on her horse, "Come Alice, there is a battle that we must win." Alice nodded with determination even though her stomach was doing flips with fear and anticipation. She walked to the Bandersnatch and looked him in the eye. He nodded and laid down, bringing his height down enough so Alice can climb his back. She looked at him and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?" The Bandersnatch huffed and pointed at his left eye, making Alice smile. "An eye for an eye huh?" The Bandersnatch made noises that almost sounded like he was laughing. Alice went to his side and climbed on his back.
Alice looked to her right and asked, "Am I to follow you?" The White Queen nodded and her face fell grim, "Alice if- if something goes wrong then I wanted you to know that-" Alice interrupted her by laughing. The White Queen looked incredibly at Alice who explained, "And everyone says I lost my muchiness. Everything will be alright with a little wishful thinking." The White Queen blushed, knowing that Alice knew that when she brew the potion for Alice when they first met, the wishful thinking was actually her spit (In the book the last ingredient for the normal size potion is wishful thinking- I think- and in the movie the last ingredient was the White Queen spitting into the potion so I decided to combine the two. Sorry if I actually got this wrong).
The White Queen was the first to leave the castle. Alice followed right behind her and looked back to see her friends right behind her and chess soldiers following them. The ride was a silent one, everyone wondering if they would see their love ones again. Alice rode up beside the White Queen and asked, "Do you really think that I could defeat the Jabberwocky?" The White Queen turned her head and said, "If I didn't I would've said no to you when you asked to be my champion." Alice huffed, "I didn't exactly ask my queen." The White Queen retorted, "And I didn't exactly answer Alice. Now look sharp, we're here!"
Without even realizing it, Alice and the others reached the battlefield. Alice was taken aback by it; she expected anything, everything except this. The battlefield was a giant chess board with remains of a castle on the left side of them. In front of the White Queen's army was the Red Queen's. Alice growled when she saw the Knave of Hearts. She glanced and saw her queen's eyes briefly go red as she bared her teeth and looked almost animalistic, a creature that could not possibly be the White Queen. It became obvious to Alice that her queen was remembering what she said about the Knave of Hearts trying to seduce her.
Alice heard laughter coming from the other side of the chess board. The laughter made the small hairs on the back of Alice's neck stand up for the laughter was not that of someone who heard a joke or that of an innocent child. No, the laughter had more malice Alice had to think of the correct word to describe it. Only someone who is drunk on power and borderline insane could make such a terrible sound. Alice looked to where the laughter came from and wasn't surprised when it turned out that it was the Red Queen, Iracebeth. Instead of looking at the army her sister held, the Red Queen stared at her sister, smiling knowingly.
The White Queen and Red Queen walked toward each other to meet in the middle of the battlefield. The Red Queen smiled again, "Well well well. It seems that my dear little sister isn't all that innocent after all." The White Queen's eyes flashed red for a moment before she took a deep breath and pleaded, "Please sister. We don't have to fight." The Red Queen stepped forward and got into her little sister's face, "Oh but you do want to fight don't you Mirana." The Red Queen whispered into Mirana's ear, "I know that you've broken your vow not to harm any living creature. I wonder though, who did you kill?" The White Queen snapped, "I didn't kill anyone." She took a deep breath and held out her hand toward her big sister, "Please just stop this. Its not too late." The Red Queen yelled, "NO! I will not be manipulated like mother and father! This is my quarrel! JABBERWOCKY!"
Everyone watched in horror as the Jabberwocky seemed to materialize out of the shadows. He was more gruesome than Alice could have thought possible. Even the Bandersnatch looked like a fluffy kitten compared to this monster. The Jabberwocky made its way to the middle of the battlefield. He sneered at the White Queen and asked, "Is this truly why you've woken me from my slumber?" The Red Queen ignored the Jabberwocky's question and looked at her younger sister, "Now you've met my champion. Where is yours?"
The White Queen could not say let alone do anything. She was captivated by the Jabberwocky's eyes, so full of hate and bloodlust, much like her own when her demon rises to the surface. Alice slid off the Bandersnatch and walked up to stand beside her queen, "I'm right here." The Red Queen just gave her a glance, "Hello Um." Alice shook her head, "Its Alice you hateful bi-" "Alice! Language!" Alice laughed when her queen snapped out of her trance just in time to stop Alice from calling her sister a bitch and lecture her about it.
Alice looked up at the Jabberwocky and gulped. Everyone expects me to kill THAT! The Jabberwocky lowered his head and the two queen's went back to their respective sides. The Jabberwocky breathed in Alice's scent and said in disgust, "Hello my old foe." Alice raised her shield and took out the Vorpal Sword, rewarding her a hateful hiss from the Jabberwocky, "Sorry but I don't think we've met." The Jabberwocky laughed, "I wasn't speaking to you insignificant wielder, I was talking about the sword." Alice saw her chance and swung the blade, effectively cutting off the Jabberwocky's tongue, "Enough talk."
The Jabberwocky howled in pain and the White Queen flinched at its volume. She watched as Alice and the creature faught, feeling fear as the Jabberwocky almost cooked her champion. Alice was obviously stuggling, having to dodge every attack the Jabberwocky made and not being able to get in an attack of her own. Alice panted, "Six impossible things. Say them Alice. One; there is a potion that can make you shrink." The Jabberwocky breathed out fire and Alice lunged to the side, big mistake. The Jabberwocky was only distracting Alice with the fire and whirled his body around, hitting Alice with his spiked tail. Unfortunately for Alice, one of the spikes went through her shield and another went through her left side. She flew five feet and landed among the castle ruins and her shield went flying ten feet away from her. Alice rolled onto her side, "Two; there is a cake that can make you grow."
The Jabberwocky drew in air and was about to make Alice barbecue. Alice closed her eyes and waited for painful death but was surprised when the Jabberwocky blew out fire, not at her but in the air! Glancing at the side, she saw the Mad Hatter with a sword in his hands with the blade deep within the monster's tail. The Jabberwocky growled and began to move toward the hatter. As he was distracted, Alice was able to grab the Vorpal Sword that she dropped during the hit and slashed at the Jabberwocky's right hind leg. She could vaguely hear the Red Queen screaming, "The hatter interfered! Off with his head!" and could see both armies joining in the fight. Alice glanced at the Red Queen, "Three; animals can talk."
I need to end this now before someone or something hurts my queen. Alice slashed at the Jabberwocky's hand as he brought it down and successfully cut off its fingers. The Jabberwocky swiped at Alice and sent her flying to the stairs of the ruin castle's tower. Alice gasped for breath and said, "Four; cats can disappear." Alice ran up the stairs as the Jabberwocky swiped at her. Alice dodged his attacks as she recited the fifth impossible thing, "Five; There's a place called Wonderland." The Jabberwocky climbed up the tower and waited for Alice to follow, knowing that she wouldn't dare try to back out of the fight now. Alice ran up the last of the stairs and was greeted by the Jabberwocky's teeth, snapping not a hair's length away from her face. Alice brought the sword down and cut deeply into the monster's cheek, even taking out his right eye, "Six; I can slay the Jabberwocky."
The Jabberwocky howled in pain and swiped at Alice's feet but she jumped back just in time. Alice ran to the side and jumped, swinging the Vorpal Blade down, trying to cut at the beast's side. The Jabberwocky saw the attack lifted his arm to whack at the flying Alice. Alice saw as the arm lifted and kicked at it, gaining enough momentum to land on the Jabberwocky's back. Alice crawled forward as the Jabberwocky bucked trying to throw her off. After grueling seconds Alice reached his neck. The Jabberwocky finally bucked hard enough to send Alice flying into the air. Alice grabbed her sword with both hands and screamed, "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!" As she fell back to earth Alice brought the sword down and cut through the neck.
The Jabberwocky's head thumped and rolled down the stairs and stopped at the feet of the Red Queen. She glared at it and then at Alice who looked down at the still battlefield for everyone stopped fighting to stare at the White Queen's champion. Slowly Alice brought her sword up and screamed, "ONE, TWO! ONE, TWO! AND THROUGH AND THROUGH! THE VORPAL BLADE WENT SNICKER-SNACK!" Alice then looked directly at the Red Queen and said just loud enough for her to hear, "And the Jabberwocky shall never be coming back."
The Red Queen stared at Alice and didn't notice her crown being lifted off her head, at first. She looked up to see her crown floating in the air for a bit until the White Queen walked forward, a slight limp in her step. Alice's throat clogged with fear when she saw her queen's left side of her dress ripped opened. She could see her queen's left leg and the gash that seeped out blood. The crown was placed on the White Queen's head and it seemed to transform. Instead of the gold and opened crown it was now white and much more beautiful. Alice smiled at her queen who ignored her and stared at the Red Queen.
"Iracebeth Crum." The White Queen did not speak angrily or shout but everyone, including the Red Queen, flinched at the power within the voice. The White Queen continued, "For the crimes you have committed against the people of Wonderland you should be sentenced to death." Everyone gasped at what the queen said except for Alice and the Red Queen because unlike everyone else they knew that the queen had already broken her vow. The White Queen waited for the whispering to die down, "But because it is against my vows, I will not have you executed like you did to all those innocent people." The Red Queen looked angrily at her younger sister and asked, "So what? Just a slap on the wrist? Sit in time out for an hour? Don't pass go and collect $200?" (I know they don't have Monopoly in Wonderland but I couldn't resist :P)
The White Queen shook her head and said, "Your punishment is banishment. No one will talk to you, no one will do you any kindness, and you will not, I repeat will not come anywhere near Wonderland." The Knave of Hearts walked over to the White Queen, "I hope that you do not bear me any ill will." The White Queen looked at him and lightly touched her wounded leg, "As a matter of fact I don't." The Knave of Hearts smiled for a moment until the White Queen added, "But you did harm the White Queen, rightful ruler of Wonderland and for that you must be punished. You will be chained to my sister and share the same punishment as her." Before he could react, a card soldier chained his arm as a rook soldier chained the Red Queen's arm so they would be stuck together.
The Red Queen looked up and said, "At least we are together." The Knave of Hearts yelled out and grabbed a dagger trying to kill the Red Queen. Before it was brought down, a sword was there to deflect it, the force causing the dagger to fly out of the Knave's hand. Looking at the wielder of the sword, he found Alice staring back at him, "Consider that as payback for hurting my queen." The Red Queen screamed out that he tried to kill her as the Knave begged for someone to kill him when they were being dragged away.
Alice ran to her queen as she fell to her knees. Alice wrapped an arm around her, "My queen!" The White Queen smiled and said, "It is nothing." She pulled Alice close to her and whispered into her ear, "I will consider the wound on my leg as payback for hurting you before." Alice laughed and whispered back, "I already told you that I forgave you." The White Queen struggled to stand up with Alice supporting her. When they stood up they both looked at the hatter. He began to dance and Alice asked, " What on earth is he doing?" The Chesire Cat appeared by Alice's shoulder wearing his signature smile, "The Futterwhacken."
They watched the hatter complete his dance and the White Queen tapped on Alice's shoulder, pointing with the other hand to the Jabberwocky's head. Alice nodded and helped the queen make her way there. She grabbed a vial from a pocket in her dress and bent at the knees, gasping in pain and falling ungracefully. Luckily only Alice and Chessur noticed this. Chessur disappeared and reappeared to look at the wound at the queen's leg. He looked sadly at his queen and said, "This is too deep for me to heal properly."
The three of them heard loud paw steps and looked behind them to see the Bandersnatch padding toward them. He had a very deep gash in his left upper arm and was limping. He limped to his queen and bent his head bowing to her. The White Queen nodded and the Bandersnatch looked at the wound. He bent his head and licked at the wound, causing the queen to giggle when the tongue tickled her. When the Bandersnatch pulled his head back, the gash on her leg was gone. Mirana lightly touched the skin and smiled up at the Bandersnatch. The Bandersnatch huffed his welcome and limped to Alice, who petted his head and told him how good he was.
The White Queen's attention went back to the severed head. She held the vial under one of its teeth and collected the blood dripping, gagging at the stench. Alice laughed and the queen good naturally stuck her tongue out at her. Chessur and the Bandersnatch shared glances and both had the same thing on their minds; that the queen was acting very different around Alice.
The White Queen collected enough blood and walked to Alice, "With this, you will go back to your own world." Alice grabbed the vial and looked at the blood. She pressed the vial to her lips and was about to drink its contents. The hatter cleared his throat and Alice lowered the vial as he said, "You could always stay here with us you know." Alice glanced at the White Queen who was looking anywhere but Alice. Alice looked back at the vial and then at all her new friends, her gaze lasting longest on the queen even though she still did not look at Alice but at the floor.
Alice weighed her options and made up her mind. She walked over to the White Queen and her friends and said, "I have things to finish and do back in my world." Everyone nodded their understanding and the queen felt her heart break. Alice was the only one that calmed her when the demon rose within her. If she left, the queen's mind skirted away from that thought. She would just have to bear with it and hope that her sanity will not crack.
Alice continued while looking at her queen, "But there are also things that I must finish and do here." The White Queen's head snapped up and looked at Alice but it was the hatter who asked, "So are you staying?" Alice nodded and smiled, not at the hatter but at the queen. Again Chessur and the Bandersnatch exchanged glances and Chessur just put a claw to his mouth and made a shh sound, telling the Bandersnatch not to say anything. The White Queen walked gracefully to Alice who knelt down and bowed her head, "Then from now on you, Alice Kingsleigh, will be my champion and my guardian!" Everyone cheered as the queen grabbed Alice's hand and pulled it to get her to stand. The cheering though, abruptly stopped when Alice fell over with a hand at her bleeding left side and took a shaky breath. She passed out looking at her queen's worry face. The last thing she heard was the White Queen screaming, "ALICE!"
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Two chapters in one day. I'm on a role!