Disclaimer: I do not own Alice in Wonderland, nor anything that has to do with the movie. But this idea, I do own.
Author's Notes: Please read and review. I hope you like it.
Lost In The Storm Of Madness
Chapter 5
Mirana walked towards the workshop with Alice walking right behind her. Her hands raised, she walked into the workshop. Tarrant sat in the workshop, hat on, covering his eyes as he worked on stitching up one of his newest designs.
She said kindly "Tarrant? Someone wishes to see you."
Averting his attention from his work, Tarrant replied "A guest? Not that I don't like guests…actually guests are nice, good comfort from solitary…very nice to talk with…" he went on in his mad drabble.
"Hatter!" Alice exclaimed, a smile on her face.
Surprised, Hatter's lips formed an 'O' shape. "Alice? You're the guest?"
Nodding, Alice smiled. "But I see you can't see me now…" she said.
Tarrant shook his head. "No, no" he disagreed, "Of course you're welcome…you are always welcomed here…small, big, or perfect Alice size…you're welcome here…yes, yes!"
Alice laughed softly, and chirped "Hatter!"
Blushing, Hatter said "I'm fine…" Standing, Hatter walked towards Alice. He looked her up and down, left and right, before studying her eyes.
"What are you doing?" she asked, giggling softly under her breath.
"I'm waiting for you to disappear" whispered Tarrant.
Not quite understanding, Alice's voice portrayed hurt. "What?"
"You see," explained Tarrant, "my mind tends to play terrible, mean tricks on me, but you don't seem to be another trick of my mind. Are you real?"
"Oh" whispered Alice in understanding, "I'm very real." She rubbed his cheek gently, smiling. "See?" He only nodded, not taking his gaze away from her eyes.
Looking deeply into her eyes, Tarrant whispered "You're late for tea, you know?" he chuckled softly, "Naughty."
Alice laughed, and looked around the room. "I am?" she asked, "But I don't see the tea?"
"That's because it's where it belongs" he answered.
"Where?"
Shrugging, he replied as if it was the most obvious thing in all of Underland, "The tea party of course!"
Smiling, Alice said "If the tea is there, what are we doing standing here?"
"You're right…the tea is getting cold. Cold tea won't do. No, no." Tarrant said, nodding, while at the same time walking around the room, collecting his things.
Alice watched in him move around the room in amusement. When he was done, she walked towards the door, and opened it.
"Shall we?" she asked, holding out her hand for him.
"We shall." he said, grasping his hand in hers. As a thought came to him, he asked "But what about the Queen?"
"What about the Queen?" she asked.
"Surely, she will object to her royal hatter taking a day off on the job." explained Tarrant.
Nodding, Alice glanced around. "Oh! There she is!" exclaimed Alice, pointing at the queen as she walked by. "Mirana!"
Stopping, Mirana smiled in greeting. "Alice, Tarrant. What can I do for you, Alice?" she asked.
"I was wondering, if Hatter" Alice spoke, pointing at Tarrant. "could take some time off to have a tea party with me."
Mirana nodded. "But of course!" she replied, "He's been in there for so long, I was about to command he take a walk."
Alice bowed in thanks. "Thank you, Mirana!"
"Least I can do for the champion" replied the queen, "Now, I must really be off." She said, glancing at a golden pocket watch, which the White Rabbit had given her for her birthday two years ago. "Farefarren, Alice, Tarrant." She said, and walked down the hall, disappearing into a room.
Turning back to Tarrant, Alice said "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go."
"Let's." he agreed.
As they walked towards the tea party, they talked about the years that they had been separated.
"Wait let me get this straight" Tarrant said, interrupting Alice in the middle of her story telling. "You were on a ship, a mysterious storm comes, and then before you know it you were back in Underland?" he asked.
She nodded. "Yes, that's exactly it."
"But if there was no rabbit hole, how?" asked Tarrant. "I would think that without the rabbit hole, that it would be more than impossible to enter Underland."
Alice shrugged. "It's only impossible if you believe it so."
Tarrant chuckled. "I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth." he paused in step, "Well, here we are!" he said, admiring the table in front of them. He walked towards his chair, and sat down. "Sit, sit!"
She nodded, sitting down. Glancing around, she asked "Where's Mally and March Hare?"
"Hm, they were here yesterday." replied Tarrant. He shrugged. "They must have got tired of waiting."
"You think they'll return?" Alice asked.
Pouring tea into Alice's tea cup, he replied "Of course. One sugar lump or two?"
"Two, please"
Tossing two lumps of sugar into her tea, Tarrant said "So how did you get into Underland?"
"You want to talk about it now? Why not later after tea?" Alice suggested.
"But of course" replied Tarrant, "What better time for discussion, but at a tea party?"
Alice laughed. "You've made your point, Mr. Hatter."
Author's notes:
That is chapter five for you. (Without the author's notes, the chapter is three pages long) I hope you Tarrant/Alice fans enjoyed this chapter. Well what are you doing reading this, when you should be reviewing with your thoughts! XD Haha. Get to it. Where are my manners? Please?