Lily walked silently behind Mally and McTwisp, Chess closely by her side almost protectively. She never had anyone who would protect her before she never had any friends or anyone who spoke to her like a human it felt… nice. She let her mind wonder to this strange new land she thought of 5 things she wanted to know

How did she get here

What did they want with her

How did they know how she was

Who is the Hatter and the Hare

Was this place real

Was she still alive

McTwisp cleared his throat as he pulled out his pocket watch

"we should be there soon you know as well as anyone Cheshire the Hatter hates us being late" he gave a disgruntled sigh as if to support his statement the cat on the other hand simply smiled and rolled his relaxed blue eyes Lily gave a small grin to Chess

"Who is the Hatter?" Cheshire looked at her and smiled fondly at the mention of his friends name

" Tarrant Hightopp that's his real name but everyone calls the mad hatter because to put it bluntly hes mad he's the Royal hatter hes brilliant but a bit eccentric" Cheshire kept grinning as McTwisp looked up

"A bit eccentric Cheshire you mean overly eccentric honestly Cheshire after all this poor girls been through surely the white queen would be better to meet Lily" Cheshire's smile faltered a little but in his favor he didn't stop grining

"my dear Rabbit I would recommend no one better to meet are dear friend and anyway it's a bit late now where here" he nodded to a long table with a white table cloth hanging losely on it. At the end of the table were two figures, a hare whos head hung down and his ear and eye twitched as he drank his tea with a shaking paw. At the head of the table was a orange haired man with a sullen expression oh his face.

He looked up as soon as he saw Lily his frown was quickly faded into a grin

"you, its you" he jumped upon the table and ran across kicking teapots as he went. The hare jumping to catch the Teapots muttering under his breaths. The Hatter jumped of the end of the table and smiled at Chess

"is it today, has time flown that fast" he smiled at Lily. Lily could have melted in to that smile he seemed very charming she thought as he grabbed her hand and pulled her on to the table. Luckily it wasn't the arm that's was cut. The Hatter continued speaking as they walked along the table "as you can see were still in the middle of tea which you late for" he stopped turned around and smiled at Lily

"naughty"Lily stiffened at that word that was what she was told by her mother and father when she got beaten she saw the Hatters eyes turn a shade of orange she felt a paw on her shoulder and turned to see Chess smiling at her " he always says that my dear I wouldn't worry about it" She nodded and watched as the Hatters eyes turn back to the beautiful emerald green as he gestured to a seat. She sat down next to the Hare who was shoving a tea cup towards her she gave a small smile "thank you …um" the hare looked at her "Thackery" he said a thick Scottish accent she let a small smile. The Hatter cleared his throat

"well hello welcome Im Tarrant Hightopp and you are" Lily looked at him with her sad blue eyes

"Lily" it came out as no more as a whisper Tarrant didn't seemed to be pleased with the answer

" do you have a last name or is it just Lily" Lily gave a small smile but Cheshire could see the pain in her eyes

"My Real name is Lily Manchester but I don't use my Parents last name why would I, I don't wish to be involved with such a snobby high class People I call my self Lily Smith named after my Auntie" she let out a small smile. Mally sipped her tea "whos your Auntie" Mally asked with a small voice that hadn't spoken In a while. Lily gave a big grin at this " oh my Auntie Alice and Uncle James there lovely when my parents started…" she stopped and let out a sigh " Beating me, I would run away and stay with them for a while but Mother banned me from seeing her" Tarrant Looked at her his eyes again were Orange " what's with his eyes" Lily thought

"Auntie Alice? If you don't mind me asking what was her maiden name" Tarrant asked Lily looked at him confused but answered anyway

" Alice Kingsleigh"

Cheshire cleared his throat looking worried

"Alice Kingsleigh so you parents are…"

Lily looked at them still wearing the confused expression

"Margaret Manchester and Lowell Manchester"

( dun dun dun how will the Tarrant react to this sorry I haven't updated in a while I've had a load of school things going on im pretty sure there doing it purposely so I cant update *hum I'll have to investigate this :P* hope you like this and if you have any suggestions on the story please leave a comment thanks ^_^ )