Alice dropped to her knees beside the Hatter, her hands hovering over his body. Tears blurred her vision until her beloved Mad Hatter's face was just a blob of red and yellow.
She blinked, and the hot tears flowed down her cheeks and dripped off her jaw, revealing the horrible shape her dear friend was in.
Blood soaked through his maroon suit, if you could still call it that. His shirt and coat were ripped to shreds, partially exposing his mangled chest.
The girl raised her hands to her face; her fingertips were soaked in the Hatter's blood, but she didn't care. She pressed her palms against her eyes. Tears seeped between her fingers and trickled down her arms.
She leaned forward, her white-blond hair creating a curtain around her, shielding her from the rest of this little world she lived in.
Wonderland.
The Hatter had once told her that no one in Wonderland would care when he died. No one ever cared when someone died. The Queen finds a replacement and the original eventually fades from everyone's memories.
"But I'm in Wonderland, am I not?" she had asked.
"You'll eventually forget, too."
"I'll never forget."
The Hatter had just laughed and said, "Wonderland changes people, Alice."
The memory brought more tears to Alice's eyes.
"I'll never forget you," she whispered, slowly bringing her hands down from her face. She tucked a loose strand of bloody hair behind the Hatter's ear. She suddenly realized his hat was gone.
"I'll always remember you, Hatter." She said. Her voice was stronger this time; louder. She trailed her fingers down the Hatter's cheek. "Forever."
"Alice," a familiar voice sounded behind her, followed by a tiny purr. It was so quiet, the young girl knew she was not meant to hear it. But she had.
"Yes, Cheshire?" Alice asked, turning her head around to look at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"The Hatter-" she cut off at the look on the Cheshire Cat's face, and turned to look at the Mad Hatter's body. It was gone.
"Alice," Cheshire raised a furry eyebrow, "you're the Mad Hatter."
A/N: The chapters are gonna be really short for a while. They seem loner when I write them on paper ;w; They'll hopefully all be pre-written, so there won't be a long wait between chapters (hopefully). I already have up to chapter three written, I just need to type it up. I've been writing each chapter in one day, at school. No wonder I've gotten none of my paper on obese children done…
…did you know that if you mix up a few of the letters in Santa, you get Satan? Have a good day/night/evening!