Magnificently Mad
Heavens Evangel
Rated: M
Pairing: AlicexHatter/Tarrant, Mirana/OC
Disclaimer: Alice in Wonderland does not belong to me, only OC's do!
"I see." Silence loomed over them and he suddenly remembered something rather important. "Mirana... I was wondering."
"Yes?"
"Is there... a way for me to get back?"
She looked at him, the smile on her face faded. "There... is no way to return."
"..." He stared at the floor and then to his hands. "No way back..."
Chapter Seven: The Match Making Game part 1
She watched him and sighed. "I can try to find a way to get you back but it will take a lot of time."
"I... I see..." He didn't know how to feel, it wasn't that he didn't like this new place, it was strange and wonderful but he had responsibilities to fulfill.
"In the mean time... you should enjoy yourself while you're here... I'm sorry that there is no immediate way to send you home."
"I... no it's... alright it's not your fault." He heaved a sigh, but went silent, all sorts of thoughts swirled in his mind. What will happen to everyone up there if I don't go back? True I don't have anyone of importance up there that would miss me. He couldn't help but sigh again and feel as though his life had no real meaning, he never found a girl that could give him any sort of emotion except for annoyance. He had always thought something was wrong with him.
Mirana watched him and the stirring storm of emotions. "I will find a way to send you back home, but like I said it will take some time since it has never been done before."
He looked at her and gave a nod. "Yes... thank you..."
"Well, I hope you will at least enjoy yourself while you're here." She gave him an enthusiastic smile.
Blake returned the smile, feeling awkward in the pit of his stomach, as a door went flying open with a bang. He looked up and saw Alice rushing into the hall and towards them. He stood up. "Alice." Boy was he glad to see a familiar face.
"Blake, what are you doing here?" She looked as if seeing him was troubling her as she looked up at him. I was supposed to come alone, how did he end up here?
He gave her a sheepish look. "I went looking for you after the party, I wanted to ask you if you needed help and if you'd be back..." He trailed off a bit then sighed before continuing, "I fell through the rabbit hole and this strange cat led me here."
"Chessur..." Alice sighed and looked at him, "oh Blake. I'm sorry but now you're stuck here in Underland."
He frowned, creases appearing between his eye brows in frustration. "I know, her highness told me..."
Alice looked at Mirana. This must look really bad to her. But upon close inspection she saw Mirana smiling at her. What is she smiling about... ugh when does she not smile?
Mirana stood. "I trust you had a good time with Tarrant?" There was a mischievous glint in her eye as she looked at her.
Alice's face colored. "Yes, I've had a wonderful time getting reacquainted..."
Mirana giggled.
And Blake just stared at them both before the gears went working. He gasped slightly and looked at Alice. "I knew you were naughty before but..."
Alice's face went four more shades of red before returning to its paleness. "I...It's not like that I swear."
Blake just looked at her, before bursting into laughter at her nervousness. "You're so easy to tease."
"B..Blake!"
"I should like to meet this Hatter of yours; you know make sure he's worthy." He smiled before clasping a hand onto Alice's shoulder.
Mirana noticed the slight change in Blake's mood; he seemed much more at ease at seeing a familiar face. For that she was glad, she feared he'd sulk around the whole time he was here. But she knew she had to have a long talk with Chessur, no one was supposed to be able to fall through the rabbit hole without having a purpose, and the fact that he had been there to lead Blake to Mamoreal proved that there was something more to this, just what she wasn't sure. Mirana suddenly had this funny feeling she was being watched and turned her attention elsewhere. She shook it off seeing nothing and turned her attention back to the other two.
Alice sighed. "What am I going to do with you?"
"Enjoy my presence?"
She heaved a sigh and gave him a dull look. "Blake, you have no idea what you've set yourself up for."
"No I don't, but I'm sure I'll get used to the place if I'm stuck here." He gave a soft hopeful smile.
Elsewhere...
Chessur had appeared by Nivens, nearly scaring the poor white rabbit. "I did as we planned."
Nivens grasped and clutched at his chest. "Do you mind not doing that!"
Chessur just grinned. "Guilty conscious?"
"Guilty? Guilty of what, this was all your idea!"
"But you could have said no~" A huge grin was on his face as he looked at the fluffy white rabbit.
Nivens gave him a serious look. "Only because you and Mally threatened me."
"We did no such thing, it was all your idea~"
"What idea?" Tarrant came up behind them, smiling like a mad man, his eyes finally matching it.
Nivens flailed his arms around.
Chessur grinned, one that threatened to spill the beans.
Nivens eeped and tried to think of something quickly, but his brain failed him.
"We're playing a game." Chessur told him in an a matter of fact tone.
"Oo! A game! May I play? I do enjoy a good game."
Chessur grinned wider. "Of course you can play Tarrant!"
Nivens reached up and grabbed at his floppy white ears and dragged them down over his face. Oh dear! What have I gotten myself into by agreeing to this!
Chessur disappeared and reappeared on Tarrant's shoulder; he leaned against his ear and purred slightly, causing Tarrant to shiver at the strange contact. "Well this particular game is a special one."
"What's the object of the game?"
"To find a King fit for a Queen. We found one but he already wants to go. He's being a bad sport."
"Hmm? What is the name of this game?"
"Matchmaker~ The queen played the same game on you and you didn't even know it." Chessur grinned wider, if that was even possible.
"Oh she did did she? I'll just have to play the game too." He grinned equally as wide.
Oh this shall be fun now that Tarrant is in on this. He chuckled jovially, while Nivens paced in a small circle, so nervous that one could cut the air around him with a knife.
Nivens' ears twitched with nervousness. This is a bad idea, this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea! The Queen will punish us for trying something like this on her, although she is on her own. Oh dear, oh dear, she'll banish us to the Outlands. Whatever color was in his already white fur had gone in an instant at that thought. The Red Queen and the Knave are somewhere in the outlands...
Tarrant noticed his twitchiness. "Nivens, what are you so worried about? It's not like it will be off with your...head..." his eyes swirled red, his face paled more and the round colorful circle around his eyes became black. The memories of those not so bright times came rushing back at once. "Down with the bloody red queen!"
Nivens stared at him, terrified of what he was going to and ran off to fetch Alice. He ran down the halls and into every room before finally running into the throne room. He skidded to a halt and crashed, right into Blake's legs.
Blake looked down at the rabbit. "What a large rabbit..."
"Nivens? What's wrong?" Alice asked as she leaned down towards him.
"The Hatter! His eyes... red... murderous intent... Alice... stop it..." Nivens panted out the words before fainting at Blake's feet.
"Oh dear... I'm sorry Blake but I must go, I would rather you meet Tarrant when he was a little less mad..." She waved at him then ran out of the room as fast as she could.
Chessur was attempting to calm his old friend to no avail; it seemed everything he said pushed him deeper into the madness.
Alice arrived just as Tarrant jumped up onto a rose bush and held up a twig as if it were a sword. "Tarrant! Get down from there this instant before you get hurt!"
"And then it will be off with her head! DOWN WITH THE BLOODY RED QUEEN! SEND HER TO OBLIVION!" He made a jab, balancing on one foot on a branch in the bush before his foot sunk in.
Alice was not amused. She rushed to him and grabbed the twig from him. "Tarrant! Knock it off! If you don't come down from there at this moment I'm going to jab you with this stick!"
But he went on and held his arms out wide. "I will destroy the bloody red queen before she and her knave can get to my wee Alice!"
It's as if I'm not here! She growled and smacked him in the knees with the stick, which in turn caused him to lose his balance and fall face first from the bush he had been standing on.
"Oof!" His hat rolled off his head and towards Chessur.
Chessur purred in delight and bounded off for the discarded hat. He jumped at it and played with the feathers upon it, batting at it with his paws, meowing loudly, his tail wagging in happiness.
Alice kneeled down to him and rolled him over. "Are you alright?"
He opened his eyes and looked up at her. "I...I am sorry Alice, will you forgive me? I don't know what came over me..." He looked at her with such large sad eyes.
It was hard for her to not forgive him with a look like that. She sighed. "Yes, I forgive you Tarrant." She reached out to brush the dirt off his cheek, before doing the same to his clothes. "There... all clean." She smiled at him.
He sat up and noticed his head felt oddly light. He reached up to feel for a hat, only to find it missing. He looked around and saw Chessur, rolling around with the hat with the happiest of looks on his face (AN: I'm imagining this now and think it would be a funny picture XD). His mouth set to a frown. "Chessur-"
"Meow?" He stopped and blinked, realizing what he was doing. He quickly faded away in embarrassment.
Alice couldn't help but laugh. "He really likes that hat."
"It's the feathers..." He crawled over to it and dusted it off before putting it on his head securely.
Alice smiled, then remembered something. "Oh... Tarrant... how would you feel if I told you that..."
He didn't let her finish, his eyes went a little wide, thinking something entirely different. "That you are pregnant? I would be delighted!" He rushed to her and showered her in kisses. "Although, I'm not sure I would make a very good parent what with my ranting and the madness and all. You don't think that will pass on to our children do you? Oh dear I should hope not that would be unfortunate for you to deal with two or more of me."
"Tarrant!" She blushed as he held her tight against the floor, showering her face and neck in nothing but kisses.
He stopped. "I'm fine..." He wheezed
"I am not pregnant! Besides I wouldn't know if I was that soon, things don't work that way."
"Then... what is it you were saying?"
"I was saying, how would you feel if I told you that I was followed here?"
He frowned. "Hopefully not by someone who wants to be intimate with you because then I would be highly upset and then I would have to go and chop them into little pieces and scatter their remains all over the Outlands where no one will ever find them ever again, especially that fellow Hamish..."
"Hatter!" She made a face and took his face in her hands. "Not Hamish and not someone who is interested in me in that way either."
"Oh well that's good, but who wouldn't be interested in you? You're beautiful, gorgeous, outgoing, wonderful, talented, and brilliant."
She wasn't sure if she should stop him or let him go on, he was doing a wonderful job of boosting her self esteem. She shook her head. "Hatter!" She called out in annoyance.
"Sorry..."
"No, this man is a colleague of mine. You could say he is like a brother figure for me. We went on all sorts of adventures together on my time away." She smiled fondly. "Apparently he fell here on accident while trying to look for me."
"Fell here...?" He thought deeply and pulled away, sitting up as he crossed his arms. "Hmmm..." He remembered what Chessur had told him. "Alice dear, this was no accident."
"No?"
"No."
"How not?"
"I believe this was planned."
"Planned! Who would ever plan such a thing?"
He cleared his throat. "A mischievous cat, a nervous white rabbit, and a crazy dormouse."
"Chessur, Nivens and Mally?" She was beyond surprised as she sat up and looked at him in shock. "How... But why would they do such a thing? Now he's stuck here and can't go back home."
He sighed. "Well... it seems it's a part of a little game love."
"A game?"
"Yes a game. I recall Chessur calling it a game of matchmaker."
"Match...maker..." She blinked and looked down at her skirts, thinking deeply. "But who do they want to match make him with?"
He stared at her for a while. "The kindest loneliest woman in Underland who is too stubborn to admit that she does not want to be alone that is who."
It took Alice a long while to figure it out when it dawned on her. "Mirana?" She whispered as she leaned forward to him.
"Yes... Mirana..."
"But... oh dear. Blake is one of those men that has never shown any interest in any woman before, he wouldn't even think twice about me in that way."
"And Mirana is a woman who has never shown interest in men either. Think of it love."
Alice sat back on her knees and thought. "I guess... I'm in on this game too."
Tarrant smirked at her. "Oh my, I think we've rubbed off on our innocent little Alice."
She did her best to look offended but failed horribly.
The look on her face was priceless; he just had to laugh as he reached out and tugged her into a hug.
She buried her face against his chest, content to be there like that with him. My hatter... all mine. She smiled to herself.
Elsewhere
Mirana had decided to lead Blake around the palace grounds, an attempt to get him used to the surrounding area. She glanced at him and smiled as he seemed to enjoy the gardens and the surrounding architecture. I do hope I can help him. If I cannot I hope he will not be terribly disappointed. He does seem to like the gardens quite a bit. She smiled a bit more.
Blake turned his head to look at her. "Mirana, is there something wrong? You're looking at me quite a bit." Not that I mind entirely...
"No, nothing's wrong." She looked away to hide the blush that had formed on her cheeks. How embarrassing to be caught practically staring at him. She shook it off and looked back at him. "Are you enjoying yourself here?"
"Ah, yes I am thank you for showing this to me."
"You're quite welcome. You may come here as much as you wish and when you wish Blake. For as long as you are here, consider my home to be your home."
"T-Thank you." He smiled before turning his attention away from her; it was definitely his turn to blush.
As they walked together in the gardens, a certain dormouse was watching. He seems good enough; Nivens sure picked a good looking one. She giggled to herself and continued to follow them. Now just to make sure things don't go wrong. She continued to follow the pair through the gardens, hiding in bushes every time she thought one of them was about to turn around.
"Ugh, Mirana?"
"Yes?"
"Is it just me or are we being followed?" He couldn't shake the feeling off, it was beyond annoying him.
"You feel it too?" She asked softly as she turned to look at him.
"Yes I... I do, I thought I was being paranoid."
"Hmm..." An idea formed in her head and she smiled. "I think I know how we can lose them." She grabbed his hand without a second thought and grabbed one side of her skirt with the other. She smiled and ran off. "I hope you can keep up with me Blake!" She called out behind her.
He flushed at the contact of their hands, but followed her closely. This isn't awkward...
Mally noticed them running off further and deeper into the gardens and right into the maze, she tried her best to run after them as fast as her little legs could but tripped over a rock which caused her to loose all track of them. Oh dear! I have to report to Chess about this! With that the little dormouse stood up, dusted herself off and went in search of the disappearing cat.
AN: Sorry this took so long to get out. Have been procrastinating a bit and trying to do homework... trying being the keyword there. I actually had most of this done a few days ago .
I'm almost starting to run out of ideas so if anyone wants to give me suggestions I'm up for them! 3