Chapter 4- Red Queen
NINA'S POV
Fabian and I walked out of the Hatter's house as the sun rose. We resumed our spots at the table, enjoying our morning tea when two Metallic hands clamped down on our shoulders.
"You two are under arrest for treason of the Red Queen."
We both looked at the 8 of hearts, terrified. As the first tried to pull us, we both started yelling, mostly to warn the others not to come out.
Two other cards joined the first one, the 9 of clubs and the 10 of spades. The 8 of hearts threw me over his shoulder while I banged and screamed.
The other two hit Fabian in the stomach, causing him to double over. Than the 10 of spades hit him hard in the head with the back of his spear causing Fabian's head to bleed and for him to be knocked out.
"No!" I screamed, they could have killed him.
I continued screaming as they dragged Fabian away and I was being carried
. "Put. Me. Down." I huffed.
" Fight any more," the card threatened, "and off with your head."
My mouth closed, I would like to keep my head attached.
We soon got to the giant red castle that seemed scary and pretty at the same time. The red and black towers were in the shapes of the suits of cards; spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds. The giant red and cream drawbridge fell to the ground with a thud.
Fabian was up now and he looked angry beyond belief but unaware of the blood dripping down his face.
INSIDE THE CASTLE
As the soldiers slapped red handcuffs on us, one thought entered my mind; Is there anything in this nut job that isn't red.
They attached a chain and linked the two of us together by the ankle.
"GO!" The card barked and stabbed me in the back.
"Ow!" I said, glaring at the card but walking into the Queen's throne room. When the doors open, I nearly burst out laughing, but I bit my tongue to keep myself from smiling.
There was the queen with a huge head, it was like the pictures in the book. She looked like a bobble head.
She sat on a red throne in a red, black, gold, and cream dress with hearts splattered everywhere.
"Who are these?" The Queen demanded, she had a high, nasal voice, and it just made it even harder to laugh.
"These are the imposters we found at the Hatter's tea party."
"You mean the Mad Hatter, not the other one, correct?" The Red Queen said.
"Yes, my queen." The card said.
"Explain why you imposter Mad people!" The Queen yelled at us.
"We did no such thin-" I started, my voice angry and not poliet. Not the best to talk to royalty I guess.
But Fabian interrupted, as seeing the Queen was getting mad with me.
"My Queen, we pretended to be Mad, to get away from our friends." Fabian lied, smoothly. "You see-"
"Yes, yes, I get now." The Queen said, smiling.
She got it? Because I sure don't!
"You two love birds want to be alone in private, correct?"
"Or," A frog said, who was standing by the Queen. "Our you leading our queen to believe something different, because that means, off with your head."
I gulped. "Yes." Fabian and I said at the exact same time. Better to lie to the Queen than tell the truth and have my head chopped off.
"Frog, lead out guests to the clothing areas, I do not want them in those clothes when they're staying here. Oh! And brief them in the rules of the castle and the punishment of not following those rules. Than take them to the one room, you know?" The Queen rattled off.
"Yes, my queen." The frog said. "Please un-cuff the prisoners." He said to the cards.
They unlocked the handcuffs and the Frog looked at us expectantly. I grabbed Fabian's hand, and we both tried hard not to blush as the Frog lead us off.
As we walked he said a series of rules that if we broke, off with our heads. So, pretty much, don't leave, don't anger the queen, go with what she says, and never talk about the white queen.
I walked out of the dressing room in a total Red Queen's outfit.
(Guys, it's on my profile, right above my stories, seriously check it out. Also I have Patricia, Amber, and Mara's Mad outfits too.)
I felt weird in the outfit, I mean, it wasn't me. But then again, so was the Mad outfit…
I walked around the corner, to the place where the frog told me. Fabian was waiting there with the frog.
He matched me.
He was in a red suit with a black heart over the pocket. His shoes were a solid black, and his tie was black. He smiled at me as I approached him.
He held his arm out, and I lopped mine through it, the frog lead us down the red hallway to a small door.
"This will be your room." The frog said, pulling the golden doorknob with the black spade on it. "Clothes for each of you are in the closet." The frog nodded, satisfied and walked off.
Fabian and I both shared a look, because that was very weird. We both took a step inside the room and found ourselves face first on the bed.
"What the heck?" I said, getting up and crawling on the bed. The whole small room had the bed, a door was on either side.
Fabian shut the door to the outside and crawled on the red, black, and gold comforter of the giant bed. He went to one door and I went to the other.
"Closet!" I called, looking inside. There was a dresser stuffed inside and the dresses and jackets hung over it.
"Bathroom." Fabian said, I crawled over and looking inside, they had stuffed a sink, a mirror, a toilet, a shower, and a towel rack and only left 4 feet of space.
"You know." I said, as Fabian pulled the door closed. "The Red Queen is almost as bad as Amber." And that made us both smile.
So, whatcha think they're going to do? What do you think the others will do? COMMENT!