((Sorry for not upholding my promise my grandfather was sick and he passed away on the 10th… R.I.P. However I am starting something, an online reading… It'll help me calm down, it wont start until a little though, it'll be themed everything from Alice in wonderland to Harry Potter, and I will post a schedule saying what the reading that night will be. Check my profile for information on it!))
Alice sighed, the next day seemed so… gloomy... She laid her head on her folded arms and closed her eyes, Cheshire hadn't been there when she woke up and yet he still hadn't returned. It took what felt like forever before she heard a soft "Merrrow!" then a floating grin appeared in front of her. She gave somewhat of a sad smile tears running down her face.
"Little Alice! What's the matter!?" The smile faltered for the first time that anyone could remember.
"Oh Chesh… I was just thinking of my mother, and my father and how much I miss them both… But I don't want to leave you Cheshire… I can't I need you… I need you to live."
The grin returned. "Oh Alice dearest… Hush now… Let me tell you a lullaby I used to whisper to you when you were younger and you got scared…. "
Alice pouted. "I'm not a child"
"Yes my dear, I know… but trust me on this one? Okay? I promise you'll… enjoy it."
"Alright… fine I'll listen… But I won't like it."
He went half cat and wrapped his arms around her with a chuckle. "Alright then my dear….." He pulled her closer to him purring. "Dear little Alice, please don't cry…tears of woe wont help you get by. I know you feel scared lost, and alone. Since you can't find your way back… Home." He meowed "Have strange things happened? Is there anything I need to know? Did you taste things that made you shrink… or GROW? Did you suffer any? Please… say it isn't so," He purred again rubbing his head against hers she closed her eyes relaxing into him more. "I will help you out... Just wait and see! You'll be glad that you found a cat……. Like… me. I'll show you around this fascinating place…" His soft tone changed to a more humorous one. "Only if you keep a…" He chuckled. "Smile… On your face." A wide grin split his lips but he returned to the softer tone once more. "No more reading signs that say... 'This way'… or 'yonder'. Now you don't have to sit there and try to ponder which way should you go you ask? I seem to find that a fairly simple task, Just follow my grin for you will know soon… How much it looks like a glowing crescent moon… Don't be afraid please, follow my advice. Surely you don't need to think twice. Oh look there's the queen all dressed in RED, Hear how she screams 'OFF WITH YOUR HEAD' hmm those are the very words everyone dreads… Would you like to… Keep… your head?" He smiled she seemed nervous but relaxed, his voice stayed soft. "Quick Alice! Run! The cards are after you! Run through this…. Door. I'll protect you" as he whispered I'll protect you her face buried in his chest and she purred herself; he smiled. "Dry your eyes Alice, because there's no time to cry, you'll see me again as the years come flying by, then just as you think this might be the end… never forget that in your heart." He purred again rubbing against her. "I'll always, be your friend." He kissed her forehead to find she was lulled into a peaceful slumber seconds after he finished his lullaby. "What do you know" He whispered. "A soft voice is really all you need. A friend? Someone to talk to, or to be there to calm you down? I told you my little Alice… many times I have… and many times I will, So that you may never forget, forget what it was like to have me, as a friend. But I must return you now Alice my dear little kitten." He ran his fingers slowly through her hair and took a deep inhale. "Your young and you need your family with you dearest. Too young for me yet, you miss them to much for me to hold you here." He stood holding her in his arms her body draped so delicately like a poisoned princess who needs a soft kiss to awaken her from a slumber. However, Cheshire knew he couldn't be that prince. She needed someone that wasn't her imagination to view her like he did. But who would there be to see her like that? Surely someone would, it wasn't her looks that was the problem, Alice was dreamy and calm. He walked through the looking glass ending up in her bedroom, he laid her down on the bed softly kissing her before turning into a cat and curling up on her, he watched her sleep for a long time not wanting to leave
Light broke through the curtains on her window Cheshire went half cat and bent kissing her lips once more before stepping through the looking glass. He walked to his tree feeling lonely again, so very alone. A soft meow left his lips and he lay back on the tree branch his eyes closing.
Alice awoke in her own bed. "Oh? Was that all a dream? An awful! Terrible! Horrid! DREAM!" She felt tears run down her face. "I lost that!? I lost Cheshire! The dream… it was only a dream!" She wanted to throw a tantrum and kick and scream and cry. "That dream felt so real, so painfully real! And now.. its all gone! NONE OF IT HAPPENED!" she buried her face in her pillow tears running down her face. No tea? None of that was real was it? She couldn't believe it… it hurt. "Go back to sleep" She whispered to herself pulling the covers over her head, she froze though. She was dressed in her day outfits…. "Cheshire…" she whispered pulling a black piece of fur off of her dress. "It wasn't a dream... but why would you leave me Chesh?" she began to cry again. "Oh Chesh.. What did I do?" Was it her fault? She replayed the conversations over and over again… 'I'll always be your friend' he had whispered then she fell asleep. So what was so bad about that conversation? Did he not like her anymore? What could she have done? She looked around the room crying again. "Oh Chesh please come back to me… I'm sorry…" She touched the mirror her hand went through it. "I can go after him… if he doesn't want me….." She turned and picked up a dagger. "Why kill myself?" She tucked the dagger into her corset out of view. "I will give him one chance… maybe two… three if I'm generous"