"Alice we can't take you home" Mallymkun said to the now surprised girl.
"What?" She shouted harshly,
"Now my dear there is no need to take that tone with us." Said Mallymkun.
"Yes, why don't you just sit down for a minute" Said the March Hare. Alice was so frustrated she crossed her arms in front of her chest, but she did not move from where she was stood. The Hatter walked over to Alice until he was directly behind her, he picked up a cup that was beside him.
"Tea?" He asked her, with a nervous smile holding out the cup for her to take,
"Fine, it isn't like I have anything better to do" She said in a snobby tone, Hatter looked over at the Hare and mouse he gave out a sigh and tried to put on a smile. Alice sat down in the only available chair, the one beside the Hatter. Suddenly a dogs bark echoed through the tree's then Bayard Hamar appeared he ran under the table and poked his head up from under the tablecloth so he was looking straight at the Hatter.
"Bayard, what is it?" The Hatter asked nervously.
"Oh right, now you're talking to a dog, my goodness" Alice said as if she really thought dogs did not talk.
"The red queen she is coming for you all!" The dog barked. Alice was shocked that the dog could talk.
"What but, but how?" The Hatter stuttered confused.
"Well the Knave of hearts tried to kill the red queen again but missed and broke the cuffs instead." He panted
"And...?" The Hatter said trying to get some sense out of him.
"And she found another Jabberwocky much bigger and much more fearsome, now she has regained her army. And, and they're coming for all of you!" He said worriedly. The Hatter, mouse and Hare looked worried,
"Oh my! What do we do?" The Hatter asked. Suddenly the red queen's army flooded the area.
"Seize them!" Shouted one of the men.
"Run!" Shouted the Hatter, the March Hare ran off.
"Wait what about Alice?" She shouted
"Alice?!" Shouted one of the men, the Hatter ran back and put his hat on the table,
"Hurry" he said.
"What?" Alice asked confused.
"Oh just get on" Said Mallymkun pushing the snobby woman onto the hat. The Hatter picked up his hat and sprinted off in the opposite direction. After a while Mallymkun finally spoke.
"Hatter, I think you lost them" Hatter stopped to look behind him he sighed and put the hat on the ground so he could sit down for a rest.
"Are you ok my dear?" Mallymkun asked sweetly patting Hatter as best she could on his hand. He just nodded he was breathing heavily after all that running,
"What on earth is going on?" Alice shouted at the pair of them.
"Alice" Said Mallymkun, "You need to help us" She said desperately.
"What me I don't even belong here, I should be at home with my husband and daughter." She shouted back in her defence. Mallymkun and Hatter were petrified.
"Daughter?" Said Mallymkun.
"Husband?" Said Hatter. Alice nodded, after hearing the news Hatter lost his mind again as he always seems to do.
"You have a daughter and husband ha, ha did you hear that Mallymkun our Alice oh how proud we are of you" Then he went into his strange laughing fit. Alice looked at him and raised an eyebrow. After his moment of madness was over he stopped and looked at her.
"You are barking mad, you and everyone else here." She wailed at him not realising the harshness her voice had.
"You must slay the Jabberwocky" Hatter said changing the subject,
"What? No, no I am not slaying anything you can forget that right now!" She barked at him. Mallymkun jumped onto Hatter's hat as he picked it up and put it on his head. He then started to walk off leaving the small 6 inches girl alone on the stone.
"Wait you can't leave me here!" She shouted hoping he had just left her there by mistake. Suddenly he turned around his eyes turned a dark and brooding shade of green, he looked a bit disgusted and furious.
"You won't slay the Jabberwocky, you won't help us. Even after everything it has done. YOU WON'T SLAY!" He screamed at her. Alice just looked shocked and confused.
"Oh Hatter, she doesn't remember anything so she most certainly won't remember slaying the Jabberwocky." Said Mallymkun trying to calm him down.
"But that is not the kind of thing you just....... Forget." Hatter said disappointedly,
"Look I'm sorry I am not the person you're looking for, if, if it was me I would remember but seen as none of this comes to mind it can't be me" She said trying to let them down easy.
"No" Hatter said kneeling down taking off his hat so Mallymkun could get off then he started diving into his pockets for something. "Here" He said handing her a small cake, "Take a bite" He said to her softly, "You do trust me right?" He asked her, she nodded and took the cake. She took a bite then grew to her normal size.
"Thank you" She said sweetly. Hatter smiled something about the big open tooth smile on his face seemed somehow familiar to Alice, wait.... Wait.... WAIT!!! Nope, nope nothing. She didn't want to say anything in case she upset him again; he put his hat down for Mallymkun to get on again,
"Let's go" He said as he put the hat on his head and walked away further into the woods with Alice following him...