Chapter 25, enjoy!

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As the fell down the hole, Alice let go of Hatter's hand and shut her eyes. It seems no matter how may time she may have fallen down the hole to Underland, she would always fight the urge to scream, and this time, surprising herself she didn't. Instead, she fell through the already holed celling and hit the ground hard.

"Alice?" Someone called, and Alice looked, up, finding herself staring at the chandler only two feet away from her. In a second she was being thrown to the floor, her head cracking against the floor with a sickening thump.

With her head throbbing, Alice looked up and saw Nivens, Imogene and finally, Hatter, who'd landed a few seconds after Alice herself, staring at her with hesitant happy expressions except for Hatter who was practically beaming, his eyes constantly trailing upwards to the ceiling. Alice felt herself smile too as she sat up, running a hand through her long tangled curls when she noticed something. Hatter's dulled green eyes were now exceedingly bright, and his dark hair was now it's usually brilliant orange. Hatter looked like his old self again; something Alice was secretly enjoying a lot.

"Alright," Mctwisp said, hoping over to where the small table that sat in the center of the room stood and grabbing the small bottle of amber colored liquid hat Alice had learned to be pishalver, and the key to open the door, then crouched down to open the small glass box and pull out some upelkuchen. "Each of you will take a sip of the pishalver and then go outside. I'll hand you your clothing through the door and then I'll give you my clothing and hand you the upelkuchen so you can grow. Then, I'll come out after I drink the pishalver.

Everyone nodded. It was a good plan, plus Alice would rather see Mctwisp, who was just a plain rabbit than anyone else nude. The rabbit in question turned to Aunt Imogene who took a quick sip of the pishalver and handed it back to Mctwisp before she started shrinking. Then he passed it to Hatter and then Alice.

Once they were all tiny, Mctwisp grabbed the key he'd put with the upelkuchen and hopped over to where the small door was hidden behind a large curtain. Putting they key into the lock, he opened the front door and guested for everyone to go inside. Imogene went first again, taking a handful of her clothing and covering herself with it while dragging the rest slowly behind her, which Nivens helped push inside, and Alice followed suit. Only Hatter stayed, still staring up at the celling.

"Hatter?" Alice asked. "Come on, we have to go."

Hater turned to her slightly and nodded, grabbing his shirt and rolling it up so he could walk and following as Alice went through the door.

"Ready?" Nivens asked, holding out his own clothing and Hatter's pants when all three of them were outside. They all nodded, when something crashed from inside making Alice jump.

"Tarrant," Mctwisp said in a slightly annoyed tone, hopping away and returning with Hatter's unforgettable hat which he tossed easily so that it landed in front of Hatter.

"So that's what you were waiting for, eh?" Imogene asked, and Alice grinned. Her aunt sounded so much better then she had in London, so much more chipper and happy. She missed hat a lot.

"Of course," Hatter replied with a grin, his gapped tooth smile back as well. "What is a Hatter without his hat?"

"Confused?" Alice suggested and he gave her an amused sideways glance.

"Hello?" Mctwisp asked, and they all realized that they were still only a foot tall and needed to eat the upelkuchen.

Alice ran towards it, picking it up from Mctwisp's hand and took a bite, instantly feeling herself grow, but she quickly put it over her head and managed to keep herself decent whole she grew. Once she led her head through the right hole and her arms free of the tangled mess, she passed it to her aunt who ate it hesitantly as she started to grow and then finally Hatter did as well. Finally, Mctwisp took a bite, having come out of the door while Alice was growing and they were all finally proper size and ready to go to Marmoreal.

Underland hadn't changed since Alice had left, and she smiled at everything. Flowers talked about morning drabbles, rocking horseflies flew around the sky, chasing after one another while the occasional dragonfly darted in and out. As they walked down the stairs, Alice turned to Hatter. "You should create a dress that can grow and shrink when we do. It would be much easier than going back and forth with the clothing all the time, don't you think?"

Hatter nodded, smiling even wider while he placed his Hatter on his wild mess of his hair. "What a splendid idea, Alice."

"Yes," A voice from above them agreed and everyone looked up as a pristine blue butterfly landed down on Alice's shoulder.

"Absolem," Alice breathed and smiled. "I've missed you."

The butterfly nodded. "Of course you have, stupid girl. You've missed everyone here, haven't you?"

Alice just nodded, not wanting to correct Absolem that she wasn't a stupid girl.

"So," The butterfly mused, his hookah pointing towards Alice so that some smoke floated up into her face making her want to cough. "Where are you going?"

"To Marmoreal," Nivens explained, hoping down each individual step on his back legs. "We need to speak with Queen Mirana immediately."

"And how," Absolem said. "Will you get there? You're far from there, aren't you? And if your news is indeed urgent."

Alice shrugged still walking down the stairs until finally her feet hi the cobble stoned floor. "I don't know. Maybe we could have….um…."

"Is there anywhere to get there faster?" Imogene asked, her dark eyes sparking with curiosity. "If there is, please will you help us?"

"Of course," The butterfly replied and fluttered of Alice's shoulder and hovered in front of them all, only a few feet away from them. "Anything to help our champion finish her quest."

With a deep sigh Absolem exhale deeply, sending a large fog of smoke that surrounded everyone, even Mctwisp who as back to standing on all fours. The smoke grew darker and then, Absolem's voice floated towards them from a direction Alice couldn't place.

"Follow me," He replied, and there was a flash of blue for one moment and then it was gone. Alice reached out her hands, and something grabbed one, a warm familiar hand and then something rubbed against her leg. Alice bent down and picked up Mctwisp, carrying him in one arm while clinging desperately to the hand in the fog as they followed blindly after the small blur of blue.

I don't like this one a lot because nothing really interesting happened. Oh well, all I can do is write the next chapter better! Review!