I like this chapter, because they are explanations! Yay. Enjoy!

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"Margret?" Alice whispered, putting her sword into its case at her hip and sliding of her Bandersnatch and running towards her sister. Margret was already ahead of her, sliding of her snowy white steed and running towards Alice and they embraced, their arms thrown around each other and faces buried in one another's blonde curls.

"What are you doing here?" Alice asked, her voice muffled by her sister's hair. "I thought..."

"That I would leave you?" Margret asked, her smile growing. "Alice, I stayed behind to help." She looked back at Stayne and frowned. "If hat monster wants a fight, we'll give him a damn good one."

"Margret?" another voice called, and both of the girls turned as their aunt marched through the crowed of solders. She looked much healthier than she had a the hospital, her dark brown curls flying around her face and her beautiful hazel eyes sharp and into the world instead of inside one of her own.

"Aunt….Imogene…" Margret whispered, her eye starting to go over with tears. Their aunt walked closer toward them, Margret dropped her arms and ran towards her. "Aunt Imogene, I'm so sorry. We…we…"

"Margret, it's alright." Imogene whispered, smoothing her eldest niece's hair as she returned the hug. That she'd been given. "I'm alright now, and I'm here to help you."

"What" Margret whispered. "How did you even-?"

"We broke her out," Alice explained. "She needed to help us too."

"Excuse me?" Stayne called from across the field and all three of the girl turned. "If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to end this war fairly soon."

"Of course, Stayne." Imogene said, pulling a sword from her sheath that she'd been given and holding it in her sure hands. "It's time we rid Underland of the evil known as you."

"Insolent harlot." Stayne exclaimed. "Attack," He called to his army. "Kill them all, epically their champion."

Suddenly, the monsters were charging at Alice and all of the queen's soldiers and it was time to fight." Quickly, she turned to her Bandersntach and grabbed its fur, hoisting herself on top of it.

"Alice," Margret called and Alice turned, seeing her sister onto of her own steep, her bow in her hands, an arrow ready to pull. "Destroy him," She told him, and then, charged off towards battle, sending arrows soaring into the hearts of the enemy.

Alice nodded, reaching for her sword and charging on her friend towards the middle of the field. She would be the one to kill Stayne, no one else.

The bandersnatch attacked anything that was in its path, sending monsters and animals alike, spinning out of its way, and they got farther and farther into the middle of the battle. The Banderntach cried a mightier roar that turned into as shriek of pain as it fell over, sending Alice onto the ground, her sword falling out of her grip.

Desperately, Alice sat up, reaching around for her sword when a loud roar erupted from above her, sending her hair blowing back. She looked up in horror to see the monster creature with the head of a lion standing above her. She reached back again, desperate to get away when something caused it to slide backwards. The Bandersnatch bit into the ruff of its neck, purple green blood flowing from the wound, and it let out another roar. Quickly, its wings were freed and it was flying up with the Bandersnatch in its paws hen released it, sending the furry gray creature into the ground.

"No!" Alice shrieked, finally finding her sword and standing, holding it poised to stab the monster that had just hurt her friend. The Bandersnatch wasn't moving but the Kimreit was, flying down to crouching towards Alice. It was only five feet away now. Four.

"Alice!" Someone cried, and the monster buckled in pain, turning wildly and showing Alice its back as Irisa jammed her sword back down into its back. She looked up suddenly, as if sensing eyes on her.

"Run, Alice run!" She screamed, pulling her sword up about to stab it back inside. Alice nodded, running towards the way she had before when she heard Irisa's name being called out. She looked over her shoulder just long enough to see Irisa get thrown up into the air and then shot down by the Kemreit's tail.

Keep going, Alice. She thought, running towards Stayne. You have to keep going.

"That's right, Alice." A voice said pleasantly, "You have to keep going."

Alice turned slowly, and felt her heart stop. There he was, standing ten feet away. All around them people fought, swords clashing against one another, people bleeding, crying, hurt beyond the point of trying to go on, but right now Stayne and Alice were in their own tiny bubble.

"My, my, look at you." Stayne said, walking towards her at a leisurely pace. "You've grown so strong since I last saw you, but….things still haven't been easy, have they?"

Alice took a deep breath, raising her sword.

"Uh, uh, uh." Stayne wagged at her with a single gloved finger. "That won't do you any good with the problems I'm talking about. Unless you intend to kill your friend, the Hatter, right?"

Alice didn't even flinch at Stayne's word.

"He has been a rather bad boy, hasn't he?" Stayne asked, still walking closer. "Kissing you a few nights ago, sure he denied it, but you and I, we know the truth, don't we?"

"You don't know anything." Alice said with venom in her words.

"Ah, but your wrong there." Stayne explained. "You see, Alice. You may not have known it, but I know exactly what I'm talking about."

Alice's eyes widened slightly, her sword lowering a bit too. "What do yo-"

"I know about the fight you two had, and the fights after it." Stayne interrupted. "How he knows exactly what to say to hurt you. Remember how horribly you two fought the first time you saw him after Irisa had come back. When you two were alone? You ran away like the child you are."

"Stop it," Alice whispered.

"You were so close to the door, you could have escaped it all, but Iracebeth interrupted you, didn't she?" Stayne continued. "She even said I wouldn't bother to finish what I'd started, but I would. I always do."

Alice took a step back. "What do you mean?"

"Oh, honestly Alice, you really haven't figured it out yet?" Stayne asked, his only eye rolling up to the sky. "The evil thing that idiotic man told you? The lies, the impulses? You think he could have done that all on his own?"

"You mean…" Alice whispered, staring down then looking up and raising her sword. "You did that."

"I must admit, what happened in your bedroom wasn't l my doing, but I did make sure he wouldn't remember it. I only supplied him with the words, nothing more. But the rest, was all me. Every argument, ever lie, ever action, I controlled. He was my puppet, and he wasn't the only one."

"Iracebeth." Alice whispered.

"She was weaker than here was I trashed her mind much more easily, than left her to rot. Trapped in her own madness." Stayne was s till smiling. "Much like your own aunt."

"She's not crazy," Alice growled. "And neither am I. The only one who truly is, is you."

"Ah, such memorable words." Stayne smiled warmly at her. "Will they be your last?"

With a gasp Alice ran towards Stayne, her sword held high. He slashed at him, and took a few steps forward, turning ready to hit him again, but as she looked down, she saw shed missed and only hit him in his arm. Where purple blood was oozing out of his cut.

She took a quick step back while Stayne grinned down at his wound than back at her. "What….what are you?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet, Alice?" Stayne's voice got deeper with every word, his eyes growing darker and he started to grow. "You're going to have to soon if you want any chance to fight me."

Alice took another step back, and another, and then she tripped, tuning to catch her fall, she heard a massive roar behind her, much louder than the Kemreit's had been. And when she turned around onto her back, she saw with horror that where Stayne had been, the Jabberwocky now stood.

Dun, dun, Dun. Cliff hanger! Actually, lots of cliff hangers. I hope Irisa is not dead….that would suck. Review please! Cause it's SUMMER!