Mirana's POV
"Mirana dearest...why don't you go outside and sit outside on the steps of the entrance? it's a nice day today you know, plus I feel as if your going to meet someone important, a king...of a sort, who has been waiting for your hand in marriage for a long time" Chess whispered the words into my right ear before disappearing to my left.
"Off with it Chess..please" closing my eyes wishing for this day to end already "your Majesty, someone has requested your presence, some girl with a child" I stood from my chair fixing my dress and hair for a quick moment before following the knight to this girl.
"By the by where is this king you talked about Chess? I want to turn him down, I'm busy at the moment" Mirana stared at one of her servants talking to a tree, with kindness, like she asked "Mirana!" a sweet and unforgettable voice called her name "My queen!" there was a tall dirty blonde haired girl with beautiful blue eyes that captured my attention when I had first laid eyes on her long ago when just a young girl.
"A-Alice? my champion? your back?" I could have fainted at that moment in Alice's arms and not cared at all what anyone thought about it, Alice embraced me in her strong arms while I buried my face into her shoulder enjoying every single second of her embrace...she smelled wonderful as well even while being covered in dirt.
"I missed you my queen, sorry for hugging you randomly, it was unnecessary" she blushed a bit and took a few steps back bowing lightly.
"It's ok Alice my dear, you're a friend, I would like it if you would call me Mirana we are friends after all dear" I smiled at her, a smile that I felt over powered Chess's smiles because for once mine was full of happiness for finally having my lover return to me after two long years almost turning into three tomorrow.
"Alice! your queen is pretty but I don't see how she is-" Alice quickly laid her hand on her the boy's mouth "s-shut it" I smiled at the boy, knelled to his level and poked his cheek "and who would you be?" he smiled back at me "I'm Henry, Alice here is my big sister, she told me EVERYTHING about underland that she knows about, I like to call it wonderland because I think it sounds like a wonder~ful place! She told me a lot about you too!" Alice laid her hand on the Henry's mouth again and picked him up "h-he talks a lot" she weakly smiled at me.
"Come, I'm sure Thackery would love to see you again, Tarant is...unavailable..forever" I tried to force a smile upon my face "is he dead?" Henry's smile turned immediately into a frown which broke my heart seeing such a beautiful boy upset.
"Of course not honey. No...instead he has gone..well mad..and not the good mad either, he lost his muchiness, and then his mind, and quite possibly his soul, he is forever bound by time to drink tea at his never ending tea party...this is all too much on you both, just arriving and all, forgive me" I bowed lightly to Alice "My queen it's fine" Alice smiled sweetly at me.
Henry enjoyed bothering McTwisp while me and Alice caught up on the moments we were apart "so you had to fight another war without me? did you get injured my queen?" Alice sipped at her tea "no and in fact we did alright seeing as there was no Jabberwocky this time..also my sister did not have many forces on her side, very little in fact, it is against my vow to harm any living creature, so I sentenced her to live forever in darkness where she belongs, darkness that may surely hurt her, but I cannot stop that..she did say she'd rather live in the world of dark than in a world of light after all."
A small smile tugged at my face as the darkness wanted to laugh at the idea of Iracebeth in darkness that surely was tearing her apart along with Stayne. Alice stared at me before smiling and sipping her tea once again "I'm just glad your ok, any punishment for them seems fitting to me truly, gruesome as it may be, I've witnessed enough to get over being squeamish at the site of dead bodies or blood."
Alice looked up from her tea "I didn't do much in China besides set up my business, go on adventures that were all very dangerous, train myself, and make a few friends" she held the cup delicately as if it would break on her any moment.
It felt great to have Alice's presence around me to see her smile at me even if no words were said "Alice...did you find any suitors while you were in aboveland? I'm sure many asked for your hand" I was curious to know if her heart could still be mine or not.
"Of course not, I didn't think about marrying a man the whole time I was away from London, still haven't thought about men in a long time really, don't fancy them if you want my opinion really" Alice smiled at me again which made me wanna just flip the table over, smash my lips onto Alice's and spend the rest of my busy day kissing her in my hidden garden.
Henry is still only 13 years old and I decided since being related to Alice he would have a lot of properties of her, being brave, courageous, hyper, imaginative and etc. I felt that with such a strict mother him and Alice would get along the most (going by how boys would, stereotypically, probably rather disobey their mother and do the opposite and have fun) so I figured his attitude being all hyper and what not just fit for being related to Alice. The wiki also said that he also went along with Alice (an adventure into wonderland) when she was 7 and he only 1 years old, I felt that ever since the two just shared a strong bond by witnessing wonderland with each other although the boy was young I felt that such a thing would stick to his mind as a dream but then activated as a real thing once Alice talked to him more and more about it.