Alice's POV
Mirana stared at me with lust in her eyes, her fingers twitched at the touch of the table when she stood up and fixed her dress, her hand were so soft it was hard to explain how they felt against my rough and torn hands, when we briefly held hands, the way her soft smile held so many emotions made my heart skip beats and add some in, as well as my brain raced with ideas, questions and thoughts of everything she felt and pondered about everyday.
I wanted to know it all, to just lay in the grass with her and let everything out, speak to her for non-stop hours, hold her in my arms late at night, no talking just staring up at the stars and at the beautiful scenery of Marmoreal "am..I still your champion my queen?" I asked once we got closer to her meeting "yes of course, your underland's champion Alice, as well as mine" I smiled at the ground not daring to look up at Mirana.
"Is something wrong dear Alice? Have I upset you in anyway?" Mirana cupped her left hand under my chin and forced me to look at her "of course not my queen, you'd never be able to do such a thing, not that I'm saying your incapable of doing so...but that-" Mirana placed a finger on my lips which caused my heart to flutter and want to take her hand away from my face and passionately kiss her, no matter in front of millions, or in front of the living trees, or even in front of McTwisp!
"Breathe Alice...join me for my meeting" it sounded almost like an order but was obviously more of a question, it would be boring in the meeting and many would try to back talk my queen which I could not allow. "Of course" I had a feeling those two words would become my favorite soon.
Mirana smiled at me and lead the way once again discussing how she has run her kingdom since she first took the crown and throne, to when her sister stole her crown, and when I got it back for her.
"In all I must thank you Alice, thanks to you many kingdoms have restored their faith in me, they understand my vows since I do not wish to be like Iracebeth..." Mirana stared at a nearby tree who branches swayed in the wind "forgive me, my mind has been off lately" I nodded and reached for her hand before she took a giant step further from me which just made me get closer "Mirana..." I whispered into her ear once I finally got close enough to her
"Alice?..." she replied back to my calling "we should be getting to your meeting my queen, it's been forty minutes since you said you were to arrive" I smiled at her while holding the Vorpal sword and wearing my old armor that was still the same as my battle with the Jabberwocky.
"Yes I should..shouldn't I?" she placed a hand on my cheek "come now." I followed behind her with sword and shield in hand wearing my heavy armor while keeping a close eye on my queen, when we reached the door, where the meeting was being held, I opened the door for Mirana and stood carefully by her the whole time only putting away my shield but keeping the sword in my right hand in case any try to harm her.
"That is all for this meeting, Fair Farren all" Mirana rose from her chair that almost resembled a throne but was far from it, I escorted her back to her work area and watched her work on stacks of papers that were from all kingdoms, things that Iracebeth 'the bitch' had neglected, things that were not passed, things that need to be passed and so on.
"I will never understand underland" I said aloud looking at a pile that started to curve with the ceiling "it must be a very odd world compared to yours that seems very bland my dear Alice, it will take some getting used to, I've never bothered to question any of it, it's like life in your world, you say not a single human has an explanation for how you were created, we have no explanation for why underland is what it is, or how things work." She looked up from her paper work for a second before continuing to read them.
"Doesn't it get boring just sitting here everyday reading papers, signing them, and then doing boring royal things? I mean if I was queen I'd rather spend my day outside away from the castle really, too much white at times" I stared at a new stack that was piling with books randomly or at the queen's command.
"Does get boring in my opinion...but that is the duty of a queen, to rule your kingdom and do it well" Mirana rose from her chair and walked toward me "where is the king? or is there no king yet?" turning my head to her direction and staring deep into her dark brown eyes "no..no king, I've turned down all the men who have wanted to marry me."
Suddenly Chess appeared on Mirana's desk "that is not the full story love~" he purred with almost every word that came out of his sharp toothed mouth "off with it Chess..." Mirana turned sharply facing the poor cat who immediately floated off her desk and hid behind me.
"Don't hide behind me! I'm not the one who angered her" I tried getting him to get off me but his grip held on tight to my clothes. "Alright Chess off" he stared at me flopping his cat ears down trying his hardest to look upset "fine you can stay, but I'm still not a part of this."