I'm back, my readers! It was a very busy week for me, and I didn't have much time to write more. I realized that I had forgotten to add something rather important to the chapters… Has anyone ever wondered about the Jabberwocky?

Chapter 6: Jabberwocky

Iracebeth stalked out of the castle, furious about Mirana going into her room. The ugly idiot had probably figured it out by now. What would she do? Iracebeth decided to take a walk to the archery practice to take out her anger… and make a few stops along the way.

She went behind the castle to the forest of Salenzen Grum and saw an all-too-familiar rock with three scratches across it. Moving the rock, Iracebeth found a large sack with a few pounds of meat in it. Throwing it over her shoulder, she continued through the forest for a couple miles. Finally she reached a large clearing surrounded by trees and let out a shrill whistle.

Almost immediately, the sky was blocked by a huge shadow. A large creature landed in front of the Princess of Crims and let out a roar. Iracebeth smiled with delight. "'Ello, Jabberwocky," she breathed.

"Your Highness." The dragon-like creature nodded. "What meat this time?"

Iracebeth emptied the sack onto the ground. "Swine and goat, wif one cow."

"Marvelous," the Jabberwocky said before digging in to a meal. Iracebeth watched as it ate, remembering to when she had first discovered it…

It was a dreary day in Crims, and thirteen-year-old Iracebeth was bored out of her mind. "I want to go for a walk!" she yelled at no one in particular. She wanted to look for more insects to take back to the castle. She liked to experiment with them. Often she'd dissect them while they were still alive, or remove their body pieces one by one. It was quite interesting to see their reactions and hear them scream in pain.

"You can go for a walk if you wish to, darling," the Queen said. So off she went, into the forest, picking up random insects and dropping them into the jar. Iracebeth ignored their cries for help. Suddenly, she tripped over a large rock and fell hard on the ground. The jar of insects broke, and the bugs scattered.

Cursing at herself, Iracebeth stood up and looked back at what she had tripped over. It was a large, black, shiny, oval-shaped rock. Iracebeth had never seen one of those before. Or had she? She remembered back to her Creatures of Underland book. In the chapter of Rare Creatures, she remembered seeing an egg like this. But what was it called?

There was a cracking noise coming from the egg. Iracebeth watched as a piece of the egg fell away. Then the egg broke away altogether. A small dragon-like creature let out a small roar.

And then Iracebeth realized. "A Jabberwocky!"

The creature looked at her as a baby would look at its mother. "Mummy?" it asked.

Iracebeth could not help feeling pity for the small thing. Maybe, she thought to herself, if she raised it, she could use it as a weapon against enemies!

"Don't worry, dear, Mummy's herwe, she'll get you some food."

For the next seven years, the Jabberwocky and Iracebeth developed a deep connection. He would give her rides sometimes on his back, and she would provide food for him. The Jabberwocky made a vow to help her out if she ever needed him. And Iracebeth had promised to never tell anyone of his existence until she needed him.

"You look upset, Iracebeth," the Jabberwocky commented as he finished his meal.

"It's my awful sista, Jabberwocky. She's the favowite, and I don't know what to do about it."

"When the time comes, I will help you become Queen. I do owe you for your kindness to me when I was young," the Jabberwocky said thoughtfully.

"Thank you."

The Jabberwocky flew Iracebeth to the archery practice, and watched as she took out her anger on the cloth dummies; he was amused of who she pretended they were: Mirana, the Queen, the Hightopps, and other people he only knew of by name.

"One day, you shall help me rule Underwand forever," she whispered to him before she departed back to her castle.

Yes, it's a little short, but more interesting things will come later. I just felt the need to explain the relationship between the Red Queen and the Jabberwocky.

*Becca*