The Queen found March two years before she found Natalia. She had watched March's mother being eaten by a Jabberwock (a sight she wishes never to see again) and was about to let the two-year-old child be eaten, when she saw something in the boy. He had this spark in his eyes, this air about him that caught her eye that made her believe she could raise him for something that fit her plan far more than anything she could ever develop in a lab. She snatched up the child just as the boy reached his fists up, as if he were to fight the giant beast.

Although he was two years younger than Jack, he proved to be far more proficient than the Jack Heart boy in his learning, everything from schoolwork to combat fighting to musical talent to harvesting oysters, March (as she named him after the month she found him in) quickly won over the queen with his wit, charm, good looks and deceptively good ability to be completely cunning. So cunning in fact, he was able to do things right under her nose without leaving a trace. He would steal emotion tea from her private supply, take her ring when he wanted and even sneak out of the casino late at night so he could wander about the city by himself.

That was how he came to befriend Hatter. Of course he told the Queen that Hatter was a friend of one of the number 5 spade, which he later convinced to tell that story as well, and that he was a sweet boy whose family own the company that produced the scarabs. Of course, that too was a lie, for he was just a lowly tea boy, working his butt off in a teashop. He met Hatter at a backdoor club he had snuck into nearly two years ago, after his eighteenth birthday. Hatter and him hit it off perfectly then, like two brothers that never existed.

March was a tall elequant looking man at the age of twenty now, with a perfect crop of dark hair and a perfect nose, mysterious brown eyes and tan skin. His teeth were straight and pearly white, his skin tan and tight, taunt muscles and broad shoulders. He was, in all sense of the word, much more handsome than Jack Heart himself, who, at the age of twenty two, was barely more than 6' tall. March held himself highly, and while he was incredibly brilliant, he was at a lost for words when she came around. He would say something witty, she would shoot back with some wittier comment than he, and he would scowl, she would scowl and then they would laugh.

Growing up nearly together had been a little bit of a disadvantage for him, seeing as he fancied her quite a bit for a while, but coming down the stairs to see Hatters arms wrapped around the pretty girl in purple made his blood boil just a bit, just little bit.

"Hatter," March boomed, striding across the floor to meet him. Hatter dropped Natalia like she was on fire, and turned to March, slight color on his cheeks. Natalia smiled, a beautiful beaming smile before wrapping her arms around him and giving him a light kiss on the cheek. That was more like it. Hatter smiled sympathecally at him.

"March!" she cried happily, "I met your friend here," she said, "He's very nice, has he been over before?"

"Many times."

"Oh, then I haven't seen him."

"No."

She heard the shouts of the suits coming down the stairs and her eyes went wide.

"What have you done this time, Natalia?" asked March carefully, running his hands down her arms. Natalia simply smirked.

"Nothing that concerns you now," she said, bursting into a smile, "It's nice to meet you, Hatter, I hope to see you around here more often."

Hatter gave a lopsided smile and she nodded before bolting down the hallway, just as the suits made it round the last corner. They looked confused for a moment before March casually pointed in the opposite direction in which she had run too. The suits followed.

"Where to today, Hatter?" March asked casually, leading the way up to his suite.

"The deck, I think," Hatter replied, "Best views of the city eh March?"

"Indeed," he replied. There was a brief moment of awkward silence between them.

"Natalia is very pretty," Hatter commented, feeling he must say something about the girl he had caught from falling. March nodded thoughtfully.

"Trouble though," he warned, a glint in his eyes, "Lots of trouble, actually."

"I can tell," Hatter muttered following March into the elevator.

"But yes, she is very beautiful," March said, a blush on his cheeks. Hatter wouldn't have noticed except that he knew his friend very well. He nodded.

"We should have her join us," Hatter said, making conversation.

"We should," he agreed, "If she finds us again."

Which wasn't that hard for her to do, seeing as when the pair stepped from the lift Natalia had darted by them in a dash of purple chiffon, her laughter filling the hall, yet again. March watched as she darted down his hall.

"Natalia!" he called out to her. She froze.

"March," she said, turning around.

"Come join us on the deck, they won't find you there," he said, gesturing to her. She looked hesitant for a moment, but she looked at Hatter, her eyes meeting his for a moment before her body relaxed and she nodded. This display of emotion made Hatter's heart skip and remained unseen by March. But that was for the best. She smiled.

"All right then," March said, "Follow me."

Hatter was right. The deck overlooked the entire city. A small card table was set near the edge, and they sat down by it, Natalia smiling the whole while. Her eyes kept darting between March and Hatter as she smiled, staring out at the view. Hatter sipped quietly on his tea, as did March, before speaking.

"I think, Hatter, that we should go to 21C tonight."

21C was a new club that recently opened in wonderland. It was popular among the younger wonderlanders, mainly for the music and for the tea. They served the largest variety of emotion tea, the largest in the market. The hip wonderlanders crowded the place, and March had been a few times, as had Hatter, and they've both fancied it very much. It was located in an old building with a white porch. The only feature outside was a large red telephone booth and a scrolling marquee across the top of the porch, scrolling the name and the feature of tea for that night.

"Mhm," Hatter said, "Tonight's emotion is lust," he recalled, remembering he passed it earlier on his way to see March. March smirked wickedly.

"What do you think, Natalia?" he asked, "Would you be up for being my date tonight to a club?"

Natalia turned and looked at him, Hatter secretly hoped she would say no, but it wasn't likely, after all, Hatter and her had just met, and they barely had had a conversation with each other.

"A club?" she asked excitedly, "In Wonderland? In the City?"

March laughed loudly, the remniscents of his humor in his tea in his voice, "Yes, of course!"

Natalia smiled again, "Is Hatter coming too?"

That question made his heart skip. So she did care for him a bit, or she was being polite, but either way made him feel like she cared, just a little. He smiled to himself.

"Of course," March answered, a little bit hurt, "What do you say?"

"I would love to be your date!" she said, wrapping her arms around him. He returned the hug easily, and she kissed his cheek before pulling back, turning back to Hatter.

"Oh this will be so fun!" she said, the enthusiam in her much more than Hatter had ever seen in a wonderlander. It was like she had drunk a whole bottle of emotion tea for each emotion. It was strange, but he welcomed her glee, feeling the emotion radiated to hit him.

She nodded happily and raced from the balcony quickly, glancing over her shoulder at them, "I must go and get ready! Oh this is great, I've never been in the city before!"

Which was halfway true, she told herself. She had been in the city, but never on her own. She smiled as she dashed back to her room. She smiled, knowing how much fun it would be to explore the city, and how easy it would be to create chaos. She also thought bout how she would be able to drink emotion tea. She saw all the other wonderlanders drinking it, so why shouldn't she? She wanted to taste emotions too. She smiled again, and went to her closet. Tonight, she was going to raise hell.

Meanwhile, Hatter sat on the roof with March, discussing how they would sneak her out. But Hatter's mind was far from that. Hatter was trying to figure out how to make her all his own for that night, how to get her alone so he could get to know the chaotic girl for his own.

March was trying to figure out the same thing.

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A/N Filler chapter i know, but the next one i garentee will be good. Natalia will get herself in trouble, Hatter will get in over his head, and MArch will think up a plan to make Natalia his. This next chapter is the chapter in which everything either starts getting together or it falls apart. But for now, review this one?

Please?

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