"Ah!" Alice cried out.
"Oh!" Hatter gasped. He then whispered sadly into her ear, trying to withdraw himself as he laid back down on the bed. "I'm so sorry Alice…I didn't mean to…I…"
Alice quickly caught him by the shoulders and pulled him back to her.
"No…It's alright." Alice said, kissing him softly on the mouth, brushing her fingertips across his jaw line.
Hatter smiled weakly at her, his eyes changing slowly back to their normal green. He then began to kiss her naked shoulder, moving his mouth lovingly across her collarbone.
"Don't stop…" Alice begged, pulling his head closer to her.
Hatter grinned against her skin, making Alice shiver.
He then drew back and looked over her bare body. "Your so beautiful." He said simply, his eyes now a lovely light violet. "No wonder you have so much muchiness…"
"Tarrant…." Alice giggled before she kissed him soundly, turning then both so that he was directly above her.
"I don't want to hurt you again…" Tarrant said vulnerably, brushed a strand of her golden hair away from her face.
"You won't…" Alice said to reassure him, "I want this remember. I love you!"
A large smile broke out across the Hatter's face. "Me too."
Hatter woke up first the next morning, stretching his arms out in a big yawn. His arm brushed something to his right, and that's when he noticed a sleeping blonde lying next to him. Memories from the exhausting night before flew back into his brain, and he smirked openly. Alice had finally become his wife, in every way.
Turning over onto his side and resting his head on his elbow, Tarrant looked fondly over Alice as she slept. Her hair cascaded over her pillow and her bare shoulders. He loved the way the sun coming through the window was reflecting in her hair. It made it seem as if she had a halo; A lovely, golden halo.
Hatter wrapped an arm around her waist, and picked up one of her locks between his fingers, examining it.
"What are you doing now, you crazy, wonderful man?" Alice mumbled, a sleepy smile playing on her mouth.
"Oh! I was just wondering how you came to be here. Are you really sure you came from Overland? Or did you just fall out of the sky, sent here especially for me?" Hatter placed his hand on her cheek, and planted a loving kiss on her still swollen lips.
Alice smiled with her eyes closed, starting to fall back asleep.
"Are you tired?"
"Aren't you?" Alice questioned, opening one eye.
"Well, yes of course! But there are so many things to do!" Hatter said, shaking her slightly.
"Stop…" Alice groaned, turning in the opposite direction.
"Come on! There is so much to do!" Hatter insisted.
"Like what?" She asked stubbornly, turning to face him again.
"I haven't the slightest idea, but there must be something better to do at the palace than just stay in bed all day…" Hatter wrinkled his eyebrows slightly.
"Don't you want to stay in bed all day?" Alice asked seductively, brushing her fingertips along the Hatter's bare chest.
"Not like I'd mind doing that, but I don't think that is what you have in mind." Hatter said, widening his eyes as he looked at the almost passed out blonde. "Come on. I bet the Queen will be expecting our company for tea. It's the least we could do, I mean what with her planning the ball and all…"
Alice was asleep again, and the Hatter rolled his eyes when he noticed. He then got out of bed and pulled on his trousers, shirt, and vest. He glanced over at the bed again, annoyed. Then, he went and opened the window so that the sun shined directly in Alice's eyes.
"Ah!!" A groan came from the bed as the Hatter tided his hair and placed his hat upon his head. Looking into the looking glass before him, he saw Alice throw the pillow over her head to block out the sunlight.
"Come on dearest, "He called, walking over to the bed, "Up and Alice…" He pulled the pillow out of her hands.
"I though it was Adam?" Alice said, squinting up at him.
"What?" Hatter asked confused.
"Adam. The phrase you just said. Isn't it suppose to be 'up and Adam'?" Alice said, finally sitting up.
"Why on earth would I say that? Your name is Alice, isn't it? Why would I ever call you Adam?" Hatter puzzled, pulling back the sheets for her, as she finally stood up. His eyes roamed over her figure as she began to pick up her old dress form the floor.
"Oh never mind…" Keeping a sheet draped around her, Alice walked over to their closet and pulled out a sunny yellow dress with white bows along the trim.
"What happened to the whole, 'We're married' thing?" Hatter asked roguishly, looking at the sheet.
Alice rolled her eyes, still slightly annoyed that he had woken her up. She then dropped the sheet to the floor.
"Much better…." Hatter teased.
Alice pulled on the yellow dress and then Tarrant buttoned up the back for her.
"Are you ready to go to tea then?" Hatter asked as she arranged her hair into a large white bow, "We don't want to be late, you know. Thackery will kill me…."
Alice smiled up at him and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him on the cheek. "Let's go then."
Alice pulled him by the hand out of their room and into the garden where some tables were still set up from the night before.
"Well, it's about time…" Nivens said impatiently, looking down at his watch.
Two flying teacups greeted them when they arrived. March was not very happy with them. Both had gotten used to it though, and dodged the teacups flawlessly.
"Oh, hush now Nivens. We all know that they probably had a lot better thing to do…" Chessur insinuated with a loud purr.
"I'm glad your both were able to make it, "Mirana said sweetly, coming towards them, "Please, come sit by me…" Mirana grabbed Alice's hand and pulled her towards the far end of the table, where they all sat, the queen at the head, Alice to her right, and the Hatter to her left.
"So," Mirana said, starting conversation, "What have you two been up to this morning?" She asked innocently.
Alice and the Hatter blushed slightly, while the Chessur Cat chuckled naughtily from the other end.
"Just what I thought. Didn't you hear me earlier your majesty?" Chessur taunted, his head turning in circles.
"Don't listen to him," Mirana said after noticing the couple's expressions, "He is just trying to tease you too."
"And succeeding!" Chessur called.
"Would you like some tea, Alice? How about you Tarrant?" Mirana said, offering the pot to them to change the subject.
Both gratefully took a cup of tea and a small cake, as the mood began to lighten a bit.
"So, how are you recovering from the ball last night Mirana?" Hatter asked after taking a sip.
"Oh, quite well, surprisingly. I'm barely tired at all!"
"Somebody looks tired…" Chessur said, appearing over Alice's shoulder. Alice just brushed him away as he turning into a puff of smoke.
"Stop it Chessur." Tarrant said, getting annoyed, his eyes changing to orange.
"I was just pointing out the obvious." Chessur said looking at his claws.
"Chessur, I would stop it now if I was you." Mally warned, glancing over at the Hatter as he stood up from his chair.
"You really have a way of tiring her out, Tarrant…Do tell us…" Chessur continued to say before Hatter cut him off in a chokehold.
"Hatter!!!" Alice yelled, rushing over to them as Tarrant released his hold on the cat's neck.
"Thank you…I'm sorry…."Hatter said ashamed, looking down at his shoes.
"It's fine… "Alice glared at Chessur angrily. " If someone hadn't been so rude and taunted you like that then none of this would have ever…"
"Alice!"
"I'm fine…" Alice said, letting out a sigh.
They both then started chuckling when they realized what had just happened.
"I'm really rubbing off on you. Who knows! Maybe soon you'll have orange hair and color changing eyes."
"I hope so." Alice said, grinning up at him as he kissed her on the nose.
"Shall we get back to our tea?" Mirana asked after watching their lovely exchange.
"Oh! Yes!" Hatter exclaimed, pulling out Alice's chair for her to sit down.
"Sorry Chess!" Alice called back as she sat down, a happy smile playing on her lips.
"Oh, don't worry! I didn't take it personally…"
After tea, Alice and Tarrant decided to go walk the gardens for a while. Hatter pointed out all the most beautiful flowers and told her how they had come to live there, who their families were, and so on.
After a while they just stood in contented silence, holding hands as they walked, the sun drifting farther and farther down in the sky.
Then suddenly, their heard a strange bird squawk, that to Alice, sounded all too familiar.
They looked at each other with frightened eyes, both of them realizing whom the sound had come from and what it meant.
"What are we going to do?" Alice asked frantically, looking over at the White Queen who was happily playing hide and go peek with the March Hare and Mally.
"I don't think we have much choice in the matter. The Red Queen still has allies all over Underland. If we don't let them in now, it might be even worse later. She could gather up all her old followers and storm the castle in the night when everyone is asleep and unprepared."
"Then why isn't she doing that in the first place then?" Alice asked confused.
"I was wondering that myself. It must be that she wants to hurt the White Queen. If she makes it look like we helped her into the castle freely, and have betrayed the White Queen, her sister will be so hurt and upset that she will be easier to defeat. At least that is the only reason I could think the Bloody big head would invade this way." Hatter explained as he paced.
"So we have to let them in?" Alice whispered.
"Yes…But not until after we warn the queen…"
"But Hatter…"
"We will tell her to come up with a plan and we will tell her to act as though we did not warn her. I am sure she already has an idea anyways. She does have the Oraculem."
"True! I never even thought about that…."
"Neither did the big head…" Hatter growled angrily, then rushed over to speak to the Queen before running back over to his wife.
"So?" Alice asked concerned.
"She knows. She has for a while. The army is just waiting for the signal. When one of us says 'How dare you?', that is when they will attack. Are you ready?" Hatter asked, concerned, taking her hand in his own.
Alice merely nodded and then they went to open the gate, the doors squeaking eerily as they opened.
There before them, stood Stayne and his queen, both smirking evilly at them.
"Hello Alice." Stayne said. He took her hand from the Hatter's forcefully and then kissed it, his eyes roaming lustfully about her person.
A growl escaped between the Hatter's lips as his eyes turning bright orange.
"Oh cut it out Stayne." The Red Queen said annoyed, "Can't you see you're about to give the mad man a heart attack?"
"All the more fun my queen…" Stayne said, pulling Alice roughly towards him as the Hatter reached out for her.
"How dare you!!" Hatter growled before realizing what he said. Thousands of arrows began to fly down on them.
"Told on us, did you? That wasn't very wise! But who am I kidding? You're never very wise!" Stayne yelled, pulling Alice after him as they began to run away towards the woods. Alice screamed his name as the Hatter tried to follow them. It was very hard to dodge the arrows and one flew into his left arm. He bent over in pain as he tried to pull out the arrow. When he looked back up, they had disappeared.
"Alice!!!!!" He cried desperately, falling to his knees in a mix of despair and pain.
They were nowhere to be seen. He had lost her. Right when she had finally become his, he had lost her.
A/N- Yes. They have consummated their marriage, if you can't get that from the beginning of the chapter. That was both of their first times.