Epilogue

Word spread around the kingdom rather fast about how the queen of hearts was slain. It was mostly due to the card soldiers who were still stationed around the kingdom as guards suddenly turned into smoke. Cheshire returned to Alice and Hatter and explained to them about how after he killed his sister the soldiers she made purely out of her magic or corrupted them so much with it, no longer had that magic to survive on and simply vanished.

The night was filled with the beautiful light of the rare green moon as everyone in the kingdom celebrated, and had last minute festivities. Everyone celebrated their newly found freedom while some older people who remembered the green moon festival celebrated that alongside it. Cheshire gave White Rabbit and March Hair proper burials outside of the cottage and held a small ceremony with Alice and Hatter. They returned to the House of cards (which would later be renamed) and celebrated in the festivities with everyone.

Cheshire joined them in the celebration for a while but he kept the form of the cat that he had been using for so long. After some time through the festivities Cheshire disappeared without saying much to Alice or Hatter. Cheshire had snuck off to the grave sight of the former Chess king.

As Cheshire arrived at the Chess king's grave he glanced back up at the moon and said, "Well old friend finally Wonderland is free of everything. Soon it will be my time to rest like you, perhaps for good. I never have slept before so this permanent sleep will be interesting; perhaps I will finally see what a dream is." After Cheshire finished talking he just sat up and starred at the moon.

Cheshire was so busy starring at the moon he didn't even notice When Alice and Hatter arrived on dodo birds, until they called out to him. "So the whole kingdom is celebrating and here you are alone. That's not like you at all." Hatter said.

Cheshire turned to them then went back to starring at the moon. "Well tonight is your guy's night. Besides I wanted to spend it with Aaron, but I guess I can settle for some extra company.

Anyways tomorrow morning I can take you home Alice if that is what you want. However my power is fading so it will be a one way trip, I can take Hatter as well but if you go you will never be able to come back."

"What do you mean can't you just rest for a few years, recharge your energy and then take us back and forth freely?" Alice asked.

"Jabberwockies are born in pairs and often die in them as well. The sad truth about it is that without their other counterpart Jabberwocky cannot survive for long; isn't that right Cheshire." Hatter said.

Alice looked up to Hatter, the light of the full green moon gave her plenty to see in but she didn't need much to tell Hatter was on the verge of tears.

"So how long have you known?" Cheshire asked.

"I pieced it together after talking to White Rabbit a bit. I knew that you might have had to kill your sister and yourself in the process to free Wonderland. I hated the thought of it and hoped it wouldn't come to it but-"

"But if it had to be done to free Wonderland, than it had to be done." Cheshire interrupted. "It is alright my friends; I have righted the wrongs of my people and of myself. This is the last chapter of my story and all in all I think it's a fitting end."

Hatter and Alice said nothing more then walked up and sat side by side with Cheshire in the middle. The three of them spent hours just starring at the moon in silence until Alice and Hatter were barley able to keep their eyes open, Cheshire guided them back to the cottage on the dodo birds and then the two climbed in bed and fell asleep right away.

The next morning Hatter and Alice woke up still tired and feeling extremely sore from their battle the other day. Cheshire gave them time to wake up and eat breakfast before he came back to them and asked Alice what her decision was.

Alice looked up to Hatter, smiled at him then grabbed his hand and said, "I'm going to miss my family very much but Wonderland is my new home now, it's where I belong."

Hatter squeezed Alice's hand then leaned down and kissed her. When they stopped kissing Alice turned back to Cheshire and said, "Actually Cheshire if you could I would like you to give a note to my brother."

"I can do that." Cheshire said.

Alice ran back inside the cottage and quickly found some paper and a writing quill with some ink then began to write a note to her brother. She wanted to tell him everything but could not think of where to begin so she just wrote something small but significant to them. Then Alice came back outside and gave the note to Cheshire.

Cheshire took the note then said, "Give me a few hours and I shall return." Cheshire said. Then he disappeared leaving Alice and Hatter alone.

Cheshire returned to the forest thicket behind Alice's old house and snuck inside invisibly. The place was mostly empty except a couple boxes. Cheshire searched around the house too see if anyone was insight, then he heard voices coming from outside and went into the room that he remembered was where Alice stayed before following him.

The room was just as empty as the house except inside the closet, where Cheshire found a small paper back book titled "Alice's adventures in Wonderland." Cheshire slipped the note inside the book when he heard the sound of someone approaching. Then he placed the book inside the closet and quietly slid the door until there was only a crack peeking inside it. Cheshire focused on his invisibility as a young man with blonde hair and handsome features walked inside the room.

Cheshire almost lost all focus on his invisibility when he saw the young man. Aside from the hair color he looked exactly like his old friend the Chess King Aaron. The young man looked around the room then his eyes stopped on where Cheshire was sitting invisibly. For a moment Cheshire thought he had lost his invisibility when the young man went to the closet and opened it up.

He picked up the book found the note inside and started reading it. When the young man read the note a second time he went downstairs and Cheshire silently and invisibly followed him. After he heard him speak though is when Cheshire was completely sure about his theory. This young man who was also named Aaron is the reincarnation of the former Chess king.

Now Cheshire understood why he was so drawn to that world in the first place, it was because of Aaron. His meeting Alice was not just a coincidence; it was destiny. And Cheshire for the first time in a very long time was truly happy again. His old friend found a new life one where he can be free to live as he wants and be happy.

When Cheshire returned to Wonderland he spent the entire day with Alice and Hatter; he debated on telling Alice about his discovery in her world but decided against it seeing how happy she was now. And as the day started to end and the sun began to set the three of them sat up high on a hill watching the sun set together. As the sun went down over the horizon Cheshire began to disappear but this time for good. When he was gone completely Alice and Hatter cuddled up together and thought back to all their fun times together with Cheshire.

Many months' later Alice and Hatter became the new rulers of Wonderland and slowly began to help restore it to what it used to be as people began moving out of the kingdom and into new areas. Hatter after some time brought in a select group of people to the cottage so they could do various tasks; such as grow food in the green room to give to the people of Wonderland.

Some of the people Hatter brought to the cottage were in charge of copying down all of the books inside the library to eventually open up a public library of knowledge inside the new kingdom Alice and Hatter were building. A lot of people still needed new clothing but Hatter took the task upon himself all alone because that was something he just loved doing.

Eventually Hatters and Alice's new kingdom was built, it was created in the former Chess kingdom and the architects used pictures from some of the books about the old chess kingdom as a base for the new one. The builders even repaired many of the statues that took the shape of the Chess pieces. And after a year and a half the new kingdom was finished and was open to all.

Hatter decided to name the kingdom after the old one, the Chess kingdom. Alice and Hatter still lived in the cottage though and Hatter would one day name someone else to be king so he and Alice could spend their days doing as they wish.

One day Alice and Hatter were walking around the Chess kingdom just admiring its beauty when they came across a familiar set of statues. These statues were of March Hair, and White Rabbit standing side by side with a statue of Cheshire in his cat form and mischievous smile standing on each of their shoulders. There was some plaque at the feet of them that read in big letters "In dedication to Cheshire, March Hair, and White Rabbit: The heroes of Wonderland.