Chapter four! HErre you go! Plz comment! Another chapter done and another chapter up!
"I-in love with him?" She hid a light blush as she turned with her back towards me. "W-what ever d-do you mean?"
"It's quite obvious Bunny." I shook my head good naturedly and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It isn't anything to be ashamed o-."
"No that isn't it Alice." She quickly turned back around and looked back towards the floor. "I'm not ashamed of it…I that I…" She sighed and walked toward an open cupboard and took out three tea cups and a clean tea pot. "Alice…If I…If I told you something…Would you keep it a secret for me?" She shut the cupboard and walked towards me hesitantly. "Y-you wouldn't tell anyone…would you, Alice?"
"No…of course not."
Depending on what you tell me that is…
"Tell me what you want to say Bunny…" It took a few moments, but eventually she exploded in a frenzy in emotion. Looking as if she wanted to laugh, cry, shout, dance, and collapse to the floor all at the same time.
"I Love him!" She jumped up and down around the kitchen. "I love him! I love him! I love him!" She took me by the hands and continued to jump, dragging me around the kitchen. "I love him more than anything!"
"I-I know Bunny!" I couldn't help but laugh at the scene. But then suddenly, she stopped jumping.
"Oh but that's the thing! You shouldn't know!" She dropped her voice to a whisper. "You aren't supposed to know."
"Oh…" I responded quietly. "Then…then why have you told me?" She bit her lip for a moment and then moved to put water in the kettle and set in on the stove. "Come with me a moment?" She gestured towards the door on the far side of the room, opened the door, and gestured towards me again. "Come along then." I walked toward her slowly and looked through the door.
"What-." She held a finger up to her lips and shook her head.
"Shhh…" Then she smiled and a lantern appeared in her hand.
It seems there is still a bit of magic left in Wonderland.
She stuck her arm into the space behind the door and revealed a flight of stairs. She mouthed the words, 'Follow me.' And she began to trek down the stairs. Silently I followed her.
Eventually we arrived in a small room filled with various weapons and shields, small pouches and sacks, and a large desk sat in the middle of the room. In the corner sat a small writing desk and stacks of paper. On the large table, was a map of all of Wonderland, marked with small red x's , small white circles, and small black squares.
"That is the map of the Great War." She sat the lamp down on the table.
"The Great War…The war going on between the Red and White armies?" She nodded.
"But it isn't just between the Red and White armies." She walked over to the other side of the room where a long grey curtain fell over the wall.
"What do you mean?" She looked at me solemnly and moved the curtain away to show an even larger map, showing those partaking in the war.
"I mean it's not just all of Wonderland, it's Looking Glass land too." I moved closer to the map.
"You mean…they were two different places?"
"Well…not exactly..." Look looked back towards the map and pointed to a disfigured line running through it. "You see this line here?" I nodded. "It used to be the dividing line between Looking Glass Land and Wonderland. But both of them exist at different points in time…Or they used to…"
"Used to…what do you mean used to?" She moved away from the wall and moved to the table.
"Come look and see." She nodded towards the maps and pointed at it again as I walked back. "This is the newest map available…" I looked at the map, but there was something missing.
"Where's the dividing line?" She shook he head.
"There is no dividing line. It's almost as if it's been dissolved." She leaned on the table and sighed heavily. "Everything has melded together…And I do mean everything. Including the Royal Suits."
"What do you mean?" I looked at her and she nodded back to the curtain.
"The Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs. They're all here…and they've all split."
"Split? You mean they've taken sides?" She nodded and sighed heavily.
"Yes quite so…The Heart and Diamond suits have taken the sides of the White Army and the Spades and the Clubs the Red Army."
"So... Then…I you don't mind me asking…What part do you play in this?" She rubbed her hands together and walked towards the wall with the pouches hanging on it.
"I am a part of the White Army…I am a healer. A person who…Well, heals." She took one of the pouches and brought it over to the table. "It's how I got mixed up with all of this in the first place."
"All of what Bunny? What is going on here?" She shrugged and went through her pouch.
"No one knows…One day the fight began, between the Lion and the Unicorn as usual…and then-."
"The Lion and the Unicorn?" She nodded.
"Not that them being in a battle would be anything out of the ordinary. They'd do it every day at the same time. So it wasn't unexpected…Except…"
"Except…except what?"
"They were wearing uniforms…"
"Uniforms? But why on earth would they be wearing uniforms." She shrugged and drummed on the table with the pads of her fingers.
"Nobody knows, and at the time no one cared. It was the only thing that was unusual about the whole scuffle." She stood up straight with the bag and pulled out a small vile. "Well…not the only thing…"
"What else was there Bunny?" I asked curiously. She bit her lip and then looked down to the vile in her hand, and then back up to me.
"I…I'm going to show you something very special Alice…And you must give me your word that you will never tell anyone about what you've just seen and of what you're about to see. Will you give it to me? Will you give me your word Alice?" She looked at me very solemnly and took my hand.
"Of course Bunny." I answered. She nodded a gave a small smile before heaving a heavy sigh.
"I'm going to show you what I saw that day," She flipped my hand palm up and placed it down on the table. "What everyone saw that day." She popped the cork out of the vile and placed a few drops on her open palm.
"How? With whatever that is?" I pointed to the liquid on her hands and she nodded.
"I call it Memoir." Then she put a few drops in the palm of my hand.
"Memoir?" She nodded and then closed her eyes and began to hum. The tune was familiar and I couldn't help but hum along. She opened one eye and smiled, and we continued to hum.
Hmm hmm hmm Hmm hmm hmm Hmm hmm hmm Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm… No…the words are…
No…the words are…
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown
The lion beat the unicorn all around the town.
Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake and drummed them out of-
All at once I felt myself being swept away from the room at the bottom of the Hatter's home and to a different place entirely.
"We're here." Bunny's voice echoed.
But where is here…?