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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: So far, all I'm hearing is good things about this arc! I was expecting a mixed reaction, but hey, I'll take what I get! This chapter won't be as long (the next chapter will though, so it might take a while) but expect important things to happen!

KCL: To answer your question about Maddie's comment, let me propose this: Brooke's a narrator. I'm a writer. We both work hand in hand. Normally, Maddie talks to me because I'm on hand. But when I'm elsewhere… Brooke takes my place. I'm still writing this, but Maddie doesn't recognize the difference between the writer and the narrator. Make sense? I hope so, I just lost myself in this explanation. I hope you get to feeling better! I hate it when people get sick. It's never fun.

Prompt 43: Kidnapped

"You haven't seen any Wonderlandian in any of their usual spots?" Alice asked Kitty. Kitty was sitting in front of her desk in her office. She had explained everyone's disappearance and that she seemed to be the only Wonderlandian left.

"Yeah. Alistair's always on time. So is Bunny. Maddie's always in our dorm in the morning to make sure I'm on schedule," Kitty said.

"Now that you mention it, Maddie wasn't here last night for our counseling session either," Alice mused. "I guess I'll warn Giles and…"

A vibration went off in Kitty's pocket. She pulled out her mirror phone and her eyes widened. "Alice… I'm getting a call from Kidnapper. At least, that's what this ID says."

Alice raised an eyebrow. "Answer it, but put it on speaker," Alice said. Kitty nodded and clicked the answer button and speaker.

"Kitty?" came Alistair's hushed voice.

"Alistair!" Kitty said, then covered her mouth. "Where are you? Why are you calling on a 'kidnapper's' phone?"

"He made his ID kidnapper? Geez, does he want to send himself to prison?" Alistair muttered. "I've been kidnapped by a group of four fairy tales, one of which is the March Hare's son. They want to kill me and the other Wonderlandian's to gain their destiny back."

"Sounds like what the March Hare said," Kitty said in disgust. "Where are you?"

"Underground somewhere. I don't know where," Alistair said. "The guy who gave me the phone said this was my only phone-call, so I don't really know what else to say."

Alice was already standing and heading quickly to the door. "Dexter can trace the call," she said and left the room.

Kitty looked at the phone sadly. "Alistair… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you in that situation," she said.

"You didn't. Not really, anyway," Alistair said. "Look, there's something you need to know. This guy who gave me the phone… Maddie and Lizzie seem to know who he is. I want to see if they can get him to let us out. If not, Bunny seems to remember Harry."

It took a moment for Kitty's memory to register. "The March Hare's kid?" Kitty asked, saying her father's murder's name in disgust.

"Yep. He doesn't seem as evil as his father though," Alistair said. A scuffling could be heard on the other end. "Have to go. I love you Kitty. Be strong."

"Wait!" Kitty said, but Alistair had hung up the phone.

"Neb, what were you thinking?" Sven said nervously, snatching the phone from Alistair. "Peeta is going to kill us if he finds out!"

"I still think his name is just proof who lazy his dad is," Neb mused. "Peter Pan. Peeta Pan. I mean, it's basically the exact same thing, only dropping the r."

"This is serious!" Sven said, starting to sweat. "We were supposed to kill them today…"

"And you and Harry convinced us to do it tomorrow," Neb interrupted. "Is it my fault I wanted to make things interesting? Not really. I was bored."

Sven groaned and banged his head against the wall. "I'm so dead," he said. "Why did I have to join this cause? It's not like my tale is really known…"

"All tales deserve a chance to be told," Maddie called form her cell. "Even yours!"

Sven turned his head to look at Maddie. "I-I-I-I-I'm not s-s-s-supposed to talk to p-p-p-prisoners," he said awkwardly.

"Don't think of me as a prisoner then!" Maddie said cheerfully. "Think of me as… a person staying at your house for a few days."

Sven glanced awkwardly at Neb. "She's going to die… but she's trying to be happy," he said. "How am I supposed to act to that?"

"Not my area of expertise. I don't have friends," Neb muttered.

"F-f-f-friend?! I made a friend?! Oh, Peeta's going to kill me!" Sven said, practically ripping his hair out.

"He won't know if I don't tell him," Neb said, heading for the door. He sent a look over at Lizzie, who still seemed a mixture of angry… and heartbroken. Neb sighed and left.

Sven looked awkwardly at Maddie. "F-f-f-friend? Is… is that what we are now? I didn't mean to, I'm sorry!" Sven said fearfully.

Maddie giggled. "No, silly," she said. "Friends are a good thing!"

"B-b-b-but Peeta said friends backstab you! Always!" Sven said nervously.

Maddie looked at him carefully before giving him a soft smile. "I won't ever hurt you," she said. "My name's Madeline Hatter, daughter of the Mad Hatter."

Sven looked nervously at her. "S-S-S-Sven Blue… son of Little Boy Blue," he said. He stayed silent for a moment. "I'm s-"

"Sven! Are you talking to the prisoners!" Peeta yelled, coming into the room. Sven yelped and cowered in fear.

"No! No talking, no friends, no anything, just like you taught me!" Sven gulped.

Peeta glared at Sven for a moment before looking over at Maddie. "Don't talk to Sven. Or I'll kill you now," he breathed and left the room.

Escaping might be easier than I thought, Alistair thought to himself.

BN: Ok, so the deal with this chapter was this. I wanted to establish connections between one OC and one Wonderlandian. The only two not connected are Peeta and Alistair, which I have a reason for. I also wanted to show Kitty has a way of finding Alistair… but possibly not in time. There's also a reason of why Kitty didn't just teleport to him. Kitty's teleportation only works if Kitty knows the general area of where she wants to go. Kitty can't just teleport to Alistair. She has to know where he is to do it. Plus, Kitty can't teleport people, only herself. It's why she's the only one who left the elevator a few prompts back.

Also, Neb is the only character I haven't mentioned his lineage. Seriously, I will give you cake if you guess who he is. CAKE! That's all from me though. Till next time, byesies!

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