an~ another pointless oneshot in which a card soldier reads a book for the first time... using up my suggestions and random words i have no other possible plotlines for at the same time.
Jack of Clubs was bored. He was supposed to be guarding the library in case a Grimm showed up, but nothing had happened except that the Scarecrow almost dropped a stack of books on him. He was sick of it. Sick of taking orders from a fat old lady who thought she was beautiful, sick of listening to a cowardly shrimp of a man who called himself a sheriff, sick of being against a family who had, as far as he was concerned, not done anything wrong except having the misfortune of being born into this life. Tell the truth, if he could get out of town, he would abandon Queen of Hearts in a second, just run and hide somewhere she would never find him.
But here he was, sitting in the library, with nothing to do. except...
One of the books was lying on the ground where the Scarecrow had dropped it.
He decided that while he was here, he might as well read something. Even though he had never done so in his life. No time like the present, right?
He picked up the book and opened it. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Caroll. He shrugged, and began reading. As he read, he became entranced. Especially when he read about Queen of Hearts and the soldiers. They were portrayed, now that he thought about it, exactly as they really were. Queen of Hearst was a scheming woman with a horrible temper, and the card soldiers were terrified of her, even though if they had the sense to just all stop listening, there would be nothing she could do. They were her power.
He would have to tell the others about this.