“I don’t want to meet her! She’ll cut off my head!” Alexander cried. “What about you, Alice, and Chesire Cat guy? I never caught either of your names, by the way. None of you are particularly associated with another character, at least as far I as remember.”
"I'm Anna." She said, still walking. "And you have a point."
"Our 'Alice' would technically be associated with all characters and the Cheshire cat and myself areally not associated with anyone other than Alice." Locke explained. "And I don't think the queen would be head you. You are one of a kind unlike her cards."
“I don’t know…” Alexander muttered. “But I kind of want to go to her palace, in a masochistic sort of way I guess?”
Maddie nodded, ”I think you might be the safest one out of all of us if we do have to go there. Not that I want to. I'm rather attached to my head where it is, thank you very much.” She glanced at Locke. ”You might be pretty safe too, since ”you” never met her.”
“Yeah, if we run into her, it’s Anna and Maddie we need to worry about the most,” he agreed.
"Yeah, didn't she put Alice on trial?" She asked, looking back.
”And the cat! Queen tried to behead him in the book too. Couldn't do it though since he only showed his head.” Maddie rambled.
"As well as our Cheshire. He did bother the queen quite a bit." Locke explained.
(We may need to want for Kai.)
(yeah good idea)
Kai had been looking around with a strange look on his face. "What… What the fuck?"
"Language." Locke said in a monotone voice. "I'd either suggest we either find the March hare or the Red queen. They have the strongest connections with most of us." He explained.
”I vote Marchie!” Maddie said, raising her hand in the air.
"English. I also vote March Hare though, I'm not getting my head chopped off today." Kai muttered darkly.
“For our collective safety, I also vote March Hare,” Alexander agreed. Though he figured it wouldn’t do any favors for his sanity.
"Makes sense," Locke said nodding. "Less of a chance of death and less violent tendencies."
“Exactly,” Alexander agreed. “We can meet the Queen once we know how to defend ourselves and what to expect.” It dawned on him then that the March Hare would probably hate him the most out of the group, but Alexander figured his chances of dying because of it were low. His chain of thought was that since the Rabbit technically worked for the Queen, the Hare would dislike him.
”Yay!!! I love tea parties!” Maddie cheered, clicking her heels, skipping along with the group but never going ahead of them.
Alexander got increasingly nervous as they went deeper into the forest. The noises of birdsong began to change into foreign animal noises. The darkness and strangeness of the woods put Alexander on edge, and his gaze darted around anxiously. He had always been a nervous person but lately it seemed worse. Had the dreams affected him somehow?
At last they could hear voices. One was high and childlike, while the other was a bit lower (but still fairly high) and sounded older. Were they near to the Hare already? Alexander hung near the back of the group, annoyed that he was intimidated by a hare and a dormouse, of all things.
As they stepped into a clearing, everyone noticed a long dining room table with mismatched chairs surrounding it. On the table were several steaming hot (though some were not hot at all) tea kettles and many, many teacups. The decorations were haphazard and random, seeming to have been done by someone both colorblind and drunk.
At one end of the table sat a rather large hare, almost as big as a small child. He wore a hat similar to Maddie’s but different colored and not quite as big. A tiny dormouse sat on the table near him. They appeared to be having a conversation of some sort. Then the March Hare sniffed the air and looked in their direction.
“Hello, Hatter! Good to see you!” he exclaimed, literally hopping out of his seat. Seeing the looks he was receiving, he frowned before changing into a teenage boy! “Would you all find this preferable? It’s a simple Wonderlandian trick! Why don’t you all take a seat?”
”Marchie!!! It’s good to see you.” Maddie exclaimed, walking over confidently. ”How have you been? Still having tea, I see. Hope we're not too late.”
Anna waved slightly. "Hello, sir." She said politely, smiling.
The March Hare grinned at Maddie before glancing at the rest of them. “Hello all!” he chirped. “And Mads, it’s always tea time here!” He cackled like a madman. Which, Alexander supposed, he was.
“Hi,” Alexander added awkwardly.
“Well don’t just stand there, you four! Sit down!” the March Hare commanded. He shot a look at Maddie before turning to the rest of them. “And please, call me Marchie.”
Locke strode over to the table and took a seat, looking calm as ever. He didn't have the same emotionless expression he used too. Now he had a calm expression. "Hello, March," He said calmly
Anna walked over to the table, taking a seat. "Thank you, March."
“Of course, Alice!” the March Hare said. “Or do you go by another name?” He studied Locke for a moment. “You’re the Caterpillar, correct?”
Alexander took a seat at the end of the table, looking at the cups and saucers in front of him. The March Hare noticed him looking and winked.
“Go ahead and drink some tea, everyone!”
“It’s good, but it’s better with jam,” added the Dormouse in his tiny voice. Alexander had almost forgotten he was there.