Welcome to a dark and twisted Wonderland ((NEED MALES))
 

It had been two weeks since Katerina's sister Morticia had broken out of her slumber chamber and taken over her castle. Now instead of ruling over just one castle, the dark one, the evil witch had the white castle in her grasps. Though she would never truly rule over the white castle..no not until Katerina was dead. Now that was not likely. As her sister came with her troops to her front doors Katerina had fled, knowing she could not win. Not while her sister had her dark Alice and she did not have her good Alice. So fled is what she did, into the white forest where the red queen could not follow. The white forest was pure of heart and knew who was dark and who wasn't. Surely you could enter if you were dark in nature but it would be a fight to get back out the same way you came back in....


Letting out a heavy puff of air Katerina walked in circles around her throne room. Many years ago she had sent loyal workers of her to create her escape place in the white forest. She had them build many upon many tree houses in the purest part of the forest. When she had fled her most trust worthy and loyal subjects had fled with her. The day after they all had came here Katerina sent her White Rabbit out into the human world to find her Alice. For there to be any chance of taking back wonderland they needed Alice, she would be there only hope.

Pausing in her circling Katerina walked up the three stairs to her throne and sat down gracefully. Resting her head against the back of it she closed her eyes. Come on my lovely rabbit..don't fail me now she thought quietly to herself. Opening her eyes she stood up once more, straightening out her white gown. It was form fitting and lacy, trailing at the back. The sleeves were short and feathered, the neckline low. Around her neck was a necklace made out of white lace. Her long white hair had been left down to flow about in it's natural waves. Upon her head was her crown, made to look like icicles. She was a wintery goddess, pale and stunning. Walking forward she left her throne room to walk around. As she walked she talked to her card soldiers, hearing news that had come from all over wonderland.

Walking through the white forest was one of the two Cheshire cats. He was, of course going to pay a visit to his friends since he hadn't been there in a few days. Wren glanced around the forest, not seeing anyone yet. A small sigh escaped, a black pierced ear twitching in annoyance. Sometimes he didn't have the greatest sense of direction. "Where oh where are you now?" The cards weren't even showing themselves. It was weird. Rumors among the others was that the White Queen had planned something. He wanted to see if that was true.

Out of the forest stepped four of the white queen's card soldiers. Stepping in front of the Cheshire cat they pointed their spears at him. "Halt!" One of them shouted. The card of the far left stepped forward and lowered his spear. "It's just Wren," he said softly. "If you would like to the visit the Queen then follow me." Spinning around on his heel he took off walking, not even looking behind to see if Wren would follow. He knew that the cat would follow him because there was no other reason for him to be in the forest other than to visit the Queen. The other three cards waited for Wren to move, they would take up the rear.

Wren stopped and narrowed his eye at some of the cards. As if the spears could harm him if he put his mind to it. Or better yet, as if they could see him in time. The eye glanced over to the card that spoke and nodded, glad that they at least remembered him. "Aright then." he stated simply before following after the card. He looked back to the others somewhat unhappy. He hated having others at his back. Bad experiences. "Was wondering where you were.."

As if reading his thoughts the cards moved so they were walking at his sides, instead of behind him. One of them ran forward to walk with the card in front. "Yeah well we have to be careful during these times. No one really knows who's on what side. We don't just show ourselves anymore per the Queen's order. She want's us to watch first. If the person seems ok we come out. If not, well we won't go there." He fell silent then and didn't say anything more. After walking for only a few minutes the small group came upon where the queen's base was. The forest had shifted for them so they wouldn't have to walk for hours. "The queen is in her throne room. go up those stairs," he said and pointed to stairs engraved into a huge tree in front of them. "Go across the bridge and into the building. The second door on the left is the throne room." Without saying more the cards turned and disappeared back into the forest.


Once again in the throne room Katerina let out a heavy sigh. Oh how she wished her rabbit and Alice were back already! She was getting very lonely and anxious. Shifting on her large throne she leaned an elbow on the armrest and rested her head in her hand. Her legs thrown over the other arm rest. Letting out another sigh she lazily drew shapes with her fingers on the seat.

He walked after them, glancing around again so he could try and remember where to go. Though he had a feeling that it would change when he wanted to leave. Since he wasn't the purest of people, it was bound to change. Luckily the black haired cat also wasn't the worst kind. Unlike his other counterpart. "I see.." he muttered, making a face. Once they arrived at the base, a lot faster that he'd thought, he smiled. "Thank you." With that, he went up the stairs to go see Katerina. She'd either be with Peter, or bored out of her mind. The whole reason why he hadn't stayed was because there was practically nothing to do there. He could have been useful as a new source of information. Sadly, it could go for the red queen as well. He wasn't one to settle with only one alliance. Both queens knew this in one way or another.

Once Wren stopped in front of the door, he smirked and opened the door, glancing inside to see the queen slumped in the chair. A small laugh was heard and he entered, closing the door behind him. "Completely unlady-like.."

Wren had just been waiting for her to notice, having crossed his arms across his chest. A small smirk appeared again and he nodded, his black tail giving her a little wave in hello. He would've been caught off guard by the hug, had he not seen her start to open her arms. Uncrossing his arms, he hugged back. "Everything is as expected with the red queen ruling. She's mad." He stated, smirking again as his eye looked down at her. "You'd best be bored than dead. Where is dear Peter?" he asked, raising an eyebrow as he glanced around.

Sure enough, the rabbit wasn't there. "Odd. And I wanted to bring news to him from his sister.." It would just have to wait.

Alicia sighed softly, sitting on the tree swing rather forlorn. The day had been nice enough she guessed, not too cold, not too hot. But there had been a heavy mist that stuck around, still clinging to the earth it seemed, perpetuating the dreary mood. She and her uncle, now her only last living relative, had buried her grandmother that morning in a private ceremony. Strangely, at least to most, she hadn't cried, just like back when she'd watched them bury her parents. In a way it bothered her, but she just didn't care right now. Pushing herself to start swinging a little, she looked around the little glen area. It had been her grandmother's favorite place, apparently as a young girl she once used to sit in the tree with her tutor, and the place had been overrun with wildflowers. The wildflowers were still there, just now included were roses, tiger lillies, dandelions, and many more.

Spotting a single red rose among the white ones, she had to smile just a little, humming a song Grandma Alice had taught her when she told the stories. "...Painting the roses red, We're painting the roses red..." It had been such a cute little song. Yawning softly, Alicia stood from the swing, brushing off her shorts, and decided to sit on the picnic blanket at the base of the tree. "I miss you grandma." She murmured quietly as she dosed off.

Peter muttered a soft curse as he finally detangled his large pocketwatch from the rose bush, his small furry form tumbling head over tail backwards into the little glen. Opening his eyes when he stopped, lying on his shoulders with his feet in the air above his face, he turned onto his belly to stare at the blonde creature. "Its Alice!" It had to be this time. Besides, this one had the same look and aura as the last one anyhow. Hopping over to the young woman, he clambered onto her lap, one paw resting on her chest as he stood up to sniff at her. Startled, he jumped back pretty far when the girl woke. "Thank goodness I found you! Come on! We're late!" Peter spoke to the astonished girl. Really, she'd already met him before, she had to remember him and the fact that he could talk.

Hopping away from the girl, ear twitching a little as he heard her follow after him, he headed for the nearest portal. Not that he couldn't have made one, but sometimes its just easier to work with the ones already there. Twisting to see her still following, he made sure that the hole was rather large enough for her to fit through still, then went down just as she dived to catch him, this Alice falling down too. Double checking his pocket watch, as soon as he touched the floor, he hopped over to a decent sized door, shiftly to his humanoid form and stepped through. Turning back he chuckled lightly as Alice tumbled onto the floor and slid across the slick surface a little. "Come on! We're late!" He called again before quickly running through the forest, not even noticing that the door had shut behind him.

"Oooh." Alicia groaned softly as she sat up, one hand rubbing the back of her head as she opened one eye to look around. It was a rather odd room, doors of all shapes, sizes and colors, and only one glass table in the center of the round room, on top of which was a delicate and beautiful box with a rather small bottle. Feeling a sense of deja vu, the young woman stood, trying each door, only to find each one locked. "Most peculiar" She wondered softly. The only one she found that wasn't locked was rather small door, something that maybe a rabbit would fit through. Looking around to see if she could find a key, she moved back to the table and opened the box, exhaling in frustration as only cookies filled the decorated container. Deciding to sit, she brought the bottle and the container of cookies to the floor where she sat cross-legged. Snitching a cookie, she nibbled on it, so lost to her thoughts she didn't notice she was even growing till she bumped her head on the low portion of the ceiling. "What the hell?!" Alicia yelped, rubbing her head.

When she stopped growing, she stared at the tiny cookie in her hand, eyes wide. She was dreaming, she had to be. There was no way that her grandmother's stories were real. And yet... Alicia sighed as she reached down and took a few sips from the tiny bottle. Shrinking slowly, she stood and turned to the door she'd earlier ignored. Now she was the right height to go through, which she did, staring in wonder at the wide area of beautiful colors that filled the landscape. Hearing music, she made her way towards it on an old but not well traveled path. Maybe whoever was on the other end of the music would help her. At least she hoped so.

Peter hummed to himself softly as he quickly wound his way through the trees up to the one that held his Queens temporary house. It was the biggest tree in the whole forest, as it should if it were to house the Queen! The white rabbit grinned, quickly climbing up the rope ladder and making his way into the main room where Katerina was standing, talking to the Cheshire Cat. Peter pouted lightly, he'd never cared much for the finicky kitten, but with a quick shake of his head, he cleared his throat, adjusted his glasses, grinning the entire time. "I found her! I found Alice!" Turning around to draw the young girl forward, he gaped as the girl was no where to be found. "Bu-But she was right there!! She was behind me! Oh dear. Oh dear..." Poor Peter panicked, one hand tugging at a folded ear as he stared at the door he'd just come through, as if hoping Alice would come through at any moment now, laughing at playing a rather mean joke on the rabbit.

Letting her friend go with a sad smile Kat stepped back. "Oh dear.." she said with a sigh. "How I truly hate that women!" Glancing at Wren the queen thought on how much she should tell him. Though they were quite good friends, the sly cat wasn't a one sided man. "Peter is off on an assignment for me." Decided to trust her old friend Katerina opened her mouth to tell him exactly what when Peter burst in.

Shocked she ran forward a huge smile on her face. "Alice!" She exclaimed happily. But soon her smile turned into a frown and she froze where she was. "You lost here!?" She all but screamed. Trying to rein in her temper the queen counted to five in her head. "Peter go, go and find her!" Running over to her balcony she threw open the doors. "Cards! Follow Peter and find me my Alice! Do not let anything happen to her!" Her voice rang out and they quickly obeyed, gearing up to follow after Peter.


Flicking out her whip it wrapped around the white card's neck. Tugging her end Alice pulled the card closer so she could grab it's neck with her own hand. "Tell me!" She snarled in his face. "Never.." the soldier whispered, it coming out garbled from the pressure Alice was putting on his throat. Throwing him to the ground she quickly grabbed her sword and cut off his head. Picking her whip up she wrapped it around her wrist, where it morphed into a bracelet once more.

Letting out a disgusted snort she spun on her heel and walked away. The white queen was making her life harder lately, making her stupid soldiers hide. But ever so often she found one or two and tried to extract information from them. Alice didn't know how she did it but the white bitch trained her cards well.

Walking over to her horse Alice got on and gave it a whack, heading to see her queen. When she reached the gates she was immediately let through. Jumping down from her horse she straightened her skirt and made her way to her queen. She was dressed in a black corseted dress, with a short poofy skirt, Alice tended to dress like a goth. She was wearing ripped up tights and leather ankle boots. Her long black hair had been braided to her back, a red bow tying the end.

Stepping through the door Alice looked around to find Sessa and a servant with her lovely queen. "What has happened here?" She asked as she studied her blood red nails.

The black haired cheshire cat snorted but nodded. "She has her bad days, and her horrid days." he offered, even if that wasn't any consolation. His ears perked at the assignment. That old rabbit was on an assignment? Oh, this was going to be good. A wide grin appeared as he considered this. "Is h-- Ah, speak of the furry butt." He said with a smirk. To his surprise, it was about Alice. Oh, the red queen was Not going to like this. Not one bit. Not even Alices counterpart will like this.

He burst out laughing, unable to stop himself. "That is priceless!! Oh wow, that is... Rich, truly rich. See, knew you'd mess it up somehow." he said, trying to calm down as he let a laugh with every pause he took. It truly was priceless. Almost like history repeating itself. He just wasn't able to stop his chuckling. Especially when Kat got pissed like that. "Shall I take my leave? Or, can I stay and watch?" he asked, wondering if it was something he wasn't really allowed to watch this.

Oh what a delightful day it was in the neutral forests. It was boring though, but maybe it was better that way. "No it's not, it's not! Someone will come, take it all away.." Twisting around with panic in her amethyst eyes, Belladonna searched frantically for the voice. Why? There was an intruder in her home! It was more of a small shack really, but to her it was a palace. Hats adorned every available surface, from the garish to the simplistic. On that day, a feathered contraption graced Donna's blond hair, to match the sweeping feathered blue gown she wore that day for her afternoon tea.

Who in the world is out there? Maybe I should go find out." Now a gleam of some adventurous spirit glowed in her eyes as the woman walked towards the door. Then she stopped suddenly. Oh no, I couldn't possibly! Besides I'm probably just talking to myself again." Shaking her head, Donna went to plop down on the only available chair with a rather resigned sigh. Ah well, at least she had plenty of company with herself. This was after all one of the reasons she was called the Mad Hatteress. It was also why Lia excelled at her craft, and why her creations lined the walls. It was the only thing her many selves seemed to have in common, this love of creating masterpieces to adorn one's head.

Sipping her herbal tea, and mumbling to herself, Belladonna Amelia thought she heard a sound outside. After the earlier incident though, she dismissed it as her imagination running wild again. Or perhaps there had been a sound, and the Red Queen had come to get her! Slay her, torture her for some insane pleasure ... Shuddering, the elegant woman let out a yelp of fear and scrambled away from the door and bolted down into her hidey hole. It was a trap door, hidden in the floor of her home. There every comfort was available. In truth, it was a comfy home beneath the shack.

Peter honestly hadn't noticed the cat, didn't even hear the feline laughing at him as his Queen yelled at him, scrambling to do her bidding. Tripping and tumbling over himself, he scurried from the room, not even bothering with the rope ladder as he dropped down to the ground below the tree house, surrounded by the Card guards. "Half of you, stay and search the surrounding forest, the rest of you, we go back to the room of doors!" No longer the bumbling fool as he easily ordered the cards about, part of the large divison taking off to search the white forest. Running as fast as he could, hearing the tink of metal as the cards followed him, he made it to the room, not even breathing hard. Looking around, he quickly noticed the bottle and the cookies had been moved.

Cursing softly, he waited till the cards filled the room with him in the center. "Separate into groups of no less than three and go through each of the doors. We will not leave any stone or leaf unturned. Three of you wait here with me." Left alone like this, without his queen or even anyone else for that matter, it was easy to see why he was held in such confidance of the queen, and why she trusted him. He could be a force to be reckoned with. Watching as the cards quickly did as instructed, he turned to the three left. "You three, split the shrinking potion, no more than a sip, and follow me through the small door. Alice may have entered the neutral forest." Peter commanded, seconds before he shrunk into his white rabbit form and darted through the small open door.


Alicia hummed along to the music, honestly it was such a catchy tune, quite lively. Skipping a little , she rounded a corner to see a quaint little shack of all sorts of colors. Rather original in Alicia's mind, something the spunky girl liked very much. Walking up to the door, noting its rather interesting shape, she knocked quite loudly, though with the third knock, the door slowly creaked open on its own. Murmuring about it being peculiar, she hesitantly stepped inside. "Hello!? I don't mean to barge in like this, but your door did open. Is there anyone here?" She called out, hoping the owner was home. Blue eyes looking around, she quickly forgot about the owner and instead stared in wonder at the different hat creations. There were so many! Forgetting herself for a moment, she picked up a rather simplistic dark navy blue beret and placed it on her head. Giggling a little at finding it a perfect fit, she pulled it off and put it back, blushing lightly.

Sighing when she couldn't find anyone, Alicia decided maybe it'd be best to wait until the owner got back. Searching around for another chair, which she couldn't find, she sighed again and sat on the only chair there. Once more without thought she picked up the only cup she could see, which was filled with the most delicious smelling tea, taking a few sips then placed it back, she reclined in the chair, finding herself feeling drowsy. "Maybe for a few moments..." Alicia whispered as she closed her eyes, quickly nodding off, barely making a sound.

Clenching her fists tightly Katerina glared at Wren. How dare he laugh when something so serious had happened. But then she knew what a sight this must be and she knew her friend. Letting out a sigh she watched Peter and her cards run off to find Alice.

Walking over to Wren she wrapped an arm delicately around his shoulder. "Well my dear...you can stay. Though may I most humbly ask that you do not give this piece of information to my sister? I need more time Wren or everything is going to be lost.."

The black cat could probably hear the desperation in her voice. She really did need more time. Time to find Alice, time to train her, more time to fight her dreadful sister. Time, time, TIME! That's all she needed and she had none of it! Dropping her arm from around Wren, the queen backed away to close her balcony's doors. "So what do you say old friend? Want to go on a walk we me?"

Huddling quietly in her little home beneath a home, Donna shushed herself quietly. "Calm yourself, all of you!" Whispering harshly, Donna tried to drown out Lia and Bella. The one was terrified, and the other wanted to charge out and snap angrily at this intruder. Donna was terrified too, and far too paranoid to think that this impromptu guest was a good sign.

"Let's run, flee, get far away form here," murmured Bella in a hushed and frightened tone. For once, they had a now unanimous vote after Donna bullied Lia into agreeing to the plan. Of course, they weren't always so aware of each other. They flitted in and out of control so easily, so frequently, that it was hard to tell who had been the dominant one or if there had ever been one in control. The personalities were a shattered mirror, and the pieces were scattered so far apart ...

Shaking her head, the blond woman knelt and quickly snapped open a small door which led to a crawl space. Taking a deep breath Belladonna Lia began crawling trough the terrifying space. This was the only way out. "No no, we could blow it all up, oo what a sight!" Grinning gleefully, the woman kept going thought there was now a strange look in her eyes as she managed to emerge from the hole. Stumbling up, she spotted a rabbit. "Oh what a cute little bunnie!I wonder what kind of hat I could make with it." Looking at the creature speculatively, the hatteress moved forward slowly so as not to startle the creature.

Alice kept still and continued to examine her nails as everyone filed out. She had control over her emotions, appearing to be bored. Once everyone was gone she erupted into a rage. She had failed her Queen and hated herself for it. "They will say NOTHING!" She shouted. Letting out a shriek Alice flipped over a small table by her side. "No matter what I do to them they won't speak! Those stupid little white cards. Uh!" Pinching the bridge of her nose she shut her eyes and tried to calm down.

After counting to ten in her head she opened her eyes. Falling to her knee's in front of her Queen she bowed her head. "I failed you and I am sorry. But I will not give up I just need some help." She was just one against hundreds. Sure she had her own card soldiers to use as she wanted. But she needed an expert, someone who could help her.

Wren smirked lightly, knowing that Kat was more than likely mad at him for laughing. However, the temptation was just too good. His eye followed Peter, who ran off to find Alice. No longer would the male be the bumbling idiot, but an actual leader. In some way, that was admirable.

Almost tensing when the White Queen wrapped an arm around him, he glanced down to the royal. A slick smirk appeared again. "Time is not so easy to gain." he stated before shrugging. "Well, maybe I'll keep quiet. To see how this goes." It was not a guarantee, but it was something. He wanted to see how all this played out. It had gotten too, dreary wit the Red Queen in charge. "A walk? I have a little bit of time to spare. No doubt the others will be throwing a fit. As always."

Morticia's twisted smile faded as Alice erupted. So there was no good news. A deep frown formed as the Red Queen closed her eyes to control her anger. She wasn't mad at Alice, merely mad at the situation. When Alice bowed before her and mentioned needing help, Morticia's eyes lit up. She had the perfect solution.

Reaching down, Morticia gently stroked Alice's cheek before moving her fingers under the girl's chin to bring her gaze up to her own. That twisted smile returned as she spoke sweetly once more. "Go into the woods and visit Merrick. Tell him I have sent you and that we require his help. Join together," she paused, her smile faded and her mood flipped once again. "And find me that girl, NOW!" she yelled, her voice surely striking fear into the hearts of any in the surrounding areas as it echoed once more through the kingdom.

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The Red Hatter, Merrick, sat at a table somewhere lost deep in the forest, sipping his tea. A loud "Cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo," filled the air as he reached into his pocket to pull out the pocket watch. His eyes widened as he stared at the time, "It's six o'clock!" he exclaimed to no one in particular, as if he hadn't known that the alarm would sound at that time.

It wasn't really six o'clock, but that's the only time Merrick's watch read. It certainly turned and ticked and worked like a normal watch, but each number read "6". At the top of each hour, the cuckoos would begin until six of them had passed, and each time, Merrick appeared to have not been expecting it, and appeared to have no idea that the hour of six o'clock was upon him.

It was time for tea. Merrick was a connoisseur of tea. He could concoct any tea for any purpose imaginable. He could create a tea to cause one to fall asleep, tea to cause one not to sleep, tea to cause one to speak truthfully, and tea to kill a person, among other teas. Standing, Merrick moved around the table to sit at a new chair where he would have a clean cup. He picked up a kettle and poured himself a cup of warm tea before dropping two sugar cubes inside and smiling to himself happily.

((I wasn't sure which forest you would prefer Merrick to be, so I'll leave that up to you guys!))

As her Queen brought her chin up to meet her gaze, Alice stood up. A matching smile to the Queen's spread across her face. Oh such a good idea Morticia had. The Mad Hatter was going to be perfect for the job at hand! "Your wish is my command my Queen." It didn't even faze Alice when Morticia yelled. Such things were common around her highness's presence. Both of them were alike in so many ways. Bowing deeply Alice began to back away only to pause when Sessa Kat spoke up. Straightening up she crossed her arms and waited. A menacing gleam was in her eyes. She was planning all the ways she would kill her other half when she found her.


Grinning Katerina walked over to her throne and slipped on her shoes. Then she turned and walked back over to Wren, slipping an arm through his. "See isn't it so much better hanging out with me than being around my dreadful sister? I don't yell, well not as often as she does and I do not chop off people's head. Around me you don't have to worry about that." Smiling the Queen began to pull Wren forward. "I'm so glad you agreed to the walk. It's awfully boring around here." Oh how she wanted her castle back! To be with her subjects. Kat was never bored in the castle. But here, in hiding. Nothing but boredom!