10-10-2010, 07:53 PM
On the coast between Underland and the Desert, that was used to banish the evil from Underland, was a man with a hat. A man that was always so chipper and happy, but oddly he was very serious at the moment. The man looked out towards the desert, with a concentrated look, replacing the normally happy and chipper emotions that showed in public. This man was the Mad Hatter, one of the friends to Alice, when she visited Underland those two times. She had chosen to go back to her own world and that left him alone. Well, he wasn't completely alone, as he was made the royal hatter of the White Queen and he has also been chosen as a guard of sorts for the White Queen as well. He also still had his friends the March Hare, Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, Bayard and the Dormouse. They still couldn't be the same as Alice, but that was fine with him as he respected Alice’s decision. He knew there was not a way that she would be around anymore, she was probably off, with her own adventures, in that world that the normal people live in. She probably had forgotten all about him, not that it really mattered as he was just some mad person that helped her save Underland, and really he didn’t have much of a part in that either.
At the ground by his feet was a small wet spot, made by the single tear that came out of his eye, as he thought about not seeing the girl ever again, it was heart breaking that such a girl with such an imagination would not be back to where her imagination would really count. Before he could walk right around and go back to his other duties as the royal hatter, there was a small dot coming into veiw, slowly. He cocked his head to one side and squinted as he tried to see who it was, finally they got close enough for him to see them a bit clearer, three people, two male, one female...his eyes widened as he realized who it was. He quickly turned around and ran to the White Queen's castle, to tell of what he had just saw at that moment. They had to keep the Queen safe, they needed a warrior, and they needed Alice back.
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That was about a week ago, now Underland was in ruins as the White Queen had lost power once again. The Red Queen was in power, but not alone this time, there was another guy in this as well, he was known as the Black King, older brother of both the Red Queen and the White Queen. He had been banished a long time ago by the King before the White Queen's reign, and everyone had forgotten about him. Though, now that he was back they were all paying for the revenge that the Black King should have given to his father. The Black King was known as such for darkness he brought upon on Underland, of course his real name was actually King Acheron. Acheron had made sure that the people feared him as they should, and stay in line or be killed brutally, the same punishment was still getting their heads cut off but he had other people torture those in the prison cells that awaited their deaths.
The group that had helped the White Queen regain her throne after her sister had taken it the first time, were now in hiding. They couldn't go anywhere, or be seen by anyone, as it would end with their heads being cut off, and the Cheshire cat could only save so many people. The Mad Hatter was awaiting the day Alice would come back once again as there was no way to tell when that would be, he stays in a secret place in the forest, having tea with the March Hare, Cheshire Cat and the Dormouse. This place was so well hidden that Stayne, the Knave of the Red Queen, couldn't even track them down. The White Rabbit had been chosen once again to go back to the surface and try to find Alice.
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Stayne stood by his Queen, having been able to be forgiven for almost trying to kill her. He was quite happy being alive, instead of killed like the others. He had also made sure that he stayed on the Black King’s good side, though most of the time Stayne was out looking for Underlanders that were to be punished. They had been able to find their way back to Underland, and now it was time for all of them to pay for going against the Red Queen. Stayne walked through the halls of the castle as he would be called if any orders were given, it had been a productive week. They had found someone to take the place as a fake Alice that would be used also to keep the Underlanders under the impression that there was no way to get out of this dreadful predicament.
He was actually supposed to make sure that nobody tried to kill the fake Alice, as ordered by the Black King, but Stayne was taking his sweet time to even get to the girl’s room. This fake Alice was given the best accommodations to make sure that she was kept in order and not going against anyone’s orders. She was also easy to manipulate, as she used to be a maid, but promoted to executioner, one of the best to watch was the Underlander’s face when they realized that the girl who had once saved all of Underland was now killing them. Stayne enjoyed that, it was quite funny to him actually. He liked the fact that they were winning and there was no possible way to lose at this point.
Stayne stopped at the girl’s door, oh how he would rather be out on a hunt instead of looking after this girl. He knocked on the door, “Alice, I’m coming in.” He said, and without waiting another second he opened the door and stood in the door way. The room was of course what a princess would be living in, the girl was given the best everything, just to keep her mouth shut. What a spoiled brat, thought Stayne no wonder she is so easily manipulated, anyone this spoiled wouldn’t want to do the right thing. Stayne really didn’t care for calling the girl by whatever her real name was, he didn’t even know what her real name was, all he knew her by was fake Alice. The girl could tell him every time what her real name was and he would still just call her Alice.
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The Black King sat at the throne, he was taking pleasure in what he was doing to Underland, once a beautiful kingdom now ruined by his hands. His younger sister’s throne right next to his, he did like Iracebeth, she was a good little sister. The other one was the one that always got on his nerves, Mirana, the perfect little girl. It pissed him off how good his younger sister was, it just made him want to puke. They had made sure that Mirana wasn’t able to do anything though, the girl didn’t even kill, that was the only way to survive when being banished. Acheron was quite glad that he had found Iracebeth in the desert, and they were able to find their way to Underland once again. Of course he did take a liking to Stayne, who was chained to Iracebeth.
Underland was controlled by the people that deserved to run it, the Black King and the Red Queen. Two that deserved to have their revenge and see their little sister get nothing, and only looked to in disgust as she isn’t out trying to help anyone. Oh, this was going to be fun, and of course the Black King was able to take the stories told by the Red Queen about Alice, and find his own Alice. This Alice though was a maid and turned into an executioner, so the Underlanders had no hope left.
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