The Cheshire Cat put his paws over Alice's ears. The Hatter kept cursing faster and faster. He couldn't stop himself.
"Shukem juggling sluking ur-pals. Bar lom muck egg brimni." Hatter rambled.
"I'm not a child." Alice told cheshire pulling his paws away from her ears. "And those words mean nothing to me." she added.
''Hatter!' mouse demanded. So this was her life, talking animals and tea parties with strange men in layered hats was normal to her. The Hatter jerked his head around and blinked back pulling himself from his cursing stream of consciousness.
''Thank you. I'm fine.'' Hatter assured
''What's wrong with you, Tarrant? You used to be the life of the party. You used to do the best Futterwacken in all of Witzend.'' Cheshire remarked
''Futter...what?" Alice asked laughing out.
''It's a dance.' Mouse said as though it should be obvious.
''On the Frabjous day, when the White Queen once again wears the crown,'' Hatter went on ''again. On that day, I'll Futterwacken... Vigorously."
"Vigorously." Alice repeated nodded. But Cheshire and Hatter glared at each other like estranged brothers. Alice watched as the rabbits house moved and tapped the white rabbit on the shoulder.
''What?'' Rabbit snapped. Alice couldn't understand the house but she was getting used to not understanding most of what anyone said in wonderland. ''The Knave! Hide her!'' Rabbit declared and the Cheshire Cat disappeared. Hatter picked up a small bottle shoving it at Alice.
''Drink this.'' Hatter demanded and Alice recognized that.
''Oh no...'' Alice said but hatter held her as the mouse climbed up her shoulder and forced the liquid down. She was shrinking.
"You people suck!" Alice declared as she kept getting smaller. Hatter picked her up, "What are you doing?" Alice cried out as he shoved her into the teapot and cram her now overlarge clothes in behind her. The Hatter closed the lid. As Alice started pounding on the teapot.
"Let me out!" Alice demanded.
''Mind your head." Hatter hissed.
"I HATE THIS DREAM!" Alice screamed continuing to punch on the teapot. "LET ME OUT!"
"MIND YOU HEAD!" Hatter hissed. It was dim inside the teapot, except for a stream of light from the spout. Alice tried to peer out.
The Hatter did a headstand in his chair. The Dormouse climbed into a soup tureen. The white rabbit lay out on the table.
"What are you doing?" Alice asked and she felt the hatter touch the teapot and she fell to her butt with a thud. "Rude.'' she hissed.
Following his nose, Bloodhound led Knave and two RED KNIGHTS in.
"Well, if it's not my favorite trio of lunatics." Knave remarked riding up to them.
''You're all late for tea!" Rabbit declared. He threw a teapot, not the one Alice was in at the knave, a cackle in his voice as Knave moved out of the way.
"We're looking for the girl called Alice." Knave informed them as the Bloodhound sniffed around the table.
''Speaking of the Queen...here's a song we sang at her soiree." Hatter cleared his throat as they all sang out. Alice stayed quiet, the Knave of hearts was looking for her.
''Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat! How I wonder where you're at!" they sung out. Knave grabbed the Hatter around the neck. One of the knights cracked Rabbit with his weapon and rabbit faltered back. The next knight poured hot tea on the Dormouse's head. She screamed out in protect. Alice didn't dare breath. She wanted to wake up, she pinched herself again and again. Wake up she demanded herself closing her eyes and pinching herself again.
''If you're hiding her, you'll lose your heads.'' Knave warned.
''Already lost them." Hatter declared and they all sung together again.
''Up Above the World you fly, Like a tea tray in the sky.'' They all laughed out crazily.
Alice peeked out the spout. Rabbit, Hatter and Dormouse sung on despite being hit, choked and dunked.
"Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle!'' The Bloodhound put its paws on the table, sniffing Alice's teapot. She leaned back clamping her lips shut as she felt the bloodhounds breath seeping into her teapot. The Hatter took a chance. He whispered to him.
''Downal with Bloody Behg Hid." Hatter said and Alice didn't understand at all but the Bloodhound stopped. Hatter shot a look at the teapot. The Bloodhound dropped to the ground and continued to sniff, pretending to catch a new trail.
''Follow the Bloodhound." Knave declared. The Knights headed off. But Knave's gaze lingered suspiciously. ''You're all mad." Knave told them.
Mouse, rabbit and the hatter laughed out hysterically as the Knave rode off as well. Rabbit and Dormouse stopped laughing abruptly as they were gone, but the Hatter's laughter went on...and on.
''Hatter!" Mouse shouted and he jerked his head around. He dragged himself back from the edge of hysteria once again.
''I'm fine. Really, I'm fine.'' Hatter assured.
He lifted the teapot lid, but closed it again.
"Sorry... one moment..." He took a pair of milliner's scissors from his pocket and quickly whipped up a miniature ensemble for Alice out of the tea cozy, a doily and a swatch of her old dress. He lifted the lid again and handed it to her. ''Try this on for size." Alice looked at the dress as he closed the lid again to give her privacy. But when he opened the lip she was gone.
"I swear she was in there a moment ago." Hatter remarked tipping the teapot upside down. "Curious how she keeps doing that."
"We are never going to stop the red queen if she keep vanishing!" Mouse spat back.
"Something is keeping her in westeros." the rabbit told them.
"Well, figure it out!" Mouse declared. "I knew she was the wrong-'
"She is not the wrong Alice." Hatter assured. "Time stopped again, hasnt it?" Rabbit looked at his watch.
"Aw fiddlesticks." Rabbit agreed.
"Get her back."
"She has unfinished business." Rabbit declared.
"Then help her finish it." Hatter suggested.
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Wonderland // Ned Stark // Petyr Baelish (1)
FanficNed Stark wanted Petyr's wife Alice Tully just as much as Petyr wanted Ned's wife, Catelyn. What a fucked up world. Some flames never fade. 🐺 "I reached for you but you were gone." 🪶 "We found wonderland. You and I got lost in it." 🐟 Most cha...
