Mad Woman // Ned Stark // Petyr Baelish (2)

9. Ravens

The Hatter and the Dormouse walked toward the executioner with their heads down. The Tweedles and the White Rabbit blended in with the crowd. The Queen and Knave watched from a balcony. 

The Hatter and Dormouse stood on the platform. The Hatter stepped forward, pushing Dormouse behind him. The Executioner attempted to take off his hat. 

"I want to keep it on." Hatter mumbled

"Suit yourself. As long as I can get at your neck." The executioner remarked.  The Hatter placed his neck on the beheading stone. 

 "I'll be right behind you." Mally the mouse declared stomping her foot down on the ground. The White Rabbit covered his eyes, not able to watch. They had failed. 

"I can't watch." Rabbit murmured nervously. The Executioner raised his sword. All went deadly quiet waiting for the final blow. The sword came whooshing down. But Hatters body disappeared before their eyes. The red queen stood up and stared down at them, a gasp on her lips.

The sword hits the stone, jarring the executioner. The Tweedles stared in disbelief. 

''It's gone." Dee remarked confused as the hat started floating up into the air, but the Rabbit still hadn't looked. 

 "He was such a fine fellow." Rabbit murmured holding his paws over his eyes.

"Look!" Dum demanded pulling his paws down. The Rabbit looked up to see the floating head with no body attached. 

''I can't behead nobody if there's no body!" The executioner remarked confuzzled. 

The Cheshire Cat's disembodied head was wearing the Hat he floated upright and hovered in the air. 

"Good morning, everyone." Cheshire declared with a grin.

"Chess, you dog!" Mally declared happily. He winked down at her. Hatter appeared from behind the Red Queen's chair as she gasped in surprise as she turned to him. 

"Madam, you are being heinously bamboozled by these lickspittle toadies you surround yourselves with!" hatter remarked and Knave ran towards Hatter. But Hatter tugged on Lady Long Ear's ear. It came off in his hand and fell to the ground, Hatter laughed out but Long Ears screamed in horror. The Hatter held the long dangling ear up. 

"What is that?" The red queen demanded perplexed. 

"I'm not the only one, Majesty. Look!" Long ears declared.  She grabbed Big Nose Woman's nose and pulls. It comes off revealing her real nose beneath.

"A counterfeit nose! You should be ashamed!" Big belly man declared. 

"Me?" Big nose countered. "What about that big belly you're so proud of?"  Big Chin Man's chin fell off. Big Chin Man pulled off Big Boob Woman's fake boobs. 

"Liars! Cheats! Falsifiers! Off with their heads!" The queen demanded her voice growing louder and louder with outrage.

"To the abused and enslaved of the Red Queen's court. All of you, stand up and fight! Rise up against the bloody Red Queen!" Hatter demanded jumping up on the balcony. "Downal wyth Bluddy Behg Hid!" Hatter declared. A FROG holding a tray of tarts tossed them into the air. Other animals threw off their bonds and took up the slogan declaring.

"Downal wyth Bluddy Behg Hid!" They echoed.

"Release the JUBJUB BIRD!" The red queen demanded. There was a bloodcurdling screen as the JubJub Bird swooped down.  The Queen watched with a vengeful smile. 

"You're right, Knave. It is far better to be feared than loved. Prepare the Jabberwocky for battle."

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