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

12. Underland

''Rabbit. I need you to collect the stark children for me. Bring them here.'' Alice instructed. "And I need to pay a visit to my sister."

"My queen.'' Rabbit said bowing before her.

''The castle is under new management.'' Alice remarked with a smile. ''Oh and rabbit.'' He turned back to her. ''Be quick about it you mustnt be late.'' Alice teased

''Of course my queen," he handed her a vial and off he went down a magical rabbit hole.

"Are you sure?" Petyr remarked. 

"I need to say my peace to Catelyn." Alice agreed. "I will be back." she assured. "I wont be bringing her with me though." She reminded Ned. 

"Good riddance." Ned assured. 

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"Alice? What in seven hells happened?" Catelyn spat.

"I fell down a hole and hit my head." Alice remarked

 "You look a frightful mess." Catelyn countered. 

''You are never going to see me again," Alice informed her. "But know, that I will take great care of the children. Show them all the adventures of life and love and happiness, in Underland."

"Used to be wonderland, now its Underland..." Catelyn scoffed. "You have always been mental, you will always be mental Alice." Catelyn spat back. 

"No, I'm quite sane." Alice corrected. "And for your information, I happen to love rabbits, especially white ones... Good bye Catelyn." Catelyn stared at her as she jumped down a rabbit hole. 

+

'A word your grace.' Theon requested

'You don't have to call me your grace when no one's around.' Robb told theon

'It's not so bad.' Theon admitted, 'but once you get used to it.' Theon shrugged.

'I don't know that I'm ever going to get used to it.' Robb remarked

'They are never going to agree to your terms you know that?' Theon told him.

'Of course they are.' Robb corrected

'We can fight them in the field as long as you like but we won't beat them until we take Kings Landing. And we can't take Kings Landing without ships.' Theon told him. 'My father has ships and men that know how to sail.'

'Men who fought my father.' Robb corrected when a rabbit hopped into their tent.

''Hello. Come, come now." The white Rabbit said popping up at robbs war camps. 

"Talking rabbit." Theon remarked. 

"I see it." Robb agreed cautiously.

"In you get. Dont be late." The white rabbit demanded. 

"What?" Robb countered blinking rapidly. 

"Queen Alice, come on now, I have others to get." The white rabbit declared giving them a nudge.

"Alice, queen?" The boys shared a look.

"Down the rabbit hole, how would our days get any better?" Robb offered. The rabbit watched them falling before opening a secondary rabbit hole.

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'A girl says nothing? A girl keeps her mouth closed no one hears.... but her friends may talk in secret yes?' Jaqen asked as arya stood nervously before him. 'A boy becomes a girl.' Jaqen noted with her change of clothes.