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Curiouser and curiouser

Elzi had dragged me with her to visit the Mad Hatter and March Hare again. Chessie had not agreed with her idea, but once Elzi had gotten an idea in her mind, there was no way anyone could stop her. 

"Elzi. This is a bad idea," Chessie hissed.

"They're your old friends, Chess. They'll be happy to see you," she replied. 

"Maybe me, but what about Allegra? They don't like the Liddel bloodline."

Elzi saw my discomfort, and decided to change the subject, "You got a boyfriend up in your world?"

Chessie paused and hid an expression of disgust. 

I made a face. Not a very good subject change. "No." 

He laughed unnecessarily. Elzi hit him with one of her fuzzy wings again. "Don't act like you've got a love life either, Chess!"

He laughed at her snarky comment, "I could say the same of you," and quickly dodged her next attack with ease. I hid a laugh. 

"Plus," Chessie muttered, "It's not exactly the stuff we worry about around here."

I saw Elzi scrunch her nose behind Chessie's back, and covered my laugh with a cough. We walked in silence, the only noise that came was the occasional flutter of Elzi's wings. Soon after that, some loud and insane laughter came from nearby. "Oh- these two? The Rabbit brought me over here before going over to you, Chessie."

Chessie seemed to calm down a bit, "I suppose that's good...yes, yes. Most likely, most certainly, most definitely!" 

"They didn't seem to enjoy my company," I snorted. To that, Chessie's ears and tail bristled. Elzi took note of that, and spoke up, "Chess, I've never seen you act like this before, you good?"

Chessie grinned and nodded. "Just feeling more...unstable today, that's all."

Elzi smiled, and turned to me, "Anyways, to continue our earlier conversation. Why don't you have a boyfriend? You're pretty enough, you seem smart, and there's just something different about you!"

"Uhhhh," I stuttered, face flushing. "Thanks, uh. I guess it's just because I'm from a long line of mentally insane people. And I am not smart."

Chessie snickered, and floated above my head, "I've never seen someone's face turn red like that before."

"Oh look! We're here!" I said suddenly, trying to change the subject. 

Indeed, we had arrived. And the Hatter and Hare were dancing on the table. I heard a loud *crunch* and saw that the Hatter had taken a bite out of his teacup. "Is it teacup eating time already?" Elzi shouted to them. They turned and grinned madly, "'TIS INDEED, DEAREST ELZI!"

The Hatter and Hare saw me and hopped off the table. They waddled over and stopped a few feet away. Chessie was a few feet away from me, he seemed to be observing me. The Hatter squinted his eyes, "Oh, it's the Liddel again." The Hare nodded, "You should cut your hair."

My eyes widened, and I self-consciously ran my fingers through my shoulder-length light blonde hair. The Hare took a sip of tea before commenting, "Say, what kind of haircut is that?" The Hatter seemed to just notice, "Good observation, March Hare. 'Tis quite indeed the most peculiar kind of haircut." 

"Uh..It's called a wolf cut..." I answered quietly. 

"Hm...I can't see your eyes," The Dormouse remarked. "Your bangs cover 'em."

I sighed, and tucked my bangs behind my ears, revealing my glasses and many earrings. I saw Chessie's eyes widen. I looked around, and everyone's eyes were wide. I quickly shook my head, and my bangs recovered my glasses and earrings.  "Is this not normal?" 

"Allegra, nothing is normal in Wonderland," Chessie said.