Wonderland

Chapter 4

Alice woke up in a room filled with sunlight, feeling like she had been sleeping for hours, she wondered what the time was, the clock beside her read 10:47am, she yawned as she climbed out of bed, wondering where Cheshire was and where he had taken them for the night, "Ah, you're awake" the familiar voice calls, "Where have you been, Sammy?" She asked, his smiling face turned to a scowl at her use of the name he does not like, "It's Cheshire. No one calls me Sammy or Sam. Got it?" His now stern voice said, "Sorry, I guess I forgot" Alice apologizes then changes the subject quickly "So where are we?" She asked, Cheshire face going soft again "a few towns from the White kings castle, we better get a move on if we want to be there by lunch" He noted and started walking towards the door.

The silence is unbearable so Alice finds it in her to ask yet another question, "So what's up with the Red and White king?" She says before adding on "What's the story behind that" she finishes, waiting for an answer, Cheshire simply sighs at the thought of having to think about the story again "They were once friends. Brothers" he started "until a horrible accident happened, killing both their parents and leaving them with the choice of crown, the kingdom and townspeople were left to the decision of who should be king, ultimately they went for the oldest, the white king. Of course, red didn't like it, so he got jealous and tried many ways to kill the white king, failing everytime, he made up a plan of attack, sending his Hell Hounds to attack the white kingdom, during the fight the red king snuck into the castle, stealing the crown, upon touch it turned red and that was the day wonderland turned bad, the red king seized power and ruined all good things, filling the world with pain and evil, since then nothing has been the same as it ever was" Cheshire finished.

"Wow" Alice said in shock "So how did the kings become red and white?" She asked another question, Cheshire smiled at this "Well, it started as a joke, red meaning bad or evil and white meaning good and kind, the white king, who you are soon to meet was always kind and giving so thus began him being known as 'white king', he never really fancied the name, though it stuck. The red king however got 'red king' for being evil and mean to almost everyone, the name once again stuck and of course the red king refuses to go by anything other than that name, if he is called otherwise, he will punish whoever does so. Not nice really" he answers, Alice's face has now a concerned look about it "that doesn't sound nice at all!" She confirms.

After another few more questions and answers, she looks up to see a massive castle in front of her, it is nothing but white, "Here we are, the white kings castle" Cheshire smiles. "Finally" Alice sighs. They walk up to the entrance to be greeted by a man in all white with a waistcoat on "I'm Gabriel the Rabbit" the says "But everyone calls me just Gabriel" he smiles, Alice takes this chance to make a joke "well just Gabriel" She laughs, soon followed by the laughter of others "I'm Alice an-" She gets cut off "The Alice?" Gabriel asks, his voice full of curiosity "I'll have to get back to you on that" she mutters, when Cheshire cuts in "Gabriel, can you tell the king we're here?" He asks sweetly "Of course!" Gabriel insists "Come and sit, I'll go get him for you" He smiles once more, leaving in a rush to find the king.

After a short time, Gabriel returns "Now presenting...... The white king!" He announces as trumpets start to blow and a man walks out from behind the once closed double doors, he had a slim figure, dark brown hair, and ocean blue eyes that you could get lost in, but he wasn't in white at all, he was dressed in a grey t-shirt with a black dress shirt, unbuttoned, then a brown jacket over the top and wore dark blue jeans with black shoes "I apologize for my lack of dress up" he smiles, referring to his outfit "I wasn't expecting company, nevertheless, I am the white king, Castiel. But I much prefer to be called Cas" he smiles once again.