Akito and Estelle in Wonderland

chapter 13

Everyone was brought into a courthouse. It seemed like almost everybody from the Caucus race was there and two guards stood still so there would be no interfering.

The white rabbit ran into the room and blew his trumpet, taking names. "Your Majesty... Members of the jury... Loyal subjects..."

"Ahem!" a voice coughed.

The white rabbit sighed the last name. "And the King..."

The King smiled, tipping his crown and looking all around the room.

"He seems much nicer than the queen." Estelle whispered.

"The prisoners at the bar are charged with enticing her majesty, the Queen of Hearts, into a game of croquet, and thereby willfully..." the white rabbit started to read.

"But!" Dinah tried to protest, but she was shut out.

"And with malice aforethought, teasing, tormenting and otherwise--" the white rabbit continued, despite the interruption.

"Don't mind all that!" the Queen grew impatient, then smiled rather eagerly. "Get to the part where I lose my temper!"

The white rabbit skipped ahead and got to the final words. "Thereby causing the queen to lose her temper."

"Someone should overthrow that mean queen." Vulpix whispered.

"Now... Are you all ready for your sentence?" the Queen smiled evilly to them.

"Aren't verdicts first...?" Felicity scratched her head.

"Sentence first!" the Queen slammed her fist down, then smiled again. "Verdict is afterwards!"

"But that just isn't the way!" Felicity argued.

"ALL WAYS ARE--" the Queen started to yell again.

"Your way..." Felicity sighed. "Erm... Your Majesty..."

"Bro, I think you should teach her a lesson." Estelle whispered.

"I will!" Akito promised firmly.

"OFF WITH THEIR--" the Queen started to threaten again.

"Consider, my dear," the King tried to cool his wife down. "We called no witnesses... Couldn't we hear, uh, maybe one or two? Huh? Maybe?"

"Oh, very well," the Queen gave in. "But get on with it!"

"After the witnesses talk, I'll go up to her and overthrow her." Akito said.

"Deal." the others agreed to that.

"Better watch out." Larvitar glared in the Queen's direction.

The King called for the first witness and they were carried in by the guards.

"The March Hare!" the white rabbit called.

The March Hare was carried by his ears and he sat simply while sipping his tea.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding, him?" Vulpix asked.

"He wasn't even there!" Misdreavus added.

"Oh, um, what do you know about this u-unfortunate affair?" the King questioned him.

"Nothing." the March Hare smirked slightly.

"Nothing whatever?" the Queen demanded.

The March Hare got in her face. "Nothing whatever!"

"That's very important!" the Queen remarked, then smiled to the jury. "Jury, write that down!"

"How is that important?" Teddy asked.