Ashes

Chapter Four

"What?" The queen replied, you could just tell how astonished she was by the expression on her face.

"I said," I just barley got it out before she interrupted me.

"No, I heard what you said. I'm just curious of why you are thinking of such a stupid, idiotic idea. If we were to plan this, if we were to get caught, the penalty is death. I will not die and leave my subjects without a queen and be forced to live under her rules. I will not stand for it." She said standing up and started to walk toward the walk way.

"We won't get caught!" I replied in a slight yell. I got up an followed her to the walk way. I walked in front of her and blocked the door way. "I think I might already have a plan and someone who can help us. We would just have to get back to the castle."

"Who? Who do you think would actually help us?" She questioned, putting her hand on her hip and shifting her weight from one side to another.

"I only slightly heard of this person, but they are wanted. They called him, Cheshire." I said searching for her eyes. She had a look of concern on her face. "What? What's wrong?"

"I know him. He's, not exactly reliable. He's a cat." She replied, removing her hand from her hip and standing back up straight. "He is wanted. Because he never picks a side. Everyone knows that he is a betrayer. I wouldn't put all my faith in him."

"But we can try." I enthusiastically said, "She locked us up, with no proof that we did anything. She must pay. I will not let her go unpunished. Just think of the other people he liked up, maybe they didn't deserve it either."

"We will get caught." She replied with a concern look.

"I will try, with or without you." I said throwing my hands in my hips. Waiting for her response.

"Fine. I'll help. She needs to learn her boundaries." She finally exclaimed after making me wait in silence for a few minutes. "Can we go now? It is time for dinner."

"Then we will plan, after we eat."

"Yes."

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After dinner I was escorted to my room by a knight in all red with a heart on the chest piece with a different shade of red. He was gentlemen and opened my door for me, he let me I'm then walked in after and closed the door. He walked to the closet and yanked it open. He then pulled out a blood red towel, some silk silver pajamas and a black robe. "The bathroom is the room to the right of this one. It will be open in a few minutes so you can go in and take a bath." He said handing me all the items.

"Okay, thank you sir." I replied reaching or the items and taking them from the mans cold hands

I sat down on the bed as he left the room an waited until I heard the person in the bathroom leave. When they did finally leave I got up, grabbed my stuff, and walked to the door. I opened the door an stepped into the quite hallway. I closed my door and slowly made my way to the bathroom door.

I opened the door and walked in. I put the stuff on the purl white counter top and walked over to start the water. I reached for the silver faucet to turn the water on. My hand touched the nozzle and a bag went over my head, blocking my sight.

The person picked me up and was so strong that I couldn't struggle. The person had man like features so I could only assume that it was a man. The man walked over to the door and opened it. He waited a few minutes then he stepped into the hallway and closed the door behind him. Through the bag I could see the glow of the lights and the slight silhouette of objects. We turned right from the bathroom door, the opposite way of my room, and walked down. Along the way I counted seven lights that were passed. Then he turned left. Then he went straight until he reached the fourth light. He then stopped and faced it.

I could see the slight outline of the mans arm reaching for the light. He grabbed it and pulled it off the wall. Then the wall moved. I struggled to get free, I kicked and tried to flail my arms. I couldn't scream examine the bag was too close to my face. Then we moved again, we went through the opening in the wall. There were no more lights. We walked for awhile until the man just dropped me. I landed right on my back. Then I could hear the foot steps walking away.

Then the bag flew off my head. A cat was sitting on the ground in front of my face. This cat was odd, but so was all of this world Ashes. This cat caught my eye though. It was purple with baby blue lines on it's back. I slowly started to sit up.

"So," the cat spoke. I jumped backwards at the first word. "I heard you've been thinking about asking for some help from me. Why?"

"I don't mean to be rude but, I don't know who you are." I said bluntly

"Oh yes. Because you aren't 'the' Alice." He put quotation marks with his fingers when he said the.

"That's my name. So what's yours?" I asked showing some what of confidence.

"Cheshire. Cheshire Cat."