Saving Hearts

Chapter Five

"Alistair, you are ready." Caterpillar said monotonously. "What? But I only answered three riddles and stopped five dummies from pummeling me! How am I ready?!" Alistair raised an eyebrow, baffled by the suddenness of the task. "Yes you are. You kept track of all of that right?" Caterpillar entered the room. "Yes." Alistair looked at him. "Then your ready. Good luck the ball's tonight." Caterpillar waved him goodbye and Hatter went with him to get his suit ready.

"Isn't this exciting?!" Hatter laughed loudly. "This is insane." Alistair shook his head.

"Mister Wonderland, are you ready to go?" White Rabbit asked through the door. "Yes sir." Alistair opened the door, to reveal that he was wearing his blue suit Hatter tailored. "Let's go shall we?"

Both of them climbed out of a rabbit hole tunnel beside Card Castle. "Alright Mister Wonderland, you'll need this." White Rabbit handed him an ear piece. Alistair put it in his ear. "I'll be near the throne where the Queen of Hearts is of you need me. The suspect is a male, black hair, gold eyes, and a handlebar mustache." White Rabbit whispered the information. "Wait, a handlebar mustache?" Alistair laughed. "Yes, it is indeed quite funny to think about." White Rabbit agreed with him. They entered the castle through the servant's quarters.

The place was decked out, quite literally, everyone was donning a card suit. Thank goodness that Hatter embroidered his suit with spades. He stood on the outskirts, watching the dances. But suddenly found himself in the dance as a woman pulled him in. "A young man like you shouldn't be as shy as to dance. But thank you for dancing with me if you do, it's okay if you don't though." the lady waltzed with him. "I'll dance with you, ma'am." Alistair bettered his position and thanked his mother internally for making him practice his waltz when he was younger. As he was spinning around with the lady of clubs, he caught a glimpse of a handlebar mustache in his peripheral vision. "Thank you for this dance miss." Alistair thanked her and transitioned partners, only not getting a female dancer, he danced with the suspect. As they brushed the outside of the dance floor, Alistair shoved him into an empty hall.

"I know you're up to no good." Alistair hissed, staring right into his gold irises. "You caught me." the man sing-songed. Then he swung a punch towards Alistair. Countering it and twisting his arm behind his back, Alistair pinned him to the floor. Feeling a knee jab him in the stomach he was on the floor. Then the man was on top of him repeatedly punching him. Then Alistair grabbed the sides of his face and cracked their heads together, successfully knocking him out. Pushing him off and calling White Rabbit over his ear piece. "I caught him!" Alistair wheezed through the microphone. "Good work, Mister Wonderland. We'll be there shortly." White Rabbit spoke through his ear piece. "Okay, East Wing Corridor." Alistair sighed.

"Thank you. Mister Wonderland." White Rabbit nodded again. "You're welcome, Mr. Blanc." Alistair smiled towards the older man. "Mister Wonderland?" a feminine voice caught both of their attentions. "Your Majesty." White Rabbit acknowledged her and both of them bowed. "My gratitude cannot be expressed through words. But how can I ever thank you?" the Queen of Hearts pondered to herself. "Everything is okay, your majesty." White Rabbit stood back up, posture straight up. "Surely there must be something." she stood in thought. "Ah ha!" the Queen of Hearts snapped her fingers, "I'll give you both admission for anything you need anytime!" Both of them looked at each other, "Thank you your majesty." both of them bowed. "Well, let the party continue!" she linked arms with them and they went back to the ballroom.

Fin.

Author's Note: This is the only story about Ever After High I'll write. I left the fandom and just grew out of it, it was fun so thank you for sticking with this story even through the extremely slow updates. Have a good day. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in the story they belong to Mattel, and the riddles are from Alice: Madness Returns which belongs to Spicy Horse and American McGee.