The Hatter

Chapter 16

*4day time lapse*

"Johnny?" Michael shouted. "We have to talk about something important." When I got there he was sitting in the living room.
"I've decided to let Princess White put the spell on you. Ok?" I just nodded. "We're going to go and see Princess White tomorrow and Princess Heart is coming too. I nodded again. He spoke so kindly, but he had worry in his voice.
"Can I please go to work now? I haven't been there for days and now I can't afford rent. If I don't pay my rent you may set the narwhals lemming on me again!" I said. At this point Michael had a sad smile on his face. It was that smile people get when they see a distant relative for the first time at the funeral of someone they both loved dearly.
"Yes,you can go to work. We have to go and get Princess Heart so when were there you can make some hats. And don't worry about the rent. I'll take care of it" He said softly.
"So, no narwhals... or lemmings?" I asked. Michael smiled and said no. About an hour later we went to get Princess Heart. Michael knocked her bedroom door.
"Darling? Can we come in?" He said. We heard a sob as she began to talk.
"Yes. Come in." She replied. Michael looked at me with a worried face and slowly opened the door. When we got in Princess Heart was sobbing and sniffling, sitting on her bed.
"What's wrong baby girl?" Michael said and went over to hold her in his arms.
"My mother, and father, their... their... Dead!" She said and burst out in tears. Michael was speechless. He just held her in his arms and stroked her hair. He hushed her as she sobbed into his white shirt, staining it with mascara and eyeliner, but he didn't mind at all. He knew the feeling because he had lost his parents as well. After a while the heart brocken Princess stood up and wiped her eyes. It was times like this when I got my Scottish accent on.
"Oh deary! Sit back doon and hava cupu tea!" I said. She shook her head.
"I have to go and see my sister, to tell her too. And we need to see is we can make you un-mad." She said. I gave her a hug just as she had held me when I saw my parents. She seemed to be strong but me and Michael both knew that she was really upset, as most people would be. But, after I had made a couple of hats, as Princess Heart said we should, we set off to Princess White mushroom-shaped house. When we got there we knocked on the door.
"It's open!" Princess White said from the other side of the door, so we went in.
"Hello Michael, John. So I'm assuming you've made a-" she paused "Heart?!" She said.
"White!" Princess Heart said. They ran to one another and cried tears of joy.
"It's been 12 years!" Princess White said. "I've missed my little sister!" Suddenly a frown appeared on Princess Hearts face.
"There's something important I have to tell you about. It's mother and father. They... they're dead." She said, her voice breaking. Both of the sisters began to cry.
"How did they die?"Princess White asked.
"No one knows. Some say it was the plague, others say it was witchcraft." Princess Heart told her sister. For a while, they sat together and mourned the death of their beloved parents. There was strong suspicion that they were murdered. Because why would the King and Queen both die at the same time so suddenly? No one ever found out what happened, and to this day in Wonderland people wonder what happened to the King and Queen. After a while Princess White spoke.
"Well, have you decided about John yet, Michael?" She asked wiping away her tears.
"Yes. We have decided to let you do the spell." Michael said. Princess White smiled at him kindly.
"Let me get my book, and the ingredients. I'll be back soon." She said, and disappeared into a tiny little door.