We walked through the forest for about an hour, until we stopped to take a short break. "How much longer till we get there? " I huffed out. Hatter raised an eyebrow at me "a little bit, do all humans get tired so easily?". "Do you have to say everything sound racist?" I challenged, he grunted about me being a stupid girl. I smirked in victory and sat down on a extremely low tree branch.
It was literally like 5 feet from the ground. Chesh suddenly appeared next to me and sniffed my hair "so this is what smells so good". I quickly leaned away "get away you perv cat". Hatter pulled Chesh off of me and they started talking. I noticed that the tree branch seemed a little higher off the ground than usual. "Ummm guys does this branch seem a little higher than last time?". Hatter stared at me "it's just your imagination, Alice" Hatter said obviously annoyed. "Don't worry love I will always catch you when you fall"Chesh said as he touched my cheek I slapped his hand away.
While the boys discussed plans I took the time to rest. I leaned against the tree trunk, and closed my eyes. I fell asleep for a bit, but I heard voices shouting at me. "Go away" I managed to mumble. But the voices kept getting louder, finally I forced my eyes open. I woke up to find myself 20 feet off the ground, still siting if the tree branch.i looked down to find Chesh and Hatter staring up at me shouting. My feet were dangling a couple feet above their heads. "Oh good we thought we were never gonna wake you up" Hatter shouted."GET ME DOWN!!!" I shouted back at them. "Jump into my arms, love!!!" Chesh said excitedly. I knew that Chesh catch me but it still was scary. I shook my head no and hugged the tree tighter. "Your gonna have to if you want to get down" an annoyed Hatter exclaimed. "Do whatever but no way am I jumping". Hatter paced back and forth thinking, while Chesh scratched his ears.
I just sat there waiting for them to get me down, when the tree branch curled around my waist. "Wha-AHHHHHH!!!!!" I screamed. The tree grew a face, arms, and legs. Hatter and Chesh spun around to see a giant tree man holding me in its fist.
I kicked my feet wildly screaming for help. Chesh was the first to react "I'll Kill You!" He shouted at the tree, he jumped and giant claws came out of his knuckles like Wolverine from X-men. He slashed at the trees face over and over again. It didn't really have any affect on it, the tree just stumbled back a little before swinging his hand at Chesh sending him crashing off the path and into a cluster of trees.
I stared in horror at Chesh right as the hand hit him sending him flying back. "CHESH!!" I screamed but it was no use I couldn't see him from where I was. Hatter took action and unsheathed his sword. The tree slapped the ground where Hatter was, but hatter was too quick and dodged it easily. He jumped on the arm and ran up it. He slashed at the trees neck, and face but nothing worked. The tree fist squeezed harder, I could barley breath. How can we defeat this thing? Where Is its weakness? Everything has one, what makes a tree grow? Wait the roots! I gathered all my strength, "HATTER....THE ROOTS!!!!!" I shouted.
He heard me and realized it too. He jumped to the ground and began hacking at the trees feet/roots. I smiled but I barley had any room go breath, I felt extremely tired. The tree roared before falling, It released its grip on me. Finally I can breathe! but gravity pulled me down. Oh shit! I started to fall face face first. I screamed out of fear. I closed my eyes and was prepared to hit the ground. Hatter jumped and caught me right before I hit the ground. He carried me and ran so we didn't get crushed by the tree. "What was that!" I hysterically clawed his jacket and kept looking over his shoulder to see if it was coming back. "It's a Tree Giant" he sighed "it's not coming back so stop clawing my jacket!" I stopped "sorry"
"Ok you can put me down now" he looked down at me "sorry" he blushed and put me down quickly before looking the other way. Man he's must be really strong cause I know I'm not the lightest feather on the bird. "Was I that heavy?" He breathing really hard and looked like he just ran ten miles. "Extremely" he heaved out he leaned over and put his hands on his knees. "I'm not that heavy! I'm only one hundred thirteen pounds! that's light" I smoothed my hand over my stomach "see" he looked up at me "I've seen better" then looked back down "why you-!" I curled my fist into a ball "where the Cat?" Hunter stood
