Fantasy Wonderland in Black and White

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Duchess looks over at him from where she is standing. "I doubt she cares too much what it is I do in my spare time while locked away. But.. Our savior... is in Wonderland... You should go... So that my mother didn't find out that you visit me... my dark knight." she said softly while looking back at the wall above her bed. "I do not wish for any harm to come of you.." she said softly while playing lightly with the lace on her dress. "That is why you should leave me... and not come back.."

 

[QuirkyAngel]

The Forest of Strange Things is full of some of the strangest things you can imagine from talking trees to glowing fish. Occasionally, very occasionally, one might even see a grinning cat prowling around here and there...but only if said cat wanted to be seen. Hilda knew that Chesh, commonly known the Chesire Cat, often wandered wherever he wanted whenever he wanted and there was nothing anyone could do to stop him. She didn't much like the annoying feline, but she often paid the creature heed whenever it spoke. The deranged pussy's irritating riddles often contained quite a bit of information in them and, to Hilda, information was always useful, no matter what kind they were.


The red haired witch strolled through the forest, or at least, formerly red haired. Her lovely copper tresses had become black because of the Queen of Spade's spell and her skin turned so pale that it had become a ghastly white. Hilda scowled. That irksome human not only took away her color, but her forest's color as well. The trees that had once been green were now dull, and the glowing lake that she often visited was as black as ink. It was a spell that Hilda couldn't break no matter how hard she tried. It galled her that there was a human with stronger magic than she. Hilda's scowl grew even worse when she saw the people standing in front of her house: the Queen of Spade's men dressed in their neat black and white uniforms.


Hilda hissed angrily. "What are the Queen of Spade's lapdogs doing in front of my home? You have 5 seconds to answer before I turn you all into frogs."


One of the guards grew angry at the insult and his tone gave Hilda a headache, so she took away his voice. Hilda listened dispassionately as the rest of the guards explained their queen's order.


The witch sniffed. "If your queen wishes to make a deal with me she should come to my forest herself!"


Hilda stepped into her and slammed the door.

 

[Athens]

"I can't just leave you Duchess." He replied curtly. "You're the sin of my soul. The one thing I can't have, and yet I am determined to make you mine." He explained passionately turning around and standing in front of her.


"I know that you do not want to see any harm become of me, but sending me away is not the answer to this. Even though the risks are high, I still visit you so that we may see each other once more. I'd rather die knowing it was to see your face once more, than be forced away from the one thing who I hold dearly to my heart, and feel as if I threw everything away due to cowardice." He confessed cupping her cheeks gently.

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Duchess' cheeks flushes faintly as he cupped her cheeks. "Arsenic... If you truly feel this way, please respect my wishes... Because if she were to find out of this... of us... of you... she would put an end to it by having my head... I don't want to cause you that pain if such thing were to happen..." she said softly while lightly putting her hand over his which laid on her cheek gently.


"I don't want to be the cause of your death... It wounds me to hear you say such a thing so lightly... But I suppose it's part of who you are. Which is why I'm so drawn to you.." she said softly while lightly stroking his cold hand before moving her hand to his cheek.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Queen of Spades had watched the altercation with the witch and slammed her hand down. She would not tolerate that kind of Insolence in her kingdom.Serena smiles she just have something lie in wait for the witch. Her spells were irreversible unless she did it."The witch will come to me. Next time she steps out of her house. For some air the fresh sent of deadly night shade will send her into a spiral if madness leading her on a road to me. She will help me catch that cat and the girl who dares even enter my realm." Serena cackled as she made her spell and cast it. Now all Serena had to do was wait. She was patient she had always been patient. She waited for her sister to die and come out of the wood works. A big creature like thing came flying in through the window."aww my lovelies there you are.what knees if do you have for me." She asked the creature. It was a flying lemur. They did her truly and horrible bidding.


Cheshire checked the girl." No not Alice." He said popping away from her into a tree.he layed on his back and looked at the girl with an upside down smile."for Alice was true if heart, and her heart was a part of Wonderland. This girl is her daughter so her soul must be pure and the one come to cure us. From this dreadful spell. She has till the bell." He says and shakes his head grinning and disappearing and reappeared floating infront of them" Try the Caterpillar, he will know. The caterpillar always knows. "He says. He had become just a floating talking head. He laughed madly and floated down the path.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Athens]

Arsenic sighed pressing a gentle kiss to her forehead.


He dare not kiss her on the lips, or he'd want to go against his princess' wishes and stay forever.


"If that is what you want of me, I shall obey your wish. No matter how much it pains me to do so." He stepped away from the young woman retracting his hands from her face. He looked at her briefly trying to memorize her face, before he turned away. His normal cold demeanor and his cynical voice returned once more, his shoulders relaxing with the familiarity of detachedness from the world, and it's joys.


He took a deep breath and vanished with the blowing wind.

 

[StarrySkyofLostSouls]

Duchess closed her eyes lightly as she felt his lips against the crown of her head. "I'm sorry..." Was all she whispered to him as he told her this, she hated it when she had to give up the things she loved but she also hated commanding it of others to do so if they weren't willing to do it themselves. "Thank you..." she whispered to no one but herself as the breeze drifted around her gently before flying out of the the locked room and towards the others.

 

[KneelingAngel]

"Argh!" Ophelia screamed when a cat popped up on her shoulder. She jumped a couple of feet in the air before jumping a couple of yards back. "S-stay away!" She said. "What is this place, and why do you keep thinking I am my mother? Where the hell am I?!" Ophelia was starting to panic. She wanted to go home. She missed her dog and parents already. She wasn't understanding any of this!

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Chesh smiled."Welcome to Wonderland Not Alice. As you can see we have no mice." The cat laughs at his own Joke." The question is Who are you?" The cat cackled and disappeared again. "Follow the road who knows where it goes." The cat said sitting on a branch laughing. He was mad as a Jack rabbit. He went where he pleased and said what he pleased but only in riddles that many didn't understand.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Athens]

Magnolia chuckled at the Cheshire's signature riddles. "Sometimes I think that cat is madder than the Hatter." She turned to Ophelia with a smile. "Don't be alarmed or afraid Ophelia." She said softly. "We need your help. Wonderland has been overrun once more by a wicked queen. And now it's your turn to create a legacy, and save Wonderland just like your mum Alice did so long ago."

 

[QuirkyAngel]

The sun was nearly setting when Hilda finally stepped outside her house. She felt the compulsion the wrapping around her like a web. A spell! She quickly tried to cast a counter-spell, but it was far too late. Hilda snarled viciously, stamping her feet in frustration. She had been unprepared. Hilda never thought anyone would dare try to cast magic on her. Who could be so daring? The answer hit her like a ton of rocks. The Queen of Spades!


Hilda sneered as she felt her feet move of their own accord to Spade castle. So the Serena really wanted to talk to her did she? Hilda considered resisting the spell. It could take time, but she might be able to find a way to unravel the Queen's curse while it took effect. To what end though? If she did, the vengeful queen would only assault her again and again. It might be best to get this over as soon as possible. She didn't what to deal with the Black Queen for longer than necessary. That in mind, Hilda chanted in a low voice.


"I am here, I am there, I am where I want to be. Take me to the person who most desires to see me."


Then the witch disappeared and reappeared in front of the Queen of Spades. "You called?" There was no hiding the sarcastic tone in Hilda's voice.

 

[KneelingAngel]

"Ahahah ha ha…" Ophelia trailed off laughing nervously. "I-I can't do that! I mean, I'm not my mom, this is my mom's job and Wonderland?! That was a story she used to tell me. I mean, I believed that she was there, but it was just a story! I can't save the world!" She started to panic again. "I'm just a simple girl, I haven't even finished school yet! I need to wake up, like, right now!" She pinched her arm and closed her eyes, but when she opened them, the other were still there. "Couldn't you have pretend to be gone?"

 

[The Doorman]

Oh, it was but another day for Ashmir, he wondered for a moment just why he was caught up in this hullabaloo about the Queen's daughter and about Wonderland being painted white with some sort of magic, though he was sure that all this malarkey was just the start of anther of the royals' temper tantrums that more often than not ended with a head on his doorstep. "Blast these stupid signs, I'd be better off without any of these directions, which left is the right left?!" The lion shouted in frustration, he'd been trying to traverse this part of Wonderland for a few days, though it mattered not just how much time had passed, but how much time was left before Rioli and Fanael would lose their heads, and this is meant quite literally, he'd hate to lose them, they were the smartest of his followers and not having too much common sense himself, the big ol cat needed to be around more intelligent creatures. Goliath finally decided that the right left must be the left on the left, right? I mean, doesn't it make sense for the right left to be on the left, it wouldn't make sense for the right left to be on the right though. if it was it ouldn't be left, it would be right, right? Left. The lion headed off to the left on the left, not the left up, backwards, down, and definitely not the left on the right, wandering down the path and hoping it actually got him somewhere this time.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

The cat gave Magnolia a glare." I am not Mad, I am bad." He said grinning. The cat could never be serious. He liked his manic mad demeanor. Though his cryptic rhymes could get annoying even to those who loved the mad cat." I roam and I roam I go where I please." The mad cat chortled.He appeared on her shoulder. "This is now your world dear Ophelia. Your our hero. I feelya." The cat laughed and purred. " with a pitter patter of your feet.to the Caterpillar we will meet." The cat says.


Serena smiles and snaps her fingers her spell had worked. She took it off the witch."Now I have a proposition for you.I want the cat and my Lemurs here can't seem to get him. However he trusts you and willing to go near you. You do that and I shall return you to color your cottage Forrest and lake as ling as you do as I ask yoyr color will be gently restored Hilda."Serena says as she sits on her throne like chair it was made of black smoke. The lemurs like creature with wings let out a loud noise.Serena pet the animal. "Calm my creature."She says


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Athens]

Magnolia put a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder. "Don't frazzle yourself Ophelia. All this stressing and worrying might make you develop a worry wart, and trust me on this, those guys aren't much fun." She tapped her nose to wrap up her point and smiled softly.


"Are you telling people about Worry Warts again Mags?" Arsenic asked leaning himself up against a grey tree. "Maybe." She squeaked startled by her twins unannounced appearance.

 

[KneelingAngel]

Ophelia raised a brow at the cat. "You seriously need to do a check up on your rhyming, those were some of the worst rhymes I've ever heard." She deadpanned. "You are even worse then my little brother… And he's four!"

 

[Dark_Psycho]

He laughed" dont have to make sense or be good at it when your mad or bad."Chesh says and smiles he disappeared. " I rhyme and speak in these rhymes. For the Queen of spades has made it so.if she says it is so then so we will do." The cat says. Yes they were off and confusing but thats who this cat was.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[yistae]

Hatter smiled, humming to himself as he walked the forest. It was so... So bland though. The trees and grass had forgotten to get themselves painted green in this part. There weren't any cards to paint them now, but luckily the Red Queen had passed and wouldn't cut off their heads. He chuckled, grinning manically at the memory of almost losing his own head. "I couldn't be Hatter anymore," he mused aloud. "After all, what's a Hatter without a head?" He laughed again, then stopped when he saw some people up the path. Well, people using the term loosely since he could also see Chesh. Walking up quietly to the group, he smiled and put his hands in his pockets. "I happen to agree with the Not Alice here. Those rhymes are dreadful. Never took you as a word murderer Cheshire." He said and laughed, smiling at his feline friend.

 

[KneelingAngel]

"Haha!" Ophelia beamed and pointed at the cat. "You didn't rhyme! Wait… Queen of Spades?" She questioned. "My mom always told the story of a Queen of Hearts… Now I'm starting to think that the story maybe changed a bit…" She squinted her eyes in confusion. "What exactly happened after my mom left? And who the hell are you?!" She pointed at the guy with the weird hat. Ophelia squinted her eyes in thought again. "You're the weird hat guy she used to talk about…" She finally concluded,

 

[Athens]

Magnolia smiled at the Hatter. "It's nice to see you again Hatter, and may I say Happy UnBirthday to you!" Maggie exclaimed. "He is not a weird hat guy." Magnolia said horrified. "He's the infamous Mad Hatter! And the story has changed a lot more than a bit Not Alice." She replied noticeably flustered with the young girl's lack of knowledge. It was quite worrying to the bubbly girl.

 

[yistae]

Hatter grinned and tipped his hat to the girl. "Ah, so you're Daughter Alice. What a wonderful name. I'm Mad Hatter, a hatter by name and occupation," he said, smiling at her and then at Magnolia. "Why thank you! It has been a very good unbirthday for me so far. Happy Unbirthday to you as well! Though I must say it's rather rude of all these trees to be unpainted infront of women. Crude plants," he scowled at the nearest tree, wondering why it would offend a lady by being naked.

 

[QuirkyAngel]

What an ugly monkey, Hilda thought though she didn't voice the opinion. There was a time for that later, but not now. Not when she was dealing with a decidedly deadly royal. Hilda considered the Queen of Spade's proposal. She didn't much like the Chesire Cat, but she liked the queen of Spades even less. Was it worth betraying a tentative ally to get her colors back? Hilda frowned. She didn't have enough information to decide.


"Why are are you after Chesh? Surely the cat hasn't done anything to offend Your Grace,"

 

[KneelingAngel]

"I-I'm Ophelia, but you can call me Lea if that's easier." Ophelia said as her eyes followed the Mad Hatter strangely. A tree being naked? She thought. "It's not like they can decide what to wear." She mumbled a bit confused. This world was nothing like her mother's stories.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Cheshire cat turned and smiles at his friend. " The Queen has made me bonkers I am losing my mind."He says m finally he was able to not rhyme he looked at the girl who looked like Alice. " your already rubbing off on me."The cat said he reappeared on the Hatters top hat."I do say this is a lovely hat." He purred and started kneeding the hat" what I would do to have it."Chesh says


Serena smiles. "He hasn't I just don't want him popping in out and spying on me unless he works for me.plus he is just a nuisance. "She says. She watched the witch think on her proposal.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Athens]

"The trees have been naked for quite a while Hatter, most days I just avoid looking at them. It's quite flustering." Maggie replied watching the Chesh knead the man's hat. "Have either of you seen where my brother has been vanishing off to though?" She asked finally noticing that Arsenic had disappeared once more.