I hope you enjoyed the first chapter so far!
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Cath had no idea what to do. The thought of the Jabberwock still on the loose scared her. She did not want to go back to hearts, but she didn't want any more people to get hurt.
"Is the king doing anything about it?" Asked Cath, already knowing the answer.
Hatta replied with, "you know the king, fun loving, happy, gullible. He would never do anything to help!"
Jest looked at Hatta, then Cath, and Hatta again. "Well we can't just let them suffer, have one of the queens here help! Surely she would?"
Hatta looked at Jest. "Your marriage was hard enough, the Queen still thinks your on the mission to end THIS war. No one can help them, except for us."
Cath turned pale.
Jest looked at Cath and realized she had already been through enough. "I don't think that's the best idea, we would have to see the sisters again, and Cath isn't exactly ready for that yet."
Cath looked up at Jest and gave a weak smile. "No, it's okay, I can go."
Hatta thought for a moment. "Only royalty can get the Vorpal sword, there must be a new queen in Hearts, maybe she can help."
Hatta looked delighted with his idea.
"I would like to se my family, at least once to let them know I am okay."
Jest looked uneasy about Catherine going back to Hearts. "But what about the stone drawings?"
Hatta thought once more then said, "we could ask the sisters, and if the fate to go back is bad, then we won't go."
Jest still looked worried, "only if Cath is okay with it." He looked at Cath.
She could see the fact that he didn't want her to go, it was written on his face.
"Let's do it, but we have to come back if there is the slightest chance of anything bad happening." Catherine hoped that would not be the case.
Then they packed some bags, and they were off.
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Cath shuddered mostly from how eerie the maze was, but also from cold.
"Here." Jest took off his jacket and handed it to Cath.
"Thanks." She took the jacket and put it on. She still didn't feel much better but she wasn't cold anymore.
"We're almost there." Hatta called from in front of them.
Cath was relieved they were almost there, she didn't want to keep walking in the maze a moment longer.
They finally arrived at the treacle well, a place of memories for everyone.
Hatta walked over to the well and looked down into it, though he could see nothing. "Hello, Tillie, Elsie, Lacie, I would like to ask you something?"
"Hello Hatta, it's been quite a while."
Cath spun around, seeing the three sisters standing side by side. Cath shivered.
"Cath, Jest, how are you doing?"
Jest looked at Lacie, who had just spoken.
"We are doing quite fine." Cath replied, she reached for Jest's hand and squeezed it tight, the sisters still made her shiver.
Tillie turned to Hatta, a dazed expression on her face, which she and her sisters usually wore.
"What have you come here for?" Tillie asked in a calm but bored voice.
Hatta spoke up. "I have come-again- to ask what would happen if we return to hearts and then come back here, after attempting to save them."
Tillie smiled a spine shivering smile, "of course, that's always what you want, but before you leave, you must repay us for the knowledge."
Cath looked up at Jest, just in time to see him roll his eyes. "Of course" he muttered under his breath.
"What do you want from us?" Hatta's voice is calm.
"Elsie wants a teacup, one to go splish splash, Lacie wants a bottle, made of glass, and I want a pinch of food, though I can not eat, but just a dash."
Hatta grabs Jest's hat off of his hat, his arm goes all the way into it and he pulls out a teacup, already filled with tea, he continues pulling out the things that the sisters want, including a few crumbs of bread. Hatta walked over to the well and drops the items in, as soon as they fall from his hand the sisters disappear.
Cath looks around, wondering where they went, she turns her head towards a stone wall, and sees Lacie.
They all walk over to the stone wall and see that Lacie still has the quill behind her ear.
Jest looks up at the pictures, he sees Cath in his arms, he could see her tear stained face.
Cath looks up and sees the picture too, wondering what it could mean, she looks at Hatta and follows his gaze to a picture of someone holding the vorpal sword, a small girl with blond hair and a blue dress. To the side of the girl, the Jabberwock's head is on the ground.
Cath notices in another picture a girl, about Cath's age, with a heart crown and is holding a scepter, Cath noticed the girls hair is in a heart shape, besides the dyed red hair Cath thinks the girl looks familiar.
"One will slay (no not the "perfect" slay, this is as in kill slay.) one will be saddened, and one will be surprised."
Cath mumbled the words, "Saddened, slayer, and surprised."
Jest looked at Hatta, "besides the one where Cath is crying, this is safe."
Hatta looks at Jest, a smug expression is written on his face. "True, I guess we will be leaving then, Tillie, we payed you, may we please pass through to Hearts?"
Tillie walked over to Lacie and Elsie, her expression blank. She leaned in to them and whispered something, something that Cath could not hear.
Lacie walked over to the stone and it opened, showing the castle of Hearts.
Cath's mouth fell open, outside of the castle, she could see the Queen, in her long red dress.
Jest looked at Cath, he as surprised as she was.
Cath looked at the Queen, and trembled, realizing who it was.
Cath raised her voice. "But I thought Mary Anne was dead, not the Queen!"
Cath fell to the floor and wept, Jest was at her side in moments.
"Cath, what do we do?"
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I told some of you that there was a twist ending. :) hope you enjoyed this, next chapter should be out soon.