18 October 2012
"Well well well if it isn't Alice" Fletch grinned.
She was smaller in real life, I found. She was very petite but she had a huge presence about her, like everyone in the room had to look at her. She had shoulder length wavy blonde hair, which was held off her face by a head band, and bright blue eyes. She bowed slightly to me and I bowed back. Alice had been on the run for years, I knew that, ever since she came back from Wonderland people had dubbed her as mental. They tried to capture her, for the safety of others, but she never was mad and she didn't harm others.
"What are you doing here, Alice?" I asked.
"I had to see for myself." She replied. "I had to see that you are here. Well, not you but younger you. That you came to save us."
"So this goes beyond the kingdom then?" I commented.
"Yes, I shouldn't be here. When I first came back from Wonderland I went to Reswart to help me get back. Instead he used me for his own will, used me to become known, and it worked. I've been on the run since" She sighed.
"So you've come here to see me?" I asked.
She nodded.
"Where did you get your horse from?" Charming asked as he came to stand beside me.
"A prince gave her to me. He told me that I'd need her." She replied, looking at me, then she added, "You know the youngest one. His brother" She pointed at Charming.
I nodded. "You mean Lampton." I replied, "He is the youngest of the Charming brothers"
She nodded. "Yeah, him"
"Where did you find out about me?" I asked. "About me being here?"
She looked around. "There are some things that people hear in these parts and they have to see for themselves" She replied, cautiously.
"But who, Alice? Who told you?" I asked.
"No one, it's just we've been waiting on the side for a while. Hidden mostly by trees and buses, we made a camp. But we were waiting for you anyway. The soldiers who rode past would talk about the king and how he told them about you, they was excited. I waited longer to see if it was true, to see you, and here you are" She smiled.
"Who have you told?" Charming asked.
She shook her head. "Your secret is safe with me." She replied.
"Who have you told?" He repeated.
"Only one person"
"Who?" He urged. "Who did you tell, Alice?"
Alice looked down. "Aurora" She whispered.
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