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Rosie Thorn

Rosie skipped along the rocks. She looked innocent, long black pigtails with satin ribbons and a small red dress. This would help her look as if she could be trusted. She held up her tattered stuffed rabbit. "Well, well. That little Alice is hiding. Isn't she, Mr. Buttons?" She made the rabbit's head move up and down to look like a slight nod. Mr. Buttons was squished into her arms in a tight embrace. "Hopefully we'll get to her first." Rosie began to sniff the air. Giant mushrooms hung down from above, blocking any sunlight from coming through. It smelled of salad. "Maybe we need a little help..." She murmured, curling her lips. The rabbit fell to the ground as Rosie lifted her arms. Her hand shifted to the right, while the other to the left. They swirled together as vines rushed through the soil to surround Rosie. Thick vines, pointy and green. Her arms relaxed for she knew the vines would follow her. Her black hair shifted into following a nod as the vines began to lift Mr. Buttons. "Oh! Of course I would never forget you!" She tickled the rabbit's nose as her shiny shoes trotted through the dirt. Rosie knew there were many sightings of Alice. One of the few places she hadn't been was the Pool of Tears. She might as well start to look. "Forward on, my vines!" She controlled them as an army, but had fun doing it with a march. The child inside of Rosie would never grow. "Left, left. Left, right left!" A smile appeared as her fingertips moved into a pattern of motions. The vines of course, would follow it.

         "Now!" Chester vanished and reappeared underwater behind Alice. Before he could grad her and evaporate he realized there were two Alice's.

Confusion overwhelmed Chester. Which one was real which one not. The water was getting to his lungs so it was hard to think. He took the last resort and grabbed them both. Chester then shot out of the water, and in mid-air he turned them all into a purple mist. They took back their form in front of Madeline. "My Madeline," Chester said with his right brow raised "there seems to be two Alice's".

Chester turned to them and made a long, curled smile "Anyone for tea?"

         Emanon didn't flinch when a long strong sword went to her neck. In fact, she liked the cool tip touching her flesh. Emanon couldn't help but bust out laughing, she didn't move a muscle, just laughed insanely. "Who are you and what is going on?" This Alice said in a malice tone. This Alice defiantly wasn't the other. Or perhaps it was the other that wasn't Alice. Or perhaps it wasnt Alice at all. The theory made Emanon laugh a bit more. She then went completely silent, staring into Alice's eyes with her own purple ones. 

A twisted smile formed on Emanon's lips. The grenade she had gotten ready before was still in her hand, ready to be dropped. "Silly Alice." Emanon cackled with laughter. Emanon slowly brought the grenade up to Alice's view. Making sure she saw the little bomb like object. "I pop this open and you become one with the insane." Emanon's smile widened. "Or let's drop the little weapons and give you a proper re-run as to what happened to Wonderland when you left." Emanon's smile dropped.

"Another option: you could just kill me, and run your little butt back to the city and get captured by Chess Guards. Maybe the White Queen will tell you!" Another insane laugh. "I'm not saying a peep until you put that pretty little sword down." Emanon said with another wide smile, looking Alice dead in the eye.