In Her Footsteps. (Alice in Wonderland) Accepting!!

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Furattā cheerfully followed him into the castle. She looked around. She had never been in a castle before. Actually, she rarely even went into normal buildings. Furattā looked at Cheshire then at the Queen. To be polite, she curtsied a little bit, hugging her bunny toy with one arm. The toy was frowning.

Henry watched Lyric and chuckled a little bit as the flowers spoke. He didn't really like the flowers too much, but at least they were kind of amusing. He looked back at Lyric as she sang.

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Roslyn's face brightened when she saw Furattā. "Well hello my dear. What is a young and beautiful girl like you doing with a mangy, selfish cat like him. Is he holding you hostage?" she asked, glaring at Cheshire. "Are you bipolar?" Cheshire Cat asked, scratching his chin. Queen of Hearts let out a sigh. "Don't push your luck." she frowned. "Would you like to explore the castle with me?" she asked. "Can I come?" Cheshire snickered, floating upside down from above. "I would say no, but it's useless. You'll come anyways." Roslyn sighed.

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Lyric saw Henry was looking at her and her face became as red as a strawberry. "C-can we leave now?!" she stuttered. The rose gave her her backpack back. "Now it's the rose's turn to sing." one of the tulip's reminded. "Oh, i'm so flattered! I~" the rose started. "Not you, the boy!!" the sunflower grunted.

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Furattā smiled a little bit, already liking the queen. She seemed to have a bit of problems, but so did Furattā, so she understand. It would also be nice to hang out with somebody her own gender for once. "Yes, ma'am," she said happily and went over to the queen. She smiled at Cheshire.

Henry blinked when they said it was his turn. He cleared his throat a little bit, becoming nervous. He had not sung in front of anybody other than his mother ever since he was five. But, he sighed and started singing "Down in the Valley" by The Head and the Heart. He was actually a very good singer and had a rustic, but not country, sound to his voice.

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"I am so confused..." Jabber shook her head and leaned back onto the branch she was sitting on, enjoying Henry's voice. "too bad he has to die..."

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Cheshire knew the Queen of Hearts was lonely, but she was still unstable ever since Alice left. Roslyn had no one. She was forced to marry the King when she was twelve! It was completely insane, but even at the Queen's young age, she had good judgment. At her wedding, when the King bent down and puckered his lips, Roslyn slapped him. Cheshire was only 9 at the time so he hadn't gone to the wedding, but he heard it was funny. But, on topic, Alice had been the first, and only, friend to the queen. It was as if the queen had a broken leg and Alice was her krutch. The queen was desperate for any type of friend, but who would agree to be friends with the woman who beheaded cards in order to calm her nerves? "Let me show you to our staff." Roslyn guided Furattā.

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Lyric sat there listening to him sing. She was completely embarrassed, but tried not to show it. "Great. I was hoping he'd have a terrible voice. I bet I sounded like a pig that caught fire." Lyric thought. She continued listening. "He's really good." she thought as he finished.

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Furattā grabbed Cheshire's hand again and had him come with them. She looked up at Roslyn and smiled at her softly before starting to look around. She skipped a little bit as she followed the queen.

Henry finished and looked at his feet. His voice had been a bit shaky from nervousness. He sat down then looked over at Lyric and smiled a little bit at her.

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"This is Thomas White, my messenger. These are my card knights. These are my chess maids. This is my executioner, Rodney Hunter. And this is my husband King of Hearts." Queen of Hearts listed, choking out the word husband. "Now to show you some our public rooms." Roslyn guided them. "This is the ballroom, where we hold all public gatherings." the Queen of Hearts sighed. There were shining red floors with a golden outlining. The walls were made of marble which reflected off of the mirror ceilings. A giant chandelier hung in the middle of the room. The room had nothing in it aside from a black piano in the corner which was next to an opening that led to a tremendous balcony. The balcony towered over the rose garden. "Whoa, how come I've never seen this room?" Cheshire asked. "Because I never invite you to our gatherings." Roslyn puffed.

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Lyric looked as Henry sat down and smiled at her. She eased up and looked at the flowers. "Can we go now?" she asked. "What? You must stay with us!! Join the Golden Afternoon!" the tulips insisted. "No thanks." Lyric said, wanting to leave. The vines disappeared and in the distance, she saw a forest, what looked to be a group of signs and two paths.

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Furatta waved to everybody the queen pointed out. She practically hopped next to the queen as she followed her, obviously excited. When they came to the ballroom her eyes widened. She saw the piano and went to curiously. She had never seen a piano before. Slowly, she started pressing the keys.

Henry stood back up when he saw the path and grabbed Lyric's hand. He said goodbye to the flowers then started leading Lyric to the paths. He looked at them then at her. "Which way do you want to go?"

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Lyric looked at the signs. They didn't seem to be any help. The first sign read "This Way" and pointed right, the second read "That Way" pointing to the opposite path. The next sign said "Wrong Way" and pointed right. The fourth sign pointed to the left and said "Mad Hatter's Tea Party". The last sign pointed right and said "Do You Play Croquet?". Lyric couldn't understand what the signs were trying to lead her to. "Well, we don't want to go back to "Mad Hatter's Tea Party", since we were already there. But, the one that points to the other path says wrong way." Lyric pondered.

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Roslyn walked over to Furattā. "Something tells me you don't go around Wonderland much." she smiled. "I remember when I was little and I would always try to play my piano for my big brother. I was good at little songs, but he could play the longest pieces. I haven't seen him ever since I married the king." Roslyn told Furattā, running her fingers across the top of the piano.

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Jabber leapt down from the tree and walked into the garden only to be picked up by the ankle. "A WEED!" The flower cried holding her far away from herself. "Oi! Let me down!" The Jabberwocky yelled in anger and started thrashing about. "No." "Are you sure?" she grinned. "yes." The flower crossed her leaves and nodded, only to have her vine, which was holding Jabber, hacked off by the vorpal blade. The vine withered away as the flower cried. "Get her! don't let that weed escape!" Jabber ran in the direction she had seen Lyric and Henry go, all the while avoiding roots and leaves coming at her in full speed.