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     Alice awoke from her sleep in a glorious bed.  At first she thought she was at home, but it didn't quite feel like it.  She rubbed her eyes and saw that she was indeed, in Marmoreal Castle, the home of the White Queen.
"Am I…I…"
The White Queen rubbed the side of her face with her soft creamy hand.
"Alice, my champion, you're alright now darling.  Just relax and go to sleep."
Alice sat up, "But how did I get here?"
Mirana, the White Queen, had a puzzled look on her face. "Why I don't know Alice.  I was out with my court, checking up on the good people of Underland and we saw you lying face down in the garden.  Your clothes were soaking wet, and you looked so sickly.  Why we carried you to my castle, and put you to bed."
Alice tried to think about what she did last, but she couldn't remember.  She had no recollection about her dreaded fall, or her doomed trip to China.
"Alice, you're staying this time right, or are you visiting again?"
Alice looked around the room, it was much better than where she had been living before, even though she could barely recall her previous life.
"Well…I guess I am."
Mirana hugged Alice.  "Oh good!  I, and all the people of Underland, were so sad to see you go!  Especially the hatter…why he…"
Alice suddenly remembered her near and dear friend.  "What about him!  What happened to him!"
"Oh, nothing too terrible.  I hope.  You see, the moment you left I asked him if he would be my hatter again, because he was so awfully good, but he said he wanted to go home and 'get things straight in his head.'  You see, he's terribly mad now.  Terribly terribly mad!"
Alice felt sick to her stomach.  "That's awful, I knew that he was so happy to be sewing again, even though he was sewing for the Red Queen."
Mirana leaned slowly and whispered.  "I think it's because he misses you."
     Alice was confused for a moment, then she remembered the end of the Frabjous day.  'You don't have to leave, you know…'  And he was right, she didn't have to leave.  She should of stayed.  But it didn't matter now, Alice was back in Underland now.
"I should of stayed."  Alice buried her face into her hands and sobbed quietly.  "I left because I thought that I had obligations, and questions to answer…but I have obligations here!  Oh Mirana…"
Mirana held her face in her dainty hands.  "Alice, I think you should go see the Hatter.  I think that it would be good for the both of you."

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     Alice awoke from her sleep in a glorious bed.  At first she thought she was at home, but it didn't quite feel like it.  She rubbed her eyes and saw that she was indeed, in Marmoreal Castle, the home of the White Queen.
"Am I…I…"
The White Queen rubbed the side of her face with her soft creamy hand.
"Alice, my champion, you're alright now darling.  Just relax and go to sleep."
Alice sat up, "But how did I get here?"
Mirana, the White Queen, had a puzzled look on her face. "Why I don't know Alice.  I was out with my court, checking up on the good people of Underland and we saw you lying face down in the garden.  Your clothes were soaking wet, and you looked so sickly.  Why we carried you to my castle, and put you to bed."
Alice tried to think about what she did last, but she couldn't remember.  She had no recollection about her dreaded fall, or her doomed trip to China.
"Alice, you're staying this time right, or are you visiting again?"
Alice looked around the room, it was much better than where she had been living before, even though she could barely recall her previous life.
"Well…I guess I am."
Mirana hugged Alice.  "Oh good!  I, and all the people of Underland, were so sad to see you go!  Especially the hatter…why he…"
Alice suddenly remembered her near and dear friend.  "What about him!  What happened to him!"
"Oh, nothing too terrible.  I hope.  You see, the moment you left I asked him if he would be my hatter again, because he was so awfully good, but he said he wanted to go home and 'get things straight in his head.'  You see, he's terribly mad now.  Terribly terribly mad!"
Alice felt sick to her stomach.  "That's awful, I knew that he was so happy to be sewing again, even though he was sewing for the Red Queen."
Mirana leaned slowly and whispered.  "I think it's because he misses you."
     Alice was confused for a moment, then she remembered the end of the Frabjous day.  'You don't have to leave, you know…'  And he was right, she didn't have to leave.  She should of stayed.  But it didn't matter now, Alice was back in Underland now.
"I should of stayed."  Alice buried her face into her hands and sobbed quietly.  "I left because I thought that I had obligations, and questions to answer…but I have obligations here!  Oh Mirana…"
Mirana held her face in her dainty hands.  "Alice, I think you should go see the Hatter.  I think that it would be good for the both of you."