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carolionel · 7 years ago

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Bonds in Wonderland Chapter 7

[[[Ok, after months of rereading through past chapters, going through AUs that I’ve been itching to write for, getting back into writing as of last month, AND going through a change in jobs and working on moving, I’ve been needing some Fated Bonds love. The AUs I plan on working on have been reblogged here so I can easily get to them for what I need to make sure I do. Whenever I get a decent tablet again (my last one snapped in half x.x), expect art. Lots and lots of art. I still adore these babies, and I’ll do my best after the rest of my stresses to keep up with them :D @chusset ]]]

Two…

Eloise ran until her lungs hurt, though it genuinely seemed like they were getting nowhere. Her and White Rabbit Klaus would run through a thicket by the castle gates, making sure to keep moving forward, before it cleared right back to where they started, The Red Queen watching on, getting closer with each escape attempt. She was trying to wear them out, and it took until their third try before Klaus realized it.

“Ve can’t keep zhis up!” he shouted, looking back to her. “She’s messing vith us!”

“How do we get out of here, then?!” she asked, grasping her chest, tears streaming in fear. “Is there any other way?!”

“Hey!! Over here!”

They looked over to a voice calling out for them, small and above their heads. The butterfly had been hovering over them, carrying the dormouse with his legs.

“We’ve been tryin’ to get your attention since the flames started!” he shouted, trying to get his voice heard over the fire. “Ya still got that mushroom I gave ya?!”

“Of course!” Eloise said, reaching in her pocket, pulling out two half slices of the mushroom given to her when the butterfly was still a caterpillar. “If I get bigger, I’ll be sure to find a way out!”

“U-Uh, miss? Wh-What if y-..!” the dormouse tried stammering out, stopping once he spotted her eating one of the halves. “O-Oh, dear…”

Eloise paused, looking back up to them, as they seemed to get farther away, but not in the direction she was hoping. She had shrank nearly down to the size of a blade of grass, groaning once she realized, grabbing her head in panic.

“Oh no, no, please!” she whimpered in fear.

“Thieves…” The Red Queen bellowed lowly, waving her hand at the gate they were close to, as it seemed to melt away.

“Give me the ozher piece, quick!” Klaus said in a hurry, reaching down to Eloise. Without question, she handed off the other half, Klaus eating it quickly, before changing to his rabbit form, becoming the size of a small car. “Get on! I’ll get us out of here!”

She grabbed on to his extended paw as he tucked her into his waistcoat pocket, darting through the forest once more, making sure to break through some fallen trees and bushes as he ran.

“W-Wait! What about them?! Are they gonna be ok?!” Eloise asked, referring to the butterfly and dormouse.

“Zhey’re fine, she’s only after us!” Klaus responded, groaning as he broke through another old log. “I have to find out vhere her barrier is, once I break it open, ve’re free!”

Eloise looked around as Klaus paused, trying to catch his breath, not being used to this size as a rabbit. In the brief silence, the flames echoing behind them, Eloise heard a soft whisper in her ear.

“Go east…” It spoke, as she nodded and pointed.

“East! Hurry!”

“Vhat?”

“Trust me, go that way!” she said, grabbing to the inside of his pocket once more as he ran in that direction, spotting a thicket of rose bushes.

“Ve’re going back!” Klaus called out in concern, though not stopping, as he spotted the castle’s flaming silhouette behind the bushes they were headed for.

“We’ll be ok! Please, trust me!”

Klaus groaned as he quickened his pace, going full speed ahead and holding his breath as he tumbled through the bushes, feeling an intense heat and falling off to the other side. The castle dissipated into a mirage for a brief moment, before disappearing completely, leading into a clearing, Klaus returning to human form, still massive. Eloise peaked out of his pocket, both of them panting, looking back to the thicket.

“Did…did we make it?” she asked, trying to stay hidden, knowing The Red Queen would still probably be able to find them.

“I-I zhink ve did…I…zhiiiihh-” Klaus hitched briefly, some of the rose pollen winding up getting onto his fur and filled the air once he changed back.

“No, no, please! She’ll hear you!” Eloise begged, trying to hide further in his pocket, already knowing he was in the middle of a losing battle.

“S-Sorry, I-I c-…hiiihh–!” he covered his pocket quickly to try and protect her, nostrils flaring dangerously as he twisted away, trying his best to stay quiet in his larger size. “Hiiiiihh-!! Iiih-KSHUuu!!”

His sneeze immediately echoed throughout the land as he held his hand to his face, pinching his nose hard to try and keep from going into a fit. He kept an eye on the castle, waiting for any sign of The Red Queen approaching, Eloise peeking out from over his hand.

“Bless you,” she spoke out, relieved that The Queen didn’t seem to notice.

“Danke…” he responded, not removing his other hand just yet.

Suddenly, an intense heat swept over both of them, as flames erupted in the trees and bushes they had been watching. Klaus scrambled to his feet and darted away, The Red Queen beginning to give chase.

“Thieves!!” she screamed once more, her dress hovering away from her feet with the heat rising from them, as she seemed to set each step she took ablaze.��

Klaus, remaining human to keep his energy focused on running instead of also dealing with being transformed, fought hard to keep his pace as he followed the trail away from the castle, leading into another area filled with wildflowers and trees. Now riddled with allergies, he was soon out of breath from running while going into brief fits, one hard sneeze causing him to fall forward, Eloise tumbling out of his pocket.

“No!!” he shouted, struggling to stand, forcing himself to change once more into his rabbit form, scurrying over to her. “Quickly, get back on! Hey! A-Are you ok?!”

He nudged her, gasping, finally spotting her condition. She had scrapped herself across the ground, her head hitting the base of a tree trunk. Klaus panicked, hopping around her, trying to wake her up, continuously pushing her body.

“Come on…please! You’re almost home, I promise, please…please be ok…” he whimpered, black eyes welling with tears as he curled around her. “Zhis…zhis is my fault…I should’ve…I should’ve never…”

He looked up quickly to a low chuckle approaching him, The Red Queen, body fully enveloped in flames, leaving only a black shadow. She stepped closer as Klaus backed himself against Eloise’s body, raising his back in one last ditch effort to appear intimidating, though faltering greatly with grief and exhaustion.

“Good job, little bunny, you did just as I hoped~ That curse I placed on you kept you two from getting too far…” she said, the flames spreading quickly through the flora.

“Leave her alone! She…she just vanted to go home…” Klaus growled, backing up closer to Eloise’s body.

“She’s a thief! And you’re just as guilty, if you’re trying to help her escape…” she said, holding a hand up to him. “You’ve lost your use to me long ago, all you did was try to suck up to The Blue Queen…I can find a much more…obedient assistant…goodbye, little bunny and thief~”

Klaus watched on in horror as a large ball of fire appeared above her hand, spinning and growing rapidly. She reeled back, the flames a hot white, as Klaus shut his eyes tight, bracing himself.

“Home run!!”

Klaus opened his eyes, watching the sight unfold. Something, or someone, had knocked the fire ball out of The Red Queen’s hand, sending it back in the direction of the castle. He saw above him, two young men spinning down to the ground, hand in hand, one with a scorched branch in the other hand. They landed, grinning to the Queen, the other nudging the first, setting something down next to him.

“Yo, Spencer, why did you shout that?” he asked.

“Oh, because he’s trying to get her home!” Spencer turned, holding his hands up to them. “Home! Run!”

Klaus quickly took the opportunity, scooping Eloise back up with his paws and tucking her into his pocket. “Danke~!!” he called back to them as he ran off.

“Anytime, Twitchy!” Spencer waved back to him, before turning back to face The Queen. “Alright, it’s about time you cool off! Baron, care to do the honors?”

“Of course, Spencer~” he grinned, a readied bucket of water in his hands.

“Still gotta change that name soon…” Spencer grumbled as Baron splashed the water onto her, the flames going out in a sizzle, The Red Queen drenched.

“Yeah! We’re heroes!” Baron grinned, high-fiving Spencer.

“You…little BRATS!!!” The Red Queen shouted, reigniting her flames, the heat wave knocking the two of them away. She turned towards where they were headed, her new fire allowing her to move much faster than before.

Klaus kept his pace as well as he could, trying his best to ignore his curse, turning down a familiar path, the scent of burning tea leaves a relief on his sinuses. He stopped, in the middle of a fog, changing back to human and grabbing Eloise from his pocket.

“Please, please help her!! You’re zhe only ones who can!” he called out, as the fog began to vanish.

“This had better be important…” a woman’s voice spoke.

“You are interrupting our tea party…” a man’s much darker voice finished her sentence, before spotting him at last, smiling wide. “Aha, vell, look who finally had his growth spurt! Our little bunny’s not so little anymore, dear~”

“Ohooohoho~ no he’s not~!” the woman said, standing, her tattered, brown ears up happily. “Should we have an unbirthday celebration custom made for this day?”

“Please! You have to help her, she von’t vake up!” Klaus whined, going to his knees and holding Eloise out to them. The man approached and tilted his head, his tall hat leaning down in front of his face, a magnifying glass dangling in front of his eyes to get a better look at the much smaller woman.

“Zhis is bad, her head’s bruised…young man…vhat happened to her?” the Hatter asked, looking back up to him.

“I-It’s…It’s my fault, I- ve vere running from Ze Red Queen, and-”

“Ze Red Queen?!” the Hatter asked suddenly, pushing his hat back up. “Is she coming now?”

“Sh-She might be, she’s after us, after her! I have to get her home, but she needs to be ok…”

The Hatter watched him briefly, looking to the Hare standing next to him, nodding softly.

“Ve’ll hold her off…you get her to your entryvay to her vorld…give her zhis…she’ll be safe,” he said as he pulled a syringe from his hat, filled with a blue liquid.

“Danke…you be safe!!” Klaus said, beginning to hurry off.

“However…” the Hatter said as the Hare stepped inside their house to get a few things in preparation for The Red Queen. “Understand zhat…once she gets zhat and returns home…she von’t be coming back. It’s for zhe better, ve don’t vant all zhis madness!”

Klaus winced, holding her close to his chest gently. “I…I know…as long as she’s safe…I understand,”

The Hatter nodded and turned, already feeling the heat from the spreading flames. Klaus hurried off, not caring to see what the Hare was wheeling out of their home.

“Keep her safe…keep her safe…” he repeated to himself, trying his best to ignore the rising screams from behind.

Klaus fell to his knees, exhausted, as he looked to the large door ahead of him. Panting, he carefully pulled Eloise out of his pocket, setting her down, growing worried that he was too late. He grabbed the syringe and held it to her, realizing it was too large for her body. Any attempt to inject her would do more damage than good. He gripped his head, realizing he messed up. Again. He leaned forward, face in his hands, as he wept.

He couldn’t understand. Why was he crying so much? Why did he feel so much pain for someone he didn’t know? Who was she, really? Why did he want to succeed for her? Many thoughts ran through his head as he swiped his eyes, still intent on helping her.

“Hey! W-We’re over here!”

Klaus looked up to the sight of a hovering butterfly carrying a dormouse. Yet again. Though this time, they seemed a bit worse for wear. The butterfly’s wings were singed, as was the dormouse’s fur and tail, and the butterfly landed not so gracefully next to Eloise, dropping the dormouse on the way down.

“Vhat are you two doing here?” Klaus asked, sniffling slightly, trying to calm down.

“We can help her!” The butterfly said, trying to get back on his many legs, wobbling slightly. “The Hatter’s gal Hare pal thought you could use this!”

Klaus looked over as the dormouse held up a much smaller syringe, just the right size to help Eloise, with the same fluid inside of it. He smiled wide and laughed in relief, nodding him on.

“Vell, go on, help her! Quick!” he said, the dormouse jumping slightly and hurrying over to her, fumbling nervously with the syringe as he looked to her. Wincing, his hands shook, as the butterfly took notice.

“Uh, I dunno if you’re fit enough to do it, pal, you’re still shaken up from that run-in with The Red Queen,” he said, flying back up to Klaus’ face. “Here, this should help ya,”

Klaus, about to ask what, suddenly felt something small get tossed onto his tongue. He swallowed hard and watched as the ground got closer, rapidly. The butterfly managed to get just the right amount of mushroom to shrink him down to Eloise’s size. He smiled at his new height. Now, he could do some good for her.

He accepted the syringe from the dormouse and stepped up to her, gasping softly. He felt his lip tremble as he got closer, hoping up and down that this would work. In a moment, he tried to focus, suddenly getting quiet, relaxed, still, as he carefully injected the fluid into her arm, watching over her carefully.

Nothing happened for quite some time, as the butterfly, the dormouse and Klaus all watched on, Klaus’ ears falling behind his head. He shut his eyes tight and looked away, turning and walking off.

“It’s no use…I really am a cursed failure…” he sighed shakily, holding around himself as he continued.

“…Don’t say that…Klaus…”

He nearly leaped out of his waistcoat once he heard that voice. Though weak, it was still definitely a voice. Her voice. He turned and hurried back for her, hugging around her tightly, too elated to realize how tight he was squeezing.

“Nhhh…oww~…” she groaned, though smiling and hugging him back until he pulled away.

“Sorry, sorry, I just…I’m so happy you’re alright! I’m sorry…I’m so sorry…” he whined, crying softly against his palm.

“It’s fine, I’m alright…you’re not a failure…we escaped, didn’t we?” she asked, trying to reassure him. He sniffled and nodded happily.

“Ve did…ve got a little help, zhough,” he smiled, wiping his eyes. “You’ve made friends~ zhey all helped you…” he said, turning to the others.

“Well, good to see ya with color in your cheeks again, lil’ lady~” the butterfly smiled, fluttering down to her.

“Thank g-goodness, you’re ok…y-y-you really had all of u-us w-w-worried!” the dormouse spoke, stepping up timidly to get a better look. She smiled back to him, sitting up slightly, before looking back down the path.

“…What happened to her?”

Klaus looked back as well, biting his lip and looking to her.

“She…got stopped by zhe Hatter and Hare…” he said. “I…vasn’t about to stick around and see how zhey did it…”

“Is she ok?”

“Sh-…She tried to kill you..! Y-…” he looked to her expression, noticing how she was genuinely concerned. He sighed and sat by her, looking away. “She is Zhe Red Queen…but also Zhe Blue Queen…she…hasn’t been vell since taking zhe throne…Zhe King tried his best to help her, and so did I…but…she just kept getting vorse…zhe only help she could get vas from zhe Hatter, but zhey don’t exactly have zhe best history…hopefully, now zhat he has her…Zhe Red Queen vill be gone for good…”

Eloise’s eyes watered slightly, as she turned away and wiped them quickly, nodding in response.

“Hopefully…she…was so kind to me…you all were…and…I still promise to come back, I’ll check to see how she’s doing, how all of you are! Something like this isn’t going to scare me off…” she said, strength returning to her body as she smiled.

Klaus smiled back, secretly trying to ignore the Hatter’s instruction of keeping her from returning, before standing up slowly, helping her back to her feet gently.

“Alright…but first, you’re not exactly ‘home ready’,” he said, looking back to the butterfly. “Have any more of zhat mushroom?”

“Not right now, but I can get more. Be back in a flap!” he said, before flying off, Klaus smiling back to Eloise, placing a gentle hand on top of hers.

He still didn’t know just why he cared so much for her, but somehow, the thought of her leaving didn’t hurt as much. He wanted her safe, and if that meant never seeing her again, he was more than happy to say goodbye.

“Let’s get you home,” he said with a smile, watching the butterfly return.

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