Not so bad....Maybe

[Little Sarah]

"T...Tdis place d..doesn't seem as Bad as that s..scary old forest is..d..dose it Usagi.." A little voice squeaked as it looked down at the stuffed animal hugged in her tiny hands, asking it as if it would answer back to her. She nodded her tiny head " I... I didn't think i..it was as bad.." she scampered forward slightly, her feet making a little hopping noise whenever she seemed to walk. Gently tapping on the ground as her simple little shoes that she wore hit against the hard ground.

Sarah seemed to be trying to make herself feel better.She was Still terrified. Her little hands had not stopped shaking yet, which was why they were so tightly held onto the toy, she couldn't let go of it. Usagi was the little runts only comfort for now "W...Where could my big brother be..." she thought out loud, looking down at the ground with her tiny little ears pinned strait back.

" I...I suppose..o..out of anywhere in t...this scary place...t..this would be the best place t..to find my big brother..." She looked around some, then seemed to gulp a bit "b....But...this dose look like its a really really big place" she hugged her toy against her chest, with her little heart beating rapidly." I wish he was here right now." she stood in one spot, looking out around the town, looking every direction that her little self could see from the spot she stood "being small sure d...dose have disadvantages." she started walking " One of which is..its harder to tell where I'm going..Eh Usagi?" she spoke to the toy again.

[Φueen Keziah]

All Hail the ωhite Φueen ♥

Zekiah Maion

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The incredibly tall queen had donned a simple, but elegant white dress to go to town, an ivory yellowed cloak covering her head. She’d had one goal in mind for the day: to purchase the best wine in all of Wonderland. A drink, a drink, her kingdom for a drink. Of course, she had plenty in stock at the palace, but what she lacked was the entourage of interesting people. People doting on her hand and foot was wonderful, but the true spice in her life was making people who didn’t know who she was die for not doting on her. She’d the gall to go to town on her own. Her little haven and hamlet so full of people; it delighted her. As always, she held the hope of seeing a new face. She loved to visit down and for her afternoon tea invite them over to light her table with their flaming cadavers! If they were alive, the tea always seemed to taste somewhat sweeter, though she wasn’t sure if the reality of that was all within her mind.

Regardless, she had not yet found her candle of the day. Smoothing out the ruffles in her skirt, the woman smiled to herself as she heard a voice she was not familiar with, high pitched and stuttering immensely. With a wicked grin, she turned to face the source of the voice, but no one was there – until she looked down. A little redheaded girl with large eyes was there, and the queen smiled apathetically. “Usagi, hm?” she echoed as her eyes danced about a moment before settling onto the short little humanoid beast. Her red eyes narrowed as she swished her hand in a gesture that meant she was startled at just how short the other was, though her face failed to show any surprise at all.

Keziah was quite the opposite of the girl, looking in her thirties and standing nearly six and a half foot tall. Her long black hair which draped around her body was probably longer than the girl was tall. Oh well, Keziah had no qualms with setting a baby on fire. Smaller candles burned faster, but in her mind she realized that she wasn’t exceptionally hungry anyways.

”What’s your name, little one?” she cooed somewhat sweetly despite her completely hidden malicious intent. No emotion rang in her eyes at all; the only hint of care was the smile on her face. “Did I hear something about a big brother? Why, what’s his name? Maybe I can help you find him.”

Help, of course, was the last thing on her mind, but Keziah was a mother and she’d long ago learned to play pretend.

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[Little Sarah]

Little Sarah seemed to squeak fearfully. She actually did not expect a soul to talk to her in this place, or even really notice she was around. Her ears flickered back gently as she turned around to see the course of the voice. She quickly bowed, like she often did when she first met people. She was quite used to it, her mother taught her it out of respect. The quick fear of someone suddenly speaking to her had caused the necklace to give off a bright glow for a second, as well as the little spot in her body, it dulled slightly though as soon as she had turned around, but the glow was still there, only slightly hidden by the stuffed toy."H..Hello M..Ma'am.." she said quietly. hugging her toy tighter to herself "Y..Yes..Usagi i...is my bunny's name" she of course meant the bunny toy in her hand.

She straitened her little self up from the bow. Still very frightened, that was easily told by the fact her large fluffy and soft tail was dragging on the ground. She wasn't sure what to make of this woman in font of her. she glanced up with her big brown eyes. The tip of her tail seemed to twitch a little bit. Her ears seemed to stay pinned back against her silky hair. She gulped a little bit, she was nervous.

"M..My..My name?" she yipped a little bit. closing her eyes. She shook a little bit "M...My name is s..Sarah Ma'am..." she said very respectfully again. lovering her head some. "a..And yes I..I'm looking for my big brother...I..I don't know where he is in this place... I haven't f..found any signs of him..." she looked up at Keziah "H..His name is K..Koto..".

When the queen said the last thing though, the little creatures ears perked up some, as well as her tail "Y..you...You would really help me find my big brother?!" she asked, somewhat surprised someone would actually offer help too her. The little Raccoon girl was overly trusting to begin with. She looked up at the queen, her big eyes, which had previously looked sad, looked somewhat hopeful now "Y...You would really help me?" The small creature had no clue that the queen was really tricking her. she thought she might of found someone who could help.

Her tail wagged some, finally moving from its fearful state, and the little girl finally uncrossed her little arms off of the stuffed toy, it being held in one hand now. The faint glow of the necklace was still there, though it seemed to had dulled now that some of her fear had subsided, as well as the glow from her little chest.

[Φueen Keziah]

All Hail the ωhite Φueen ♥

Zekiah Maion

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The queen's eyes were devoid of any sort of human emotion as she continue to smile at the raccoon girl. She, as the queen had decided the thing was in fact by the name "Sarah", was quite the strange beast. Keziah had seen plenty with their ears fuzzy and on top of their heads, but it had been a good decent time since she had actually seen a creature with such a fluffy tail. She thought a moment and wondered if she could shapeshift into the form of the little thing, but then she promptly decided that Sarahs were far too ugly of creatures. Her form was too perfect for such a minuscule shape that seemed to lack any form of grace and regal abilities.

Polite though the Sarah creature was, Zekiah found her to be exceptionally whiny, and she wondered if all Sarahs, that is to say raccoon girls, were the same. Even her excitement was particularly annoying to the queen, who seemed to fail to share the girl's enthusiasm. All she could think about was tea time, and how she was a bit cold. Yes, a nice hot tea was in order. Perhaps raspberry, she debated, as she listened to the Sarah speak about finding her brother, a Koto, apparently.

"Hm? I wouldn't ever lie," the queen said with a scoff at even the slightest bit of questioning her. Of course, she was lying about lying, but thinking negative thoughts about the queen was absolutely against the law. She wasn't about to let some runt get away with it. She aimed to suddenly shout for a guard to seize the girl and take her to be executed: only to realize she was already planning on killing her. To get the guards involved would just make the little game easier, and that wasn't any fun at all. Why, two millennium, she was more than able to catch her own sinful delights. If she couldn't, she wouldn't have deserved her rank as queen: and if anyone in the entire kingdom deserved to be her, it was herself, naturally.

Squinting her eyes suddenly, the queen realized she didn't exactly have a plan for how she would lead the girl astray, and so she brought her finger to tap against her lips as she thought for a moment. "Koto, hm? Koto. Koto, ahhh." Sounding as if she had just recognized the name, the queen made an excited little noise as she stumbled so fast upon her plan of action. Zekiah was always swift. A queen had to be.

Grandly, she gestured her arm and hand toward the palace with a broad smile. "Why, I do believe I heard of a Koto headed to the castle trying to find someone. Maybe he's waiting for you there!"

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[Little Sarah]

The little girls wears twitched up some looking at which way the woman had pointed. Usagi was pulled back to the little girls arms and hugged against her. She gulped some "t...That way?" she asked, seeming scared to head back that way :Y...you mean..back though that s..scary forest again?" she asked, it was obvious the little girl had already bin tough that place once. And she was terrified to go back though it. But with what he Queen was telling her. Her big brother might just be though those scary woods again and to the castle. Her tail twitched again.

The girl was perceived as Very Gullible, and she was, but..the gullableness came more from the fact she still had trust in people. she Wanted to see the good within everyone, and wouldn't think someone is lieing unless they gave her a reason too. She smiled gently and looked back over at the Castle" Okay..t..thank you then M...Ma'am...for telling me where my brother was and...."

" And thank you little one for talking long enough to follow your squeaky little voice~!" someone seemed to hum from the shadows, spinning a blade that was on a chain in his hand, his blue hair prominent as well as his bright red eyes and demon marks on his cheeks. The claws and Fangs dripping with a slick shiny liquid that seemed to make a sizzling noise when it hit the ground.he stopped the blade and tucked it in at His side. His fanged smirk became wider" Its good to see you again Runt!" The man laughed again. Standing their so perfectly balanced, leaning on the was. was Dorei, The poison demon. "Heh, I knew staying around this place had a plus side !♥"

The Little raccoons big eyes got bigger at the sight of the blue Haired man, and without saying a single thing, the small creature panicked and Ran behind the queen to hide, Ears flat against her head in a terrified way. "D...Dorei..h..how did you get..t..to this place?!" she asked. She was very afraid of the poison demon. Who seemed to smirk and just move so simply, then charge behind the queen and caught the little runt by the ail before she could scamper away desperately again.

" I came here though the mirror little runt" he poked her on the nose with one Claw" Same as you" he grinned. Then glanced over at Zekiah. He Grinned more, and bowed To her in a respected way. "Your Majesty...am I correct... Queen Zekiah..Or what white Queen as many say. If I'm wrong please correct me.♥" he grinned more. He had been hanging around the city for long enough to Learn of the White Queen, and what she has done, and known for." I am Dorei♥."

Little Sarah was panicking, The little raccoon girl flailed little arms and was trying to get Dorei to put her little self down. She whimpered again, being held by the tail really hurt.

[Φueen Keziah]

All Hail the ωhite Φueen ♥

Zekiah Maion

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Zekiah felt flattered before Dorei even arrived, and the feeling made her narrow her eyes distinctively in the direction of Sarah. The little twerp could not possibly be her source of joy, as the gullible twit seemed far too happy, or so Zekiah assumed since her massive amounts of stammering seemed to have calmed vaguely. Zekiah was more often than not complimented under the terms that people were unhappy, and for making people frightened with her sense of power. The Sarah clearly lacked any knowledge of the power that Zekiah Maion held.

She narrowed her eyebrows as she clamped her lips together, looking annoyed as she turned her eyes toward the woods. “They’re not that frightening if you’re not stupid,” she muttered, but then again, she could change her form into things more frightening looking than the predatory beasts that lingered the woods and travel for her was simple. Sarah certainly didn’t seem like she was going to making any haste in traveling into the woods, regardless. But then the sound of footsteps caught Zekiah out of her thoughts and made her heart flutter a moment as she caught the word ‘runt’ being thrown out from behind her. The singing of a blade drew her immediate attention as the little beast called out the boy’s name. Dorei. He was talking some nonsense about traveling through mirrors and his teeth were making this disgusting slime.

When Sarah ran behind her, she turned her head to look at the raccoon girl with obvious annoyance, which furthered when the blue haired boy dashed around her. “Get that slime of yours on my white dress and I will have you hung!” she snapped as she moved away, though Dorei seemed far too preoccupied with the child. “I couldn’t care less who you are if you’re going to go around drooling half the time. Honestly, urchin, if you knew who I was then why could you possible thing it was a good idea to go running near me. You could have at least bowed first before you went snatching my candle. Put her down, this instant. I was planning on eating that later!”

Tact, if anything, was the one thing that Zekiah lacked. Zekiah, after all, had had many killed before on so much less a charge than just potientially getting drool on her. Execution was a manner in which she was able to show off her absolute power, as far as she was concerned. It made the townsfolk behave for two thousand years on her slice of Wonderland, and she wasn't about to give her power up.

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[Little Sarah]

Sarah squeaked at what she said, her big eyes twitched a moment "Hey Wait a minute..w..what?!" she yelped and looked at the Queen "what do you mean by that? I...I'm not a candle..o..or food.." though she was dangling upsidown by her tail , she clung to her stuffed toy for dear life. "I..I Thought..I thought you were going to help m..me find m..m..my big brother..." she squeaked very softly. Her ears flat against her head. till she let out a loud yelp when Dorei dropped her onto the ground, making her land on her back and yelping again "ouch..that..really hurt.." she squeaked.

Dorei laughed a bit "Well first I would like to point out..that its not slime...Its poison, and second... I would suggest thinking before going ahead and killing the runt right off the bat, your magisty...look down at her.." he suggested and smirked. Dorei was meaning for her to see the glow that started to happen in the necklace that the little runt had dangling so gently around her little neck. it had come from the hiding place where he kept it under her shirt.

Dorei grinned some "you see..you might just think thats a little trinket, just a simple little necklace...but your wrong my Queen... your very very wrong.." he grinned again darkly. " '~Itsumademo Ryoku Houseki~' My dear Queen '~Itsumademo Ryoku Houseki~' " he grinned some "Now..... You probably do not know what that means, do you?" he asked.

Sarah Squeaked, listening to what Dorei was Saying, sitting between the queen and Dorei where she had been dropped and clinging. She herd those words uddered allot "I...I..Itsumademo R...Ry...Ryoku.... Houseki "she repeated "F...Forever ..p...power..G..Gem?" she squeaked some.

"Righty O runt.." Dorei placed his foot on her little head so she wouldn't start panicking and running away. "See, your Majesty, I hear you Enjoy power? am I right? Power that you want to defeat that..Red King, or whoever he is...right?" He smiled some, reaching down and picking little Sarah up be the back of her shirt, and holding her out to the Queen "This little runt is it.. Located right about..here." he poked her in the chest and the little girl squeaked loudly as the spot on her chest started to glow.

She fidgeted a little bit. " STOP!" she yelped at Dorei "T..That hurt.. "her ears dropped back. Dorei didn't pay attention to her little outburst, he just went back to explaining to the Queen "you see...This little runt is holding a object of power inside of her tiny runty body. it doesn't seem strong now..bu that's just cause shes small...its power will grow to the person who holds it... so..imagine what it would do with your power if you could remove it.." he grinned "you cant remove it normal..you cant just rip it out...trust e..Ive tried...it will burn you on contact if you try to get to it...but.... I know someone who knows the way you get it out...and that Person is.... OUCH!!!!!!"

Dorei was suddenly silenced when Sarah flipped herself up and bit into his hand, causing him to drop her again. As soon as she was dropped to the ground, little Sarah pushed her little self to her feet and took off in a run. She now knew the Queen wasn't going to help her, thanks to what she had said. So the little raccoon girl had her mind now set on running away. She quickly ran as fast as she could to get away from the Queen.

Dorei growled holding his hand "Damn...that little runt has a strong bite..."