AU: Also on FF.net:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5860670/7/I_dreamed_you Fandom: Alice in Wonderland 2010
Rating: R ( M )
Warning: Explicit content, do not read when under 18.
Pairing: Alice / Tarrant
Genre: General/Romance/Hurt/Comfort
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything nor do I profit.
Written as a reply to : 2010_Alice_kink
I dreamed you
Lost
‘I could have known.’ Alice thought while she slumped upon the bed.
She pressed her head into the pillows and grasped the blankets to cover her. The pillows also muffled her cry very well.
‘I should have known.’
She didn’t want to open her eyes. All she wanted now was to lie there and think.
‘I thought I couldn’t return until McTwisp brought me here.’
She sobbed silently into the pillow.
‘I missed him so. Tarrant.’
She looked up again now, but only to take a deep breath.
‘I didn’t want him to be alone.’
She remembered the dream as if she was still in it - and in some way she reckoned she was. The landscape with the glowing sun and the singing flowers. And there amidst it all was the hatter, her best friend, with a new hat in his hands as he was sewing. He had sighed and told her how lonely he was. The selfless part of Alice’s mind had thought that she should give him someone to make him happy. The selfish part of her mind had thought that she should have been the one.
It was the only logical explanation Alice could think of.
“I dreamed her up.”
She sobbed.
“I dreamed her up so that he didn’t have to be lonely.”
Her heart wrenched and she brought up a hand to her chest at the pain she felt.
‘But why did the rabbit bring me back?’ To her horror she realized it must have all been a great mistake.
‘I wasn’t meant to return here. They should have lived happily ever after. I’m not wanted here.’ At that though Alice cuddled into a ball upon the bed and started crying a bit louder again. She felt used and filthy. Her mind was clouded with negative thoughts and she wanted nothing more than to be back home again, aboveground.
While her thoughts were constantly returning to the conclusion that she had dreamed her own look-a-like to make Tarrant happy she hadn’t noticed the person entering until she could hear the footsteps cease next to the bed. She slowly turned her head to let her puffy red eyes meet deep green ones. Alice opened her mouth but couldn’t find the right words.
“Are you okay?” Tally sat down next to her and placed a hand on her side to comfort her. Alice wanted to reply but couldn’t get any sound to escape her lips.
“I could hear you, the two of you.” Tally hung her head and her brown curls fell upon Alice who tried her best to compose herself. She failed miserably though because her body was still shaking from emotions.
“What he did to you, I could hear it.” The brunette continued. Alice looked up at her. Her bottom lip was trembling and fresh tears threatened to fall from her eyes. Tally suddenly hugged her close and Alice found that she could not be brave for much longer. She let the tears flow freely now and to her amazement she could hear Tally sob as well. The brunette kept her closely hugged to her own body as if she needed the comfort just as much.
“You?” Alice finally managed to say after a long period of silence and hugging.
“Oh, I’m sorry” Tallulah tried to smile warmly at the blonde girl in front of her and quickly dried her own tears. “I guess the famous Alice is known to all because of her being the champion.” She looked pensively. “But the lost cousin is just the unknown Tallulah. Pleased to meet you.” She offered to shake hands and Alice accepted.
“You’re his cousin? I figured as much.” She opened her mouth like a fish because she couldn’t recall the girl’s name. Her concentration was already lost when the girl had said the word ‘cousin’ and thus confirmed Alice’s suspicions.
“Tally.” Tallulah said and Alice smiled tiredly.
“Yes, Tally.”
The girl smiled as Alice spoke her name and it made her feel proud to have met the champion of their world. And more importantly, the girl who her cousin craved for so much. Tally frowned. Alice looked quite upset and, by the sounds she had heard from the chamber before, she could only conclude that her cousin had fornicated with the champion. By the amount of tears shred she could also conclude that the champion wasn’t very happy. And the only reason for her unhappy state could be cousin Tarrant.
Tally scooted closer to Alice again and her voice sounded worried. “He hurt you, didn’t he?”
Alice only had to nod as a reply which she did and Tally cuddled her close again. Her heart hurt at seeing the blonde in so much misery. For someone who had saved the whole of Underland she deserved better.
“You know what?” She whispered to the blonde who listened carefully. Of course she didn’t know what! If she had she wouldn’t have returned to wonderland and suffered what she had now. Tarrant was going to marry this girl and he wanted to keep her as a pet or even worse; as a slave. Alice felt nauseous at the idea and leaned forward. The world began to spin in front of her eyes which she immediately squeezed shut. She tried to gasp for air which resulted into feeling vomit erupting from her depts. She tried to choke it back but the nauseous feeling was overwhelming and she had no choice but to let it all out.
Tally gasped.
“Alice!?”