Love love love this min series. Love Hatter.

I've decided to do a short fan fiction. Chapters will be kinda short especially compared to my other stories. Hope you like it!

Hatter sat in his chair, absentmindedly spinning around. It had been a week since Alice had stepped back into the Looking Glass, disappearing from his world.

So much he had wanted to tell her, yet he had lost his nerve at the moment when it had mattered the most.

"We could do pizza," the Hatter said aloud, remembering his last stupid words. "Pizza? Seriously?"

He stopped spinning, beginning to feel dizzy. Walking over to a shelf containing bottle of tea, he picked up the one labeled "Peace".

Wonderland had stopped producing the tea that used to keep the Queen's subject all doped up and numb to all bad feelings, but Hatter had yet to rid his office of the colorful teas that lined the shelves.

He stared at the tiny bottle full of the green liquid, wondering what it would feel like to take a tiny sip.

A few minutes passed and he quickly thought the better if it, placing the bottle back on the shelf.

False emotions would only fade after a while and he would be left feeling worse when they did.

If only I had gone with her, he thought sadly.

But would have happened if he had? Did he honestly expect them to live happily ever after? Happy endings belonged in children's stories, not reality.

And as much as Wonderland had been home to fantasy in the past, those days were gone. Alice's adventures in their magical world had been long forgotten as history and instead reduced to nothing more of legend. The kind of story small children of Wonderland were told by their parents before bedtime.

But Hatter had remembered the curious oyster that had come to his tea party all those years ago, when Wonderland was at its best. A child of seven, she had been so naïve and innocent. He and his friend March Hare (who now was dead thanks to him) had teased and confused her until she had enough and left them for more adventures.

Hatter cringed, reminded of his past friendship with the Hare that had eventually turned to a rivalry. He pushed the thought aside, not wanting to dwell on it any longer. What happened was over with. There was nothing he could do to change it.

It was funny to think of Alice of Legend after meeting the other Alice. The two were so similar yet completely different as well.

Well, the major difference was he hadn't fallen in love with the seven year old.

"What's done is done," he said out loud. "She's in her world. I'm in mine. Everything is as it should be."

"You know, talking to yourself is a sign of madness," said a voice from behind.

Hatter turned around, preparing himself for an unpleasant conversation. "What do you want?" he asked, a littler harsher than what was necessary.

Jack raised his left eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Hatter rolled his eyes. "What do you want, your majesty?" he added with a mocking tone.

Jack smirked. "I'm here to see if you're all right. It's been a week since anyone last saw you."

"I'm dandy," Hatter replied. "What do you care?"

"Well, I understand the reason for-"

"You don't understand anything about me," snapped Hatter.

"All right, Hatter. I can see you don't like me very much." Hatter snorted but Jack ignored him. "I came here to make sure you were all right. We both care very much about the same person and I know she would be concerned about you. Alice-"

"Don't say her name," Hatter whispered.

"-wanted me to check up on you every once in a while to make sure you were okay."

This surprised Hatter. "What? She actually asked that?"

"Yes, before she left."

"Well then," Hatter replied, "you've done your duty. You can go now."

"Fine," Jack responded. He turned around and walked towards the door.

Hatter sat down in his favorite chair and spun it so it was facing away from where the King was heading.

"You know Hatter," Jack said from behind. "It's too late to go back for her."

Hatter spun around quickly. "What?"

Jack stood in the doorway with an unreadable expression on his face. "You should have gone with her when you had the chance. It's too late now."

"Why is that?" Hatter replied, angrily.

"You're not from her world. The Looking Glass works differently for people from Wonderland. She was guaranteed to go back to her time. If you go now, who knows what time you'll end up in? You might never find her. It was sheer luck that I came out of the Looking Glass at the right time to find her. You won't be so lucky."

"Get out," growled Hatter.

Jack smiled coolly and left the room.

His last words filled the air, threatening to choke Hatter.

Who knows what time you'll end up in? You might never find her.

"Damn it!" Hatter yelled, jumping up from his chair. He stomped over to the shelves full of teas and picked up the one labeled "Happiness".

There was no temptation this time to drink his problems away. Instead he threw the bottle as hard as he could against the floor. It smashed, its contents creating a colorful puddle.

Hatter picked up the next bottles of emotions and smashed them too. He went all around the room until the floor was covered with shattered glass and brightly colored teas.

Sad, I know, but it'll get better. It really bothered me that they didn't go much into Hatter's past so I will in this fan fic. Hoped you like it.

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