Now I bet your wondering 'what the hells going on?', Allow me to explain my world; the kingdom is ruled primarily by the Red Queen, her capital lies directly in the center of the land, there are four smaller towns; the City of Diamond lies north-ish of the Red Kingdom or the Queen's capital, the Valley of Spade lies south and is the closest to the Red Kingdom, the Town of Clover is in the southwest corner of the land, and finally there are the White Kingdom ruins, it was once a truly great city but was destroyed when the Red Queen took control. Then there are the Hatter's Dwelling, east of the Red Kingdom, and the Cheshire's Domain in the northeastern corner of the land and currently our destination.

"So why are we going to the Cheshire's Domain again?" Ace interrupted my train of thought from behind the map we had, why he thought it would help much I'm not sure since there are no main roads to the Cheshire's Domain.

"It's the only place where the queen has no spies, plus the Cheshire Cat is a dear friend of mine and I've been meaning to visit." I replied, grinning over my shoulder.

"Is he sane or is he more like you?" Ace deadpanned.

"Depends on you definition of 'sane'." I chirped, Ace sweat dropped.

"Sane as in not like you." I stopped and turned to face him.

"In that case no," A groan from Ace. " and he is actually a she FYI."

"Great now I'm outnumbered by insane females." The sarcasm is strong with this one.

"Yes yes May God have mercy on your poor soul." I waved as I walked away, Ace followed with a less than enthusiastic whine.

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"Hey Val?"

"Ya?"

"What in the name of all that is freakish and holy is that?"

Currently we are standing in front of the Cheshire's home, said home resembles a castle made of Halloween decorations and giant spikes ( it looks like the DWMA from soul eater, only cat themed).

"It's a castle silly person, home of the Cheshire Cat!" I struck a pose.

"Dustin! No! Incoming!" I heard a shout and immediately dived to the ground, the fact that Ace did not was proven by the almost girlish squeak he made when Dustin, who happens to be a rather large lion, jumped him.

"Ahh! Get it off its gonna kill me help!" One would think his head was being gnawed on instead of getting licked by a tongue of sandpaper, I greeted the woman that ran up.

"Hey Shiva it's been a while." She waved a clawed hand, still out of breath.

"Suppose it has." Shiva righted her ruffled black shirt and simple jeans, not even bothering to try taming her violet and hot pink curls, before she turned her silted yellow eyes to the still panicking Ace and Dustin. "Who's your friend?"

"Shiva this is Ace S. Joker." She nodded in his direction.

"What does the 'S' stand for?" Ace had finally gotten Dustin off him and was about to answer when I beat him to it.

" Super grumpy." I suggested, Shiva snorted and a tick mark appeared on Ace's head.

"No, it's Suit." Ace objected, keeping a weary eye on Dustin.

"So what business does the White Jester and the Red Knight have at my door?" Shiva turned serious, she looked at Ace suspiciously.

"We carry the need and want of shelter to your door, and in return we will keep the secrets of your home." I answered, just as serious.

"Then speak the words of three, and we shall have an accord." She tensed, for if I were to answer wrong I would be ripped to shreds.

"Truth, loyalty and honor." I gave the correct answer, and Shiva relaxed.

"For which we can ask no more." She smiled and gestured to her home. "Come in friends, I've got supper in the oven."

"What was that about?" Ace asked

"A password of sorts, with the queen's spies in every crack and crevice we can never be too careful." I gave a bitter smile.

"So what would happen if you said the wrong password?"

"We would have been bite sized bits before either of us could take a step." Ace sweat dropped at my grim reply.

"Last one in here gets catnip sprayed!" Shiva yelled from the doorway, and Ace took off for the door.

"Hey no head starts!"

" I ain't getting tackled again!"

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