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<div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">If one were to look back on everything, it could be determined that Catherine had not found herself here by any one single direction of circumstance. In fact, she found herself in this beautiful park, surrounded by birds and the whir of nearby busses due to many scenes of discomfort. Some might even argue that she was here on an alignment of pure fate. Catherine didn’t believe in fate, yet as she looked unhappily at her reflection in the beautiful and clear pond, she was forced to think back on all of her misfortunes. In her eyes, the griefs she had gone through in the past weeks were bountiful. To one looking in, it seemed that this young woman had found herself living life and enduring the everyday struggles of surviving. It was almost natural for such things to lead a young woman, to whom had lived a very comfortable and easy life so far, to be drowned by the first sight of opposition she had ever encountered.<br>
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The loss of her job had come as quite a shock to Catherine—one of the few workers that seemed to be able to help people with their insurance claims in a fair and timely manner. There had been no warning for her termination. She had received the excuse that she was the victim of layoffs due to the economy, but she found it quite odd that out of three hundred and fifty workers, one person losing their job would help the company float on the harsh tides of profit and loss.<br>
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In an attempt to provide for herself, she had been making her inquiries around town for a position doing anything. Unemployment checks would not come in the mail forever, and she found herself searching days on end to procure a position. As she looked through the multiple pages of jobs through the paper, she found that many would not be suitable. Each job came with its own reason why she shouldn’t apply. This day, she had spent walking the city to various destinations in hopes of positions still being open. After coming to the end of her list, she had applied for three jobs, gotten hit on multiple times, and been turned away for an application more times than she could count on her fingers and toes.<br>
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Now, she sat unhappily on a park bench, looking into the water. It seemed that, if she were to be accepted to any of these positions, her fate was working in a pizzeria, a bar, or loading shipment trucks before the sun ever thought about rising over the horizon.<br>
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In her own mind, she was lost, but as her eyes settled on the water, her reflection was lost to a breeze. The sounds of cars and people seemed to slowly slip away from her hearing. The breeze died down, and she was left with the simple sounds of birds and dogs, a calmness washed over her. Such a loss of noise should have struck an unsettled feeling within Catherine, but as her eyes peered below the surface of the water, her mind was drawn away once again.<br>
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She noticed movement and her eyes locked on to the shape of a fish as it swam lazily, looking for an easy bite to eat. It was calming to know that, as she worried and sighed about her problems, simple beings could enjoy the lives they had. The thought was being pushed around her head, ran over her teeth and tongue, and was finally let out in another sigh.<br>
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This is the moment she noticed the odd behavior that seemed to be happening below the water. Something beautiful was down there. Silver metal and red stones glistened with the bright sunlight from above. It was unrecognizable, and Catherine had only seen it because the fish now gripped it with its mouth and tugged on it ferociously as if trying to pull it free. Almost on instinct, the young woman rose from her place on the unpainted park bench and took a few small steps toward the edge. The object seemed to be almost close enough that she could reach it from where she stood. Curiosity bit at her insides and chewed her conscience to pieces. She slid down to her knees, leaning in toward the water. The fish still fought with the object, and now that Catherine was closer, she noticed that the fish did not look normal either. Its skin was pale enough one might almost be able to see through it. Its fins were large and hung loosely in the water. The only small bit of color it had was on its tail fin. It was almost as if someone had picked up the fish by its head and dipped it in a bucket of red paint.<br>
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Now that she was closer, Catherine was just as entranced by the beautiful fish as she was the object it was fighting with. There was no thought that she might roll up her sleeves to keep her clothing from being soaked. There was only the single mission; she must get the object out of the water to look at it.<br>
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Long thin fingers once again brushed away her reflection as they dipped into the cool water. She could see the object, and she knew that she could reach it from where she was. Almost naturally, she assumed the fish might swim away out of fear of being caught or eaten, but as her hand grew closer to the pair, the fish’s behavior changed once again. Catherine did not notice it soon enough to pull her hand away, but the fish turned and shot toward the new target, latching onto her hand with large, razored teeth. Before she could even let out a cry in pain, the water blossomed into a deep red color. The pain shot through her hand and seemed to make its way up the length of her arm.  Catherine tried to pull away, but with every tug, it seemed the fish pulled back ten times harder.<br>
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She lost the feeling in her arm at the same time the fish won the tug-of-war contest they had been having. No one came at the sound of her screams, and as Catherine was pulled beneath the water’s surface, they were silenced by the water that now poured into her mouth and lungs. Even though she could not see the fish or feel her arm anymore, she knew that they were both still there. Against the kicking and fighting, the fish pulled her in until it had her arm completely in its mouth. The shock of its new size sent another scream through Catherine and, inevitably, another mouthful of water.<br>
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Darkness now fought at the edges of her vision, and the last thing she saw before losing consciousness was the mouth of the fish slipping over her head and the light being lost to the other world.<br>
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It took some time, a time in which Catherine could not discern in the darkness and silence, before she even realized that she was not unconscious. Instead, she was packed snuggly between the fish’s tongue flap and the bottom of its mouth. She had lost all feeling within her body, and it was only when the mouth opened and water began to pour in that she realized her consciousness.<br>
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Using its muscles, the fish pushed the young woman from its mouth. Catherine had no energy to fight anymore or swim, but as she passed his lips, the feeling returned to her body and she was shocked by the thick chill that surrounded her and pushed through her skin. With her, came the blooming red of her blood as she began to slowly rise to the surface. It was unclear how she had survived so long without breathing, but as her face broke the surface, a gasp of air entered her lungs. She coughed up no water as she opened her eyes and her mouth to the odd looking sky, she only gulped up the air and felt the soreness come to her body. She still had no strength, and she couldn’t keep herself from falling back into subconsciousness as she drifted on the surface of an unknown pond, the color of her blood surrounding her pale and abused body.</div></div>
				
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					<div class="bbWrapper">It had been a long time since there had been humans in Wonderland. A very long time. A large number of the denizens of this place had almost started to think the humans a legend, or extinct or just magically cut off from the Wonderland, but here was the proof that they had been wrong. Because Raven was staring at a human. A girl. Perhaps a woman. He wasn't quite certain exactly what the differences were in the human mind, but she was definitely a female.<br>
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A female human.<br>
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He frowned and completely up to the water but not into it. It was ice cold as it lapped at the toes of his boots, he could feel it even through all the layers he wore. The human was bobbing along, mostly unconscious. Or just doing some odd human thing like taking a dip. Legends had it that humans liked 'taking dips' at the most inopportune moments. The smart thing to do would be to simply leave her to her fate whether it was to drown or to be found by someone else. But she was a <i>human</i>.<br>
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Or just really annoying and not go Anywhere. Then again, Here certainly wasn't a good place to stay either. There were enemies all around, and everyone would love to get their hands on a human. Raven looked around at the cold, pale trees, and the fog sneaking through the grass. It was so cold that his breath showed, and it was deadly silent. There was a familiar, coppery scent slowly sneaking through the air, getting stronger. Raven knew that scent, and he turned back to the human at once, taking a step into the cold water.<br>
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What was once mud soon turned into grass and her hands gripped the grass. Violently, Catherine shook from the cough and the chill that surrounded her. Blurs were all that her vision would allow, and she hadn’t settled down enough to speak yet. The being that had called out to her—the being that awoke her—she could not yet see.<br>
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"We need to hurry." He muttered and hurried on, pulling her into as much og a run as he could in between the trees. "We will have to hide, we cannot outrun the bloodhounds now, they are too close. There is an old cottage not too far from here, it belonged to the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. We can hide there. Hurry!"<br>
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He dragged her along almost harshly now, holding onto her hard enough to leave bruises and forcing her to jump over a small dip in the road, dark and full of branches. And eyes. A lot of yellow, blinking eyes on vines that were moving about and staring at them, blinking and pushing against each other. Vines reached for their feet but Raven pulled the human over another fallen trunk just in time even if he stumbled and nearly fell gracelessly on the other side.<br>
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The trees around them were getting more and more gnarly and entwined in each other, the branches reaching for the two of them and hooking in their clothes and hair with claw-like fingers. One of these claws cut Raven's cheek but he ignored it apart from a small curse. The holes in the trunks and the bark formed ugly, hideous faces in the gloomy light.<br>
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"You're going the wrong way." One tree whispered.<br>
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"Turn around before it's too late." Another cackled sounding much like a witch.<br>
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"The enemy is ahead." A third one hissed.<br>
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"They are waiting for you. It's an ambush." A fourth one shivered.<br>
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He paid them no mind. "False alarms. It means we are getting closer." He pulled her along until they could see cold, weak light amongst the trees ahead of them.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">Odd shapes and sounds followed them. The trees had begun to grow closer together and as Catherine ran, she noticed that they often shifted and moved. It was almost as if they were the insects now. She no longer felt a curiosity towards the trees. It was only the fear of disappearing into the truck of one of them that pushed her on past her limit of exhaustion.<br>
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He was not lying. The sound of ravenous, barking dogs could be heard behind them. It made her trust him, if not only a little, more than she had before. At least then things he said would happen were, in fact, happening. She was still unsure of the dog’s intent, but by the sounds of their barks, they were not friendly. Now, she was running almost too slow to keep up, but she couldn’t run any faster. She could feel his arm pressing harshly into her, almost as if she were a horse being urged on my spurs. Her pale skin was surely bruising beneath the wet shirt the clung to her body and seemed to choke her.<br>
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Had she seen the gap in the road before she was over it, he probably would have been unable to force her across. The eyes seemed, in the few moments she did see them, to be calling toward the two of them. Their intent hidden by hidden faces. Anything living in a deathtrap as such was something not to be trusted, and as Catherine looked down and saw them staring up at her, the branches practically reaching for her small feet, she lost the breath from her lungs.<br>
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The paths that they were taking through the wood seemed to becoming more dangerous. The jumped, many times, over fallen trees in the way. Catherine couldn’t help but wonder if those trees were also dead, or if they were just assisting others in capturing their prey. At some points, Catherine would half-make it over the trunk, only to be pulled, just in time, from the grasp of thorny vines. When her partner—for that was all she knew to call him—almost fell for he had been practically yanking her tired body over another trunk, she used all the strength she had to help him back onto his feet as quickly as possible.<br>
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She was still unsure if they were working together, or if he was holding back and dragging her along. One thing Catherine was sure of, however, was the fact that she would probably have been being ripped apart by dogs if he hadn’t come along and awoken her. She was very unsure what his reasons were for doing so, and Catherine could not wait until they stopped so she could let these questions pour from her.<br>
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The darkness now was being broken by a soft light ahead. There was something unsettling about the way it shifted through the trees and settled on the dark landscape. As they drew nearer to the light, the sound of whispering drew her eyes away from the light. The trees were definitely moving. It wasn’t some odd adrenaline paranoia that was brought on as they flew past the creatures. This was real—or at least as real as a dream could get.<br>
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“The trees are talking.” Catherine was quite winded from the run, and oftentimes had to take breaks between words before saying the next. With each lungful of air that escaped her lips, a cloud of fog came with it. She was not posing a question, but expressing her discomforting realization to the man beside her. Now, they were growing closer to the light. A branch reached out toward them and sliced a clean cut through the sleeve of Catherine’s shirt. Now was not the time for either of them to be bleeding. She could not yet see the line that had been drawn in her partner’s cheek, and only worried that she may further attract the dogs toward them.<br>
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“He leads you astray, young one.” Another whisper came from the darkness. They passed a larger tree with thick lines and bubbles of sap coming from old wounds. It shook slightly in the chilly air, but before the vines that hung from its branches could snag one of them, they were gone from most of the trees and finally in the light.</div></div>
				
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"The White King is hunting. Hurry!" he pulled harder and forced her into a full out sprint when the breeched through the trees. The clearing was cold and a thin mist covered the overgrown grounds. Like at the pool the colours were grey and muted, the grass was knee high and razor sharp. Several burnt out skeletons of old houses were rising eerily into the air. In the middle of the clearing stood a crooked, thatched cottage that was almost completely intact. It had two floors, the whitewashed walls were more grey and chipped, the windows were broken and the thatch badly needed replacing. There had once been a chimney but it was long gone now, and the various tables and mismatched chairs lay abandoned on the grounds in front of the cottage. Teacups and teapots of various shapes and sizes were thrown around, smashed and littering the grounds like snow, crunching underfoot.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">Catherine was sure that she had never run so hard or long in her life. The speed they had taken on since they reached the clearing caused an almost unbearable soreness to stretch out across her body and into her muscles. Thickness seemed to surround them in everything. The grass was thick and caused many small cuts across her knees and calves. The sound was thick, with the bellowing of horns and the barking of dogs. One couldn’t pinpoint how many were after them, but it seemed to Catherine that there were quite a few more than she would enjoy being torn apart by. The smell of blood, for every ten paces they ran, seemed to become thicker. It felt like it pooled in the lungs and hung there, taking one’s breath away and leaving them only with the smell and taste of it.<br>
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Harsh breathing filled Catherine’s ears and she bent over to place her hands on her knees. She was so tired, and the pause made her feet and legs throb. The door was not opening, and with every harsh sound of a dull body hitting the wood, Catherine lost more and more hope. The only thing she could do was tilt her head up slightly and watch him try to break the door in.<br>
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“Look, that’s not going to work. You’ve already—“ The breath was taken from her and she took a step back. Had she taken a step any larger, she would have ended up falling backwards into a sea of porcelain chips and been cut to pieces. Was there nothing in this place that was normal? A quiet grunt escaped her lips. No. She couldn’t do this. Catherine had just seen him disappear through the door. Was she now left alone to fend for herself?<br>
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The words rang in her mind once more. She wasn’t going to move. For all she knew, he was going to unlock the door at any moment. She turned around quietly and walked back toward the door. She could see the movement of things in the trees. This time, it wasn’t just the forest moving and shifting. Forms were dashing through the darkness as they had only moments before. This ever-present smell of blood was going to make her sick.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper">"Shut up." Raven growled right before his head disappeared through the wooden door. A moment later he was through completely and he took a few seconds to become solid again and check that everything was there and that he hadn't left anything of himself behind. That was always embarrassing. And awkward. And surprisingly painful.<br>
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He pulled off the planks that barred the door from inside and then forced it open. Raven opened the door and reached out. He latched onto the female's arm and pulled her inside and then went about locking and replacing the planks. Once done Raven turned around and pushed her towards the rickety stairs leading up.<br>
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"We need to get high. Bloodhounds cannot deal with heights. Quick. Get as high up as you can." He said and crouched down. A few brushes of his hands pushed away the dust and dirt enough to reveal the faint outline of a secret hatch. Raven lifted it just enough to disturb the dirt and dust and then followed the human female upwards.<br>
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The entire cottage shook as a bloodhound threw itself at the door.<br>
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Raven pushed her up and up and up until they couldn't go anywhere. He looked around at the single-room floor right under the thatched roof. There was a lot of stuff here, it seemed to have served as both a bedroom and a storage space. The bed was off in one corner, dusty and the sheets moth-eaten and a dingy grey, and in the opposite corner was the fireplace. Right in the middle were the stairs.<br>
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The house shook again as the bloodhounds threw themselves at the door, and the ominous creak of breaking wood reached them where they stood.<br>
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He pushed her towards the fireplace. "Hide in there. Go inside, climb up as high as you can without peeking out the top. Stay as silent as you can and be prepared for a possible sword or spear to be stuck up in there in case they decide to check. Here, use this to cover your mouth and nose and hide in the shadows." He pulled off of his cloak and pushed it into her hands and then urged her to the fireplace. "Quickly now!"<br>
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The house shook again, and Catherine almost made another dive to the floor. She was able to catch herself this time as a cloak was thrust into her arms. She couldn’t ask him if he had his own plan for hiding, for she was sure he had some kind of trick up his sleeve. As she turned to question him, the another quake shook the house, wood splintered, there was a loud an dull thumping noise, and the barking of the dog’s was no longer muted by the wooden door.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper">Raven wasn't going to hide with her int he chimney, there was no space and he had other options. He made sure that all of her was as hidden as possible before grabbing dust and ash from the fireplace, throwing it around to disturb and to hide their tracks, and then hurried over to one of the walls where the thatch was greyest and fullest. He reached up, shimmered and pulled himself up and into the the thatch silently, settling down like a ghost and blending in perfectly.<br>
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And not a moment too soon for the door downstairs gave out with a crash and barking and shouting echoed through the house. Things being thrown around and turned over, heavy boots on the old wood floors and then up the stairs.<br>
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The scent of blood was almost sickly overpowering by now.<br>
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"Blasted bloodhounds! Get! Up!" someone growled.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">It took everything Catherine had to keep herself from falling back down to earth. Her legs were already tired from the run, but now she strained them further. She was sure that there would be hardly a muscle left in her body that wasn’t sore by the time she was done. That was fine though, as long as it kept her away from the smell that wafted up the chamber of the chimney. She could smell it even with the cloak pressed tightly against her face.<br>
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The harsh sounds of heavy feet echoed in the emptiness. Catherine, as hard as she pressed the cloth to her lips, still felt as if her breathing was matching the feet’s volume below. In her chest, her heart beat mercilessly against her, and all she could do was listen to the sounds of their voices in between the steady rhythm of the blood pulsing through her.<br>
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There was no doubt that her partner had found a place to hide. Had he not, she was sure that the men below would be shouting and yelling as they caught sight of their prey. There was a few moments of silence, and then the sounds of thing being tossed about in the room. Metal clanged against the floor, dull feet moved around the room, and there was the sound of something glass shattering across the floor.<br>
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“They ain’t never been wrong before” The voice was a little aggravated. More things were being moved and pushed around. Still was becoming a challenge for Catherine. Her legs were shaking and threatened to give out.<br>
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“That’s why you’re going to keep looking” Another line of sharp words cut through the air. How long would they look before they gave up? They seemed pretty assured in the performance of their dogs, but they couldn’t stand around and look forever.<br>
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Another harsh noise, the sound of metal hitting stone, made a slight vibration move up the shaft. When Catherine looked down, she saw the gleaming edge of a sword and an arm poking through the hole at the bottom.<br>
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“Good idea” One seemed to be complimenting the other on his wit. It was enough to make the person jab the sword eagerly up the chimney, hardly missing Catherine as she moved feet and limbs to avoid the attack.<br>
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“Nothin’. Not even a wittlebat.” The voice seemed disappointed, and soon, the sword withdrew.</div></div>
				
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					<div class="bbWrapper">Raven watched the two men walk around. Their armour was white with a cold sheen to it, uneaven spikes growing here and there. The heraldry ont heir short capes showed a proud black clover on a white background. Clubs. The White King's men. They carried short, light spears for hunting and short swords at their sides. They opened the chests, smashed things, threw things around and looked under the bed before knocking down the old, elegant wardrobe. One went to the fireplace and the other took another look around the room.<br>
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"Try with the spear, might have hidden higher up. What kind of critter is insane enough to be walking around in these woods?" the guard by the fireplace muttered as he sheathed the sword and reached for his small spear.<br>
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"They found something! Whatever the bloodhounds smelled must have escaped out the back while we broke through the front." The second man snorted and headed towards the door. The first man looked at the fireplace where his spear was almost in, then sighed and pulled back and followed his companion out the door and down the stairs.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">No. Don’t try the spear.<br>
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As Catherine saw the end of the spear glimmer in the dim light, she readied herself for another round of dodge-the-pointy-thing-so-you-don’t-get-stabbed-in-the-rear. The man seemed to be having trouble getting the spear at the right angle to get it up into the chimney, and Catherine could hardly see her being able to get away from it once he had successfully made it inside.<br>
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A bark made her jump, and she almost slid from the place she had jammed herself. To her comfort, however, the spear withdrew quickly and their voices told her all she needed to hear. She thanked some unknown fate silently for their withdrawal, but her fear kept her in place. How long would they wait before she could withdraw herself from this hell?<br>
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Then she heard the call, and the breathed a sigh of relief. Now, she was simply tasked with getting down from this place without just dropping down. It took her a moment, but soon enough she had shimmied down to the ground again. Her legs were weak and Catherine felt as if she could just drop to the floor of ash and grime and enjoy the rest it would give her legs.<br>
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She was still afraid to speak as she walked herself across the room. Her feet crushed the remnants of an old glass lampshade and she noticed that the dress form had been thrown almost completely across the room.<br>
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“Brutes” The uttered the word in disappointment before walking slowly toward the window. The group was off once again as they chased after an unknown target. Instead of standing, Catherine knelt down in front of the window to look outside and absently began picking the bits of webbing out of her hair.<br>
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There was hardly a chance to see the hounds as they dashed out of the clearing, but Catherine knew now where the horrid stench was coming from. Dark outlines were cut out against the background of bladed grass. It seemed as if the dogs had been mercilessly skinned, leaving only the bulge of their muscle to outline their form. Catherine could not make out any more features than that as they left a bright red smudge on the landscape.<br>
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“Hey!” At the quiet little voice, Catherine turned slightly to see who had spoken. It did not seem that anyone was there. “Hey Lady!” There it was again, the quietest little voice. “You’re destroying my house Lady!” Then she saw it, entangled within her dark brown locks, was a spider. It’s body was not in the form of an eight as others might be. The creature seemed to be the shape of a disk and was the most fluorescent color of blue she had ever seen. It walked on long, hairy legs, and had no eyes. So, no, it didn’t have the conventional look of a spider, bit it was what Catherine could assume closely resembled a one in this world, and what reaction Catherine herself closely resembled.<br>
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“Oh my god it talks” Before any other reaction, she used her hands to push it out of her hair and away from her. It gently floated down to the floor, and Catherine continued to brush her hair out in hopes of getting any more little unknown insects off of her.</div></div>
				
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">“What kind’a spicy dame you got that doesn’t know that everything talks in the Under?” This was the first thing out of the little spider’s mouth as it was hoisted itself back off of the ground where it had fallen and back onto its feet. Catherine’s skin was crawling as she watched the little thing twist and turn on the floor towards the new voice.<br>
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“Ain’t you heard?” The spider seemed to back up slightly so that both were in the view that it did not have. “The one that brought about Frabjous day is back!” There was a little squeak of delight. That obviously meant more to him than it did to Catherine, for she sat on the ground, glancing from the spider to the window, watching as the grass shifted and moved with the breeze. It made some odd sort of scratching motions with its front legs as if trying to dig at the planks it was rested on.<br>
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“Wait a minute!” The quiet little voice exclaimed, and began, once again, digging at the wood. It caused no harm, but seemed to realize something as at slowly stopped scratching. “No! I’d rather get fed to a grensum than talk to you” Before it could say any more, the creature tried to scurry away in the direction of the chimney—the place Catherine had assumed he had come from.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper">"She hit her head. Does not remember a single thing." Raven replied, but it was too late. The spider recognised him and scuttled off. He sighed and got to his feet, looking out of the window once more. There was no sign of the hunting party's passing except the slight trails of dark red blood and pure ice in the grass. Far away a flock of bonewings took to the air as the trees they roosted in were disturbed, but the commotion calmed down fairly quickly.<br>
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Catherine held the small spider in her hands. She could feel it trying to scratch its way through her skin and out of her grasp. Its voice was further muffled and the Catherine picked herself up from the sprawled position she had taken to grab the small little animal. She opened her hands and the little being sat still in the center of her palm, looking up at her with his eyeless face.<br>
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The bite wasn’t really that bad. There was hardly any pain; just a dull throb every now and again, but nothing more than that. It was mostly slight enough to be ignored and it only throbbed every half an hour or so. It really wasn’t bad, and as she looked at it, she pictured the fish that had taken her to this place.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper">"The world of humans must be utterly boring." Raven muttered as he pressed the skin around her wound, tilted the arm slightly towards what little light there was and tried to examine the punctures to the best of his abilities. He looked up briefly at the description of the fish and then sighed and pulled free a piece of fabric from his own clothes. He wound it tightly and firmly around the wound. "It certainly sounds like the cosmic knowledge fish. You should be grateful, human, that you have been chosen by the cosmic knowledge fish. There is greatness in your future."<br>
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She watched in silence, deciding not to fight with him as he busied himself with nothingness. With each shaving that fell, another question seemed to pop into Catherine’s mind.  She glanced up as he spoke. It was only now, as she was reminded of the cold, that the chill returned to her. No longer was she soaking, but the thickness of her hair was still damp as well as her clothes. On instinct, she tightened the thick warmth around her, pressing her knees to her chest in hopes of retaining some warmth.<br>
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Wonderland and Alice. The words rang in her mind like a distant memory. It was just that. Tales of awe and wonder spun for her by her mother when she was a child. A promise of relation and a warning, but Alice had not been touched by this cosmic knowledge fish, had she? The stories and memories were locked away in the deepest parts of her mind. That was where this was all coming from, wasn’t it? She wanted to tell herself that it was a dream, but the feeling was all too real. Catherine looked silently down to her hand, which was now tightly wrapped up. She wondered for a moment if that was to hide the bite or to relieve some of the pain because—frankly—it had not done the latter.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper">"I am called Raven." Raven blew some of the wood dust away from the figurine he was making. It was slowly taking shape in his hands, gaining the outline of a head and a body. Details would come later on when the features were to his satisfaction rough though they might be. He had no time to sit and attempt to polish his creation. He starts working on the features of the face next, carefully, almost lovingly making them appear.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">“Know of Alice?” Honestly, she didn’t know how to respond of such a question. Yes, she knew of Alice, but would he expect there to be a deep following of her journey through this mad place? They were childhood stories that had been passed down through her family for generations. From what her mother had told Catherine once the stories lost their shine and began only to be silly little things passed down through time, Alice had indeed gone mad after her adventures. Obsessed would probably be a better term to describe the deep troubles that filled the rest of her life. She was but a child when it happened, but such tales could only be summed up to pure instability. Would that really be the answer that he wanted? Yes, I’ve heard of her. She came here and went bonkers! She wasn’t too sure.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">Catherine really didn’t understand why it was so hard for him to believe that she knew of her. Was Alice really someone that mattered in this place? What had she done that was so important besides end the reign of a ruler? Obviously it hadn’t been as good a thing as the stories suggested. By what Catherine had already been through, she was obviously not the savior of Wonderland because this place was still horrible.<br>
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“Alice grew bored as she sat with her elder sister who read a book with no pictures or conversations. She then noticed a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch run past. Her curiosity lead her to follow it down a rabbit hole, but she ended up falling a long way to a curious hall with many locked doors of all sizes. She found a small key to a door too small for her to fit through. She then discovered a bottle on a table labelled "DRINK ME," the contents of which caused her to shrink too small to reach the key which she had left on the table.” Pulling the cloak tighter around her, Catherine let a hand swing in the air. “Add crazy fantastical elements to that as you wish, but that’s the basis of her story’s beginning.”<br>
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“Just a silly girl doing silly things that just happen to lead her to the right place to do something important.” She let out a quiet laugh and let herself relax back on the floor again. As hard as she could, she tried not to dwell on the end of the story, because she truly knew how it ended for Alice. "Is coincidence one of these impossible things you believe before breakfast? I believe that's what we've found ourselves caught in Wonderland. Coincidence."</div><br>
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Raven sighed. "The cosmic knowledge fish have unknown powers. They are the only ones that I know of who can make a doorway between Wonderland and the human world, and they are also the only ones who can magic up edible growth potions for humans. There is no baker in these four kingdoms that could make such cookies, and there never has been any. It was the cosmic knowledge fish that brought you here after all, though only they know why. I am still not certain if I fully believe your story, though. Alice was here in Wonderland some five hundred years ago by our reconing, and that is a long time for stories to live. Stories barely manage a year or two if they are lucky."<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">Throughout their conversation, sleep had begun to sink deeper and deeper within Catherine. Her eyes were closed now, as she lay on the ground. It was not comfortable, but as the tired and sore feeling really settled into her bones, she realized that she didn’t mind. At least for now she didn’t mind.<br>
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“Believe me or don’t” She moved slightly and shrugged. “Whether you think I am related or Alice or not really doesn’t matter.” Her voice has softened to the point where she no longer projected herself through the darkness. “What matters is that I am here now.”<br>
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“Thank you for helping me, Raven.” The words were simple, and pressed through her lips almost as a way to push away the thoughts of what lay in their future. It was unclear as the murky waters of the inevitable are, but she knew that this sleep might be needed for what lay ahead. So, she let herself relax further, hoping that her mind would stop, and she could sleep.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">There was a deep growling behind her, and as she flew through the trees, there was nothing more she could do but run. Running. It was all she had been doing her whole time in Wonderland. By now, her muscles were thick and she was used to it. White fog poured from between her lips with every harsh exhale of breath that came from her lungs. They burned white hot inside of her, like it would if one were taking a run on a cold winter’s morning. Whatever was behind her had the intentions to kill—she knew that very well—so she kept going. One might have expected her to know these trees like the back of her hand, but never was she placed in the same position, nor did she ever find the break in the trees. It was a horrible feeling, but as she ran, she could feel it. The branch that threw itself out into the path and grabbed her ankle, pulling her down. This seemed to be a reoccurrence. Down to the dirt she fell, but this time, it wasn’t the dog that ripped and soft skin and ate her. No—it was the trees. Coming down from all sides, scratching and scraping at her until there was nothing left but the echo of her screams and a lifeless and unrecognizable figure. The trees would move away, but their vines would grab onto the form and pull it away into the darkness.<br>
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Throughout the night she was eaten and mangled in a million different ways. Possible and pretty much impossible, beasts and horrors ripped her apart. They cut off her toes and they tortured her, yet only a few times did she ever awaken, and none of those times did she move or speak. She would simply wake up, a cold suppressing her, and making her shake violently. Even with the cloak wrapped around her, the cold bit through it as if it wasn’t even there. She could hardly think, and did not often open her eyes to look around. Instead, she would let herself relax, adjust herself if needed, and would fall back into unpleasant dreams.<br>
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					<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbcode-centerblock" style="width: 85%;">He spoke first, which was fine with her. She still had been afraid of waking him, and had kept still as the sleep wore off and the chill of the room finally came to her senses. A quiet little yawn escaped from within her in little tremors. There was a slight sinking of her heart and the tightening of her gut when she thought about it. Her assumption had been that she would wake up in a nice warm bed in her home. As this twisted sense of reality came crashing down on her, she just lay there a moment and let it overtake her. It would be better this way; she could get over this disappointed feeling and she could move on. At some point, she would wake up, and then whatever had happened here would no longer be. It was the oddest thought to ponder, however, when she thought about it. How does one dream inside of a dream and know that they are dreaming at all? It was a crazy thought! One that she couldn’t even truly wrap her mind around.<br>
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