AIW 18 - Crossroads

The cat stared down at Alice from it's branch as though it had seen a ghost.

"Well? What is it? What's wrong?" She asked.

"Your description doesn't fit the March Hare, I don't think he's who you're looking for and if I were you, I would stop looking."

"Well that's unfortunate, I do so wish I could find him."

"Why?"

"Well, I've chased him all my life, and when I finally cornered him, he held up a crystal orb. I looked at it, then I was here."

The cats eyes widened with terror.

"So he has taken notice of you? He's aware of your existence?"

With that the cat faded into nothing, not like backing up into darkness and fading, but literally was unraveled like a knitted sweater with a loose strand that gets pulled until the whole thing is one big piece of yarn rolled up into a ball and rolled away into the distance. All that remained was a malicious grin and two hollow eyes staring at her from the tree for a moment much like a Jack-O-Lantern. And then, darkness........but the faint sound of music coming from the direction of the March Hare's road.

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