Zack carried me all the way to Queen's party. I was quiet even when he spoke to me but he did it anyway. "We're here," He told me, placing me down on my feet. "Mina!" I hear a loving voice call to me. Pearl hugged me tightly, I almost forgot why I wanted to be here. She looked down at me, "What's wrong, child?" She spoke sweetly to me. "I'm okay" I finally spoke, giving a weak smile to her. I feel Zacks squeeze my hand. "Welcome to the Queen's party" A group of guards greeted me. I watched as Pearl showed Zack around leaving me alone. The guards wore black suits and black gloves with bunny masks covering their faces. On their right hand were the numbers and markings of cards. The ace and joker were missing. "Hello, Miss" I look over at the familiar voice. "Hi, Mr. Rabbit" gave him a small smile. "Looks like you found your way through wonderland just fine"
"I don't forgive you for leaving me"
"What choice did I have, miss?"
"It was just Cruel"
"The Queen is crueler" he whispered to me, moving past me. As I'm grabbed, "Guillermina" I feel my stomach turn at her voice. Kaeya grinned "The Queen has been waiting for you" She pulled me along. There was a long white table with pink and red balloons. The green trees were messily painted red, you could see the paint drip as if the trees bleed. The party was weird. As I was pulled into the castle to meet the Queen everyone stood there and watched me but Zack was gone, all that was left was his collar. Nothing felt real.
Knock knock "Come in" As I walked into the room with Kaeya I was met with the Queen face to face. She was a short girl about 5'3 with light brown ginger hair, it fall past her ear but no longer. Her eyes were spinel red. "You may leave Kaeya" Her voice made me sick to my stomach. The room I was standing in was huge and empty with long big windows. It had started to rain, the rain was black and tar-like. I stand in front of the window looking out. The table was on the ground and chairs were flipped and no one was there. "It's nice to see you again," She told me, standing next to me. "Again?" I looked confused. "We have never met" She laughed at me. "Mina, don't be silly" She smiled. "I'm the reason we're free" Those words hit me like a truck. I could hear my mother screaming and crying. "What the hell are talking about?!" I spoke in a panic. "Who the hell are you?!" She just stared at me. "What are talking about?" She walked closer. "I'm Cecilia, the girl who freed you" I could hear the rush of leaves as I run down the path in the woods. I ran into two other girls. Dirty clothes, bruising, and knots in their hair. Just like me. "Oh god" I began to shake. "oH GOD!" I fall to my knees. "NO!"
"Mina" She called to me. "I didn't want this!" The walls around me began to fall. I'm in the kitchen once more. I hear that yelling. I start to move, walking closer to the mess.
"I killed my parents" I look up at her. "We killed our parents" She grabbed my hands, smiling. "We needed to be free from them" I shook my head, I couldn't look at her. "You, Alice, and I" The mention of the name and I could see the girl walk from their bodies. Blonde hair with blood coloring it. She smiles sweetly at me with tears in her eyes and a gash in her throat. Cecilia let go of my hand leaving me on that. The place around me began to fill with walls. I look down at my hands. I'm wearing a white sweatshirt and sweatpants. "Mina, I don't know if you could hear me" I hear Zach's voice behind me. I can feel the dryness of my mouth and the pain of not eating. This is real, THIS IS REAL.
"I just wanted to stop by and wish you a happy birthday" I could feel the sadness in his voice. "Your seventeen today" I turn to him. He looks shocked and so does the doctors next to him. "I killed my parents" I sob to them. "I didn't want this" I can't breathe. "I know my father was a cheater and quit loving me" I bite my lip. "Why?" I look at him for comfort. "I get it, my mom was a drunk but" I choked on my tears. "But they're all I had!" I cried out. "My mother loved me" I cried, grabbing at my hair. "She loved me, she loved me!"
"Mina…"
"IT WAS JUST THE ALCOHOL!"