Chapter Five

Mackenzie stopped struggling with Stayn, he dragged her inside the dusty kingdom, the only light was the large window behind the Red Queen. The Red Queen smiled and held out her hand, Stayn took out the silver sword and handed it to the Red Queen.

"Thank you Stayn," said the Red Queen, "And thank you Mackenzie."
"You lied to me! The White Queen isn't the one who stole your crown, its hers," said Mackenzie.

The Red Queen took out a crystal ball, "You think the Mad Hatter and the White Queen care for you? See here and you will see that if you went back you would be punished."

Mackenzie walked up slowly and looked into the glass ball. She saw the party was over, the Mad Hatter, the White Queen and the Dormouse was there. The Mad Hatter continued to walk back and forth, his eyes were orange and it looked like he was containing his rage until he finally blew his top and started to yell.

"I can't believe it! I…we all trusted her! I knew she was with the Red Queen, she asked too many questions and brought the Red Queen up twice!" yelled the Mad Hatter.

The Dormouse swung her sword, "I'll cut her if I ever see her again."

The White Queen looked stern, "If she ever comes back again I will do something I would never do. Off with her head."

Mackenzie had a tear fall down her face; she didn't know what was real, what a lie was and who was good or bad. The Red Queen put her hand on Mackenzie's cheek.

"Don't worry, you can stay with use, I could always use a daughter," said the Red Queen, "Stayn bring Mackenzie to her room, make sure she's well taken care of."

Stayn took Mackenzie's wrist and brought her to the tallest tower; he pushed her inside and slammed the iron door. The room was barren, the walls and floor was beige, it had an old broken desk and a window that showed everything. Mackenzie wiped her tears; she went to the window and saw the kingdom and the world that was now locked away from her.