The Redd Apprentice of Black Q

[Loki]

hello and welcome, I'm Loki, I'm a story teller and this is something i wish to try out. This will be my first fan fiction for LGW. This will be a prequel all about Redd and an incident which lead her down the path of Black Imagination. It also takes place after the first book so anyone not wanting to get spoiled should beware of spoilers. But this is nothing more than my own version, I hope you enjoy it.


The Redd Apprentice of Black Q


Prologue: The Redd Book

Alyss was looking through old documents that were taken from Mount Isolation after Redd mysteriously dissapeared into the Heart Crystal. It was night and she was slightly tired after sorting through the piles of paper left behind by her aunt.

" Your majesty?" a voice called.

Alyss looked up to see Bibwit Hare in the doorway with a tray of tea and tary tarts.

" I thought you might use a refreshment for working so hard," he spoke, " Afterall you've been quite busy deligating and leading the people to rebuilding Wondertropolis."

" Thank you Bibwit, some tea sounds lovely right about now," Alyss thanked him pushing some of the paper aside to make room for the tea tray.

The documents were some of her personal scriptures that even the cat knew nothing about. The writing was a bit illegibal since Redd always wrote with her imagination and never had a talent for accuracy. She believe only those lower than her should write with their hands for her, but these writings were her own thoughts. Alyss thought if she learned more about her aunt she might find out about what happened to her.

" Is the tea to your liking?" Bibwit asked.

" Yes, but it could use a bit of sugar," she spoke.

Using her imagination she lifted a spoon and the sugar dish, the spoon began to scoop up a bit of sugar and drop it into the tea cup. After two scoops she used her own hand to stir the tea and take a sip.

" I guess I put a bit to much in, but it's quite nice," she answered.

" Your welcome," Bibwit responded his ears raising a bit with pleasure from a simple thank you.

Working under Redd such manners were never found, she would always tell him what was wrong with the tea or throw it at him if he got the recipe wrong, but sometimes she just liked throwing hot tea on anybody for a laugh.

" So how goes your progress?" Bibwit asked.

" So far all I know is that she hates bitter drinks and the rest is hard to read. It's like she wrote it on purpose for no one else to read but herself," Alyss sighed.

As Alyss pushed the piles of paper around she came upon a small book. It was the color red and sealed with a lock on the cover. As she touched it she felt an impulse of black imagination traces and a bit of memory.

" I wonder what this is?" Alyss asked.

" Could it be a diary?" Bibwit asked.

" I can almost feel traces of important memories in here, I wonder could I open it?" she asked herself trying to force the book open with her imagination.

But it was futile, it was like apart of Redd herself was keeping the book closed keeping others from reading it's pages.

" I believe this is a Memory Diary, it records whatever happens to the owner until the day it runs out of pages. It's so that you don't have to write in it to begin with, quite a rare book nowadays," Bibwit explained, " However the seal was a custom job by Redd herself by the looks of it."

" For some reason I can't open it," Alyss tried using her imagination but ot no avail.

" What if your closer to the Heart Crystal? Your power over the book might be stronger then," Bibwit suggested.

Alyss picked up the book and placed it in her dress robes and began to walk towards the garden along with Bibwit Hare. Alyss was getting quite excited, though reading a diary is rude it was her Aunt's afterall, and maybe she could learn something about the last of her family and why the way she was.

I hope your intrigued a bit form this and thanks for reading :D
I'll post more later :D

[Lord of Spades]

It is quite good, i am a critic and Artemis knows that, but I belive you could add a little more detail and it would be perfect. Keep writing!

[misspriss2009]

now i want to know what the diary said

[Loki]

Thanks for your responses :D

Lord of Spades: I get what your saying, I forgot Mr. Beddor does do allot of detail in his books. I'll try to remember that and make this next chapter better.


The Redd Apprentice of Black Q


Chapter I
Memories of...

Queen Alyss and Bibwit Hare calmly walked as fast as they could down the slightly rebuilt hallways of the castle. Some of the walls were incomplete due to the lack of workers. Citizens of Wondertropolis were still adjusting from Redd's previous rule, the fear instilled in their hearts was hard to be rid of, almost to the point where they were still frightened to step foot outside of their own homes. Even the news of her dissapearance didn't give some of them confidence to be joyful of the new rule of Queen Alyss. But Alyss learned that with time the citizens of Wondertropolis would conquer their fear and help tear down the walls of Redd's nightmare and begin building their dream of the old Wondertropolis.

Alyss and Bibwit made sure not to attract any of the guards that were still on night duty. Alyss almost felt like she was a child again trying to sneak around the castle while her mother and father would search for her if she ran off from a lesson. The nostalgia was comforting, but these walls would play host to new memories, ones she hoped would carry with her good times. After a few minutes of walking and quick running Alyss and Bibwit finally reached the Garden of the castle. As Alyss walked along the paths she took in the scent of the flowers all around her, they were about to sing, but Alyss raised her finger to shush them with her imagination not to raise any alarm of their whereabouts. The flowers reamined quiet and let Alyss and Bibwit pass without cause for a song.

Alyss walked towards a hedge that looked out of place to those who knew it's secret, she waved her hand and the hedge opened up a bit alowwing her and Bibwit to slip through unnoticed. The hedge led them to a small staircase that went straightdown into a cave that held something very important. It was the heart crystal, the very foundation of Imagination to other worlds and a symbol of power for Wondertropolis. Alyss felt her powers of imagination increase while she was near the crystal, but she felt sad seeing it the way it was. The Heart Crystal was meant to be displayed to the public, but due to the uncertainty of peace it was hidden and kept safe until all was clear. It saddened her even more to know that the Inventor's Parade wouldn't happen until said peace was surely attained by the country.

Alyss took the small red book from her robes and placed it on a nearby control panel that was used to preserve the Heart Crystal. She began to channel her immagination and sync it with the Heart Crystal in order to increase her own power. She closed her eyes and could visualize the lock in her Imagination's Eye. It looked to be a simple lock, but surrounding it were red thorned rose vines, they were probably the custom locking spell left by Redd. She imagined herself cutting the vines with her Crystal Heart staff, and one by the the vines dissapeared into nothing.

" Foolish , your foolish!" a cruel voice spoke.

Alyss looked to see the lock itself had grown lips with fangs hidden behind them, they were right in the path of the keyhole.

" Memories here are for my eyes only! Gaining knowledge from these writings is useless for anyone but myself," the voice spoke with Redd's voice.

Alyss didn't wish to listen to the recording anymore, she waved her staff and the lock dissapeared leaving the book all by itself. She opened her eyes and saw the lock on the book was open.

" That was pretty hard," Alyss sighed, " I used allot of my imagination just to dissasemble the spell."

" Redd must have a deep secret if she went to all that trouble just to put such a heavy spell on the book," Bibwit theorized while rubbing his head with his index finger.

" Well let us see what the book contains," Alyss spoke opening the cover.

An Image began to display intself over the book, it was the image of a man dressed in a pure black suit, it had long coat tails that pointed at the end, and a huge spiked collar around the neck that had eight points around it. Each point held a small skull on each end that looked to be smiling. He also wore what looked like a black mask that had yellow eyes and a yellow smile, surrounding it was spiked long blonde hair that went to his shoulders. And atop his head was a top hat that looked similiar to Hatter Madigan's only it was completely black with a yellow strip around the center. He wore white gloves atop his claws like hands and his shoes were pointed at the end like knives were attached to them. The image of this man almost frightened Alyss, but it terrified Bibwit more than anything.

" Black Q," Bibwit shivered form his trembling lips.

" Who is this man?" Alyss asked.

" One of the most revered criminals in Wondertropolis'es history," Bibwit spoke frightened, " A man practically amassed in Black Imagination."

" You mean like Redd?" Alyss asked.

" Redd was merciful compared to him your Majesty," Bibwit explained.

Alyss looked again at the image of the man and wondered something.

" Hello my apprentice," the image spoke, " I trust my plan worked perfectly, I have been forever remembered in this nation of cowards and hypocrits you calll a home."

" Plan?" Alyss asked herself.

" If your watching this then most likely I am dead," the image spoke.

" Is he Bibwit?" Alyss asked.

" Yes he is," Bibwit sighed, " He was executed in public years after your mother was born, but when Redd was only nine and three quarters old."

" And if so, I am hopeful it was by your hand my apprentice," the image spoke, " I told you from the beginning, the only way to surpass me was to kill me."

" I wonder who he's talking to?" Alyss asked.

" Dear Redd, I couldn't have asked for a better tool in my plans," the iomage addressed.

" What did he just say?" Bibwit asked cleaning his ears.

" My vengence upon your family could only have been achieved through you," he explained, " The details of some of my life is in this book, details I think you should know. It all started when I saw you my Redd..."

Alyss closed the diary shut for a moment and analyzed the situation for a moment, Bibwit couldn't believe what he just heard.

" Explained to me Bibwit who this man was before I continue," Alyss ordered.

" Yes your majesty," he replied, " Black Q was a high class criminal in Wonderland, probably the most letahl and dangerous of them all. No one knows where he came from or what his intentions were to begin with, but he commited one heinous crime before his execution."

" And it was?" Alyss asked impatiently.

" He kidnapped Princess Redd and held her hostage for a month," Bibwit explained.

thanks for reading :D I hope you enjoyed this so far, now we know who's diary it is. What will be learned when beginning to read it we wonder. Anyway stay tuned for another chapter in a while :D

[Heart Artemis Hunter]

It is quite good, i am a critic and Artemis knows that, but I belive you could add a little more detail and it would be perfect. Keep writing!


WOW!! you complimented someone!! (sort of) and i know what you'll say!!

"I can make it better."

i know you so well!!:D

[Heart Artemis Hunter]

WOW!!! good writing. Spades. Don't say it. But very good. you should take a look at my writing on Newbie and Authors.....

[Molly_Madigan]

Yay! Another one to read tomorrow. Looks promising from the tiny bits I read. ^_^ but you shall get much more oppinions, comments, and criticisms(If I find any) tomorrow..

^_^

[Loki]

sorry it's been a while but i've been busy with other matters at hand. anyway here is the next chapter :D


The Redd Apprentice of Black Q


Chapter 2
Observations of...

Alyss and Bibwit began to watch the Memory Diary of Black Q in hoping to learn something of any value. But in finding a diary of Black Q would fetch a pretty penny on the market if one were so lucky aside form the Queen herself to find it. He was famed amoung the Black Imaginationists around Wonderland. To mention his name in the wrong place would mean certain doom form his old followers and those who worship his work. Aside from the kidnaping of Redd he was famous for his many capers and his merciless nature. It was rumored that he once stabbed a maid for serving him the wrong desert to go with his meal in downtown resturants. Another rumor was that he fended off a hail of AD52 bullets with only his cane. Rumors they were but no one disperesed them nor endoresed them to be true.

" In order for my plan to take effect," the image of Black Q spoke, " I had one of my minions place recording crystals in the many corners of your castle. It was easy for her to pose as a maid, they're easily ignored in the nobles houses anyway."

" Such a clever person this man was," Alyss bit her lip complimenting him.

" This was no man, he was a monster in many aspects," Bibwit spoke.

The diary showed many moniters following a small child wearing a gray dress walking down the old hallways of the previous castle. She had long dark red hair and a sour face, even on the monitors you could hear the anxiety in her footsteps as she marched to her destination. She finally came before a set of double doors that lead into a room that was filled with couches and silk pillows. And on one of them was a woman wearing the crown of the Queendom.

" Bless my soul, it's your grandmother your majesty," Bibwit uttered.

Alyss took in the image of her grandmother slowly in order to savor the memory, but she was beginning to realize who the small child was standing bitterly in front of her.

" My, my dear Redd, why are you wearing that dress?" the Queen asked, " What happened to the Rose Red dress that was crafted for you? You can't expect to go to the party with such a dull dress."

" I told you I'll choose the shade I wish to wear, until then this will suite me perfectly," the young Redd responded irritated, " Afterall I am eleven years old, I have a mind of my own Mother."

Bibwit and Alyss could see the resemblence in the Redd's they new between past and present. Even though she was much younger Redd still wore the same disspleasured look on her face and carried the same aura of gloom and doom around her. Just then the Queen began to manipulate Redd's dress with her imagination to change colors. It slowly went from Gray to light pink to shade of red surfacing. Redd quicky noticed this and began to counter her mother's imagination. The dress was a small battlefield of colors as they clashed and splotched one another out. The Queen and Redd began to concentrate even more to the point where both were squinting their eyes to show a heavy amount of concentration.

" Mother, Mother!" another girl's voice shouted, " Do you like the dress?"

Just then the Queen gave up to look at who had dropped in to say hello. It was Genevieve as a small child in a white dress. Redd took this oppurtunity to change the color on her dress back to gray and wipe out the rose red colors. The dress returned ot the dull gray color and Redd began to walk for the doors. Alyss felt like she was about to cry upon seeing her mother at such a young and carefree age, knowing where their sibling love would take the two sisters was heart wrenching for her.

" My Genevieve, the dress I picked out looks ever so pretty on you," she spoke walking towards Genevieve knelling to hug her, " Why can't your sister be as good as you?"

Redd turned upon hearing such a question to see her mother and sister hug, this only agitated her even more since her mother wouldn't stop looking at her with a cold stare. Before she could rid herself of this scene her mother called her back.

" Redd!" the Queen raised her voice, " I'm not done with you yet."

" What Mother?" Redd asked.

" Why must you defy me?" the Queen asked, " I know what's best for my children."

" No mother you know what's best for your dolls," Redd scorned, " Children have a mind of their own."

Redd stormed out of the room and headed for her room, kncking over vases and slamming doors with her imagination. Alyss wasn't really surprised at Redd's behavior, but her grandmother was a diffrent story. She then saw Redd entering her room and slamming the doors so hard the walls were shaking. She jumpped on her bed and began to throw pillows everywhere in a tantrum that could be heard almost to the garden party. But after a few minutes she calmed down once she spotted a blue butterfly had entered through the window. It was a tiny insect no bigger than a coin, a newborn barely a week old from the looks of it.

She began to wrap once of her fingers in a single strand of her red hair and pluck it out. She straightened out the hair with her imagination and tipped it like a pin. The buttrfly began to flap inbetween the tall bed posts flying closely to a silent little girl. She kept still and waited for something, then she took the pinned hair and threw it at one of he bedposts. The butterfly was unfortunate to be between the two at the time as it went through the poor thiing and killed it instantly. The deceased butterfly drifted and the breeze and landed softly on the floor. All Redd did was give a small crack of a smile and then buried her face in one of the pillows surrounding her.

" I knew your mother would be the trigger the moment I recorded this," Black Q spoke, " All I needed was an in to the castle, and the plan would begin."

As many of you can gues by now i don't like to do long chapters online. but i can work on that later, anyway i hope you enjoyed it for now :D

[Heart Artemis Hunter]

good, i like it when she killed the butterfly, i hate them.....except a few, the ones that are easy to catch. Which is very few.