Fairest of them All

Alice, I'm waiting.

Alice? You hoo? I have a riddle for you.

In shadows I come, as the clock strikes near,

veiled in white, both joy and fear.

Two bound together, stronger as one.

Who am I where love and dread are spun?

I don't know.

I do.

It's time for a tea party.

Hi, I love the arrangement, Alice.

I might collect our guests in that order.

Why don't you continue this useful streak, hmm?

Make me a nice cup of tea.

Pour yourself one too, I don't want to celebrate too soon,

but I just can't help myself.

Can I tell you something?

A riddle, this one I could finally solve.

In shadows I come, as the clock strikes near,

veiled in white, both joy and fear.

Two bound together, stronger as one,

who am I where love and dread are spun?

Hmm? What am I?

I want you to answer it.

I'm not sure.

It's the second time you're hearing this riddle now, Alice.

Go on, take a guess.

That's okay.

I insist.

I'll tell you what, if you can guess the riddle correct,

I'll let you outside for, let's see, a minute.

Wouldn't that be nice?

Okay, yeah.

In shadows I come

Do you want me to do a countdown?

No, no, I've got it.

Is it

time?

Ah, oh, Alice, my sweet girl.

Well done, very good.

- Ah! - Ah!

The tenth one you've got wrong, Alice.

Congratulations, maybe someday you'll get one right, hmm?

Oh, would you look at the time?

I better get going.

Now, now, come here, you'll know the answer soon enough

once my guests arrive.

Pleasant dreams, my love.

There we are.

Will you sing to me, my love?

Stay there, my love, I'll be back in a moment.

Hello, Georgia.

Ah! Oh! Ah!

Shut the fuck up!

Your body is gone.

It's time for a tea party.

I missed you at the ball, Miss Terrycoat.

I knew I'd find you here.

Hello, Cinderella.

Thought you killed me, hmm?

Word spreads fast in the darkness.

I'd like to make a proposition with you.

Oh? And what is that?

I no longer want this curse.

It's caused me nothing but pain since the ballroom.

Always so ungrateful.

I see the good in you is trying to fight the curse.

If you remove my curse, I will give you an old life back,

regain your title.

I would rather watch you bleed to death

than ever do a deal with you.

You don't want to do this.

I do.

Shh, aren't you glad I got here in time, hmm?

Let me take care of her, you stay right there.

Now, where were we, hmm?

Oh!

Sweet dreams, my love.

Where is it, fucking whore?

Why can't I move?

Fucking answer us!

Please help us, set us free.

I'm sorry, he's put a curse on the chairs,

only he can set you free.

Who are you people?

Look who's awake.

Do you wanna help us get out?

Are you okay?

Do you know who that fucking man is?

No, I don't know.

Can you use your powers?

How do you know

We've established the fact

that the rest of us have powers,

so it only makes sense that you do too.

Though we still don't know about this mute girl over here.

Hey, can you kill her with a look or something?

No, I'm not gonna kill her.

You don't kill?

No, not anymore.

I'm trying to fight this curse,

it's caused me nothing but pain.

Well, I mean, she's obviously in on this.

You're sick, you people.

You killed Robert.

I didn't kill Robert, I

You killed Peter.

Oh, girls, don't give little Alice here all the credit.

You sick son of a bitch!

Get in here now, what the hell is going on?

Enough, that's better.

Hi, girls.

Now, I know you probably all have some words for me,

but I'd like to explain myself without interruption

over some tea!

Alice, be a dear and pour some tea

for our guests, would you?

I've put a spell on your pretty little mouths.

If you wish to speak, you may raise a hand.

Is that clear? Yeah? Yeah?

Good! Oh, this is so exciting.

Now, getting right to it.

As much as it might not seem like it right now,

but you girls are actually very lucky

that I killed those that you so dearly loved.

Why? Why would you do that? You monster!

Your family would've gotten in the way of his plans.

Who is he? His name is Father Time,

he lives up here.

He prophesied a riddle to me.

In shadows they come, as the clock strikes near,

veiled in white, of joy and fear.

Two bound together, stronger as one,

who am I where love and dread are spun?

Care to take another guess?

The bride.

Oh, very good, Cinderella.

I, like some of you here, am cursed.

I've been living at six o'clock

for as long as I can remember.

Longer than I've been in this castle.

The Red Queen's castle!

Yep, it's not even mine.

I went down a rabbit hole

and I found the Witch of Meadow Finley,

and I slaughtered her and I stole her magic.

And then I returned to this castle,

I killed everyone in my path!

Oh, the blood, you girl should have seen it.

Oh, it was beautiful.

This place was absolutely covered in blood.

Although, I kept sweet, sweet Alice here.

You see, I thought she was the one

to release me from this permanent time.

But alas, she's just too good, aren't you? Too pure.

He was trying to speak to me.

He was telling me that I needed a bride

who was just as mad and just as blood thirsty as I was.

It was all in these little riddles he'd send me,

but I couldn't crack them, you see?

That was until this one.

And all the pieces finally connected

when I stole the Witch of Meadow Finley's ball,

and I found you girls, my killer princesses.

Once I find my bride, my curse will be broken.

So you killed the people we love

because you want us to be your bride?

Close.

The riddle suggest just one.

He doesn't mean to create a harem, now does he?

How will you decide?

Great question.

You all equally have the power to do damage to one another,

but I couldn't see who would come out on top.

Not to mention the fact that he didn't gimme the name

of my bride-to-be.

You want us to kill each other?

Until there's one, yes.

The winner will be my bride.

What makes you think I'd wanna be your bride?

We'd all have to be fucking crazy

to wanna be your fuckin' bride.

Uh, the winner gets to live.

You can all talk now.

Was that something he, fucking Father of Time, told you?

But of course,

he will help me step into the future.

A bright future with a beautiful mad wife by my side.

Oh girls, when I tell you,

I just can't wait to see who my bride will be.

And what makes you think the winner won't kill you

and Alice.

Oh, well that won't happen

because I'm the one who's going to kill Alice.

What? What is it, my dear?

Oh, come on, don't kid yourself.

You've been great, you've been so fun,

but once the winner has been revealed,

I plan to terminate you, my dear.

You're going to kill her?

He killed the people we love,