Amidst all the hubbub and chaos of Wonderland’s elections the Dormouse was startled awake. Shocked by all the noise and activity he opened one sleepy eye and proclaimed “present”. Given a unique set of circumstances at that exact moment there was a lull, a silence in the general pandemonium so the Dormouse was heard clearly and completely by all in attendance.
The Hatter and the Hare looked at each other and a wry grin began to spread across their faces. Both turned to the Dormouse each raising an arm to the sky (and thus raising the Dormouse himself) and said to the assemblage of citizens before them, “behold your new candidate!” By that point, however, the Dormouse had already drifted back off to sleep.
From that point forward it was battle and chaos. At least for all but the Dormouse who slept through it all, except when called upon to read a speech to the adoring throngs. The Hatter and the Hare sought and received funding from the Jabberwocky, and of course assurances were made.
The Red Queen looked upon all of this with anger and disdain. How dare a lowly Dormouse try for the position for which she was entitled. After all her husband the King of Hearts had ruled the Wonderland for years, with wisdom and insight. (Though his opponents argued that he rules as a jester and cad.) It was her divine right to rule and no upstart Dormouse was going to take that away from her.
On the side of the “loyal opposition” they had another issue entirely. As the battle went on amongst those who would run against the Dormouse or the Queen, it was becoming clear that a creature unique to Wonderland’s Royal environs was going to come out the winner. This being was a unique form of Card Soldier, with no sides and no spine. This enabled the Card to switch suits to suit him whichever suit suited the moment. However, lately he had become stuck more and more in one suit and it was the wrong one for the group to which he belonged.
As all of this played out the Dormouse dreamed of the day he would be ruler and would never miss nap time or tee time again.