Alice Through the Looking Glass2016

Mirana:
But, if anything can bring Hatter back, it would be seeing you again.

[The others nod in agreement]

Alice:
Well, where is he?

[They all point at something as Thackery, with a finger in the wrong direction, thinks again. They see a house shaped like a top hat on a cliff. Moments later, Alice approaches the house. She walks upstairs to the door and knocks]

Hatter:
[from inside] Go away! You can't come in.

Alice:
Hatter, it's me. Alice.

[Noticing Alice, Hatter opens the door]

Hatter:
Alice. You're you. And you're here. [they hug. He looks at her] You are you, aren't you? [touches Alice's face with his hands]

Alice:
Yes, Hatter.

Hatter:
[spins her around as if looking at her body] Good. [then looks around to see if the coast is clear] You're the only one. [takes Alice inside his house, shutting the door] But you've always been Alice. And that's how I know you'll believe me.

Alice:
I've missed you, Hatter.

Hatter:
It's my family, Alice.

Alice:
Your family?

Hatter:
[leads Alice to a painting of his family] Yes. My family. Lost for many years. Or so I thought. Look. [shows Alice the blue paper hat he found in the flashback] I found this. The first hat I've ever made. I thought I'd tossed it away long, long ago. It's impossible for it to be here, and yet...here it is. So if this hat survived, my family must've too.

Alice:
But, Hatter, that's...

Hatter:
I thought I wasn't worthy of the Hightopp name. A very serious man, my father. We had a terrible fight. I never said I was sorry when I had the chance. But this means I can make things right.

Alice:
Hatter. Your family, uh...

Hatter:
You do believe me, don't you, Alice?

Alice:
I want to. I... [as his orange hair turns pale, Hatter sits in a chair. She sits in another one to face him] Hatter! You're not well. What can I do?

Hatter:
[his eyes widen as he holds a finger up as if having an idea] Of course. My Alice...could bring my family back to me.

Alice:
Oh, but...Hatter, the thing is...your family died. Long ago. You told me so yourself. No one can bring them back.

Hatter:
No one but you?

Alice:
I'm sorry. But it's… It's impossible.

[Hatter closes his eyes then snaps them open with a dark glint. Alice looks shocked]

Hatter:
You...are not you. [grabs Alice by her arm. He takes her back to the door where they've started and opens it]

Alice:
Hatter, please.

Hatter:
Get out. [pushes her outside the porch] I don't know who you are. [Alice looks wide-eyed] You're not my Alice. My Alice would believe me.

[Alice wears a hurtful expression. With a heartbroken glare, Hatter shuts the door in her face]

Alice:
[tries to get Hatter's attention by knocking on the door] Hatter! [from her point of view through the window, Hatter walks away from the door while coughing and wheezing] Hatter, please! Please! [Hatter ignores her, who hangs her head dejectively, as he walks off. Moments later, she runs back to Mirana and the others] We must do something! He's so terribly ill. I fear he's...dying.

[They're all shocked]

McTwisp:
Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

Bayard:
No.

Mally:
We can't lose him, Alice. We can't.

Alice:
He said to make him feel better, I must bring his family back. But that...can't be.