Title: Alissa and the Broken Kingdom
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Maybe if Alissa's great grandmother hadn't made that terrible promise, her mother would be mentally sane. But alas, Alice did make that promise. Alissa knew the whole story. Her father had told her when she was little; she thought it was just a silly bedtime tale to get her to sleep. If only she had paid attention. She didn't give the story much of importance, if only she knew that one day her whole life would be turned upside down. She never knew that special visitors had come to her all throughout her life. She never knew that her great grandmother had made a deadly promise in a land of whimsical wonders.
Alissa Carroll was sitting on one of the small wooden chairs. She had a porcelain cup in her hand, it was filled with tea. She giggled and put it down. Her father was trying to squeeze himself into one of the chairs, it wasn't really working.
Her father stood and said" I'll be back, sweetie. I'm going to water the garden" he stood and left the room. She continued to giggle at the thought of her father squeezing into the chair, it was hilarious!
"Well at least you fit, Mr. Rabbit." she said to her stuffed animal. He was a white bunny; he wore an old fashioned Victorian England style coat. He had black eyes and his ears were big, that was her favorite part about him.
"Well, I am small .I would hope I would fit, this tea is just too yummy to miss" said the bunny with an English accent.
Alissa suddenly froze, she wanted to scream but her throat felt dry. Her stuffed animal grabbed the porcelain cup in his soft, small hands and raised it to his lips. Well, he didn't have lips, more like he raised it to his mouth, his fake mouth made of black yarn.
"I got no tea in this cup!" said the toy as he frowned at her and set the cup down angrily.
"I'm sorry, it's just stuffed animals don't regularly want to drink tea. You know, because they don't have mouths" said Alissa said as she looked at the white rabbit.
"Oh really? Well than darling, tell me what this is!" the stuffed animal said, pointing a finger at his black yarn of a mouth as he frowned at her
"Well mouths that function, or vocal cords. I'm sorry; I didn't mean to offend you." she said, her lips pursed. She was still trying to register the fact that her toy was speaking to her.
"I guess I might've overreacted, you humans don't live back where I come from. We all talk there." said the talking toy. His eyes were black, they were beads after all. They stared at her.
"Oh my, you wanted tea!" said Alissa, remembering .She grabbed the kettle filled with hot tea from across the small table and grabbed the small cup in her hands. She poured some tea in and asked "How many lumps of sugar would you like?"
"Three, please" answered the bunny. Alissa nodded and placed the sugar in the tea and passed the cup over to the soft bunny. The bunny's mouth curled upward in a smile and grabbed the delicate teacup in his hands. He raised the cup to his mouth and drank some of the hot tea.
"What's your name? My name is Alissa." she said sweetly, taking a sip of her tea
"My name is Lepus White." said the bunny" Know to serious matters. In the near future you will save us all." said the bunny as he stared at her with his reflective eyes.
Alissa was still new to the fact that her stuffed animal, whose name was Lepus, could actually speak. The fact that he was telling her that she would save them all, it simply just baffled her.
"What do you mean, Lepus?" she asked him, her face confused.
Alissa heard footsteps, it was father.
Lepus looked up at the clock that hung on the wall"Oh no, I'm late! I'm going to be late!"
Lepus stood in his chair and jumped out, landing with a thump on the rug. He looked around the room. Father's footsteps grew louder, he was getting closer.
"I got to be heading back home, be safe Alissa!" said Lepus. He looked around her bedroom frantically and out of his coat he pulled out a pocket watch, one of those old style ones. He smiled and waved at her with his free hand. There was a blinding flash of golden light and he was gone.
"Lepus, what do you mean!" she said as her father stepped through the door and entered the room.
"Who were you talking to Alissa?" he asked her.
"Nobody Daddy, "she answered, her voice glum" Let's continue our tea party"
And they did
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Alissa Carroll smiled at her cat, Dinah. Dinah was a tabby; she was a blackish grey color with black stripes that made look like a tiger and green eyes. The odd thing was that sometimes in the light Dinah's fur seamed purple and her eyes seemed yellow, gleaming with playfulness.
Dinah was a young kitty, only about two months and a couple weeks old. Alissa was rummaging through her closet. She was excited; her face was proof in itself. Alissa's cat was lying on Alissa's bed while she searched her closet for something to wear.
"Dinah, do you like this?" she asked as she turned around to face the kitten only to find her sleeping, her paws covering her face" Dinah! Wake up!"
"Meow!" was Dinah's response as she jolted upwards. Dinah blinked and stretched her legs. The cat then stood and faced her owner and eyed the dark blue lacy shirt.
"You like it?" asked Alissa, her voice silky with her English accent. Dinah's green eyes inspected the blouse and then finally moved her head up and down.
"Good, I like it too" said Alissa and set it down on the bed" Don't claw it, not like last time" Alissa remembered the last time Dinah clawed up one of her blouses , it hadn't ended so pretty.
Dinah meowed"Mrow, which meant" Well, I didn't tell you to put that blouse there, why did you buy a blouse with red fishes anyway?"
Alissa looked at her cat sternly and said" Just don't claw it. I'm gonna wear it out for when I go with-", but then she stopped and said" Just don't claw it"
Dinah seemed to smile and yowled" Meow, Mrow?" which meant "Are you going out with a boy?"
Alissa pressed a finger to her lips" Hush! Dinah remember what dad said about you yowling!" then Alissa remembered Dinah's question" Yes, I'm going out with a boy."
"Meow, Mrow Meow?" asked Dinah, which meant" Is it who I think it is?" It was the boy that Dinah was thinking about: Fabian. He was the popular boy at school, she was a nobody. He was handsome and earlier at school he had asked her if she wanted to go take a walk with him in the park. OK, maybe not a date, but well it was Fabian, as the giggly girls at school would call him "like-super hot".
"I like this, what do you think?" she asked Dinah, holding up a transparent blue blouse with white polka dots.
Dinah jumped up and down, displaying her enthusiasm. Alissa nodded, she liked it too. Alissa picked out a pair of simple blue sneakers and white mini-shorts, Dinah had smiled and nodded when she had showed her those.
"Dinah, check my cell phone. Tell me what the tome is.' said Alissa said as she began to dress. Dinah bobbed her head and moved towards the violet iPhone. Dinah pressed the only button and the phone shone its light on her fur. She placed her paw on the small little arrow and slid her paw, careful not to snap her leg.
"Meow!" called Dinah and Alissa nodded. The thirteen year old girl walked over to the bed and looked at the numbers atop the screen. had only ten minutes until Fabian arrived!
"Dinah, how do I look?!" She asked frantically.
Dinah nodded which meant" You look fine". Alissa nodded and walked over to the fluffy and lacy pillows on her bed and grabbed her silver purse that was on top of them. She opened it and grabbed Dinah in her hands carefully.
Alissa looked at Dinah's cute face and said kindly" You're coming to the park, OK?" The cat nodded and Alissa placed the kitten in the purse, over a small napkin, just in case Dinah shed some fur. Alissa slung the purse over her shoulder, jostling Dinah, and raced down the stairs.
Her father was sitting in the living room, watching Americas Funniest Home Videos. He looked up when he saw her and smiled" Who's the lucky man?"
Alissa rolled her eyes and said" It's just Fabian, a kid from school. We're going to the park Ok, Dinah is coming."
Her father looked at her" Well, be back by 6:00."He said sternly.
Alissa smiled "OK, I'll be fine". Alissa heard a knock and walked over to the door. She opened it and saw Fabian.
He was very handsome, steel gray eyes and a curl of chocolate brown hair, he could make any girl giggle and want to be his girlfriend. He was smiling and greeted her, "Hello, Alissa would you like to go?"
"Sure." she responded "We'll be back by six" she called over her shoulder to her dad as she walked off with Fabian.
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It was Dinah's fault that she had found herself in Wonderland. If the cat hadn't jumped out of her purse and led her into the woods well then it would've been a completely different da-no, not date, "walk in the park".
"So what's the cat's name?" he asked her, pointing to Dinah who was looking at all of the flowers and all of the trees of the park.
"Oh, her name is Dinah" answered Alissa s they both walked along the cobblestone streets of the serene park. Fabian seemed so easy to talk to, not judgmental and cold.
"She's cute. Where did you get her?" asked Troy, his beautiful eyes dancing with kindness.
That question made Alissa feel like a hyperactive frog was tap dancing her stomach and she couldn't speak. She looked down at the sidewalk, averting his eyes.
"She's the kit of a cat that my mom owned" answered Alissa, her voice faltering when she said the word "mom"
"That's nice, I didn't see your mom when we were at your house." said Fabian, looking at her.
That's when Alissa felt like her vocal cords didn't work and that the hyperactive, dancing frog was going to explode into a billion pieces inside of her, "It's because my mom is dead"
Alissa looked up at his eyes. His face looked like a lot of things, one of them was disappointment. He probably hadn't meant to ask her that, if he knew she was going to answer that, he probably wouldn't have asked her that.
It looked like he was averting her gaze, as if he didn't want to look at her. She knew he had a mom. She was the CEO of Nature's Gifts. That was a worldwide company that protected wildlife, endangered animals and all of those "helping nature" kinds of things.
She saw that his mouth was about to open to say something, but suddenly Dinah jumped from her purse, leaping into the air and landing softly against the grass and ran. Alissa wanted to scream, yell and have a meltdown right there but her conscience told her that it would make her look like a mentally unstable overgrown four year old. And she did not want to look like that kind of monstrosity in front of Fabian. She sighed and ran towards the field of poppies, after Dinah.
She ran, her eyes looking all over the meadow of flowers for Dinah. She finally found the feline, sitting at the other side of the meadow, all the way across from Alissa. Alissa ran once more and she could see Dinah frolicking, it was like she was mocking ran up to the cat and reached to grab the kitten.
Dinah was fast and when she noticed Alissa's petite (well to Dinah they weren't so petite) hands reaching towards her, she bolted towards the dark woods. The sun was setting, turning the sky a rosy gold. Alissa rolled her eyes and continued to run. She hadn't ever really gone into the woods; they were grim and looked kind of creepy. But it wasn't time for being scared and she ran to the woods.
"Alissa!" she heard. It was Fabian. She wanted to stop but she had to get Dinah. He might be following her; it wasn't like she had abandoned him. She had just run away from him to get her cat. Not her fault, blame the cat
Alissa ignored his yells and entered the grim woods. The trees had sinuous branches; they reached out, clawing at her. Dinah was jumping over the roots, moving away from the flowers and undergrowth. The small cat was quick; she was fast and getting farther and farther.
Alissa raced to catch up to the cat when the cat suddenly halted abruptly. Alissa had been going lightning fast and hadn't expected a sudden stop. She slammed into the tree before her.
Alissa collapsed, her body hurt because of the collision. She suddenly felt a soft weight on her stomach. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw Dinah, licking her paws and smiling gleefully. Then she saw Fabian. He looked like he had just arrived at the scene of her collision and kneeled down before her.
"Are you OK?" he asked her, his face worried. But she didn't get to answer because suddenly she felt like she was falling. Darkness enveloped her surroundings, her body felt weightless. She tried to grab on to something, anything but her vision went black and she felt an intense pounding in her skull. The last thing she saw was Dinah, fur mauve and eyes yellow, a massive grin on her feline face.
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