Prologue
{I own nothing pertaining to Alice in Wonderland [by any and all versions] except the new characters. Even that's only partial because they were inspired by the movie.}
I like largeness.
Get away from me.
Alice...
Joanna McKnight jumped, waking herself. She realized where she was and she exhaled slowly as she shoved the blanket off, keeping as quiet as she could. Even inside a charter bus she could still sweat.
Thankfully most of the football team and their cheerleader girlfriends took the option to stay the extra day at Orlando. As a senior journalist, tracking every game for St. Marie High School was an easy A+, and for an extra grade she'd been offered to stay with them. Again, she thanked her lucky stars that she kept on top of all her grades, so an extra grade was negligible; she was able to return home with a three-day weekend.
She didn't dwell on the strange nightmare. It felt more like a memory, like all her nightmares, and dwelling on them in the past never did her any good. So, shoving the earbuds back into her ears, she stared into the darkness.
In a very much forgotten Underland, a new pair of tyrants had sunk their teeth into the crown. Unlike the Queen of Hearts, the King of Clubs and the Queen of Diamonds came from seemingly nowhere, befriended and then beheaded the White Queen. That was nearly a year after Alice had slain the Jabberwocky. Nearly 230,400 years now, since they had taken over.
Because time passes so quickly in Underland compared to the land above, the inhabitants cannot help but go with the flow. All the characters Alice had grown to love soon met their maker. Now the King of Spades is in command with the family's Ekarfeld, a monster of the worst kind, with no way to kill it. No way to kill it but one, and that way is only a legend. Isn't it?
