The ship was rocking again. Back and fourth, back and fourth. Alice shut her eyes tighter and pulled the covers up to her chin.
That ship was supposed to have reached China a month ago. She was supposed to be off spreading her father's legacy, she was supposed to be in control. But alas, she was not.
The ship had been seized, taken over by pillagers and plunders until there was nothing left. The captain and most of the crew had been murdered or jumped ship long ago. Now it was just Alice, the first mate, and three crew members. The ship's anchor held them in the middle of the ocean...there was virtually no escape.
Alice tried to ignore the rocking and sat up shaking her head. She'd had a dream about the Hatter again.
Every night since she'd left his bright green eyes and crooked toothed smile had haunted her dreams and always left her with a strange, wonderfully haunting sensation that could only be described as mad.
She was absolutely miserable, terribly, terribly miserable.
She swung her feet over the side of the bed and walked up the stairs leading to the ships surface. The cold night are whipped her air around her face and as she placed her hands on the ship's railings, staring at the dark water below.
When she looked up at the sky, she could have sworn she saw the moon turn on its side and two stars above it blink at her. She chuckled to herself. "I'm mad." she stared forward into the night, she could see nothing.
She hoisted her dress up and climbed up onto the railing, the cold stinging her feet. She closed her eyes and shakily lifted one foot.
She'd tried and tried again to find ways to Wonderland but it never worked. Not once. And all she wanted to was to be back with her friends. To be back with Tarrant. But it wasn't possible.
She put her foot back on the rail and then opened her eyes and looked over her shoulder.
She had two choices...stay on the ship and die slowly or jump ship and get it over with. She smiled to herself. Maybe when she got to heaven Tarrant would be there...or a copy of Tarrant since no one in Wonderland aged.
She turned back to the see and shut her eyes once more taking a step and plunging into the dark, icy, water. At once she felt the waves washing over her, instantly regretting the decision she made.
Her lungs and head were on fire from the lack of oxygen and her vision was going fast, whenever she tried to get up, something was holding her back. When she looked, she saw her foot was caught in a tiny hole in a sea cave wall. She also realized she was slowly being pulled further and further in, the hole was getting bigger.
When she was waist length, her lungs gave in, and she fainted.
