Her Wonderland, Her Home, Her Decisions
by
Rosie Jade
Alice POV-
'This is it' I think as I stare at the bottle of purple liquid, the Jabberwocky's blood, that the White Queen has just handed me.
'If I drink this I go home, back to the boring party, and an engagement I don't want'. I though as I debated the thought of staying here in Underland.
My hand caresses the bottle, the White Queen is looking at me, and I can decipher from her look that she, as well, does not want me to go. I think of all the things I will be leaving behind, and I cannot say that I would miss anything much. Sure I would miss my mother and my sister, Margaret, but the one true person who always understood me, my father Charlus, is long gone from the world. And all the things I would be leaving behind here, such as The Hatter and all my friends, seem so much more important now, than my mother or sister ever have.
"I've made my decision", I say cheerfully.
And everyone looks on at me with hopeful expressions, that beg me to say that i am staying, that their Champion will not leave them. They are all preying for the same thing, and i will not disappoint them.
"I will stay here" I say confidently. "This world, the beautiful, bright Underland, is my home now and it means much more to me than the bland, drab world I will be leaving behind".
And then suddenly everyone is cheering and The Hatter is looking at me with a bright, brilliant expression and then he is leaning forward and pressing his lips to my own.
I am stunned momentarily, I had never even dreamed that the Hatter might return my feeling. But in this moment I am so suddenly, absolutely sure that I have made the right choice, as I lean into The Hatter's warm embrace, and listen to all my friends, my new family really, cheer and dance out there happiness that I will be staying with them.