Wonderland Days: A Fanfic

Chapter 1: Day One

It was a warm and sunny day in my hometown as I, Ashley, sat upon a hill with my childhood friend, Noah. It was a normal day, and Noah and I were just talking about different, and random, things.

"Remember how we always came here when we were kids, Ashley? We'd always watch the sunset together and play hide and seek in the woods." Noah said, looking off towards our small town.

I nodded with a smile upon my face. 'Wonder if he remembers what today is.' I thought as I turned my head a bit to look at my brown-haired friend.

"Oh, that's right. Today's your birthday, isn't it? Sorry, I should have gotten you a cake, but the bakery's always closed on Sunday's...But don't worry, I still got you a nice gift. Stay here, I'm going to go get it. I'll be right back, Ashley. Don't go anywhere, okay?" Noah said as he got up.

I nodded and watched him run off. I turned my head back to the town and shut my eyes for a moment as I yawned. I felt someone run past me, so I opened my eyes, and what I saw was the backside of a boy with gray hair and...rabbit ears? The boy had ran and jumped into a pretty big hole that was a few feet away from where I was sitting

I decided to get up and follow him. I quickly walked over to the hole and peered down into it. "Must go on for miles." I said. It was then I felt some of the ground break apart below me, and I slipped into the hole. "What the!" I yelled in surprise. I flipped onto my back and watched as the sky disappeared above me.

I fell for little while more before I hit the ground. Sadly, I landed on my bottom, and it hurt, a lot. I sat up on my knees and rubbed it so that the pain could go away faster. When I decided enough pain had left, I decided to look and, and to my (embarrassing) surprise, I saw the rabbit-eared boy looking down at me with a look of confusion on his face.

"Eh? Y-you...what are you doing down here? Are you alright Miss?" He asked.

I blushed in embarrassment and quickly stood up. I noticed I was just a bit shorter than him. I looked into his red, or was it pink? Maybe fuchsia eyes? "I'm okay, but where am I?" I answered and looked down, with a light blush on my face. I never was good at talking to the opposite sex.

"You're in Wonderland, but I'm not sure if people from the surface are allowed down here..." The rabbit-boy said.

I was starting to feel awkward by now, and finding out I may not be allowed here just made me feel worse. Every was in a quiet, and awkward silence for a few minutes until I looked back up the rabbit-boy. "So...what's supposed to happen now?" I asked.

The rabbit-boy looked away and frowned. "Unfortunately, you can't go back home until the hole unseals itself...which only happens on the first day of every month."

It was my turn to frown now. "This isn't good, what should I do?" I said as I put my index finger up to my mouth and began to nibble on the nail, a nervous habit of mine I did when I was worried.

The rabbit-boy looked away again, this time with a light blush on his face. "Well, I suppose you can stay at my house until that hole opens up again."

I pulled my finger away from my mouth and smiled at him. "Really? Thank You, um...what's your name?" I asked sheepishly with a grin on my face.

The rabbit-boy looked at me with a look of surprise. "Oh! Forgive me, I almost forgot to introduce myself. I'm known as Oliver. May I have you name also?"

I nodded. "My name's Ashley." I smiled afterwords, hoping it would lighten the mood a bit.

Oliver smiled at me, which surprised me and caused me to blush. "Ashley...What a pretty name. It really suits you, I mean it. It's a real charm to meet you, Ashley, I hope we get along well."

I nodded. "I hope we do too."

Oliver nodded. "I'll leave my house unlocked so that you can enter it anytime you wish. Don't worry, the folks of Wonderland don't steal from each other like people on the surface." He said with a smile.

'Gee, didn't know I was a thief.' I annoyingly thought. 'Ash! Don't be a butt-head now, this guy is letting you stay with him, so don't even be mean to him in your head!' I continued thinking.

"Everyone's really friendly, so don't be afraid to approach anybody. Just be careful around the King. He can be a little hostile at times..." Oliver continued with a smile.

I nodded at the right moments, getting bored of talking. 'Mother always did say I wasn't meant for conversations.' I thought.

"Well I need to go run some errands now. Thank you for being so understanding. If you need anything, come and find me here at the Clock Tower. I hope to see you again soon, Ashley." Oliver said.

"I'll see you tonight then." I said as I walked out of the tower, Oliver following behind me and quickly rushing off towards a small building.

I leaned against the clock tower and sighed. "Wonder what I should do now? I asked aloud to no one. I frowned and realized Oliver never told me where he lived, so I couldn't go back to his place until I found him.

"Ennie, meenie, miney, that'a way." I said as I counted random directions, and decided to go to a maze. I walked inside and saw I had four choices, up, left, right, or back into town. I decided to close my eyes and let my legs guide me. I spun around in a circle and started to walk.

I opened my eyes when I felt I had gone through one of the arches. What I saw was an over-grown cacoon for a butterfly. I eyed it before I slowly walked up to it, and poked it a few times. When nothing happened, I decided to go left, since it was the only other way to leave this "room", besides the way I had come in.

I went up when I got into the next room, and to my surprise, I saw a dress was hanging up on a bush. I looked round quickly and pulled it off the bush, and held it up to myself. 'It looks like it could fit me.' I thought. I quickly looked around and when I saw that no one was around, I stuffed the white dress into my side bag 'Oliver may be right about surface people being thieves' I thought

I set off out of the room and decided to run, since I was feeling hyped up. I didn't pay attention to where I was going, but I stopped in a room when I saw something shiny on the ground. I walked over to it and bent down to pick it up.

"A key?" I said as I looked over the golden key. I noticed there was a heart carved into it. I tossed the key into my side bag and spent the next twenty minutes trying to get out of the maze. By the time I got out, it was about noon.

"Where to next?" I asked nobody. I was looked around before I saw a little gardens of sorts that was a bit away from the Maze. "I'll go there." I said, and walked off towards the gardens.

As I walked in, I looked around. "Pretty..." I whispered as I looked around. I saw there was a boy there who looked older than me, maybe his late teens, early twenties? I sighed. 'Oliver did say the people here were nice, so I may get some help from him.'

I took a deep breath to knock out my nervousness and I walked over to him. I noticed he had blonde hair and green eyes. He was wear a fancy tuxedo of sorts and a...white top hat. 'I'm friends with Noah, so I've seen much odder things.' I thought as I looked up at him.

He looked down and smiled. "Oh, you must be our little visitor. Well, welcome to Wonderland. Oliver told me all about you."

I smiled back. "Nice to meet you. What's your name?"

He grinned. "I'm Clark Alwin. You can just call me Clark though. I get kind of spooked when people address me as Mr. Alwin."

I chuckled. "My name is Ashley. just Ashley."

Clark grinned again and nodded while fixing his top hat. We both stood there a bit awkwardly for a few moments until Clark spoke again. "Um, hi...Do you need something?"

I looked down with a blush of embarrassment 'Mother was definitely right when she said I'm not made for conversations.' I thought. I looked back up at Clark, even though I felt like I was still blushing. "I'm bored, what should I do?" I asked

Clark smiled again. "Well, I don't know. What do you want to do? Me? I'm just killing time. Nice having you around to chit chat with though."

I felt my face get extremely hot since I was blushing, all because I had sort of stopped listening after he said "What do you want to do? Me?". 'Stupid Noah. He's turned me into a pervert of sorts.' I thought as I looked away for a moment, and heard Clark chuckle.

"Hey, can I ask you something? Why did you follow Oliver down here anyway?" Clark asked

"It wasn't on purpose! I slipped!" I said and glared at him.

Clark just laughed. "Pfft, haha. Oh, sorry for laughing at you. I couldn't help it. Gee, you don't really look like a klutz though."

I frowned and I think I pouted (without realizing it again).

Clark chuckled and looked happy when he began to speak. "Oh, I just got done brewing some tea. You want some?" he asked.

I looked up at him. One moment we were talking about my klutziness, and the next he asks if I want tea. '…Good Lord above, he has to be related to Noah.' I thought. "Maybe, does it taste good?"

Clark gave me quite a big grin and poured a cup. "Tastes great to me, but I don't know what you'll think of it. Here, let me pour you a cup so that you can try it for yourself."

I took the cup of warm tea and just stared at it for a moment. I put the rim of the cup up to my lips and took a drink. It was warm, sweet, and reminded me a bit of honey. "Yummy..." I said in surprise.

Clark grinned and handed me a dry teabag. "Here, so you can have some for later."

I nodded my thanks and held back a yawn. I was starting to get a bit tired, but I knew I could stay and chat a bit longer.

"So, you came from the surface, right? What's it like?" Clark asked curiously, his eyes filled with child-like wonder.

I chuckled and finished up my tea. "Why don't you go see it for yourself?" I asked as I set my cup on the table closest to us.

Clark's eyes lit up and he gave me a big smile. "Hey, that's not a bad idea. Maybe I should join Oliver next time he goes up...or I could just escort you home when the time comes. You wouldn't mind that, right?"

I laughed and nodded. "Sure, I'd like that Clark." I yawned soon after and remembered why I was going to talk to him in the first place. "Say Clark, do you know where Oliver lives? I'm staying with him while I'm here, but he never told me just where he lived."

Clark nodded and gave me the description and the directions to Oliver's home. "Thanks Clark, I owe ya." I said as I walked off.

"No problem Ashley, sleep well!" Clark said to me.

As I walked to my temporary "home", I passed the Clock Tower and saw a few hours had passed by, and it was almost eight.

"Wow, I'm passing out at eight." I said aloud. It took me fifteen minutes, but I got to Oliver's home okay. I saw the door was unlocked, so I opened the door and walked on in. I quickly explored the small home until I found the bedroom.

I walked in and shut the door halfway, since I can't sleep with a fully closed door, and kicked off my shoes, and tossed my side bag next to them. I untucked the covers and climbed under them, snuggling into the pillow with a great yawn.

"Night." I said to no one as I shut my eyes.

"Goodnight Ashley..." I heard someone whisper, but I didn't pay attention since I was already off in dreamland, dreaming of both here, and my home...

-End Chapter One-