Hello all! This is the warm-up to my Alice-In-Wonderland next generation short story (which is kinda long, now that I think about it) I currently have written 6 chapters plus the prologue and am still not finished with it. Comment with ways you think I can make it better.

I don't own Alice In Wonderland, cause if I did I'd have published this by now.

Every character in this story is based off of people in my life (All except for Alice, who should probably be ancient by the time my story's set in), and I hope I don't offend any of them.

Prologue

Alice, Julia's mother, had started telling her daughter of her adventures in Wonderland even before the girl could understand what her mother was saying. Alice told her daughter of the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the angry queen that beheaded people minutely, and the Cheshire cat who would fade slowly until he completely disappeared. Julia would listen to her mother intently as the woman told her of the Duchess's baby which had turned into a pig, and of the mock-turtle who danced with crayfish. The child was always enchanted by her mother's stories of the illogical world called Wonderland, where the roses grew on trees and animals spoke, and had always wished that she would have Wonderland adventures of her own. Yet, Julia's eighth birthday passed without a single Wonderland experience, but the child did not give up hope.

But, by the time her 11th birthday had passed, she had asked her mother to stop telling her 'those silly stories about that silly place'. Her mother was sad, for she had always looked forward to telling Julia about Wonderland everyday before bed, and now her only audience was Julia's younger sister, Kara. Though Alice loved both Kara and Julia dearly, Julia was a much better listener than Kara, who always fell asleep before the story was finished.

When Julia's 14th birthday arrived, the girl had completely forgotten about that enchanted place called Wonderland. After she blew out the candles and everyone ate their cake, Julia went over to talk to her friends Zoe B, Amber, and Lily, who had all arrived together. As the conversation continued, her friends Wesley, Cameron, Julian, Tarrin, Connor, and Zoë P joined them one by one. Wonderland never came up in this conversation, for how could one talk about a place one does not remember?

The birthday girl said goodbye to the last of the guests and watched them drive off. Exhausted, Julia climbed the stairs to her bedroom and flopped onto the bed, which had her staring at the ceiling. After a while of staring at the ceiling, the girl decided to get ready for bed, and put on her pajamas before going into her bathroom to brush her teeth.

Teeth brushed and pajamas on, Julia hopped into bed, and smiled as she drifted off into a deep sleep.

Sitting at her desk three months after her 14th birthday party, Julia typed up a paper for her language arts class happily. When she glanced at the clock, she was surprised with how late it was, so she saved the paper (which was finished now), put on her pajamas, and brushed her teeth. She paused a little before she hopped into her bed, which was strange, for she was quite tired and wanted to get under the covers to fall asleep as quickly as she could. As her head lay against the pillow, Julia's mind slowly wandered back to the images she had of her imaginary Wonderland, and of the feeling of disappointment that she had when she never went to the real one. This startled her a bit, but did not stop her from quickly falling into a deep sleep.