This is rated T for language and for slight sexualness.

The Girl

The lightning flashed and the thunder crashed as the girl ran through the trees. The rain soaked through her dress and made her hair stick to her face. She pushed her hair back with one hand as she held her dress up with the other. She looked around but couldn't see very much because the rain was pouring down in thick sheets. She tripped over a tree root and fell to the ground. She hurriedly stood back up. Her dress now had mud on it and as she stood up the hem of it caught on a stick and she heard it rip. She didn't pay it any attention as she started to run again, leaving behind the piece of cloth that had been ripped off. She ran and ran, trying to find the tree that had been in her mother's story. She could barely see through the curtain of rain. She stumbled on a tree root again. She felt tears well up in her eyes and they poured down her cheeks, mixing with the rain. She didn't think she'd ever be able to find it. Just then, lightning lit up the sky and as it did she noticed that the tree she was leaning against was the tree. She couldn't believe it. She stood up and slowly walked around the tree as she looked for the hole. She found it and put her feet into the hole. She slid into it and felt herself start to fall. She just kept falling. She saw all the things that had been in her mother's story from the falling objects to the bed that she landed on. She walked into the room that had doors all the way around it and held a glass table. There was a bottle on the table with a label that said drink me. She hadn't been sure if there would be a bottle on the table but she was relived that there was. She walked over to the table and saw that there was a key next to the bottle. She picked up the key in one hand and then she took a drink from the bottle. She felt herself start to shrink. Her mud covered dress didn't shrink with her so she wound up in a pale pink and white loose dress when she was completely shrunk. She walked towards the curtain and pulled it back to reveal the door. She put the key into it and slowly unlocked the door. She slowly opened the door to reveal the magical land that her mother had told her about. She stepped through the door and looked around. There was no one around so she walked farther along the trail she was on.

"Who are you?" she heard near her ear. She whipped around but didn't see anything. As she was about to keep walking she saw a pair of eyes and a mouth start to appear in midair followed by the body of a cat. She remembered this cat from her mother's story. Her mother had said he was called the Cheshire Cat.

"Are you the Cheshire Cat?" she asked.

"Yes. Now answer the question I asked you, who are you?"

"I am Alison. Ali for short."

"How did you get here Alison?"

"My mother told me about this place. She told me all about Wonderland, you, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen, the White Queen, and everything else."

"And how did your mother know about all of this?" the Cheshire Cat asked as he floated around Alison.

"My mother's name is Alice. The Alice."

The Cheshire Cat stopped floating and stayed in front of Alison's face. "Your mother is the Alice?"

"Yes."

"Then come with me," he said as he turned and started to float away along the trail. He disappeared but Alison kept following the trail and he would appear now and again to let her know that she was going to right way. He took her to the White Queen's Castle. The door was opened almost as soon as they got to it by the Mad Hatter. He had been out on the balcony and had seen Chess approaching with a girl. When Hatter saw the blonde curls of the girl he had a sudden thought that this girl might be Alice. He knew that there was almost no way that that would be possible since it had been about 21 years since Alice had last been in Wonderland. No one had aged though in the time that she had been gone. The Hatter and the Queen and everyone else were the same age that they had been when Alice had left.

Hatter looked into the girl's face as soon as he opened the door. She looked like Alice but she wasn't Alice.

"And who is this?" he asked.

"I am Alison."

"Alis-on?" Hatter said, pausing after the part of the name that sounded like Alice.

"Yes. I'm Alison. My mother told me all about you. She said you were the best hatter and that you were very funny," Alison said with a smile.

"Your mother?"

"Yes. My mother is Alice."

"The Alice?'

"Yes the Alice. Although she didn't tell me that you only talk in questions," Alison teased.

"What? Oh I'm just surprised to see another girl here in Wonderland. Especially since that girl is the daughter of Alice."

"I could see why you'd be surprised. I mean, it's been probably about 21 years or so since she was here and no one here would know that she got married and had a daughter."

"Why don't you come in? I'm sure the White Queen would love to see you," Hatter said as he stepped back so Alison could walk through the door. Alison walked into the castle, giving Hatter a smile. "Follow me," Hatter said. The Cheshire Cat didn't come with them. "So how old are you Miss Alison?"

"I'm 17."

"You look so much like your mother," Hatter said in a voice that told Alison he was thinking of the days when her mother was in Wonderland.

"I've been told that a lot. I just wish that she could see me look so much like her," Alison said looking down at the floor.

"What do you mean?" Hatter asked, concern in his voice.

"My mother is dead. She was on a boat to go and try to get a new trade location and the boat was caught in a storm and sunk." Alison's voice got really quiet. Her eyes started to water but she had taught herself how to hold them back.

"I'm so sorry," Hatter said. He wasn't quite sure what to do. He sort of put his arm out to give her a hug but he wasn't sure if that was what he should do or not. Alison just closed her eyes tight and shook her head.

"It happened when I was 14. I've come to deal with now. So how much farther till we get to where the White Queen is?"

"We're almost there." They walked the last couple of minutes in silence. They went out to the courtyard where the White Queen was with her court.

"Hello Hatter," she said as she spotted them. She walked over to them and smiled at Alison. "And who is this?"

"I am Alison Your Highness," Alison said as she gave a small curtsey.

"Hello Alison."

"She's Alice's daughter," Hatter told the Queen.

"You are Alice's daughter?"

"Yes Your Highness."
"You don't need to say Your Highness. But what brings you here?"

"I would prefer to just speak with you if that was okay. The Hatter can be there to if he wishes. I know my mother thought very highly of him." This brought a little smile to the Hatter's lips.

"Very well." The Queen turned to her court, "I am off to talk with Alison." She then turned to Alison and said, "Follow me." She led her and Hatter to a room that held two white chairs and two white couches around a glass table. "Take a seat," she said as she gestured to the seats. She took a seat in one of the chairs. Alice sat on the other chair and Hatter sat on the couch in between the two chairs. A boy dressed all in white came into the room with a tray that held 3 teacups and a teapot and then left the room. The Queen poured three cups of tea. She handed one to Hatter, the other to Alison, and kept the third in front of her. "Now what do you want to tell us dear?

Alison took a deep breath and prepared to start.