Alice in Wonderland
Chapter 1: Falling Down
The sky was hued a mysterious shade of gold and the forest was tinted blue.
"Alice...Alice...Alice you have to wake up now" The unbelievably beautiful boy told me. A sad looking door mouse on his shoulder and a girl with Cheshire cat ears , a boy with Hare ears and a girl with white rabbit ears at his feet.
"Will I ever see you all again?" I asked them a tear sliding down a rosy round cheek. The boys finger came to my face a brushed the tear away gently, he knelt down to come face to face with me.
"Alice my love, if your heart so wishes it you will not forget us or this place and if Fate wishes you will come back to us" he said giving me a sad smile. My bottom lip trembled as I let him wrap his arms around me, I breathed in his rich scent that had a hint of lavender.
"I'll be back..I promise" I told them determinedly. They all waved as I closed my eyes.
"Goodbye Alice..." the velvety voice whispered. I always had the same dream ever since I could remember, but even in my dreams I could not come up with the names of the faces I saw. I sat up in my bed starring out the window thinking when hell broke loose down stairs.
"ALICE! Alice Elizabeth Wood you wake up right this instant and get ready for school!" My mother's shrill voice demanded and the volume snapped me to attention and with a quick yelp I fell from my warm bed to the cold wood floor.
"Argh.." I moaned from my position on the lumber. After deciding I did not want my mom to come up here and find me still unprepared I pulled myself up off the floor and made my way to the bathroom.
After finishing my morning rituals I slumped down the winding stairs to the kitchen.
"Did you die up their I've been calling you for ten minutes Alice." My mother spoke after I had seated myself & tucked into my cereal. I looked up from the box I was reading while eating and saw she was shaking her head at me.
I grunted "sorry mom I was out of it and I did here you." I said to her quietly.
She looked me over a shook her head again. "Alice you are never going to find a boyfriend dress so drably." She told my snottily and shook a wooden spoon in my direction.
I looked down at my black skinny jeans and black and white checkered blouse with my white ballet flats and raised an eyebrow at her. "What's wrong with the way I dress?" I asked confused.
"You dress un lady like and way too dark" she pointed out as though it were a crime. "I'm wearing white" I defended weakly.
"Alice why don't you go out with Stanley he's a nice boy and he likes you" she told me in a sugary voice and I thought I was going to be sick. Stanley Dickens had to be one of the most disgusting and most rude boy known to mankind! Plus he stalks me which has me mentally paranoid!
"Okay whatever mom I gotta go to school!" said in a hurry running out of the kitchen, grabbing my bag off the floor and placing my IPod in my pocket. "Bye Mom!" I called over my shoulder closing the door and skipping down the drive.
I sighed in relief as I escaped that conversation. But, all the relief was flushed from my system when I heard the devil himself call my name.
"Alice! Wait for me I'll walk with you!" Stanley's annoyingly grating voice called. I didn't even turn around I immediately began to run, I silently thanked myself for taking track.
I was almost over the small wooden bridge when I tripped on a crack in the panel's and rolled down the small hill stopping just before I rolled in to the creek.
I quickly scrambled to my feet and curled up against the stone wall under the bridge.
"Alice wait!" Stanley's feet pounded atop of the wood and kept running down the walk way. I sighed heavily as the relief flooded my senses letting myself slide down the wall to sit on the cool river stones.
"Thank goodness" I breathed and swept my blond and black bangs out of my pale face, letting my hand rest on my presumably flushed cheek.
I don't know how long I sat under the bridge but I knew I was late for school which also meant I was toast. But I couldn't find it in me too care if I was late to school, it was just high school and this would be my first in the three years I've been there.
Just as I was musing of a way to explain this later, rustling came from a bush not too far away from me and I was on my feet in a flash. The rustling became more pronounced .
"H-hello?" I stuttered out took a step back. The movement in the bush stopped but then something started to emerge from the leaves.
I covered my face and turned around as I let out a whimper.
"Hey ya what cha doing?" a little voice asked me. when I turned around and what I saw almost made me faint.
The little girl that stood before me was so familiar but I couldn't remember why, she hand a cloth tied about her head like white rabbit ears and was wearing a light brown dress with a white apron.
"Oh my gosh you scared me" I told her and stood back up. She just looked at me and smiled then began to jump around. I stared at her and took in her profile but I still couldn't come up with an explanation as to why she was familiar.
"Excuse me but what's your name?" I asked the hyper little girl. she stopped only once to look at me and told me cheerfully "My name is White Rabbit and you are Alice" she giggled.
She said this as if I had lost my mind, I was starting to think I did. I thought over her name and nothing still.
"That's a strange name for a little girl...Hey how did you know my name?" I asked curiously and she was facing away from me when she stopped bouncing. I thought she got tired but when she started to weep I knew something was wrong.
"You forgot Alice you promised and you forgot about us" she sobbed and I had not the slightest idea of what this poor girl was talking about.
"I'm sorry rabbit" I told her sincerely and placed my hand on her shoulder. She sniffled one last time before she jumped and pulled a antique looking silver hand watch out of her apron pocket.
"Oh me oh my we are late!" she screeched and started to run into the forest that was near the bridge. I watched her run before I started on after her leaving my bag discarded on the pebble covered floor.
"Rabbit wait! Rabbit where are you going!" I yelled after her and she only stopped for a moment and bounced rapidly in place tapping the glass of the watch with her finger repeating "We're late we're late we're late! Come on Alice!" and then she turned to run again.
I kept up with her before she disappeared behind a huge oak tree that was covered in yellow and white blossoms. I looked around wildly but I had lost her that's when I heard an echo come from the tree. "Alice! Alice come on!" the voice came from inside the tree.
I stood on the monstrous roots of the tree looking down a black hole that sat in the middle of the trunk. There was a faint light and then I saw her but she was so tiny, she waved franticly "ALICE!" her voice echoed.
I wasted no time in climbing in the hole but I lost my hold on a root and then the endless falling and black came and my scream filled the rabbit hole. Alice Elizabeth Wood What in the world have you gotten yourself into.