Theme song: Imagine- A Perfect Circle
A/N: This is an Alice in Wonderland fanfic. I only take credit for my four characters which are as followed, Ravin, her parents, and the murder. All other characters mentioned in this opening are from the original "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. I think that about covers it. Enjoy.
(Prologue)
And So The Nightmare Begins
Ravin sat at a very large table surrounded by familiar faces. To her left sat the March Hair in his best suite. He was pouring Alice another half glass of tea. The Dormouse had once again fallen asleep upon the table right in the middle of a treacle tart. One of the pies had sprouted legs again to attempt an escape one again. The Mad Hatter, whom had been eyeing the pie for the last minuet awaiting this attempt of flight, jumped atop of the pie trapping it with a tea tray. He set cups and saucers flying.
Dormouse awoke with a jerk and began reciting "treacle treacle little bat how i wonder what you're....." before he could finish he was once again asleep in the tart.
Ravin nearly chocked on her own glass of tea trying not to laugh. The Cheshire Cat had once again appeared in the tree behind the Madd Hatter, this time hanging upside down by it's tail. Ravin smiled and pushed away from the table and made her way over to the grinning feline.
"Why hello Cheshire Puss." Ravin said adding a small awkward curtsy. The cat just smiled away without saying a word. "Why that's rude. When some one greets you, you reply. You don't just hang there with a stupid grin on you face." The cat blinked and opened it's mouth as if to speak. But instead of it's on usual calm voice she could hear her mom's frantic cry of
"Ravin, Ravin wake up. Quick. We've got to go sweetie. Get up."
Just then the sky began to blacken and a ball of fire began to come swiftly threw the sky as if it were a cloud.
"Quick. We must save Ravin. Wake her up quick." Screeched the Madd Hatter.
The March Hair and Alice were running around as if looking for something to wake her up.
Just then Ravin sat strait up in her bed sending her copy of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland tumbling to the floor. She awoke to find her mothers frightened face above her.
"Wuuu. What's going on." Ravin could see her father frantically shoving her clothes in a bag.
"Were are we going." Ravin asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"No time to explain sweetie. Here put on your jacket. It's cold outside." Ravin obeyed shrugging tiredly into her grey jacket zipping it up all the way.
Ravin stumbled down the hall toward the stairs. She felt the ground lift from beneath her as her father lifted her into his arms. They made their way down the stairs and out the door. Ravin was expected them to climb into their SUV but instead they continued past it and into small grove of trees beside their house.
"What's going on?" Ravin asked now fully awake and fully aware that something wasn't quite right.
"We just need to get out of town for awhile is all sweetheart." Came her fathers reply.
"It's them isn't it daddy. The people you work for. They're lookin' for that thing you made aren't they?" Ravin looked up at her father. He didn't reply but she knew she was right.
Once they reached town Ravins father set her down and she began walking.
"Are we stayin' at gran's house until it settles down?" Ravin asked stopping to tie her shoe.
"That's the plan sweetie." Came her fathers tired response.
It was close to midnight according to her watch and the church bells that tolled in the distance. She closed her eyes and listened to it's haunting tone. All of a sudden she heard a loud gun shot behind her. Fear ran through her body. She heard someone yelp in pain. Ravin turned to see her father lying in a pool of his own blood. A dark figure stood over him staring down the barrel of a gun in her mothers direction.
"RUN RAVIN!!!!!" she shrieked before her voice was swallowed by another blast from the gun.
Ravin watched as her mother fell to the ground as if in slow motion. She was rooted to the spot in fright.
"Mother." She shrieked through her sobs.
Just then she was distracted by a sharp sting in her chest that seemed to be spreading from her stomach to the rest of her body like wildfire. Ravin looked down to see her shirt soaked with her own blood. The ground seemed to come up to meet her as she fell. As her vision began to blur she had enough life in her to see her families murderer. He smiled at her revealing his pearly white teeth and without saying a word he walked on into the night leaving her in deaths cold grip, frightened and all alone.
A/N: Well it's kinda short I know, but most prologues are. I'll hopefully get the first chapter posted fairly quickly. Hope you enjoyed the little I have to offer this first go around. So please, tell me what you think. Again I would like to remind you that I only take credit for my four characters which are as followed, Ravin, her parents, and the murder. All other characters mentioned in this opening are from the original "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
