|| Estelle in Wonderland ||

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Disclaimer: TOV and the original Alice in Wonderland are not mine and shall never be mine.

Claimer: None what-so-ever.

A/N: I've been into TOV for the last year or so, so I decided to start writing FFs about it. Also, I've never seen a TOV FF based off the classic before, so I figured that I'd be the first, if I am the first. If not, then here's another one for you.

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Chapter 1: Away She'll Go down the Rabbit's Hole

"Ah!" cried Estelle as several books fell from their places on the shelf. She had tried to reach one book, but ended up with at least a dozen as a result. She stared with worry towards the books lying in a mess on the floor. This was why she needed a bigger ladder; that way something like this didn't happen. But that was Flynn, worrying that she would loss her balance or something.

Estelle stepped off the step-ladder she had been using and carefully started gathering up the books she dropped. A knight's head popped up from around the corner. "Has something happened, my Lady?"

The young princess shook her head. "No, I just made a small mess; nothing to worry about." The knight nodded and returned to his post at the library's door.

Estelle smiled for the knight's kind concerns and returned to her task. It was only when there was one book left did she stop. It was the title that made her pause. She left it alone for a moment as she returned the other books to their respectable places and only returned for it after she was done. She slowly picked it up.

There was dust covering it, meaning that it hadn't been touched in a while. Using her sleeve, Estelle wiped away the layer of dust to reveal the title.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland…

It took Estelle a moment for something to click. "Oh! I remember this book. This was the one Mother read to me when I was younger. I completely forgot about it." She looked outside. It was still early. She had some time before they got there. A few chapters wouldn't hurt…

Completely forgetting about the original book of interest, Estelle took a seat on one of the reading couches, the book lying neatly on her lap. She flipped to the first page with care were the book more fragile than it showed.

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do…

How the memories started to come back as she read. She soon became lost in its contents and the time passed by.

It wasn't until she heard a clock go off did she look up in shock. "Oh no! That late already? I'm late!" She was carefully marking her place in the book when she heard fast approaching footsteps. What she saw bizarre her.

"Flynn?" It was the Commandant, but his appearance startled her. The uniform she was used to seeing him wear was replaced by slacks and a waist coat, though that wasn't what surprised Estelle. It was the rabbit ears on his head. She took a step forward. "Flynn? Why are you…?"

He appeared to have no noticed her as he pulled out a watch from his pocket. For a moment, no one said anything. Estelle jumped in surprised when he suddenly turned his attention finally to her.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

Estelle stuttered as she tried to answer, but could not get an answer out. She was too stunned by what she was seeing to answer properly. He stared at his watch.

"Never mind, I'm late. I'm late for a very important date." Without warning, he rushed off, leaving Estelle stunned.

Now he was rhyming and now she was curious. "What in the world is going on? I have to find out!" With that, she took off after Flynn, calling after him. "Flynn, wait up!" She caught sight of him several times as they ran through the castle, but not once did he stop.

All that time she heard the echoes of Flynn's voice bouncing off the walls. "Quickly! Quickly! I'm late for a very important date!" Surely someone would have noticed the Commandant's strange behavior, but all that time she didn't run into a single knight.

What's going on here? First Flynn is acting strange and now everyone seems to have vanished into thin air!

Eventually, the chase led to the gardens, but when she scanned the area, Flynn had vanished without a trace. "Okay… now where'd he go?" The words had barely left her lips when she saw a shade vanish towards one of the corner. Flynn…

She ran to where the shade was spotted, but no one was there. "I could have sworn… If that wasn't Flynn, then what-"

Estelle never finished as the ground below her gave away and she began to fall. She couldn't get a scream out of her mouth as she fell down what seemed like a bottomless pit. Eventually she slowed down, but she continued to fall. She was almost in complete darkness, but a square shaped object caught her eye. She knew what it was and flipped on the Magic Lantern, letting light into the entire hole. Furniture and other objects cluttered the tunnel, all floating in midair.

"This is curious," Estelle stated. "Well, I won't think about falling down the stairs after this." She picked up a book sitting on bookshelf she passed. The hole was deep or she was going slower than she believed herself to be, but either way it would probably be a while before she reached the bottom if there was one.

She opened the book, but was surprised to see that each page had only pictures. She loved books, but she couldn't keep looking after a minute had passed, so she placed the book on another passing shelf. She looked down.

The hole seemed to go on for miles. "I wonder if I'm at the world's center now. It's possible, I think, but who can say for sure." She looked up. She couldn't see the top anymore, so she looked downward again. She still couldn't see the bottom.

"If this hole goes through Terca Lumireis, I guess I'll find myself on the other side of the world. If that's the case, then where would I end up? Oh, I hope I don't find myself in the ocean! That would be terrible!"

Fortunately, Estelle wouldn't find herself in the ocean. One minute she was falling at a steady pace; the next her fall became jerky and she landed in a pile of leaves and stick. She was unharmed. The sudden change in speed left her startled. "What a landing that was! I'm glad my landing was softened, or I could have broken a bone or two."

She heard coughing and looked up to see Flynn standing there with his watch, tapping his foot impatiently. "We must go for time is short!" He dashed off again, leaving Estelle standing up and dust dry leaves and twigs off her.

"I know Flynn is about organization and keep a schedule, but I've never seen him acting like this before." I hope this is just a really bad joke by Yuri or Raven, or even Judith. Flynn would never agree to something like this unless one of them was involved.

"Flynn! Wait up!" Estelle called, running into a hall that twisted and turned in every direction possible.

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PS. I'm sorry I haven't been updating my other stories recently. I've had writer's block and I've been busy with school. Hopefully now that summer's almost here, I'll be able to update again.