Insanity
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or Alice in Wonderland.
Chapter One: Betrayal
"And then I woke up, but I know it wasn't a dream," Mary Alice finished.
Mary Alice's parents exchanged a glance.
"Mary Alice, there is no such thing as Wonderland. It was all just your imagination," her mother explained.
"No! I know that it wasn't just my imagination. It was real!" Mary Alice insisted.
"Mary…" Mr. Brandon started.
"Why don't you ever believe me?" Mary Alice interrupted.
"Your hallucinations are silly, Mary Alice. They must be stopped," Mr. Brandon replied.
"But they're not silly. They've come true!"
"No, Mary Alice. We've called Dr. Hardinton, he'll be here soon," Mrs. Brandon stated.
Mary Alice stared at her parents in shock. "Dr. Hardinton? But, he's the owner of…" she trailed off.
"The insane asylum, yes. Mary, you have a problem. He'll help you fix it," her father said softly.
Mary Alice turned to look at her sister, Cynthia, for help. Her younger sister shrugged.
"Please don't do this. I'll be good, I promise," Mary Alice begged.
Mary Alice's mother just shook her head before exiting the room, Mr. Brandon on her heels.
"I'll miss you," Cynthia stated before leaving the room also.
Mary Alice stared after her family. How could they do this to her?
A knock on the door brought Mary Alice out of her grim thoughts. The door opened after a second and her father led a man into the room. "Mary Alice, this is Dr. Hardinton," he introduced.
The man looked at her as if she were a lab rat, ready to do some horrible experiments on. Mary Alice shrank back.
Five minutes later, she was sitting the back of a carriage, watching her family fade into the distance as she was taken away.
Wistfully, Mary Alice looked away from them.
It only took a few minutes before the carriage stopped outside a dark building. Mary Alice looked up at it in dread.
The door opened and a man in a white coat stood there. He studied her for a few moments before holding out a hand to help her out. "I am Dr. Orion. I am assigned to you. You are Mary Alice Brandon?"
"Just Alice," Mary Alice prompted.
"Oh yes, of course," Dr. Orion nodded.
Mary Alice was lead into the building and then down a long hallway before reaching her new quarters.
The door was opened and Mary Alice panicked as she saw that it wasn't a room, it was merely a dark cell.
"Please don't," she pleaded to Dr. Orion.
He gave her a sympathetic look. "It is for your own good, Alice. It must be done."
Mary Alice was gently propelled into the cell and the door was closed, encasing her in darkness.
Mary Alice felt her way over to a wall and sat down.
"I should've just stayed in Wonderland, I'm sure someone would have taken me in, and it would certainly be better than this," Mary Alice muttered to herself as she curled up into a tight ball.
Outside the door, Dr. Orion turned his gaze on Dr. Hardinton. "Are you sure this is right? She is only nine years old. Surely she can't be insane?"
"She is, her parents have reported it and there is much evidence. Here is her report," Dr. Hardinton replied, handing Dr. Orion a folder before walking away.
Dr. Orion gave the door of Alice's cell another pitiful look before walking away himself.
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