AN: Finally, after TOO long, I've posted my first AiW thing. It's the prologue to a much longer story in which I paint a darker picture of the Wonderland shown in the 1951 Disney film. I may post more of the story if this gets any recognition.
"Portrait of a Dreamer"
She was a child, pure and simple. Gazing at the white-speckled field and bright green hills that beckoned to her, she envisioned a world of her very own. In that world, there would be no lessons to learn, no rules to follow, no strict schedules to adhere to. Even the most basic laws of logic would come undone. In a world of her own, she would be free to be the girl that she was rather than the woman that she was expected to be.
For the time being, that world was confined to her imagination. Though others thought it impossible, she longed to bring that world to life by some means. She desired an escape from reality, a vacation in a paradise of her own creation. In visiting this world of hers, she would finally be able to attain the freedom that she had been craving since her earliest moment.
Freedom.
Was it really that simple? Could she really acquire the key to her happiness just by closing her eyes?
Whatever the answer was, she was determined to find it out.
She entrusted her body to the sun-kissed arms of the towering oak tree and closed her eyes. All that she needed was a little patience, and her long-enduring dream would materialize before her very eyes.
Surely it would be everything that she'd ever wanted.
Wouldn't it?