Memories of Wonderland

by Lindsay2984

It has been years since Alice has been to Wonderland. The White Rabbit comes, but with terrible news. She has to go back to Wonderland to save everyone. She is excited to see her old friends, but once she gets there, she learns that there's nothing to be excited about. What will happen to her favorite place? Will she ever see the friends she once had?

1. Prologue: Alice's Dreams

Prologue: Alice's Dreams

It has been years since my visit to wonderland. I can barely recall exactly what happened or how I came to know this wondrous place. Dinah is all grown up, and I don't fit into my blue dress and striped stockings anymore. Every night I dream of Wonderland, each dream almost exactly the same. I still wonder whether my encounter was real or not, even though I have been told many times it must have been a dream and that my mind is filled with nonsense. I want to believe it true, but my senses come to me every time and tell my mind, "It was only a dream, Alice".

Every now and then, I think I see the white rabbit singing the same song he sung when I was just a girl:

"I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date!"

"No time to say 'hello', 'goodbye!' "

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

I still vaguely remember my old friends the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat, and my not-so-friend, the Queen of Hearts. I do miss them dearly sometimes, as they were my weirdest, yet my dearest friends. I still go back to my childish memories every day and in my dreams, wishing I could just go back, even for one minute.

So now I rest, having the same dream I do every night, that I so dearly enjoy.