Prologue
I fade in and out of consciousness. My eyes wont open, but sometimes I hear snatches of conversation. The pain is too bad. I sink back into the blackness again. I dream…
I'm running through a field and the sun shines brightly overhead. I'm wearing a light blue dress. I'm young. Mayhap 10 or so. My hair is in to braids that fly in the wind surrounding me. I hear someone calling me. He calls 'Icy! Where are you?'. I know the voice. A boy. A year or so older then me; if that. You wouldn't know he was older by observation though.
What's his name? It started with an R….
I turn and see him. 'Reggie!' I call.
Ah. That must be it. Reggie. How cute….
I look at the boy laughing. He is dressed as silly as ever. His blue shirt clashes with his bright purple pants and brown-orange jacket. His hat is over-sized and keeps slipping over his eyes as he runs to catch up with me. 'Icy! Lord your fast! Do you want to play?' There's a mischievous glint in his green eyes. You wouldn't see it unless you knew him as well as I do. 'Play what?' I giggle. Reggie always knows the best games. 'Truth or Dare?' He questions. 'Yes! Yes! I'm first this time though.' I reply…
My eyelids flutter open as I awake. I'm in a white room with a checkered floor. Where am I? There's no one there. I hear beeping and see a screen to my left covered in green lines. The lines go up each time the machine beeps. There are tubes all over me. Ugh! I tear them out immediately. Someone comes charging into the room. She looks regal, dressed completely in white. With out thinking about it I know who she is.
"Ivory! What am I doing here? What is this place? Are we still in Wonderland?" I demand.
"Sweet heart, my name is Katie. I'm your nurse. You've been in a coma for the last eight months. You fell off your cousin Liz's roof."
She has to be talking about Bill. He's the last of the Lizard family.
"He was trying to come get you with his ladder but—" Katie continued.
"Yes Bill always has his ladder." I break in. "Never leaves home without it. Runs in the family…"
"Ma'am do you know who you are?"
"Of course I do! My name is Alice Liddell."