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Chapter 1~ Into the Mist
Alice layed in the garden, her mind wandering off to a place she would never return to. Wonderland. Or Underland as she now knew it. Even if all her old friends waited there for her, she still wouldn't go back. There where two reasons why she wouldn't go: her job and her new husband, John. She had married him for money, which is what her mother wanted her to do, despite her father's business, now in China. Alice was a rich as she could be, but something nagged at her constantly. It was the likeness her husband shared with the Hatter(she soon realized he was nothing like him , he just looked like him a bit). Sure, she missed the mad man, but she never went to go back. A bell sounded, telling Alice it was tea time. That was another thing she hated. Tea time. Because of him. She had thought, sitting upright. Why must I still remember him?
"Alice!" John called, rushing over to her. "Do you know it's not proper to sit on the ground like that? What will the neighbors think?" Alice didn't respond, she just stood up and walked off. "Alice! Get back here!" Orders. Always orders. 'Alice, do this! Alice, do that! Alice, stop daydreaming and come here NOW!' She hated the orders John gave. I could buy a divorce with all the money I have now. She thought, laughing a bit. Her husband didn't follow her, and she was grateful for that.
"Alice!" she heard him calling her, but she kept on walking. Then the treecame into view. The tree with the passage to Underland. But it didn't exist any more. It had been filled in and a rose bush(a white one) was planted over it. Alice kept walking while she heard someone following her. A guard, most likely. The couple where so rich they could buy a clock towerif they wanted. And they had, so guards where no huge expense. Alice kept walking, stopping only when a thorn had snagged her gray-blue dress, the same she had worn on her trip to Underland. It was a bit torn, but she didn't care. Whoever was following her, still was, but they kept their distance.
"Too scared to face me, huh?" she muttered under her breath. A crow-no, a raven flew over her head, landing on a branch, making her think of him again.
"Why are you like a writing desk?" she asked the bird. No reply came, though. It just stared at her, the black shape almost like a statue. Alice stopped and turned around. Her follower had left, apparently, so she walked quickly back home, passing the rose bush. She picked one of the blossoms, avoiding the thorns. She studied it for a moment, then decided she shouldn't be remembering Wonderland. It was just a rose. Nothing more, nothing less. But it wasn't an ordinary rose. It had something about it that made her stop and remember the White Queen and her battle. Suddenly, John came into view, a cross look on his face.
"Alice-" he began, moving closer to her. He only continued when their faces where inches apart. Alice knew how he dealt with anger, and it was never good. "Why did you leave when you where not told told to do so?" he yelled, slowly forcing Alice agents a tree. She had one more trick she could use to confuse him, though.
"John? Do you know why a raven is like a writing desk?" John blinked.
"Stop asking silly questions!" she just laughed.
"Then you don't know either!" she said between her mad-laugh. For a moment, she stayed still, then ducked away from him. Alice ran as fast as she could in her dress. Tree branches snagged at it, but she didn't care. She kept running, up a flight of stone stairs and around a row of columns. Then she stopped. The place where she stood was the replica of the place she stood five years ago in Underland. No dragon-like-thing(she had long forgotten it's proper name) to fight, though. Alice sat down at the top of the tower, looking down over a pond. For no reason at all, she began to cry.
The Mad Hatter stood at the table where normally a tea party would be held. Time stood still for him, so he looked as he did five years ago. When Alice was in Underland. When he could have told her. Idiot. I'm an idiot for letting her leave. He had this thought often, and it took up most of his other thoughts.
"Hatter?" The White Queen came from behind him.
"Your Majesty." he said, turning to face her.
"You miss her." she whispered, and he nodded.
"Then I have something for you." the White Queen look his hand and lead him to her castle. Inside where various jars holding strange things, but she didn't need anything like that. Instead, she took a small vile filled with a purple liquid out from a shelf.
"Is that..." the Queen nodded, handing it to the Hatter.
"This will take you to her." she said, watching as he drank it. "To get back, just go down the rabbit hole." she called, now a wisp of smoke.
"I'm coming, Alice." the Hatter murmured. "I'm coming."
After she was done crying, Alice sat on the stone for a while. She desperately wanted back now, to see the White Queen, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the white rabbit McTwisp, and the one she wanted to see the most: The Mad Hatter. More tears began to flow down her face when she thought of him.
"Alice?" She looked down, and John looked up. "What's going on?"
"Come up here and I might tell you." she called down, trying not to sniffle while saying it. John climbed the stairs and reached her almost instantly.
"Why are you crying, love?"
"Because I..."
"Yes?"
"I'm in love..." she whispered, looking up at John, who just laughed.
"I know! I love you too." Alice didn't smile. She just shook her head and slid the ring off her finger. "Alice?"
"With a mad man." she finished, standing up and walking down the stairs. The ring lay on the grass below, it's blue gem now as black as the night sky.
He watched Alice walk away from the stone tower and into the woods, then followed her to a garden filled with shrubs. Alice sat alone, in a hidden corner of the garden. The Hatter wanted to sit beside her, but he had no clue how to approach her. Suddenly, a twig snapped under his foot.
"Who's there?" Alice called, looking around.
"Alice?" he finally said, not knowing she mistook his voice for Johns.
"Go away!" she snapped, sobbing even more. "Just leave!" he didn't, though.
"Please?" he whispered, walking into her view. Alice stopped crying.
A pair of green eyes stared into hers. The man before her had somehow found her, come back when she needed him the most. Alice stood up, her eyes wide.
"Hatter?" she whispered, slowly walking over to him.
"Alice..." he said, trying to smile for her. She broke into a run, throwing her arms around him.
"How did you get here?! It's been so long, and I missed you so much!" she half-cried, half-whispered. Sh let go of him, her face turning serious. "Why did you come?" she asked.
"So I could see you, Alice." he replied, keeping his hands on her shoulders.
"I-" she was cut off.
"ALICE?!" John screeched, walking fast towards them. "Who is this?" She looked at Hatter, then at John, then back at Hatter.
"Come on!" she whispered, racing off. Hatter followed, doing his best to keep up with her. John followed, his eyes filled with rage. Hatter suddenly stopped, grabbing Alice's wrist so she would stop too.
"Alice!" John roared again, marching up to Hatter. "Why are you with my wife?" he snapped at Hatter.
"I told you, John!" Alice said, pointing at Hatter. "Mad man." John just looked at them, not giving chase when they ran off into the woods. What am I doing? Alice asked herself. Running away with the one you love. Her mind replied. Suddenly, a root caught her foot, and Alice fell to the ground.
"Alice?" Hatter offered his hand when he stopped, and he helped her up.
"I'm fine."
"Where's the rabbit hole?" he asked, looking around. She shook her head.
"It's gone..." She pointed at the rose bush. "That's where it was."
"Oh, no...If there's no rabbit hole, we can't go back. If we can't go back, then I'll have to live here. If I have to live here, who knows what-" Alice walked over to him and put a hand on his cheek.
"Hatter." she whispered, her eyes meeting his.
"Sorry..." Alice kept her hand on his face, looking into his green eyes.
"We'll get back. I promise." with that, Alice walked over to the rose bush and pounded the dirt next to it. A hole opened up and the bush fell in. "See?" she smiled, sitting down at the edge of the hole. "I wouldn't have it covered up without a way to get back, you know." Hatter sat down next to her, and they slid down the hole. Alice clung to him, keeping her eyes closed. The piano whizzed by them, playing an odd song. Alice thought the would be falling forever, but soon they landed with a thud on the tile floor. There was the key, along with a bottle that had a tag saying 'DRINK ME'. Alice held onto the key as she un-corked the bottle. "I wonder how McTwisp knew we where coming..." she muttered, shrugging the thought away.
"Here." she handed to Hatter. "Drink half of it, that should work." He did as she said, shrinking down to the size of the key. Alice took the bottle and drank the rest of it, shrinking down to his size. Alice tightened a piece of cloth around her as dress and steeped over the rest of it. Weird. Hatter's clothes stayed the same size. She shrugged, and opened the tiny door. They both expected to see the same garden, but in it's place was a misty field with patches of grass on fire.
"Oh, no..." Hatter murmured, taking a step into the mist.
Hey, you! Yea, you! REVIEW! It will make another chapter appear out of no where, so DO IT. Btw, the name 'John'(if you haven't guessd already) was used because I was thinking of Jonny Depp at the time. ^^ Oh, and something random I found... apprently there is a language by the name of Danish... and I'm thingking to myself... like the food?