Alice's eyes gazed upon the small vial that was in her hands. She tipped it to the side in thought as its content slowly oozed to the side. Her mind was moving with it. What am I supposed to do now? What would he react to such a claim? Would he even want it? She asked herself as her gaze slowly pulled away from the glass and to the darkened room around her. It was night in Underland and it showed. Nothing could really be seen except for the small candle light that flickered from where Alice stood. The soft glow casted down upon the scattered hats as well as the mismatched textiles that laid upon the floor.
Much to her constant pleas, her husband still didn't pick up his work. Though she thought it was what she got for marrying a Hightop. Both her and Hatter have been through things that she wouldn't have thought of before. Meeting as a child, growing up and slowly fell in love; It seemed just like it was yesterday when she had read of such tales. She wouldn't have ever guessed it would've happened to her. It was a dream...but a very wonderful dream. Though now she thought that the dream was slowly dying away as she sat on her chair.
Ruffles of feathers scared her as she turned to gaze out into the blackness of the window. The land was casted in shadows and nothing moved except for obnoxious ravens and the soft melody of crickets. Alice started to slow her quickened breath as she got up onto her feet and headed to her bedroom. She made sure not to trip over anything or bump into things that would make noise. The room itself wasn't very big but it was comfy for the two of them. She peaked in and spotted her husband's wild, red hair. It was so bright you could hardly miss it. There he is...like a sleeping child….Thought Alice as her mind wandered when she mentioned the word child. Slowly and quietly she moved to his side and bent down; Her fingers gently playing with a few strands of his hair.
"We've been through a lot haven't we?"She asked him knowing that he was too much asleep to answer back. "Opened a hat shoppe, got married, got invited to the White Queen's Ball…." She stopped quickly as he moved a bit and rolled over. A small sigh of relief escaped her lips. Alice then continued with a heavy heart," But...I don't think we can go through with this together...I'm afraid you won't like it. I..it's hard to say way but..later on you will understand why I must go." Tears began to appear as she tried not to cry. "G..g..goodbye my love, I hope we will meet once more. " As she stopped, she gave him a soft kiss on the cheek before standing up. Her small kiss made him smile in his sleep. The small gesture broke her heart more as she slowly and quietly stepped away from his bed and towards where she was once before.
Since she left the moon had started to fall and its silver light now cascaded upon her chair. Hesitantly she sat back down and looked at the vial once more. More of the thoughts wandered in and out of her mind leaving her to make faces as she tried to figure out what to do. As she looked upon her reflection she thought of how much this could hurt him. She was his wife, his love, it would break his heart. She didn't want to hurt him but then again she didn't want to make the wrong decision. At the moment she made up her mind. Quickly and with swift movements she headed out the door of the cottage and up to the hill. The moon was above her like a spotlight. In a swift motion she uncorked the vial and swished the liquid around before tipping it into her mouth.
She could taste the familiar blood of the Jabberwocky. It was bitter and quite distasteful. As she pulled it away, the darkened landscape around her started to distort and swirl, like that of a black hole. Before she knew it, she was back to where she had been before.
Under a tree, in the middle of a slightly overgrown garden at her old estate.
Alice gave a small smile as she looked down at her stomach and placed a gentle hand on it. "Little one, welcome to England, your new home." She then looked around before using some ivy to pull herself up. After a few mis turns, she got to the entrance of the garden. The garden used to be her favorite place when she was young, but since it had been years it was quite difficult to navigate. She remembered the soft songs of the robins as she sat upon the ground in the good olden days. Though her thoughts shifted from the past to the future, now wondering who was living here now. Alice was hoping it was a family member for it should've been her estate but since she stayed in Underland, so she didn't know who it went to.
As she got to the entrance she looked up at the once beautiful estate. Hopefully whoever lives there now will let us stay for a night. It would be so kind of them. She thought, It has been a long night. Hopefully Hatter would understand…