Prologue
Releasing Fidelity
"She's been in Wonderland for almost a year now... My affection is still only one-sided!" A rabbit-eared man cried at a floating figure. "You said she would love me, Nightmare!"
"Peter White... Green does not look good on you." Nightmare snickered, before growing serious. "That was, as you said, almost a year ago. The future is never set in stone... Also, she is the only one who controls her emotions. Besides, you are extremely intimidating." Nightmare stuck out his tongue.
"Eh? Alice is my only love... and now you're telling me we won't be? What a heartbreak!" Peter fell to his knees.
"Hmph, she's a single girl. There are many more fish in the sea." Nightmare dazed off, trying his best to find another possible lover for Peter. Though he found his sadness amusing, he wasn't one to be cruel.
"Maybe there's still time..."
"A pure heart... That's what you need." Nightmare smiled.
"Excuse me?" Peter asked, but he could feel already that he was about to wake up.
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"Katelynn Huetta, hurry yourself along! It's a simple dress, a party... Can you please put a d-mn smile on your face? This is not a form of torture, you're going to have fun!" Mother ranted on... but I was barely paying attention.
My family only came to England because I'm on Summer vacation... Which is when my cousin's birthday is. She's old-fashioned, and ordered her birthday party to be a tea party- the boy's dressed nicely and the girl's in dresses.
I opened my door slowly... to reveal that my mother wasn't there. Happily, I raced down the stairs and out the door, tripping several times over myself. Ignoring my stupidity, I headed for the back garden. England was a grand, beautiful place. Unlike my background in America, which was small, though long, England backyards held vast gardens. My backyard had a pool, a shed, and an old swingset.
When I felt I was far enough from my family, I pulled myself onto a low branch of a tree I pulled myself onto the branch above, and looked toward my temporary home. Everyone was busy with setting the party up.
I sighed, about to step down from the branch, and the tree altogether, and return to my duties. But, my foot caught onto the branch, which sent me falling backwards. Unobservant as I am, I didn't notice the abyss grew in my temporary backyard.
I bit my tongue to keep from screaming, as the entrance became smaller and smaller. Did this hole ever end? Did I want to know what was waiting at the end? Or if I'd even live to see the other side...
Soon, white light blinded me- as if I wasn't dizzy from falling upside-down; my head was first to meet with the pavement. Unlike when I first arrived in England, and literally kissed the ground, this reunion with the earth was highly unpleasant, as I blacked out.