Introduction/Prologue
Poor Alice that's what they always said to me when I was here. Poor Alice has lost her way. Poor Alice can t get back home. Poor little Alice.
And now I'm going to show them. Poor little Alice is all gone. Little Alice has put on her big girl panties and is going for a ride. When I fell down the rabbit hole again I didn't remember anything, I couldn't remember. After being told all my life it was just a dream I had to convince myself that it wasn't real. It wasn't anything more than a figment of my imagination. To be here was to be dreaming, and that was all. Wonderland couldn't be real. It just couldn't. And yet here I was again. If only it hadn't been raining last night when I went for my walk. Maybe I was sick, and really was dreaming. The doctors said people can get sick in the rain, and become delusional from being sick. Was I mad? Finally off my rocker? Over the hill? The answers could only be found one way. I must explore Wonderland for myself.
My dripping wet clothes hung heavily on me as I began to explore this enchanting place known to me as Wonderland. As I began wandering, I started thinking. I would surely get lost, as I had no guide and didn't know my way around. Then again, what was lost anyway? How does one know when they are lost? Is there really such a thing as being lost? How does one know that they re just not in the place they want to be at the moment and they need to wander a little more to find where they want to be? No, I decided, lost was just a state of mind. Not real at all.
'Just like Wonderland isn't real right Alice?' whispered a little voice in my head.
'No, no that's quite different,' I thought.
'Is it now? We shall see miss Alice.' said the little voice.
'Yes.' I replied. 'Yes, we shall see.'
A shiver ran down my spine as a cool breeze tickled the back of my neck, reminding me of just how soaked my dress was, and the rest of me for that matter. My normally long blonde curls, now dripping wet, hung loosely around my shoulders, and beads of water shimmered on my collarbone and neck. I wondered if there was a house or something somewhere so I could get warm and maybe get a little sleep, as I was incredibly tired. I started stumbling a bit, and was shocked when I came upon a rather large table that seemed to be littered with various tea cups, pots and saucers. Then again, when one is standing 4 inches high, everything over a foot seems to be very tall.
'A tea party? At this time of day'? I thought spacely. 'How curious..' I blinked as my vision started to get foggy.
'Wonder how long I've been wandering..' I thought.
"Alice!" cried a voice. Annoyed at the little voice in my head for bugging me, I looked up in time to see a very large man stooping over me.
"Oh my..." was all I had time to say before I collapsed.