Yes, Miss Alice

by Dolores Morrissey

CHAP 3 IS UP! It is 1888 & Alice lives in the London countryside. Jack the Ripper has terrorized London, and she is kidnapped by a man with a large top hat who she seems to think is the elusive murderer. Prologue is provided for more info Hatter/Alice.

1. Prologue

Yes, Miss Alice
by: Dolores Morrissey

A/N: I do not own any of Lewis Carroll's characters, wonderland, etc. etc., just maybe except my interpretation of the Mad Hatter, and most of Alice's family members.

ALSO! Reviews are very much appreciated, especially if you wish for me to continue. Constructive criticism is welcome, but absolutely NO FLAMES. It's not going to make my story any better, serrrriously guys. And, I intentionally wrote it somewhat like a modern Lewis Carroll, with the extra ideas always put into parenthesis.

I did lots and lots of research for just this one, measly chapter. From looking up a name for Alice's sister, to specific dates.

Oh! I forgot to mention before, that this is my own interpretation of Alice, not the real Alice Liddell, there are just a bunch of borrowed names.
& as for Alice's sister, Vivian, I was browsing around the web, and I stumbled upon a site that had a poll for people to vote what people believed the Disney's Alice's sister name should be, & voila, Vivian. Sorry for any confusion!!
I will post an FAQ on my profile later if anyone is interested.

Prologue:

It is 1888, and Alice is now 24. She lives in countryside of London with her mother Lorina and her sister Vivian (33) who is widowed, and left behind with her son Thomas (9) and daughter Lacey (8). They also live with Alice's uncle (Geoffrey), aunt (Edith) and cousins Benjamin (23) and Leslie (20). (Yes, Leslie is a boy.)

Alice reads in her spare time, and also draws, and often tells her niece and nephew stories of Wonderland, which her sister and mother have persuaded her was completely fabricated by an over-active imagination by a seven-year old girl.
Ever since her "Wonderland dream", she has been completely fascinated with hats, chess, and card games. At the age of 10, she began to collect hats.

Her sister, aunt, and mother milk the cows and collect eggs from the chickens, and take care of the herbal garden, while her uncle and cousins take care of the farmland and livestock.
Alice's only duties are to home school her niece and nephew, and to occasionally help clean and cook, since she is found to be too petite, and unfit to do any physical duties.

Alice's family is also in hope to marry off Alice to a wealthy man, by the name of Charles White, whom Alice has no interest in whatsoever, but is very polite and respectful.

Keep in mind, it is also late fall of 1888, meaning the Jack the Ripper has already claimed most of his victims!