Sharp teeth dug into soft flesh beneath a cold cloud covered moon, a single last shriek filled the still air before collapsing back into the nothingness it was sheer seconds before it started. The scent of blood was ripe in the air.
"Hello, Alice, welcome to Wonderland."
The girl woke with a start, her hair in her eyes and tears on her face. What just happened? She ran her fingers through her short hair and squeezed her eyes closed momentarily; recovering from the terror she'd just woken from.
"Al!" A call rang up to the girl, "Are you coming?"
"Yeah! I'm coming Lori!" Alice called back, swinging her legs from her bed and dressing quickly in a bright red tee shirt and white shorts.
She then proceeded to skip down the stairs to meet her sister, well, her best friend who she claimed was her sister. Lorina Liddell was a tall girl with brown ringlets and bright blue eyes and a giggle that mimicked a child's but she was also very smart and very deep if you were to gain her trust. Lorina was wearing a bright orange shirt with a picture of a Labrador retriever on the front and jeans.
"Hi." Alice said, grinning maniacally and pulling mismatched knee high socks over her feet.
Lorina smiled and giggled, "Hi."
Alice laughed and straightened, having achieved her goal in putting her socks on, "I just woke up, and I'll be a second. K…"
Lorina snapped, "I hate it when you call me Lori! Its sounds so snobbish!"
The smaller girl laughed again, "Sorry Liddy, I won't do it again."
Lorina smiled, "Okay. Now go get ready before I drag you to the car by your hair!"
Alice ran away, glancing back as she made her way to the bathroom and cackling all the way. Once down the hall and in the bath she brushed her teeth and combed her short, dyed black hair. She didn't bother showering but pulled her shoulder length hair back into a bun and pulled a hat over it. Then she stooped and pulled her black shiny steel toed babies from beneath the sink and slipped her feet into them and laced the leather tongues in place.
She left the bathroom looking like a perfect freak, which was her goal of course. And Liddy met her at the end of the hall, smiling at her younger counterpart as she started for the door.
"Gosh you're weird, Al." Lorina said, rolling her eyes, "Where're we going?"
"I don't know," Alice said, popping a butterscotch disc in her mouth and sliding it over her teeth before pushing it against her cheek and saying, "I guess to tell the others that we lost the game."
Liddy threw her arms up, "Al!"
Both laughed and they walked to the car and climbed in.
Some worlds away another creature fell to the ground writhing in agony as needled teeth and blades ripped through soft flesh.
