The Truth

Chapter 1

"Tell Savannah I love her and don't let her forget me." Those were the last words Quinn ever said.

11 years later...

"Dad!" A 16 year old Savannah yelled out.
"Yeah."
"Where's my cheerleading uniform?"
"Isn't it in your closet like usual?"
"Oh, yeah sorry."

Shortly Savannah ran down the stairs and was greeted by Puck, her Dad. She was very pretty she looked like Quinn completely. She had blond curls, green eyes, worn a golden cross and everything about her was Quinn. He just wished she was there to see this.

"Bye, Dad." She quickly turned to the door.
"Your hair." Puck reminded her.
"Oh." She ran upstairs and quickly put her hair into a high ponytail. She ran back downstairs and gave her Dad a kiss on the cheek.

"Bye."
"Bye Savannah." Savannah quickly ran out the door, she was always late.

Savannah arrived at school just in time, she met her friends on the bleachers. It was like every normal day, she had cheerleading practice all breaks but one. She loved being a cheerleader but she wanted to join the Glee Club. School wasn't like it was when her parents went to school, anyone could join. Some cheerleaders and footballers had already but she just wasn't sure.

She stood by the choir room door and watched and listened to them sing. Even since she was little, she was surrounded by music. She has distant memories of her Mum and Dad singing to her at night. Her Dad taught her to play the piano and encouraged her to sing whenever she wants. Mr Schuester was still the director of Glee Club; he just might look a bit older now. She had only met him once and that was at her Mum's funeral but or else she has just see him around school.

The song finished and the bell rang. Savannah turned and headed to class.

That school day finished as normal and Savannah went home. She got home, had a shower and changed into a dress and some flats; she left her hair out so it could dry. She heard the doorbell; it wasn't Dad he wasn't going to be home from work till late. She ran downstairs and opened the door, it was Santana. Santana was like a second best friend to Savannah.

"Santana, I'm so glad to see you." Savannah hugged her and then putted apart.
"Me too."
"Come in." Santana came in and Savannah closed the door. They went upstairs to Savannah's room. Savannah sat on her bed and Santana sat on a chair.

"So how are you?" Santana asked.
"Good. What about you?"
"Same."
"Haven't seen you in ages."
"Yeah, I just thought I would drop by. Where's your father?"
"Work."
"Um... Santana can I ask you something?"
"Yeah sure."
"Come with me."
"Ok." Savannah got up her bed and walked out of her room, Santana followed her. She went to a door and opened it. The room clearly hadn't been used in ages. There was a table with nothing on it and a bookcase with only one book in it.

"Are you allowed in here?"
"Yeah, Dad sees me go in here all the time." She walked over the
bookcase and looked at the only book here. "Do you know anything about that book? It's been here ever since I can remember."
"What you mean Alice in Wonderland?"
"Yeah."
"It was your Mum's favourite book. After she had you all she did was read that book and then she began to read it to you at night."
"At night?"
"Yeah. She started to read it to you just before she died but
unfortunately she didn't finished it with you. You would beg everyone to read it but no one would. Everyone was too sad and miserable, all your Dad did was stay in his room just came out for food. You didn't know what was going on, you loved Alice in Wonderland just as much as your Mum because no one would read it for you you made up your own Alice adventures just from remembering the last things that happened. Also every year around the time of your Mum's death you would wait on the stairs staring at the door holding Alice in Wonderland. You were waiting for her everyone said she wasn't coming back but you just said she will, she's going to read the rest of my book and you held up Alice in Wonderland. Soon you stopped bringing Alice and just waited but everytime you were disappointed. Eventually you stopped."
"Oh." Santana checked the clock on the wall.
"Sorry Savannah but I have to go, bye."
"Bye." She then went out the door.

Savannah now knew everything but one. She learned them a while back. Once when she was playing in the basement, she came across a box labelled 'Quinn' and it had clothes in it, she discovered that day those were her Mum's clothes and her Mum's name was Quinn. She knew she died in a car accident a month after she turned 5 and now the story behind the only book in the bookcase, she could now remember those last things that happened. The only thing she had to remember was her funeral. She had bits and pieces but not the complete memory.

After Dad came home and they had dinner, Savannah asked him something.

"Dad may I read the rest of Alice in Wonderland. I know that before Mum died she read it to me but she didn't finished and I wanted someone to read it for me but then I forgot."
"Um... Sure."
"Thanks Dad." She went upstairs and grabbed the book. It was still in prefect condition. She looked at the top of the book and it looked like it had a bookmark. She opened to that page and the bookmark was a photo of her Mum and her. She looked at the back and the date it was taken was on her 5th birthday, it was exactly a month before she died. She left the photo there and closed it. She took the book to her room and put it on her table. She looked at it carefully, suddenly the White Rabbit in a waistcoat came up in her mind and everything came back to her.

It was a gloomy day, or was it just because everyone looked like a
black cloud to a 5 year old Savannah. She was in her room and Santana walked in, she was wearing a black dress wait she was wearing black everything. Black dress, black gloves, black shoes and a black little hat that sat on the side of her head. Savannah didn't dare to ask why because she knew that was rude.

"Savannah sweetie you have to get dressed." Tears were rolling down her eyes, she grabbed the black ugly dress that was on her bed. Savannah didn't want to wear it, it looked ugly. Santana helped Savannah put the dress on and then combed her long blond hair and found a black pair of flats for Savannah to wear. From that day on Santana helped her Dad with Savannah she was like a second Mum to her but Savannah grew older and could take care of herself so Santana was more a friend. Once Savannah was dressed, Santana held her hand and walked downstairs. There was Daddy dressed in a black suit and some other people she wasn't sure who they were.

"Santana, can I bring my book?" Savannah asked.
"Ok, sweetie." Savannah grabbed her book and went back to Santana; she held the book in one hand while she was holding hands with Santana. They then got into a car; they got out at a big building. Savannah knew it was church but it wasn't the right one she knew. They gathered around a brown box, Savannah thought there were a lot of toys hidden inside. Everyone was crying but she wasn't sure why. When there's a box of toys you should be happy and defiantly not wearing black. Savannah was getting bored. She looked over to the side of the church and she was sure she saw a White Rabbit in a waistcoat holding up a pocket watch tapping on it. Santana was no longer holding her hand and she was at the back and was the smallest so no one would know she was gone. She ran towards the rabbit and he disappeared around the corner
when she reached the corner she was amazed to see a lovely garden with every single colour flower you could see. She didn't notice this when she arrived maybe because she was in the middle of the black cloud. She couldn't see the rabbit anymore but then she heard something in the bushes and it was running so she ran after it. She was smiling and was so happy. They both then stopped, it was a beautiful garden with topiary animals everywhere. The White Rabbit in a waistcoat appeared right in front of her and she noticed her dress had got from ugly black to beautiful light blue.

"You must be Alice?" The White Rabbit In a waistcoat asked.
"No, no I'm not Alice. I'm Savannah."
"Oh of course. So sorry. Savannah everyone is waiting for you. That gate takes you to Wonderland." He pointed to a beautiful gold gate with the letters 'WL' on it.

"Savannah!" Savannah suddenly heard her name, everything disappeared the White Rabbit in a waistcoat, the golden gate, the beautiful topiary animals, the colourful flowers and her light blue coloured dress went back to ugly black. The beautiful garden she was once standing in was now just dirt. Santana was the one who called her name and grabbed her hand and walked back to the car. As they drove away, Savannah stared out the back window. The dirt turned back into the beautiful garden and she saw the White Rabbit In a waistcoat.

"Come back soon Savannah." She could hear him say. He then disappeared like the garden.

They went back home, she had left her book in the car that was why she was so bored but she got to see that beautiful garden and meet the White Rabbit in a waistcoat. She headed for the stairs but Santana stopped her.

"You have to wait here." Santana told her, Savannah couldn't argue with her. She stood near the door with her Dad, who hadn't spoken a word and Santana. People came in and were greeted by Santana and Puck. She picked up some names; Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Artie (who was in a wheelchair), Tina, Mike, Matt, Brittany and Will (Mr Schuester as she knows him now.) She has recognized them when everyone was looking at the big box of toys. They all looked at her and smiled for the sake of her. Savannah walked around the room and she could hear everyone whisper about her when she went pass them. She didn't like it and it was getting boring so she got her book out of the car and went to her
backyard and sat on a chair. She looked at the garden, it wasn't as
pretty as the one she saw before and there was no sight of the White Rabbit in a waistcoat.

Suddenly she heard the door open and close, she turned and saw Mike. He was dressed in a tux like every other guy. He sat next to her.

"Hello." He said.
"Hi."
"What do you have there?"
"A book." Savannah showed him her book.
"Alice in Wonderland."
"Mhm. I saw the White Rabbit in a waistcoat before." Mike was familiar with the story and he saw Savannah playing in the dirt before and Santana telling her to stop, she was just playing but her best friend had just died.
"Mummy still has to read more. She hasn't finished it yet."
"Oh." She didn't know. Mike wanted to make her happy. "Is that what I think it is?"
"What? What is it?" Savannah was very excited.
"It's the White Rabbit in a waistcoat."
"Where?"
"Over there, do you see him?" Mike pointed.
"I do, I do! He's tapping his pocket clock we should follow him we're late for the tea party." The garden turned back into the beautiful garden she saw before. Savannah left her book on her seat and Mike grabbed her hand and they went. They ran all over the garden trying to follow the White Rabbit. Finally the White Rabbit stopped and they saw the tea party, everyone was there including the Mad Hatter.
"Welcome to the tea party." The White Rabbit told them.

They walked over the table and sat down they had cake, cupcakes, tea, biscuits until...

"Savannah!" Everything disappeared; it was just Savannah and Mike sitting on the grass at the end of the backyard.
"Stop getting dirty, go inside. Now!" Mike thought Santana didn't have to be that mean.
Savannah got up, her smile not on her face anymore. She passed Santana, Mike went up to Santana.
"You don't have to be so mean. You're not a cheerleader anymore. You can't just boss people around." Mike said. Savannah slowed down so she could hear them.
"I'm sorry Mike but when did you care about her?"
"She's my best friend's daughter; it doesn't mean that because I
haven't been acting like her father I don't care about her. You can
never replace Quinn, stop trying to."
"I'm not."
"She's 5 years old, she has no idea what is going on. She said her Mum still has to finish reading her book. She doesn't know what happened. I just wanted her to be happy but you have to spoil it. Why can't you be different?"
"Stop telling me what to do."
"I'm not."
"She shouldn't be out here having fun! Her Mum just died!" Savannah stopped and turned around and slowly walked back to Santana.
"Mummy... Is... Dead?" Tears were rolling down her cheeks; her Mum was in that brown box, her Mum! She will never read her the rest of the book. Santana turned around and saw Savannah.
"Savannah..." She bended down and hugged her. "I'm sorry." Savannah continued to cry into Santana's shoulder.
"Mummy... Is gone. She will never get to finish my book." Santana rubbed her back; she knew how much Savannah loved that book. Savannah knew her Mum was dead but once every year she would wait on the stairs and watch the door all day. Waiting for her to come through that door but she never does.

She remembered everything now.