Title: Painting The Rose's Red
Summary: Rose Tyler, Vitex heiress, head out into the garden to get some fresh air during a party. While exploring the garden she finds a mysterious portal which she accidentally falls through. She is transported to an aline world where everything is topsy turvy and nothing makes sense. Her guide is a madman without a name whom she nicknames "the Mad Hatter." Together they help to overthrow an evil king and save a planet. Little does she know that her handsome stranger isn't a stranger at all. (Loosey Alice in Wonderland based)
Characters: Rose Tyler and The Eleventh Doctor
Chapter one: Down the Rabbit Hole
Rose hated parties. This party in particular was terribly boring and uninteresting. For someone who was used to traveling through space and time it was practically torture. Jackie Tyler had forced her daughter into a blue dress and frog marched her into the ballroom; all the while muttering something about keeping up appearances. Rose spent so much time working at Torchwood that shed almost forgotten that she was the Vitex heiress. Forgotten or not one day (hopefully far in the future) Rose would be inheriting the Vitex fortune. With great fortune comes bloody awful parties. She thought to herself. The only bright side was that her mum had forced Mickey to attend. He was hovering awkwardly in the corner near the drinks table. Rose knew there was a match on right now and he'd much rather be down at the pub watching it. She was about to head over and offer to cover for him when she was approached by the last person she'd wanted to see that night.
"Rose! You look stunning as always." Rose turned to face her unwanted suitor. "Go away Arthur." Arthur Price was the son of one of her father's top competitors. Apparently someone had decided (probably in hopes of creating some sort of all powerful soft drink empire) had decided that he'd be a great match for ROse. "I was hoping you'd join me on the dance floor." Arthur told her. "I don't dance" Rose snapped. "Why not? Arthur asked. "I just don't" Rose told him; turning to walk away. "Rose wait!" Arthur reached out and grabbed her arm. Rose whirled around glaring daggers at him. "The world won't end if Rose Tyler dances" he told her. Rose just shook her head. "I need some fresh air." She announced, puling her arm out of his grip.
Whenever she was feeling down Rose liked to peruse the gardens. the Tyler mansion had a rather impressive garden. Complete with a mini hedge maze and a wishing well. That was where Rose went to clear her head. The night time air was pleasntly warm as rose wandered through the flower beds. as she walked she let her mind wander, and before she knew it Rose had reached the entrance of the hedge maze. It was getting rather dark and Rose thought she should probably be getting back. She didnt want to go back to the stuffy ballroom, so she hiked up her skirts and entered the maze.
It only took Rose a few minutes for Rose to reach the center of the maze. She was about to turn and exit when something in the bushes rustled "Who's there?" Rose asked in alarm. There was no reply. "I'm warning you. I'm Rose Tyler, defender of earth. I've traveled through time and space and across universes. I've had the entire time vortex running through my mind. You do not want to mess with me because I am tough" Out of the bushes hopped a rabbit. "and you're basically a rabbit aren't you?" She asked, not expecting an answer.
"I'm late." The rabbit told her. Rose gaped at the furry creature. "Excuse me?" She could've sworn she saw the rabbit roll it's eyes at her. "I'm late." he repeated impatiently. "What do you want me to do about it?" Rose asked. Instead of answering the rabbit hopped back into the bush; leaving Rse alone to wander what had just happened and question her sanity. She was about to look in the bush where the rabbit had gone when she haerd someone calling her name. "Rose you'd better get back in there. Your mum is gonna kill me." Mickey was looking for her. "Coming!" Rose spun around intending to exit the maze. Instead she lost her balance mid spin and tumbled backwards into the bush.
The branches caught on her hair and dress. Tearing the blue fabric and scratching her arms. Instead of hitting the hard ground Rose kept falling. She was falling down a long dark tunnel. A rabbit hole! she thought to herself. The walls of the tunnel whizzed past as she plummeted downward (at least it seemed like she was falling down. She really couldnt be quite sure.) Suddenly she ;anded in water. Her head went under and she swallowed a mouthful of salty water. The current was fast and she had to struggle to reach thwe air above her head.
Rose was in the middle of a river. From her surroundings she thought she might be in some sort of cave. The air around her smelled of wet dirt and stone. Far ahead of her she could see the brightness of daylight. At first Rose tried to swim toward it, but the swift current was already pulling her toward it anyway. Trying to swim took too much energy. Instead Rose grabbed on to a large bit of drift wood that was floating in the water near her, and let the water become her vehicle. She found the saltiness of the water a bit strange but she let it slide. There were certianly stranger things that could happen. That had happened.
Rose had been floating around for a while before she noticed anything was wrong. She realized that the closer she got to the end of the tunnel the louder the roar of the water got. By the time she got to the opening to see what was ahead of her she had already guessed it. The river in front of her dropped off into nothingness. Rose was floating straight towards a waterfall.
