A/N: Hey everyone. I'm Kristina and this is my first "Alice" Story. Its based off of SyFy's version because i was utterly MESMERIZED with it. But i think that had alot to do with a certain Andrew-Lee Potts. * sigh* He was so dreamy lol Anyway this is a romance and an adventure with MANY twists throughout it. This story starts right after Alice gets home, only Hatter doesn't follow. I know, sounds awful, but believe me, i think that this way their relationship will develope more mainly because i hated how their relationship didn't really begin in the show until the very end and it was quite rushed at the end in my opinion. So yaa. Hope you like it, and please drop me a review. I'd really appreciate it, just no flames:/
Thank you!(:

Disclaimer: I own nothing, but in my dreams, Hatter is all mine(:

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins
Cause your heart has a lack of color and we should have known
That we'd grow up sooner or later cause we wasted all our free time alone

- Rainbow Veins, Owl City

I guess you could say that after my trip down the rabbit hole into the world of Wonderland, my life went back to normal. Well.. Almost.

But silly me, where are my manners. After all, a story is only as good as its beginning, and what's a story without these first infamous words.

Once upon a time..

That's how it always begins. Once upon a time and happily ever after. Only the thing they don't tell you is not all endings are happy, even in the most childish and enchanting of all stories. But even when you think its over, its not.

Believe me, I have experience with these kinds of things.

With one little push, my life was thrust back into my hands. I was reunited once again with the comfort of my world. And after the initial shock, everything seemed almost at peace. I was back home, I had discovered the truth about my father, and I was finally content with what my future would hold.

But with this sense of peace came a nagging emptiness. Like something inside of me wasn't quite there anymore. And, try as I might, it wouldn't go away. It left a hole inside of me that never filled up. A sadness for someone I could no longer be reunited with.

Hatter.

It was probably silly of me to feel this way, after all, he was probably happily going on with his life right now. Cheerfully existing with his tea and witty remarks.

He gave no inclination of any feelings for me, I could see that now, looking back on our adventure. Though while I was there, caught up in the madness that is known as the Hatter, it seemed otherwise. Especially when we were inches apart, ready to kiss. Then again, maybe I was only deluding myself into false hope.

After all, to him, I was nothing more than a pretty girl in a very wet dress.

Either way, the emptiness was there, no matter how hard I tried to hide it. I coped, and as the days went by turning into weeks, that feeling became smaller, though it never left.

Using the money I had from the classes I taught, I bought myself an apartment just down the street from my mother's. It was nice and homey, the large windows brightening the room from the sun during the day and the lights of the city illuminating it by nightfall.

I woke up everyday, went off to work, and came back. Every time hoping that I would stumble across a twisted character from the well known children's fable. I'd see an old man across the street and instantly think of Charlie, the brave white knight. A handsome young blonde with an heir of compassion I would think Jack. I'd even see the Red Queen of Hearts.

But those were all figments of my imagination. People I'd never see again.

This longing for Wonderland wasn't only around while I was awake. No, it plagued my dreams at night as well. Visions of battle in that fairytale world mixed in with memories of my journey. They weren't very pleasant to tell you the truth. Especially when they taunted me with things I knew I couldn't have.

It seemed as though I couldn't escape it! Everywhere I turned I was bombarded with the past, and I was helpless to stop it. Helpless, that is, until I finally mustered up the nerve to travel back to the place I had once made the mistake of falling into.

It was a cool Wednesday night, the sky clear of any clouds allowing the twinkling stars to shine. It was a picturesque moment people only dream about, and it was then as a walked through the streets to the old construction building that I finally made my decision.

Yes, it was selfish of me to go back to Wonderland, to leave my mother, to impose myself on the people who lived there. But I had to try. I had to do something, anything. I realized how hard it is to live without your heart, especially when the holder has no idea that he has it.

So I made my way through the renovated building, looking for the mirror that would bring me back to the person I missed most, until I made it to the room I had been in once before.

Against the far wall, the mirror rested, covered haphazardly by a scuffed up piece of cloth. Slowly, running my hands along frame of the mirror, I removed the cloth and threw it to the ground. There, in all it's glory, stood the mirror to my dreams.

Now all I needed to do was take one final step into my new reality.

Again, I was falling. Wind flew by me at unbelievable speeds, and before I knew it, I had fallen onto a hard tiled surface. The sudden stop, though I had been awaiting its arrival, still came as a shock, but that's not what unnerved me the most.

Looking up, I was surrounded by a crowd of what looked to be soldiers, all dressed in shimmering red. And before I could get up, they cleared a path in front of me, putting the throne of the king in perfect vision. Their, a young man, his hair a disheveled disarray of dirty blond, piercing blue eyes, and a sadistic smile sat, the crown atop his head.

On his sides, he was flanked by many the same characters I had once defeated.

" Alice dear, it's so wonderful of you to join us."

This was not the wonderland I remembered.

So what did everyone think? I really hope you all like it, and i would love for you all to review. Please, i know it could be better and it will get better, but i had to start somewhere. I'm sure Hatter will show up fairly soon(: But your reviews will help me in figuring out if i should continue or not, so review(:

Thanks everyone!

Adieu.
TheJoker'sGotMyHeart