Bonjour my dear readers!!! Tis been a while since I've written or updated my stories-you can blame my boring school, my temperamental computer, and my inspiration & muse leaving me to go to Rio! (Damn u two! I'm stuck here! But its snowing and I get to throw snow ball at people so HA!) Anyway; so yeah, while this all has been going on-I've been having like a BAGILLIONZ of ideas!!! Now I may or may not finish this story-I'm just being truthful okay? Enjoy!!
(Oh AND I own NADA of Alice & Wonderland! Any of it! I only own the story (not really the plot cuz it's been used lots of times) and any characters/ places that you don't recognize! Don't SUE ME! Okay-now u can read!)
London; busy, large, and unique London. With its old world charm-and modern twists! Such a place is completely different to Kora Zon Castillo, who had lived in New York City all her life.
As she relaxed for the last few minutes of her international flight; Kora thought about the reasons she was actually going to London to live. Her father decided he wanted to be a General in the US army again and she needed some one to watch over her. The only person in the world left to watch her was Her. Kora's mother, Genevieve, who was now residing in London as the Madame of a manor that belonged to her new husband and his 2 daughters. And OFCOURSE Kora 'wanted' to go! Yeah; as much as she wants to drink jet fuel.
The flight attended came to Kora and told her that the plane was going to descend-duh! Of course it was; I may be American-but I'm NOT and idiot, though Kora.
Kora glared deadly yet descretely to the flight attendant and told her she knew what was going on. She turned her head to the window before the lady could say anymore. A rude yet good way of saying-'take a hike I don't need you now'. Kora would've preferred to say that-but she was too entranced in the scenery of the UK…
Kora walked into the 'house' that her mother now lived in with her incredibly old new husband (yea, weird huh?). The 'house' was a palace to Kora. She was used to 2 bedroom apartments in a city of 6.7 million-not the freakin Winter Palace.
"Oh there you are my dear!" Kora cringed at the voice; it was the voice of pure EVILE!!!! But she had no choice but to turn and look at her mother.
The 32 year old woman was in a-blech-pink suit that made her look like a Barbie doll running for president in some wayward era where the woman wouldn't get shot-especially by her own children. Her once dark tan skin was now with a pale hue that did NOT look healthy. Her black hair was cut into a shoulder length bob, her make up was full of pink dulls and she even wore pink pumps. Dear God; my mother's a politician's wife! And I'm in hell-great, Kora thought while her mother walked towards her.
"Hello Mother." Kora said trying to act grateful and happy to be in the presence of the pink parade that was her mother and in a different country all together from her home.
"Aww, it's been so long since I last saw you Kora!" Mother said hugging Kora's shoulders and air kissing her check twice.
"It's been 4 years Mother. Not That long." Kora said feeling uncomfortable in her mothers close attention.
"Yes, I am so very sorry about that! I would've invited you to the wedding and such but you were so far away." Mother said weakly-such a baby! Kora thought rolling her eyes.
"Anyway! My dear husband Thaddeus will be here with his delightful daughters-why don't you Uhm..." Mother said looking at Kora's outfit.
"What's wrong with my clothes Mother??" Kora said a bit frayed that her mother was saying something about her wardrobe when she wasn't even there for 4 years.
Kora folded her arms and looked at her pink mother. Kora wore a blue tank top under an open shoulder black sweater with baggy black pants and her dad's old-yet still in good condition-army boots that she took to remember him by. Her layered black hair was in a ponytail and under a black mock army cap. She hadn't put makeup on other than her usual lip balm and midnight colored eyeliner.
"Oh, nothing-much. It's just a bit…boyish. And I only have a DAUGHTER not a little Boy." Mother said with a sickly sweet smile.
Boyish!?! Just because I'm not wearing PINK, Kora thought darkly and angrily-but the best way to fight her mother was to be sneaky. Letting emotions wild only mucks up your view of what's going on and you end up losing.
"Then WHAT do you suppose I wear Mother Dearest?" Kora said with a sneer at her now uncomfortable Mother.
"Well, I'm sure that maybe Mary Bella has some clothes that'll be big enough for you…"She said looking away nervously.
"Big enough?" Kora asked as she looked at her body; she wasn't skinny but she was flat stomached with large hips/thighs and a similarly large chest area.
"Yes, you're a bit overweight. Now let's see if there's something-
"No thank you Mother-I'm sure I'll find something 'appropriate' for YOUR family." Kora said as she left to the room she figured would be hers –and she was right.
After getting dressed Kora put her special deck of cards in her pocket and left her room. Her room was grand and all but it was a bit dull, and Kora hadn't eaten since she left the airport back at New York, so she walked towards where she felt the kitchen would be.
When Kora walked into the kitchen, she saw double-literally. There were two tall girls with straight flat brown hair, gray steel eyes and in white lace dresses that didn't look very conservative. The dresses were more like tank top sundresses that were made out of thin yet fine lace that reached above their knees and on their feet were white wedge sandals.
The twins just looked down at Kora with slight curiosity in their eyes; but there was also a hint of utter distain and revulsion.
"Who are you?" One said to Kora
"Kora, I'm-"Kora was cut off by the sounds of her mothers heels clicking towards them. "Great…" she uttered as her mothers shoe sounds were being mimicked by a heavier step.
"Ahh; there you are Kora dear. I'm glad you dressed more…"Mother's voice trailed off as she fully looked at Kora's outfit of a blue t-shirt with a picture of 4 cards-each from a different house of cards and each different numbered-summing up to 13, her black mini-ish skirt with jagged edges, black and white striped stockings and her boots from before.
"More what Genevieve?" A rather tall man with powdery white hair and wrinkles asked coming up behind mother.
"Oh, Thaddeus! This is my Uhm…daughter-Kora." Said Mother quite nervously, as if she had everything riding on the meeting of her only biological daughter and her new husband who was so old you could see time starting to beat against him.
"A pleasure to meet you Kora" He said shaking her hand politely.
Hmm, maybe he's not so bad, Kora thought, but she felt 2 pairs of steel gray eyes ensemble themselves into her back as her attention was on being polite to Thaddeus.
"Same here-uhm, Mr. Thaddeus." Kora said
The twins snickered cruelly at Kora's words but only they laughed. Thaddeus just smiled at Kora and shook his head.
"That's okay; just call me Thaddeus, okay Kora?" he said as he and Mother walked away leaving just me and the evil twins.
Kora didn't feel like talking with the 2 chicks so she walked to the garden/forest behind the Manor, it was cool how they lived in London but still lived in (or at least at the edge of) the forests and gardens that were naturally there in the UK.
At the edge of the Forest Kora heard the twins not 7 steps behind her.
"You don't belong here." One of the Girls said.
Kora was one to be quick tempered. All her life she'd been ridiculed for her love of things that were odd-like her love for Alice and Wonderland. Kora had all the books-all versions-in English and she read them all at least 15 times this past year. She loved myths and legends and since Lewis Carroll's story caused so much attention; her attention drew towards it nearly automatically. But when her ideas didn't mesh with the ideas of others; she was punished for it and deemed too weird to belong anywhere.
Kora turned and glared at the twins with anger in her eyes. The twins stood still and tense, for fear or indifference.
"What did you say?" Kora asked with her arms at her sides; attempting to be civil.
"My dear sister said that you really don't belong here. Not ONLY are you an American, but you dress WORSE than any American I've ever seen too" The one on the left said.
"Forgive me; but I don't even know your names, so I wasn't really listening." Kora said with a smirk at the end
"I am Joy." said the one on the right who had freckles over the bridge of her nose.
"I am Melody" said the one on the left who seemed to have a larger nose than the two girls.
"Ah, interesting." Kora said with very little emotion, these girls didn't really like her so why should she try to be the bigger person here? Wasn't SHE the guest?
"What's so interesting?" asked Melody with a sneer
"Yeah-what kind of name is Kora any way?" Joy said after her
"Kora is the 1st part of my name you twits." Kora said rolling her eyes and she started to walk to the forest to lose the two twits and their tiresome chatter.
"You can't go in there!" one of them said, Kora didn't care enough to turn around and see who said it
"No one's allowed there!"
All the more reason to go in…Kora thought as she continued to go deeper and deeper into the forest
"We'll tell your mother!"
Like she'd care-or like I'd care…
"Come back Kora!"
Make me…
After some time Kora couldn't here the voices anymore; and she was fine with that. Actually she was a bit concerned but the worst thing that could happen would be that Kora was lost. That's it. Yea she could be attacked by some animal-but Kora didn't know of any ravenous animals that lived in the outskirts of the London country side other than quite harmless rabbits. And Kora figured she could survive a bunny attack.
As time progressed Kora became drowsy-why? Maybe lack of food. Maybe her body was really tired. Maybe she was in a strange dream and she was still actually asleep on the plane and the rude flight attendant was going to wake her up.
Kora mentally-and probably physically-shrugged and sat down/flopped down next to a rather unimpressive oak (or maybe cedar…) tree with a rather messily hidden hole. As Kora sat there she felt her eyes close and her hands roam the hole; it was rather large-maybe it was a fox hole? Where there any around here? Kora was getting sleepier and sleepier…and before she knew it-she was asleep and-like one of her favorite women in history/fiction-going down…down…down…the rabbit hole…..
KYA! I DID IT!! I FINALLY DID IT!! THIS IDEA HAS BEEN FLOATING IN MY HEAD FOR A WHILE AND I THOUGHT I'D LOSE IT!!! BUT I DIDN'T! AND I FINISHED THE 1ST CHAPTER!!! ONTO THE NEXT ONE!!! (hopefully it'll be done before my 15th birthday-December 28th!) Please review!!! I need REVIEWS!!!! I'm practically BEGGING HERE!!! WAHHAHAHA REVIEW!!! Thank you for your time…
