A/N: I know it isn't much. I tried my best with this chapter. I don't expect this story to be 'popular'. As the others are better. I don't want to name any…yet. I do hope you like it. I tried my best and I'll be posting chapter two, if school doesn't get in the way. Preferably, sometime on Tuesday.
Later, Gaters.
My mother used to tell me about a magical place she visited every summer. She'd describe ever inch of it and filled my head of nonsense. As I used to say but, mother would reply simply, "I know. I'm happy it's working." She would give a small smile.
My mother was very strange until we had a conversation not too long ago.
"Mum, tell me about that place again." I would ask.
My mother nodded and thought for a bit. I grew impatient and filled with eagerness.
"I have a question." I said quickly.
"And?" My mother waited.
"If you say you love Wonderland so much…why haven't you gone back?" I asked, I was always a curious child. I suppose I still am.
My mother was quiet. "I-"
"How would I get there?" Questions began popping in my head but, I couldn't stop blurting out more and more. "Did you find anything interesting? Like a Unicorn or dragon?"
"You won't be going to W-…that place. I…I didn't find anything as interesting. You wouldn't be excited about it. I don't think there are any…unicorns." My mother replied.
I was quiet. That was the final time my mother and I talked about the place she loved a lot. I didn't understand. If you love something…why would you let it go? I sighed. I closed my journal and looked around my boring room. It was nothing but, wood. Wood doors, wood bed, wood window, wood bathroom. I guess it was because to get away from all the noise. We were all surrounded by trees and there were no holes in sight.
A matter of fact, I haven't seen any animals. No rabbits, dogs, cats, horses, frogs, and mice. I'm sure there are more animals in the world but, I wasn't quite sure if they lived on a hill with a family who lives in a house made of…wood.
I finally asked my mother for that hat I always adored. It was a weird hat indeed. It was a brown top hat with a pink bow attached. It looked quite dirty but, I didn't care. Although, top hats were for men…I wasn't really a lady like girl. I preferred trousers instead of dresses. My mother didn't seem to care. I didn't want to pester her about my wardrobe problems.
I showed my mother the hat and she nearly fainted. I was confused and still now about the hat. Did she not like it? My mother and I usually had the same taste. I didn't quite understand. Though, I didn't understand a lot of things. Of what my mother used to ask me, Why is a raven like a writing desk?
"I haven't the slightest idea." I muttered out loud. I put my journal away. I was tired of writing about adventures. I showed my mother the story I wrote not long ago…she almost had a heart attack.
Everything I did scared my mother. Hopefully nothing is wrong with me.
Something is very very very very wrong with me. I was dizzy already. I sat on swing and rocked back and forth. Something made me jump. I looked up and saw the bushes rustling. Rose petals fell off the bushes and onto the green grass.
"What in the world…" I whispered to myself.
I picked up my pale blue dress and walked over to the bushes. "Hello?" I said to the bushes as it ruffled some more. I was surprised at the ruffling sound. The wiggling leaves carried itself to the end of the rose bushes. I saw a tail as something had just left the rose bushes.
My blue eyes widened as I followed the weird creature. I looked backward and side to side. I was leaving school territory. Balderdash, why I could do whatever I liked. Now where did that creature go? I heard the ruffling sound again heading to the right. I ran to the right and saw…a rabbit? It hopped onto a field. I knew this field. It belonged to a man that my mother didn't like very much. I took a deep breath and kept looking for the rabbit. I finally saw it. Where was it going? Maybe, somewhere exciting and breathtaking. Even if it were it's babies then I would be happy. I haven't touched an animal in my life. This was my chance. I ran faster but, the white slippers my mother gave me was making my foot ache. My left foot began to burn. I ignored it and my eyes spotted the blasted rabbit.
Oh dear. It was wearing clothes? What rabbit wears clothes? I wasn't quite sure. Maybe a little girl dressed him up. He was holding a watch in his hand and he kept running forward. I finally caught up with him. The rabbit looked at me with…expression? And kept going until it stopped at a tree. I stopped slowly. Did the rabbit just…smile at me?
"Did you just smile at me?" I asked.
I shook my head. Animals couldn't talk even if their lives depended on it. I think…I've gone mad or even worse…wild.
The rabbit jumped around the tree. It didn't stop. What on earth was it doing? Then, the rabbit circled one last time but, didn't come back. I walked around the tree…my mistake.
I screamed as I felt my feet weren't on the ground. I was flipping in the air. I slowly opened my eyes. I looked up to see a hole entrance. I was falling down a rabbits hole! How far did the rabbit dig? As I was falling I saw the most extraordinary things.
I spotted a watch as big as my head. A bed that I had just bounced off of. I saw paintings and weird signs that had words backwards. When was this going to end? My screaming stopped abruptly.
I winced my eyes as I began to see a floor. I wasn't going to fall forever. I fell face first on the white and green tile floor.
"Ouch." I whispered as I helped myself up.
I looked around surprised. There were portraits of the most weirdest creatures or people to be exact. One of the people looked strangely like my mother. There was a plaque that was dusty. I blew and wiped off the dust. I coughed and looked at the plaque.
"Alice Kingsley." I whispered out loud. "Mother?" No wonder. She had told stories of this place. It was…real. Possibly, it was. I didn't know what to believe anymore.
I stared at the other portraits. Saying all their names out loud.
"March Hare, Mad Hatter, Bayard, White Queen, Mallymkun, and White Rabbit." I was amazed that the animals wore clothes and were smiling. I looked at another picture. It was the Mad Hatter and my mother hugging each other. Both were smiling and possibly, laughing. I've never seen my mother so happy. She mostly frowned everyday. She only smiled when she was forced too. My mother was happy with this man. I would do anything to make my mother smile like that again. I thought for a bit. I sat down under the portrait of the Mad Hatter.
I had to find him. The thought floated through my head. How was I going to find him? I stared at the table in front of me. I saw something on it. I stood slowly and grabbed the key. I hadn't realized all the doors around me. I walked up to the first door and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. There was no lock for the key to go in. I tried the next five. I began to get frustrated. I looked down to see if my left foot but, there was a tiny door right next to my foot. I looked at the key and slid it into the key hole. The door opened.
How was I supposed to get into there? I looked back at the table to see a drink in a bottle. I stared at it in confusion. All it said was, Drink Me. I grabbed the bottle and stared at the door. My mother told me the six most impossible things.
"There are drinks that make you…shrink." I whispered and stared at the door. I opened the bottle and took a sip. Nothing happened until my stomach began to whirl. I blinked several times when I realized my dress was getting too big. I looked around and gasped. Mother was right. The table was twenty times bigger than me.
"Blimey." I whispered as I crawled out of my dress. I was speechless that I was wearing a tinier version of the dress except it wasn't past my ankles. I was happy though. I hated dresses but, this one was alright. I ran towards the door and gasped.
In front of me was a dark land. Trees were burned, it was dark and foggy, strong dark winds blew violently. There were no sign of life or happiness. A sign was plastered right on a tree.
I read it out loud slowly and repeated it to myself until it was pushed into my thick skull.
"Wonderland is gone."
