Looking Glass Prison
Syfy's Alice
Paring: Alice/Ella/David Hatter
Rating: T-MA for violence/suggestive humor/drug content/and sexual themes.

Summary: The Queen of Hearts has learned a few new tricks (ie. Magic). She is trapping citizens of wonderland in the Mirror World and creating zombies of her own. Can Hatter save his Alice and his world from the evil Mirror Prison?

Description: After seeing the wonderful Andrew Lee-Potts portray my favorite character from Alice in Wonderland, the wheels were a turnin' and I couldn't help but start a new story. Bad timing though, as I have finals this week, but I have to get my thoughts down before they fly away like butterflies.

A/N: I know how all of my faithful readers have been waiting in anticipation for the Phantom conclusion and I have convinced myself that I will have it done by new years. I thank you all for your support and I hope you like this story as well. I will be updating as often as I can and if I don't I give all of you full permission to e-mail me until I actually do. This is only the first chapter and I hope that I have captured Hatter as he is supposed to be. Enjoy my story and please let me know what you think!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Lewis Carroll's Alice or Syfy's Alice and I also may be borrowing the Queen from Frank Beddor's The Looking Glass Wars because she is freaking awesomely evil!

Chapter 1: The Girl in the Mirror.

By: Kristen E. K.

Ella wasn't headed in any particular direction, well to put it in simple terms, she was lost. Ok there is the pizza hut and the bank, what did he say it was again? A tea shop? As she scoured the street there was a small door squished in between two buildings almost impossible to see at first. It looked unreal as it was truly the size of an alleyway with no was through. The sign outside the Shoppe read simply, "Hatters." This is it. Ella slipped the small piece of paper back into her coat pocket and pulled her hat off of her head as she pulled open the door. If the Shoppe looked small on the outside, it seemed even smaller on the inside. The walls were covered with several shelves that had tea sets covering them. No space was left empty for even dust to gather. It was a single file hallway, there is now way two people could have walked shoulder to shoulder down the hallway. Ella scrunched up her shoulders and shuffled her feet to not knock any tea cups or tea pots down. Last thing I need to have to pay for fine china. As she continued down the hallway it turned sharply and she had to catch herself before she tripped down a flight of stairs.

"Hello?" Ella called down the hallway hoping she was in the correct place.

"Uh..yes, I'm down here." A British accent answered her, which she recognized as the voice on the phone. There was a crash and a sound of a chair scraping against concrete following the answer. Ella began to descend carefully down the dark stairwell. Her hands were tracing the walls with careful fingers that gently caressed their way to a small metal railing. At the end of the hall there was a dim light that began to grow brighter. There was a door with a small window at head's height. As Ella approached the door the railing disappeared beneath her fingers and as she stepped down the floor was much lower than she expected. A small yelp escaped her lips as she fell through the door with her eyes closed and her hands out to brace her fall she didn't hit the hard floor but felt a leather jacket beneath her palms. There was a exasperated sound of air being knocked from someone and hands wrapped around her waist.

"Whow, are you ok? The last step is a little low I was coming to tell you that when you fell." Ella opened her eyes to see a brown around her and the smell of hazelnut and mahogany. She began to back away straightening her crooked feet. Nice one Ella, new boots to an interview. She began to straighten up and looked her rescuer in the face. If it wasn't how wonderful he smelled but his smile made her heart jump. "Hi, you sure you're ok?" His eyes turned to a concerned soft look as he tried to look into her eyes.

"Yes, thank you." Ella placed weight on her left ankle and felt a swift pain shoot through her foot. "Ah!" She buckled to the pain and quick hands grasped her arms holding her up.

"Oh god, I'm sorry here let me help you." He placed her arm over his shoulder and pulled her legs up from the ground.

"Oh no please you don't have to carry me." Her rebuttal useless as he smoothly carried her to a chaise and laid her upon it, "Thank you, really I'm fine it's nothing just caught me off guard." She tried to lift her leg to examine her ankle but with her bulky coat on she couldn't move very well.

"I was in the middle of paper work, I really feel awful about this. Here let me have a quick look." His hands were warm against her skin and even though he had a soft touch when he graced the spot of pain she couldn't help but wince. His face turned guilty and he let out a sigh. "It's a sprain." He paused then hopping to his feet with agility she started to a cabinet on the wall, "I have just the thing to get rid of that." He began to rummage through various bottles and tin boxes. "Bloody nose, headache, stomach cramps, AHA!" His sudden exclaim made Ella jump. He turned to her with a smile and small bottle of a green liquid. Shaking it at her he said, "Ankle pain. This will clear it up and no pain."

Ella couldn't really grasp what was happening since this handsome man had such energy about him. "Wait what is that?" She asked unbuttoning her coat at the same time. "Are you David?"

"I really prefer Hatter, but if you wish to use David I can bare it. This," He lifted the bottle again, "is tea."

"Tea?"

"It's a special mix. I happen to have a talent for mixing teas." He hustled over and kneeled down and placing the bottle in Ella's hand. She didn't move and just stared at the bottle.

"What do I do?"

"You drink it." He uncorked the bottle. Ella still hesitated. "I promise you're ankle will feel better." His eyes didn't look untrustworthy and Ella wasn't one to question such sweet brown eyes. The bottle pressed against her lips and the sweet nectar of the liquid ran down her throat. She drank all the tea and gave the bottle back to a surprised Hatter, or David, whatever. The affect was instantaneous. She felt the hot liquid pulse through her veins with every beat of her heart. She didn't feel light headed but relaxed and calm. The throbbing pain in her ankle began to vanish with every deep breath she took. And just as quickly as it came upon her the feeling was gone. Ella opened her closed eyes and her vision cleared on the handsome face that looked her in the eyes. "Well?" He asked with anticipation. Ella blinked and rolled her ankle.

"Yes…yes it is, how did you?" She was slipping her coat off her shoulders and leaned forward to her ankle rubbing it gingerly.

"I told you I have a special talent for mixing teas." He stood again and walked a few steps away before turning to face Ella again. "Now down to business, you must be Ella?" He asked pointing his clapped hands in her direction.

"Yes I'm Ella. You said you are Hatter?" She slowly removed her gloves and scarf before sitting up straight.

Hatter took off the brown hat from his head and bent down low then stood back up and tossed his hat back atop his head with a flick. "Indeed I am at your service." Ella reached back to her coat pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper.

"You're flyer was in my mailbox the other day, what luck I was looking for a new job. You said on the phone you needed someone here at the Shoppe?" She asked him unfolding the paper to reveal a brightly colored add for a job.

"Yes that is correct." He grabbed a chair from behind him and sat down leaning on the back of the chair looking over at her.

"Well I thought there would be more people here for the job seeing as how work has been hard to get lately." She sighed and laid the paper down on the chaise.

"Well that would be because I only put that in your mailbox." Ella's eyes shot up and look straight at Hatter.

"I'm sorry I think I heard you wrong. You said you only put the flyer in my apartment building mailboxes right?"

"No."

"No?"

"No Ella I only wanted you to come here because you happen to be very important for something." Hatter didn't flinch or every blink he was staring at Ella and then he suddenly pulled a hand mirror from his pocket. "Look into this mirror and tell me what you see." He reached the mirror out to her and she took it apprehensively. She looked into the mirror and saw herself.

"I see my own reflection, thanks for telling me I had hat hair, oh, never mind." She joked but his smile didn't really change. Ella looked at Hatter but he didn't say anything so she glanced at the mirror again. "Ok are you trying to tell me that I don't look good today or something cause this isn't a very polite way of telling someone." Hatter rose from the chair and slid next to Ella on the chaise grabbing her hand.

"Please Ella," his eyes were pleading, "I need you to look into the mirror. Really look and see you." Ella was taken aback by the sudden contact of his skin to hers. She pulled her hand away and stood up.

"Okay Hatter listen, I've only just met you and this is a little strange." Ella hand moved automatically to her belly and rested there. Hatter's eyes followed the movement sadness drifting from his eyes.

"Ella," Hatter rose his hands in surrender and stood to face Ella. "I'm sorry. It is," his hands fell to his side and sighed, "Ella please trust me. I need you to look in the mirror. Look into your own eyes and see you." He took a small step forward and stared deep into Ella's eyes. She knew she could trust him but she didn't know why. She felt a deep pull within her encouraging her to just go to Hatter and let him wrap his arms around her soaking in the warmth of his touch. As she stared into his eyes she saw in him such sadness and longing it frightened her and she quickly looked down. She saw the mirror in her left hand and rose it up so she could look into its reflection. Staring into Hatter's eyes may have been overwhelming it suddenly was nothing compared to her own reflection. A sudden rush of wind blew against her face blowing her short hair about. The small half pony tail she had in her hair fell loose to the strong wind against her. Ella had to squint from the stinging gust and began to feel herself falter but she felt hands keep her still. Then wind began to die away and she opened her eyes to see a young woman inside of the mirror that looked like her but her hair was long and she looked very distraught and she was talking? No the reflection was yelling mouthing the words "Hatter! Help me! Hatter!" Ella's jaw dropped and looked freighted at the mirror. The reflection then began to slam her fists again the glass as though she was stuck on the other side.

"Hatter? What is this? Who is she?" Ella looked up to see Hatter had been behind her holding her waist to keep her from falling. She quickly wiggled from his grasp and threw the mirror down at the chaise. "Is this some kind of trick? A joke?" Her hands were upon her stomach again caressing it protectively.

"Ella please stay calm." He picked up the mirror and then looked at it. The girl inside was still screaming and banging on the glass as his eyes softened and he smiled. "This," He turned the mirror to face her again, "is you."

"You can't be serious. She doesn't look anything like me. How are you doing it? Is this really a magic shoppe?" Ella was starting to grab her things and began to put them on.

"Alice." He sighed.

"Alice? Who's Alice?" Ella slammed her hat on her head.

"You Ella are Alice." He said softly. She paused and looked at his aghast. "The girl in the reflection is also Alice." He said turning the mirror back to him. "The Mirror World I should have known." He muttered to himself.

"Mirror World?" Ella asked as she pulled her coat over her shoulders.

"Alice has been trapped in the Mirror World for a week." He set the mirror down on the chaise again and looked straight into Ella's eyes. "I know you can feel it," He stepped forward. "I can feel the pull from you."

"Hatter you are mad!" Ella began to walk away but his hand grabbed her coat.

"You have to believe me. The Queen put a curse on you. She trapped Alice's soul in the mirror world and now you are here." Ella rolled her eyes then turned away but Hatter pulled her around and kissed her deeply. Her eyes flew open and she struggled to get away but her body wouldn't move. Her resistance was all in her mind. He ended the kiss and looked at her eyes. "Ella, I need you to trust me." Without hesitation she said,

"I trust you. Don't ask me why but I trust you." Hatter's smile beamed on his face then he grabbed Ella's hand.

"Good." Then he began to run pulling her behind him. He picked up the mirror and a bottle of purple liquid then started straight for a full length mirror against the wall.

"Wait we'll run into that mirror!" Ella gasped holding her belly while her other hand was tightly in Hatter's.

"That's the point." He grinned then with twist of his arm he pulled Ella into a tight hug and jumped easily passing through the mirror distorting the reflection like a pool of water.