Chapter 1: Welcome to Wonderland
Alice was running, faster than she'd ever run before. After the day she just had, Alice wanted to get as far away from the Red Queen as possible, but the Red Queen had other plans. She was presently being chased by two of the Queen's soldiers through the vibrant forest of Wonderland on a warm, sunny day, trying desperately to escape them.
Soon, Alice spotted a tree with a trunk that was large enough for her to hide behind amongst the oversized mushrooms and oddly shaped flowers. She quickly glanced behind her to find that the Queen's soldiers were far enough behind her that they would likely not see if she quickly dashed behind this tree to hide. So, Alice immediately took the opportunity and jumped behind the tree. Seconds later, the two guards came rushing past it, not noticing that the girl they were searching for had escaped them.
Alice took a moment to catch her breath and think. She had to figure out a way to get the the Red Queen's castle and save the Knave of Hearts. She couldn't find her lost love Cyrus without him. They had become a team during these past few days of gallivanting around Wonderland. Then, Alice's thinking time was interrupted as she suddenly heard two loud shouts coming from the direction that the Queen's guards had just been running. Slowly and curiously, Alice poked her head over the edge of the tree to see what had happened.
Suddenly, Alice saw that the two guards previously chasing her were dead on the ground and there was a woman towering over them with hair black as a raven and fireballs on her palms. Unbeknownst to Alice, this woman was once feared throughout a land called the Enchanted Forest as the Evil Queen. Alice quickly assessed that this woman had killed the two guards. As Alice poked her head out just a tad more, she saw that this woman was not alone. There were three other people standing behind her.
The first of these other people was a tall man, dressed in all black clothes. A closer look at this man revealed that he had a hook where one of his hands should be. Alice then inspected the other two strangers next to him. One was a shorter woman with very short, black hair and the other was a taller man with orange hair.
"Why did you kill them Regina?" The orange headed man yelled at the woman with fireballs on her palms. Evidently, her name was Regina.
The fireballs then disappeared from her hands as she turned around to reply. "Because I want to get the hell out of here as soon as possible."
"Five minutes in Wonderland and you already killed somebody. You didn't even know who these people were!" The short haired woman shouted.
"I recognize their uniforms. Trust me, they weren't going to help us." Regina said.
"What do you mean you recognized their uniforms?" The orange haired man further questioned Regina.
"I recognize them as well." The man with the hook said.
"Is there something you two are keeping from us?" The short haired girl asked.
"We've both been to Wonderland before." Regina said.
"But at different times for what I assume are very different reasons." The hooked man stated.
"The uniforms look similar to the ones that my mother's guards used to wear." Regina said.
"Cora had guards? Cora came to Wonderland?" The short haired girl questioned.
"Yes," Regina said, "she was the Queen of Hearts."
Alice's eyes suddenly grew much wider. She remembered the Queen of Hearts well from their last encounter. Alice remembered how evil and unforgiving she was. Apparently now her daughter was in Wonderland with some sort of team with her. Alice then fully receded back behind the tree. She thought that it would be best if she remained distant from these people. They seemed to just be staying in place and bickering. So, she slowly backed away from the tree and into the forest. However, she stepped on a stick that made a particularly loud cracking sound. Regina and her team turned their heads and saw Alice. She tried to run, but she couldn't. All Alice could feel was the sensation of being lifted straight up into the air. She saw Regina lifting her arm. The Queen of Hearts' daughter was levitating her with magic. Alice then saw that Regina and her team were approaching her.
"Put me down!" Alice yelled down to them.
"Oh I'll put you down," Regina said, "when you tell me what I need to know."
"What's that?" Alice asked.
"Where is Jafar?"