A/N: Hello everybody! I have been meaning to write this story for quite some time. This story was recommended to me by SuperSentai199, and, well, here it is! (Finally! *panting*) And here is my cat, Crookshanks, with another C/N (that's cat's note if you didn't catch that),
C/N: My owner ignored me for about three days to type this story. Please show some appreciation, and leave a comment.
Summary: After Kim leaves Edward in his castle, he falls down a rabbit hole he finds in his garden.
He meets Chessur, Mirana, Tarrant (obviously), and Alice (who STAYS), who all hear his tale, and accept him into Wonderland.
But after Kim's grandaughter, Meg, finds herself in Wonderland as well, will Edward's carefully reconstructed life come crumbing down?
Disclaimer: I do not own Edward Scissorhands or Alice in Wonderland 2010. :( Those franchises belong to Tim Burton, and his awesome team of producers (who, by the way, better pair Tarrant/Alice in the second movie).
Edward in Wonderland
(Sorry for the lack of creativity in the title, I might change it later. [Leave suggestions {if any} in the comments, or a PM.])
Edward walked slowly through his garden, absent-mindedly trimming his sculptures, and staring up at the clear night sky. He had noticed a long time ago that the sky never seemed to have any clouds. It never seemed to storm or rain.
He circled around the garden one last time, then decided to go back inside the house when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a flash of white go darting through the bushes.
He stepped back into the garden in time to see a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat standing in the center of his sculptures.
The rabbit scratched its head, and pulled out a pocket watch from its coat. Edward smiled, and tried to walk as quietly as he could towards it. However, his foot snapped a stray clipping from a bush, causing the rabbit to dart away behind one of the larger sculptures.
Edward followed him (him, since the rabbit was wearing a waistcoat) close enough to see him disappear down a large hole in the ground.
Edward knelt down, positioning his hands so that the blades were near the edges of the hole, and peered down into the darkness.
The ground underneath his hands, however, was too soft to hold his weight, and Edward went falling down through the rabbit hole.
Edward cut his face badly as his hands were thrown down the hole after him, and he felt various objects fly past him as he fell, some of them colliding with his body, some of them getting cut by his hands.
He tried to slow his descent by digging his hands into the sides of the hole, but that accomplished nothing.
He just kept falling, down down down, and he started to scream.
He wanted to wake up, to be reassured that this was just some sick, weird dream, to see Kim again.
Her face in his frenzied thoughts brought tears to his eyes. He screamed her name; "KIIIIM!"; although he knew no-one could hear him.
The tears streamed out of his eyes, to be ripped from his face by the force of the fall. He let his body go limp, and he said her name one last time (although his voice was drowned out by the objects rushing past his ears).
He almost passed out when he went crashing through a layer of... ceiling? He crash-landed on a slightly sloped surface that had an upside-down chandelier in the center.
After Edward recovered a bit from the fall, he looked around, his eyes resting on the chandelier. Upon closer inspection, he could see that the flames on the long candles were upside-down along with the chandelier.
He was a bit puzzled by this, and he looked up at the floor (?). He let out a small scream as the gravity of the entire room (?) shifted, dumping him on the hard floor below.
He carefully looked up at his new surroundings, being careful not to cut himself on his hands. He saw a small glass table in the center of the room, upon which a small key sat. The edges of the room were lined with multiple mismatched doors.
Edward frowned, seeing that most of the doors sported those round, slippery doorknobs that gave him so much trouble when he tried opening them. He walked over to one of the doors that had an easy handle, and pushed it down.
He was happy to see that the handle yielded, and the door swung open. He smiled, and walked underneath the dark doorframe.
Edward found himself walking through a dark forest, listening to the distant calls of strange animals. Although there wasn't very much sunlight pouring through the treetops, he felt surprisingly calm walking among the twisting trees.
He was just warding a small vine out of his face when he heard a small footstep behind him.
He called in his soft, shakey voice, "Hello?"
Another footstep sounded from in front of him, and he called a little louder, "Who's there?"
He held up his hands in defense of the unseen stranger, but instead, a smile spread across the air in front of Edward's face, thoroughly scaring the living daylights out of poor Edward.
A pair of large teal eyes opened above the smile, and blinked once at Edward, who was still holding his hands in front of his face.
A gray and teal-striped cat's body materialized behind the eyes and smile, leaving an enormous floating cat staring at Edward.
The cat's smile widened as it said, "Those are interesting claws you have! I personally thought only cats have claws." It had a very deep, mellow voice, which was not the voice that you would expect from a cat.
Edward lowered his hands slightly, and said very timidly, "T-these are my hands. I-I'm not finished."
The cat's smile dimmed a slight notch, and he said, "Not finished? You were built?"
Edward nodded slowly.
The cat said in a concerned voice, "By whom?"
Edward said, "My father."
The cat said, a little doubtful, "And your father left you?"
Edward shook his head gently, disrupting his unruly black hair, and said, "He didn't wake up."
The cat's smile dimmed another notch, and he said, "Well, I'll have to take you to someone who can take care of you. I can take you to the Hare or the Hatter, but that's the end."
Edward didn't know what to think about either of these odd characters, so he said softly, "The Hare."
The cat's smile widened to its full extent again, and he dissolved to appear on the ground further along the path.
Edward allowed himself a small smile, then followed the strange cat down the path. A question popped into his mind, then he said, "What's your name?"
The cat's smile widened, and he said, "Chessur." Edward smiled again at the knowledge of his new friends name.
Chessur floated in front of Edward, leading him towards the Hare's home. Edward followed close behind, eager to meet another of these strangely wonderful people.
They continued for a couple of hours, and just when Edward's feet were beginning to get a little tired, a large windmill came into view. The sails were bent down and ragged, and in no working condition, but to Edward, they looked exactly like rabbit ears. Another small smile broke out on Edward's face.
A large crash rang through his ears, and Edward looked down to the area in front of the windmill. He saw a long table covered in a large assortment of teapots and teacups and plates. Sitting at the table was a bent-over old hare, dressed in a ratty waistcoat, and silently caressing a spoon between his fingers.
On the other side of the table from the hare, a small dormouse sporting a small needle-sword was hurling sugarcubes at the hare.
At the end of the table, there was a pale man with vibrant green eyes, mismatched clothes, and a humongous hat. He was sitting next to a woman with long, blonde hair wearing a soft blue dress, whose laughter seemed to light up the entire table.
Edward saw that whenever the blonde woman as much as looked at the man sitting next to her, his eyes would change color, and his cheeks would explode into an obvious blush.
Chessur said in his deep voice, "This is the tea party. That one at the left side of the table;" he gestured to the hare, "That is Thackery Earwicket. He is the March Hare. And that;" he gestured to the dormouse, "Is Mallyumpkin, and those two at the end of the table;" he gestured to the man with the hat and blonde woman, "Is Tarrant Hightopp and his wife Alice Hightopp. Alice came from the Topside; where you came from."
Edward nodded, and said softly, "Can I meet them?" Chessur said, "Of course!" and led Edward towards the tea-table.
Tarrant was the first to notice Edward at the end of the table. He looked up, and said, "Chessur! Who is this? Is he another Topsider?" Chessur nodded, and prodded Edward forward with his nose.
Alice said sweetly, "What's your name?" Edward said shyly, "Edward."
Mallyumpkin said in her high-pitched voice, "And what in the blazes are those on your hands?!"
Edward ducked his head, and Chessur said in a scolding voice, "Those are his hands!"
Mallyumpkin automatically said, "Oh I'm so sorry! I had no idea!"
Tarrant stood up from his chair, and saw Edward's hands. His eyes turned to a dark blue, and he said, "What happened to you?"
Edward raised his head a bit, then said, "I wasn't finished."
Tarrant's eyes widened, and he said, "You were built?" Edward nodded. Tarrant said, "Well, who didn't finish you?"
Edward said, "My father." Tarrant's eyes turned a slight shade of red, and a bit of a Scottish accent crept into his voice as he said, "And why didn't your own father finish you?"
Edward ducked his head a bit so they couldn't see the tears welling up in his eyes, and said, "He didn't wake up."
Alice clasped her hands to her mouth, and said, "Oh my goodness!"
Mallyumpkin said, "Well, the White Queen will want to see you, dear!"
Edward raised his head again, and said, "The White Queen?"
Chessur chimed up from the air above Thackery's head, "The White Queen is the queen of Wonderland. She recently won her crown back from her beastly sister, Iracebeth of Crims, thanks to dear Alice here." Alice blushed a little bit a this, and Chessur continued, "Mirana rules from Marmoreal. I just Evaporate to her palace, so I will not be a good traveling companion. Tarrant and Alice take frequent visits to Marmoreal, and they would be best to lead you."
Edward said shyly, "Thank you. The last people I met were not so friendly. Except for... except for..." The tears that were previously welling in his eyes returned, and Edward tried to fight them back, with no success. "Except... Kim." His voice cracked, and he broke into tears.
Alice jumped from her seat next to Tarrant, ran to Edward, and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She whispered into his ear, "Shhhhhh... it's alright."
She let go of him, and wiped his tears from his cheeks. She then said in all curiousity, "Who was Kim, anyway?"
Edward said, still choking back some stray tears, "Kim and her family were the only ones who weren't afraid of me."
Alice gave him one last quick hug, then said, "Well, if we want to get to Marmoreal, then we have to get moving!"
She turned to her husband, and said, "Tarrant, we're going to need some food from the house, so we better stop by before we head to the castle." He nodded, then stood up from his chair.
Edward's smile returned, and he allowed curious little Mallyumpkin to see his hands before he left with the Hightopps.
A/N: Soooooo... how do you like so far? Obviously, it's not finished yet. I'm working on it! Don't worry, Meg is coming soon! Sorry, I can't take any story-line suggestions, 'cause it's aleady planned out. :P Anyway, thanks for reading so far, and follow the story, because I WILL NOT ABANDON A STORY! IT WILL BE FINISHED! Cyber candy to anyone who comments! :)