Disclaimer, I do not own Alice in Wonderland 2010 or any characters from it. I do own my original characters and storyline.

Prologue

Three figures stood in the throne room of the White Castle, one was pacing while the other two stood still, watching. The red haired man was holding a small child in his arms.

"It is the only option, she is no longer safe here." The blonde woman said as she continued to pace the room. Her mind was racing.

The other woman who wore a crown watched the blonde with a worried expression. "Alice I understand that past events have shaken you." She started.

"That is an understatement!" her voice rose. Despite the fact she was talking to the queen, it no longer mattered. This was her child they were talking about. "She was almost killed!"

She bit her lip and tried to stop the tears from falling from her eyes. Alice couldn't afford to look weak right now; she was fighting for her child's safety. The red haired man walked quickly to her and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders. He hated seeing his wife upset and the past few days that was all she had been. She hadn't been this stressed since the last war and that had been years ago.

"Darling, we care about her too. But sending her away from her home and her family seems a little extreme don't you think lassie?" he try to reason with her.

The last thing the Hatter wanted was to lose his daughter to yet another war that was proving to be on the horizon. Or yet, to another assassin that would try to kill her again.

Alice looked up at him with that muchness in her eyes that he had fallen in love with.

"No. I don't think it is extreme. And she would be going to her extended family. I'm sure my sister and her husband will raise her without much question. Gwendolyn should meet them and her cousin as well. They will treat her like family." She smiled a small smile.

The Hatter sighed, knowing he was losing this argument. His wife had many good points. His daughter wouldn't be with complete strangers, she would be close enough to the portal, and she would grow up happy and safe. But parting with her, when the child had him wrapped around her little finger, sadden him greatly. It showed on his face. His wife reached up and cupped his face with her hands.

"It's for the best Tarrant, you know it is." she said softly.

He bowed his head and nodded slightly. Tears threated to fall. The White Queen reached to the small table against the wall, grabbing a small vile filled with purple liquid. She handed it to Alice.

"This will take you both to the above land, you know where the portal is to get back." She told Alice as she took the vile.

Alice turned to her husband and he ever so slowly, handed over his only child. The tears were falling now and he didn't try to stop them. When the child was settled in her arm Alice drank the liquid. Before she started to dissolve, she reached to her husband's face, wiping the tears away.

"It is not goodbye Tarrant, it's merely so you later." She smiled against her own sadness.

He placed his hand over hers and looked down at his child who was sleeping peacefully. Only a few weeks old and already she was beautiful. One of his fingers stroked her little face.

"Farewell my child, be safe and know that I will be waiting for your return." He said as they faded into the air. He felt his heart break.

~London~

It was night by the time Alice made it to the above land. She climbed out of the hole being careful not to wake her daughter. Alice looked around and found that not much had changed since she had left. The house that once held Lord Ascot's family was still there. They had moved and he left the house for Alice. Having decided to live in Underland, she let her sister and her family live there. Of course, that had been three years ago. Her son, Richard, was about two now. At least Gwendolyn would have a brother to play with.

Alice calmly walked up to the front door and rang the bell. Within moments her sister answered the door.

"Alice?" Margret asked in pure shock. It was understandable. Alice had left home only leaving a note saying she had left to marry a man that loved her.

"Margret…I need your help." Alice said quietly.

For an hour they sat in the parlor talking. Alice told her sister that the place she now lived was in danger and that her child wouldn't be safe growing up there. However, because of her husband's job, they could not move. And when she finally asked her sister her favor, Margret was only too happy to help.

"When will you be back for her?"

Alice was cradling her baby one last time for who knew how long.

"When it's finally safe. Thank you sister, you don't know how much this means to me."

She gave her child to her sister and left swiftly out the door, running until she found her way to the hole again. Before she stepped in she looked upon the house in the distance.

"Remember Gwendolyn, mummy and daddy love you. It's not goodbye and we will see each other again."

With that she fell down the hole, leaving tears on the ground above.