Hello there.

If you're reading this Author's Note, then you've obviously decided to read Welcome to Wonderland. Beforehand, I just want to tell you that I took the concept of someone falling and ending up in Wonderland. The events won't be very alike to Alice in Wonderland's events, and the characters will be added and removed and roles will be warped until you can barely compare them to the original Alice in Wonderland characters unless I make it obvious. Well, enough of that.

T for language.

Please enjoy chapter one. I'll have the second chapter up pretty soon to make up for the (potential) lameness. I hope.

Welcome to Wonderland

Chapter One: Slipped on a Puddle

Alfred Jones grabbed his umbrella and walked out the front door of his apartment.

It was raining again.

He walked silently, hand in his pocket, the other holding up the black umbrella. The weather had been very dreary lately, and the American was used to cooler and sunnier days.

Alfred suddenly leaped to his right and dropped his umbrella as a boy on a bicycle nearly ran over him. He yelped and gave a frustrated yell.

The boy continued on, ignoring him.

Alfred sighed. He picked his umbrella up again and continued walking sullenly. The weather affected his mood greatly. He stepped over water puddles and avoided potential pools of deep water. He was wet enough.

"The rain's seriously been-"

His sentence was unfinished as his foot slipped on a water puddle.

It was as if everything was in slow motion. Alfred dropped his umbrella again and waved his arms in the air, failing to regain balance. He braced himself for the impact of his back against the concrete and then-

"It's surely taking me a while to fall," he thought.

Alfred opened his eyes and nearly screamed.

Nearly.

The American flopped on the ground ungracefully and groaned. He sat up and rubbed his chin, other hand putting his glasses back in place.

"Wha- where the hell am I?"

Considering the fact that he was in an open space, his voice echoed.

The sky was filled with ominous clouds, but it wasn't raining. The surroundings were also dark and dreary. There were few trees - mostly dead - and the ground was filled with dead leaves and patches of brown grass. There was something in the distance. It stood still.

"This isn't funny."

Realizing that no one was listening, or could listen, for that matter, Alfred stomped his foot on the ground.

"Did I hit my head too hard or something?"

Silence answered.

Alfred sighed and ran towards the object in the distance. Well, at least he could try to act positively. There was nothing else to do, anyway.

He found that the thing was actually a door. There didn't seem to be anything on the other side, as he looked behind it.

"Eh. What the hell," Alfred grew tired of waiting for nothing. He gingerly opened the door.

Taking a look inside, with the top half of his body on the other side of the door, Alfred found nothing.

He gripped the doorknob. How useless. Why was the door even there when it led to nowhere?

"I wonder what'll happen if-"

There was an "Oof", and Alfred fell into the empty door. Instead of going through the other side, though, he fell into another place.

And the little door closed behind him.

Alfred found the other place even more depressing than the last one.

"God. Where am I?"

He let out a frustrated stomp, clearly knowing that it was childish. He didn't care.

The place was like a forest. It had a small winding pathway and plants on either side of it. The sky was cloudless, but a dark purple color.

Alfred trudged up the pathway. He heard someone up ahead.

Taking a peek proved to be true. There was a man standing with his back to Alfred on the middle of the pathway. He was laughing by himself. Alfred instantly thought he was crazy.

"Hey!" Alfred called out. He ran towards the man and felt hopeful.

"Finally, there's someone else in here!"

The man turned around. He was shorter than Alfred and had blond hair. He had beautiful emerald green eyes, but they didn't catch Alfred's attention first.

"Um..."

Was it considered rude to laugh at a stranger? Yes. But considering his huge caterpillar-like eyebrows... And also considering the fact that he was the only person that Alfred saw ever since he slipped on the puddle...

"Hello...sir." Alfred wasn't usually one for formalities.

Eyebrows spoke in a British accent.

"Yes? And who, dear sir, if I may ask, are you?"

Huge bushy caterpillar eyebrows. Emerald green eyes. British accent. Laughing at nothing. First person in an empty world.

Alfred pushed up his glasses and flashed a smile. His sapphire blue eyes glinted as he gave a thumbs-up sign.

"I'm Alfred F. Jones, the hero!"

See? Alfred (Alice) actually slipped on a puddle and met Arthur (the Caterpillar - bet you didn't expect that, but I did put "caterpillar-like eyebrows") instead of the White Rabbit. But White Rabbit will come in the next chapter. Any guesses as to who he might be?

I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of Welcome to Wonderland! I know it was a bit boring, but the second one will come soon.

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