Summary: The Bloody Big Head was banished, now the White Queen is dead. Underland is in peril and so now its champion Alice must tumble down the rabbit hole again.

"You could stay." The Hatter said in a quiet tone from behind Alice.

"What an Idea, a crazy, mad, wonderful Idea" She replied with a smile, that faded quickly into a look of regret "but I can't. There are questions I have to answer, things I have to do." She said this before pouring the contents of the glass vial at hand into her mouth, swallowing the blood of the Jabberwocky.

"I'll be back again before you know it."

"You won't remember me"

"Of course I will. How could I forget?" The look of sadness on the Hatter's face tore into Alice, making her wish for the moment to last longer and making her to pray that she would remember her friend. "Hatter, why is a raven like a writing desk?" She asked the question that had come up in conversation many times over the past days.

"I haven't the slightest idea." He replied with a smile gracing his lips. "Fairfarren Alice," And with that her vision blurred, her last view in Wonderland was of the solemn Tarrant's face

FIVE YEARS LATER

"Don't worry Alice; you'll be back in China before you know it." But no matter how much she told herself this lie she could never believe that she would be home fast enough. The dinner that she was being forced through at Lord Ascot's home was proof enough of this. After countless awkward silences and strange looks from his soon Lord Ascot decided that it be best that they take their company to the parlor where her mother, sister, brother-in-law and the Ascot family were taking drinks and engaging in small conversation. It was then that Alice dismissed herself to the gardens. It was in these gardens years ago that Alice had disappeared to Underland, or as she thought it, Wonderland.

She was wandering idly, not quite worried about where she was going or how she would get back, but instead she was dreaming to herself about her few days as the Champion or Marmoreal and of her friends Mally the dormouse, Chess the smiling cat, Thackery the March Hare, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Absolem the blue caterpillar, but most of all the Hatter, she missed Tarrant the Hatter most dearly.

So as she wandered through the gardens, remembering the talking flowers of Underland and the gardens in the castles of the Red and White Queen's she didn't realize she was being followed by not only one, but two beings. In her defense, one was much more obvious than the other. While one presence demanded attention, the other lurked in the shadows and bid its time.

A throat being cleared behind her back alerted Alice to her one follower, Hamish. "I wouldn't want you to lose your way in this maze of a place." He said in his nasal voice that irritated Alice.

"Hamish, isn't your fiancé expecting you? You shouldn't want to keep her waiting."

"Well of course I should escort you back to your family before I would leave you alone. It will be dark soon and you wouldn't do well alone amidst these trees and thorns for a night." Hamish told her grasping at Alice's hand. She recoiled and venomously exclaimed "As I said Lord Hamish you shouldn't leave your wife-to-be waiting for you. I will be fine here alone." With this she stomped off, trying her best to be lost to Hamish between the thick lines of shrubbery.

A rustle in the bushes to her left had Alice backing up into a rather thick line of roses, the thorns tearing into her dress and leaving scratches up her bare arms. "I think I've made it quite clear Hamish that I am not interested in spending any unnecessary time in your presence. I don't mean to be rude but you leave me no choice." The rustling proceeded, but instead of Hamish a white rabbit appeared out of the shrubbery. This wouldn't have been so unusual had the rabbit not been fully dressed and pointing with urgency at a pocket watch clutched in his paw.

"McTwisp!" Alice exclaimed instantaneously recognizing her friend. He came further out of the bushed and looked pointedly at his watch one last time before dashing off, leaving it to Alice to follow him to the rabbit hole under a great oak. Alice didn't hesitate to jump into the dark hole, feeling invigorated as she flew downward, but this time she was prepared for the hard landing, still she forgot that she would be upside down when she finally landed, and so she fell face first to the floor.

It was all easy now, she placed the key on the floor before taking a swig of the vile tasting shrinking potion and felt after she shrunk down to the size of a child's doll she followed McTwisp to the small door, the click of a lock and the streaming of sunlight into the small room.

"I'm here." Alice said quietly to herself. "I'm home."

Okay everybody… how'd you like the first chapter? I rented the movie on video on demand last night and have watched it five times since (working on six right now) and decided that I just had to write about Alice's return to Underland. So here it is! I Hope you liked it and I love every review I get so please please please review my work. Tell me anything you think I can do better, I take all your criticism seriously. Thanks so much for reading :)

p.s. Wow this seems alot shorter than it appeared to be before I posted it... sorry ;)