Chapter 1, Part 1: Remembrance
Five Years… Five Bitter Years had past since my escape to Wonderland, Such colourful characters; and of course the best of them all was my Lance… Our time together had been like a song and it was the best 30 days I had ever spent but it had ended too soon; in a way for my world it had never happened at all- But I remember! I remember the feeling of his hands on mine and his Lips caressing my own, his eyes were Golden and his Pitch black hair reminded me of the nights we had spent in his forest together- Young and Passionately in love, I remember walking through the Maze of roses with his hand intertwined with my own and our first kiss shared beneath a great Rose bush… Three Blue roses were starting to bloom and even now I wonder if any more have grown.
Despite all my love for him he had refused to let me stay with him; the painful words I remember so well still haunt me to this day- "I won't let you waste your life with me… I love You Meiko but, I wont let you stay" the tears hadn't stopped falling even after the chaste kiss nor being hustled away from my love and soon returning home, Turning down Noah who had once been a good friend of mine… Here I am now all alone and shut in- Five years have past and no word from Lance not even a glimpse of Oliver looking around.
To be honest I didn't know what to do, the date today was June 30th 2015 and my heart wouldn't stop quivering- if they wouldn't come to me I would find the gateway and plunge back into the world… why I hadn't tried earlier I didn't know, perhaps I was scared they had forgotten me? Or that my family needed me, but they had all left me now- no use talking to a Shattered heart after all- I also was afraid of what Lance would say but I couldn't bare to be without him any longer, My destiny lied with him after all.
Oh and of course I forgot, my name is Meiko Dallti and I have Grey eyes and long brown hair… I normally wear blue and white dresses but ever since my trip I have taking a liking to Red and White, the colour of the dress I was in the last time I saw Him… to think I used to hate the colour red, well I used to hate Gold as well but ever since I met him I fell in love with it, his Eyes were the thing that haunted me at night.
Chapter 1 Part 2: Return to Wonderland
This pathway seemed like I had only went down it yesterday, instead of Five years ago… I could feel the ticking of a clock within each heartbeat- Midnight had arrived and very soon I knew the portal would open, I could easily wait as it would be open all day tomorrow but I couldn't bring myself for fear of missing it- I felt a tear trickle down my face as I approached the clearing that had decided my fate all those years ago, as midnight passed and the next day begun I had to chuckle emptily; for of course now it was my birthday… Happy birthday empty Child, 21 Years old and I had came to Wonderland when I was 16... Or was it 17? The details had become very rusty in my head and at the moment all that mattered were finding the damn gateway again.
The grass brushed against my bare ankles and my dress was ruffled by the strong forbidden winds pulling at my soul and trying to get me to turn back, but no I was too close now to give up- there was no giving up from this point onwards… I could feel it already, Lance's firm yet gentle embrace- his voice echoed in my ears and my heart was trapped within a false lullaby; I could do anything if it meant getting to him again.
My heart must have stopped or something like that when I finally reached the gateway- a giant Rabbits hole that bridged our worlds, every 1st day of a month it would open and finally I had regained the confidence to go back to find them all- to find my love- I finally realised I hadn't moved for Five minutes and also had held my breath, how could I be so frightened? It wasn't like the world had changed.
Walking as close as possible to the Gateway I gazed into the darkness, would I get lost without Oliver to chase? Was I just stalling this? Why couldn't my heart beat right now.
Inside my mind a flurry of forgotten questions brimmed and tried to choke me, attempting to stop me from taking the plunge- It wasn't like I was jumping off a cliff; all I was doing was going back to a better world in which I would be reunited with Lance and with my true Family in Wonderland.
Taking a look back to the waking world I smiled faintly at the unknowing people, those who hopefully would never see me again- for I was going to escape this wretched reality and go back to my Fairytale; nothing had changed there I was sure.
I felt a solitary tear slip down my face as I held my breath and jumped into the darkness, the light suddenly overwhelming the Fear and my sight clouding as I Descended and soon I felt my mind become heavy- my conscience dimming until I soon passed out, if only I had heard the screaming before I took the plunge; perhaps I would have heard his warning.