In the outskirts of London, there lived a well-off Victorian house away from the bustle and hustle of the city. Inside the house, it was what every Englsh house will have: antiques, carpets from the far East, glass cabinets, tea-sets made from the finest china, and a grandfather clock in the hallway. Upstairs was where all the residents of the house were slumbering after a tiring day. In one of these fine bedrooms, a girl of twelve was clutching to a patched doll rabbit; sleeping soundly. Her room was filled with toys, books, and dresses. In front of her sleeping form was a storybook, no doubt the girl fell asleep while she read and now dreamt of magical creatures and a mystifying world. How blissful she looks.

Then out of the blue, there was a sound of broken glass and after a few moments, the whole house was filled with toxic, black smoke. A small flame that escaped from a smashed oil-lamp caught onto the rich carpet and spread onto everything that was flammable. The girl was rudely awakened from her enchanted dream as she started to sweat and choked on the poisonous fumes.

Overcoming her sleepiness and disorientation, the girl opened her green eyes as she grasped what was going on. To her disbelief and shock, she herself in a flaming room, threatening to eat her in the flames. The girl threw off her duvets and fighting both flames and smokes, threw her bedroom door opened and rushed towards her parent's bedroom.

To her horror, the entire house was engulfed in flames. Desperate and fearful for the lives of her parents, she ran to the door and started banging and shouting.

'Mother! Father!'

Using all her might, she tried to open the door to her parent's bedroom but the door was locked from the inside. Before she could find some other way to break the door down, she heard the voice of her father:

'Alice, go! Save yourself!'

Alice leaned against the door, straining to hear their voices. 'Father!'

'It's too late for us!' That was her mother's voice; pleading. 'Please Alice! Leave us! Save yourself! Always remember we love you!'

Those were the last words from her mother when Alice heard something smashed in the bedroom. Sobbing tears, she looked around but saw no way through this Hell when all of a sudden, she saw her pet black cat, Dinah, jumping outside through the window. Knowing what to do, Alice was about to follow her cat but hesitated. She could not bear to abandon her family. Before she could decide whether to flee or stay, a flaming beam fell at the entrance to her parent's bedroom; blocking any entry to the room. Seeing no other options, Alice jumped out of the window before the flames could claim her life.

Alice fell face first onto the grass as fresh air flowed through her system. Using what remaining strength she had left from her nightmarish moment and grief, she dragged herself away from the inferno until she was at a safe distance. Alice could only stare at the destruction that transpired in front of her very eyes. Amiss from all the excitement, Alice noticed she was holding onto her rabbit doll the entire time. Alice continue to gaze at the dancing flames eat away what remains of the house and dead bodies.

Then like a demented banshee, Alice screamed her lungs out: howling her pain and grief throughout the night.

Ten years later.

'That takes care of that.' A boy with spiky, brown hair said as he steered the Gummi ship. 'I didn't realize there were that many Heartless in Traverse Town.'

'A-hyuk!' a dog-like person said. 'You certainly show them, Sora.'

'You said it!' a duck agreed with Goofy.

'Thanks guys!' Sora said, rubbing his thumb underneath his nose. 'Now let get home so we can treat ourselves to a… Hey! Isn't that Wonderland?'

Sore steered the Gummi ship closer to a world which was surrounded by a dark aura. Wonderland was the first world where he had his first adventure with Donald and Goofy. It was the home of many queer animals and wacky places. Most importantly, it was where Alice, one of the seven Princesses of Heart and Sora's friend, resided.

'Gosh', Goofy said worriedly. 'I wonder what happened?'

'Could it be Heartless?' Donald asked.

'No idea', Sora replied as he gunned down the engines. 'But we better take a look. Something terrible must have happened to Alice.'

And like a falling star, the Gummi ship made a fast descent on Wonderland.

'What happened to this place?' Donald asked as his webbed feet planted on Wonderland's soil.

'Beats me.' Was Sora's only answer.

'Maybe we can ask somebody?' Goofy suggested. He shivered. 'Gosh! I don't remember Wonderland being like this!'

To all of them, Wonderland was a beautiful world with oversized flowers, trees, living creatures and inhabitants. It was a world full of green lands and blue skies. Now it was a dreadful place with no signs of living or beauty. There was an aura of evil surrounding the area where Sora and his two friends stood.

'I guess this is the bad lands of Wonderland.' Sora replied as he looked around. 'There must be somewhere where there is a lot of people.'

'Hey look!' Donald pointed. Sora and Goofy looked to where Donald was pointing to and saw a tall fortress with ramparts and an opened gate.

'I wonder who lives there?' Sora asked.

'Who cares!' Donald cried. 'Maybe he can help us!'

Without waiting for the others, Donald bolted towards the fortress.

'Donald!' Goofy cried as he joined Donald. 'Wait up!'

'Wait for me!' Sora cried as he took the lead.

Together, they raced towards the fortress. Very soon, Sora was the first one to hurtle through the gates and stopped in a screech. Donald and Goofy were just behind him, panting heavily.

'What is this place?' Sora wondered.

'Beats me', Goofy wheezed. 'But its kind of Spooky.'

The fortress was dark and gloomy with walls made of brown bricks; covered with spiders' cobwebs and sickly green fogs. In the main hall of the fortress were many wooden doors, obviously leading to other sections of the fortress. Once in a while, our three heroes could have sworn they heard the cackling and chuckling of children. Even the merest sounds made them shivered.

'I don't like this place!' Goofy declared.

'Me too!' Donald said shakily.

'Come on you two', Sora said impatiently. 'Let get to the bottom of this.'

Mustering their courage, Donald and Goofy moved their shaking legs as Sora opened one of the doors. It led them to an empty and dreary classroom with desks and chairs in disorderly rows. The desks and chairs were crooked, dirty, unvarnished, chipped or broken. On the blackboard was a crude drawing of a headless person. What was the most unique feature of the classroom was the fact that it was covered in blood.

'Looks like a dissection project gone haywire', Sora commented, trying to lighten up the dark mood. 'Right guys?'

'What kind of school is this?' Donald asked.

To answer his question, something was peeking at them behind of the doors. When Goofy noticed it, he went closer to the figure with Sora and Donald behind him. Imagine their horror and disgust when the thing jumped in front of them, revealing it to be a topless child with a creepy smile and completely bald. With an insane laugh, the child ran to the opposite direction.

'YIKES!' Donald cried with a jump. 'Let's get out of here!'

Despite being a small fellow and a mage, Donald pushed both Sora and Goofy out of the classroom and into the next room. The next room was filled with shelves full of books in rows. There were tables and chairs in the center of the room and portraits hanging on the wall. Thankfully, this room was not coverd in blood like the classroom.

'Gosh!' Goofy exclaimed. 'This must be the library.'

'I wonder what kind of books do they have in store here.' Sora said.

'No time for browsing!' Donald snapped. 'We have to get out of here!'

Donald pushed them around the corner and bumped into somebody, or something. To be exact, it was a pack of cards.

'Hey who goes there?' one of them shouted.

'Uh-oh!' Donald said.

'It's the Queen's guards!' Goofy gasped.

Sora looked up. 'Er… guys? Have you ever seen the Queen's guards this grumpy?'

Indeed, the Card Guards were more menacing looking than before with heavy brows and frowns on their faces.

'Now that you mentioned it', Donald said slowly, peering closely into them. 'Shouldn't they be a bit goofy looking?'

'Of course not! Cause I'm Goofy!' Goofy said jokingly. 'A-hyuk!'

'Silence!' one of the cards ordered. 'You all are hereby under arrest for trespassing in the halls of education and being in league with the one responsible of corrupting this land!'

The three of them were rudely lifted up and were pointed with spears from the back. 'Is this is a school', Goofy said, wincing from the poke. 'Then where is the cafeteria?'

'And what do you mean we are in league with the person who is destroying Wonderland?' Sora asked. 'We just got here.'

'That is for the Queen of Hearts to decide!' the guard said roughly. 'Now I want you to march and I want no trouble from you or you will be having holes in your …'

Before the captain of the guards could finish, his top part of the body slid down onto the floor: blood sprouted from his lower half. Everybody stared at the cut card and the person who was responsible for the killing. It was a young woman with long, brunette hair and green, eyes. She was about Sora's height, very skinny and pale. She wore a blue color Victorian-style with a white apron sewn to it. A knife covered in blood, obviously from the captain of the guards, was resting in her hand.

'Seized her!' one of the cards screamed.

Forgetting Sora, Donald and Goofy for a moment, the cards charged: screaming and raising their spears. With speed of a leopard and grace of a butterfly, the woman dodged the entire spear thrusts. In retaliation, the woman swung her knife in arcs: hitting it marks. Within seconds, the floor was covered with bodies cut in half or headless corpses. The woman stood among the dead bodies, holding a bloody knife and wearing a demonic smile on her face.

All this time, Sora and his two friends just stood there; witnessing the bloodshed and the prowess the woman showed. Yet, despites her cold-blooded killing, there was something familiar about her. Finally overcoming his shock, Sora strode forward.

'Er…' he began awkwardly. 'Thanks for saving us. Do you happen to know a young girl? With blonde, long hair and blue eyes? Her name is…'

At that exact moment, the young woman turned her attention to Sora. Both of them looked at each other in the eyes for a long time. Despite the color green in the young woman's eyes, Sora immediately recognized them.

'Alice?' he said in disbelief.

Behind Sora, both Donald and Goofy looked at each other in confusion. 'Alice?'

The young woman, or Alice, grinned demonically. 'It had been a long time, Sora.'

'Alice?' Sora asked, still not believing. 'Is that really you? B-but your hair…'

Alice's smile vanished and a serious face replaced it. She stroked her brown hair. 'People changed, Sora.' She said casually. 'I just happened to be going through a difficult time. By the way, what are you doing here?'

'It just so happens we were passing through Wonderland', Goofy answered as he walked next to Sora. 'When we saw the dark aura surrounding Wonderland, we thought we come and investigate.'

'What happened here?' Donald asked as he overcame his fear and joined them.

'The Queen of Hearts had taken advantage of my absence and had warped Wonderland into this monstrosity.' Alice answered with venom. Sora flinched at that tone. 'I was following Rabbit but I needed a potion to make me small.'

'If that the case', Sora said. 'Want us to tag along? You could do with some help.'

'No!' Alice said bluntly. 'I have everything under control thank you very much. You best get out of here before something happen to you.'

Sora was about to protest when Alice placed her knife at Sora's throat. 'I'm no longer the Alice you knew. Not weak, unreliable Alice. I can take care of myself.'

Alice released her knife from Sora's throat and walked deeper into the library; leaving Sora stunned and mindlessly rubbing his throat.

'Was that really Alice?' Donald asked.

'The one and only.'

Sora, Donald and Goofy spun around, looking for the source of the voice. Appearing in front of the group was a grey, scrawny cat with golden rings pierced in its' ears and wearing a frightening grin.

'Welcome back, Hero of the Light.' It said.

Sora shook his head to focus. 'The Cheshire cat? What happened to you?'

'Maybe somebody didn't feed him milk.' Goofy suggested.

'I detest the white juice that comes from a cow', the Cheshire cat said airily. 'As for what happened, the corruption of Wonderland what changed me.'

'You mean the Queen of Hearts did this to you?' Sora asked.

'She plays a role in it', the cat replied. 'But there is another responsible: Seek out Alice. Ignored her wish and follow her. Remember, you won't get if you don't ask.'

With a devilish grin, the Cheshire cat vanished.

'Does that means we have to go after Alice?' Goofy asked.

'Do we have to?' Donald asked.

Sora took a deep breath and squared his shoulders. 'Come on guys. We had faced danger and we always managed to get through it.'

Both Donald and Goofy nodded. 'We sure did.'

Sora turned towards them, smiling. 'If we work together as we always do, I know we can do this! So, ready for another adventure?'

'Yeah!' Donald and Goofy yelled in unison.

Together, the three friends raced after Alice.