A second update today for kicks.

Chapters will slowly get longer. ^^

Alice's screamed echoed as she fell from the sky where only three storm clouds were present. The storm stretched for about ten feet in all directions and Alice was trapped in the middle, plummeting down to the ground.

Her legs flailed and her arms where helplessly groping the air in hopes of grabbing something that would save her. Instead, she fell faster down into the ocean beneath her. She didn't have the time to panic and wonder how any of this was possible. Her main concern at the moment was the fact that she was going to die on impact. Her tears flew back up into the sky as she fell and the only thing she could manage was curling up in a ball as she fell in hopes it would make this less painful.

Just when she thought it was to late, she watched the ocean reached up to her like a tunnel about to consume her completely. Alice screamed once more, clamping a hand over her mouth just in time to hold her breathe before the water wrapped around her and brought her down into the vast body of water.

As soon as she was free from the water's hold she kicked her way to the top. She gasped and coughed once she broke the surface and looked around. The sun was out and shining and the waves were moderately small. The tiny storm she seemed to have fallen from had moved on, slowly sweeping away from her to the distance.

"Okay. Oh shit." Alice panted, looking around for signs of life or land. "Oh shit…"

Things were quiet, and the only sound she could make out was the sound of the water swaying back and forth and the sound of waves crashing in the distance. Breathing hard and obviously soaked she looked around frantically and couldn't see land in any direction.

"Okay." She muttered, panting in a strained and worried tone. "Okay…this…is not real. I'm having a dream. A…very…realistic dream."

She pinched her arm and tugged on her hair and nothing changed. She was still floating on the surface of a large body of water. Unable to feel the bottom beneath her feet or see land anywhere around her really surged the panic into overdrive. Still, she noticed the water was warm and not cold like she was used to. The conditions were almost tropic and even for it being summer; there was no place around her like this.

"Not real…" she said softly. "This can't be real."

Alice picked a direction, not one in particular since she has nothing to go on. She swam for a few minutes, keeping her pace slow so she wouldn't tire herself out. She had no idea if this was a place where anyone would find her, or how she would explain it either.

"Yes, I fell from the sky." Alice grumbled, sniffing back her tears. "I stepped in a puddle and suddenly I'm falling from the damn sky."

The sky was clear, and not just of rain but of birds. She couldn't even bring herself to look around for fish or anything similar underwater. She was sure she would only scare herself further if she were to see something. It wasn't a pool she could climb out of.

"Maybe I fell through to the other side of the world." She said softly. She was talking mostly to steady her nerves but also because she wanted to remember the questions she needed to ask. It was already dark and dinnertime when she pulled into her garage. Now the sun was high in the sky like it was mid afternoon.

Alice let out a pathetic whimper when something bumped into her leg. She pulled her legs up as high as she could and looked down into the water, confused. Again she was nudged, but she couldn't tell what exactly it was.

It took her a fair amount of time before she gained the courage to reach down carefully into the water and picked it up. She made a face when it turned out to be nothing but a rather large book, something looking like a textbook.

"What the hell…" Alice muttered, looking around the water now and peering deeper into the depths. Below the surface of the water she could see them clearly. The outlines of dozens of books slowly floating back and forth in the underwater current.

Alice flipped the book over and frowned, it wasn't damaged and falling apart the way it should have been, it was still in fairly good shape, but she paled at the title.

"Death at sea…" Alice read slowly. She felt the churning in her stomach and felt instantly as if she would vomit. "That can't be good…"

Laying the book back in the water she watched as it slowly sank back towards the bottom and tried to swim back away from it. She was tempted to grab another book but no good would come from that. It might just be something worse and that was the last thing she wanted to be thinking over.

It didn't take long for her to get tired, as she expected it wouldn't. Most of her energy now was being spent just staying above the surface. Already she'd accidentally swallowed too much water and wanted badly to find a bed she could sleep in, preferably her own.

"This isn't happening." She muttered, still seeing no sighs of life anyway. The further she seemed to go the more things she seemed to notice floating in the water. Full size living room furniture, like couches and chairs along with tables and silverware, grandfather clocks and lamp shades. There were checkerboard tiles and chest pieces, wooden dolls and wax candles, complete with a hot flame on their wick. Every time she attempted to get closer to those the flames would put themselves out.

"This is so not happening…" she muttered, the longer she stayed in the water the more hopeless she was starting to feel. It wasn't until the movement of the water that the remainder of color drained from her face. She was pulled slowly at first but the power of the waves grew. The tiny ripples had begun to grow and twirl in an intimidating vortex.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Alice said, screaming as she spun round and round in the sudden whirlpool that had her jerking back and forth. As hard as she struggled it wasn't enough and before she knew what was happening she was sinking lower and lower under the water and it was by far the most frightening thing that had ever happened to her. She was going to drown and die. Tears came back to her eyes as she thought of her body floating along the surface of the water with all the other objects floating around.

Unable to hold it any longer she finally threw up, nearly choking back as much water as she had throw back up in the first place. She didn't notice that the whirlpool wasn't something exactly natural, it was leading down into a drain and now she was getting sucked down into it. Sliding down a long pipe she curled up, being forced down each turn by the pressure of water following her. In the rush of water she bounced from one pipe to another, air leaving her quickly. Alice panicked, wishing now she would black out and die already. She couldn't take the fear any longer, and soon, her air would be gone. Already she felt the burning in her lungs.

When she fell out the other end of the pipe with a thud she was alone again. The water was still running through the pipes and it was almost as if she had been kicked out of the pipes.

Alice laid on the ground, breathing hard and trying to catch her breath and relax her muscles as she coughed out the foreign water. That was more of a work out then she ever wanted to go through again. She could play soccer with the best of them but she wasn't a triathlon star. This was too much.

When she sat up slowly she realized she was sitting in a hallway. Nothing about the surroundings looked familiar other then it was the same kind of checkerboard tile that was floating in the water.

"Hello?" she frowned.

Only silence answered her.

"Hello?" she called again, looking around and getting to her feet.

The hallways were dimly lit but it didn't stop Alice from looking around. It was certainly better then floating around outside again, but she wondered where this house could have been. She hadn't seen anything before and the current couldn't have possible carried her that far.

The walls were pretty and decorated with enchanting designs, but there were no pictures hanging on the walls or anything else.

"C'mon! This isn't funny! Someone has to be here!" Alice yelled, half expecting a door to open and someone to walk out to see who was making all the noise but there was nothing. Not one peep or hum around the house.

"Damn it." Alice muttered. "Why me…"

It didn't take her long to find a set of stairs, but it was a bathroom she really wanted to find. She was soaked to the bone and someone getting her a towel would be perfect. Unfortunately she wasn't expecting anything like that.

As she descended, she still continued to call for help. Calling to anyone who might be able to hear and help her. All she wanted was to go home. That was it.

It didn't seem to her to be that hard of a request.

"Hello…" she sighed, really having no idea where she was and it was definitely starting to scare her. But what scared her worse was the breath she felt against her ear.

"Hello baby."

Alice screamed, hugging herself tightly when she felt a body pressed into the back of hers, and a hand firmly on her hip.

"That was a pretty song." He said, kissing the spot just under her ear. She could feel the smile on his lips and the blush spread across her face.

Alice tore away from his hold and spun around to look at the man that had snuck up on her so easily. She tried to look insulted and angry but it was hard to pull of when lost and soaked.

The man that startled her only looked a few years older then her, if that much. But he had at least two inches on her. His hair was platinum blond and he looked charmingly mischievous. His eyes were a dark brown but she was willing to bet they could turn gold in the right light. He wore a white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up passed his elbows and there was a white rabbit stitched on the collar that caught her attention. It would have looked more on the casual side of formal which was enhanced by the black combat boots he wore to complete the look. He was a beautiful man, and that alone made Alice nervous.

"Who are you?" Alice demanded, putting distance between them. She'd never had a guy so friendly try to be so close to her. Especially not one she'd never met before.

He laughed abruptly. "Oh, my, my, my. You must be new here, baby. Everyone knows about me."

"Well I don't." Alice said, swallowing nervously.

He smiled wider and nodded. "Well pretty baby, I am the White Rabbit. They call me White for short."

"White Rabbit?" Alice muttered, having no idea what kind of name that was.

"Right, baby." White chuckled, eyes lingering over her soaked figure shamelessly.

Going red in the face, Alice took another step back. The last thing she needed was this guy thinking she was easy prey.

"And just, who are you, baby?" he asked, moving closer to her.

She frowned hard, staring up at him. "My name is Alice."

He stopped for a moment, hesitation clear in his features before he grinned. "Wonderful. Now come, come, follow me."

White grabbed her wrist and dragged her along with him.

"Where are we going?" Alice asked, trying to jerk her hand away but it was in vain.

"No time! We're late!" he laughed, turning to pull her closer and kiss between her eyes before releasing her and running off. "Hurry Alice!"

"Wait!" She said, running after him. "I just wanna go home!"

Alice ran after him and he made a sharp turn she almost missed. Sliding to a stop she turned to follow him and came to a door. Trying the handle she sighed frustratingly to see it was locked.

"Damn it, White! You said to follow and you ditch me!" Alice yelled, banging fist on the door. He was the first person she had seen; losing him so quickly was not what she had planned.

It was just like back at home with her garage door. No one could hear her; no one would answer it. She'd be trapped again.

"Oi, you're loud, ain't ya lady?"

Alice spun around, face to face with a boy who looked no older then twelve. His hair and eyes were both like charcoal. He was such a small, awkward kid but looked right at home here. He wore ripped and faded jeans with a black hoodie that was much too big for him. Outlined in white it had all four suits from a deck of cards. He didn't wear any shoes and he stared up at her with clear resentment and annoyance, but she couldn't imagine he saw many people in such an empty place.

"Who are you?" she asked, looking down at him.

"Who are ya? Who are ya?" the little boy mocked. "Ya in my home, lady. Don't be asking me who I am when the question is who are ya!"

Alice stared down at the kid and felt like this was a babysitting job gone wrong. "Excuse me?"

"`Scuse me? `Scuse me." He mocked. "Who are ya, Lady?"

"Alice…" She said, staying at the little boy and holding back the urge to smack him. "My name is Alice."

He looked at her with a quirked brow and chuckled. "Fine, fine, Lady. Whatever you say."

"What's your name?" Alice asked.

He huffed and crossed his arms. "I am teh keeper of teh door, Lady. Ain't not one person comin' or goin' without my say so, got it?"

Alice raised an eye. "White told me to follow him."

"So?" the kid raised an eye. "I don't care not one lil bit."

Alice made a frustrated sound, she couldn't believe she was arguing with a kid. He was definitely one of those kinds of kids she never wanted to have.

"Look, I just want to go home." Alice glared. "I just nearly drowned, okay? I'm not in the mood to play these little games."

"Awe, poor Alice. Poor girl. Poor, poor thing. I don't care. Not one lil bit, no I don't." He shook his head. "You think you can come here and order people around. Nope. Won't get you no where, Lady."

"Look kid," Alice muttered. "You can let me leave or we can keep standing here arguing."

"Woah." His rolled his eyes. "An ultimatum. How quaint."

Alice stared at him. "How old are you? No kid talks like that."

"Maybe not in your world Lady, but here we gots brains. You gotta to have the proper amount of nonsense on your side. Too much normalcy and you won't stand a chance. Such a pity, right? Nah, it's grand fun."

Alice stared at him blankly. "What?"

"Oi, lady. You're a dull one, ain't you?" The kid huffed. "I don't see why I should do anything for ya."

"The sooner you let me out, the sooner I won't be here anymore. You get to go do your own thing again. You understand that?" Alice said, fighting a harsher glare.

"Yes."

"Then will you let me go now?"

"I could if I felt like it." He nodded.

"Kid. Let me out." Alice said, staring down at him.

"Bossy freakin Lady." the kid made a face. "Fiiiine. You can go, see if I care. But you cause any trouble in Wonderland and you'll wish you never walked through my door."

Alice stared. "Wonderland?"

"Where'd you think ya were, mum? Eh? Come on, get. I don't want ya here no more so ya go now." He said, opening up the door as if it had never been locked to start with. Outside the door it was pitch back and there didn't even seem to be a floor or walls. It was like stepping in the middle of a nightmare where you didn't know what would pop out at any moment.

"No way…" Alice shook her head. "I'm not going in that. It doesn't go anywhere."

The kid just snorted. "Doors that don't go no where gotta go somewhere or why bother having a door in the first place you daft girl. It's them obvious doors your gotta watch out for, cause those destinations are the scary ones."

"Hell no." Alice shook her head.

"See ya, mum!" The boy said, shoving Alice from the base of her back until she stumbled through the doorway and into the darkness. For a moment she was paralyzed from fear but it faded rapidly. Having barely taken a step her eyes slid closed and then everything really went dark.

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