Mother led me upstairs and to the locked room at the end of the hall.
"Mother? What are we doing here? You told me to never enter this room."
She sighed in frustration and reached far down into her pocket. She pulled out a very small key and a small bottle of liquid, she handed both to me.
I had only seen these once before, that I can remember, I swallowed. "Mother? What's going on?"
"Alice, darling, I know everything. This key", she pointed to it. "Unlocks this door. And when you enter, I ask you not to panic."
I gave her a sideways glance and unlocked the door. The door slowly creaked open, into a black abyss, or just a very dark room.
"Alice, listen to me, before you go in there, I want you to know that all I want is your happiness." Before I could answer, she pushed me.
Then, to my surprise, I was falling down a rabbit hole, the one that takes me to Underland. Instead of screaming, I laughed. 'How wonderful! Mother wants me to go back to Underland!' I thought happily as I crashed through the floor and landed on the ceiling. Then everything literally flipped upside down. A small dress floated down right behind me, I grinned big and undressed. I drank all the contents of the bottle I received from Mother. I coughed then I shrunk, I ran to the now perfect side dress and put it on. I spun. Perfect! I left the key on the ground so now I didn't need to grow. I picked it up along with some Upelkuchen, for later on. I dragged my normal dress to the door, I was shaking so badly from excitement that I nearly missed the keyhole.
After I entered and yanked my dress through the door, I ate one bite of Upelkuchen and I was my right proper size again. Then I got dressed, leaving out my corset and stockings of course.
I looked around me smiling brightly, I finally had returned home.
