After Izzy made her promise, the mood lightened slowly. The rabbit was now out of sight, to the girls' great distress. "Come on, Izzy! I'm tried of chasing after him! Let's just get out of here; go home!" Alice complained. Izzy considered this, but then decided otherwise, she had made a promise. So they kept going, from jogging to sprinting and back to jogging.
"When are we going to run into another person? I could use the rest." Izzy asked no one. Soon, they started to see signs pointing them to a party. "Ooooh, a party, Iz! We could use a good party; food, drinks, relaxation..." Alice urged. This sounded very good to Izzy, and she deserved it. So they followed the signs until the reached a long table filled with food and various other silverware that was used at tea parties (tea pots, tea cups, ect.).
At the head of the table sat a odd looking man. He had orange (in Alice's opinion) hair and big, brown eyes. A tall hat sat on his head and he wore a niceish suit. "Oooh, company!" the man yelled with joy. Izzy began to back away; he was sorta scaring her. "Oh, um... Sorry for crashing your party. We'll just be on our way then." Izzy tried, knowing somehow Alice would talk her into staying.
"Dearest, don't be scared." A small mouse told her. "That is Mad Hatter. He is bloody mad, but that doesn't mean you have to fear him..." Izzy quite liked the mouse, he was calm and comforting. Plus, he seemed to be normal. Alice had already went to talk to the Mad Hatter. "Yes, dear mouse. However, we are SUPPOSED to be on our way. See, we are trying to find a rabbit and after that we need to get home." Izzy tried to explain.
Soon, and Izzy didn't know really how, plates and cups, fork and spoons, were flying everywhere. "Alice, it's time to go. We are already delayed in finding the rabbit. And now, we'll NEVER find him!" Izzy cried, she was SO frustrated. "Fine, Izzy. If you insist! But really, do we HAVE to?" Alice asked. Izzy nodded furiously, "Yes, Alice. We must catch the rabbit. And if it were up to you, you'd be here all day!"
Reluctantly, Alice followed Izzy away from the party. "Jeez, Iz. Stop being such a buzz kill!" Alice excalimed. "Whatever, Alice. But we NEED to get going!" Aice stayed silent for a while, until she started screaming her head off, "OMG, I just saw a pair of eyes in there!'' In fact, they were cat's eyes.
The Cheshire cat flew out of the bush, "Hello, girls. What are two fine children like yourselves doing in such dark, dangerous woods?" Izzy glared at it, whereas Alice was different. "Oh, hello! Do you know where I can go for some help? You are such a lovely colored cat." Alice told him. The cat looked at her as if to say, "Help with what?" Alice didn't quite understand what this look was saying. "Oh, we need to find a white rabbit. And how can woods be dark and dangerous when it is mid-day?" Izzy answered. Alice tilted her head, she always was a little clueless...
"Why, the rabbit? It headed that way." Said the cat smiling. No, not smiling- cat's couldn't smile! The girls followed the cat's directions, as un-reasonable as it was. It was stupid to listen to a cat, but it was there only lead. So they followed the trail. Careful to not take a wrong turn. They felt as if they were on fire in the scorching sun.
"And you really want to stay away from the Red Queen, I must say." Izzy and Alice heard a voice say. They followed it and soon found a patch of flowers. Apparently, this was a mother flower talking to her seedling. Izzy rubbed her eyes, to make sure what she was seeing was real.
"Excuse me, Miss Tulip?" Alice asked. The snooty tulip looked at her. "Have you seen a white rabbit in a waist coat with a pocket watch?" Izzy mumbled. The tulip nodded once firmly and pointed her leaf in a direction. "Why are we listening to a flower? And that one seemed mean, so why don't we go the opposite direction," suggested Alice. Izzy shook her head and continued following the tulip's directions.
So you see, dear reader, Izzy was very important to our story. Because Izzy kept Alice headed in the direction that she needed to in order to do what she did. Izzy did many other things, too. But we'll get to those later.
Soon, the two friends were out of the forrest and onto a clear, sunny path. Way ahead, they saw none other than the white rabbit. Izzy and Alice smiled. "Told you so," remarked Izzy. They began running toward the rabbit.