Chapter 1: Falling

I peered over this large rabbit hole before I fell. I don't exactly remember how I fell in, but I remember feeling a hand on my shoulder just before falling and turning to see a man. He was large and burly. He had an odd mustache that seemed to take up all of his face and none of his face. Just above this mustache was a button nose, fierce green eyes, and a bald head. He belonged in a circus as a muscle man.

And then I fell into the rabbit hole. It was a long journey and I wasn't the only thing falling. Around me there were flower couches, oak tables, large wardrobes, and even cups of tea- Which I drank a few of. The everlasting fall came to an end when I face planted into a mattress so hard that I blacked out.

When I awoke, I could see nothing. I was surrounded by darkness. The feeling of hopelessness overcame me when I realized that there wasn't there going to be any light any time soon. I cried and cried and cried. There was nothing else for me to do, but cry. I couldn't see and I had started to hear whispers around me. I thought that maybe I was going insane.

"Is this the Alice? She seems so... weak.-"

"Not to mention young-"

"When is rabbit going to let some light through?"

They continued for what seemed like ages, but then there was silence and nothing. A sure sign of my death. That's when I thought of Hatter.

I really should have listened to Hatter. He was always so much smarter than me. We had been misfits together. It wasn't his fault that he stuttered around anyone but me, or that he happened to be from a poor family in a rich settlement. His family made and sold hats for a living. They hardly ever made it through a month without at least one week of no food. Hatter often gave up what little food he had to his younger siblings so they wouldn't realize how bad things were. He was someone I wish I could've been in our boring little town. Instead, I was a trouble maker who never listened to anyone.

"I really should've listened to Hatter." I sniffed, being sent into another fit of tears that led to me falling asleep.

The loud bang was what brought me into a conscious state. I quickly sat up and looked around. I could see. There was light- from above. It must've been day. There was nothing around me, but a large table and chair with a tiny key up on the table. This table must've been as tall as a two story building and made for a giant, as there was one passed out on the chair and leaning on this table.

The giant was horrifying. It stunk like a garbage can and looked like one too. He was round about the middle and his legs were like huge tree trunks. His feet were the disgusting with fungi and moss growing on them. Dirt seemed to cover every inch of the giant and when he took in a breath some of the dirt fell off and revealed another layer of caked on dirt. I couldn't see his face and I honestly didn't want to.

I glanced around and saw that there were doors lined up, one after another. They were big enough to fit the giant's big toe into it, but small enough that I'd struggle to fit through them. My eyes found the key again and I knew that it was my only chance for survival. Surely the giant wouldn't hesitate to eat me.

There was one problem with my plan though. It would be difficult to climb up and get the key to one of the doors. Besides that, I didn't even know what door that the key went to and there were at least fifty doors to try out. I didn't know how I was going to make it, but I knew I would.

"Pssst!" A small voice whispered from my left. I looked over to see a small white rabbit sitting there. "I can help you." the voice came from the mouth of the rabbit.

"You can talk?" I say a bit loudly. The giant shifts and I step back. This is the moment he should awake, but he doesn't. He just snores even louder.

"Yes." The rabbit hops over and it easy to see that he is wearing a white vest with microscopic hearts all over it. "Now drink this to grow to the giant's height-" he hands me a vial with purple liquid inside. "-and eat this to shrink to size. I'll stand at the door the key goes to. Hurry. Giant only sleeps for fifteen minutes at a time and it's been ten so far." he hands me a cookie that looks like shortbread. With that I drink the vial.

I don't exactly know what I was expecting. Most likely that my dress with grow and shrink with me, but instead I grow so fast that it tears and is so tight that with every breath a seam pops open. I walk over to the table and snatch up the key so I can eat the cookie and shrink so I'm not left in my underclothes. I must've done something wrong because the next thing I know the giant is waking up and towering over me.

"You stole my KEY." He roars into my face, covering it in disgusting spit. He only has a few teeth, but caught in between some of them are bones of creatures. I know I'm next and I can't move.

"Please." I whisper, closing my eyes and awaiting death. But I remember the cookie and quickly pop it into my mouth. Nothing happens.

The giant growls again. "What was that?" he grabs the hand that had the cookie in it and looks at it. "What was that?" he yells and suddenly I am shrinking. I use the moment he is confused to bolt to the door that the rabbit is guarding.

"Hurry!" The rabbit says as soon as I am next to him. The key won't fit.

I panick. "Why won't you open?" I kick the door and it makes a noise.

"Ow! Ask nicely." The door says, closing the key hole.

"Please!" I shout, looking behind me. The giant is now running towards us. "Please!"

There is no time for a reply as the giant grabs my feet and holds me in the air. The key falls from my hands right in to the rabbit's. The giant holds me in front of his face, smirking triumphantly. He has won and it is obvious now. There's no way for me to escape now. I'm just a little girl, what will I do?

"You'll make a nice snack." The giant licks his lips, imagining me as his next meal. "I just wish you hadn't shrunk because you would've been a delicious meal. I haven't had human in years." he sighs, bringing me over to a chair and ties me down so I don't escape.

"What's your name?" I ask the giant, hoping that he'll get distracted and it'll put off my time of death. He looks at me and shrugs. "Can I call you Bones? How about Cobra? Or Danger? Hawkeye? Ooh! I know! Jeckyll. Your new name is Jeckyll."

"Shut up." The giant frowns, thinking about the names. "You know... I like Jeckyll."

"It's rude to not know your food." I leaned back as best as I can while tied up. "I'm Alice."

"Alice..." The giant pauses, thinking over my name as something has just hit him. He blunders over and unties me. "Go. You'll save us. All of us."

"From what?" I ask. "I'm just a little girl."

"The Queen of Hearts."

Author's note: I got excited and wrote the first chapter. I have so many places I want to go with this story. I'm still developing as an author. Please, understand that I haven't consulted my beta yet about this, I just wanted to publish it. What do you think so far?

Disclaimer: Alice in Wonderland is not mine, nor will it ever be.