"Happy birthday Alice" The little girl looked up at the black haired women and smiled, It was Alice's fifth birthday her parents wanted everything perfect for their daughter so they hung up balloons and streamers all Black and Red, With a big "Happy Birthday Alice" on a white banner. Her father who was starting to cut the red velvet cake came in and picked her up smiling "Here you are love" he put a sliver locket on her neck with a A carved into the middle, Alice smiled and began to play with it softly feeling the coldness of metal. Her mother smiled "Happy Birthday Darling" That night when Alice went to bed, She was awoken by her door creaking open, she looked over and saw a pair of blue eyes staring at her testing to see if she was awake. She quickly squeezed the covers tightly and shut her eyes, She heard her sisters room lock and opened her eyes again to see if Lizzy came out. A man with brown hair and glasses stood in her doorway and slowly shut the door he came over to her door and closed it tightly, Alice began to shake in fear until her black cat jumped onto the window ledge. It meowed for her to follow as if it was almost frightened of something, Alice walked over to the window and followed her cat out walking towards the woods. She stopped as she saw the trees to the woods and turned around to see her house was in flames, She stood in shock and watched as her parents screamed from the windows.
Alice screamed and shot up, she wiped her forehead and put her hands over her eyes. "T-That dream.. it happened again.." she shook her head and got out of the bed. It had been eleven years since that "Accident" happened, but Alice dreamed of it at least once or twice a week. Alice had been found on the ground crying her eyes out screaming at herself, the police thought that she had started the fire and sent her away to an as time went by no family would keep her more then a week, she was an active minded child and could never keep her memories to herself. Afterwards when she turned fourteen she was sent to an Asylum out in the middle of nowhere, it was known for keeping the most insane inmates or people. Today was her Sixteenth Birthday her worst day of the year. "Alice! come here!" a blonde haired nun called out to Alice, she slowly walked over to her "Morning Mrs, Mary" she said in a whisper. Mary smiled and put her hand on Alice's shoulders. she came here to volunteer and was a kind and gentle women she believed Alice did not start the fire and always tried to help her out in anyway she could. "Morning Birthday girl! i got them to let you have a free day outside" Alice looked at her in shock "O-Outside..?" Alice hasn't been outside of the asylum in years for they thought it would be better for her to say inside. Mary nodded and took her hand leading her to a metal door "Come back when your done and don't go near the fence" she nodded and ran out of the door finally into the light.
Alice walked around the metal gates feeling the cold metal between her fingers, She looked out to see the roads were busy with reporters and women asking for money. Alice hated them, Always yelling and screaming at one another. She stopped when she noticed something strange about one of the reporters, He was staring right her. He wore a black coat with a red top hat, He grinned at her secretly and almost dangerously. Alice looked away quickly and put her back against the tree"Don't Let things fool you Alice..He isn't there to hurt you" Alice looked over her shoulder to see a blue and grey boney Cat sitting on a rock playing with a dead black rat. "You again? i thought you weren't coming here anymore" She said slowly walking over to him. "Well.. you see.. this world has food that you can actually hunt for" His mouth twisted into a sickening grin "Plus, you make me come here in the first place. Always getting into trouble.." Alice scoffed "Me? i'm never in trouble. it's whenever i see you then i get into trouble" The Cat laughed and narrowed his eyes at her "Still your a stupid girl. Cant even remember the fire correctly" Alice put her hands on her hips and started to glare at the Cat "The Doctor says forgetting is the key, plus with you all here i don't think i'll ever forget" "Ah but you will.. that's why i am here to warn you" Alice stopped glaring and raised her eyebrow "Warning? for what?" "Those doctors.. are ruining your mind.. your wonderland is in danger.. if you continue to forget and be stupid.. then you'll be broken.. and so will wonderland... fix it" He said harshly as he faded away, Alice stared down at the ground and sighed softly "My mind is in ruin.. and not because of the queen this time.." "Alice! it's time to come back in!" Alice quickly gathered the rest of her things and walked back into the metal door shutting it behind her, She sighed slightly irrated at the Cat words. "Something wrong dear?" Alice looked at the small nun and nodded "I'm fine, just thinking" The nun sighed at Alice slightly and led her to her room, she nudged her in and shut the door locking it tightly. Alice sat down on her bed and put her head in her hands "I cant forget.. not again.." "Ah but you can and will" The Doctors voice rang in her head "Replace the Queen with a Train, Forgetting is the key to recovery" Alice shook her head "Forgetting is the key to ruin.." "It's your fault the fire started in the first place.. it's time to forget Alice.." Alice covered her ears and laid down onto the dirt stained mattress and slowly closed her eyes.
Alice awoke to the smell of tea and sat up quickly, "There she is!" She jumped at the sound of a very loud deep voice and looked to her side, Hatter was sitting at the end of the table holding his two friends Mouse and Rabbit. "Hello Alice! welcome to the party" "party?" Alice said as she stood, The Rabbit laughed and spoke in a shaky voice "It's our last party till the train hits us!" "What Train are you speaking of?" Alice asked as she walked towards them. Hatter looked at her "The train that looks like your old house, Lots of memories in there eh?" Alice scoffed and picked up a tea cup "So your having a death party.." The Mouse ran over to Alice knocking the tea cup out of her hand "No! more like a end of the world party" They all began to laugh which made Alice feel a little un-easy, "It's not the end of the world now that i'm here" "You really think you can stop it? you barely stopped the Queen last time!" Hatter shouted at her. Alice rolled her eyes 'Fine if you all don't believe in me then die here, your gonna lose your heads anyway" "Already lost them" Hatter replied. Alice narrowed her eyes and walked away from the messy dinner table hearing the laughter of all three on the way out. "Forget them, their to mad to see that i can save my own mind by myself. I've done it before i can do it again"
Alice walked around the quiet dirt roads of the forests and folded her arms across her chest, "How much longer is this gonna take? i'm freezing.." Alice stopped when she heard a loud snapping of a twig and looked around, She turned back forward and kept going. "Oh new meat" Alice stopped and looked up into the trees "Cat is that you?" "Of course it's me" Cat said as he jumped down onto the ground in front of her. "Nice to see you to" "I don't have much time, This is important" "What is it now Cat?" "Some of Wonderland is following you into the real world, if this continues your not going to be able to see which is reality or fantasy. If you don't find your memories we are all doomed" Alice blinked and tried to grab him but he faded away before she had the chance, Alice sighed and began walking again. She stopped as she saw a glass door in the middle of the trees, She slowly walked up to it and opened the door. As she walked through she began to see a familiar household, "T-This is.." She cut off as she saw she was in the library of her old house, She walked quietly to the books on the shelfs and began to read the covers of them "Huckleberry Fin.. My fathers favorite" Alice said as she traced her finger across the book, she looked over to see the fire place wasn't lit "The police said the fireplace started the fire.. but it isn't lit.." She looked around to see any type of way it could start a fire and saw none. "I didn't start the fire.. and neither did the fireplace!" Alice then was put back on the dead grass and heard the door slam shut and lock, She She stood and rubbed her backside "It wasn't the fireplace like they said.. someone started the fire..i know it wasn't my parents.. or me.. or Lizzy.." It became clear to her now "Someone tried to kill all of us"
