|| Estelle in Wonderland ||

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Disclaimer: TOV and the original Alice in Wonderland are not mine and shall never be mine.

Claimer: None what-so-ever.

A/N: Honestly, I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter. I didn't want to follow the original exactly, so working on my own version took a while. That and art was calling me again. Thank you SometinERanother for your review!

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Chapter 4: Mary Ann's Bad Morning

"Mary Ann! What is keeping you?" called out Rabbit Flynn.

"Uh oh…" Estelle said. With the sudden growth spurt, she completely forgot about him. She heard the front door open and footsteps climbing up the stairs. He wasn't going to wait for her anymore. "I can't imagine what he'll think when he seems his room in the mess that it is!" she cried. She quickly placed her elbow against the door so that Rabbit Flynn couldn't enter. She could feel the door move as him attempted to get in, but he was denied entrance.

"Mary Ann! Open the door this instant!" Rabbit Flynn called out. Estelle said nothing.

I shall not! There's hardly enough room in here for me as it is. You coming in here will only make matters worse! She thought.

"Tsk!" she heard Rabbit Flynn say before she heard him head back outside. "That Mary Ann! When she comes back outside, she'll-"

"What is wrong, Sir?" said a woman's voice from behind him. Just as Rabbit Flynn turned to see the speaker, Estelle managed to position herself in a way to look out the front window. A young woman, probably two or three years older than her, stood at the end the walkway. She had brown, wavy hair that reached her shoulder and wore a simple maidservant's uniform. There were several packages in her arms.

So this is Mary Ann… Estelle thought. Wait… How did I get mistaken as her?

Rabbit Flynn just gave a blank look on his face trying to figure out who she was. Then it came to Mary Ann. "Oh! You're glasses!" She stepped forward and pulled out a pair of glasses from his front pocket before placing then on his face.

He blinked a few times before finally speaking. "M-Mary Ann!" Several times he looked between the house and the woman before him, trying to put the pieces together. "I thought I sent you inside to fetch my gloves and fan!"

Mary Ann gave a confused look. "How is that possible? You sent me to the market at sunrise, though that was hardly wise." She would go on to say this:

"What a rush I was in
(For you see I was in quite a spin)
I would have never guessed
That something like today would be addressed

The baker's bread was dry
And he was low on rye
His wife screamed in my face
Even though it was neither the time or place

The fruits were spoiled
The eggs too boiled
And the children were loud
(They all seemed too proud)

The cows went a muck
Screaming like buck
Chickens went clucking
As their feathers went plucking

There was this fellow
Whose skin I recall being yellow
He played a cello
But his skills were just jello

And what a fright I had!
(This is something I must add)
A horse went wild
One who was nicely tiled

He knocked me to the ground
And I cried and frowned
Goods spilled every where
This I could hardly bear…"

Poor Mary Ann continued on with tears in her eyes as Rabbit Flynn stood there unable to do anything about her crying. Estelle could only watch in despair. Poor Mary Ann… I thought my morning was bad, but she was worse off than I.

Rabbit Flynn listened to Mary Ann's ranting without a fuss. He only spoke again when she had finished her tale. "Now I remember. Yet, if you've been gone all morning, then…" He cast a glance towards his house. "Who was it that I sent up?"

The girl that's been following you… Estelle thought with a sigh. At that moment, she could hear whistling come from up the road and moved closer to the window to see who had come. It was a lizard, much like the creatures from the beach, carrying a ladder and what appeared to be chimney cleaning supplies. A chimney sweeper…

"Morning, Governor!" called the lizard with a wave. "Fine day today, yes?"

"Good morning, Bill!" Mary Ann called, her terrible morning completely forgotten. That's when Rabbit Flynn had an idea.

"Bill, I'm glad you're here!" he exclaimed. "I need your help with something."

"At your service, Governor!" Bill said with a tip of his hat. Rabbit Flynn pointed towards the house. "There seems to be something blocking access to my room. I have no ladder, but if you could…"

Bill smiled. "Right away, Governor!"

There was nothing Estelle could do to keep Bill from placing his ladder against the house and climbing up to get a glance into the room, as her arms were now pinned from the lack of space. All she could do was wait. Eventually, she saw Bill stick his head into the window and the two stared at each other in the eye for a good minute without a single word. Eventually Bill pulled his head out and said calmly, "There seems to be a rather large person in your room, Governor." It sounded as though something like this happened on a daily bases.

Next thing Estelle knew, she heard what seemed to be something, or someone, fall to the ground. She moved her head against and saw that poor Mary Ann had fainted from the news and Rabbit Flynn was trying to bring her too. Despite what seems to be his mistreatment of her, he still shows concern, just like the Flynn I know… Estelle thought.

"Well don't just stand there!" Rabbit Flynn, giving up his attempts to awaken Mary Ann after a few minutes. "Get that thing out of my house!"

Thing? How rude! Estelle thought. She was starting to dislike Rabbit Flynn with every statement he made.

"How shall I do so, Governor?" Bill asked. Estelle had nothing against the humanoid lizard, but she was finding the habit of calling Rabbit Flynn "governor" to be rather annoying quickly, which didn't help her growing irritation.

"I don't know!" Rabbit Flynn answered, sounding as irritated as Estelle was. "Pull it up the chimney or something. Just get rid of it!"

Why does he keep referring me as 'it'? Estelle asked. Can't he bother to even refer to me by gender at least? The wish was basely registered before she heard Bill start climbing his ladder once more. Wait? Did he say 'Pull it up the chimney'? "There's no way I can fit up such a small space!" she cried, but she was ignored as she heard Bill reach the top of the chimney and start crawling downward. That was the last straw.

"If they're not to going to listen, I'll make them listen!" Estelle called. She managed to move her foot into the base of the chimney and gave a good kick. In other cases, she would have thought against it, but this world had caused her irritation level to go beyond what she would like it to be, so she was willing to go outside reasoning for once.

Sure enough, she felt something hit against the toe of her foot followed by a crash and startled cries towards the front twenty or thirty seconds later. "Pardon me, Governor!" she heard Bill say.

As she sighed with relief, she heard Bill and Rabbit Flynn mumble to one another. Shortly afterwards, more voices joined theirs. The commotion at the house had caused a crowd to gather.

Where'd they come from? She thought with panic. The last thing she wanted was to bring attention to herself, or any more attention to herself at that.

"We're going to need a barrel to do that!" she heard one member of the crowd say

Huh?

"We'd better use two just in case."

Two what? She moved again, putting in an uncomfortable position again, and watched as what appeared to be two wheel barrels of straw and hay be pushed towards the house. It was right then and there that she knew their intensions.

"They plan to burn the house down, with me inside!" she cried. She attempted to move around, completely forgetting about her size. She finally gave up when she banged her head against the ceiling again. "Oh! What a way to end!" she mumbled, tears coming to her eyes again.

She slapped herself mentally and wiped the threatening tears away. I can't just sit and cry. Remember what happened last time, Estelle? I have to find a way out!

As the thought left her mind, something smacked against her head without warning, leaving her dazed for a moment. Once she could think again, she looked down and saw what appeared to be a rather large rock about the size of her palm (at least it would be if she her regular size). Before her eyes though, the stone turned into a plump cake. Estelle stared at it curiously. Well, based on my previous experiences, my size tends to change every time I eat or drink something. I can't possibly get any bigger than I am now, so this should make me smaller… right? Hmm… I don't know about this…

Her train of thought was interrupted when she suddenly smelled smoke. "I'll just hope for the best!" she cried. With some difficulty, she moved her hand to grab the cake and toss it into her mouth. Sure enough, she began to get smaller. At one point, she remembered that the door was still closed and quickly opened it before she was too small to turn the knob. She continued to shrink until she sat at three inches high. "Not where I want to be, but it's better than before!"

She raced out of the room, though the open front door, under the feet of the crowd, past the gate, and into the nearby woods without looking back.

I've had enough of this place! I want to go home!

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Sorry for the wait! This chapter took forever to do, and yes! Mary Ann actually makes an appearance in my version, since she didn't actually make a physical appearance in the actual book. Poor Mary Ann…

I feel like Estelle was a bit out of character in this chapter, but I guess if I were like her in that situation, I'd act out of character too. But I'm not like Estelle, so I wouldn't know for sure.