For a month, I've been job-searching.
Luckily, Granny still let me stay with her. She wasn't mad enough to kick me out...
Anyways, I read the newspaper everyday, and circle jobs I'd be interested in. To tell you how many I've circled... 2.
There was a dog-walker, (Even though the only dogs were the ones owned by a a couple with almost 100 dogs.)and there was sheriff's assistant. I love dogs and all, but picking up 100 dogs' poop... that's not fun. So I thought I'd try for the Sheriff's assistant.
The Sheriff of Storybrooke is Graham. Sheriff Graham. Everybody in town is talking about his secret relationship with Regina, but surely that can't be true; she has a son, and it's definitely not his.
I walk to the police station, where Graham was laid back on a chair, his feet propped on top of his desk. I walk in. "Hi... Are you still looking for an assistant?"
"Yes... Why? Do you know anyone interested?" He stands up suddenly, smiling.
"Um... No... But I was hoping that you would hire me." I say, smiling awkwardly. His smile deflates into a flat line. "Oh..."
"What? Why are you saying "Oh..."?" I ask. He shrugs."Well... You're just a... waitress. I don't know if you can do any of the tasks that I'd need you to do..." He says smugly. I frown.
"Can I just please have a chance?" I ask. He sighs." I guess. I smile. "What should I do first?" I ask hopefully. He scratches his head.
"Well... You know Stevie Baskara?" He asks. I nod attentively. Why did he mention her? "Well... Stevie has been missing for about a month... No one has seen or heard from her. Do you think you can help me track her down?"
"No... No, she's at an arts school... The Mayor got her to enroll... There is no possible way for Stevie to go missing!" I say. He shrugs. "She's been gone for a month... That's long enough to say that she could be dead."
"Yeah... I can help find her..." He smiles. He grabs a brown sheriff's jacket, and his leather holster and grabs the car keys. "Let's go find a missing girl."
I sit in my bedroom with Stevie. We talk about what most girls should talk about; Boys.
"Haha! Did he really do that to you?" I nod, while giggling. "All he's ever done!"
The laughter dies down. "So... Do you have a special someone now?" Stevie asks. I nod. "Yeah... His name's Peter..."
"So what is he? Son of a shepherd?" She asks. "No... He's the son of a blacksmith... We're thinking of running away together... My Granny drives me nuts!"
She laughs. "When I was with my family, they drove me nuts too." She said. But when she mentioned her family, her laughing stopped abruptly. She shakes her head. "Um anyways..." She says, trying to change the subject.
"Stevie? What happened? Is your family... Evil or something?" She shakes her head. "No... Let's just say my family wouldn't be too pleased to see me again..."
I nod slowly. It became awkward fast, so I switch it back. "Okay anyway, Peter is thinking of joining the next search party to hunt the wolf, but I really think that Peter... That Peter could be the wolf." I explain.
"So... If your hypothesis is correct... Then Peter could rip that searching party to shreds!" She exclaims.
"Yes! So I need to watch over him tonight... There's going to be a full moon. I'm going to tie him up in the forest, and stay with him all night. I need you to pretend to be me with," I take my red hood off. "With this. You cover yourself with it, my grandma will never know it's you. She'll think that you've already left our house, while really, you're just pretending to be me. Got it?"
She nods. "Well, it's still early... Let's go do something."
I nod as we leave the house, to go venture to the forest.
(Stevie's P.O.V.)
I sit in my cell, scratching at the wall, marking my 40th day. Yay...
I get up, and clang against the bars. It was part of my daily routine. Wake up, scratch the wall, and make as much noise as I can, until Regina finally comes in.
"Hello, Stevie. Are you hungry? Or are you going to starve yourself again?" She asks. I refuse to eat, but rather talk instead. I only eat when she leaves, or when I'm not convinced she's poisoned something, which isn't very often.
"Let's just talk... What's been going on?" I ask, ignoring my stomach, which was aching in hunger.
She laughs. "Well... Your band still hasn't been booking any performances... But your so-called lead singer has quit her job... She's joined the sheriff's department as an assistant. And Granny's has a new sandwich." She states. I nod slightly. 'Can you tell me about... Zander?"
"Oh... That kid with the black hair... He's gone on a little... Rage. He thinks that someone's has stolen his prized possession from his parent's shop... He's questioning many." She says.
"Do you know what the possession is?"
"No... Sorry.' She glances at her watch, which she couldn't possibly read since it's dark in this 'asylum', so she calls it. "Oh... It's time to pick up my dear Henry... I must be going." She leaves, leaving me to watch her as she fades into the darkness.
I sigh. But listen carefully. There were footsteps on this floor... In the basement of the hospital... I could hear it...
"Hello?" I ask the walls. It echoes, as I hear a man's voice call out. "Hello?"
Excited, I call out for him. 'I'm here! I'm here!"
But I heard two people's footsteps... There must've been another person.
"It's the Sheriff!" The man calls out. Kacey was the assistant... She must be with him!
"Kacey!? Are you here?!" I yell, jumping up and down. I hear a gasp. "Yes! Stevie?!"
I almost squeal, but stop myself. 'Yes!"
I hear running, and the footsteps becoming louder. I smile, with my eyes locked on where the door should be... I was finally going to get out...
By the time I saw the white rabbit, he thought I was his housemaid.
"Darling, go fetch me my gloves inside, I'm in a hurry." He commands. I obey. As I was in the house, I accidentally eat a cookie off his table. I gulped down the last crumb, when I started growing. I thought the cake was to...
I couldn't finish my thoughts. I was huge. My arms were out the upstairs windows, while my legs were out the first floor's windows.
"Ah! There's a monster in my house!
Fire sweeper! Get it out!" The rabbit exclaims. The fire sweeper, which was a lizard, exclaimed that they were going to have to burn the house down.
The white rabbit nods quickly. Scared, I see a carrot in the white rabbits small garden. Maybe it could shrink me again!
I pull it out of the ground, and drop the carrot into my mouth. I start to shrink again. Once I was done shrinking, I was the size of a mouse. I run before the white rabbit and lizard could say or see anything.
I run into flowers, who chase me away, accusing me of being a weed. I stand in a forest, alone after running from the flowers. When I made sure I was safe, I eat my mushroom, making me normal again. I smile as I start walking.
"Hello..." A voice chirps. Confused, I trun around, not seeing anyone. I look up, and see a large purple cat. "I'm the Cheshire Cat. You know, you should see the Mad Hatter... He's hosting a tea party..." He advises. He starts to disappear. I squint as the last of him disappears. I see a sign directing me to the Mad Hatter's.
The Mad Hatter invited me, and exclaiming about his my unbirthday. He says that he celebrates everyday as his unbirthday, and on his actual birthday, he does nothing. The White Rabbit barges in. The Mad Hatter and his friend, The March Hare, destroy the little pocket watch that the White Rabbit held. They throw him out. Angry at their rudeness, I stomp out.
I step into another forest. I have to get home! But the forest was filled with signs directing me to another sign, not really doing anything. The Cheshire cats appears once again. He leads me towards a large maze. Apparently, The Queen of Hearts owned this maze. She invited me to a game of croquet. She handed me a flamingo that was shrimp pink. She used her flamingo to hit a hedgehog, which I assume is used as a ball.
By the time I knew it, I was standing in court, taking the blame for what the Cheshire Cat did. He pulled a prank on the queen, and got the Queen to blame me! "Execute her!" The Queen bellows. Strangely, the Queen looked familiar...
Scared, I eat my cake, thinking I could make everyone listen so they couldn't execute me. I grow large. I smile.
"Queen of Hearts, you are a rude and cruel woman! You didn't even let me tell you my side of the story, and your going to execute me! I angrily bite off a piece of a cookie. I gasp as I shrink down, back to normal size. The Queen smirks. "KILL HER! OFF WITH HER HEAD!"
With my eyes open wide, I run for my life. As I look back, I see all the characters I've met; The Queen, The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The White Rabbit, The Cheshire Cat... I run back to the doorknob.
"Alice!"
"What?"
I gasp as I open my eyes. I look around. I was leaning against my tree, in my backyard. I sigh with relief.
"Alice! Have you finished your homework?" My father asks, as he makes his way towards me. I shake my head. "No... But have a got a tale for you!"
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