I'm so sorry this is so late. I never meant to leave this off for this long and I'm truly sorry. Stress and life problems just happened to get in the way and I just didn't have any inspiration at all to keep writing. I do hope you all forgive me and please keep reading this fanfiction. I apologize for this chapter being short. Anyways, please enjoy!

I do not own Alice in Wonderland or its characters. I simply own my story and my own creations.

Alice took a few steps forward. Her eyes took in the land she hadn't seen in over ten years. "Wonderland..." The remnants of the ice wall that once stood let Alice look at the breathtaking scene before her. Large trees and mountains claimed the horizon. Mushrooms of every color and creatures that only existed in dream and in the imagination flew around, glancing at the battle that was happening before them. Beyond that Alice could make out the outline of the Red castle. It was like a dream, this world was her dream. "My home..."

"Welcome back home, Queen Alice."

Alice heard a soft but firm voice welcome her. Her body turned in attempt to find the owner of the voice but frowned when she found no one.

"Remember Alice," Knave spoke he placed an arm on the small of her back to stop her from moving. "Not everyone is your height." he nodded towards a small white figure in a petticoat.

"Mr. Rabbit!?" Alice nearly took down the small white fur ball with a hug so tight even she was beginning to lose the air in her lungs. She loosened her hold on him but kept him in her arms.

"Queen Alice!" White struggled against her. "May I ask to be let down?" he was bigger than a rabbit but still small enough to be held as a baby.

"Oh... sorry." she let him go.

"I do wish to spend time with you in private but now is not the time so sit and dilly dally." he spoke in an urgent tone to both Knave and Alice.

"Right." Knave nodded and took hold of Alice's arm. "Where to White?"

"Rabbit hole." he said as he hopped on over to a bush, pulling it away to reveal a whole big enough for two people to jump through at the same time. "It will only remain open for a few more moments on the other side so we must hurry!"

Knave didn't even think about it when he pulled Alice towards the hole and brought her into his arms. "Close your eyes and take in a deep breath, do not open them until I say so." he looked down into the emerald eyes of his friend. She nodded in agreement to his words but Knave saw a spark of fear twinkle in them. "I'll be with you Alice. Don't be such a scaredy hattress."

Alice smiled at him. He would call her his hattress when she was scared, this always helping to ease her fears. "Right." she did as told and held onto him.

The next thing she felt was his arms and the sensation of falling deep into a pit of darkness. Alice felt the sharp wind slice her cheeks, the warmth of the man holding her was enough to comfort the terror she was feeling. Minutes later she could feel their speed decreasing and an odd sensation flooded her body. It was a floating sensation. "Just like Alice in the movie!" her mind raced at the thought. "She floated all the way down the rabbit hole but..." she attempted to pay more attention to the pending thought in her head. "why can't I remember anything about my drop into Wonderland?"

"Brace yourself."

Alice panicked as the strong hold of the Knave was becoming less and less strong. She felt herself slipping away from him. Her heart was beating fast and loud enough for her to feel the poor thing beating in her ears. "Knave! Knave!" she called out to him when she could no longer feel his touch. Her eyes snapped open but to her terror no light illuminated her travel. She stretched out her arms, trying to catch onto her missing friend but found nothing but cool air. She looked up and saw a small and bright light rapidly coming towards her. "What the..." before she could say anything else she was thrust out of the rabbit hole and into the air. A scream made it's way up to her throat but came out as a harsh huff once she slammed into the grass beneath her. "Dammit.." she hissed through clenched teeth.

Knave landed perfectly a few feet away from Alice, White following suit. "Now that wasn't so bad." he said to himself. "Are you alright Alice?" he turned to see her on her feet. She had a hand placed on her chest.

"You idiot!"

Knave frowned. "What did I do?"

"You let me go!" she growled.

"I had to. We weren't going to fit." he shrugged.

"Well a simple warning could have made a difference!"

"Well I said brace yourself." he took a few steps closer to her.

Alice rolled her eyes. It wasn't worth fighting Knave in this situation. Instead she looked around her, they had landed inside a forest. Little light came through the tall branches as they were at the base of a titanic mountain, a cave a few feet away from them."Where are we?"

"Hideout!" White hopped over to the entrance of the cave. "Come Alice! We must hurry!" he motioned for them to follow, not taking time to make sure Alice and Knave were following.

"Better do what he says or we'll get left behind. Come on Alice." he placed a hand on her back and led her inside.

Alice walked in darkness for what seemed like minutes upon minutes, only being led by the sound of the White Rabbits footsteps and the hand Knave had placed on her back. Her eyes had become accustomed to the darkness until her eyes set on a light not to far from them. The more they walked on the closer it became. Moments later they ad reached a wooden door. The light she had seen had been two torches stuck in the side of the cave. One on either side of the door.

"Three knocks should do it!" White said and knocked. Knock...Knock...Knock.

There was a click and the door slowly opened. Alice followed the White Rabbit inside the room. Hearing the door click behind Knave, she looked around in awe. They were inside the room she had seen through the mirror. The one March was in before when they were inside the castle of the white queen. "This is..."

"Your home." a familiar accented voice spoke.

Alice turned towards the person who had entered the room. "March..." her face lit up as did his. She looked him over, it had been years since she had seen her best friend. "Y...You...you've grown so much."

"Dragul meu." Hare crossed the room with a few strides and had brought her into his arms "I knew you'd come back. You would never abandon Wonderland." the warmth her body created made him feel at home, as though she had never left to begin with.

Alice returned the hug with as much force before she was being pulled away from him. "You can't be pulling me like that Knave." she frowned but said nothing else as Hare laughed.

"I see." Hare smiled and crossed his arms. "Hands off the queen, Knave."

"We have no time for this!" Rabbit spoke and hopped his was towards Hare. "We must move quickly March! Opal will soon find us and we must be far from here before she does."

"White is right. We must leave now. Every one has left and found a new hideout, leaving me to wait for Alice and Thaleia. Speaking of her," March paused and looked at Alice. "Where is she?"

Alice looked at him in surprise "I jumped into the rabbit hole without Thaleia or Morp... I mean Lysander knowing. I don't know what happened to her since she didn't come with me."

"I see." Hare paced the area before them. "We will have to find her sooner than later as she must be present when Alice is crowned queen. For now, I hope, she will be able to find a way to Wonderland. As for us now, we must leave." he walked up to the nearest book case and pulled out an old tattered book. "This will take us to the Pepper Forest."

Alice watched at the bookcase began moving to reveal a dimly lighted forest. "It seems I have forgotten how truly beautiful Wonderland can be." she smiled and stepped out into the forest. Alice looked back to see only a floating shaped door with nothing else attached to it as everyone stepped out.

"This was only meant to be used once, this meaning that no one will be able to follow us or track us down here. A good thing too because the smell of pepper could have given us away." March wrinkled his nose.

Knave crossed his arms "You better be right, Hare."

"Of course he is!" White began leading the way. "Come! All of you! We must reach the Duchess before dark."

"The Duchess?" Alice began following White.

"Yes. The Duchess has agreed to bring us into her home for now. She has been at odds with all the queens but none dare pass through her. She is a rather dangerous creature and it is in our luck that she happens to like you, Alice." March smiled.

Knave ,who had been watching March interact with Alice, joined her other side. "You should know that you are our only key to ever finding the Vorpal Blade."

"What? You mean THE Vorpal Blade?" Alice looked at Knave in confusion.

"Yes Alice. THE Vorpal Blade." Knave nodded.

"Then that means..." Alice shook her head "No! You can't possily believe that this can happen!"

"Oh but it does." Knave placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You must believe it Alice. You are our only hope and you must believe that the three queen will come together to destroy Wonderland. Our beloved passed queen had put a stop to this evil and banished it underneath us." March said softly.

"Now they will unleash this evil. The evil that will spill our blood. The evil that will kill us all. That is why we must travel into the looking glass to retrieve the Vorpal Blade." Knave squeezed her shoulder harder. As though this simple motion could bring Alice into believing them.

"They would destroy their land for power... they would destroy our home for their own selfishness..." Alice paused and took a breath "They will resurrect the Jaberwocky."

Here ends this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed this even though it was so shorty but I hope to introduce some of our most beloved characters of Wonderland in the next chapter. Thank you for reading! Please leave a review and such. Until next time.

~Masami Kuran