"What are you doing?" The Dressmaker asked as we walked.
"Moon-walking." I said.
"What's that?" The Dressmaker asked.
"It's...huh. I guess it's like the Alice-lander version of the Futterwacken." I said, then spun around and walked normally.
"There it is." The Hatter said, pointing at an old 18th Century British city a mile or two away. The ground around it was grey...and so was the sky...and the people in the city...what was going on?
"That's what happens if Alice-land enters Wonderland. The two don't mix." Alice said. "We can't go in there, but we can get you near-"
Grey lightning shot over the city, hitting the ground that hadn't been changed grey. "Bloody...Run! The city's expanding!" The Hatter shouted, running back. It was no use, though, as the lightning exploded in a flash of light, and the land around us became exactly like the city. After my eyes recovered I looked around for my friends, but what they looked like now was much, much different.
"We need to get out of the city." The Hatter coughed. He looked pale and sickly, and his eyes were shrunken in.
"C'mon then!" The Dressmaker said. My girlfriend was wearing a tattered brown dress, and had long brown hair instead of her normal angelic white hair. Her skin was pink instead of white, and her nails were cracked and dirty instead of their normal black.
The Cheshire Cat was, well, a cat.
Alice was normal-at first. She began growing older, her hair graying and growing longer as her skin became wrinkled.
"You guys need to go." I said as the Hatter picked Dora (now a normal mouse) up.
"Okay. You need to stop the Red Joker." Alice said, helping the Hatter up. The Dressmaker gave me a hug.
"I'll see you in a bit, okay?" The Dressmaker said.
"Alright." I said as the Cheshire Cat purred and rubbed his side against my leg. I leaned down to pet him, but he hissed at me. "Okay then, jerk." The Dressmaker giggled, then ran to catch up with the rest of the group. I noticed my suit had changed black, and sighed, then turned around. "Where do I begin?" I wondered.
The Hatter paced tensely. "It's been a few hours. Where do you think he is?"
"It'll take him a while. Calm down, Hatter." Alice said, squeezing the Hatter's hand. The Hatter smiled, and kissed her on the cheek.
"You do know that Abbott knows about you two." The Cheshire Cat said.
"What?" Alice asked embarrassedly.
"Who told him?" The Hatter asked.
"A little birdie." The Cheshire Cat smiled, a feather in his teeth. An obvious pun, really.
"Dressmaker, are you okay?" Alice asked, sitting down beside me.
"I guess." I asked sullenly.
"Oh, sweetie, don't be like that. Abbott will be fine." Alice said. Then, the city exploded.
"I'll give you power! Anything you want!" The Red Joker begged.
"Okay then." I said. "I want your head!" I brought the sword down on his tiny neck, and watched his giant head roll down the city's streets. "That was-" The city exploded.
"Abbott!" I screamed, sifting through rubble. The Hatter and Alice were going through rubble, too, though they were losing hope quickly. I moved a rock and found a red-velvet top-hat that'd been badly burned on the left side and had been crushed from the rock. "Abbott." I said quietly, hugging the hat to my chest.
"Abbott!" I heard the Dressmaker scream. I was barely conscious, but I was conscious enough to know that if I didn't get help soon I'd probably die. I crawled forward and heard the Dressmaker whisper my name. I kept crawling, my muscles protesting against the movements. I noticed a few things as I crawled: the grey rock now had color, my hands were covered in red, and that my suit had changed back to red velvet. Eventually, I was a few feet from the Dressmaker, who was sitting, crying and holding my hat.
"I think...that's...mine." I said, struggling to my feet and holding my ribs. I smiled as I saw their expressions. "I need...some help, by the...way..." I said, and my friends ran towards me. The Dressmaker hugged me, touching the bleeding spot on my ribs, and Alice and the Hatter started patching me up (after the Dressmaker had kissed me half-a-million times. Not that I mind, however.)
Epilogue
"Are you sure you'll come back?" The Dressmaker asked.
"As long as the White Rabbit opens the portal. Don't worry so much, okay? I wouldn't-couldn't- leave Wonderland." I said. The Hatter walked forward, holding a new red-velvet top-hat. "Thanks. Nobody makes hats like you."
The Hatter nodded. "Are you sure you're okay with me and Alice-"
"Yeah, I'm great with it." I said. "Right, let's go." I walked through the portal with the White Rabbit, where only a day had passed while several weeks had passed in Wonderland. I hid in the bushes as Alicia and Adelaide walked by. "Hey." I whispered.
"Abbey?" Adelaide asked.
"Yeah. Hey, do you remember Wonderland from the books?" I asked.
"Yeah." Alicia said.
"Yep." Adelaide said.
"Do you want to go there?" I asked.
"Yep." Alicia said.
"Yeah." Adelaide said.
"Okay. White Rabbit, I believe we need to get somewhere. Could you open up the portal..?" I asked.
"It's done. Are you sure about this?" The White Rabbit asked.
"Of course. Now," I said, picking up my sisters. "Did you know that I'm a hero in Wonderland?"
The End