"Yeah, little sister cause you're so small!" Blue twin said, grinning up at me.
Red's face mirrored his twin's. "You're too adorable to be an older sister."
"Okay, look kids. I am older than you, you don't call me adorable. That's my job to say to you. Also, you aren't that much taller than me anyways." I scoffed, looking down at the (thankfully) shorter kids before a sudden poof happened. I blinked a few times, coughing a bit and waving the smoke out of my face, when the smoke finally cleared a little. Enough for me to see that the little twins were no longer around. Instead, the bigger twins from earlier were back and I just had to blink some more. Oh yeah, they can do that. It's funny how convenient memory loss is. I crossed my arms as the now much much taller twins put their arms around my shoulders. "Damn it, why does everyone have the desire to prove me wrong?" I asked as I looked up at the stars, ignoring everyone's amusement.
"Well, have a seat." Hatter said as he motioned towards the empty chairs, ones that were previously vacated and never had someone in them to begin with. "Let me begin with the introductions since it seems that you don't know our names quite yet. I am Blood Dupre, Head of the Hatter's and the owner of this estate." So the one I thought was a girl. "This here is Elliot March, my second in command and the March Hare." 'Elliot' grinned to me, looking more happy about Blood introducing him than being introduced to me.
"I'm Alice Liddell, nice to meet you. I'm also the previous Outsider but I finished the game that you need to partake in." She smiled and, suddenly, it all became clear how all of this seemed so familiar. They had similar things going on with them as in Alice in Wonderland. Hell, Alice's last name was Liddell. That's enough proof for me! Hatter, March Hare, what was next, the Tweedle Twins?
"I'm Tweedle Dee." Blue said, causing me to freeze.
"I'm Tweedle Dum." Shit. That was all I thought when Red said that. Then that meant –
"Boris Airay, the current Cheshire Cat." Kitty waved and I swear I died just then. That meant that he was really a cat, not just a cosplayer. I shifted uncomfortably, glancing from side to side as I was suddenly the center of attention.
"Uh… Could this, by chance, be a place called Wonderland?"
"Yeah, I told you that already." Alice seemed puzzled, tilting her head to the side.
"Oh, okay. Got it." I set my elbow on my left hand that was resting under my breasts, letting my forehead lean against my right hand. This could not possibly be happening. Just a dream, right? But those axes sure felt real and the clicking of the gun sounded real, the fear was all real too. There's almost no way that this could be a dream… nor could it be reality. There was no possibility whatsoever that I could ever explain what this was. Had I died? No, then I wouldn't be feeling these things much less hearing them. Since this was obviously not my nightmares, if it was a dream it wouldn't feel so real. Then again, animal people were not possible without some scientific experiments and I doubt a scientist would let such a breakthrough go unwatched.
"Are you alright?" Alice seemed genuinely concerned. Now, I'll confess. For the most part, I've not once liked Alice's character. She annoyed me to be quite blunt. But that doesn't mean I'd be mean to her, especially around the Hatter since I've always liked the pairing of them together. By what it seems, they were probably together anyways. This world seems a bit trigger happy, if you know what I mean, so there's no doubt in my mind that the Hatter would be that way too, especially if you insult or are mean to his girlfriend. Holy shit, that just reminded me. I am now going to be terrified to meet the Queen, should I ever have to. I should get a weapon to defend myself with. Soon. Actually, now would probably be best. "Kat?" Oh yeah, she asked a question didn't she.
"Yes, perfectly alright. Almost perfect. No, I am perfect. Nothing to worry about, I'm just in a world where fucking animal people exist and most of them are the ones I don't like." I muttered under my breath, ignoring the weird looks I was getting from everyone except Hatter and Alice. Alice looked worried and Hatter just started drinking tea. "It's over. My life is over. Everything I thought to be true is a lie. Holy shit, the cake is a lie." I stared wide eyed at the carrot cake in the middle of the table, looking delicious and as if it wants to be eaten by everyone near it. But no, it's a lie. It's all a lie and there's nothing I can do about it. "No no no no no no no! Not more lies!" My thoughts were going down the weird path they usually go down when I was having a panic attack and, I can assure you with utmost certainty, I was having a panic attack that would put the hostess from Fruits Basket to shame, as Bri would say when I went into this mood.
Splash! I blinked as water dripped down my face and flattened my hair to my head. I looked up at the twins, who were children again, and blinked some more. "Was that called for?" They exchanged looks before nodding with a sense of certainty that I couldn't deny. "Oh, okay then." They threw the bucket they were using in a random direction before sitting down again.
"So what was the guest thinking about so hard that it made her panic?" Hatter seemed amused to look at my drowned rat looking state, setting his chin on his folded hands.
"Oh, uh, nothing except I now have to deal with rabbits and cats. Which is not so good. But aside from that, I'm in a world that was made up from the Lewis Carroll's mind and that is not a good thing. Not at all." I turned immediately to Alice. "So, there is a way out of this world, yes? Please tell me there is!" I practically begged as I stared at her pleadingly.
"Um… Yeah, there is." She started inching away from me. How rude, I wasn't even doing anything all that weird yet. Yet. "You got a vial that used to hold medicine right?"
"Huh? You mean that thing that Bunny boy had before he forced himself on me?" Alice seemed to feel sympathy for me and was about to answer before I realized something. A rabbit. Touched me. "Ah!" I screamed, standing up abruptly with wide traumatized eyes. Rabbit. Touched me. A rabbit. Rabbit touched me.
"What? Did something happen?" Boris looked over in confusion, having been poking at the food in front of him (salmon, yum…) when I had yelled.
"R-r-rab-b-b-bit t-t-t-t-t-touched m-me…" I reached for the knife in the middle of the table, ready to either find something to kill or cut myself with it. Either one works. My hand was restricted a few moments before I grabbed it. I followed the hand with my eyes, to the arm then up the neck, to the face before finally resting on the ears. I blinked a few times before realizing that they were bunny ears. "Kya!" I ripped my arm away from him, falling back and over the chair I was previously seated in, causing my back to hit the ground. I hated my luck, I really did. But now, I have to say I despise it. Not only was there two rabbits but there was also a cat. I only hoped that meant that the Dormouse was here as well. I glared at the stars in the sky, watching as they twinkled mockingly back at me, before closing my eyes.
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Wow, never expected that I'd make her terrified of bunnies and cats… Interesting, mind, very interesting…
Just as confused as to where this is going as you are,
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