I pushed my way through the long stalks of grass, occasionally freaking out when I heard a sound that wasn't made by me. Hey, you'd be freaked out too. I was the size of a pea, so that noise could've been made by some gigantic ant or spider.
I climbed over a stick, which in this height was like a log, and entered a small clearing, expecting to find a blue caterpillar on a mushroom puffing smoke from a hookah. But there wasn't a caterpillar. There was smoke though.
I staggered back into something as the words 'WHO ARE YOU' hung in the air in pink, blue, and yellow. They didn't petter out like normal smoke would. They just bobbed there as though taunting me. I looked all around but the caterpillar was nowhere to be found. Damn.
Then I looked behind me at what I had bumped into. It was a mushroom. There was a sentence carved into it. One side will make you grow taller and the other will make you grow shorter.
I plucked two pieces of the mushroom and took a tiny bite of the one in my right hand. I grew a bit. Okay, so the other would make me shorter. Right, taller. Left, shorter. I kept repeating that in my head over and over, committing it to memory.
I pushed through the grass again and entered a forest. I licked the piece of the mushroom that would make me taller and spurted up to my original size. "Much better."
I peered around the trees looking at the signs. They all pointed somewhere different. 'This way' one said. 'That way' another said. 'Over there' pointed another. I was reading all of them, knowing the Cheshire Cat would show up sooner or later.
"Lose something?" A voice said above me.
I looked at a tree branch where a fat cat was sitting, its tail swaying back and forth. "I know it's you Lance."
The cat smiled and swished its tail over its body so that it disappeared then the tail faded out. In its place a boy was left sitting on the branch, grinning down at me. "Smart girl."
"Where are my friends?" I snapped.
He hopped down and landed lightly in front of me. He waggled his finger at me. "Can't tell. That would be cheating. Oh but wait." He started circling me. "I could give you a hint instead, I suppose."
"I don't want a hint," I retorted. "I just want to know if my friends are safe or not."
He laughed menacingly. "If they were alive they would most definitely be anything but safe here."
"Wait, so are they alive or not?" I asked.
"Do you really want to know? Or would you rather have a hint. It would probably make the game a whole lot easier." He said.
"I want to know. What do I have to do for you to tell me?"
"Quit. Give up. Lose. Be mine for all eternity. The list is endless." He said. "It all just depends how you say it."
I crossed my arms. "No."
"Tough one, aren't you?" He commented. "I can see why that boy- Jack was it- likes you."
"It's Zach." I corrected him automatically.
"Sure. Like I care." He eyed me up and down. "You've changed quite a lot since you were here last. The last Alice was a bit… kinder. And whiney." He scrunched up his nose. "Absolutely unattractive. But you," He caressed my cheek. "You're stubborn and impatient and careful."
I frowned. Were those supposed to be compliments?
"And uncooperative." He added.
I smacked his hand away, the touch of his skin on mine bothered me. It was almost… pleasing. "What do I have to do to know if my friends are dead or alive?"
He smirked. "I think you know."
I groaned. What did he want? Me obviously. He-
Then it clicked.
Without moving my hands I leaned up to him and kissed him. Just as I was about to pull away his hands went around my waist, holding me to him. I felt my body respond even though I fought against it. First my hands pressed against his chest to push him away, but then they gripped his shirt to pull him closer.
Zach! Remember Zach! A voice screamed in my head. Just like that I broke away, gasping. "Well? The answer?" I panted.
He looked almost dazed, but unlike me, was breathing normally. "They're alive." Then he disappeared.
Damn, sorry that was short. It's sort of a filler I guess =P
Btw, my ideas for nightmares are pretty, well, crappy, so if you have any creepy bone chilling ideas, feel free to tell me! lol
Sorry I havent written in a while, like i warned in one of my stories (think it was this one), i left for the vaca and had no internet. i planned a lot for my stories tho. If thats of any consolation =P
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Ivoryyy
