Her fingers curled around the bottom of window and pushed it up as silently as possible. With a final creak, she crawled through the gap even though she knew her face would be greeting the floor. Slipping through the small space wasn't a problem, the problem was falling on her arm and feeling the sharp pain quickly spread through her whole upper body. "That will leave a bruise tomorrow morning" she thought standing up with shaky ankles. She looked around to notice the effect of nighttime on the sleepy drawing room. The extravagance was replaced by a Gothic creeping fear. Shadows touched every object and moved without warning with a passing cloud that she couldn't control.

Her eyes traveled back to the red shrouded shine. It seemed to glow in the shadows and like any beacon it drew her closer to it. The shroud fell to the floor and her fingers carefully opened the two glass doors. All the items were still in their place but the pocket watch, with its face cracked down the middle, was now open when before it was closed. She grabbed it to take a closer look and inscribed inside were the words:

Only time will tell.

"Gotcha" she thought with a smile before she slipped the watch into her pocket. Distantly the sound of footsteps were heard, loud and rapid. She just looked back to the window and dashed. With wiggling skill, she coaxed herself onto the ground when she heard the light turn on and a loud gasp.

As she ran through the grounds she heard the maid screaming, "Robbery! There has been a robbery!"

Blind without guidance she felt the smooth grass turn to tree knots and leaves, now covering the ground. Rushing past tall overreaching trees, her foot caught on an outstretched root. Her face met the ground; she tasted dense soil.

"Of course," she grumbled into the soft earth. Turning over on her back she reached for her cellphone and the pocket watch to make sure both were unharmed. With the phone's back-light she inspected the glass face only to find that half of the glass had completely cracked. She stood up, while still inspecting the watch further something odd happened. The longest black hand was inching to the left without anything manipulating it.

She followed it's direction to see just a few trees, but past that was darkness, not even moonlight. When she turned left, the two hands started to move in opposite direction in sync, when one crossed over the other the other did the same. Her foot took another step and the two hands were going faster and faster until it looked almost like a compass.

Each step proceeded the needles pointing to a direct location and whenever she stepped away from it's destination, the two hands would lead her back to where she was supposed to be. For what seemed like hours, Natalie stopped noticing the watches strange behavior. The two hands were slowly moving in a circle until both landed on 12.

"What is wrong with you now," she whispered in the dark. Her eyes squinted at the face when she heard leaves rustling behind her. The hairs on the back of her neck stood at attention sensing someone.

Turning her head slowly, she was met with two glowing eyes. The eyes looked like cats, with slit black pupils wrapped in a dark powdered blue. Her breath caught in her throat and her body froze against the tall body.

"Don't move an inch" it hissed with a drawling British accent. She took a step backward against her mind's orders and felt the heel of her right foot land into nothingness. Soon her body was falling backwards into a massive hole that wasn't there before.

The eyes grew smaller as the wind pushed her down and all she heard before she passed out was a loud shrilling no.

(I am back my pretties and lovelies and nothing is going to stop the oncoming storm known as Wonderland. A big shout out and incrediable thank you to my new beta/best friend, Korry also known as xXflowersbloomforusXx. Also hope you guys enjoy this tease because it is about to get real intense.)