Alice had never been in a forest quiet like it. The deep green trees spiralled upwards, never seeming to end, entwining in and out of each other like the lace on her dress. The flowers too, were more vibrant and alive than they were in England. Alice felt as if she were in her own wonderland. She didn't want to leave, but knew deep down it was only a matter of time before she was awoken from this wonderful dream.

"Oh do keep up will you! We want to get there today!"

Alice snapped out of her daze, and was surprised to see how fast the Mock Turtle was when he was in an obvious hurry.

"Sorry" she said, running slightly to catch up.

"Honestly!" the Mock Turtle shook his head, "Now, it's not really that much further to go, just along this path going yadder to Queast."

"Yadder to Queast?" Alice repeated

"Yes, yadder to Queast" the Mock Turtle shook his head, "Are you really The Alice? You don't seem to know that much"

"Well, I never said I was" Alice replied, "You just assumed"
The Mock Turtle said nothing. He was certain that she was the right Alice.

It was a roar that made the trees shake and the flowers faint. It was a roar that turned the face of the Mock Turtle white. He had not heard a roar as terrifying since Gribling day. The roar had belonged to a Bandersnatch, but ... it couldn't be? There was only one Bandersnatch left in Underland and it was under the White Queens control?

Alice too, had stopped, looking concerned. She did not know what to expect, even though it was her dream.

Suddenly trees began snapping in half. Animals scattered and the flowers screamed. And the one responsible made its appearance.

It was as big as a Bandersnatch, but smelled worse than a Jabberwocky. Its claws where as long as a JubJub Birds beak, and its fur was tinted ginger. Its eyes where large, like the clock face of Big Ben, and they were a very deep green.

The Mock Turtle thought he recognised them for a split second, before the creature screamed again.

"RUN!" he yelled to Alice, who was stood rooted to the spot with fear. "And remember! YADDER TO QUEAST!"

But Alice could not move fear had paralysed her body. This is MY dream! She thought it's not real! None of it is!

The beast ran forward, it had four legs, sharp claws and a wicked smile across its face, bearing its teeth. Run Alice! Her mind was screaming at her to move, but she remained still. Just a bad dream, just a bad dream...

It was almost upon her when she ducked out of its way. She squirmed on the undergrowth, terrified out of her wits, and was even more shocked when she saw the blood running down her arm.

"It s-s-s-scratched me!" Alice said to herself "But, it's a d-d-dream"

The animal couldn't see her from her place on the forest floor. It sniffed the air for a moment, and paced for an agonizing few minutes hunting her out. Alice barely dared breathe, but eventually the animal wandered off in the direction it came. However, Alice still waited as long as she dared before moving.

"Yadder to Queast" she said, holding on to her arm, which was on a pain level, she did not know existed.

Alice wandered the forest, hopelessly lost. Yadder to Quest made no sense what so ever to her, and she was not having the best of times navigating. The Mock Turtle had disappeared. Alice had no idea where he'd gone, so her only company was herself. Not the best in a situation like this.

Wake up, Wake up, Wake up

How can you be sure this is a dream?
Because this world can't exist

That blood looks real!
It's a DREAM!
Is not

Is too

Is not

Is too

"IS NOT!" Alice yelled at herself so loudly that she stopped to listen to her echo. Suddenly, she heard a snap. She jumped, and feeling fearful, broke into a run. She ran for a few minutes, tripping ever so often over her own feet and roots before stopping to catch her breath.

"There's nothing running after you my dear"

Alice looked in fright, as she saw a pair of gleaming green eyes float towards her. Abruptly a face appeared, followed by a body. Alice's jaw dropped as she saw it was a floating Cat doing the talking.

"What?" she said

"I said, there is nothing after you" the Cat circled her, with a quizzical look on his face, "I say, you wouldn't happen to go by the name of Alice would you?"
"Yes, I would" Alice said indignantly "However, wither or not I'm the RIGHT Alice is a different story!"

"The right Alice?" said the Cat "Care to explain?"

"Well, I was with the Mock Turtle" she began "And he said that I lost something ... what was it?" she bit her lip "fullness? Not that's not it... my completeness? No!"

"Muchness?" the Cat supplied

"Yes! That's it" Alice began again, "I was with the Mock Turtle and he said that I'd lost my muchness and that he wasn't sure if I was THE Alice?" Alice laughed, "Who is THE Alice, and what's so important about her?" She asked

The Cat looked at her again. "Well, you look like THE Alice and you sound like her... but maybe, I'm not the one to explain her importance. If you are THE Alice, then I would expect someone else would like to after all... he does get himself into such a tiz when she's mentioned" he smiled, baring all his teeth. His mouth was almost as big as his face. Alice had seen it before, but she couldn't place where.

"What is your name?" she said, back to manners

"Chessur" Said Chessur.

"Chessur, please tell me about THE Alice"

"No" he said, "I will take you to The Hatter" the wicked smile flashed across his face "he will do a much better job of explaining" Chessur's eyes narrowed. "What on earth has happened to your arm?"

Alice looked at her arm, covered in blood. "I was attacked by something"
"I recognise those wounds." He said, "I'll bind it for you, hopefully that should stop infection"

"Why thank you" Alice said

Chessur seemed to take a bandage out of mid air, and as he was binding it let out a small chuckle and said "Déjà vu, eh?" he said

"Pardon?" Alice asked

"Never mind" he muttered, tying the bandage. "Come on then, Yadder to Queast I think is the way"
"Yadder to Queast" Alice muttered

"Yes" said Chessur "Yadder Queast"