Alice stared at the papers on her desk. One had a smile drawn on it, one had a swirl drawn on it, one had a card drawn on it, and one had a flower drawn on it. She had no idea where these had come from. She pulled her math book from her bag and put it on her desk and flipped through the pages. She began quietly working on her homework.

She heard the door open downstairs. "Father!" She heard Mathilda exclaim.

She rushed downstairs to see her mother and father standing in the entry hall of their home. Her mind was racing, as she was excited and concerned about the fact her parents were home early from work. "We thought we would surprise you girls and go out for dinner!" Her father smiled.

Alice smiled with excitement. Her parents never did this. Mathilda smiled at her parents. Mathilda looked as though she had just freshened herself up, and had gotten dressed up.

They got in the car and Alice restrained herself from bothering her sister in the back seat. Mathilda glanced at her. Alice smiled sweetly, but was plotting against the content state of her sister. The car pulled into the parking lot of Pizza Port. "Father, this doesn't look very fancy!" Mathilda said, disgusted.

Alice's eyes widened at the glowing space ship on the top of the building. "We thought we would change it up, and go for something more, fun." Their father replied, smiling at Alice.

They walked inside, and Mathilda looked terrified of the young children running freely about the restaurant. They were shown to a table, and Alice excitedly flipped open the menu. Mathilda was digging through her purse, looking for some kind of sanitation.

"Alice how is school?" Her father asked.

"It's going well." She replied, looking at Mathilda.

They ordered pizza for the family and waited. Her parents sipped happily on glasses of cola, Alice on orange soda, and Mathilda on water. Mathilda looked as though she was in her own nightmare.

Alice cheerfully talked with her parents, while Mathilda stared at children running back and forth past their table. Their waitress brought huge trays with pizzas bigger than Alice had ever seen.

Alice and her parents grabbed the pizza with their hands, while Mathilda insisted on cutting hers with a knife and fork. Alice snickered at watching Mathilda trying to be formal in such an informal place.

When no one could eat another bite, Alice's father payed the check, and they piled in the car and drove home. Tired and full, Alice skipped up the stairs and finished her homework. She was sitting at her desk when she heard a small "mew". "Oh! Dinah! There you are!"

A brown kitten emerged from under her bed. The kitten jumped up on top of her bed and curled up. Alice smiled as she changed into her night dress. She walked across the hall to the bathroom and brushed her teeth. She looked into Mathilda's doorway as she walked down the hall to her room. Mathilda was sitting in a chair reading. Her eyes darted up at Alice, and Alice looked away. When she finished brushing her teeth, she walked back to her bedroom. She curled up on her bed, with Dinah at her side.

The next morning Alice readied herself for school. After she got dressed, she tied her navy bow into her hair, and slipped on her socks. She skipped down the stairs, put on her shoes, grabbed her bag, and ran out the door.

Alice ran into Wendy walking down their street. "Hello Alice!" She said, smiling.

Alice crossed the street and walked with her. "I've decided that if Peter wants to date Tiger Lily it's fine with me."

Alice looked at her, her brow furrowed. "Are you still stuck on Peter?"

"Well he is only perfect in every way, but I suppose, as his friend, I accept his choice of Tiger Lily."

Alice rolled her eyes. They began to approach the school. She said goodbye to Wendy and walked into the front gate with Rapunzel. The quickly approached Belle, who was sitting on a bench reading. They noticed someone else sitting on the bench. Coming in closer proximity, Alice noticed it was Meg. "So this is what you do every morning?" Meg asked Belle plainly.

Belle nodded without looking up from her book. "Hey Meg!" Alice smiled.

Meg smiled, although she looked distraught. The bell rang for class, and Alice walked to English. She sat in her usual seat, and waited for Peter to come in. "Hey Alice!"

"Hi Peter!"

He sat down next to her. "Peter, is it true you like Tiger Lily?"

"Well, I do think she is very beautiful. I would love to take her out, but I'm afraid she would say no."

"What do you think about Wendy?"

"Wendy Darling? Teacher's pet Wendy?"

Alice was now worried. Peter didn't appear to have a positive feeling about Wendy at all. "Yes, Wendy Darling"

"She is too perfect for me, have you seen her hair? Not a curl is out of place! And her face is like a little porcelain doll!"

"So you don't know which one to choose?" She asked.

Peter shook his head. As class began, they took out their books and began to read. When the class was over, Alice gathered her things and walked out of the class room. She walked quickly down the hallway, her notebook in her arms. She was confused as to why Peter felt Wendy was too good for him. Her mind began to wander as she followed the flow of students.

Her day dreaming was broken when she hit the floor. She looked around and a hand was offered out infront of her. She grabbed it and it pulled her up.

She dusted off her knees and looked at the stranger infront of her. She had never seen him before. His collar was popped, and his necktie was loose around his neck. He was wearing a tan and navy plaid news boy cap. "Are you alright?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she said, examining her hands.

"The name is Tarrant, Tarrant Hightopp."

"I'm Alice, Alice Liddell." She giggled.

She looked down at her notebook, and looked back up, only to find he was gone. Confused, she continued on to her math class. She sat down and began to think about Tarrant. When she looked up, and found she was far behind the rest of the class. She scribbled down the notes, and left the class when the bell rang, and walked to her locker to change out books.

When the bell rang for lunch, Alice walked across the courtyard. She heard foot steps behind her, but turned to find no one. She continued walking, and again heard footsteps. She stopped and looked around, again finding no one. She turned to walk again, and screamed.

Tarrant was standing infront of her. "Hey Alice!"

"H-hi Tarrant!" She said, in shock.

"We didn't really get to talk before!"

Alice didn't want to mention this was because he had disappeared. "Do you like flowers?" Tarrant asked.

"Well, I am particularly fond of daisies." Alice replied.

Tarrant handed her a bouquet of daisies. Alice looked at him in surprise. "Where do you usually eat lunch?" He asked.

"Oh! I eat with my friends, Rapunzel, Belle, Cinderella, and Meg." Alice replied.
Tarrant shrugged. Alice turned, to point to where their tree was. "We eat at that picnic table under that tree over there."

She turned back to find he was gone. She was confused, he seemed to disappear at the oddest times. She continued to walk to their tree.

She sat down next to Rapunzel. Meg looked at Belle. "What's got you off in La La land?"

"Nothing." She replied.

Meg looked at her suspiciously. Belle smiled at her. Alice unpacked her lunch and began to eat. Cinderella and Rapunzel ate in silence. "I have to grab something from my locker!" Alice announced.

The other girls looked at her as she stood up and walked away. She walked quickly to her locker and twisted her combination. Something fluttered from her door to the ground. She grabbed her books for the afternoon. She closed her locker, and bent down to pick up the paper that fluttered out of her locker.

She unfolded it to find stripes. She sighed and stuck it in the pocket of her bag with the other four.

When the day was over, Alice walked out the front gates. "Alice!" She heard.

She spun around to see Tarrant again. "Tarrant! You always disappear at the most inconvienent times!"

He looked at her and pulled a yellow handkerchief from his sleeve and examined it. "Do I?"

Alice frowned. "I was going to ask you to eat with us, but you disappeared!"

"Did I?" He smiled.

Alice let out a sigh. She continued to walk up the street. "Alice wait!" He called.

"I can't I have to go home to my sister!" She replied, turning to run.

"Alice!" He called.

She turned to look back as she ran up the street. When she reached her door, she bent over, trying to catch her breath. She unlocked the door, and walked inside. "Good afternoon Mathilda!" She called, running up the stairs.

"Alice Pleasence Liddell! Come back down here!" Mathilda called.

Alice walked downstairs. "Why were you trying to catch your breath as you entered the house?" Mathilda asked.

"I'm trying running home from school! It's a new fad really!" Alice said, turning to walk away.

Mathilda was suspicious as Alice ran upstairs and shut her door. She reached into her bag and pulled out the pieces of paper. She unfolded them and smoothed them on her desk. "Mew"

"Dinah! I have these mysterious papers, and I don't know who they're from!"

"Meow"

"I don't know Dinah! I don't know what they mean!"

She picked up Dinah, and pet her on the head. Dinah purred as she sat on Alice's lap. She put Dinah down and pushed the papers aside. She pulled out her books and began to do her homework. Her eyelids grew heavy, and she slipped into a dream.

She was sitting in a field of daisies. She looked down and saw Dinah by her side. The flowers shuffled. "Dinah! What- oh! Dinah! What is that?"

She looked down to see a white cotton tail. It was a white rabbit. She started to follow it. "Alice! What are you doing?" Mathilda's voice rang in her ears.

"Alice you are going to be late for school!"

Her eyes fluttered open, and Mathilda was standing over her. "Come on Alice!"

Alice dragged herself to the shower. She put on a clean skirt and blouse and pulled on new socks. On her way out the door, she grabbed her bag. She was glad it was Friday. She walked with Wendy, who was, as usual, talking about Peter.

"Wendy, I had a dream last night. I saw a white rabbit!"

"That is ridiculous Alice!"

"But it was a dream, a truly wonderful dream, until Mathilda woke me up!"

They rounded the corner into the school. Alice walked in with Rapunzel, who was walking with Ariel. "And Alana cried 'that's not fair! Do you know what he would do to me?' And I just rolled my eyes." Ariel was telling Rapunzel.

They walked across the courtyard when the bell rang. Alice walked into her english class to find a folded piece of paper on her desk. She unfolded it to find a silhouette of a rabbit, drawn in pencil.

She sat down and waited patiently for Peter as she stuffed the note into her bag. He came and sat next to her, right before class was about to start. They listened to lecture, nd then opened their books to read.

When it was lunch again, Alice found a yellow handkerchief on the ground. She bent down to pick it up. "Hey Alice!" She heard.

It was Tarrant again. "I believe you dropped this!" She said, handing it to him.

"You keep that, I have plenty more!" He said, pulling a red one out of his sleeve.

At the end of the day, Alice, Rapunzel, Belle, Cinderella, and Meg walked to Clarabelle's. it had been a few weeks since they had met and had a drink while they talked.

As Meg pulled the door open, the bell on the handle rang. "Hi welcome to Clarabelle's!" Clarabelle called.

They sat down and waited for her to finish in the kitchen. "Can I get you girls the usual?" She asked.

"Yes please!" Belle replied.

They talked excitedly as the blender whirred with their drinks. Alice decided it would be best not to say anything about Tarrant. They talked about their upcoming break from school. They knew better than to bring up Adonis infront of Meg.

Clarabelle brought them their drinks. They drank in silence. When it was time to close that café, the girls helped Clarabelle clean up.

Alice walked home alone. She entered e front door, and greeted her sister. Her mother was in the kitchen. "Mother! You're home from work!"

"Yes, Alice, I'm cutting down my working time so I can spend more time with you and your sister!"

Alice smiled. She skipped upstairs. She pulled the note she had found out of her bag and unfolded it. The rabbit on it strangely resembled the one in her dreams. She unfolded all the papers and laid them out on her desk. As far as she was concerned, this was all madness. She couldn't make any sense of it. Every time she got a new note she hoped it would hold an answer for her, but it was just weirder than the one before it.

She sighed and looked at Dinah curled up on her bed. The kitten was so peaceful. Alice pulled a book off her self and began to read.

When it was dinner time, her mother called Alice and Mathilda to the table. They sat with their mother and father and ate peacefully. This was the first time in as long as Alice could remember them eating a homecooked meal, together.

"Alice dear, how was school today?"her father asked.

"Fine" she replied.

As Mathilda attempted to engage her parents in boring conversation, Alice's mind began to wander. She thought about her dream, and how the notes curiously related to it.

"Alice!" Mathilda called.

"Yes?"

"See father, she is always distracted!"

"She's dreaming and imagining, let it go Mathilda."

Mathilda asked to be excused. Her mother got up and began washing dishes. Alice asked to be excused, and went back to her room.

She looked at the notes again, and then looked over at Dinah. She got dressed for bed, and washed her face and brushed her teeth. She climbed into bed, and grabbed a book she had been reading.

As she got lost in the characters, her eyelids grew heavy, it was an all too familiar feeling. She slowly drifted away to sleep, and this time she knew she was going to catch that rabbit.