Alicia In Wonderland

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Chapter Twenty: Forever Young

Alicia Point of View

"Grandma, what are you doing here?" I asked, shocked.

"Alicia? Why did you bring me back with you?" Grandma asked, appalled.

"I didn't! Why did you follow me?"

"I didn't!" Grandma insisted.

"Well, just jump back in the rabbit hole." I said.

Grandma sighed, relieved, and jumped back into the rabbit hole.

I heard the oof when she hit the bottom.

A minute later, she came back up, rubbing her arm where she most likely hit it.

"Grandma, why didn't it work?" I asked, nervous.

"I...I don't know..." Grandma trailed off, looking terrified.

Hoping that it was just a glitch, I jumped into the rabbit hole myself.

And nearly broke my arm.

I sank down into the leaves that were at the bottom, an rubbed my arm. Why didn't it work?

I climbed back out, and saw that Grandma was tearing up.

"Grandma, it'll be okay." I said, hugging her.

It was then that I noticed on other detail.

Not anything huge.

Just that-

"Grandma...why are you still young?"

"What do you mean?" She asked.

Confused, Grandma looked down. And gasped.

There was a lot of gasping.

"Alicia...what happened? Why am I here? And why am I still young? I am so confused." Grandma sat down on a tree stump, and put her head in her hands. I sat down beside her, an put my arm around her. "We'll figure this out." I soothed.

"Maybe there was a limit." Grandma whispered brokenly. "I was there three times. Maybe that's all there is."

"No." I disagreed. "If that was the case, I'd still be able to get in."

Not knowing what else to do, we headed back to Grandma's place. In case you were wondering, she bought the old Ascot place. It was only a ten minute walk to get back.

Still sort of zoned out, Grandma made tea for us. We drank in silence, both trying to figure out what the heck was going on. Why couldn't we get back into Underland.

"Where's mom?" I asked Grandma.

"She's probably still visiting her friend, Ella. Keep in mind, we returned the same moment that we left. Your mother had only been at Ella's for ten minutes when you jumped down the rabbit hole." Grandma said.

"Oh. I'm really disoriented. I feel like I've been gone for a week." I explained.

"You have." Grandma replied simply.

"Grandma," I whispered. "You'll get back to him. I'll get back to Chess. Fate wouldn't be so cruel so as to give us love and then just yank it away."

"I'm afraid fate doesn't like me much." Grandma said. "Fate 'yanked me away' from my love eighty-some years ago. And fate just 'yanked me away' again."

"It didn't yank you away again." I disagreed. "You'll get back to him. I promise."

Grandma eyed me doubtfully, but let it go.

Alison's Point of View

I was in a bed.

I was still out of it, so it took me a while to realize that I was in the Castle of Hearts.

And I wasn't alone.

I wasn't sure how I had missed such a bulbous head, but the Queen was in the room with me.

I began to cry again. Partly from shame, but also partly from the pain in my arm, which was in a sling.

"White Queen, I am so sorry. I failed you." I sobbed.

The White Queen shushed me. "But you didn't, my Red Princess. You fought well. We shall just have to try again. After you've had some...proper training."

"I thought you'd be horribly angry?" I asked, confused.

"I was." The Queen said. "But after I...thought about it, I realized something very important."

"And what (cough) was that?" I asked shakily.

"That fate didn't want us to win that battle. Not yet. But we will take back my throne. We just need more preparation." The Queen said.

"And a larger army." I muttered.

To my utter shock, the Queen chuckled. Actually chuckled. "Yes, we will."

"I'd like to rest now." I murmured.

"Yes. I need you strong for your training. Goodnight, Princess." The Queen said as she walked out of the room.

"Good night...Red Queen..." I muttered, already half-asleep.

Chess's Point of View

Chess was laying down in the bed in the infirmary. His head was still dizzy; how in love he was with his Leesh.

That's when Tarrant came into the room.

"Feeling better, Chessy?" he asked, laughing.

"Much, thank you." Chess said, grinning his famous grin.

"Where is Alicia?" Tarrant asked.

"She left." Chess smiled.

The Hatter looked stunned.

"Then why are you so happy?" he asked.

"Because she's coming back." Chess smiled.

Tarrant looked at him with a look that was almost...pity?

"Now, Chess-"

Then Chess realized what the Hatter thought he meant.

"No, no, no!" he quickly said. "She's saying goodbye to her mother and collecting some of her things. She said she'd be back by nightfall."

"If you say so." Hatter said. "You know, you're lucky. Just don't lose her."

"I won't." Chess said certainly.

All Chess could think of was how happy Hatter would be when Alice-

Wait...where was Alice?

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