Disclaimer: i don't own Alice: Madness Returns
Btw, this is my first Alice fan-fic so please be nice :S
Alice had been a little surprised at first. She hadn't been expecting to go back to Wonderland so soon. But once the danger had made itself known, she picked up her vorpal blade and prepared to fight once again.
You're part frog Alice, i swear! You jump so well!
It hadn't taken her long to notice the slight differences. They were subtle, and anyone who didn't know Wonderland well enough would never have been able to tell the difference. But she could. She always could.
If you leap from that table once more Alice, i'll expire! You're two times too reckless, my girl.
She could hear their voices. The voices of her family. Memories. She was regaining them as she trudged deeper into her world. It wasn't just her family who was speaking to her though. There was Dr. Bumby, her saviour. There was her old nurse Pris and her Nanny. Her family's lawyer Ratcliffe and Dr. Wilson, who had tried so hard to cure her of her insanity while in the asylum.
Look how small she's become! All curled up, she's barely there! A vixen in her hidey-hole!
Alice smirked, enjoying how small she could become to travel to places where she was too big before. And she loved how when she decided to use this ability, her enemies would often become confused, not knowing how to comprehend what had happened. And the best part; being tiny revealed things that she couldn't see when she was big.
Finish your soup girls. Bovine juveniles gave their all for it.
Some things in Wonderland hadn't changed at all. The Cat was still her guide and still talked in ridiculous riddles. When she finally confronted the Duchess, staying extremely wary should she try to eat her, Alice was confused. Mainly because the Duchess no longer felt the need to resort to cannibalism, deciding to feed on peppered pig snouts instead. Although she was grateful for the Pepper Grinder she had been given to aid in her quest, Alice remained wary. If the Duchess had changed her ways, then who else had? Who exactly could she trust? What else about Wonderland had this wretched train changed?
It could have happened that way Alice. You remember poor Mr. Cook? Died, didn't he? Dr. Wilson rejects spontaneous combustion. But i trust Mr. Dickens.
Hatter's Domain hadn't changed much. On arriving and being attacked Mad Caps, little gnome-like creatures with oversized cutlery for armour and weapons, Alice jumped to the conclusion that Hatter was still practicing his violent experiments. Immediately heading deeper into the Mad Hatter's Domain, Alice planned to confront her former friend. However, it soon became clear that this wasn't the Hatter's doing.
"A good worker is a live worker; free to live, and work! A bad worker is a dead worker, and vice versa!"
Dormy? No. It couldn't be Dormy. He was such a sleepy thing. And he couldn't hurt a fly. It wasn't possible.
But on finding Hatter, Alice was relieved and dismayed. She was relieved that it wasn't Hatter who appeared to be causing trouble for her at this current moment. She was dismayed, because Hatter seemed to be in trouble as well. All that she found of him was his head and torso.
After conversing with the "broken" Hatter, he was able to confirm that it was in fact Dormy who was causing the suffering. Only in the Domain of course. And unfortunately for Alice, the March Hare was helping him. What had happened to the Wonderland she once knew? At least when she had been summoned the first time, she had been able to separate friend from foe easily. But now...Now her friends appeared to be foes. And her foes appeared to be her friends. So confusing.
It's been years now, Alice; time to put away childish things.
Dr. Wilson's voice was right. It was time she confronted those who were trying to keep her from remembering what happened the night of the fire. And she would find out what happened that night. Even if it was the last thing she did.
This is just chapter 1. I'll continue if it's good. Not too sure though _
