"Don't be scared" said the nurse as the readied Alice.

"Why should I be scared" Alice scoffed to herself "...of something I don't remember?"

She laid down on the cold metal table. Would she recall it this time? Would she black out? Would it hurt? All these questions raced through Alice's mind. She heard the ticking, it seemed so familiar. She heard the clicking of switches and when she least expected it, a powerful shock shot through her causing her to convulse as if strangled by an unseen man.



~*~



"Alice" whispered the cat..."Wake up Alice" he pleaded.

Alice sat up and rubbed her eyes. "What is it Cat?" she asked.

"Have you made your choice yet?" he asked. Alice shook her head.

"This isn't a joke!" he hissed.

Alice stood up. "I'm aware of that cat, but have you ever made a decision like this in a day?"

The cat looked at his paws. "...No." She studied the cat. He looked very pale indeed and had an apathetic look on his face. He was definitely not the cat he used to be.

"Perhaps I'll just walk around a bit. It'll probably help me make up my mind." she said to the cat and started walking through the woods.

Wonderland woods was an odd place, and it seemed no matter what direction you were headed in you would end up in the same place. A snap-dragonfly buzzed by Alice's head and she shooed it away and broke into a run, not caring where she ran because she would end up in the same place no matter where she went.

Alice stopped when she came to the clearing. There were two ways to go now. One led to the Mad Hatter, and the other to the March Hare. But since the March Hare was always at Hatter's, that path would lead Alice to the both of them. And so she took that one.

While nearing the Mad Hatter's gate a familiar clatter arose. For some, it would be the sound of a amusing party. For others, this was a sound of chaos and the source was the Hatter's 'mad' tea parties, where dishes were never put away, un-birthdays were always celebrated and it was eternally six o'clock. Alice stood outside the Hatter's large wrought iron gate, tracing the designs with her eyes, then she pushed it open and went to the overly large table set out in the yard.

The Mad Hatter sat at the head of the table. He had a rather cartoon look about him, a large nose and a considerably large hat that rested askew on his head. Next to him, sat the erratic March Hare, his matted brown hair glowing in the sun. Last but not least, in a sugar bowl slept the Dormouse, snoring peacefully through all the yelling and singing.



Alice sat in an overly large chair. "Good afternoon sirs" she said sweetly.

The March Hare's eyes seemed to bulge of his head. "Alice, you come back." he said in half exclamation, half statement. "Had any adventures?."

"In a way." she said. "Would you like to hear about it?"

They all nodded. "Start from the beginning" said the March Hare.

"And when you get to the end, stop" said the Hatter, pouring tea from a four spouted teapot into four blue cups. "One lump or two?' he added.

Alice sat and told them what had happened, occasionally having to stop and move down a place.

From inside a sugar bowl a tiny voice was heard. "I've heard that story before, you've told it all wrong."

The Hare passed a plate of crumpets. "Dormy, you're being silly. Alice hasn't made that up, that really happened."

But the dormouse was already asleep.

"Has anyone seen the White Rabbit?" Alice asked.

There was an eery silence.

Hatter put down his cup. "Rabbit has disappeared"

"Disappeared?" asked a shocked Alice. "How?"

He slipped off his glove and held his hand in front of Alice. Nothing was there, his hand could barely be seen.

Alice dropped her teacup and it smashed into tiny pieces on the floor.

"We're all disappearing Alice" he said softly.

"Why?"

"Because they are trying to take you away from Wonderland."

"Who is?"

"Don't be stupid Alice, your doctors, the adults. They forget how wonderful it is to be in Wonderland, and they would like you to forget too. With every day they try to 'cure' you, a little bit of Wonderland is lost."

"Oh no, I'm so sorry!" Alice apologized and began to sob.

"No matter dear" hushed the Hare as he poured another cup of tea. "It's not really your fault." He opened the sugar bowl a made a surprised look. He picked it up and looked under it. "Hatter" he stated "I do believe Dormy has disappeared."

Hatter peeked into the bowl. "So he has. I guess he won't be finishing his crumpet then." he said, taking a bite out of the biscuit.

The Mad Hatter and March Hare seemed unfazed by the disappearance of their friend but Alice was unsettled by it. She pushed her chair away from the tale and stood up.

"You're no help, you only care for tea. I....I have to find Cat" she stammered.

She exited the front yard and tried to find cat.







*Almost done. I don't remember if in the book they call the Dormouse Dormy, but in the game they do, and even though i don't like it - I'm using it*