A/N: I am back, with the second chapter of my second story in my first actual series of fics, ah well, its not a palindrome, but it will do.
By the way, characters I used in The Abyss might make appearances, I am not sure yet, right now I am focused on just Alice, Cheshire, Rabbit and Hatter.

Prophecy Clock part II

The Hatter appeared in a shower of pink sparks in front of Alice.
"Fine, I will take you to the laboratory and open it for you." Hatter grumbled. Alice smiled and took his hand.
"Well lets go then, Cheshire, where is the quickest route?" Alice asked jovially.
"Well theres a portal somewhere nearby to the gate, I just can't find it" Cheshire flitted about and finally came to the right place.
"Ah yes, here" He dug away a few stones and there was a passage. "Not far from here" Cheshire smiled. Rabbit scurried under.
"Come on, chop chop we will be too late!" Rabbit called out from behind the wall, Alice crawled under and so did Cheshire but Hatter couldn't, so he merely teleported on the spot to the other side, there was a huge display of cliffs and falls and trees there, Alice cringed.
"Zzzzzzzz" Rabbit's ears perked up
"Did you hear that?" He asked the Hatter.
"Hear what Rabbit, I don't hear anything" Hatter strained his ears, suddenly Cheshire heard it too.
"Zzzzzzzz" Cheshire started pacing around.
"Ladybugs" Cheshire growled, no sooner than he said that, from the clouds dropped a rain of acorns.
"Run!" Alice cried, she pulled out the Eye Staff and used it to vault over to the other side. Rabbit was desperately trying to dodge the acorns that came showering down and hurled out the end of his pocket watch, he wrapped the end of it round a branch from a distance and swung, an acorn struck his leg and he faltered slightly, another acorn hit his arm and he let go of the watch with one hand, the chain was straining and Rabbit knew he wouldn't have long.
"Help me!" Rabbit cried. Hatter reached up with his walking stick and fired several teacups into the air, they made huge green explosions and the ladybugs were repelled, the golden chain was straining and Rabbit was slipping, Alice reached out with the eye staff but couldn't reach far enough. Rabbit was trying to clamber onto the branch and slipping down, suddenly the clock broke and Rabbit fell.

Rabbit looked at himself, he was on a ledge, too low for any of the others to see him.
"Hello!" Rabbit called out. "They will probably be gone, mourning my death, I am stranded here, all alone"
"Not all alone matey" A raspy voice whispered from the left, an Armyant sat there grinning "I'm stuck here too" Rabbit backed away from the ant.
"Listen me matey!" The Armyant shouted in a scottish accent. "I need your help"

Hatter, Alice and Cheshire sat around a fire.
"Today we mourn the loss of our dear White Rabbit, he was obsessed with being late and died in fleeing ladybugs, he was our friend and comrade" The fire went out and they continued on towards the Laboratory. Hatter was shifting uncomfortably.
"Maybe we shouldn't go there after all" Hatter suggested, Alice and Cheshire shot him a surprised look. Hatter continued "I mean...uh...um...it is still haunted by Boojums!" Hatter suggested, in vain hope that they would turn back. Alice and Cheshire frowned.
"Hatter, we need to know what Caterpillar was talking about" Alice explained, Hatter shifted uncomfortably again. "Hatter, do it for Rabbit" Alice pleaded. Hatter hesitated but reluctantly accepted by helping Cheshire heave away the rock blocking the portal. The entered the spiral of colours and immediatly Alice felt nausea spread over her, she was twirling around and around, shattered images of places whizzed round her, finally she, Hatter and Cheshire burst out of the portal. Hatter was mortified with fear and hate for this place, he was stuck to the spot.
"Alice...I can't do this I want to turn back" Hatter spun around and stabbed the portal with his stick, it bounced off it like a solid wall. Alice looked sympathetically at Hatter as they stood in the mirror hallway.
"Hatter please, just help us it will all be over soon" Alice crooned softly. Hatter shook and then with a wave of his stick, knocked Alice and Cheshire into a wall.
"NO" Hatter was running about insanely looking for an exit "NO NO NO I MUST LEAVE!" Hatter raved and ranted, smashed doors in and walls, rather strangely out. Alice was unsure of what she could do, she leveled her eyestaff at the ceiling and fired a weak blast. It got the Hatter's attention.
"You don't understand Alice, this place is full of horrible memorys" Hatter cried. Alice put a hand on his back.
"Just knock on the door Hatter, please, only you can unlock it" Cheshire begged, Hatter looked at him sullenly then reached out with his stick and tapped the main door, it swung open and blew itself apart. Alice, Hatter and Cheshire entered fearfully.

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I hardly say this one is up to my usual standard but hey, you win some, you lose some. Next chapter soon! Review The Abyss please!