Disclaimer 2: I did not create nor do I own the copyrights to American Mcgee's Alice. Who do you think it belongs to? LOOK AT THE TITLE!!!!
Chapter 2: Gossip travels quickly in Wonderland
Alice stood under the trees of the Fungiferous Forest. The sunlight
and moonlight filtered through the leaves and onto the just materialised
Cheshire Cat.
"You talked to Caterpillar I assume?" Cheshire grinned. Alice smiled
back and nodded.
"Well, I took a look at the way to the Abyss Port" The feline continued.
Alice stared down at him. "I have made a map of the quickest way to it"
Cheshire showed her a peice of paper with a map of Wonderland and a long
red line indicating their route. As Alice examined this map she heard someone
singing. Cheshire obviously had heard it too as he had stretched his ears.
Alice could just catch the words.
"The sun was shining on the sea"
"Shining with all his might"
"He did his very best to make the billows smooth and bright"
"And this was rather strange because"
(And at this point both voices chorused together) "THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT!!!!!"
As fast as lightning a red streak shot from the clouds, carrieing a
blue blur on its back. It slid along the ground and came to a halt in front
of Alice.
"Gryphon! And Mockers! How good to see you" She laughed and embraced
them both.
"We are here to join you on your journey' The Mock Turtle coughed solemnly,
Alice was pleased but nonetheless confused.
"How do you know about the journey?" Alice wondered.
"Caterpillar told us" Gryphon told her in his deep voice. Gossip travels
quickly in Wonderland.
"And you don't think I'm leaving you" Cheshire purred before becoming
solemn. "If only Rabbit was here" They all knelt their heads in mourning.
Out of the corner of her eye, Alice caught a red blur sliding towards her.
She whipped out her knife and turned towards it. A giant chess peice towered
over her. A knight, a feirce neigh was let out of the horse head as he
raised his sword high into the sky with his armored arms as the sword was
swung down on Alice it stopped suddenly, blocked by a white blade. Alice
rolled to the side and saw her attacker in a sword lock with an almost
identical White knight. The sword-lock broke suddenly sending the two knights
shooting backwards, the Red knight slashed left and right at his White
twin who countered and parried each blow. Alice pulled out her kitchen
knife and hurled it wholeheartedly at the Red Knight, it landed deep in
his side. A horse-like groan was let out from the Red Knight and from the
wound pink stars streamed out and the chess peice shrunk till it was nothing.
She curtsied deeply to the White knight who bowed.
"Always a pleasure, marm" The voice was slightly, horseish, but that
is what comes from having a head of one.
"I thought Chess peices didn't leave the board" Alice inquired politely.
"Well, it is virtually unheard of because the peices always obey the
orders of the Queen and King. But when the Red Queen was destroyed, Red
peices started leaving the board and we had to send peices out to stop
them you know. Marauders we call em" The Knight explained
"Well it was lucky you came by" Cheshire meowed. The knight smiled
knowingly and said.
"Not luck, the White Queen and King sent me, to look after you Alice
on your journey. Caterpillar told a horde of ants, who told some flowers.
Who told the sun, who told a walrus, who told a bartender, who told a passing
marauder, who told another White knight, who told a White Rook, who told
the King's favorite White porn, who told the King" Like I said earlier,
gossip travels quickly in Wonderland.
"Well lets get going before anyone else turns up" Alice smiled. As
she walked she noticed that Mockers was reading the latest copy of 'Wonderland
Weekly' the most popular magazine in Wonderland, Alice stared in horror
at her picture on the front, apparently grinning like Cheshire and shrugging,
the headline was "Alice searchs into the unknown". Gossip travels quickly
in Wonderland. Too quickly.
Sorry if this chapter was a bit slow and short, but I'm bursting with at least twelve ideas for the fic, but nothing is final yet. The next chapter will be soon. But be patient, I can hardly get on because of my sister.
Please R&R.