RING. That sound, a sound to release kids from their containment for an entire two days. School was out, it was Friday, what better time to be a kid. Unless you were of course, Alice. Alice opened her locker using her mirror as an aid in order to pull her unruly blonde hair back into a ponytail. She glanced around her the only noise in the hallway was the low sound of girls whispering. Whispering about her. Alice knew that the kids said horrible things about her, whispering the latest rumor to their friends. Keeping up on what Alice has done and when she had done it. Alice glowered at them, she had changed from the girl she once was. She wore a plain black T-shirt, blue jeans, black boots, a wristband, and a spiked necklace. She knew she was different, she was an individual big whoop. She walked quickly out side thrusting the doors opened and stepping out into the magnificent sunlit streets. But the warm sun did little to lighten her dark mood. Alice walked down the streets her head down not looking at anyone. She had to go to the bad place, the evil place. A place where the treated her badly and talked to her weird. She stopped outside of the door. Her icy blue eyes narrowed as she read the sign "Dr. CREE PSYCHIATRIST." Alice slipped inside not making a sound. The woman at the desk looked up. "Oh Alice hello I'm so glad you could come!" said the woman with a false cheeriness.
"I'm only here because I have to be." Alice snapped. She was being rude and she knew it. She had to always be on guard because this woman was the enemy. This woman always claimed she was trying only to help Alice to make things better. But there was a flaw, there was nothing wrong with Alice. Dr. Cree had told Alice's parents that Alice had created a so called "fantasy world" in order to escape some horrible memory. She claimed to be able bring Alice "back to reality." Alice had done no such thing and the last thing she wanted was to live in the doctors world.
"Alice dear heart I know you want to go home, back to...what did you call it? You know that cute little fantasy world you live in." Dr. Cree said smiling. Alice was chocking on her own rage, "cute little fantasy world?" Alice was so mad this woman had to pay, Alice was going to make her.
"Wonderland is real," Alice hissed her voice was low and dangerous her eyes shown with a raging uncontrollable madness. The so called doctor, backed up. Alice was dangerous when she got like this. Alice crouched down waiting to spring on her victim.
"Alice dear, listen to me, calm down! You need to calm down!"the doctor was pleading. But the doctor's visible weakness only made Alice's rage stronger. No one knew what would have happened, but it would have been deadly. But the doctor had a break, just as Alice was at the peek of her insane rage, her cell phone went off. Alice stood upright taking the little black phone out of her pocket.
"Hello?" she asked her voice had returned to normal, it was almost like nothing out of the ordinary had ever been started. "Jenna? Hey!" Alice said cheerfully. Jenna may not believe in Wonderland but she was the closest thing Alice ever had to a real friend. "Yeah I'm at the doctor, I'll be home in a bit. Meet me at the park, I'll be there as soon as I can." Alice hung up.
"Alice, I'm afraid what I'm going to do next will not be pleasant. But please dear, try to remember that it's for your own good." Alice froze. Those words echoing inside of her head. It didn't take long for those words to register and for a new more powerful anger to be aroused within the young teen. Alice was close to the edge and what Dr. Cree said next, pushed her right over. "Alice, listen, you're fourteen, you can't live in this fantasy world any longer, you need to come back to reality."
"REALITY!?" Alice screamed. "YOU'RE THE ONE LIVING IN A FANTASY WORLD!NO FOR ONCE YOU LISTEN TO ME DR. CREE! THERE'S ABSOLUTLY NOTHING WRONG WITH ME SO ZIP YOUR LIPS AND SHOVE OFF FOR ONCE! AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO WONDERLAND EVERSINCE I WAS SEVEN!" Whatever the doctor said next was lost in the screaming inside Alice's head. In a blind fit of rage Alice threw open the door and ran out into the streets. Tears of madness streaming from her eyes. The park. Alice needed to get to the park, she had to find Jenna. She just HAD to. She raced down the streets her eyes streaming with icy tears her feet making a steady thud on the ground. Alice saw Jenna, even through her tears she made out the shape of the young African exchange student leaning against a tree. Alice stumbled toward the girl shaking from a mix of rage and fear swirling inside her head.
"Alice what happened what's wrong?" Jenna asked, her muddy brown eyes were clouded with worry. "You look absolutely horrible. Let's get you home." Alice nodded, she'd listen to Jenna, unlike that dreaded woman in the Hades like office, Jenna knew Alice. Jenna was a friend.
"She's horrible Jenna, she really is. Trying to bring me back to "reality" and dragging me away from Wonderland." Jenna nodded although she didn't believe in Wonderland, she could tell whatever Dr. Cree was doing was making her friend worse. "Jenna I want to go back, to go back to Wonderland." Alice announced tears still falling.
"I suppose it would do you good to take a little vacation from the real world and visit Wonderland." Jenna agreed. Alice is so brave, she thought to herself, I'd hate it in Wonderland. It sounds so chaotic I'd die without the order in our world.
"No," Alice said suddenly. Jenna looked up they were outside of Alice's house already. "If I went back to Wonderland, it's be for good this time. I don't want to visit it, I want to stay. Wonderland is my home and if I ever go back there, I'm never going to return to this world." Jenna gasped, the thought of Alice permanently trapped inside her own head was scary. The door opened revealing Alice's parents.
"Alice honey," Alice's mom, a very worried woman began. "Alice, we got a call from doctor Cree today. We heard about your little episode in her office. And she thinks...and we agree...and it's the best thing for you... Why did it have to happen!" Alice's mom sobbed. She began sobbing.
"Alice, we think it'd be better if you finished your therapy inside the ward." Alice's dad, a tall strong man, said slowly. Alice froze her eyes widened in pure horror. "I know it seems bad but you'll be out of there soon I promise." her dad said reaching out his hand.
"You're putting me in the nuthouse?" Alice asked slapping her father's hand back. "I don't belong there! I'm not crazy, you're my parents you should believe me! You've got to believe me!" Alice begged. She looked up at her mom and dad, both did not meet her eyes. Her mom burst out into a new wave of tears. "No," Alice said darkly, Jenna put comforting hand on Alice's shoulder.. "NO!" she screamed breaking out of Jenna's grip. Alice tore off into oncoming fog. It was dusk, and Alice was out there all alone.
"Jenna, you might want to come back with us. We need to tell you something about Alice." Alice's dad said when Jenna attempted to follow Alice into the night. Alice's mom was sobbing so hard Jenna thought she might collapse. Alice's dad led Jenna inside the house as Alice watched from a nearby hill. She saw that no one was following and knew where to go. She ran far and hard until she reached it. A hole in the ground. Alice got on her hands and knees crawling quickly inside the small rabbit hole. She was surprised to find the hole rather large. She reached the other end and stood up looking down at the black pit before her. Alice closed her eyes, spread her arms, took a deep breath, and plunged head first into the endless abyss leading into Wonderland.