ALiCE in WoNDeRLaND
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(Bah-bump.)
"Hmm..."
(Bah-bump.)
Another groan.
(Bah-bump.)
Nope, that annoying bump wasn't going to go away, after all.
(Bah-bump.)
It was time to take matters into my own hands.
The bump died out with a shriek.
Within my hand laid a small, odd object. A string of some sort. A string that was...
attached to my arm. And the other end used to be tied to...
A bush? I knew I must have gone mad.
No, wait. There was something in the bush.
I took a step closer, and...
"ALiCE!"
I screamed in horror. "What the..."
The small, frantic rabbit stared up at me with wide button eyes. "I didn't scare you, did
I?"
I sighed. "Me? Scared? Never."
"Good." The white rabbit turned and cocked his head to the side, staring at the
mysterious object in the bush. "What is it?"
"Hell if I know," I replied, taking another tentative step toward the foliage.
"Oh, be careful," the rabbit whined.
I snickered. "A land full of mythical monsters and Fate sends me the rabbit," I muttered
under my breath. I glanced back at the monstrosity behind me, and wondered how in
God's green earth did I let this thing put me in this predicament again. It was a rabbit, for
Christ's sake. It's not like I had never seen one before. But no, one small white rabbit
runs through my line of vision, and the next thing I know I'm hearing voices... "Follow
the white rabbit," they said. What the Hell was I thinking? Didn't I learn my lesson the
first time around?
"ALiCE..." the rabbit whispered, trying not to disturb me.
"What?" I snapped, turning to glare at it.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing to something above my head.
I looked up and jumped back with a start as the Cheshire Cat appeared over my forehead.
The black vermin grinned at me, enjoying the surprise he had just delivered. "You, Cat,"
I sneered. "I don't have time for this. I'm busy."
"Doing what?" he lazily inquired as he hung upside down from a nearby tree.
"Investigating the creature in the bushes," the rabbit spoke up.
"Oh, really?" the cat asked with another twisted grin.
"Really," I replied, getting smart with the annoying pest.
"I don't think that's possible. You see, how could you be investigating the creature in the
bushes when that's exactly what the queen's army is doing right this minute..."
With that the sinister cat faded away, leaving me to deal with the terrified rabbit.
"THE QUEEN!" he bellowed, pulling at his hair. "Oh, no!"
I could hear the syncopated footsteps on the army as it came upon us.
"What do we do, ALiCE? What do we do?"
I glanced around me in a frenzy, knowing that I couldn't let the story end the way it did
last time. No way was I facing that Queen again. Not after what happened the time
before...
Without another moment's thought, I scooped up the rabbit in one arm, pushed away the
branches with the other, and dove headfirst into the hole previously hidden by the dense
shrubbery.
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(Bah-bump.)
"Hmm..."
(Bah-bump.)
Another groan.
(Bah-bump.)
Nope, that annoying bump wasn't going to go away, after all.
(Bah-bump.)
It was time to take matters into my own hands.
The bump died out with a shriek.
Within my hand laid a small, odd object. A string of some sort. A string that was...
attached to my arm. And the other end used to be tied to...
A bush? I knew I must have gone mad.
No, wait. There was something in the bush.
I took a step closer, and...
"ALiCE!"
I screamed in horror. "What the..."
The small, frantic rabbit stared up at me with wide button eyes. "I didn't scare you, did
I?"
I sighed. "Me? Scared? Never."
"Good." The white rabbit turned and cocked his head to the side, staring at the
mysterious object in the bush. "What is it?"
"Hell if I know," I replied, taking another tentative step toward the foliage.
"Oh, be careful," the rabbit whined.
I snickered. "A land full of mythical monsters and Fate sends me the rabbit," I muttered
under my breath. I glanced back at the monstrosity behind me, and wondered how in
God's green earth did I let this thing put me in this predicament again. It was a rabbit, for
Christ's sake. It's not like I had never seen one before. But no, one small white rabbit
runs through my line of vision, and the next thing I know I'm hearing voices... "Follow
the white rabbit," they said. What the Hell was I thinking? Didn't I learn my lesson the
first time around?
"ALiCE..." the rabbit whispered, trying not to disturb me.
"What?" I snapped, turning to glare at it.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing to something above my head.
I looked up and jumped back with a start as the Cheshire Cat appeared over my forehead.
The black vermin grinned at me, enjoying the surprise he had just delivered. "You, Cat,"
I sneered. "I don't have time for this. I'm busy."
"Doing what?" he lazily inquired as he hung upside down from a nearby tree.
"Investigating the creature in the bushes," the rabbit spoke up.
"Oh, really?" the cat asked with another twisted grin.
"Really," I replied, getting smart with the annoying pest.
"I don't think that's possible. You see, how could you be investigating the creature in the
bushes when that's exactly what the queen's army is doing right this minute..."
With that the sinister cat faded away, leaving me to deal with the terrified rabbit.
"THE QUEEN!" he bellowed, pulling at his hair. "Oh, no!"
I could hear the syncopated footsteps on the army as it came upon us.
"What do we do, ALiCE? What do we do?"
I glanced around me in a frenzy, knowing that I couldn't let the story end the way it did
last time. No way was I facing that Queen again. Not after what happened the time
before...
Without another moment's thought, I scooped up the rabbit in one arm, pushed away the
branches with the other, and dove headfirst into the hole previously hidden by the dense
shrubbery.
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