Page Five
"Pious Augustus," Alex muttered bitterly. "The 'Chosen One'. What is this?"
"Seems to be some sort of story," Alice remarked.
"But why would my grandfather be keeping a story like this? It doesn't make sense..."
"Perhaps he wanted to test the wits of his granddaughter," Alice said, grinning slyly. Alex shot her a look, then turned the page in the Tome.
"Dementia," Alex muttered. "Weird name. I wonder what happened there..."
"Wait, what was the place?" Alice asked excitedly, examining the chapter page. "That is in Wonderland!" A few moments later, the page turned into a vortex of colours. Alice grabbed Alex's hand hastily, thrusting her other hand onto the vortex, and they vanished in a swirling mist of colours. Alex kept her eyes open for this journey, watching with interest as the colours danced around her.
The vortex dropped them onto solid, dirty ground. There were vines all along the walls and part of the ground, and flowers unlike any normal kind sprouted from the earth. Alex got up nervously. "I've never been in a place quite like this before..." she said with wonder.
Alice stood up too, brushing the dirt off of her dress. "Indeed. Wonderland's become quite strange lately."
A white rabbit wearing a black dinner jacket, a black tophat and a monicle came a few feet in front of them.
"Rabbit!" Alice exclaimed. "It has been a while, has it not?"
The rabbit gave her an exasperated look. "Please don't daudle, Alice, we're very late indeed," he said in an annoyed tone, then hopped off.
"Well, he seems like a nice person," Alex said somewhat sarcastically.
"You'd be surprised," Alice said. "Well, shall we continue then?" Alex nodded, and they walked on. They reached a big gap, lava filling the middle. Alice ran and jumped. Her skirt filling with air was the only thing that enabled her to cross. Alex hesitated.
"Uh, Alice? How am I supposed to get over there?" She asked, glancing at her black pants.
"Run, and jump. It shouldn't be too difficult."
"Easy for you to say..." Alex muttered to herself. She took a few steps backward, then ran over to the edge and jumped.
Alice saw the Roivas girl jump, though she didn't see her land. "Alex...?" she asked nervously. No response. "Alex!" She ran over to the edge of the bubbling pit of lava, hoping that by some miracle her friend was still alive.