Lizzie's POV
I don't know how long it had as I sat clutching my knees to my chest, my necklace tightly held in my fist as I kept myself on the edge, neither okay or allowing myself to sink into the madness in which was calling to me...the sky around me had grown dark and the wind was creating goosebumps on the skin of my arms but I wasn't ready to go back yet.
My Aunt had opened up a whole new set of fears as well as old ones, there was no possible way that she could think that I can actually become princess of wonderland or it's queen eventually...I was a villain kid, a dirty no good so why the hell did she ever think that I would be able to rule an entire land of people all in which would look to me to lead them especially when I barely had control over my own mind majority of the time...and Harry.
I wouldn't be able to marry him because no way would he want to be a prince or a king, he was a pirate and always would be, not to mention that I knew royals married royals so there was probably some stupid law in which forbade me marrying him, although Ben just married Mal but I don't know how things are done in Wonderland...Underland...whatever this place is called, it didn't matter because I cannot and will not become a royal.
"Lizzie, Lizzie...what fun" I looked up startled out of my head to find Jefferson standing in front of me, his top hat perched slightly tilted on his head.
"Go away Hatter" I glared at him since the last thing I needed was more madness right now when I was so close to sinking into my own.
"What is the hatter with me?" he asked and I raised an eye.
"It's matter, what is the matter with me?" I corrected him.
"I don't know, what is the matter with you?" he asked and I rolled my eyes getting to my feet.
"Look I'm already afraid I'm going mad so I cannot not deal with you-" I turned and started to walk away.
"A land was full of wonder, mystery and danger, some say to survive it you need to be as mad as a hatter. which luckily, I am" I frowned as I turned back to him seeing him looking down at the ground looking lost in thought.
"You're crazy" I spat.
"I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours" he argued and I rolled my eyes I continued walking, I was not in the mood for crazy right now and he'd interrupted my thoughts...I had to find my own way out of this hell if I was going to get back to Auradon...hopefully before this place pushed me over the final edge of my dwindling madness.
Harry's POV
We'd gotten word from Ben that they'd found Lizzie's father but he didn't have her which meant we were back to square one but it was soon restored when Ben went on to say that apparently he'd received some kind of message from the White Queen...Liza's Aunt through a rabbit which had found Ally, the daughter of Alice...the message was that Lizzie was in wonderland and the moment I heard that news I began to fear for her sanity as that place could be the very thing in which sends her mad but once again they were all arguing because apparently one just can't get to wonderland.
"I have to get to her!" I exclaimed slamming my hands on the desk. "Where's this rabbit?" I asked since he can take me through a rabbit hole if that's what it takes to get to her.
"I sent him back" Ally said and I turned to glare at her since what the hell was that good for. "I told him to tell the Queen that I had delivered her message"
"I couldve gone with him!"
"Harry, we understand your worried-"
"No you don't" I cut Mal off since she had no idea what I was feeling, she hadn't seen Lizzie at her darkest, she hasn't seen everything I have or how hard I've fought to keep Liza from the slipping into madness and the longer she spent there the more at threat she was of losing that battle. "You don't know what it'll be like for her there, I have to get to her"
"The looking glass" Ally suddenly said and everyone turned to her, all of us in confusion except for her and Ben.
"What's a looking glass?" Jay asked her.
"My mother once used a looking glass to return to Wonderland, it's in the Museum of Cultural history, it can transport one to Wonderland"
"Take me to it" I nodded at them.
"Hang on, it isn't that easy" Ben argued and I turned to him with a sharp glare. "Magic is unpredictable, especially having been sat dormant for so long, the looking glass hasn't been used in a lot of years, there could be risks-"
"None that I'm not willing to take in order to get to her"
"Harry he's right, we don't know what could happen or if it'll even take you to wonderland" Uma agreed with the king placing her hand on my shoulder.
"I'll call Fairy Godmother, perhaps she can help us" Ben quickly added before leaving the room with Mal following him along with Ally and I sighed falling into my seat with a heavy sigh.
"She'll be okay Harry"
"I don't know Uma, that place...she never wanted to go there for more than one reason because she feared the hold it might have on her mind and her Aunt...I don't even want to think about what she's already had to deal with"
"At least we know where she is and that's finally a silver lining" I nodded my head agreeing with her there.
Lizzie's POV
I don't know how long I'd been walking for but I had quickly become to realize that I was lost and stupiditly not left a trail for me to follow back and the signs in this place were absolutely no help whatsoever and it was beginning to get dark and while I wasn't afraid of the dark it didn't mean I was fond of walking around this place in it.
"Why does this always happen to me?" I asked myself attempting to retrace my steps but nothing was looking familiar to me. "This is impossible" I sighed sitting down on a large mushroom ignoring my stomach growling seeing as I haven't eaten all day but I knew enough not to ever eat anything in wonderland especially the mushrooms. "How can I be a queen when I don't even know this place"
"An excellent question" I jumped turning around towards the tree in which I saw a floating cat and my eyes widened.
"The Cheshire Cat!" I couldn't help smiling since as a kid I'd always been curious about the Cheshire Cat, even wanting him as a pet if I'm being honest.
"Hello" he smiled his teeth all showing in a wide grin.
"Can you help me, I'm lost" I asked him and he suddenly disappeared only to appear over my shoulder and I followed him with my eyes. "Can you tell me where to go?" I knew it liked to speak in riddles.
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to?" he asked.
"Home" I shrugged since that was obvious.
"And where is home?" I paused since I didn't know which way home was that's why I was asking. "If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there"
"I need to get back to Auradon"
"Afraid you'll need a portal for that, I'm no rabbit"
"Great" I sighed looking around. "Can you show me the way to the White Queens castle then?" I asked.
"Well, some go this way" he pointed to the left. "And some go that way" I turned to the right as he pointed before I turned back and glared because he wasn't being very much help.
"Is everyone mad here?" I huffed sitting back on the mushroom crossing my arms.
"How fine you look when dressed in rage, your enemies are fortunate your condition is not permanent, you're lucky, too red eyes suit so few" he sang out a little poem and I rolled my eyes. "Only a few find the way, some don't recognize it when they do, some…don't ever want to"
"What is that even supposed to mean?" I asked him but he disappeared and started bobbing his head as he sang more riddles. "Oh go away if you arent going to help me"
"We're all mad here, I'm mad, you're mad-"
"I am not mad!" I yelled glaring up at where he'd appeared perched in a tree. "I'm just lost and you arent helping"
"Not all who wander are lost" I sighed rolling my eyes since honestly why can't anything or anyone make sense around her. "Can you stand on your head?" he suddenly asked me.
"Screw this" I got up and started walking away because seriously I was going to lose my mind talking to him anymore. "Why my Aunt thinks I can be a royal to a place this mad is...well madness"
"I never get involved in politics" he continued following me by floating beside me and over my head.
"Sod off kitty kat" I spat at him since I was no longer in the mood for his nonsense.
"If you're gonna make it to the top, get a grip on this rock and get a grip on yourself" he suddenly said and nearly dropped a rock on my head.
"Hey!" I had managed to dodge it at the very last minute.
"I'm stranger, you're stranger together, we are...strangers"
"I'm glad, let's keep it that way" I rolled my eyes and kept walking.
"Never let anyone drive you crazy, it is nearby anyway and the walk is good for you" he suddenly said before I turned around he was gone.
"Okay..." I let out slowly before I continued walking in the direction I was going and was actually surprised when I came across the familiar trees with the pink flowers and the White castle in the distance. "Finally" I made my way up to the front and my Aunt quickly graced me with her presence.
"Oh Lizzie, there you are...I was beginning to worry" she smiled at me and I scoffed since she couldve worried a lot sooner. "I have fantastic news, the rabbit has reached my friend and she has passed on the message of your presence here"
"I can go home?" I asked excitedly.
"Unfortunately it's not that easy, you see there are certain things in which need to be in place for portals to be opened...a full moon-"
"I want to go home not turn into a wolf!" I exclaimed absolutely fed up with this damn place.
"McTwist, will be able to return you home very shortly my dear but I ask please, let us resolve the issue of your rise to the throne"
"There will be no me rising to the throne, I've made myself quite clear that I don't want anything to do with this world, I cannot and will never be a princess therefore never a queen and no one can make me so you ought to find someone else cause it ain't me" I turned on my heel and went into the castle heading straight for my room.
I showered in order to wash all the dirt in which I had received from traipsing through the woods then climbed into bed feeling a tad better now that I was clean and with the knowledge that my message had reached Auradon and knowing that Harry would find a way to come and get me and I'd be free from this hell.