Chapter Two
Alice hit the ground hard and fast, landing face first on her stomach. She didn't expect to be shot out of the portal like a cannonball. Her entire body was hurting as she slowly lifted her head. She groaned in pain, her hand on her head, then slowly stood up on her feet.
"Well, that hurt." She commented, then moved her hand away from her head, seeing her palm covered in her own blood, "Great." She added, then whipped her hand on the bottom of her reggae dress. She knew she couldn't worry about her head injury right now and had to try to figure out where she was. She looked around trying to see if she knew where she was, but it was night time and still very dark, even tho there was a full moon in the sky. It was hard for her to recognize everything in this darkness, so Alice did what any normal person would do:
She started walking…
And walking….
And walking…
Finally, she stumbled into a small town in the middle of nowhere. There was a huge clock tower above one of the buildings with a much of smaller building around it. She had never seen anything like it before. She walked across the two yellow lines on the ground like she was a tightrope walker, but she wasn't paying attention in front of her.
Suddenly a bright light was shining in front of her face making it unable for her to see as she quickly looked up. She gasped when it got closer as if it was going to hit her, but the mystery machine stopped in its tracks a few inches away from her. She stood there frozen, staring whatever that thing was as she saw the side of it open. She watched as a young woman stepped out of it, then shined something else in Alice's face, making her move her head up, blocking it from blinding her.
"Are you okay?" Alice heard the young woman shout at her. but Alice didn't say anything. She was too distracted by the shinning thing in her face. A second later, the shining thing was turned off and Alice moved her hand, looking up at the young woman standing next to the mystery machine, which was small and brightly yellow. The young woman looked at Alice before walking over to her.
"Stop!" Alice shouted at the woman, "Don't come any closer!" The woman put her hands up in defense trying to show Alice she meant no harm.
"I'm not gonna hurt you." The woman tried to assure Alice, "I'm the town's sheriff." She added, then slowly pull up her shirt a little to reveal her sheriff badge clipped onto her belt, "See?" Alice stared at the woman, unsure what to do or what to even say. After a few long minute, Alice nodded, and the woman sighed a little in relief, putting her hands back to her sides.
"Where am I?" Alice quickly asked before the woman could say anything, "What realm am I in?" She added. The woman stared at Alice and could tell she was very scared and confused.
"Why don't we go somewhere and talk?" The woman suggested to Alice, "I know a great place to get some food?" She added. Alice's eyes lit up when she hear the word food. She had been wondering around for hours until she found this town. She noticed how hungry she was until the woman brought up a place to eat. That's when Alice's stomach began growling at her, "What do you say?" The woman asked. Alice hesitated for a moment, then nodded, making the woman give her the friendliest smile she had ever seen in a long time.
"Come on." The woman said gesturing Alice to come over to her car, "It's just up the street." She added as Alice walked over. The woman opened her car door as Alice watched and did the same to the other side.
They both climbed into the little yellow car and soon they set off to Granny's.
