Scene Two

(A girl is lying on the black and white checkered linoleum floor. As she wakes up her vision is blurred and she rubs her eyes. A large tree is humming in the background. The girl gets up and walks close as she gets closer the tree becomes a skeleton tree. Upon either side of it is a large brick wall. A ladder is place beside the tree and leads to a carved heart. As she looks closer the heart becomes a door.)

Alice:Huh? (Sounds dazed) How can this be? (Looks at the tree) How?

Tree of Death: Alice… Welcome back to my deathly abode. I would have tidied up a bit but Cheshire cat didn't explain you were coming. (Says happily and shakes his arms with glee.)

Alice: (Curtsies and smiles) Hello Tod, quite fancy seeing you again… Umm…

TOD: What are you doing here again? The last time you said you weren't coming back. You left us in the dust. You gave up on the fight Miss Alice. Why?

Alice: Oh Tod, I can't answer that. I couldn't handle it anymore; I couldn't take what Wonderland was doing to me. What you beasts were doing to my mind… You were all taking over. That sounds crazy huh?

TOD: No Miss Alice, You don't sound crazy. If someone is to be crazy it's the outsiders. They don't believe in what you dream. They don't believe in you shall I say.

Alice: How dare you call them outsiders. They are not outsiders they are helping me deal with you, the ones who have taken over my mind. Oh god, I'm crazier than what I thought. (Fall upon the floor and begins to cry.) Why am I like this? Why am I crazy? Why am I sick and demented and why did I do this to my self?

TOD: Ahh, I'm sorry 'bout that. I didn't mean to say that… I feel it came out wrong. It's not your fault your sick. Things happen for a reason. You're the one who created us and changed us and you have to power to fix us. The only reason evil lies behind me is because it's not a child's dream. You grew up on us. We've miss you and we've been waiting to see you Miss and wondering when you'd be back to visit. Everyone is coming around now. You'll see when you journey back inside your home Miss Alice. I didn't mean to hurt you dear. Come on up here Miss and talk to me. I'm not bad… I'm still good in here. (Points to his carved on heart.) It may lead somewhere bad but it's still mine. I'm the gatekeeper for your home. Call me what I'm supposed to be Alice, call me Toll again.

(Alice smiled and stands up and climbs the wooden ladder.)

Alice: But Tod, you can't be Toll again until you've changed. But, you already have haven't you. (Hugs him gentle and sees the color run to his cheeks.) I believe in you Toll. You can change because I love you. With all my heart. (Hugs him again and he changes back into a tree full of red and green leaves.) I told you so Toll. I just don't understand how you managed to fight off the evil that wanted to change you.

TOLL: I had kept it in my heart that the evil was around me but the love remained in my heart. Even though the hatred was strong inside my mind was the thought of my beautiful Alice visiting me once again to change me back to what I was… the Tree of Living Life. (Smiles and hugs her back)

Alice: Toll I've always loved you but you're a tree. A human can't love a tree. It's not possible for us to love one another.

TOLL Miss Alice, I love you as one of my own. You will always be here in my heart and inside my mind. Even when you venture beyond my heart to battle the evil. Behind my heart lies a world in which you're the sole creator. Every single one of us your mind thought up. We are based upon people… the outsiders. Cheshire Cat, The Tweedle brothers, Mad Hatter, and the Queen are beyond me and ready to strike. You must be cautious and take care of your self in the paintings. Each road you travel you will meet people who can help you defeat them and change them back to who they truly are. The butcher, the caterpillar, and the widows will help you when you need them. Take these please and stay safe miss. (The heart door opens and inside is a hallway with a red carpet and several paintings hang upon the walls. Hanging on the back of the door is a white apron and a knife.) Please Miss Alice, fix our Wonderland. Fix what you destroyed.

Alice: Toll, I can't promise these things. But, I will try as hard as possible not to fail you. I will find my way out again. Goodbye Toll.

TOLL: Goodbye, Alice.

(Alice walks into the hallway and the door slams behind her and transforms into a wall with a painting of Toll in it with a tear streaking down his face. She walks forward passing pictures of people in Wonderland. Stopping in front of a painting of a forest she smiles and climbs in the picture.)

Cheshire cat: Alice… I see you've made it to my forest. Ah but which way to go. Dear Alice, Lost in the wood, don't get frightened, you lie dead where you once stood. (Laughter is heard all around her)

Alice: Cunning you may be but since of direction you do not have. Cheshire, you may what you must to get in my way but try and I'll hang you from my hands. So bring you destruction upon me how you will?

Cheshire cat: Strong winds blow at you Alice and a haunting chill will freezer your bones.

Alice: Sir Cheshire, you don't bother me you're a simple pussy cat who will do nothing but meow until his needs are served or until he gets his way. Crawl back to your litter box kitty and come out when you really scare me.

(Alice smiled and looks at the cat. Terror fills his eyes and he falls to the ground and begins to crawl. Tears pour from his eyes as he morphs into the humble kitten that was once real and living.)

Alice: Dana! You're back… You came back to me. I've missed you while I was gone Dana. I'll never leave you again. (Tears fall down her cheek as she picks up the kitten and holds him close.) Let's go Dana we have to drag on this journey to freedom. (Places the kitten in a pocket of the apron.)

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