A/N: okay, now where were we?...oh yes, I remember now!
(2)
"I remembered black skies, the lightning all around me. I remembered each flash as time began to blur like a startling sign that fate had finally found me…and your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve."
~"New Divide" Linkin Park
Alice stared out the window at the swirling grey clouds above. Water poured from the skies, enough to flood the streets below with several inches of depth. Its been raining this way for days now, and the weather had put her in somewhat of a depressed mood. This diddnt help her lack of sleep…
It was quiet in the house, save for the sound of the rain and the occasional boom of thunder in the distance. Alice sighed and stood up from bed, stretching her arms out behind her back. It felt good to stretch out. The feeling put a small smile on her face, but that smile was quickly wiped away as a sharp pain shot through her right shoulder. "Gah!" she screamed as she fell to her knees, gripping her throbbing arm. It was hurting way more than it should…
She glanced down at her shoulder. There was a bruise forming in the area between her shoulder and her collar bone. Her eyebrows furrowed in curiosity. Nowhere in her dream was she struck in that particular area…She walked over to her mirror to get a better look at the injury. It was uniquely formed…
The bruise wasn't round. It was long and had several smaller bruises around it…very uniquely formed indeed…
Alice…
The soft voice caught her by surprise, "Whos there!"
No response…
"oh jeez," She started to pace around the room, "this is too weird…come on, Alice, get a hold of yourself." A loud boom outside her window made her jump. Great, that was just what she needed…her nerves were already shot enough as it is….
'I need to clear my mind…' she thought to herself, 'cant go out…too rainy…TV…' Yes, the Television was a good way to clear her mind…but where was the bloody remote!? She grunted as her attempts to find the accursed thing failed miserably…but hey, this search was an excellent way to clear her mind!
Perhaps she could clean her room?
There were so many options.
The wind outside picked up, followed by another loud crack of lightning and thunder. This one made her scream a little. Her icy blue eyes couldn't help but travel over to the nearest window. What a mess. It was as though someone had draped a black sheet over her window. The only possible way she could see was when a flash of lightning chose to illuminate the skies…but even then, the light wasn't strong enough…it was faint...
She stepped back from the window and, fearing the worst, rushed to her TV and turned it on. A screeching sound met her ears just as she did so, followed by a red screen that read TORNADO WARNING…
Alice felt her face go pale and her heart drop. The lights flickered on and off, as if they could not decide whether to blow out or stay on. She could feel the floor shake somewhat…
"Shit!"
Grabbing her coat and a pair of shoes, she made a beeline for the front door, rushing down the stairs of the apartment complex.
Her nightmare started to replay in her head…
Madness…
Run. Run. Run. Run….
"Its getting closer…we cant stop now…"
"We aint got much time…"
She could hear the wind howling like a pack of wolves just outside the building. Flipping up her hood, she bolted out the back door, headed towards the storage building just behind the complex. It seemed so far away. It diddnt feel as though she was running fast enough. The faster she ran, the slower she felt she was going.
Rain pounded down on her like a shower of stones. The wind threatened to send her flying…
Fear gnawed at her chest once more, only this time, it was real, and there was no one there to protect her… this was no dream.
From the corner of her eye, she saw a flash, followed by a loud, deafening crack almost immediately. She could feel the heat from the small explosion. She screamed and forced her legs to pump faster, desperate to get to a sturdy shelter.
Alice…
It was that voice again…The voice was clearly male. It was very deep and reverberated through her head like a church bell.
The door is open, Alice…
'What?'
CRACK!
This time, she fell over. The explosion made her ears ring and the heat nearly singed her fair skin. The wind was howling so loud it almost deafened her. She tried to scream, but couldn't…Fear was crippling her already. 'no…no no no please!' She thought to herself as her eyes fixed on the incoming swirl of clouds. She could feel herself being drawn in by its powerful winds. 'NO!!!'
Just then, a white flash bolted infront of her. She closed her eyes tightly, bracing herself, but no sound came, nor did any heat burn her flesh…the rain seemed to stop aswell…
Her eyes opened slightly. The area around her was completely illuminated in a soft white light. She stared up at its source with clear awe and wonder on her face. Standing above her was an enormous white stag, glowing almost as bright as the sun itself, crowned by a set of large antlers that could easily been mistaken for small trees judging by their size…
The Stag bellowed and whipped around, scooping Alice up with its antlers to carry her away from the incoming danger. Alice could not believe what was happening…for a moment, she thought she was still dreaming, but the taste of the rain told her otherwise.
"Who are you! Where are you taking me!"She shouted. ~Brace yourself,~ was all it said.
"Wha-" was all Alice managed to say before the Stag broke clean through the doors of the storage building. She almost flew off of the creatures back, and she would have, had she not been gripping his antlers almost to the point of bleeding.
~I told you to brace yourself…~
"Where are you taking me!! Who are you!!"
~Hold your breath!~ The creature leapt clean through one of the larger mirrors in the building. For a few moments, Alice could not breathe, until at last she was…somewhere…
She was on the ground…the Stag had disappeared, and it was very very dark.
Gasping for breath, she stood up on shaky legs. It was quiet…way too quiet…
"Hello?" she called into the darkness, but no one answered, "Hello! Is anybody around who can help me?! Where am I?!"
"SHHHH!!!!" at last, a response…but it was not the response she wanted.
"Hello?" She turned in the direction of the voice.
"SHHH!" she heard once again. "What in bloody hell are you trying to do, get us all killed? Be quiet before they hear you!" someone whispered in the darkness.
"Where are you?" she whispered, walking towards the voice. She felt a hand grip her wrist and she almost screamed had not the owner of the hand pulled her in and covered her mouth with their other hand. "Shhh," they whispered in her ear, "theyre coming…keep still, and don't make a sound…" Alice started to squirm. The stranger released her wrist and wrapped the arm around her abomen, holding her tightly, "SHHH!! Damn it, cant you follow directions!! Don't move and don't make a sound! Lest you'll get us both killed!!"
A loud rustle from the other side of the wall made both their hearts skip a beat. The person holding Alice quickly spun around, still holding her, so that their back was towards the sound.
A soft light illuminated the room…not enough to see at a distance, but just enough so that Alice was able to see the silhouette of her captor, a man in a hooded black cloak that blended easily into its surroundings. 'that's why he turned his back..' she thought. There was an eerie feeling that surrounded the room when the light came in…death and sadness hung in the air…very unwelcome feelings that sent chills down both their spines…
His breathing was shallow as to not make any unnecessary noise, although his heart was pounding, clearly out of fear. He slowly turned his head, using one dark eye to glance over his shoulder. As soon as the light was gone, he leaned down towards Alice's ear, "Follow me…and put this on," He removed his cloak and handed it to her, "Don't speak…don't make a sound…promise?" She nodded and he released her, taking her by the wrist to lead her out. "Don't be afraid…follow me and you'll be okay" He reassured her, as though he sensed her fear and confusion.
Alice had no Idea what was going on, where she was and why…
One second she's running from a twister, the next she was god-knows-where, entrusting her life to a complete stranger in pure darkness…
She needed some answers…
A/N: crappy chapter, I know, but I had to do SOMETHING to get her happy ass where it belongs without using a filler chapter in between…I fucking hate fillers :/
ANYWHO!! All questions will be answered in due time…I know the Stag was a WTF moment, but even he will be explained.
One thing I will explain to you though…everything that is happening in Wonderland is tied to what is happening in the real world…even that will be explained. Thanks for reading! Will update soon!!