Disclaimer: Don't own it at all. Borrowing it for a bit, but will return it in the best shape possible.


Chapter Two

Everything was rushing around her as she tumbled head over heels in the air. Alice had no clue which way was up or down anymore. When she finally got accustomed to spinning out of control, she started to look at the tings passing her by. She saw rows upon rows of books, jams, clocks, and other various knick-knacks. Floating in the air was bookshelves and chairs. Hitting one while spinning, she cause a chain reaction that sent a piano after her. Yelling in fright, she threw her arms up in front of her bracing for the impact. When nothing happened, she peeked around her arm to see it stopped in midair. Before she had time to contemplate this she landed on a bed sending her bouncing back on her way. Picking up speed, thanks to the bounce, she had no time to prepare for the impact of going through the roof of a room and landing with a hard thud. Catching her breath, which had fled on the hard impact, she slowly set up to get her bearings.

Looking around she noticed she was in a room full of doors with a checkered floor. Rising to her feet with a look of trepidation on her face, she began to examine the room closely. It was a round room with doors all along the wall except for one with just a curtain covering it. Beginning to feel anxiety creeping up on her, she walked to the nearest door. Trying the handle, she found it locked. Moving to the next and the next, she found more of the same. Feeling desperation set in she headed to the next. Frantically she turned the knob only to find the same as before. Turning to head to the next door she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. In the middle of the room was a glass table with a key. Taking the key she tried each door to no avail. When she made it to the curtain she pushed it aside only to find a door that was only four feet tall. Trying the door anyway, she found to her dismay that the key worked on this particular door.

"It's hopeless. I'm far too big for this door. I'll never get out." She says as she slumps in defeat. Looking over to the table she sees a bottle that wasn't there before. Walking over she picks the bottle up and looks at the tag that says Drink Me. Looking from it to the door and back, she thinks to herself 'Why does this all seem so familiar to me?' Speaking out loud she says to herself, "maybe this liquid will help me get through the door? Oh well, only one way to find out. Besides I'm most likely dreaming this anyway." With that she raised the bottle to her lips and drank a mouthful.

Setting the bottle down, she started to feel something. She felt a tingle go through her whole body, almost as if it was all waking back up from being asleep. Looking down at her hands she noticed something more peculiar; the ground was rushing up to meet her. 'Am I shrinking?' she wondered. When the tingles stopped she looked up to see her dress falling down on her. With no clothes she tore off some of her underdress and tied it around her. Walking to the small door she tried to open it. Jiggling the knob, she realized it had locked back when it shut.

"Oh no!" she screamed out loud when she got to the door. She had forgot to grab the key as she was shrinking. "Now what am I going to do? I doubt I can climb the table to get the key." As she was saying this something happened to appear right in front of her. A little box the size of a jewelry box, to a regular sized person, was near her. Inside of the box was a cake, chocolate to be precise, with white icing on it. Written on top of the cake in pink icing were the words 'Eat Me.' Well, what's the worse that could happen? She thought as she picked up the cake. Taking a bite, she felt a warm sensation pass through her body, and noticed she was growing at an alarming rate. The piece of underdress started stretching and tearing till it only covered the important parts, she didn't stop until her head bumped the ceiling.

"This isn't what I wanted to happen!", Alice whimpered pitifully as she tried to move. "If the drink made me shrink, maybe I can use that to shrink myself back down again with the key. I only hope I left some in," she said as she picked up both the key and the bottle. " Well, here goes nothing."

With those words she drank what was left in the bottle, and set it back on the table. Feeling the now familiar tingle, she shrank back down to three feet with the key. Grabbing another piece of dress, she dragged the key with her and unlocked the door. On the other side was the most wondrous place she had ever seen in her life.