Wonderland looks the same but slightly different. The land almost looks aged. Does that even make sense? Can the actual land age?

I don't know. Maybe it's just been such a long time since I've been to Wonderland that it all appears to be different. Or maybe this land is just so unusual that it is different.

"Alice, what are you staring at?" the white rabbit asks interrupting my train of thought. "We don't have time for this."

"Oh, I'm sorry it's just that the land appears to be-"

"I don't care," the white rabbit says abruptly cutting me off. "We need to get going."

"Sorry," I mumble as the white rabbit begins walking.

Is it just me or does the white rabbit appear to have a chip on his shoulder? He wasn't this cross the last time I came here. Well, he didn't know who I was the last time I came here, but that's beyond the point. If he didn't care what I was staring at why did he bother asking?

The white rabbit turns towards me then he spits at me, "Alice, we are moving now."

"Sorry. This place just has me so lost in thought and-"

"I don't care. Humans talk way too much," he says with a sneer as we begin walking though the trees. "Sometimes I think they just like to hear the sound of their own voice."

"Uh, but isn't that what you're doing right now?" I ask before I realize how rude that sounds.

"I only speak when it's necessary," the white rabbit states, looking me coldly in the eye. "Humans like you just speak to waste precious time."

"So, why are you responding to me if it's just a waste of time?"

Oh dear, mother would never approve of me speaking so boldly like this. I shouldn't question an adult. It's against everything she has ever taught me. Wait, is the white rabbit even an adult?

"Just don't speak for the rest of the trip. Do you understand?" The white rabbit patronizingly states after a moment of contemplation.

"Is that some sort of a trick question?" I ask as we walk into a dark cluster of trees.

"You're a stupid girl, Alice," the white rabbit spits. "Didn't your mother teach you better manners?"

"My mother didn't want me to follow you, so I guess not."

Darn it, why did I tell the white rabbit that? Now he's going to think that I don't love my mother. That wasn't a good answer to his question. Now he'll probably talk to me like I'm even more of a dunce.

"You are a very stupid girl, Alice," the white rabbit says after another moment of silence. "You really should have listened to your mother."

Right after he says that he pushes me into a hole hidden amongst the trees.

A/N

I'll like to give a shout out to skaterofthebooks. Thanks for reviewing every single chapter of this story. It really made my week.

Also special thanks to .Child for beta reading. If you haven't read her stuff yet, then you NEED too.

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I hope everyone is enjoying this lovely holiday season. =)