The 100th Alice
Notice: LEWIS CARROLL CREATED WONDERLAND AND ALL ITS CHARACTERS. I do not own any of the original characters created by Lewis Carroll. I do own several characters.
Hello everyone! Please at the end of this chapter, leave a review to let me know how I've done! If you notice any spelling or grammar mistakes, please notify me and I will try to improve in the future. I really hope you enjoy this story! It takes place in London, England at first. Our protagonist is Emmeline Collins who is a 13 year old girl. She is a quiet polite reserved young lady who lives with her father. Enjoy the story!
Chapter 2
Finding the Alice
Broderick the rabbit, more commonly known as The White Rabbit, bounced around his little house excitedly. Today was the day! The very day he looked forward to the most every few decades. He was going back to Overland to find the next Alice. The White Rabbit had had the honour of finding about 10 Alices and it was always great fun to find them.
Every few decades, he went to check the Cheshire Cat's mirror to see you the next Alice would be. Each one was unique in their own way. He could still remember the very first Alice, the one with the easiest task of them all. Wonderland just kept getting madder and more problems to be resolved piled up for each Alice to do.
Sometimes he wondered how many Alices they would have to go through to fix Wonderland for good. He thought this as he made his way to The Hole. The Hole was situated at the edge of Wonderland. In the dark Tulgey Wood. He always dreaded that part, Tulgey Wood frightened him and it always found a way to put the strangest ideas in his head.
He hopped through multiple parts of Wonderland, The Red Kingdom, The Tea table, and The White Queen's manor.
When he reached Tulgey Wood, he immediately wished he were anywhere but there. Taking a quivering breath, he hopped into the dreaded area. After his first hop, an eery darkness filled the atmosphere. He could hear sounds coming from every corner, every tree. He heard twigs snap behind him and he flipped his head to look behind only to find darkness. The only thing he could see were trees although he could sworn he saw a pair of yellow eyes, glaring right at him.
"I am not afraid, I am not afraid, I am not afraid..." he whispered to himself, willing the fear to leave.
It didn't and he continued to hop until the end of the wood. It was over! He let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding. It hadn't been as bad as the previous time and that thought made him smile.
He was quite proud of himself and he hopped through The Hole, humming a cheerful little tune.
Inside The Hole, it was now nothing but darkness. This was not nearly as bad as Tulgey Wood although it felt like he was on a roller-coaster and it made his empty stomach drop. Broderick was thankful that he had forgotten breakfast, other wise he would have hurled.
Darkness was everywhere and for a good few minutes, it stayed like that. Then finally, The White Rabbit found himself at under a tree in the middle of a peaceful looking forest. He looked around and took in his surroundings. He went over the rules and whispered quietly to himself;
"No talking to anyone except the Alice and only if completely necessary, no obvious contact with the Alice until safely back in Wonderland, and absolutely no madness" he said.
He nodded, satisfied with himself and hopped around. He was looking for an Emmeline Collins, black hair, grey eyes. Simple. He had been watching a few days before and had seen her plan to meet with another little boy. He knew she would be coming to this forest a few hours before her lunch which was about in half an hour. That gave him time to think of a plan on how to get her into the hole and to examine her.
He looked at the inked address he had written on his palm and said it again and again in his head. He made his way discreetly to the address and found himself standing in front of a small stone house. He very quickly hopped out of sight into a bush and examined the house. He saw there were three windows, on door, and one chimney. He also saw, through one of the windows, a man sitting hunched over a desk with a quill in hand.
"Must be some sort of relative of hers, her father perhaps" The White Rabbit said. He was very experienced with estimating Alices. He looked through another one of the windows and saw a slim little face with mysterious grey eyes, framed with raven black hair.
"That's the one" he said with a hint of victory in his voice.
He quietly and discreetly hopped back to the forest and began thinking up his plan. This girl looked lonely and she'd probably be eager to go meet that friend of hers. She probably wouldn't be late.
He carefully chose a bush where he could be seen by the Alice when he was hopping away to the hole and where he could hop away quickly if ever there was any trouble.
He had decided against bringing a waistcoat this time, he wanted to challenge himself and see if he could interest the Alice without it. And as different and unique each Alice was, they all were intrigued by the same thing: white rabbits.
The White Rabbit smiled to himself with that thought in his mind, he felt special knowing he was a white rabbit himself and that every Alice was intrigued by the likes of him.
He chuckled lightly and got comfy in the bush he had selected. He got a little too comfy and fell soundly asleep, unaware that Emmeline came walking into the forest only a few moments later.
The White Rabbit awoke from his little nap and stretched. Where was he? He looked around and remember what he had been assigned to do. His stomach dropped and he hopped out of the bush immediately, hopeful he'd be able to find the Alice before she got away.
He hopped frantically through forest, not paying attention to his surroundings and only looking out for the Alice. Where was she? Was he too late?
Then, finally, he spotted a black bobbing head a few paces away. He breathed out a sigh of relief and retreated behind a log and followed the Alice until he knew The Hole was near.
The White Rabbit puffed out his chest and went frolicking around in plain sight for the Alice to see.
He looked behind at her only once to see if she was following. She was and she was catching up fast. He quickened his pace and when he reached The Hole, looked behind one more time before jumping back into The Hole and being plunged into complete darkness, hoping the Alice would follow.
Thank you for reading the second chapter of "The 100th Alice"! I worked hard on this chapter and although it is quite short still, look forward to some longer ones later on! I really hope you enjoyed and I'd really appreciate if you left a review. Thanks :)