A/N: Here it is, chapter 8 of The Alice That Fell!! I know I suck at updating, but I've recently come up with a great idea!! I might even be able to write off another few chapters for you very soon!! So here it goes, there's going to be a major plot twist comming up in this story. Please, please enjoy and review!! And flame me for being so late.
Disclaimer: I do not own Alice in Wonderland, it belongs to one Mr. Lewis Carroll.
Chapter 8: Why Am I Always Late?
"Well, in my dream you see…" Ren began to talk, in slow soft words, looking Alice right in the eyes.
"I'm late, I'm late, oh why am I always late?" A white rabbit said pulling a pocket watch from it's waist coat pocket and hurrying along.
"The white rabbit!" Alice called out. She grabbed Ren by the hand and led him along.
The two followed the white rabbit down the garden path and into the forest behind it. Soon they approached a rabbit hole, and without hesitation down and down and down they fell.
Either they fell quite slowly, or it was a long, long way down, because as they fell they had plenty of time to look about them.
"Marmalade?" Ren said, picking up a jar from a shelf and reading it's label.
"Oh yes, that's been there for quite some time. Really, I do wonder if it's still any good," Alice said.
Ren laughed a little and then placed the jar back onto another shelf. When finally they did stop falling, they landed in a curious hallway.
"Well this is different," Alice began, "It wasn't like this last time."
The white rabbit's footsteps echoed in the distance, and once again they chased after it.
"What do you mean different?" Ren asked.
"Different as in not the same, different as in different," Alice told him as they continued running. All of a sudden the two tripped over something white and fluffy.
"Oh dear, oh dear, why did you fall on me? Get up, get up or I shall be too late!" the rabbit said.
"Oh, heavens, I'm sorry Mr. Rabbit. I was running and thinking you see, and not paying a great deal of attention to where I was going," Alice began her apology.
"Yes, yes well that's all very well and good but," the white rabbit said dusting himself off and repositioning his spectacles. He squinted, whipped them off, and then squinted again. His noised twitched, "Alice?! No, it can't be. Is that you Alice?"
"Well, I was Alice yesterday, when I turned sixteen, so I believe today I am still Alice, yes… I must be mustn't I?" she said questioningly.
"Well, we've all been waiting for you to return, you know the Queen is running this place terribly. The Queen of Diamonds and the Wonderland Card Council have tried their best to deal with her, but the old Queen of Hearts is a handful, come, come along," The rabbit said.
He then pulled a silvery key out of his pocket, held it up to the wall, and all of a sudden a door appeared, "You step right through here my dear, and your friend too, quickly, quickly or I shall be late!"
Ren looked about himself. The place was covered in rainbow coloured ivy, climbing the high stone walls.
"Now, I really must be going, but dear Alice, why don't you go visit the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, I'm sure they'll be able to inform you of all that you've missed," The old white rabbit said as he ran off.
"The… Mad Hatter…. Andrew…." Alice whispered under her breath. It was a tone filled with slight regret, remorse, and even the pang of a slightly broken heart.
A/N: So there it was, yup short I know. I know you would all like longer chapters, but I needed to post something before this story gets forgotten forever. Please review!!