Wow, it seems so long ago. It has been years since I first started writing on here. Fanfiction was an escape from life whenever I was feeling sad or low, which was a lot back then. Now that those times have passed though, I look back on the things I have written and see the plots and my skills as a writer have grown and matured. I know the people who followed me then have probably long since lost interest or no longer even use Fanfiction, but this is for me. I want to continue writing this story. I want to see where it goes and see the difference college level English classes have had on my writing. I hope it is for the best. I am sorry to say I don't really remember where I was going with this story, but I still have the passion for the movie that I did when I first started writing. So without further ado… I present to you, chapter two.

Disclaimer: Enjoy the writing because it is the only thing I can claim as my own.

"A tree!" Margret shrieked. "Your bloody idea to save us all is a tree! Brilliant Alice, just brilliant!" she tossed her hands in the air out of frustration at her little sister. She picked up her child who had started crying sometime during all the commotion. No one could blame him though. They all felt like crying, Alice was even sure she saw a tear fall from her mother's face. Alice wasn't scared though, all she could think was the soon she would be in Underland once more. There she would a champion and nothing would be too big, too strong or too difficult for her and her friends to handle.

"If we loop around the bush labyrinth instead of cutting through it we may be able to avoid the… the…" Lowell stuttered in an effort to describe what they had all just witnessed, "um… intruders." He started to walk when he stopped dead in his tracks letting out a yelp. Cards were circling around the labyrinth occasionally poking their spears into the bushes. "New plan!" Lowell snapped. The cards hadn't seen the group yet but they would in just a few seconds.

"Please," Alice begged, "I know it seems mad, but you must trust me. We must go down the rabbit's hole, and now!" Panic was starting to seep into her voice. In Underland she could handle anything but alone in Aboveland she knew she couldn't fight off all those cards and save her family. Their lives depended on if they believed her or if they still thought she was the daydreaming child from two years ago.

They stood there and stared at Alice for a moment trying to decide. The cry of a card signaling to the rest put them into motion. First mother stepped forward and placed a small kiss on her youngest daughter's forehead. "I shall see you at the bottom" her mother whispered and then lowered herself into the hole. Lowell pushed his wife and son to the edge next. Margret took a deep breath and closed her eyes as if she were one of the Chattaway twins about to jump into the pond they liked to swim naked in when they were young, and jumped into the hole.

"Alice I just wanted to…" Lowell started, but there was no time to waste. The army of oversized playing cards had almost reached them. Alice gave him a push into the rabbit's hole and just as the first card reached the tree stump she too jumped. The card knew he was too late but swung his spear anyway. The spear tip caught the puffy peach colored sleeve of Alice's dress tearing it.

Alice let her body relax as she fell farther and farther down and the hole she had just jumped through grew smaller and smaller. Thing flew past her as she tumbled. This time she didn't scream though not even when she hit the bed and bounced so close to the playing piano that she thought she might actually hit it this time. As she tumbled head over heels she braced herself for the impact. It hurt as much as it did on her last trip but this time at least she was expecting it. As the world rightened its self Alice tumbled to the ground and joined the rest of her family.

Lowell jumped to his feet and was trying every door in hopes that one would be unlocked, none of them would be though. Margret was soothing her son who was becoming more and more distraught by the second. Then there was her mother who stood next to the table that held the shrinking potion and the key. She was slowly spinning in a circle taking in the room. She looked as if she had seen a ghost.

Walking over to her mother Alice laid a hand on her shoulder. She stopped spinning. Alice gave her a soothing look then reached passed her and retrieved the key and potion from the table. Alice called for Lowell to stop tugging at obviously locked doors and for Margret to come closer. "Everyone must hurry and drink this, and please don't ask questions." First she handed the bottle too her mother who took a small sip and then passed the bottle to Lowell. Alice quickly forced both him and her sister to take a sip as their mother started to cough from the vial taste and then shrink. As Margret and her husband started to cough Alice grabbed their son from their hands so he wouldn't crush his parents. She Set him on the floor and took a sip herself. She too coughed and then shrunk.

As Alice untangled herself from the ugly dress she heard the yelps of terror. Her family was all standing beside their now too big clothing. They were no bigger than the two year old now. Margret was in a state of panic and Lowell seemed to be getting angrier by the second and mother, well mother still seemed in shock. Alice snagged a small clump of the cake that read "eat me" and the proceeded to drag her clothing to the small door. "Well are you coming or not?" Alice asked.

Soon she had coaxed her whole family through the door and to eat just a crumb of the cake before they could ask any more questions. Once everyone was back to their right size Margret gasped. "Where are we?" she asked the question that was on everyone else's mind.

"My dear family," Alice began gesturing to the beautiful field full of talking flowers, rocking horse flies, bread and butterflies and beauty beyond anything that Aboveland could hold, "This is Underland."

I believe this is a nice place to stop for today. Like is said, I hope you enjoy this, but it was more for myself. I want to see how I have grown as a writer. Feedback would be loved if you enjoyed this or even if you would just like to weigh in on my writing style and how I have changed and possible still need to change. I hope my voice hasn't changed too much so that it ruins the story, but rather just matured so that it has become a more enjoyable read.

All my love,

Lena R.