Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did this would be in the works for the next movie but as it stands the real owners are Burton, Disney, and Carroll.
~Chapter 1~
London, England, 10 years after the battle with the Jabberwocky.
Alice Hudson, formally Kingsley was frantic. Her daughter had run off again while she had been chatting with an old friend of her fathers. Alice had taken to dressing her daughter in bright colors so she would be easier to spot in a crowed. Today she had dressed her in bright blue. Since they were going to a park with a large wooded green area.
"Sophie" She cried: "Sophie where are you?" Alice passed out of the manicured gardens and entered the woods. She looked behind every low bush and inside every hollow tree trunk butshe could find no trace. She even stopped, though she did not know why, to check down the odd rabbit hole just in case. No such luck however none of the holes were large enough that the6 year old could fall down and hurt her self.
'Where could she be?' She thought.
Alice had been looking for well over 15 minutes. There was no one around at all that could help her. Tired from running so much and from the warm summer day, she sat down at the base of very tall and half dead tree and tried to calm her fears. Suddenly she heard a small laugh from off in the distance.
"Sophie" She breathed. She got up and started to trot in the direction of the laughter. She stopped when she heard a second voice, a man's voice. What ever he was saying was causing Sophie to giggle hysterically.
Alice could not see her daughter or the stranger but she could now make out what was being said.
"But they talk where you come from?" A young girl's voice in the distance could be heard.
"Yes, but don't let the flowers know that you don't have roots or else." Said the man's voice in warning.
"Or else what?" Replied Sophie, for it was indeed Sophie's voice. Alice would know her daughter's voice anywhere.
"They call you a weed and chase you out of their beds."
Alice could see the hem of Sophie's blue dress peeking out from around a large bush.
"Sophie Pleasance Hudson. Don't you ever run off like that again!" Scolded Alice. A little blond head popped up over the top of the bush. Everyone who ever had ever seen Alice as a child and had seen her daughter would swear up and down that they were identical; All except for their eyes. The color of Sophie's eyes had come from her father.
"Mommy!" Sophie ran around the bush and said excitedly.
"Did you know the flowers and animals could talk?"
"Don't be silly dear, of course they can't talk. Now who ever were you talking to?"
Alice stepped around the bush and nearly fainted at the site that met her.
There sitting crossed legged on the grass and holding two half empty cups if tea, was the most eccentric looking man that Alice had ever seen.
He was wearing a brown coat with a multi coloured spotted necktie and brown striped trousers. However the hat the man wore was the most absolutely absurd thing that Alice had ever seen. The man took one look at her then smiled broadly, and Alice could not be sure but she thought she saw the colour of his eyes change from pale yellow to bright green.
He stood up; leaving the two tea cups on the grass, and started to walk towards her.
"Alice! I've found you!"
"That is close enough. Thank you sir for entertaining my daughter but we really must be going. Come along Sophie." The man's expression changed from delight to disappointment.
"Then you did forget me." He said softly.
"Forget you? Sir I assure you that I would remember someone as colorful as yourself had we had met before." After saying this, Alice started to move away with Sophie in tow.
"Mommy wait we haven't finished our tea yet." Sophie pulled out of her mother's hand and trotted back over to the stranger.
"Sophie, you come back here…Phew" Something blue fluttered into Alice's mouth.
"Wow!" Said Sophie
"Absolem" Said the stranger. Alice pulled the blue butterfly out of her mouth and looked at it. Then she heard the sound of hundreds of blowing leaves coming closer. She looked up and saw a swarm of blue butterflies fluttering towards her. She looked to her daughter and saw that the strange man had pulled her back several feet. Sophie was watching with a mix of horror and amazement. The butterflies landed on the hem of Alice's dress and continued to land on her until she looked at though she were in a blue chrysalis.
"Mommy? Is she all right sir?" Asked the little girl. Alice had not made a sound or moved at all. "Don't worry" Replied the stranger. "Absolem knows what he's doing."
Inside the mass of blue, Alice was going through, in a sense, a transformation.
Everything was dark, but she felt as though she was in a large round room.
'But how can that be? I am covered with butterflies in the middle of a park!'
"You stupid girl, you've forgotten yourself again haven't you?" Said a mono-toned voice inside her head. Suddenly a shaft of light illuminated a tiny door. But the most peculiar thing was that it was not attached to a wall. She made no motion towards the possible way of escape. In fact she was almost frightened of the little glowing door.
"I see…You have locked yourself away," The voice droned.
"Who are you? I know your voice. Show yourself " Demanded Alice
"If you know me, then tell me who I am? Or better yet, who you are."
Alice slowly walked over to the door and turned the little knob. It opened but it led to nothing, it was just a doorframe. She turned and strained her eyes starring into the black that surrounded her. She heard the door shut behind her. She tried to open it again but it was locked.
"Doesn't matter anyway, even if it did go somewhere I would be to large to fit." Suddenly a glass table appeared in front of her, it had a tiny gold key in the center. She picked it up and looked at it. Something was so familiar about all of this, she knew this place. That stranger, it had to have something to do with him! He had said that he knew her, but from when? Where? The black was starting to change into a dark gray mist. Alice clenched the key in her hand and walked back to the little door. She had to remember or else she would never get out of that place. She started to walk back to the tiny door. With every step the door seemed to grow larger, or was she growing smaller. It didn't matter. For when she reached it she was the same size as the door and the key had grown very warm in her hand. She put the key in the lock and turned it until she herd the bolt slide out.
Snap! The door flew open and all the memories that she had been hiding in her dreams came flooding over her. Faces and friends along with monsters and enemies, even feelings that had long been hidden flooded her. Tears streamed down her face.
"I hope I don't flood the place again" She said trough her tears.
"Well at least it didn't take as long as last time…there may be hope for you yet, Alice."
The Hatter and Sophie watched as the swarm of butterflies flew away. Alice swayed on her feet for a moment then started to fall. The Hatter raced forward and was able to catch her before she hit the ground. He lowered her and himself down so that her head was in his lap.
"Alice. Are you all right?" She was breathing shortly and her eyes were shut.
"Oh my…I can't believe…it was all real!" Her eyes fluttered open and focused upon the Hatter.
"Tarrant. It's you. You're here." She placed her hand on his cheek to make sure he was real. A tear rolled down her cheek.
"Forgive me…I forgot you, I forgot everything." He pulled a pink handkerchief out of his pocket and dried her eyes.
"You remember me now though right?" He asked hopefully. Alice smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I do" She then hugged her dear friend. Tarrant was slightly startled but he in turned hugged back.
"Mommy! Is she all right sir?" Asked Sophie. She was sitting on the ground next to the pair of adults. Alice released the Hatter and then hugged her daughter kissing her on the cheek.
"Yes darling I'm fine, in fact I am better then fine." She took hold of her daughter's little hands.
"For I have my muchness back." Behind her the Hatter smiled.
Yeah coming soon chapter 2
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