Adventure of a Lifetime

Chapter 2

"What's going on?!!" I yelled out as I fell down the hole. I kept falling for what seemed like eternity and then I finally hit the ground painfully. "Ow……" I winced, holding my head and looking around.

There was a table in the middle of the room and doors on the walls. I got up and tried all the doors, but none of them would open. I sighed and looked down at the ground, only then my eyes widened.

There was a small and I mean VERY small door in the wall and it was open. "But I can't fit through there….." I just happened to look at the table and there was a bottle with liquid in it.

I walked over, popped the cap off and drunk all of it. Then, I found myself the same size as the door. Everything, including my clothes was shrunk. "This is too weird….." I muttered and walked through the door, finding myself into what looked like a meadow. There weren't too many things in the world that I claimed were beautiful, but this place was. "Wow……"

Suddenly, I saw the white rabbit again. "Hey!" I shouted at it.

Startled, it saw me and then hopped away. "Hey, get back here!" I fast-limped after it, but then my leg started to hurt and I couldn't catch up with it. I sighed. "Darn it." I sat down against a tree. "Wish I never followed that rabbit."

I was sore and tired. I closed my eyes, but then I heard a voice.

"I thought I saw her over here somewhere."

My eyes shot open when I saw the rabbit, but it was way bigger than me. I quickly got up and tried to run away, but the rabbit saw me. "There you are!" it hopped over and handed me a piece of white stuff. "Take one bite."

I took one bite and then grew to my normal size. "Why are you hurt?" the rabbit asks.

I reached down and picked up the rabbit by its blue trench coat until we were eye level. "Maybe we should start with answering my questions."

"R-right." The rabbit whimpered.

My face softened. "Relax. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want some answers."

"O-okay."

"First off, what's your name?" I ask.

"Nivens McTwisp ma'am." The rabbit answered. "If I may ask, what's yours?"

"Jessica Nicole Johnson." I answer and set the rabbit down. "But call me Jessie."

"Well then Jessie," Nivens began. "I'm sure you have many questions, but those will have to wait. Right now, we should go meet with the Hatter."

"Hatter?" I question.

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"You okay back there Jessie?"

"Just dandy." I reply, holding my side as we walked through the forest.

Nivens hopped to me and glanced at my left leg and thigh. "Your leg looks pretty bad."

"I'll be fine. I've dealt with worse before." I said.

All of a sudden, two fat twins appeared out of nowhere. "Ah, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, please help Jessie."

The twins walked over and took my hands, helping me along. "I want to help her." One pulled me.

"No, I want to help her." The other pulled me.

I growled. "If you're going to fight, then don't help me at all!" I yanked my hands from them and walked along.

Suddenly, we came upon a table with a tea set on it. "Where's Hatter?" Nivens asks.

"He's gone to the White Queen." A female mouse answered. She looked at me. "Oh, who's this?"

"This is Jessie. She is going to help us." Nivens replied.

"Are you sure she's the one?" the mouse asks. "She looks….awfully young."

My eyes narrowed to slits. "I am standing right here." I crossed my arms over my chest, but then winced. I looked at my arm and saw a long, red gash. "Are you okay?" the mouse asks.

Everything got spiny. "No….." I muttered before everything went black.

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"Oh dear……" Nivens gasped when Jessie fell to the ground, out-cold.

Mallymkun jumped off the table onto Jessie's chest. "Come on, wake up."

"I think she just passed out." Nivens says. "Where is the Hatter when you need him?"

"What is all the commotion?" a voice asks.

"Hatter, there you are." Mallymkun said. "We have a slight problem."

"Well….what is it?" Hatter asks.

Mallymkun pointed at a passed out Jessie. "Oh…is that….?"

"Yes. Her name is Jessie Johnson." Nivens answered.

Hatter walked over to the unconscious Jessie, seeing her covered in dried blood. "What happened?"

"Well, I saw a group of girls nearly beat her to death." Nivens says.

"We should take her to the White Queen. She'll know what do you."

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My eyes opened and I was staring up at a ceiling. I blinked, but then winced because of my left eye. "Where am I?" I ask tiredly.

"The White Queen's castle." The female mouse from earlier crawled onto my chest. "The Queen was worried about you Jessie."

I bolted up, knocking the mouse off my chest. "How do you know my name?"

"Nivens told us. I'm Mallymkun, the Dormouse." The mouse replied.

I sighed and looked around, realizing that I was in a beautiful bedroom. "You were asleep since yesterday." Mallymkun crawled up my arm and sat down on my shoulder.

I looked at my arm and saw that it was wrapped in bandages. "You had a few other injuries that Mirana was worried about, but you have a strong will to live." She says.

"Who's Mirana?" I ask.

"The White Queen."

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. "I was hoping this was all a dream, but I guess I was wrong."

All of a sudden, the door opened and Nivens hopped in. "Glad to see you awake Jessie."

"I want to go home."

"I'm afraid that won't happen for a while Jessie. You see….we need your help."