Chapter 13 and I read through it to fix some mistakes but if I missed some, sorry! And btw, I do everything I do for a reason. So, if you're ever confused or just plain annoyed at what I'm doing and think it's totally out of character, BE PAITENT! Things will always have meaning in the ending. Enjoy!

"Your aunt is this way, Miss." A small brunette said, gesturing down the long corridor of white. It reminded Alice vaguely of Marmoreal, except here everything was stark and bare, clinical and cold, unlike the queen's warm and welcoming white walls.

Alice felt like she had when she went to visit Iracebeth in her room. Apprehensive about what she may find out, worried about what it might be like when she was there and filled with pure and unbridled terror.

But this was her aunt.

The aunt that had tried to tell Alice about her prince who she was in love with and was her fiancée but would never renounce the throne for her. The aunt who had watched her and her sister as children and tried to tell Alice about Wonderland. Or had she? Was it all just a big coincidence that Aunt Imogene's name was the same as the queen of hearts' mother in law?

Alice stopped in front of a hard gray door. It had a dark handle was cool to the touch and while Alice's fingers brushed against it she felt a shiver rush up her spine. She shut her eyes and opened the door, ready for whatever she may see.

She was welcomed with a mixed scent of lavender and vanilla. And then she opened her eyes.

Her aunt's room was utterly white and bare like the hallway. One bed, two chairs and a small table and a window. Alice tried not to cringe at the knowledge that there were bars on the outside of her window.

Her aunt sat in one of the chair's staring blindly ahead, as if in a trance and didn't even blink as Alice walked in.

The hair that fell down her shoulders was lighter then Alice remembered streaked with more gray then the last time. Her eyes were hollow and her mouth was shut. She looked a bit paler then she did last time too, but that could just be because of her surroundings in white.

"Alice?" Aunt Imogene asked and Alice felt her heart break. Her voice was so far away, so scared, so….not well.

"Yes, Aunt Imogene." Alice replied, walking slowly over to where her aunt sat. "I'm here to-"

"It's been so long," Her aunt interrupted, turning to smile at her niece. "You're looking very well, you know."

"Thank you, Aunt Imogene." Alice said self consciously, sitting down on the other white chair. "You're looking well, too."

"For a women in this place," Aunt Imogene said wistfully, giving Alice a side ways look. "Alice, why did they send me here?"

"I…I don't know," Alice whispered, lowering her eyes. "But, Aunt Imogene I need to talk to you."

"You told me to talk about my delusions, remember?" Imogene told her. "And they sent me here. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such foolish people, they believe they know what's best for a grown women who needs actual help from her family but-"

"Have you been to Underland?" Alice asked suddenly, and her aunt immediately fell silent.

"Aunt Imogene," Alice repeated after a long silence. "Have you been-"

"I heard you the first time, Alice."' Aunt Imogene interrupted, staring at Alice with an unfathomable expression. "How did you find it?"

"Well," Alice mumbled. "You'd told me about it once when I was little and…."

"Tell me, Alice." Imogene said suddenly. "Is he still there? Did he ever marry her like he was supposed to? Is he a good king?"

"What?" Alice asked. "Who are you talking about?"

"I bet he's an old man now." Aunt Imogene mused. "The years go by much faster then they do here, you know. But I'm sure he'll remember me. We were so close. I-"

"Aunt Imogene!" Alice cried, and her aunt stared at her with a shocked expression. "Who are you talking about?

"The king," Imogene whispered, and a hand went to her chest. "The king of Underland."

"Underland has no king." Alice said softly, cocking her head slightly as she looked at her aunt who had changed her expression from shocked to sorrowful.

"So, he's gone then…" The old women mused.

"I…believe so." Alice said regretfully. "Aunt Imogene, when did you find Underland?"

Her aunt's eyes had a very far away look in them as she looked at Alice. "We were so young…so foolish. We thought we could actually do it. But that monster of a girl…she would never have let that happen."

"What?" Alice asked, and Imogene shook her head and turned back to Alice.

"Alice, why are you asking me about Underland? You've been there yourself, haven't you?" Her aunt wondered.

"Yes, that's why I'm here." Alice said, trying to keep her voice calm. "Aunt Imogene, there's a bad man out there and he wants to hurt me. And I came here to find him."

"But, what does that have to do with me, child?" Aunt Imogene asked. "I don't have time to help you find such a man. I'm….busy."

Alice tried to keep herself talking calmly, even though her aunt's voice broke on the last word and the fact that she hadn't been called child in a long time. "I came here because I found something. A necklace, with your name on it."

Alice reached into her coat pocket, a random jacket that she'd grabbed when she was running down to meet Lord Ascot after she ran back to get the necklace. If she were going to visit her aunt, she needed hard core evidence that her aunt had been to a world that nearly no one knew about.

She handed the crystal choker to her aunt's now out stretched hands. They clasped the jewelry tightly when the crystal hit her skin and she pulled it close to her body, as if to protect it from being taken away.

"Is it…yours?" Alice asked carefully.

Aunt Imogene looked up at Alice and then back down at the necklace she held in her closed grip. She held it out and just looked at it, stroking the gems possessively with a wistful smile on her face.

"No, Alice." She whispered. "It belonged to the queen first."

"First?" Alice asked. "What do you mean? You…found it?"

"Oh, no child." Aunt Imogene said, still not looking up at her niece. "She gave it to me. Queen Imogene of Crims."

Did you like the twist? I did. Even though it isn't much of a twist, but whatever. Aunt Imogene is still cool. Anyway, spring break starts this Monday, Saturday and Sunday not included so I'm going to be writing A LOT! Maybe I'll even finish this story with all the time I'll have, maybe not. You never know. Review, please!

And, btw NamelessSaint and Marykim20 I do not mind if you two have a dispute, it's perfectly fine with me because you both have very good points.