I own nothing! I don't own Harry Potter or Alice In Wonderland, or any of the characters in either one! I just own the Snape family members (except for Severus, of course), and the other OC's.
So, as a recap, Eileen is in a coma to protect her in a location known only to her parents, since Eileen the first had used the Fidelius charm in death.
"Hello, dear," a kind voice said, and Eileen looked around her to find herself in a small clearing, and that there were two people with her – one witch, one Muggle.
"Who are you?" Eileen demanded, fishing for her wand.
"Your namesake," she said smiling softly, and Eileen (the younger) froze.
"Grandmother?" Eileen asked confused, and the woman smiled wider and nodded. "Then – then that's grandfather back there?"
"Yes," she smiled and looked over her shoulder at Tobias Snape. "You should be happy – your soul mate is in this world, Eileen."
"What?" the younger Eileen asked baffled. "What about Kiru's?"
"She'll find hers," the elder witch laughed, "Trust me. Now, listen closely – whatever you do, don't think for a second that you're dreaming the next time you wake up. Doing so will only kill you. However, you must also trick the others into thinking that you think you are still dreaming."
"Okay," the student nodded. "So, who's my soul mate?"
"You'll see him when you wake up after a bit of journeying with your familiar," the older Eileen laughed heartily. "You'll see. Just don't judge him too harshly."
"Okay," Eileen said pondering what her grandmother meant. "When will I wake up?"
"When it's a few days before the time for you to fulfill your destiny," she smiled. "And just follow your heart, and whatever you do – don't go back up without your soul mate. You'll all die if you do. That's part of why they all failed before – it's because each world needs to have at least one representative beside their hero to fulfill the prophecies. Oh, and your familiar is also in this world. You'd be surprised what he can do."
"Anything else I need to worry about?" the younger Eileen asked.
"Yes – be a good girl and don't break his heart," the older Eileen said as a wind blew harshly. "Ah, the prophecy. Well, it was foretold that after Alice had come and gone from Underland – she'd called it Wonderland – a new human would return, one who had accompanied Alice. You see, they think you left Underland. Now, they will need to know that you've returned, and probably will know now that she has spies everywhere."
"Wait, everyone keeps talking about her? Who is she?" the younger Eileen asked, and the older one sighed.
"I must go. Remember what I've said. You'll wake up once a few years have passed so that you'll fit."
"What do you mean?" the young girl asked confused, but her grandparents were gone. "Now what do I do?"
She stared around her in confusion. Tea parties, herself painting white roses red, cards folding over themselves to create a croquet field, a cat that would vanish partway and leave nothing but its eyes and grin, an insane woman who kept screaming at her for what appeared to be no reason, and lastly a voice, a fleeting voice that kept telling her that she would one day be needed and loved by someone if she would only give him the chance.
For the longest times those images and sounds would replay in her head, making Eileen think that she was finally going mad. She shrugged it off however, since she thought this better than the recurring nightmares of her time in Wool's orphanage. She shuddered at that thought and pushed it away, content to watch the scenes replaying in front of her, determined to analyze them down to the very minutest of the details.
"I will not be caught off guard again," she growled angrily.
Okay, so again, she can't be found, and in her unconsciousness (which will last a span of a few years since she's twelve and will need to fulfill her destiny at eighteen, she finally begins to realize that she's in trouble. Only Cheshire can find her – if he wanted to. Which, he doesn't, so she doesn't care. Her location will be revealed in the next chapter.
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