Wondrous Nightmares
by Bloodysword99
Recommended song: All this Time- Britt Nicole
Fanart: TBA
Ok! Time to answer questions! Yes, guardians will appear at the later chapters!
And I shall update at least 2 chapters because I'll be pretty busy in a week or so. :3
Chapter 5: Wondrous, Indeed
"Please, sign here, Alice." The nurse requested while handing a few papers to Alice.
At the reception area of the Rutledge Asylum, London, Alice Liddell, a former lunatic, was being released today after eight years of insanity. November 1874, she was now 18 years of age and completely cured of madness. The lone Liddell had been through hell and back yet she looked like she had won a war. The insane beauty looked stronger. More fulfilled.
"And Congratulations on your recovery, dear." The kind nurse said.
"Why thank you."
"You're such a sweet girl, Alice. It's too bad; no one's waiting for you out there. "
Alice looked up at her and smiled puzzlingly like she had a secret. The girl signed the last of the papers and said with all the confidence in the world. "Actually, there is someone."
She smirked before picking up her luggage and passing through the double door exit.
"...Alright." The nurse murmured and filed Alice's documents.
'Strange girl.' She thought because the nurse knew Alice had no living relatives left. Not even an Uncle or a grandmother.
"Boogeyman!"
As Alice stepped out of the Asylum for the first time in 18 years, the girl held her head up high; looking to the horizon, glancing at her bright future. She didn't care if the world wasn't as spectacular as her Wonderland. Alice wasn't afraid of Nightmares. As long as Pitch was giving it, then, she was sure she'll be alright.
"Finally out of the loony bin, I see." Pitch humored as he hid in the tree shadows with Dinah curling at his feet. And she was happy to see them both.
Carrying her luggage, Alice Liddell ran to the Nightmare King. She smiled and Pitch mirrored his own awkward smile. She lunged into his arms and embraced him in a daughterly manner. She missed his warmth and his trait scent of old books. Alice was so happy to be with a dear friend who had been through as much hell as she did.
"Boogeyman!" She proceeded to crush his lungs in her arms; Rejoicing for the first time since the fire.
In the end, she might have lost so much but she gained someone as special as Pitch. Despite the fact he was a notorious evil creature in other people's eyes, she saw him as a best friend. A true friend. A guardian. A protector. A savior. A father.
"You're crushing my chest, girl." The Boogeyman said in a painful huff.
"Shut it." She snickered tightening her hold.
"Grown a backbone, now have we?" Pitch petted her head.
They stayed in the hug for a few moments until Alice pulled his hand and dragged him to the sunset scenery of London with Dinah running after them. The darkness might not be over but it didn't matter. She knew Pitch would be by her side charting a brand new map of her new life.
And she was confident whatever nightmares would she go through, it would be wondrous as long as Pitch was there to brace it with her.
She liked Wondrous Nightmares. She always has. And she'll always will.