Chapter 27: Alice and Victoria

Wonderland

A cloud of smoke appeared in the middle of the Queen of Hearts' maze, bringing Alice and Victoria there. The place had been abandoned since Cora's departure from Wonderland. Alice looked around at the awful scene around her. She hadn't been to Wonderland since Cyrus' brothers were freed from their genie curse after they originally defeated Jafar. She looked next to her and saw the Queen of Hearts' vault. Inside, were three boxes. Her father, step mother Sara, and half-sister Millie,were shrunken by magic mushrooms and placed inside. Victoria revealed to Alice back in Storybrooke that she had become vengeful because she spent most of her life imprisoned by Cora. She decided to take it out on the family who didn't rescue her.

"What have you done to our family?" Alice asked.

"Now they're trapped in those boxes in the vault, like I was." Victoria said. "Once you join them, I can begin phase two."

"Please don't do this." Alice pleaded. "We can start over as a real family."

"It's too late for that." Victoria said as she pulled out a small piece of magic mushroom from her pocket. "Eat it."

"No." Alice said. "You can't make me. You don't have any magic. Just those slippers."

"I'll fight you." Victoria said.

"You did miss quite a lot." Alice said. "In your absence, I got training from the best fighter in Wonderland, my husband. You don't want to fight me. Please just stop all of this."

Victoria then yelled and charged at her sister like an untamed bull. Alice simply moved out of the way and extended her foot, so that Victoria tripped and fell to the floor. Victoria then moved onto her back and looked up at Alice, who climbed on top of her.

"Get off me!" Victoria yelled.

"I could kill you." Alice said. "I could kill you right now, free my family, and use your slippers to take them all home, but I won't. I could never kill my sister. I love you and I will always love you. Please. Can we be sisters again?"

Victoria did not answer Alice. Instead, she clocked her heals and disappeared in a cloud of magic smoke. Alice began to shed a tear. She took the magic mushroom that Victoria dropped on the floor and brought it with her inside the Queen of Hearts' vault. She found the three boxes that contained her family members. She hadn't seen any of them since her father had Alice locked away in an asylum, but they still didn't deserve to be prisoners here. She brought the boxes outside and fed the mushroom bits to them. Soon, Edwin, Sara, and Millie were all normal size again.

"Alice!" Edwin shouted as he hugged his daughter.

"Hello father." Alice said.

"Where are we?" Sara asked.

"This is Wonderland." Alice said.

"Don't you see?" Edwin asked. "Alice was telling the truth the whole time. Where is Victoria? Where is my other daughter? I'm sure I can talk some sense into her."

"I tried." Alice said. "It's no use. She left Wonderland."

"I'm so happy to see you again." Edwin said. "I regretted sending you away every second since I did it. I'm so sorry Alice. I'll never do anything like that to you again. I suppose that's even if you want to see me when all this is over."

"You missed a lot." Alice said. "I came back here and rescued Cyrus. Then we got married and had a baby."

"A baby?" Sara asked. "You're a mother now?"

"Yes." Alice replied.

"Congratulations." Sara said.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Millie asked.

"It's a girl." Alice said. "Her name is Sophia."

Suddenly, a magic cloud of smoke appeared that brought Will, Anastasia, and the White Rabbit.

"I told you she was here." Ana said as she hugged Alice.

"What's your whole family doing here?" The White Rabbit asked.

"Victoria brought them here." Alice said. "She's full of hatred towards all of us. Now she's gone."

"Is Cyrus alright?" Ana asked.

"I left him and Sophia in Storybrooke." Alice said. "When last I checked he was ok. Why do you ask?"

"Wonderland was recently invaded by demons from the Underworld." Will said. "Ana was taken to the Underworld."

"Rafi and Hercules rescued me." Ana said.

"What was Rafi doing in the Underworld?" Alice asked.

"Visiting his father." Ana said. "Hades."

"You can't be serious." Alice said. "That means Cyrus' father is the God of the Underworld."

"It's true." Will said. "He has the power of the gods."

"Why did he never tell me this?" Alice said.

"He didn't know." Ana said. "Amara never wanted to tell her sons about their evil father."

Edwin understood that he was in Wonderland. He understood that Alice's husband used to be a genie. However, he was having a hard time believing that he shared a grandchild with the God of the Underworld.

"Where is Rafi now?" Alice asked.

"He went to Agrabah to get some help before going back to the Underworld to kill Hades." Will said.

"I've got to tell Cyrus." Alice said.

"I'll bring your family back home to England." The White Rabbit said. "Then I'll take you back to Storybrooke Alice."

"Thank you." Alice said.

Cora had her own private section on the colossal airplane that carried her small army of soldiers to invade Storybrooke. They were flying over the Atlantic Ocean now and were going to land in Boston in a few hours. From there, they would drive through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine until they found Storybrooke. Cora knew exactly where it was. As Cora looked out the window, she dreamed of how glorious it would be to have her magic again once she crossed the town line into Storybrooke. Suddenly, a cloud of green smoke appeared, revealing Victoria.

"Victoria." Cora said. "I haven't seen you since I freed you in Wonderland and the Dark One tried to kill me. Oh wait. That's not true. I saw you break Alice out of my prison back in London."

"I'm sorry." Victoria said. "I did it because I wanted revenge on her. I thought I could do it alone. I was wrong. I need magic. I know you hate her too. Will you help me?"

"Yes." Cora said. "Revenge on Alice will be a secondary priority. My primary objective right now is my invasion of Storybrooke. Have a seat. We'll be landing in a few hours."