Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole

Spring has always been my favorite season. The green grass tickles your toes, the flowers of different colors smell sweet, and the baby deer come out and nibble on the plants in our backyard, frustrating my mother. Unfortunately, rather than run around on such a beautiful day, I had to sit outside with my older sister Mathilda and learn History. Of all things, History! It's my least favorite subject.

I sat on top of a tall tree, swinging my legs back and forth over the branch. My golden blonde hair swayed in the breeze, and I was wearing my favorite blue dress with a white pinafore. In my lap was my calico kitten, Dinah, who had a pretty blue ribbon in place of a collar around her neck, tied into a bow. I hopped down from the tree and began to make a flower necklace. Then I put it on Dinah, who shook it off and mewed.

"Alice," my sister called, "Would you please pay attention? You need to learn about the revolutionary war!"

I climbed back up onto the tree branch and looked down in the book. It had nothing in it but a long, never ending paragraph filled with boring stuff.

"I'm sorry, Mathilda." I said. "But how can anybody possibly be interested in a book without any pictures in it?"

"Alice, there are a whole bunch of great books in life that don't have any pictures in them." She replied. I just groaned quietly as she kept on reading.

"I would rather read a book with pictures in it." I said to Dinah, "or…I would much rather go on an adventure! I could explore a fantasy world filled with dangerous monsters and silly things. All the books in the world would be nothing but pictures, and animals could talk!" Dinah just tilted her head to the side and meowed.

"Instead of meow, Dinah, You would say 'Hello Alice! What a beautiful day it is today!'" I explained. Then I rubbed her chin and she purred.

"Other animals could talk as well!" I hopped down and went back into the flowers. "There could be every animal ever created! Cats, dogs, Birds, Monkeys, and even…" Suddenly I looked up and my jaw dropped at what I saw.

"A red rabbit!" I exclaimed.

"Out of the way, lady! Can't you see I'm in a rush?" The Rabbit was a red color and partially mechanical. He jumped onto my head and pushed off, darting into the nearby woods.

"Hey! Come back!" I shouted. I was curious. Why would a rabbit be in a hurry? Dinah and I chased after him, running as fast as we could. But we stopped when he jumped into a dark rabbit hole.

"What do you think, Dinah?" I asked the kitten. "Do we follow him? The hole is big enough for us to fit through."

Dinah backed away. She didn't want anything to do with whatever that thing was.

"Fine, I'll investigate it myself." I huffed. I slowly crawled into the rabbit hole. I probably shouldn't be doing this. What if I get stuck? Or what if it goes all the way to China? No, that's silly. There's lava at the center of the Earth. What if I fall and end up burning to a crisp at the core? I crawled through the dark tunnel and found that there was a long drop down. I stopped and got ready to turn around, but I slipped and accidentally began falling down to the bottom of the rabbit hole.

I screamed and began to twist and turn until my dress opened up into a parachute, making the fall longer and safer. I looked around and saw that the dirt was gone and I was falling through a metal tube thingy. The walls were silver, but there were lights that were glowing a dim red color. I noticed there were other things floating there as well. There were tools, pieces of metal, there was a set of test tubes, teapots, tea cups, a hovering hamburger, video game console, and I think I even saw some cake! Weird.

After what seemed like hours, I landed inside of a small room with a glass table and a small door.