alice in murderland by Michaela.A.Brister (best novels ever TXT) 📖

chapter 1

i may tell this story like it is some normal day, some normal day at the beach but its far from normal, very far from normal. our story begins in my garden 'playing' with my younger sister.......

"autumn please play with me" begged my younger sister, alice.
i just look at her through my dark shaded sunglasses, i was sat beneath the old willow tree that has been her for decades maybe centeries "no" i say coldly before looking back at my magizine.
she came over and grabbed my magizine and ran off "play with me and ill give it back" she called running deep into our garden.
i got up and decided to go after her but when i go round the bush that she had turned, she wasnt there, i went over to the large tree and look round it 'where is she' i thought, then i noticed the little rabbit hole just by my feet, it was big enough for a small adult or a small teenager, 'a little kid could climb through a hole that size' i thought as i bent down to look inside "alice come on out i know your in there" i called down the hole it echoed and echoed, no answer came back.
i got onto my hands and knees and pushed my head in "ill count to 3 alice and if you dont come out by then im coming in to get you" i called, but no answer "1......2.......3" i said, i began climbing in not wanting to go in there, but i thought it was the only way to find her. i crawled along the slimy horrid rotting dead leaves and other substances beneath my hands and knees, i bit my lip as i crawled, i felt sick but didnt want to scream or anything.
i kept crawling it felt like hours but it had only been minutes, it seemed pitch black even though light came from the way i came in, but as i crawled i didnt notice the hole, the ground broke underneath me as crawled and i began to fall down the hole, i screamed, thinking i might die, thinking my body would never be discovered and my parents and sister would think i got kidnapped or something.
i hoped this wasnt going to be my last breath, i hoped i would live but knowing my luck it probably would all end here and now.

i woke laying on the ground of dead leaves, my eyes were blinded slightly by the light of the sun peeking through the trees from above, i sat up and look around the dark forest "hello" i called hoping someone was there.
no-one came because no-one heard, i began to hear music coming from the distance "Imagine a place you can always escape to, An island off the coast of nowhere" the music sung, i decided to follow it, thinking people may be there. i walk round the forest following the sound of the music, it lured me in, even though i didnt know it, it seem familiar. the leaves under my feet crunched, the music got louder as i got closer, in the distance i saw a table with plenty of seats each one with its own teacups, many different types of cakes were set in the middle, i walk nearer but stay hidden behind a tree so i am not noticed i watched the 4 people at the table drink the tea and eat the cake,one was small like a child of 7 with what looked like mouse ears and a tail, he wore a night gown type outfit, then there was a girl with purple and pink ears and a pink and purple tail which matched her hair, she wore a gypsy type outfit then came the guy at the head of the table he wore a very top hat which was black with a few roses sown on, he whispered to the guy on his right, he was taned, with dark hair and dark eyes, which made me want to go closer to him, but i knew i couldnt. the tan guy nodded to what the man with the hat whispered to him, the tan guy then said looking towards the tree i was hiding behind "surgere tenebrea" in latin which meant shadows rise in english.
i swallowed hard when i saw his eyes meet mine, i was instintly draw in, i didnt even notice my shadow coming to life behind me, it grabbed me, and it absorbed in to my body, i gasp as i feel myself collapes to the floor.
my vision became fuzzy, i kept laying on the floor, i tried to blink away the fuzzyness but it wont good, my mind went blank as my eyes shut unable to stay awake any longer, last thing i saw were black boots appoarching me, last thing i feel is someone touching my face, last thing i hear is 'she has returned.....'


chapter 2

i woke feeling light headed, i woke with my eyes looking at my knees, i tried to move my arms but they felt to heavy to move, see look at her arms and saw they had been tied to the chair with metal chains, i stared for a second then look up, to see all but the guy in the top hat staring, the guy in the top had sipped on his tea and looked at me.
i tried to get my arms free of the chains, the guy in the top smirked watching me struggle "i see your finally awake" he told me getting up from his chair.
i glared at him with hatred in my eyes "let me go" i hissed.
he walked towards me "no can do alice, we cant trust you" he said.
"wait what? what did you just call me" i say.
"alice, i know its your name and i know your here to destroy us" he said from behind me.
i laugh, "you think im called alice, what a good joke," i say then shouted into the wood thinking this was a joke of my sisters with some of my friends "alice come on out i have seen through your little joke".
the guy looked at me and raised an eyebrow, everyone looked at me as through i was mad, "so there is another of you alices, thats good isnt it" top hat guy said then look at the girl "go find this other alice, if shes around her that is" he told her.
the girl nodded and vanished.
i watched for a second and stiffen up when i saw her vanish, "t-that was a h-hologram r-right" i asked kinda scared now.
"nope" the small boy said "if that was a hologram thing then that there isnt the maddest hatter in all of wonderland".
i looked up at the guy in the top hat, which was refered to as the hatter.
"you mean murderland quin" the tan guy next to me told the mouse boy.
"this is a joke right, my sister set you up to this right" i say kinda panicking.
the tan guy looked at me "so is this other alice your sister" he asked "and no this isnt a joke my dear, this here is real life"
i look away from all of them scared what may happen to me, the tanned guy made me look at him "is alice your sister" he asked again.
i nodded "she isnt here if this isnt a joke of hers" i say try to not be frightened by him.
"and you are alice" he asked.
"no" i say "my name is autumn, and whatever this place is i want out".
he glared at me and let my head go, the mad hatter looked at me "but its funny, for only alice can get into wonderland" the hatter told me "you must have a blood of an alice, may i ask who your mother is"
"my mothers dead" i say coldly.
"and what was your mothers name" he asked.
something inside me made me suddenly snap, i was able to break free of the chains, i pulled a gun out of my boot and aimed at the hatter.
he smirked "so what is your mothers name" he asked.
i shot him in the leg, and ran away into the forest.
i didnt look back, my eyes were as read as blood and i was furious, the girl from earlier appeared infront of me, she frowned "stop alice" she hissed.
i shot her but she vanished before she was hit.
she appeared in the tree above me "you really need to control that temper of your, you wont make many friends with that temper" the cat girl said.
i looked up at the tree and stared 'how did she get up there' i thought.
the tan guy was suddenly behind me, he twisted the gun out my hand and turned me round to look him in the eyes.
i didnt make a sound and just stare into his brown eyes, something just then changed in his eyes that was in them earlier.
the hatter came up behind me as i stare at the tan guy, he placed a hand on my shoulder "looks like someones taken a fancy to dante" he said in my ear.
i pulled my eyes away from his and got my arm free of his and elbowed the hatter in the stomach and he stumbled backwards, my cheeks a rose colour now, i looked at the hatter annoyed "shut up" i snapped at him.
"but its true my dear, i can see it in your face, due to the rosy cheeks and your eyes tell it all" he said smirked.
i glared at him more annoyed and was about to attack the hatter when dante toke hold of me and held me back "there nothing wrong with her liking me hatter, so dont tease her about it" dante said calmly.
i said nothing, and looked at the floor, the cat girl was right next to me now "so can i ask if her names not alice what is it? she asked as the mouse came out of nowhere.
"autumn" i say "and can i ask what yours is"
"oh yes i am the cheshire cat, call me chesa, and that there is doormouse, call him dom" the cat girl, chesa, said.
"now like i was asking earlier before you went off on a tempertantrom" the hatter said "what is your mothers name",i didnt answer, "the sooner you answer my dear the sooner we can figure out what to do with you"
"alice" i said quietly "happy now"
"very" the hatter said "and when did she go missing".
"6 years ago" i said
a smirk appeared on the hatters face "how intresting, dante you remember the young lady from 6 years ago dont you" hatter said.
dante nodded "she was lovely, quite enchanting, if i say so myself, sadly the red queen got to her" he said.
"red queen?" i say something suddenly coming to my mind.
"yes the bloody red queen she worked with this alice to make our beautiful wonderland into a murderland" he told me.
"ive heard that name" i said "is there a march hare, white rabbit, white queen" i asked.
hatter nodded "its quiet strange you know about them if you have only just come here, may i ask how" he said.
i look at him "its nothing just a thought" i say trying to avoid the question.
"anyway that alice from 6 years ago gave us a picture of her family, dante for some reason