DEAD?!" I scream. What the heck? What is wrong with this place?
"Um, yes," he responds. "Alice, the White Queen is very dangerous. She kills anyone who seems like even a minor threat. But don't worry, we're safe. She shouldn't find us out here; I've been hiding for a while, but she's probably still looking for me."
"Why? What did you do?"
"After the war, she forced us to live in shacks and gave us little food and water. I was living like that for a couple years, but then I decided to escape. I ran away, and the last thing I heard was the Queen screaming: 'I WILL FIND YOU, WILL TERRYWETHER, AND WHEN I DO, I'LL DESTROY YOU!'"
"And she's been looking for you ever since?" I am starting to piece this all together.
He nods. "She probably gave up on me by now, but who knows. She could be out there right now, tracking me down.
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Underground
Fantasy"No Alice, they're dead. She killed them all." Alice (Ally) is a normal girl living in NYC until one day she falls down a rabbit hole: for real. Of course she's read the books and seen the movies but there's something different about this Wonderland...