Chapter 2

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Follow the white rabbit? What does that even mean?
I look down the hall to find it abandoned. Well if I'm going to have a little freedom might as well enjoy it while I can.
I skip down the hallway and I see a white rabbit...why is there a white rabbit here? This may all be a hallucination from my pills but I was told to follow the rabbit so follow the rabbit I will.

It leads me through twists and turns, through places of the hospital I've never even been to before and to a door. An open door which leads me outside. I can't help but sprint forwards, overtaking the rabbit and just appreciating the open air and freedom.

I see the rabbit scamper past me and I keep following it through the forest that surrounds the hospital until he's gone, or at least I think he's gone.
"Mr Rabbit? Please come back!" I call out for him but I can't see anything.
I walked around looking for my rabbit saviour and I found a rabbit hole about the size of a person and without a moments hesitation I jump down.

I can feel the wind rushing past me as I fall. I want to scream but the sou d gets lodged in my throat. My loose hospital clothes billow around me as I flail my arms trying desperately to grab something to stop myself from falling. I screw my eyes shut, waiting to hit the ground but there's no impact, it just keeps going.

When I realise this I open my eyes and look around. What a curious hole, it goes on and on and on. I wouldn't be surprised if I die when I reach the bottom of this hole. That's when I realise that the walls are lined with objects, jam jars and jewels, clocks and cabinets, books and brooms. It would be cozy if it weren't so long and cold and damp and dark and scary and...maybe this wouldn't be such a nice home.

I'm still falling. How long I've been going, I don't know. It could be minutes, hours, hell, I wouldn't be surprised if I've been falling for days and then just as I was thinking that, slam.
I hit the ground with such force that I create cracks and chips around the area where I landed but...I'M ALIVE!
I jump up and look around, beaming at the idea that I just cheated death because...reasons.

As soon as I actually looked at the room, my smile faded. I was in a room surrounded by doors which were all closed. I run around the room and try every single door only to find that I was locked in this room. I sat down in the middle of the room and pulled my legs close to my chest.
"alice alice alice alice alice" Usually I hate the voices but they are strangely  comforting here, like they are the one normal thing in this...this...wonderland.

"This has to be a hallucination. I have to be high off the pills, they did say that I was going to have a new medicine, this just has to be a side effect. Maybe I am completely insane."
"But of course you are dear. We're all mad here!"

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