Once upon a time: Ever After High in Wonderland (Book 2)

Ch.21 The letter

Darling and Chase went down to the field where they saw the happy reunion of the Wonderlandians who were still in their group hug.

"Aww I wished I could of captured this happy moment on film" Darling smiled.

"Darling?" Maddie gasped as they all broke away.

The Wonderland girls all had teary eyes from their tears of joy.

"Chase?" Lizzie gasped.

"Oh my gosh Darling you're ok?" Kitty gasped.

"Yeah I'm fine but, how are my brothers?" Darling asked.

"Oh Daring and Dexter" Maddie gasped "Yeah they're ok, they're wondering where you are".

"Oh" Darling said sadly "If only I can tell them I'm ok".

"Well I tried to call Raven in Storybrooke" Lizzie said "But apparently there's no signal".

"Must be because of the curse" Darling said "Same thing happened to me when I tried to call my brothers. And Alistair, Chase and I have been trying to find a way to get to Storybrooke so I can see them again".

"Well we actually do have a way to get to Storybrooke" Kitty said.

"You do?" Alistair and Darling gasped.

"Yeah" Maddie reached into her hat and pulled out the Hatter's hat.

"You're father's hat" Alistair gasped "It still works?"

"Yep, that's how we got here, and now all we have to do is spin the hat, go down the rabbit hole, and we'll get to Storybrooke".

"But wait" Alistair said "I still haven't found my mother yet".

"Oh" the girls said, remembering that Alice was still somewhere in Wonderland "Right".

"And I'm not going back to Storybrooke until I find her" Alistair insist.

"Well we'll help you find her" Bunny promised.

"I don't think it'll be easy though, Caterpillar gave me this moonstone necklace that will help me".

He showed the girls the moonstone pendent.

"He said that it will glow when I'm near my mother, and so far, it hasn't glowed. So that's why I'm also looking for this girl name Kate who-".

"Wait a minute" the girls cut in.

"I can't believe we forgot about this" Kitty said with shock "But Alistair, we've been wanting to warn you, Kate is not who you think she is".

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"She's really Courtly Jester!"

"Courtly?!" Alistair, Chase, and Darling gasped.

"But that's not all" Lizzie put in "We overheard her saying that she's looking for you so that she can bring you to this mysterious guy who wants to rip your heart out and crush it!"

"What?!" Alistair gasped.

"It's true!" the girls said.

"Oh my God!" Alistair gasped with a scared look "And I trusted her!"

"So what do we do now?" Darling asked.

"Well since Alistair wants to look for his mother first, then we'll help look for her" Bunny said "But we have to be careful if we run into Courtly".

"Well in that case we should get back to searching" Chase suggested.

As they headed off, they didn't notice Courtly peeking from behind the trees and watching them go by.

"Well what do you know?" she grinned as she started to call the Jabberwock.

"Sir" she said.

"Ms. Jester" he said "Have you found him?"

"Yes, but he's with his friends along with that Charming girl and Chase Redford".

"Oh" he said amused.

"What should I do with them?"

"Go ahead and bring them to me, I've got an idea of what I can do to them".

(16 years ago in London) A big and beautiful Victorian house stood in a street where children played on the sidewalks and people rode carriages. Large trees and flowers surrounded the house, and a wooden swing hung from one of the trees. Everyone remembered the little girl who used to swing on the wooden swing, everyone remembered her as her curious and adventures self. But now that little girl is all grown up, and no one has seen her come out of her house since she was 17. The girl was now 21, and she now spent her life in her room away from people, with her tray of pills next to her bed where she was forced to take them everyday due to her mental illness everyone thought she had, and this caused her to suffer from depression.

But one day, a house maid went up to a door with a letter in her hand as she knocked the door.

"Alice dear" she called "You got a letter".

She waited until the door slowly opened and the depressed look of Alice Liddell in her nightgown peeked through the crack.

"You got a letter" the maid repeated as she handed the letter to Alice "I don't know who it's from though".

Alice looked at the letter with a confused look, who would want to send her a letter? But she took the letter and gave the maid a nod as she closed the door. She looked at the letter that had her name written on it in cursive with ink. She then tore the envelope opened and pulled out the handwritten letter and started to read it.

Alice,

I hope you're okay in London since we haven't seen you in like 4 years. But I have to warn you, the Evil Queen is coming to London to look for you! I don't know when she's coming, but I have a feeling it's be soon and quick. You must leave London immediately, if you have no where to go, meet me in Kensington Gardens tonight at around 12 or 1 if you can, I will be near the pond and I will take you to Wonderland where you would be safe. Please hurry Alice.

Mr. White Rabbit

Alice's eyes widen as she read the letter. The Evil Queen is coming to London to look for her! She then ran over to a crib and saw her new baby boy sleeping. Ever since she had given birth to her new baby, she's felt a bit happier, but now that the Queen was coming to London, she had to protect herself and her son. She remembered the letter said to meet to the White Rabbit tonight in Kensington Gardens, and even though she wasn't aloud to leave her house, she had no choice. She would escape tonight.