Falling Out (Alice In Wonderland Fanfic)

The Dreams

A striped cat in the tree vanished. It's happening again. My dreams I always have. I walked on knowing this wasn't real. He appeared in front of me and smiled.

"Hello Alice."

"I am not Alice. My name is Finora. Finora Kingsley."

"Oh you wish you were but you are Alice" His voice echoing in my ear with the s sound. I heard a voice say "Who's Alice?" Then a bunch of water came pouring down on my face.

I woke up with my angry orphanage leader glaring at me and 12 heads staring at me. Then I remembered it was just a dream. The dream I have every night. She glared at me with anger in her eyes and the other girls stared at me with curiosity. Ya that's right I'm an orphan. My so called parents abandoned me just like everyone else who's an orphan. My leader grabbed my wrist and yanked me out of bed with such a jolt my back popped.

"I haven't got time for your stupid dreams about smiling cats and white rabbits. We've got to clean up this place. Some parents are wanting to adopt today." Said my leader.

"Adopt? Does that mean-"

"No", she cut me off, "you're too old for them."
My heart sank. I wasn't ever getting out of here. All adults wanted these days were young, sweet, little girls and I wasn't good enough. I'm the oldest here of 12 girls. I'm 14 and the rest of the girls are 7,8,9,10, and 11.
But I was here the shortest. I had gotten here 2 weeks ago. Before I came here I was making it on the streets and still had those weird dreams. All I've ever known about myself is that my parents abandoned me. Well actually I don't really know if they're still alive. I wonder about them a lot even though I shouldn't. I also wonder why I have those strange dreams every night too but you can't find out everything.
I walked down the hall with my leader, her pulling my wrist. We came to a stop in front of an old room.
"Stay here." She said. I stood there deep in thought. Then I stared at the wall. There were really old carvings on it of people's names. I traced my finger over the rough wood, feeling the letters. "K-i-n-g-s-l." I muttered, feeling the letters on the wall. Then I put my finger down as soon as I saw my leader walking towards me.
"Well apparently girl this couple would like to meet you." Said my leader. Then she yanked my wrist again so fast I didn't have time to react. She dragged me down the hallway into her office. The dusty, old, dirty office. There in the wooden chairs sat 2 smiling people. A woman with brownish reddish hair and a man with dark brown hair. I sat on the small stool behind them ready to listen to everything they had to say.
"So you want to adopt one of the older ones?" Said my leader.

"Yes. We're ready for a child who doesn't need everything done for her. We want a mature one who can take care of herself but is also sweet and obedient." Said the reddish brown haired woman.

"Well, that's a lot to ask for in a child." Said my leader. Then they turned their heads to me and smiled. I waved at them and smiled back. They seemed nice but I would never consider them my parents. I just wanted to get out of this place. I stared at the floor deep in my thoughts while they talked. Then I saw the lady point to me.
"What about her?" She asked. My leader was in shock but told her to take me. I couldn't believe it! It felt like my heart stopped for a minute. I was finally getting out of here. I ran out of the office to my room I share with the girls. I kicked the door open and started packing my stuff. The only thing I really had was a hat.
The leader said it came with me when they found me. I never really knew why but I felt like it had a purpose in my life like something related to it. It was a strange feeling. I put the hat on my head and looked in the mirror. I smiled. I looked like the Mad Hatter, one of my favorite storybook characters from Alice in Wonderland. That was my favorite book of all time. Of course it was probably the only one I read but I still loved it. One of the younger girls walked towards me and asked what I was so happy about and I told her I was getting adopted and getting out of there. None of the girls could believe but then again I didn't either. I never thought I was getting out of here but here I was with my hat on my head ready to go.
The smiling couple walked in the room and lightly pulled me away unlike the leader who yanked me. I already thought they were nice but I don't give in that easily. We walked out of the building that I never wanted to be in again. I strongly stepped out the door and with each step I took I grew more hopeful and happy waiting for my new journey to begin. We got in the car which was very long and black. I've never seen any car like it and there was a driver driving it. It was odd because I thought the parents would drive. The driver smiled at me and shook my hand.
"Well aren't you just lovely. What's your name dear?"

"Finora." I replied

"Finora? Now that's a name that I haven't heard. Very pretty. Very beautiful."

"Thank you." I replied. No one really ever said my name was pretty. They only said it was different which is true. It is. Just like me. I stared out the window for a while. I liked doing that while listening to music but I never had headphones before. The car came to a stop in front of a very nice looking house.
There were gardens all around it and a circle driveway. There were big black gates guarding the entrance and a beautiful water fountain in the middle of the garden. It was beautiful there. The driver said something to the gate and it opened. I looked all around and saw very pretty roses of all colors. The couple smiled at me when they saw my face in awe. I had never seen any place like this and couldn't believe I was going to live here! I jumped out of the car and ran to the garden. I started smelling the roses and spun around. The couple watched me and smiled and laughed a little. I didn't really understand what was funny though. I mean I was just happy and enjoying this place but they seemed to laugh. As long as they were happy that was okay with me. I know I had a rough past and it gave me trust issues but I needed to give these guys a chance. They brought me away from that awful orphanage and into this beautiful place. This was my new start. My new beginning. Let's just start the story over and say I never went to that orphanage. I don't want people to remember my story by feeling sorry for me I want them to feel joy. My joy and that was what I was gonna do. I was gonna help them feel my joy and happiness and a new start so I'm taking a chance and so my new story begins....