Once Upon A Now: Alice Through The Selfie-Cam

Tea For Three

A few moments had passed when Alice opened her eyes. 'How did I not fall?' Alice looked around, the boat was going down the waterfall. Right side up with the water.

"It's like gravity doesn't exist. This would have been a great vlog, wish I had my phone," Alice pouted as the waterfall ended. Her boat hit the edge of the small lake of water letting Alice know she's reached her destination.

Alice got out the boat and headed down the path to the left of the water. She could hear chit chat in the distance. Alice approached an archway that read 'The Hare and The Hatter.'

Alice walked down a short path until she reached a large table with room for 12 but only sat two. There was a man with green bushy hair popping from the side of large light blue top hat, his hat held a tag that read 10/6 and the man wore a fancy outfit as any Englishman would.

Across from him sat a hare who had brownish fur with hints of white. He too wore a fancy uniform and top hat but not as big or loud as the man.

Both The Hare and The Hatter were sipping tea and conversing between one another. Alice took a seat at the end of the table hoping they wouldn't mind.

As soon as Alice sat, The Hatter and The Hare both looked up at Alice and yelled, "Move down, move down!"

"Sorry to barge in on your tea party but..." Alice began but was interrupted.

"Barge? I'd hardly use that word. You walked in and sat down," The Hatter spoke before taking a sip of his tea.

"Well yes, that's what I meant, although I might agree barge is rather a loud word."

"How could a word be loud if it only makes the sounds we say it in?" The Hatter asked staring intently at Alice as The Hare nodded.

"You know how a word choice can be stronger than another? That's what I mean," Alice defended herself.

"Then why not just say what you mean?" The Hare insisted.

"Well I do, or at least I mean what I say, I'd say that's the same thing," Alice crossed her arms.

"Not one bit, it would be like saying, I'd play the part is the same as I'd part the play," The Hare claimed as he sipped his tea.

"Or like saying I see what I like is the same as I like what I see, very different indeed," The Hatter agreed placing his teacup down.

"I suppose you have a point," Alice nodded.

"Would you like more tea?" The Hatter asked.

"How could I have more if I have yet to have any?" Alice questioned The Hatter.

"You can't have less than nothing but you can always have more of it," The Hatter responded as he poured tea into Alice's cup.

Alice picked up the tea and brought the cup to her lips.

*ding, ding, ding*

"Move down, Move down!" The Hatter yelled out as he took the cup from Alice's hand and shoved her along.

They came to a stop in the center of the table. "Tea, Hare?" asked The Hatter.

"Thank you, Hatter," The Hare raised his cup in front of Alice as The Hatter poured more tea.

As if Alice was never there, The Hatter and The Hare continued their conversation from before. They talked amongst themselves with Alice sitting between them.

"Pardon, but can I have some tea?" Alice spoke hoping to get their attention.

They ignored her and continued to talk to one another. Alice stood up and stormed off.

"How rude! Last time I go to a tea party," Alice huffed as she walked deeper into a forest.

Alice looked around, it was dark and trees now surrounded her.

"Maybe if I said I knew Steven they would have been nicer and I wouldnt be lost in the woods."

Alice felt hopeless.

She continued to walk deeper into the woods. "I just want to go home," cried out Alice as she kicked a pebble.

Alice sat at a rock, "I want to be home, not here, wonderland isn't so wonderful and now I'm lost," Alice cried into her hands.

"Self-pity gets no one anywhere," a soft voice spoke from in front of Alice.

Alice wiped her tears but kept her head low. Alice's eyes opened wide when she saw the old familiar red tail. Alice looked up stunned by what was in front of her.

It was never a lizard she was chasing but instead a red dragon.