Malice In Wonderland

Chapter 1

So I didn't plan on writing this until my other story was finished but I couldn't help it okay! The ideas just rushed into my head and they just kept coming and coming so I HAD to write this. Anyways here is the first chapter of Malice In Wonderland! Enjoy ^.^

Where am I? I thought to myself as I looked around into the darkness. I look up, the way I had fallen from, and seen no light at all. The sound of footsteps behind me had me frozen in horror. I guess this really will be where I die. In some unknown place surrounded by darkness. The footsteps neared and I began to panic. "Hello there pretty boy" a voice whispered in my ear, malice dripping off of his tongue, sending shivers down my spine. A loud swooshing noise went through the air and I was out cold.

Earlier that same day...

I walked through the front doors to our highchool here in Angels Camp, California, like I've done every other day this boring school year. I'm greeted with a few waves from my friends and make my way over to them. When I reach them my best-friend Hunter is talking about his new girlfriend, so i decied to zone out. I know, I know, I seem like a bad friend for not listening to him but he has a new girlfriend like every week.

"Ace! Ace are you even listening to me?" Hunter asks while snapping his fingers in front of my face. I look up at him and plainly said "no"

"Well I was saying that tonight we are having a bonfire in the clearing and I was wondering if you were coming?" Hunter told me and I just nodded my head yeah. You see, we have a bonfire about once every month or so in this clearing located in the forest. This has been a tradition of Hunters and mine since we were 15, so about two years now.

Our conversation is cut short as the school bell blares throughout the school premises. Hunter and I walk towards our lockers while he continues to talk about his girlfriend. We collect our books for the first hours of the day and head off in different directions. My first hour is math, lucky me.

~several uneventful classes later~

I now sit in my last class of the day, history. My teacher rambles off what we have for homework this weekend but I'm much more interested in the clock. Only two more minutes until I'm out of this boring rut! Tick, tick, tick. The clock taunts me as the seconds go by deathly slow. Hurry up! Finally after what feels like an eternity the final bell rings. In a split second I'm out into the hallway and grabbing my bag out of my locker. I make my way outside to find Hunter waiting for me by his car. I hop into the passenger seat and pull out my pack of cigarretts, lighting one up. As Hunter starts the car up and Asking Alexandria blast through the stereo and I just stare out the window.

After twenty minutes, two smokes, and a silent car-ride we reach my house. I jump out of the car and bound up the stairs to the porch. As usual there were no cars in the driveway, signaling that my parents, if I could even call them that, were on another business trip. I fumbled through my bag until I found my house key and stuck it in the lock, opening the door. I skipped up the stairs two at a time and made my way into my room. From my closet I pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans and a Black Veil Brides tee shirt. I rushed into the bathroom and stripped of my clothes while turning on the shower. Once the shower was warm enough I hopped in and proceeded on with my normal routine.

After ten minutes I was clean and out of the shower and plugging in my hair straightener. After my hair was pin straight I re-entered my room and pulled on a pair of socks and slipped on my black converse. I peered over at my clock to realize that it was already almost five and the bonfire started at six. I better get going then. I grabbed my keys, wallet, smokes, and cell phone from my nightstand and headed outside. Luckily my house is right in front of the woods where the clearing is so I don't have to walk far. Five minutes later and I am in the center of the clearing along with Hunter and some chick.

"Hey Ace!" Hunter greets "This is my new girlfriend Mackenzie" he said signaling to the trashy looking girl beside him. So that's who he was going on about this morning....I give them four days tops. Mackenzie had long, bleach blonde hair that curled its way down to her mid-back, bright electric blue eyes, a tanned skinny frame, and an obvious boob job. Trying to be polite I stuck out my hand and shook her perfectly manicured one. "It's a pleasure to meet you" she said in an almost forced, sickly-nice tone. What's her problem?

After thirty minutes of collecting firewood and setting out drinks, people started to arrive. Many pickup trucks, plastic cups, and cheap girls littered the area in a matter of minutes. The music blasted loudly out of the speakers and all around people were grinding into each other while I just sat and stared at the fire. Several times I was asked by both men and women if I wanted to dance, but I declined all of them. Anyways all they were looking for was a good f*ck.

I got up and grabbed my fourth drink of the night when a clearly wasted Hunter asked me to go get some more firewood. Under normal circumstance I would have said "go do it yourself" but seeing as Hunter was in no condition to do so, I took off into the woods. I aimlessly walked around picking up sticks and twigs while humming a random tune. I looked up and noticed a black rabbit hopping about in front of me. My curiosity got the best of me and I dropped the sticks and began following it.

Now I truely understand the meaning of 'curiosity killed the cat'