Down The Rabbithole

Ch11

(Disclaimer: The Song the Fortune Teller sings is Rabbit hole by AViVA and some words have been replaced to fit the story better. I in no way own the song or anything. The art and characters above belongs to Vivziepop.)

Just follow the pink mushrooms.

Simple enough. Allison had followed the Twiddle Sisters instructions and started for the south side of the small town of Enchanted Vil. but now she was very much worried. The Queen was after her? How many people knew that? Was there other people searching for her or guards? Was she being watched right now by someone? Was she even safe? Did anyone know the 'human' was her?...Well other than the sisters and Marsh and Hatter, but she had a feeling they wouldn't tell anyone. Hatter and Marsh lived way to far from the castle it seemed, wherever the castle was, and it sounded like the sisters would rather NOT associate with the Queen or anyone who knows her by the sound of them. She tried not to look suspiciously at all as she headed south of the small village and the houses started to become fewer and fewer. And the people and magical beings started to also become fewer, from the large town square to just a few people here and there as she walked by. She kept looking back over her shoulder every few seconds to make sure no one was following her and as to not seem suspicious, she pretended to be looking back up at the sky that was slowly changing in colors again from that light blue sun-less day to the silent night. With the way she was going there wasn't any cobblestone roads beyond the last few houses who hugged the edge of the tree line where the think woods started up again. She didn't like the thought of trudging through tall grass with her stockings getting wet from dew again, but the thought of someone capturing her was far worse. So with one last look behind her, there wasn't anyone there thankfully, she squeezed between two wooden small homes and popped out the other side heading deeper into the unknown forest again. Now what did they say? Glowing pink mushrooms? She could barely see her own hand let alone the ground. What if she ran into a wild animal like a bear or a snake? Her grip on the umbrella became even tighter at the thought of that and gulped. Looking around even faster searching for any pink glowing things as she stepped along the dark forest-

"WA- OOF!!"

Tripping over a small log, she fell flat onto her stomach, thankfully not letting go of the umbrella. But she groaned before slowly lifting her head up. She really hated not having any light, but luckily this pink nightlight was here to help her see-.....PINK NIGHTLIGHT!! She blew the hair out of her face and shook her head, shooting up to her feet and staring down to where she fell...and smiled. THERE WAS A GLOWING PINK MUSHROOM!! And another one was a few feet away from it followed by another and another, and another until there was a trail of glowing pink fungi going off deeper in the middle of the woods. She didn't hesitate to start following them at a brisk pace with a smile on her face. Deeper and deeper into the woods she went, and darker and darker it got. She wasn't sure how long she had been at this but this world's strange moon was climbing higher and higher into the skin at least showing it had been half the night. She was starting to get tired and yawned every few minutes. Her body started moving slower and she was starting to feel sore again from all the walking she's done for the last few days, but didn't stop even first her vision was starting to become misty....Wait a second. That wasn't her vision she blinked more and found her self suddenly surrounded by fog...Whitish purple fog. ...She blinked and swiveled her head around and around again. No signs of glowing pink mushrooms, or any other light source. It wasn't as dark anymore but now...Somehow she had gotten lost in her sleepy state. Great! Just what she needed. The slight panic set in and- She yelped and whirled behind her and came face to face with a white mushroom that came up to about her shoulders. ...Mushrooms. Didn't the sisters say that the Fortune Teller was rumored to live in the Misty Mushroom valley...or whatever this place was called? Somewhere with fog and mushrooms. Allison blinked yet again and looked around gripping that umbrella of hers. Well..This was the place. Now the big question was, which way to go now? There wasn't anymore glowing things and every direction looked the same....Well she came this far, she turned in the direction she had originally been walking and kept going straight. Even if she didn't find this Fortune Teller she'd at least eventually get out of this misty maze one way or another. So she started walking forward.

Deeper and deeper into this misty valley she traveled without any lights, or sounds, or any sense of direction. Where the world was she heading? And how long had she been at this? More yawns came through as she walked along passing mushrooms and getting more and more tired by the second. Until a deep rumble of a chuckle sounded out- She jumped with a small gasp and whirled behind her brandishing her umbrella like a sword ready to hit someone over the head with it...But no one was there. Still on edge her head swirled around her in all directions keeping her eyes out for anyone...but there was still no one there....Maybe her tired mind was playing tricks on her.

"Rabbit hole!~," that same deep voice sung out and two more verses of 'rabbit hole' echoed around her making her jump more and look around wildly. Where was that voice coming from? "I could say I help you.~ I could say I aid you.~ But underneath all I plan to do, to do is lead you.~ You could make a breakthrough.~ Watching others wait til I lead you and they can initiate you.~ No one understands me.~ Too scared to command me.~ Walking through an empty wonderworld of others dancing.~" She blinked and looked behind her. The main noise of the voice came from that direction. "No one understands me.~ Too scared to command me.~ Walking through an empty wonderworld of others dancing.~"

Like all the other people she's heard sing so far this man, she assumed it was male by the tone of the voice, was pretty smooth but unlike Chesire's this voice was deeper and had a serious underline to it despite that cheerful singing. Could it be-....She blinked. And began to slowly walk towards the source of the loud voice.

"I'll lead you into my home.~ You'll be deep in your thoughts.~ Fall inside the rabbithole again!~....I'll lead you into my home.~ You'll be deep in your thoughts.~ Fall inside the rabbithole again!~" The voice suddenly boomed out- "RABBITHOLE!!~" Again two echoes of 'rabbithole' sounded back as she slowly walked catiously to it. "Rabbithole again!~ Rabbithole!!~" More echoes. "Rabbithole again!! RABBITHOLE!!" Again more echoes. "Rabbitholes again.~"