Anna is sitting at the base of a tree a piece of paper in her hands. On the otherside of the treee base, there is another person. He is little and not-so nice but, generally a good soul. He looks to be about ten, golden blonde hair and mismatched shades of green for eyes. He grins and give Anna a pen.
In a daze, she takes the pen and writes out fives stories. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Little Mermaid, Jack and the Beanstalk, and just a made-up story.
"Made up?"
She nods. "Whatever you wish."
"You shouldn't have said that." And with that, the world around Anna begins to fade, and she falls. Down, down, down, the rabbit hole.
***
I wake up with a huge head ache. And then I notice the roots.
"...AHH!!" Freaking out I hit a wall and look up. I cannot see to the end, it's dark but I can see that it is indeed a hole of some sort. Dear sweet Jebus.
"Where did that stupid boy send me?" I say angrily. I really am starting to hate Albert. What a douche bag, note to self, don't fall into his power next time. Damn him.
"What a mean thing to say about me, and after I came to help you. If you really think that I am going to run away." I looked to in front of me and jumped back (once again) into the wall. I almost screamed. Instead I tried to lite him on fire. Albert's blonde hair (fur?) was slightly burnt, his ears(?) flattened themselves against his head. He looked like he was about to cry.
"Just so you know, you're not Alice. And you don't have to follow the story. Just look in the mirror. See what I mean?" I glare at him and look into the mirror. It's just me, my ten year old self staring back at me. But... then I notice.
"What.did.you.do?" He grins sheepishly and stands beside me, his tail twitching and his paws rubbing themselves.
"Madd Hatter?" I touch my face, my eyes are green. Just green. No weird brown spot, or a silver eye. Just green. Albert licks my face, and I realise that I am crying. I turn to him, a little angry that he lick me but too-happy to put into words. I hug him and cry into his shoulder. He doesn't mind.
He grabs my hand and we walk together. He explains to me why he chose here and why instead of being Alice, I was the Madd Hatter. I grinned when he told me why, and then blushed.
"How did you know he was my favourite character?" Albert turned away and blushed like mad. He whispered something. I couldn't hear him. All I could hear was a lady screaming, and the sound of an army coming towards us. He pushed me into the blushes, I pulled him with me, we landed awkwardly, our noses touching and our faces as red as roses.
The Red Queen went by, her army behind her. She was yelling for Alice, and screaming off with her head. I shook my head and Albert put his paws over my ears. We were deadly silent. We waited and waited. Soon the world around me began to fade, and Albert was smiling. He whispered something, I heard and told him that he was crazy. He smiled and leaned foreword.
***
Again I woke up, I ran around to the other side of the tree. I smiled sadly. Of course he wasn't there. Not anymore. I wasn't ten anymore. And I wasn't with him anymore.
"Anna!" Teh pink-haired lady called. Her voic e seemed so far away. I cried. When she got closer, I was on my knees holding myself up with a the tree and sobbing hystarically. She paniced and went to go hurt the person who did this to me. I waved her off. I still couldn't get up.
"Tsuna, come get Anna." I cried some more. I realized for the first time since that day that Albert was never behind that tree. He had already left me. I touched my lips, Tsuna paniced picked me up.
"Are you okay?"
"I'll miss him. But I can never see him." He gave me a werid look but continued to hold me. I wonder for a brief second if this dream -fastback, has any meaning. I'm still crying, because I now know what he said.
"I love you too."