Fanfic100 Adventures in Wonderland #17
Title: A Birthday Gift
Fandom: Adventures in Wonderland
Characters: Alice, Aunt Sophie
Prompt: 017 Brown
Word Count: 555
Rating: G
Summary: Alice's aunt Sophie comes for a vist
Alice's age: 16
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A Birthday Gift
It was another birthday come and gone. Nothing really special. She'd had a quiet night watching movies with a few friends and afterwards they had cake. Not a big event by anyone's standards but Alice enjoyed herself.
The very next day her aunt Sophie stopped by. Sophie was an unusual woman to say the least. Over the years she had given Alice some extremely strange gifts. Including a book written in French, a silver comb and a stand-up mirror. While this mirror seemed normal at first it had lead Alice to discover a world behind it. A world called Wonderland.
She didn't know if her aunt knew about the world. She hadn't seen her in years.
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When Aunt Sophie arrived Alice was waiting by the door to see her. Her older sister and younger brother had traveled to the airport to pick her up and there hadn't been enough room for Alice.
Sophie was wearing a long grey skirt and a brown peasants blouse. Her long brown hair was tied up in a messy bun and she had round glasses making her eyes look owlish. She was just as Alice had remembered her.
“Alice, Happy birthday dear!” Sophie exclaimed and hugged her niece fondly. “I know it's late but I have a gift for you later.”
Alice smiled. “Thanks, it's nice to see you Aunt Sophie.”
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The rest of the day the family spent getting Aunt Sophie settled. She was only staying for a week but she was Alice's mother's sister and was staying at their house. When everything had been settled away Alice was in her room finishing some of the homework she had to finish for the next week.
With a knock on the door her aunt entered.
“Hello dear, I thought I'd give you your present now.”
Alice smiled and put her books away. “Sure.”
Her aunt went over and sat next to her. “I see you still have the mirror I sent you.”
Alice paused as she took the gift that her aunt had just passed to her. She was tempted to ask if she knew about Wonderland but what would she say if she didn't. It was too big of a risk.
Opening the package Alice discovered a small brown box with a strange carving on it.
“Wow.” She gasped looking at it. “That's neat.”
“I thought you'd like it.” Her aunt smiled. “And if you open the lid it plays a lullaby.”
Alice opened the lid and listened intently to the melody. It was rather haunting.
“It's...beautiful. Where did you get it?”
“Spain. See the design on the top. It's the symbol of a labyrinth. I saw one there. Remind me to tell you this story some one told me about it sometime.”
“Sure.” Alice said still looking at the box.
“I'll see at dinner then.” Her aunt replied getting off the bed and walking over to the door. Before she left though she stuck her head back into the room. “Oh and say hi to the Queen for me the next time you're in Wonderland.”
And with that she was gone, the last thing Alice saw was her aunts brown hair in the doorway when she'd looked up sharply.