Alice stared up at the giant beast before her as her sword clattered noisily across the stone walkway she stood upon. Turning her green eyes to the side she could see the silver gleam of the blade. The beast practically smirked at her. With a steely breath in she lifted her shield, her blond curls moved in the wind as the beast let its raunchy breath flow around her. She wasn’t afraid, merely calculating the distance and effort it would take to get to the fallen sword. She was quick, but not terribly so. Noticing the way the beast angled itself made her realize he was determined to drive her from her sword, where she would wear out and eventually make a treacherous move.
“I will not let you destroy their land; it is their home, much like yours. You don’t have to follow what the Red Queen says. You have your own mind to use.” She yelled as she dodged and ran, and slapped away the snout of the beast as it drove her towards the thorny woods. Rolling across the stone she moved away from her sword and the beast did as she hoped and knocked her toward. She’d confused him, but in doing so felt the side of her armor twist in to pinch her side and injure her. Gasping for breath she stretched before the beast had realized its error. She was too short and her arms weren’t long enough she scrambled trying to move, but she was knocked in the opposite direction. Blonde curls splayed over the dark grey stone. Her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.
“Show her beast, show her she doesn’t have control over you,” She sputtered trying one last time in what seemed like vain to persuade the creature. She didn’t know that following the white rabbit, falling down the hole and standing up for others would ever take her this far. The thing stared down at her before lifting its head, a screechy voice declaring
“OFF with HER headdddddddddddddddd! NOW, what are you waiting for? Do IT!” The unmistakable voice of the Red Queen filtered clear across the terrain. Alice shuddered and closed her green eyes for what appeared to be a final time.
“I will not let you destroy their land; it is their home, much like yours. You don’t have to follow what the Red Queen says. You have your own mind to use.” She yelled as she dodged and ran, and slapped away the snout of the beast as it drove her towards the thorny woods. Rolling across the stone she moved away from her sword and the beast did as she hoped and knocked her toward. She’d confused him, but in doing so felt the side of her armor twist in to pinch her side and injure her. Gasping for breath she stretched before the beast had realized its error. She was too short and her arms weren’t long enough she scrambled trying to move, but she was knocked in the opposite direction. Blonde curls splayed over the dark grey stone. Her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.
“Show her beast, show her she doesn’t have control over you,” She sputtered trying one last time in what seemed like vain to persuade the creature. She didn’t know that following the white rabbit, falling down the hole and standing up for others would ever take her this far. The thing stared down at her before lifting its head, a screechy voice declaring
“OFF with HER headdddddddddddddddd! NOW, what are you waiting for? Do IT!” The unmistakable voice of the Red Queen filtered clear across the terrain. Alice shuddered and closed her green eyes for what appeared to be a final time.