• And what came pouting was a man with hair bleached white. He wore a ridiculous top hat and a beige suit with a vest that had the ends run down to his knees.
    I overheard a bit of his mumbling.
    "...calling me imcompetent, just cause I couldn't find Alice, well I'll show her..."
    I giggled, it must be his sister, he looked way to young to be a father, about my age really...
    I sighed, I really should ask him for help, " Umm.. excuse me! Can you help me? My legs won't move so i'm kinda in a situation-"
    "Alice!" he cried, "how everyone has searched! We thought we lost you to the mafia!"
    I scratched the back of my head, and gave an awkward laugh, this will be hard to tell him.
    "I'm sorry sir, but i'm not Alice, actually i'm Raine, Raine Forester, and i'm sorta lost so if you could-"
    "Oh! But you look just like dear Alice! Her hair, her eyes, the shape of lips, and even her figure!"
    So she was incredibly flat chested too, well, at least I'm not alone.
    "Could it be that you lie, Alice you know what happens when you lie..." his eyes somehow turned to a bloody glare.
    My eyes widened and I put my hands in front of me, just in case, "No, i'm not lying sir, I never lie. I just want to get home."
    "I see." the man with the white hair looked utterly disappointed, "Well, I guess a new game has begun, just when the other one was getting good."
    "Sir? What game?"
    He ignored me.
    "So! We better get going! It going to be dark soon and i'm afraid of dark forests!" This guy's mood sure does change fast, is he bipolar or something? Anyway, shouldn't he be worrying over Alice? And what does he mean by a "new game"?
    I had a very bad feeling about this.
    He grabbed my hand and pulled me up from the leaves I layed on, he pulled me onto his back, and started walking.
    "So, Raine, where do you come from?"
    "Umm.." Should I be telling him this? I'll just tell him the state he can't get very far with that, "California, but before I moved, I lived in Arizona.
    How I miss Arizona, the air conditioning bills, the constant threat of heatstroke, and the nearly deserted towns. I miss mom's enchiladas, dad's corny jokes, I miss it all.
    "Hello? Earth to Raine?"
    "Huh?"
    "I was just asking you where that is?"
    Wow, interesting. Doesn't he know about the United States?
    "Well, America's South West."
    "Is that some kind of new candy? You think i'd know what's going on in Candyland but I-"
    "Wait, what?"
    "Oh, so you're not from Candyland. Maybe... Toybox?"
    "Nope."
    "Memoir?"
    "Nada."
    "Elsewhere?"
    I nodded.
    He looked at me skeptically, "Yeah right, no one has came from Elsewhere in at least ninety years. "
    "No, elsewhere is where I am from, and where I would like to go back too."
    "Sorry hun, but you can't."
    "Why not?!"
    "It's forbidden, that is unless you win the game."
    "What game?"
    "The Alice game."
    "How do I play?"
    He shook his head, "No, i'll tell you if you drink this."
    He pulled his arm from my thigh and reached into his pocket.
    He handed me a vile filled with pinkish-purplish liquid.
    I shook it, it was thick, as it shook it stuck to the glass and slowly dripped down.
    I guess I have no other choice. Bottoms up.
    I gulped it down, it sure did smell weird, but it had a faint taste of strawberries.
    The world was then shaking...
    I was again on the ground.
    "What you must do to win the game is regain your memories and kill me." He smiled darkly, "good luck hun, you'll need it..."
    And it all went black.