Twisted Fairy Tale

This is a story about a woman named Alice.  Alice had spent her entire existence living in a fairytale world on the far side of the looking glass.  A world full of cotton-candy clouds and giddy blank-faced citizens.  Dorothy lived there too with Toto, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion.  Peter Pan and Tinkerbell lived down the street and Snow White lived in a few blocks over from them in a McMansion that was large enough for all 7 of the Little People (political correctness you know).  All was perfect in Far Side of the Mirror Land.  Just perfect.

From American McGee/EA’s

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One day while attending one of the weekly citizen pow-wows, Alice found herself eyeing the attendants and feeling uneasy.  All the eyes were wide and glassy like dolls, focusing on nothing; all the smiles were pasted on as if the muscles were locked in position.  Even Toto went against his nature and laid on the floor, quiet as a church mouse.

“They are like the walking dead” Alice said to herself.  “I don’t want to end up like them!”

No one in the land ever questioned the will of the Wizard, the Wicked Witch of the West, Maleficent, and Captain Hook (better known as the WWMC).  What they said was law.  There was no need to seek knowledge from any other source. Especially from the other side of the looking glass. 

On the other side of the looking glass was a terrible, raucous world that would destroy anyone who entered it.  The WWMC warned the citizens from The Far Side of The Looking Glass to stay far away from the woods where The Glass stood for fear we may accidentally fall through to the other side to be forever lost to the wickedness that lay on the other side.

Alice always had a curious personality.  She also found herself doubting the teachings and mandates from the WWMC.  It made her wonder from time to time what was wrong with her since everyone else seemed to be content to led by The WWMC like pigs with gold rings in their noses.  Well being led without question just did not sit well with Alice.  So on this day while sitting in yet another boring citizens meeting, Alice decided she would leave The Far Side of the Looking Glass.

At the end of the citizens meeting, Alice walked out the door of the Crystal Palace, she never looked back.

Instead of going to the little room she lived in, she headed for the woods.  Soon she approached the looking glass.  With trepidation Alice stares at the structure, takes a deep breath and steps across the plane from her reality into The Other World.

And what did Alice find on the other side of the looking glass?

Read the next installment to find out.

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