9- 'The Rabbit's House'

The woods are quite quaint, the trees are curiously well groomed and trimmed. But it doesn't exactly feel as quaint, at least not in comparision to the Rabbit's House, smack dab in the middle of a clearing in the woods. It was such a quaint little house, a quaint little pickit fence and carrot patch. Their is a sign above the door that reads "Mr. Sanders", a smaller sign next to the door reads "R-N-I-G-A-L-S-O".

Alice;
"So this is where the White Rabbit lives?"

Mr. Toad;
"Yes indeed."

Alice;
"I almost figured it would be a rabbit hole with a door and a window. I know he's not a typical rabbit but still..."

Mr. Toad;
"That's what I thought when I first saw this place, but that Rabbit never did like being in the ground. Hmmm, he's not home, well, I'm sure he left a key underneath a rock somewhere near here..."

The Toad was then leading his snail into the garage around the corner of the house.

Mr. Toad;
"Wait right there miss, I'm putting the snail away and then we'll wait in the house."

He disappears around the corner, Alice then sits on a chair near the door. As she waits for the Toad to come back, she suddenly hears voices off in the distance...singing...

The Weasels;
"You are old, Father William, the young man said,
And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

Alice;
"Those voices..."

The Weasels;
"In my youth, Father William replied to his son,
I feared it might injure the brains;
But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again and again and again and again and again! Heheheheheheheheeeeeeee!!"

Mr. Toad;
"I know that song...it can't be..."

The Toad heard the voices off in the horizon as well as he came back around the corner of the house. He was curious enough to take out a looking glass and pear off into the horizon with it. And what does his only open eye did spot but a pack of some rather beastly looking fellows in long coats, each having a hat, cane and pair of glasses. They were skipping down the road ever so gleefully with those evil toothy grins.

Mr. Toad;
"OH HEAVENS TO BETSY! WEASELS!"

Alice;
"Oh no! Not them again!"

Mr. Toad;
"I see you've had an encounter with them already? You can always tell Weasels are close by when you hear them singing that song of theres! Quick we need to find the house key!"

The two frantically search every rock nearby, then the Toad finally finds the key and opens the front door.

Mr. Toad;
"Quick, get inside! Whatever you do don't open this door!"

Alice;
"But, what about you?"

Mr. Toad;
"Nevermind that! Just get inside now!"

Alice;
"But Mister Toad I..."

The Toad had literally shoved her into the house, loocking door behind her. She then hears the Toad swallow something, no doubt the key to the house. She is locked inside.

Mr. Toad;
"Get upstairs and hide Alice! Quickly!"

With no other option, she then darts up the stairs into the Rabbit's bedroom. The house was very small, small enough for Alice to hear voices right outside the door even though she was upstairs.

Barthalemul Weasel;
"Oh little miiiiiss, we know you're in there. We saw you go into the house. Didn't we mister Toad?"

Oh dear, it seems those wicked animals had arrived at the door quicker than expected, now they await right outside with Toad in their clutches.

Mr. Toad;
"Don't open the door Alice!"

Clayton Weasel;
"Alice? Is that her name then?"

Johnathan Weasel;
"What a lovely name for such a delicate flower."

Samuel J. Weasel;
"With a name like that I'm certainly more in a hurry to pluck that flower^-^."

They let out such a villainous cackle, it sends shivers down Alice's spine just as it did the last time she encountered these fiends.

Mr. Toad;
"There is no reason for you brutes to touch even hair on her head!"

Clayton Weasel;
"Whoever said we were gonna touch a hair on her head^-^?"

St. Matthews Weasel;
"That is quite enough of that! She's not even of proper age!"

Artemis Weasel;
"And since when has that stopped us before?"

St. Matthews Weasel;
"......well you got me there XD."

Alice frantically searches the room, hoping to find something to fight off the Weasels with, this knife she has on her possession will not suffice. If only she had that powder, maybe there's something similar to be found? And then, she spots a clear box that has the word "Cake". Curious, and when she opens up the box to find a small little square confectionary treat on a pillow, a card with instructions plaed behind it.

Alice;
"What is this? 'Framtious Chramtious Cake'?"

Artemis Weasel;
"What was that she said?"

Samuel J. Weasel;
"Something about some frumtuous chrumtuous crate?"

The card had an inscription;
"For those of you who feel very much small, wishing instead to be even a tree-length tall.
Too little to put up much of a fight, too little to save yourself from any plight.
When you find you're humble party being close to a crash, by teeth that bite and claws that slash.
When fox or wolf or even weasel come to call, take a bite and you won't feel so small..."
And of course, on the cake itself were the words "Eat Me", this was all too familiar now.

Barthalemul Weasel;
"You better tell her to open this door Mr. Toad before I decide to let my friends knock it down. We can settle this civil-like can we not?"

Mr. Toad;
"And just what is so civil about you dispickable mangey flea ridden villains?"

Barthalemul Weasel;
"LISTEN YOU, IF YOU DON'T COOPERATE WE'LL SQUEEZE ALL THE JELLY LIKE FLUIDS FROM YOUR SLIMY HIDE AND TURN YOUR EMPTY CORPSE INTO A PHANNY PACK FOR OUR SMELLY OLD MOTHER TO WEAR!!"

Johnathan Weasel;
"Aw forget it let's just break down the door!"

Barthalemul Weasel;
"Yeah, we'll kill this Toad later! Right then fellas, on the count of three!"

No other choice, she just inhales the cake with one big gulp. There was now no turning back. The door is broken down, the Weasels make their way in.

Barthalemul Weasel;
"Okay little girl, ready or not here we come to pla-wait what the blooming hell?!"

They come to find a defenseless, helpless little girl for them to have their way with, only to find a colossal foot rushing down the stairs straight at them. If there was ever an appropriate time for these pack of predatorial villains to suddenly loose their nerve and suddenly turn cowardly...

Barthalemul Weasel;
"CRISPY CRACKERING COLOMANOUSLY CHRISTOPHER C. CHRIST!!!"

This would be it. They are immediately forced out of the house, a house now sprouting arms and legs. The once little girl had now grown to gargantuan proportions, plenty enogh to have the Weasels so freaked out of their minds that they just scurry away leaving Mr. Toad and the Rabbit's House behind them.

Mr. Toad;
"Yeah you better run away you dastardly fellows! Serves them right!"

Alice;
"Agh! I'm stuck! This house is now hundred times too small for meT_T!"

Mr. Toad;
"......oh, right. Oh dear, Rabbit's not gonna like this at all..."
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It was a good hour or so since Alice had eaten that "Framtious Chramtious Cake", a confectionary treat that only proved to be much too troublesome for a Toad to handle on his own. He finally greets the Dodo and the assistant lizard Bill as they arrive by means of a giant rhinoceros beetle.

Mr. Toad;
"Thank you for coming Mr. Dodo."

The Dodo;
"My pleasure dear boy, I came as soon as I heard. You'd think a little girl would have the sense to eat a Framtious Chramtious Cake outside the house like you're suppose to."

Bill;
"Bloody barnacles, this is quite the messy mess now isn't it?"

Mr. Toad;
"Given the circumstances she had no choice. Those Weasels had the place surrounded."

The Dodo;
"Speaking of this place, has Mr. White Rabbit been informed of this accident?"

Mr. Toad;
"Well..."

As a matter of fact, the White Rabbit had arrived before the Dodo, he now morns over a few bits of broken furnature that got cast outside by the giant feet. He looks rather pathetic about it, the way he morns is almost comical to the rest but they mostly feel pity.

Mr. Toad;
"Are you okay Mr. Rabbit?"

White Rabbit;
"Well, yes, but still this funiture was a gift from my mother. I'm much too broke to fix the damages right now..."

The Dodo;
"Nevermind that good chap, we'll take care of things here. You have an appointment to keep don't you?"

White Rabbit;
"Oh, right, I almost forgot."

He then heads towards his machine and mounts on top of it. Alice can only see the Rabbit from the window with one eye, she then calls out to him before he goes off...

Alice;
"Mister Rabbit, wait...I...I want to apologize for this. I'm sorry for being so careless."

The Rabbit takes a moment before starting up his machine, he feels a little better knowing that that Alice is much concerned for his misfortune.

White Rabbit;
".......no need to apologize miss. When all's said and done, this is just the Weasels' doing anyway. Those blaggards owe me new furniture!"

Alice watches as the Rabbit speeds away, she sees him go down the path leading to the woods. She sees a sign that reads "Fairy's Way", after she gets out of this that is where she must go next.

The Dodo;
"Well said indeed, it will be those Weasels we shall hold responsible for this, I'll have Bayard and his fellow hounds bring them to justice. But for now, the girl."

The Dodo approaches the house to address Alice.

The Dodo;
"Alright now miss, we're going to get you out of there now. My assistant Bill here is going to help you take a reversing potion I brought with us."

The lizard named Bill had already made his way along the side of the house, approaching the window that Alice can see out of. He then pulls out a ridiculously large straw, too big to have been able to fit in his jacket pocket. He places one end inside the veil containing that very potion, the other end goes into the window for Alice to sip from.

Bill the Lizard;
"Here you go lovely, bottoms up."

Alice;
"Might I ask how long will this take? I wish to follow the Rabbit...and on top of that it's much too cramp in hereT_T."

Bill the Lizard;
"Don't worry miss, this particular potion works instantly the moment it touches your lips."

Alice;
"Thank goodness, my back is starting to itch something most irritating..."

The Dodo;
"Just be very careful not to drink too much, it is quite a powerful potion and if you were to accidently drink it all..."

Being so big she could easily inhale the whole bottle's worth in one inhale, not even thinking this she consiquently inhales the whole bottle. The limbs sticking out of the house had then zipped right back in quick as a flash, the giant girl that had been trapped inside had literally shrunk back in.

Bill;
"Oi governor! She shrunk too much, fell right through a crack in the floor!"

The Dodo;
"Oh bother..."

Mr. Toad;
"Oh dear..."

They frantically searched the entire house, hoping that maybe she was not too small to find and was still somewhere in the facility. But as the White Rabbit was now back on his way so was she, even as tiny as a mouse she still went right after him, hoping to catch up and ask for his help...
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Sorry for the delay, I can't promise that I'll be right back into production here but at least I'm still working on this^-^.

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