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Chapter ten - The Castle. 

 

Alice had walked for what seemed like ages, yes, it was pretty simple to find the way to the castle, but it was taking her hours to get there. 

 

She sighed a little bit, looking behind her. There had been forest for miles, then she had come across a tunnel, it was huge and there was a sign at the front of it reading:

 

'This way to the castle.'

 

That sign was a long time ago and since then, she had been pushed and shoved by many giggling girls, Alice stood out like a sore thumb. 

 

All the other girls and women were wearing the most revealing clothes they could possibly find. They looked like they hadn't even gotten dressed.

 

After about half an hour of more walking Alice finally got to the castle. 

 

It was huge and very unusual, it's outside walls were covered in mirrors, she couldn't help but wonder what was inside. 

 

"Name?" a man asked, he had pure white hair and he was wearing black tight jeans and a white shirt with what looked like playing cards printed on it.

 

"Alice." she answered. He nodded. 

 

"Go through, get your bag checked." he said, Alice bit her lip, if someone found what was in her bag then she would be killed for sure...

 

She slowly walked through a huge ivory brick arch and got shoved towards a row of tables with other men who looked identical to the man who just asked for her name. 

 

A man took her bag and searched through it, Alice held her breath, waiting for him to find the weapons,  but to her surprise, he didn't.

 

"Okay, you may go inside the castle now." he said, handing her bag back to her.

 

"Thank you." she said, a little overwhelmed by stress.

 

She walked inside the huge castle and glanced around, it was massive, bigger than she would have expected. There were sheets of glass hanging up around that room with a list of names on them, next to the names were the people's ages and a picture.

 

"Excuse me miss, would you sign this please." another card man asked Alice, shoving a form and a pen into her face, Alice nodded, taking it to fill out. She decided to lie about a few things, she couldn't trust them.

 

Name: Alice Valentine.

Age: (D.O.B.): 17 (03/02/1996)

Picture: 

 

At this point, the card man held a camera in her face and took a picture, it printed out a few seconds later then he stuck it on the form. Alice frowned a little. 

 

"Ted here will show you to your room." the card man said, pointing to another card man, but this mad had red hair and not pure white like the others did.

 

Alice got led to her bed room. The card man named Ted handed her a key before leaving, Alice opened the door and walked inside, it was a very luxurious looking room.

 

There was a white carpet, it was long, which made Alice assume that it was fur or something. There was also a rather large bed in the middle of the room, a white wardrobe with flowers carved into it, a floor length mirror which stood next to a white dressing table which matched the wardrobe, a chair shoved neatly under the dressing table, a rocking chair on the side of the room and a balcony with a pair of net curtains covering the french doors.

 

There was an on suite bathroom to the side of the room as well, it was very simple, a sink, toilet, mirror, and a shower.

 

Alice flung herself onto the squishy bed and decided to unpack. 

 

Hatter somehow had gotten her a lot of clothes, good, dresses, skirts, shorts, trousers, underwear, which Alice laughed at a little bit. 

 

Then she noticed the dress that Hatter's friend had made her for the ball, it was lovely, she couldn't wait to wear it.

 

Alice decided to hide the weapons under her bed and just hope that nobody would come inside and check under her bed.