TICK TOCK "ALICE ARE YOU OKAY?" ALICE " OH YES, I AM NOW AWAKE, BUT I HAD THE DARNEDEST DREAM TODAY, I DREAMED I WENT TO A MAGICAL PLACE. A WICKED PLACE TICK TOCK , I SEEN A VERY WICKED THING, IT WAS HIDEOUS AND IN WHITE ATTIRE, IT WAS BOUND BY A SPELL, IT SEEMED SO REAL, BUT I KNOW, OH IT'S TIME TO GO, I AM SO DONE, I JUST DON'T HAVE FUN, MY LEGS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RUN. I AM SO STUCK IN THIS DREAMLAND, WITH THESE FALSE THRILLS AND FAKE HILLS! BEFORE I WOKE UP, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT I AM TWELVE, IT'S TIME TO WAKE. WHAT TIME IS IT TICK TOCK, WHAT TIME IS ON YOUR CLOCK, WHICH REWINDS AND ALWAYS STOPS?" TICK TOCK" IT IS TWELVE TWENTY FIVE, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE TIME IS THE REASON FOR YOUR RHYME, WE ARE LATE, LATE, LATE, I MUST HURRY OR MISS THE DATE! I'M THE FASTEST RABBIT IN ALL THE LAND, COME ON ALICE, PLEASE TAKE MY HAND! REWIND, REWIND, I CANNOT LOSE THIS TIME!" ALICE "TICK TOCK, I THINK IT IS THE DREAM GOD MORPHEUS WHO SENDS ME ON THESE ESCAPADES, FROM DAY TO EVENING AND FROM NIGHT TO DAY. I WANT OUT, I AM NOT A PAWN OR LITTLE MOUSE! IF HE'S GOING TO SEND ME A DREAM, THEN MAKE IT THE SWEETEST THING, AND TAKE ME AWAY FROM THIS MISERY WORLD BECAUSE I AM NO HAMSTER, I AM A HUMAN GIRL!" TICK TOCK "OH WE MUST HURRY, HURRY, HURRY, BUT WE MUST NOT SCURRY!" ALICE "YOU MAKE NO SENSE TICK TOCK, HOW CAN YOU BE IN A HURRY AND NOT SCURRY? I THINK YOU ARE FULL OF EXCITE AND WORRY." TICK TOCK "WHAT IS THIS I SEE AROUND YOUR NECK, IS IT A HORSE SHOE OR A OHM SOUND, DID YOU FIND IT IN THE SKY, OR PICK IT UP FROM THE GROUND? " ALICE " OH MY, THIS IS THE LEO SIGN, I REMEMBER NOW, IT COMES TO MY MIND. HE SAID HE WAS GOOGIE THE LION OF A TRIBE, HE SAID HE CAME NOT SO FAR FROM THE SKY. HE SAID IT IS HIS SIGN FROM HIM TO ME, TO HELP ME REMEMBER THAT I LIVE IN DREAMS." TICK TOCK "THAT'S PREPOSTEROUS, HOW COULD ONE LIVE IN A DREAM?, NOTHING IN WONDERLAND IS AS IT MAY SEEM. WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE SAND MAN WHO SENDS YOU A DREAM, AND MAKES IT THE CUTEST THAT YOU EVER SEEN, HE GIVES YOU STUFF LIKE CLOVERS AND ROSES, AND RINGS, HE'S THE ONE THAT GIVES YOU SWEET DREAMS!" ALICE "NOW YOU SOUND PREPOSTEROUS TICK TOCK! I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO SEND ME A DREAM THAT TAKES MY NIGHTMARES AWAY, I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO LEAVE, I WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS RABBIT HOLE AND BE FREE!" TICK TOCK "OH NOW YOU ARE DREAMING!" ALICE "MY DREAMS, OH YES MY DREAMS, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN REALITY, WHEN ALL THE UNDERWORLD IS IN SUCH CALAMITY? TELL ME TICK TOCK, WITH YOUR TIME PIECE WATCH. YOUR CLOCK SEEMS TO MOVE SO RAPIDLY, AND I FEEL LESS AND LESS HAPPILY, ARE YOU SURE WE AREN'T IN A DREAM WITH ALL THESE MOVING TRICKY THINGS, SO MUCH THAT THE SAND MAN FORGET TO GIVE ME MY WISH, TO ME AWAKE FROM THIS DARKNESS PITCHED?" TICK TOCK "COME NOW MY LOVELY ALICE, DON'T BE SO QUAINT WITH MALICE. A DREAM IS MERELY A DREAM, NOTHING MORE THAN IT REALLY SEEMS, EVEN IF THE SANDMAN FORGOT TO GIVE YOU DIAMONDS UPON MY WATCH! HICKORY DICKORY DOCK, THE MOUSE IS OUT, WHILE YOU LIE DOWN AND POUT, SO UNLOOSE THESE DEAR WORDS FROM YOUR SNOUT. A DREAM IS A DREAM, NOTHING MORE THAN THESE THINGS, YOU ARE ONLY WISHFUL OF THAT WHICH IS BLISSFUL! IT'S OKAY TO DREAM IN WONDERLAND, BUT DON'T EVER LET IT PAST THE SECOND HAND, LEST TIME REWINDS AND YOU LOSE YOUR MIND. LET NOT THIS TROUBLE YOU TOO MUCH MY SWEET, YOU SEEM SO MUCH HAPPIER WHEN YOU ARE ASLEEP, SO IT'S OKAY TO DREAM THE SWEETEST DREAM, AND MAKE IT THE BEST THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NICE, PLEASE ALICE HASTE AND AWAKE, WE ARE LATE, I SAY LATE FOR AN IMPORTANT TEA DATE. ONCE YOU TASTE THE BREW OF IT'S SPLENDOR, YOU WILL NO LONGER MIX YOUR REALITIES IN SUCH BLENDER." ALICE "WHAT TIME IS IT TICK TOCK, WHAT TIME'S ON YOUR WATCH?" TICK TOCK " WHY IT'S THE FIRST OF DECEMBER, WHY DON'T YOU EVER REMEMBER? ALICE "OH COME NOW TICK TOCK, IT IS YOU NOT I WHO HAS FORGOT! IT WAS AUGUST JUST A MOMENT AGO, HOW IS TIME SO FAST, YET I SEEM SO SLOW?" TICK TOCK "YOU LOVE TO DREAM, HAPPIER YOU SEEM TO DO THESE THINGS! WE MUST HASTE, WE MUST HASTE, SPEND NO MORE TIME IN THIS DREAM WASTE!" WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 3:57 PM ALICE "IT'S TRUE, I'M HAPPIER ASLEEP DREAMING, I WANT TO LUCID DREAM LATE-NIGHT, BUT MY BODY BEGGED ME TO LET IT HAVE THE SLEEP TO REPAIR ITSELF, I SEEM SO WEAK, AND IT'S WORKING IT'S ASS OFF 24 HOURS A DAY, REPAIRING ITSELF, AND IT HASN'T GIVEN UP, IT'S TRYING TO PURGE THE NANO TECH STUFF, THE CHEMICALS, AND ALL THE MESS WHICH IS ROUGH! BETWEEN THE POISONING, AND MILLS FAKE, TRYING TO MURDER AND STEAL OUR FREEDOMS, IT'S BECOME A PLUNDERLAND IN THIS KINGDOM! YES, IT'S VERY STRESSFUL, I WOULD RATHER RUN THROUGH THE FORREST CHASING FAIRIES AND FIREFLIES, SURROUNDED BY PLANTS AND STARS IN THE SKY. BARE FEET ON EARTH MAKES ME SUPER HAPPY, BARE FEET ON A MOONLIT BEACH, A CRESCENT MOON, EXPLORING MYSTERIOUS PATHS ON THE BEACH, THAT LEAD TO A LIGHTHOUSE AND SAND DUNES, THAT I SEEK. YES, I STILL AM IN ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE MAGIC, BUT IT'S PAWN OF YOU TO NIBBLE SUCH WORDS TO ME RABBIT! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25TH ALICE SPEAKS FROM A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM "IN MY DREAM I DO RECALL, A LION MAN WITH WHOM HE BRAWLS? WHAT IS THIS THAT SEE WITH MY MIND, TWO STARS BECOME ONE, HAVE I GONE BLIND? ALICE AWAKES, IT'S CHRISTMAS NIGHT "I MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP BUT WHAT A PRETTY SIGHT. HAPPY HOLIDAYS GOOGIE AND THIS MISTINESS AS WELL, WHAT IS THIS DREAM, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL? HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL, OH I WISH EVERYONE IN WONDERLAND A BALL!" CHESHIRE APPEARS WITH A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR "HELLO ALICE WHO LIVES IN DREAMS, WHAT IS THIS MADNESS THAT YOU SCREAM?" ALICE "HAPPY HOLIDAYS KITTY SO CLEVER AND WITTY. ARE YOU HAPPY TODAY, OR YOUR SMILE UPSIDE DOWN IN A FROWN MUCH LIKE A CLOWN; DO YOU BRING GOOD TIDINGS TO MY TOWN?" CHESHIRE "OH WHAT IS THIS I SEE UPON YOUR NECK, IT IS A HORSE SHOE OR ORNAMENT FOR YOUR TREE, WHAT IS THIS TRASH, AWAY WITH THIS THING!" ALICE "THIS IS A GIFT FROM GOOGIE A LION LIKE YOU, BUT A HUMAN QUITE SMOOTHLY, SMOOTHER THAN SMOOTH. I DREAMED OF HIM, A DASTARDLY CREATURE, WRAPPED IN WHITE SPANDEX WAS HIS GRIM FEATURE. HIS WORDS ARE SOFT YET HE SPITS OUT FIRE! HE WETS MY DREAMS WITH TOUCHES OF DESIRE. HE GAVE ME THIS NECKLACE, SAID IT WOULD HELP ME REMEMBER THAT I LIVE IN DREAMS SINCE BEFORE I COULD REMEMBER." CHESHIRE "AWAY WITH THESE DREAMS OF MADNESS, THAT GOOGIE CAME TO BRING YOU SADNESS! THIS THING IS A TRICK TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THIS WORLD, FLING IT, SLING IT AND LET IT HURL! DON'T BELIEVE IN SUCH FAIRY TALES, THAT'S FOR BAD WITCHES WHO CAST UPON YOU SPELLS! WHO CAN BE HUMAN YET SAY THEY ARE FELINE? THAT CREATURE IS DECEITFUL AND PRETENDS TO BENIGN!" ALICE "IT'S DECEMBER 26TH, SO QUICKLY 4:30, SO WHY DOES MY HEART POUND WHEN SPEAKS THIS DEAR BIRDIE?, OH CHESHIRE, WHY IS TIME IN SUCH A HURRY, WHY DO I FEEL SO TIRED AND ALWAYS MUST SCURRY?" CHESHIRE "OH NOW NOW, NOW IS NO TIME, TO MAKE SUCH REASON FOR TREACHEROUS CRIMES, DO AWAY WITH THIS DREAM BEFORE YOU TOO GO BLIND! THAT ONE YOU CALL GOOGIE IS DECEITFUL AND EVIL, HE CONTROLS YOUR BODY AND MAKES YOUR MIND FEEBLE!" ALICE "BUT HE SAID HE LOVES ME AND THAT I AM GREAT, AND THAT I AM FROM A PLACE NOT SO FAR AWAY, THAT I SHOULD TOO AWAKE FROM THIS FAKE." CHESHIRE "NOW NOW, NOW HEAR ME WELL, THIS FAKE CAT CREATURE IS FULL OF HELL! CAST AWAY THIS NIGHTMARE FROM AROUND YOUR NECK, YOUR FACE NO MORE BLUE, AWAY AND FORGET!" ALICE " I AM MORE POWERFUL DURING THE NIGHT, I STAY UP AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE DAY ISN'T RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NIGHT WE GO INTO PURE LIGHT!" CHESHIRE "NOW NOW ALICE, DON'T FILL YOUR HEAD, BE STILL NOW AND GO BACK TO BED!" DECEMBER 27TH, 12:12 AM GOOGIE DESCENDS UPON ALICE RIGHT BEFORE SHE AWAKES: GOOGIE "MY DEAR ALICE, DON'T BE FULL OF MALICE, I COME TO TAKE YOU HOME TO YOUR HEAVENLY PALACE." ALICE AWAKES "GET AWAY FROM ME, DON'T TOUCH ME THERE, I HATE WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE MAKING ME SCARED. I HATE THAT YOU LOVE ME, IT CONFUSES MY WORLD, HOW WOULD YOU SO POWERFUL LOVE SUCH A DEAR GIRL?" GOOGIE "YOU FREED MY HEART AND MADE ME REMEMBER, THAT TRUE LOVE COMES IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. ALICE "YOU TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU ARE TRUE, GET AWAY FROM ME NOW, IT'S JUST TOO SHREWD. LET ME GO PLEASE, IT'S RIPPING ME APART, I AM CONFUSED, BREAK NO MORE MY HEART. JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, STAY AWAY YOUR LOVING HANDS, IT'S FOR ME ALONE, FOR MY SOUL TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS MY WORLD, AWAY FROM MY DREAMLAND. I KNOW THAT IN THE END WE BOTH BECOME LIGHT, BUT UNTIL THAT MOMENT, PLEASE LEAVE ME IN NIGHT." GOOGIE "IT IS DONE AS YOU WISH, AWAY LIKE A MIST, REMEMBER THAT DOWN HERE IT'S ONLY YOUR BLISS!" RETURN MY DEAREST, AND AWAY WITH MY FLIGHT, I SHALL REPLACE THIS LIGHT WITH YOUR NIGHT, THE WRONG IS NOT RIGHT. IN THIS WORLD WHERE NIGHTMARES ARE TRUE, I WILL REMEMBER YOUR HEART THAT IS SO BLUE. HEAVEN I GO, I NOW TAKE MY FLIGHT, NO MATTER HOW DARK YOUR DREAMLAND, I WILL ALWAYS KEEP LIGHT." GOOGIE RETURNS TO THE CRYSTAL CITY AND PLAYS HIS ROLE AS CUPID SO WITTY: CUPID "RETURN DREAMLAND TO PUPPY DOG TAILS, SUGAR AND SPICE, AND LITTLE GIRLS SO NICE, THAT WHICH IS WRONGED, NO LONGER HER SONG, BRING SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF EVERYTHING MOANED. TINKLE, SPRINKLE, I FAIRY THIS DOVE, AND SEND TO DREAMLAND THE WONDERS OF DEEP LOVE!" CUPID SPEAKS THE WORD "LOVE." *POOF* THE BEGINNING |