Shams Al-ani's Final: The Girl covered in Mud

When Alice fell through the rabbit-hole for the second time, she was certain that she was once again stuck in a seemingly never-ending dream; after all, she could not recount the events that had led to her fall.
"Oh no, not this dream again!", she cried.
Alice remembered the last time she had dreamed of falling through; she had awoken in a state of temporary insanity that eventually led to her admission into a psychiatric ward. Her humiliated father was so desperate to preserve the family name that he left soon after her release and told people that Alice had died in a tragic car accident.
Her perfectly fitting blue dress, ruffled and muddy and her wavy golden locks of hair now a tangled mess of curls.

Desperate, Alice began to pinch her arms in hopes of awaking herself.

"Ouch!", she exclaimed, "That really hurt. Why am I not waking up?"

Alice then spotted a brick pathway ahead and curiously decided to follow it, naively thinking that if she hurried towards the end of the path she would wake up, like what had happened in her last dream.

"I don't remember everything being so dark", Alice thought aloud, "Perhaps soon I'll find light".

Alice stepped over the dirty path of uneven bricks. Looking around, all she could see was a tree swaying side to side in the distance and nothing else. A shiver ran up her spine.

"I know! I'll sing a song", Alice nervously stated.

In the back of her mind Alice knew she was only being foolish but it was all she could do to calm herself.

"Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur...", she began.
"Happy kit-"
"I'm Popeye the Sailor man", a husky singing voice from a distance interrupted.

"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam", the voice continued.

Alice became ecstatic; finally, a voice that wasn't her own. She hurried towards the voice and found a short man in a sailor suit sitting on the ground. An anchor tattoo covered his muscular arm and a tobacco pipe hung from the corner of his mouth.

"E-e-excuse me?", she stuttered, "But who are you?"

"Well how dare you?!", the voice angrily responded, "I am Popeye the Sailor man".

Alice noticed the needle sticking into his bulging arm.

"I do apologize, sir, but what is it that you're doing there?", Alice asked.

Popeye looked guilt-ridden and finally answered Alice's imposing question.

"How do you think I got these muscles? Think they just happened? Yeah, you and the rest of the world", Popeye responded.

"I'm trying to get to the end of this path", Alice ignored the man, "I'm actually in a dream right now and I'm trying to find the Queen of Hearts. She's the last person I saw in my first dream".

"The Queen of who? Have you've been smoking some of the good stuff? I stick to the wacky tabacky and nothing else", Popeye said.

"Never mind. I'll just have to keep walking", Alice muttered.

Alice soon noticed that the road ahead split in two paths. Popeye found himself feeling sympathetic for the girl dusted in mud.

"Take the right path. You'll come across a dirty blonde girl, much like yourself. Talk to her", Popeye offered.
"Oh, mister, thank you so much!", Alice beamed.

Taking Popeye's advice, Alice soon found herself standing in the middle of a sparkling atmosphere. Glitter surrounded her and as she looked around, a beautiful blonde lady in a blue gown appeared before her eyes.

"I", the woman spoke, "Am Cinderella. You must be Alice. Welcome, my dear".

"Hello", Alice nervously greeted the woman, "How do you know who I am?"

"My dear, soon you will learn that I know everything", Cinderella proudly stated, "I also know that you want to find your way home".

"I am trying to find the Queen of Hearts so I can finally wake up".

Cinderella laughed and Alice couldn't have been any more confused.

"Alice, this is not a dream. You are here forever", Cinderella set Alice straight.

"No, but this couldn't be", Alice stood in disbelief.

"Unless", Cinderella offered.
"What? What is it?", Alice begged, "Please, I'll do anything to go home".

"Well, I can help you find your way back home but first you must find my twin sister, Cindy, and poison her. She is the reason that I haven't inherited my mother's entire estate", Cinderella pulled out a vile of purple liquid from her pocket.

This was against Alice's morals but she hesitantly agreed.
Excitement consumed her and she started to list all of the things she would do when she made it home; she almost missed the sounds ahead.

"Shhh", the voice shushed, "She'll hear us".
The voices giggled and shushed each other and just then Alice was once again freightened.

"Who is it?", Alice asked, "Show yourselves".

Upon closer inspection Alice found two objects- a yellow sponge and a pink star.

"What are you doing?", she surprised the two objects.
"Nothing. We're just...I'm Spongebob Squarepants and this is Patrick", said the yellow sponge, "We're just...experimenting. Want some?", the sponge offered.

The pair seemed to be snorting a white powdery substance.

"No", Alice responded in a disturbed manner.
"I need to find Cindy", she continued.

"Why didn't you say so?", answered the wide-eyed star, "Continue straight until you see dust. You'll see her sweeping".

Alice continued walking until she found herself surrounded by dust, just like Patrick had mentioned.
"Excuse me, but are you Cindy?", Alice asked.

"Why yes, and you are?", said Cinderella's twin sister.

"I'm Alice. I'm sorry to trouble you but would it be alright if I joined you for supper today? It's just that I'm new here..."

"Absolutely. I love meeting new people", Cindy said.

Later that evening Alice offered to help with the cooking, making sure to add the purple liquid from the vile in to Cindy's soup bowl. Alice found herself overcome with guilt and as she watched Cindy swollow spoonfuls of soup, she sat quietly. Cindy talked for what seemed like an eternity, unaware of her fate. Alice then wondered what kind of a person would ever wish for such a loving woman's death. Second thoughts began to seep through Alice's pores and she realized that by the time she was ready to stop Cindy from eating the poison, it was too late. Alice soon found herself standing in front of Cindy's lifeless body. Her guilt turned to sadness and as her tears hit the still body, a shadow appeared. The animal's body became clearer with every step it took.

"I'm Eeyore", the donkey glumly announced, "I'm here to take you to your new home. Sorry I'm late. Well what do we have here?".

"I'm Alice. I met this lady, Cinderella I think her name was, and she told me that if I poisoned her twin sister, Cindy, Cinderella would tell me how I could get back home", Alice panicked.

"What have you done? Cindy IS Cinderella. Cinderella has had Multiple Personality Disorder for years. Up until now, everyone would just ignore her pleas", Eeyore said.

"Oh no, this is a disaster! I'll never find my way home", Alice sulked.

"Alice, while you have committed an unspeakable act out of foolishness, you must understand that you are bound to this kingdom forever. There is no way of returning home", Eeyore warned.

"I just want to go home", Alice began to cry.

Alice sat sobbing next to Cindy's cold body. Eeyore almost felt sympathetic for the ruffled girl.

"I can't get you home but I can help you make a new one", Eeyore offered.

Alice then realized the good in staying.

"Mr Eeyore, sir, do you think I could stay with you? at least until I get used to this place? I've been lonely since my father left me and I've met kind people here", Alice rambled.

"Just don't get in my way", Eeyore coldly responded.

It became the only real home Alice knew. From then on people cared for her. Two days following Cindy's death, Eeyore overdosed on Spongebob's drug stash and Alice kept her involvement in Cindy's murder to herself. After all, Alice did always appreciate a happy ending, even if she was the only one who saw it that way.




References:
Carroll, L. (1951). Alice in Wonderland (Through The Looking Glass).

Disney, W., Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm). (2005). Cinderella. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Entertainment.

Hillenburg, S., Dohrn, W., Lawrence, Mr. (1999). SpongeBob SquarePants.

Milne. A. A. (1926). Winnie-the-Pooh

Segar, E. C. (1929). Popeye The Sailor Man. King Features.

Meyer, S. (2005). Twilight (The Twilight Saga). Little Brown and Company.




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