Estelle's Short Story

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It’s been one hell of a week for Estelle, and she is only two days into it. She’d just crashed some stranger’s car, broke her arm, and basically cracked her skull open. Luckily, after a series of events (i.e. Sophie hitting her, Aaron crying, and Kendall scolding her while bandaging her wounds), she made it out alive.

But of course, Life hates Estelle (in turn, Estelle hates Life back). Apparently, the notice Aaron got was Estelle’s “counselor” trying to inform Estelle of her Mission Assessment. So now, Estelle had to go back to Asteria, her wounds healed but tender, and go inspect some anomaly in the woods - for a grade.

She thought her predicament couldn’t get worse, but boy was she wrong. Long story short, Estelle is now in Wonderland.
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She saw no lamps or floating tables. No upside down mirrors or books to read on the way down. Not even a grandfather clock or a rocking chair. Just the damp dark of the underground: heaven.

Nearing the bottom, she noticed a dim light. She stared as she saw it flicker. It took about 1.2 seconds for her to get the results back. There was something beneath her. Hopping off the root, she set her target on the bottom.

The ground resounded in a dull thud as Estelle’s feet slammed on the dirt. Immediately she sped off into the dimly lit dirt halls. It took .4 seconds to get results back. It was ahead of her, running
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She was about to crawl through it when she found another door behind it. She realized where this was going. When someone loves Alice in Wonderland as much as Estelle, you tend to know Wonderland like the back of your hand.

Instead of opening each individual door, Estelle simply materialized her Gauntlets and smashed through all the doors. She stood up before walking through the cloud of dirt and debris. She found herself in another room.

“Curiouser and curiouser.” It seemed that both rooms were identical. Across the room was another door, as big as the one she had just bursted through. She walked closer, wary of her surroundings. Though the door was as tall as her waist, as she got closer, the smaller it would get. When she was next to the door, it only went halfway up her calves. Way too small.

Estelle turned around to see if the table would appear yet. Instead she found the wall she burst through closing up. When she turned back to the door, she noticed her Gauntlets were gone. She couldn’t feel any of her abilities.

Before freaking out, she figured no magic was allowed in here. She guessed it was fair. Turning away from the door again, she noticed a table had appeared in the middle of the

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