Fan Fiction ❯ Return To Madness. ❯ Poem ( One-Shot )

A/N: Hey, everyone! I'm back with an American McGee's Alice poem. :)

Fic is/contains: From Alice's POV. Dark stuff but pretty much okay.

Disclaimers: Don't own American McGee's Alice. :(

Return to Madness.
Poem.

By Cheshire Kitten.



The asylum walls are gray and bare.
I hear whispers down the halls.
Cold and deathly-still is the air
As they come again, those distant calls.

They beg, they scream, their plea is clear.
I remember the voices from so long ago.
I would listen to them in horror and fear.
Gone is their cheer, replaced by woe.

He came to me one dark, stormy night,
When the doctors had left me alone to sleep.
Only his blue cat eyes, the rest of him from sight.
Until the grin appeared, pulling me into madness, deep.

The room swirled and in darkness I stood.
"Cheshire cat?!" I called out, hoping I wasn't alone.
The river came in view, then the misty wood.
The Cheshire appeared before me, purring in soft tone.

In the form of a boy was he with long, dark hair.
Drenched in black with twitching ears and long tail.
His smile was wide and beautiful, his claws were long and fair.
He took my hand and led me to the wood, speaking to me of his new tale.

"Wonderland has met its match, the Queen of Hearts reigns cruel.
Hatter's obsessed with clocks and machines, feels nothing for his friends.
March Hare and Dormouse are his main experiments and time, his mind's fuel.
Your friend am I, along with many more to help save Wonderland or it surely ends.

Will you help us save our world?" He asked, his eyes show of sin.
I take his pale hand in mine and agree. "I'll help you.. Them.. Anyway I can!"
His eyes lower though the smile still remains. "Even if it means killing some who were once your friend?"
I nod, solemnly. "Friend, they'll always be, even if their release from madness is by my hand."

A light returns to his eyes as he begins to walk through the field.
I clutch his hand tighter, as we enter into this new Wonderland, a different kind.
I have my doubts but speak nothing of my feelings and hide them behind a shield.
He glances up at me, he knows, even now he can still read my mind.

His grin brightens. "You doubt you're the one to save us all?"
I flinch. "What if I fail? I'll loose you and my magical world, Cheshire."
He shook his head, an ear twitches. "You have us on whom you can always call."
I smelt smoke and a memory came to me of long ago, when my family was lost to the fire.

"It still hurts and it keeps coming back.." I whisper, fighting back tears.
He understands. "It drives you insane to loose a loved one. That scene was too much for you, which is why you've come to join our hand.
You must remember they're with you, your friends are and so am I to help you face these fears."
I nodded as we walked upon a cliff where we could see all. "I will save this world and return the peace to Wonderland!"

He smiled once more as we looked out upon our future task.
Smoke rose from the pool of tears and fire burned in the darkness.
The sky shown gray, hiding a new, light-blue sky like a cursed mask.
I felt a hilt in my hand, my fingers discovered the Vorpal blade's sharpness.

I searched my mind and all its insanity.
Surprisingly, I found comfort here.. Wonderland, where I was supposed to be.
I was destined to save and restore its purity.
Only when my task is welcomed and done, my sorrows will die and I'll be free.



A/N: Not bad, ne? And this is my first AMcG'sA poem so no flames! That's only meanness and/or jealousy so I don't welcome them. Other than that, hope you enjoyed it, all you McGee's Alice fans and if you're not an Alice fan, I still hope ya liked it. Have a nice day! Ja ne! *n_n*