[i]Old as Time, 
Long foretold,
We know how it ends,
before it has grown old.
By the hand of our Queen,
Our hearts shall be redeemed...[/i]

[b][i]September 4th, 2010
London, England...[/i][/b]

What was once a peaceful capital city for all ages is now a land without children, as England soon is starting to become as well. With each new child it claims, the range of the P3 Syndrome gets broader and broader and will continue to until all of England, and eventually the world, becomes affected by this comatose-inducing disease.

However, for Alice Crowley and Adam Smith, this isn't really a concern. They were far past their childhood, and in Alice's case, in her college years while Adam just started his junior year of high school. As they go about their normal lives, they see the city has also been unnaturally normal, considering the pandemic of P3 Syndrome. Since it only affects young children, the people of London probably trying to ignore it, not worried due to either not having children, or having children that are too old to be affected. It's almost amazing how people can care less about this kind of disaster, so long as it doesn't fall on them either. However because of this, the city is aging and anyone not within their age are either older or in the hospital under a comatose.

While Alice has no real reason to be directly concerned about it, Adam spent every waking moment before sleep worried for the children at the orphanage, already claimed by the P3 Syndrome. Deep down, of course he wants to help cure this illness and wake the children, but with the orphanage closed, the only thing he could do about is go through school normally, with the prospect of going to medical school afterwards.

As they're both about ready to start her classes tomorrow, they head off to bed early for a good night sleep, hoping to have a good year ahead of them.

However, right at the stroke of Midnight, they, and others within the town, would suddenly feel strange. A pulse, that would make them normally jump out of their sleep as if reacting to a jump scare, would push through their minds, and their dreams would fade away to black. Yet it would feel as real and deep as if it was in fact reality. Then, in front of them, a light shined through the darkness, revealing some kind of giant rectangle, and despite there being no light anywhere else, they would be able to see themselves within this rectangle, clear as day. A full-body mirror, perhaps? The reflection becomes more and more transparent, and beyond it, what should be absolute darkness is in fact what appeared to be some kind of...land, a beautiful green forest, its beauty somewhat ruined by the grey clouds covering the sky, blocking out the assumingly blue skies and sun, but seeping the light of day through it. If they looked behind them, they would find nothing but black, yet the land in the rectangle was still there. This wasn't a mirror, but a window it seems.

Suddenly, without warning, they would be pushed, or rather pulled, into this window by an invisible force, going right through the window, feeling almost a refreshing feeling upon contact, as if passing a wall of calm water, before they all land on the meadows before them. If they looked around, they would see that they indeed landed in the strange land, appearing to be a beautiful summer woods by the looks of the number of incredibly massive green-leaved trees around them and the pleasantly soft though oddly tall and large grass on the oddly felt texture of the dirt on the ground. Alice and Adam, in particular, needed a little bit of time to catch their breaths and realized what just happened, noticing that there were other people in this patch of grass besides themselves, when the sound of moving plant life and footsteps was heard.

If they look, they would see a small figure walking up to them, covered in the tall grass, but revealing itself as it got to them. The figure appeared to be a little white rabbit with red eyes and what appears to be a red coat of some kind. Besides the coat, and the fact it was on its feet almost as if standing up like a normal human, it looked like your ordinary bunny rabbit, size and all. It simply looked at the humans, taking a closer look at them before pulling back and sighed.

"[b]Hmm...Well, this is... disappointing to say the least. Why, they look no different from any other human.[/b]" It said. Unless there was also an incredibly good ventriloquist nearby, there was no doubt that this Rabbit just talked, its mouth moved to talk as he shakes his head. Alice jumped when she looked up to see it. Adam simply looking at it in awe while looking around; so many questions was going through his head that he couldn't think of which one to ask first. Alice on the other hand... simply looked at the Rabbit in awe, poking it on the head to see if it's real, and sure enough, she could feel the soft fur and hard skull beneath it.

"[b]...Please stop that.[/b]" He simply said in an irritated tone.

"[b]...Who...What are you, and where are we?[/b]" She asked.

"[b]I am simply a White Rabbit, I have no other name, nor a need for one, ...and this is a place known as Wonderland. And you....You![/b]" The rabbit simply said, but after getting a good hard look at Alice's face, he jumped back and stared at Alice with widened eyes of shock.

"[b]...Me, what? Is something wrong? ...You look like you've seen a ghost. ...Wait, I should be the one looking shocked at the talking rabbit here![/b]" Alice said. The White Rabbit stared for a little while, before blinking, clearing his throat returning to a more formal posture.

"[b]...It's nothing, I...simply didn't expect to get an adult here.[/b]" The White Rabbit responded

"[b]What's that supposed to mean!?[/b]" Alice said, somewhat annoyed at him clearly calling her old.