Nightmarish Wonderland

NOTE: Taking a break from WoF fanfics. My friend suggested I try different genres, since I usually do the same genre. So, this is my first horror (somewhat, more like mystery) story on this wiki! Not very experienced in this writing area. Please give any suggestions! Also, a lot of this story is heavily inspired off of other things. Credit goes to those creators. 
Warning: This’ll be pretty sPoOkY (I hope uwu) and violent, so if you can’t handle violence or a lil’ blood, I advise you to not read this. Thank youuu :> 
ANOTHER NOTE: So it may be a little confusing, so I will explain beforehand. In this world, humans have developed powers. Atlana, the main character, is very rare, and special. She will never age (which isn’t too uncommon), and she can manipulate glass, completely controlling it, and conjuring it out of nowhere. She also has mind reading, telekenis, and shape shifting. Her only weakness.. Socializing. 
== Prologue ==
Two years ago..
“Flynn? Flynn? Hello?” A female voice called. 
“Huh? What?” Flynn answered. He looked over at the impatience on the woman’s face. “Ah, sorry looks like I must’ve zoned off.” 
“Will you or will you not take the job, Flynn White?” The woman asked, clearly growing more impatient.
“Yes, I’ll take it.” Flynn said, a smirk crossing his face. He looked up at the woman, with his sinister yellow eyes.
== Chapter One ==
Atlana sighed, and continued to levitate objects up and down using her telekinesis. She was bored, and she needed something to explode. She stepped outside her large, elegant manor. She consentrated, and raised up a can of beans. A sharp, spear of glass erupted from her palm and shot into the can of beans, it immediately exploding. 
“Ah, that feels so much better.” Atlana said, smiling. Suddenly, she heard something on the TV. “Oh, what’s that?” Atlana said, rushing back inside. An interesting looking show appeared on the screen, Nightmarish Wonderland. 
“Welcome, welcome, to Nightmarish Wonderland!” The game master, Flynn White said from the TV. He wore an elegant white masquerade mask, and he had snowy white hair. He wore a black top hat, with his white bunny-ears sticking elegantly out. Flynn was very attractive, Atlana could tell that much even with the mask on. He sat on a black comfortable chair, seeming to float, with gamecards floating around him. 
“What.. Where are we?” A blonde girl on TV asked. “Ugh, my head.” A flicker of Flynn’s impatience showed itself, but he then turned it into a sly smirk. 
“Well, you’re in Wonderland, of course.” Flynn said, spreading open his arms in a dramatic manner. 
“Wonderland? Oh wait.. Wait, this is that gameshow on TV right?” The girl asked, rubbing her forehead. Her companion suddenly rose, wobbling a little. 
“Sofi, where are we? What happened?” A dark haired girl said, in a high panicked voice. 
“Apparently we’re on Nightmarish Wonderland, Katerina.” Sofi said, turning to Katerina. 
“Nightmarish Wonderland? No! No! That’s — Sofi, no one’s ever escaped from here before!” Katerina tugged Sofi back with her, away from the game master. 
“What ever are you talking about, love?” Flynn asked, stepping towards Katerina, the chair behind him disappearing. The gamecards still followed him though. “People escape here, all the time. That is, if they can complete the game.” 
Atlana was on the tip of her seat. A white fluffy cat came by, and jumped up on the couch, and curled up on Atlana’s lap. The cat seemed to be watching the TV intently, as if waiting for something to jump out and attack. 
“Liar! I’ve heard the rumors — you keep them here forever!” Katerina’s voice rose, and she took a menacing step towards Flynn. “You get me outta here right now, ya hear?!” 
“Get YOU out of here? Just you?! What about me?” Sofi snapped, stepping away from Katerina. 
“What in the world are you talking about? You’re the one that got us into this mess, you deserve everything you get. You always stole my spotlight at school, and always accused me of your problems!” Katerina yelled, waving her hands in frustration. 
“Ladies, although I’m sure the viewers are enjoying this little, argument, of yours, can we please get on with the game?” Flynn asked, tapping his hat amusedly. “I’ll explain the rules.” 
The two girls stopped glaring at each other, and turned towards Flynn to listen. 
“So, you will be put through a series of tasks, you may survive these, you may not.” Flynn said, the gamecards circling him. 
“This girl really gon’ be ditching her friend like that?” Atlana says, sipping her cup of tea that seemed as though it appeared out of nowhere. 
“The first task. Retrieve my hat.” Flynn tossed it into the darkness behind them, and the lights suddenly turned on, revealing a checkered floor. Katerina and Sofi look to each other, then both quickly head towards the hat sitting on it’s side on the other side of the floor. Shoving Sofi down, Katerina runs across the checkered floor. Or attempts to. The moment her foot touches a black tile, it falls from beneath her, revealing bubbling lava below. She shivers, and continues to carefully step on the white tiles. 
Sofi watches Katerina, then she just begins to run. She’s clearly confident, thinking she’s fast enough to outrun the trail of falling black tiles behind her. As Katerina hops on a white tile, an arrow shoots from the wall, aimed for her head. Luckily, Katerina moves fast enough out of the way, ducking and looking at the arrow in terror. It had landed on a black tile, the arrow falling into the lava along with the tile. 
“Jeez, this is pretty hardcore.” Atlana says, stroking her cat.
Sofi is more than halfway across the checkered floor when she begins to slow down from exhaustion. She looked behind her, and saw with terror that the tile she was standing on was beginning to drop. Last moment, Sofi grabbed onto a white tile next to her, clinging to it for dear life. Katerina comes sauntering over, looking oh-so-very smug.
“Katerina! Help me! Lift me up, please!” Sofi begged. Katerina just stood and stared at the bubbling lava beneath Sofi, and began to grin viciously. 
“I’ll pass, I’m getting out of here, without you. Goodbye, dear Sofi.” Katerina said, then with her boot, she stepped on Sofi’s hand, repeatedly stomping on it. Sofi’s fingers were broken, and her nails hidden behind the blood. Somehow, she still managed to stay on the tile. Katerina noticed this, enraged even more, she kicked Sfhi, smirking as her body fell into the sizzling lava, her hulking shape disappearing. 
“Well, that certainly wasn’t at all surprising. But why would you kill her? She could’ve helped you and her escape, now, you’re on your own.” Flynn said, hovering over Katerina. The gamecards begun to enclose on Katerina, just slowly, she seemed not to notice. 
“Life without her will be better for me. I just couldn’t possibly wait till the end of the game to get rid of her.” Katerina said to Flynn. The gamecards around Flynn then began to trap Katerina, forming a wall around her. 
“You violated Rule 13: No killing a contestant. I’m afraid you will be put into the Maze.” Flynn said to Katerina, who was clearly fuming with rage and disbelief. 
“Maze? What maze?” Katerina asked, outraged and frustrated. 
“Oh, have you not heard of it? Hm. Very well then, I shall tell you. The Maze is obviously, a maze, that seems to have no end. But, the walls of the maze seem to have a mind of their own, changing all the time. You could easily be completely trapped for days, until the Maze decides to show a path to you.” Flynn said, and a holographic screen seemed to appear behind them, showing the Maze, and all of the figures inside of the maze. Some figures appeared to be humanoid. Katerina watched in desbelief and fear, as the Maze shut off a girl, completely trapped in a corner of the maze. 
“What are those.. Things.. In the maze?” Katerina asked, pointing to a hulking, crawling humanoid being sneaking up on a person, then completely devouring them. 
“Oh, the humanoid beings? That’s the main thing you need to watch out for. Of course, they‘re there to kill you.” Flynn smirked. “Some people have completely lost their minds in the Maze, and begin leading the creatures to others, or just plainly killing the others trapped inside.” 
“Isn’t this illegal? Toying with human lives, and killing them?” Katerina stepped up to Flynn, her fists clenched. 
“Well, the government usually gives us criminals, or people who did wrong to use as contestants for Nightmarish Wonderland. You for instance, had been plotting to kill Sophi long before you two arrived on Nightmarish Wonderland. And to do so, you’ve murdered other people, particularly Sophi’s family, and stole.” Flynn explained, watching the bewildered and fuming look on Katerina’s face. 
“But I was smart! I was careful. I made sure nobody knew where I went out at night, and I made sure that that shopkeeper didn’t say a word. I silenced her family, and I always, always hid the evidence. You can’t blame me for that —” Katerina stopped, realizing that she had just admitted everything that Flynn had accused her of. 
“Exactly! And dear Sofi killed her ex, throwing his body in a furnace.” Flynn clapped with delight. A sinking hole appeared beneath Katerina, and she fell. It then showed on the hologramic screen Katerina falling into the center of the Maze. She walked around, outraged and fearful. 
“And there you have it, thank you, for watching Nightmarish Wonderland. So sorry that neither of the contestants could go through any of the challenges, it is indeed unfortunate.” Flynn said, bowing deeply. “Goodbye, and I shall see you next time.” 
 Atlana turned the TV off, and set the remote on the coffee table. 
“Well, that was.. Interesting.” Atlana said, looking down at her cat who was sprawled out on the wood floor. She meowed in response. “I didn’t even know shows like that existed.. Did you, Cloud?” Cloud blinked up at Atlana. 
“Ugh, I need some boba.” Atlana said, getting up. She opened the door, and walked to the boba cafe just a few blocks down. The wind swayed her light pastel blue hair. She wore a flowing white dress, her appearance making her look like a ghost in the moonlight. Her pale skin, and silver eyes shone. She began walking by a dark alleyway, which, she had watched enough horror movies to know not to go in. But out of the corner of her eye she saw a dark figure, dragging another figure into a corner. 
Atlana took a step closer, studying the scene. Her figures itched for her laptop, where she could write this down. She aspired to be a journalist, and so she always noticed things others didn’t, and always made mental notes about everything going on around her. A red liquid was smeared all across the stone floor, and it took Atlana a moment to realize that it was blood. 
Apparently the figure noticed that she had seen him, and he took off running, fleeing down the alleyway, quickly dragging the other figure along with him. Atlana’s eyes were wide in terror, and she quickly headed to the boba cafe, knowing that there was safety in numbers. She swung open the door, flinching when everyone’s eyes averted their attention to her. Atlana calmly began walking up to the waitress to quietly report what she had seen. 
“Um, excuse me miss?” Atlana asked, her nerves kicking in. Would they assume that it was me who murdered or injured that man? She thought nervously. Also, she just disliked talking to others in general. 
“Hm? Yes, what can I do for ya?” The waitress replied kindly. Atlana froze, remaining quiet for a long moment. 
“Could I have a um – peach boba please?” Atlana mentally slapped herself. Great, now it would be odd and suspicious if I report it after ordering a drink. Great job, Atlana. She thought to herself. 
“Sure! It’ll be done in a few minutes, thank you for ordering!” The waitress smiled. Atlana awkwardly smiled back. She headed to a secluded corner of the cafe, and sat down. She felt around in her bag, and realized she had a small journal and a pen with her. She took it out, and began writing everything she had seen. 
May 3rd, 10:45 
I was walking down towards the Boba Cafe that was only a few blocks down from my house, when I passed a dark, shady alleyway. I decided not to cut through it, since it looked as though it was chop-filled with crime. I started walking again, when I noticed something. There was a man, dressed in all black, dragging what I assume was another man. Whether that man was dead or unconscious was hard to tell, but he was definitely injured, because behind him was a trail of blood. The man in black noticed me staring, and began to take off down the alleyway, dragging the other man along with him. 
 Atlana closed the journal. The waitress headed towards Atlana, bringing her her drink. Atlana thanked her, and began to drink it. Well now what? Do I report it to the authorities? Atlana thought, but again, it would be pretty suspicious since she first went to a cafe before reporting it. She sighed, stirring her drink with the straw. The door swung open again, and in came a man. He was wearing a striped shirt, with black jeans. He looked over at Atlana and something flashed in his eyes. Suspicion? Attraction? Or.. Recognition? 
Atlana froze. The man walked over to the waitress, but didn’t take his eyes off of her. She immediately thought of the shady man she had seen in that alleyway, recognizing the same look in his eye. The man thanked the waitress, and sat at a table right behind Atlana. She could feel his eyes on her. 
What do I do? I need to be smart, getting up and leaving would be too obvious. Wait. Unless I trick him.. Atlana thought, smirking. She got up, throwing away her empty cup. She paid and tipped the waitress, and left. Atlana slightly looked behind her, seeing the man following her. She quickened her pace, speed walking away. The man did the same. She headed to the busiest area of the neighborhood, purposefully. She began to run, everyone glancing at her and whispering. The man was in hot pursuit. Atlana smirked. 
“HELP! This man is chasing me — I think he’s going to kidnap me!” Atlana screamed very loudly, looking as scared as she could. Everyone’s eyes averted to the man after her, and some even stepped in-between them. Atlana smiled, satisfied, and whipped around and stuck her tongue out at the man mockingly, being shoved back by the crowd. Atlana made her way back to her home, where she‘d read and fall asleep, a most tempting plan. 
Atlana quickly made her way through the dark streets, and she was about to open the door when she noticed something. The door was unlocked. A bolt of horror went through her. I swear I locked it before I went out! She thought, growing even more anxious by all of the noises. Leaves rustled in the wind, coyotes howled, and crickets and cicadas lightly chirped. Trying to be brave, Atlana turned the door knob and opened the door. 
The house was dark, and especially empty. 
“Cloud? Cloud? I’m home!” Atlana called out to her cat. To her surprise, Cloud didn’t come to her, or even meow back. She walked into the living room, the windows were open and the white curtains were floating up and down in the wind. Atlana conjured up a large sharp twist of glass, which she took into her hand and raised defensively. Very quickly she stepped into the kitchen, expecting something to lunge at her. Instead there was that same man she saw many times before, stroking her cat and sitting on the counter. His eyes were wide, and he looked afraid. Wait, aren’t I the one supposed to be scared here? I mean, this person just broke into my house. Atlana thought, confused. 
“Um — why do you have a glass knife thing? Do you plan on murdering me?” The man asked. Now in the light, Atlana couled get a better look at him. He was tall, and lean. He actually looked about the same age as her. He had a handsome face, and black hair, with green misty eyes. 
“Shouldn’t I be asking YOU on why you broke into my home, and catnapped my cat?” Atlana said, defensively, pointing the glass twist even closer to him. 
“Eh? Isn’t this my home? And this is your cat? Oh, I just found him here, wondering how he got in.” The man said, scratching Cloud’s ear. 
“Are you delusional? I’ve lived here for well over three years, and that’s MY cat, and she’s a she.” Atlana crossed her arms. Who is this confused person? “Also, I saw you in that dark alleyway, dragging your dead victim off someplace, and you even began to chase me.” 
“Er — that was because my friend Yoon decided to get drunk, and he ended up falling out of a window. I was dragging him off to the hospital/clinic nearby.” He explained, as he continued to stroke her cat. “Also, I was chasing you because I feared that you’d get the wrong idea, you know, you looked pretty frightened when you saw me dragging my buddy off.” 
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