One Promise Kept: Book 1

[manniness]

a fan fiction by Manniness
Alice in Wonderland (2010 film version)
 
 
Summary: Alice makes a promise that is kept, but at a great cost. Surviving the consequences should have taught her to be more careful with future promises, but how can she refuse the queen her Champion? Or Tarrant Hightopp his Alice? 
 
Rating & Genre: M (mature audiences only) - Drama, Romance, Action
 
Warnings: Violence, Character Death, Explicit Sexual Situations, Mild Language 
NOTE: A alternate version of Chapter Twelve is available for readers under 18 years of age.  It does, however, contain sexual content, but it is not explicit.
 
Acknowledgments & Spoilers: Basically, this story follows the 2010 film version, however, wherever possible, I have tried to remain faithful to the spirit of the works of Lewis Carroll.
 
Manny's Comments: I adore a strong, resourceful Alice and a sensitive, intuitive Tarrant. I hope I've managed to capture those aspects of their character clearly! Thank you for reading and fairfarren!
 
Disclaimer: Alice in Wonderland and its characters, storyline, setting, and other concepts are the property of Walt Disney Studios, Tim Burton, and Lewis Carroll.  Where I have created original words for the purpose of writing fan fiction, I have stated so in the Glossary of Underland posted here on this Live Journal.  No copyright infringement is intended and no compensation was given to the author for creating this work.  (I just loved the movie too much to let the end be The End.)
 
 

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BOOK 1
[68,000 words]

~ Glossary of Underland ~
 

Chapter One: A Much Madder Hatter
 
Chapter Two: A Devastating Homecoming
 
Chapter Three: Duties of the Champion
 
Chapter Four: Thrice a-Vow
 
Chapter Five: The Wooing Rites
 
Chapter Six: The Champion and the Hatter
 
Chapter Seven: The Trial of Threes
 
Chapter Eight: The Jabberwocky
 
Chapter Nine: Outlandish Claims
 
Chapter Ten: The Sixth Suitor
[Rated M for violence]
 
Chapter Eleven: Through the Looking Glass
 
Chapter Twelve: Promises Kept
[Rated NC-17 for sexual situations]
Chapter Twelve: Promises Kept
[Rated M for non-explicit sexual content]
 
Epilogue

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Theme Songs: 
"Syndicate" by The Fray from the album: The Fray
"Mystery of You" by Red from the album: Innocence & Instinct
"The Poison" by All-American Rejects from the album: Almost Alice
"The (After) Life of the Party" by Fall Out Boy from: Infinity on High
"Her Name Is Alice" by Shinedown from the album: Almost Alice
"Where's My Angel" by Metro Station from the album: Almost Alice
"Cat and Mouse" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus from: Don't You Fake It
"Painting Flowers" by All Time Low from the album: Almost Alice  

Comments

Re: Holy Huge Batman

[manniness.livejournal.com]

That's because of the spacing between paragraphs. It's actually 135 pages or so on my word pro. Book 2 is 195 pages; Book 3 is something like 250?? Book 4 is... well, you get the point. (^__~)

Re: Holy Huge Batman

[rikkila.livejournal.com]

I'm sure my formatting of it is a little bigger. New chapters started on new pages and had distinctive markers but it's still huge. And I've finished the series now so I know it only gets bigger and, truthfully, delightfully more amazing:)

Re: Holy Huge Batman

[manniness.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm very glad you think the size of it is well-justified!! (^__~)

Re: Holy Huge Batman

[rikkila.livejournal.com]

I really do. And I just read a bit of the TB AiW novelization and I want you to know they paid someone to write that and it was less than a quater as good as your work:) They couldn't capture the characters or emotion at all and did very little narritive. It was truly awful :(.

Would it be okay if I printed out your story into a manuscript for my personal library? I would really like to have it in there. It really drew me in and became a favorite.

Re: Holy Huge Batman

[manniness.livejournal.com]

I admit, I picked up the novelization of the book and skimmed it, found several parts where things are different from the movie (the tea party, the battle at the end, etc.) but didn't bother to buy it. I find I tend to like the "original" version of things, so, if the movie was made first, then I prefer that over the book (which is also true in this case despite the "romantic" bits in the book).

Yes, of course you may print out OPK for your library. I've edited books 1 & 2 for typos, but there may be quite a few in later books. If so, I humbly apologize.

Fairfarren!

Re: Holy Huge Batman

[rikkila.livejournal.com]

Yeah I've seen some in the later books but it's not like you have an editor so I forgive you.

Thanks so much for your permission, it means a lot to me.

Again, well done:)