"Okay Kate, you've got this part in the bag." Kate quietly says to her reflection in the bathroom mirror.
Kate closes her eyes, clasps her hands together in a polite manner over her belly and begins to concentrate. She then whispers to herself.
"You're an intelligent and well-mannered young British girl. You're very polite, but easily offended. And you're always curious about everything around you. Your name is Alice. YOU ... ARE ... ALICE ... YOU ... ARE ... ALICE ..."
Kate opens her eyes and starts speaking like a polite child with a British accent.
"Oh hello there."
Kate smiles and curtseys.
"My name is Alice, and I'm looking for a white rabbit. Have you seen him around here recently? I must know where he's going."
But Kate just sighs, tilts her head down and shakes it, unsatisfied by her performance.
"No, that's not good enough. You've only got one shot at this, and you can't just give them a basic performance like that. You need to convince them that you really are Alice."
Kate then looks up at her reflection and stares back at it.
"I need to go really deep inside her head if I'm going to pull this off."
So, Kate returns to her position and closes her eyes. Soon she begins concentrating harder than ever before, forcing herself to see and imagine things the way that Alice would. All the while, repeating the same words over and over again.
"I ... AM ... ALICE ... I ... AM ... ALICE ... I ...AM... ALICE ..."
Then Kate felt herself becoming dizzy and started rocking in place. But she kept pushing her mental will, harder and harder to the point where it almost felt like she was wearing Alice's clothes. The dizziness continued to intensify, making Kate wabble even faster. But Kate continued to push her psyche far beyond its limits, determined to obtain the very identity of Miss Alice herself. Finally, Kate's body had reached its limit and she collapsed onto the bathroom floor, passing out.
Kate woke up sometime later, looking up at the bathroom ceiling. She leaned herself up and started rubbing her head, groaning from exhaustion.
"Oh god my head, I really overdid it this time. Man, how long was I out for?"
Kate proceeded to pick herself off the floor and stretch her limbs.
"Hmm, I should check a clock to make sure I'm ... not ... late?"
Kate was about to leave when got a glimpse of her reflection. Confused, Kate patted the top of her head and looked down at the nightgown she was still wearing. Looking back at her mirror image, Kate saw herself wearing a completely different wardrobe. Her reflection had a black-ribboned hairband in its hair, and was wearing a cerulean blue dress with short puffy sleeves and a white pinafore apron with a big bow tied in the back. Curious, Kate lifted her left bare leg onto the sink. Her reflection mirrored her, revealing it to be wearing white bloomers, petticoats, white thigh-high stockings, and black single-strapped mary-jane shoes. Kate immediately realized that her reflection was dressed exactly like Alice in Wonderland.
"What ... The ... Hell? How is this possible?"
Kate lowered her leg back onto the floor and continued to stare at her reflection. Part of her wanted to touch it and see if the mirror was real, but was too nervous to do so. Finally, consumed by curiosity, Kate reached out her left hand towards the mirror.
'Hope I don't regret this.' Kate thought to herself.
As soon as her hand fully touched the mirror's surface, everything flashed white for about a second and Kate pulled back in fright. She then clasping her fingers together in a polite manner without realizing it.
"Oh my. That was quite a peculiar thing. I can't even properly describe what had just-. {gasps} Oh dear me. What's happening to me? And why am I speaking this way?" Kate said, talking like a polite British girl.
Kate looks herself over and lets out a small gasp. Just like her reflection, Kate was now dressed exactly like Alice in Wonderland. Kate grabbed the rims of her skirt and felt them, confirming that they were indeed real. She then released them and returned her hands to their proper position, all the while contemplating on everything that has transpired.
"Goodness me. I'm not sure how, but I think I really did it. I've actually turned myself into Miss Alice herself. This is quite the extraordinary transformation to have undergone indeed. Who would've thought such a change could occur just by sheer will alone. But now I'm speaking in pure nonsense and can't stop even if I try. Everyone will think that I've gone mad."
Overwhelmed, Kate delicately sat down on the floor with her skirt spread out.
"Oh, what'll become of me now. All I wanted was to be the most perfect Alice that ever was. And now I fear that I might be stuck this way forever."