Reality coagulated around her, whiteness giving way to lush green grass and dense foliage, the sun beating down on Alice's bare shoulders from above. She was off the beaten path and in the thicket, but could see a path not too far away.
Baffled at where the hell she'd ended up, suddenly she paused as something scurried in front of her. It was a little mouse-like creature, its eyes far too wide for anything from the real world, with a long vine growing in place of its tail and cheeks which looked to be covered with a kind of bark, that made them resemble acorns. "Squeakling!" the monster chirruped.
Oh my god, of course. This was a Squeakling, one of the creatures from the popular Cardmons franchise. There were games, and an anime, based around capturing and fighting these creatures. Oh my god, that had been on the TV... she was in the Cardmons anime!
Suddenly, the Squeakling looked up at her, chirruped "Squeakling!" once more then scurried off, quickly, as if it had spotted something. And then Alice heard it, the sound of branches crackling as something barrelled through the undergrowth, the sound getting louder.
What was getting closer?!