This part comprises the events of Season 5 of the Netflix Original Stranger Things.

"Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one can't believe impossible things.'

'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'"

⇒ Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

"And though the shadow of a sigh / May tremble through the story, / for 'happy summer days' gone by, / And vanish'd summer glory — / It shall not touch with breath of bale / The pleasance of our fairy-tale."

⇒ Poem from Lewis Carroll's preface to Through The Looking-Glass, Edition 1897

"'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word / and love dares you to care for / the people on the edge of the night / ... This is our last dance. / This is our last dance. / This is ourselves. Under pressure!"

⇒ Queen & David Bowie, "Under Pressure"

"'I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole — and yet — and yet — it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! ... When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought!'"

⇒ Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

ONE LAST ADVENTURE. ALICE'S LAST DANCE.

Author's Note: I don't take face claims seriously. Please feel free to envision anyone you'd like as any of the characters in this book, canon or OC. However, here's who I imagined for the OCs while writing:

Kaya Scodelario....Alice Henderson

Gregg Sulkin....Samuel Bingsley

Laura Harrier....Maria DeLuca

Tyrel Jackson Williams....Quincy Leeds

Wyatt Oleff....Willie Cooper

& Jonny Lee Miller as the voice of Clive Cottontail

A/N [from July 16, 2025]: What a trailer! I am sufficiently losing my mind. I have 1,000 theories of what's going to happen. All I know is that I can't wait to bring Alice back to life (pun fully intended) when Season 5, Vol. 1 drops.

In the meantime, I'll be working on a new Steve x OC story Pas De Deux, also found on profile. The OC is Robin's older sister, Emerson, and I'm having a lot of fun outlining another show rewrite Steve x OC fic without retreading everything I've done with Alice. I think it'll be fun...so check that out if you're interested. If not, I hope to see you when Alice returns! 

COMING THIS AUTUMN:

"[Part Five Prologue] The Second Coming of Alice Henderson (Not Like That, You Heathens)"