Clary's body was being tugged in two directions at once, causing her to cry out in discomfort. She gritted her teeth together as she fought against what ever it was that had a grip on her. From the corner of her eye she noticed the light reaching out to touch those that came to her rescue, her panic only increasing. "Hurry!" She cried as Nate began his count down. As the word 'three' hit the air, the light around the kids vanished and allowed them to fall backward toward the floor. Everything happened in an instant but the fall seemed like an eternity, or at least it was just long enough for Clary to watch the light reform beneath the ground. The tendrils reached up and pulled the kids down as they fell, swallowing the group and vanishing from the basement.
Clary hit the ground on her back, the air knocked from her lungs and leaving her gasping. As she lay trying to regain her breath, Clary let her eyes wander to survey her surroundings. Much to her surprise, the walls were warped as was the floor, and when she looked up she could no longer see where she had fallen from. In fact she couldn't see a ceiling at all, just a blanket of swirling shadows that sent chills down her spine. "Wh-what the hell is this place?" Slowly she sat up and found that both the path before her and behind her twisted around corners without so much as a hint of what lay beyond. The only light came from an occasional lamp hung too high for the kids to reach on their own, and spaced too far apart to be much use. Suddenly she remembered why she had gone to the basement in the first place, bolting up to her feet. "Cara!" She called before the dizziness set in and she toppled over.
((In the spirit of Alice in Wonderland))