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Chapter 3: Wonderland
As the ship flew threw space, Sora stared out the window, getting glimpses of the stars and space. It was beautiful. Then the ship stopped over a strange plant. Without warning, the bottom of the ship opened, dropping the three out. Sora almost screamed, but then he noticed they were floating down gently. Then land neatly to the ground, Goofy, who had been a sleep, landed on his head.
Out of nowhere, a white Rabbit appears, running past them without notice, yelling "Oh, my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear!" Sora and the other stare at him. "I'm here, I should be there. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The queen, she'll have my head for sure!" The rabbit runs threw a door.
Sora's group follows him into a Bizarre Room. In there, the rabbit runs threw a small door. Sora approaches the door, bends down, and asks "How did he get so small?"
To his surprise, the doorknob answers "No, you're simply too big."
Sora's group jumps back.
Donald gasps. "It talks!"
The Doorknob yawns. "Must you be so loud? You woke me up."
Goofy waves. "Good morning."
Doorknob yawns again. "Good night! I need a bit more sleep."
Sora reaches for it. "Wait, what do we have to do to grow small?"
Doorknob yawns and nods his head behind him. "Why don't you try the bottle...over there?"
The table rises up to reveal a bottle. Sora looks at the bottle. It reads "Drink Me.", Sora shrugs and he drinks some. Donald and Goofy follow. All of a sudden, they shrink to about 3cm tall. Sora stares around, noticing the size of everything from his current height. Then Sora notices a hole, in witch he can hear trumpets coming from it, so Sora's group head threw the crack.
They enter to see card solider blowing trumpets in front of the Queen's Castle. A young blond headed girl is standing next to a podium on trial. The White Rabbit gets to his position and blows a trumpet. "Court is now in session!"
The young girl turns to the Rabbit. "I'm on trial? But why?"
"Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding!"
Out of the front, the Queen of Hearts appears heart-shaped gravel in her hands. "The girl is the culprit. There's no doubt about it. And the reason is...because I say so, that's why!"
The girl yells. "That is so unfair!"
The Queen of Hearts crosses her arms. "Well, have you anything to say in your defense?"
The girl crosses her arms right back. "Of course! I've done absolutely nothing wrong! You may be queen, but I'm afraid that doesn't give you the right to be so...so mean!"
Queen of Hearts jumps to her feet. "Silence! You dare defy me?"
Sora, who is unnoticed, turns to Donald and Goofy. "Hey, guys, we should help her out."
Donald turns to Sora. "Yeah, but the-"
Goofy turns as well. "We're outsiders, so wouldn't that be muddling?"
Donald corrects Goofy. "Meddling!"
"Oh, yeah. And that's against the rules."
Meanwhile, the Queen of Hearts has chosen to a verdict. "The court finds the defendant...guilty as charged! For the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart..." She turns to her card solders. "Off with her head!"
The girl begins to panic. "No! No! Oh, please!"
Sora has had enough. "Hold it right there!" He runs into the middle.
The Queen turns to him. "Who are you? How dare you interfere with my court?"
Sora turns to her. "Excuse me. But we know who the real culprit is!"
Goofy stars to explain. "Uh-huh. It's the Heartle-" Then he quickly covers his mouth, remembering not to mention them.
Sora stars at Goofy, then turns back to the Queen. "Anyway, she's not the one you're looking for.”
The Queen begins to twiddle her gravel. "That's nonsense. Have you any proof?"
Sora nods no. The Cards drag the girl into a cage.
The Queen of Hearts turns to Sora. "Bring me evidence of Alice's innocence! Fail and it's off with all of your heads! Gather as much or little evidence as you please. Report back here once you're ready."
Sora turns to his friends, nods, and they head toward the Lotus Forest.
In there, a strange cat appears.
Sora asks him. "Who are you?
The cat replies. "Who, indeed? Poor Alice. Soon to lose her head, and she's not guilty of a thing!"
Sora starts to get annoyed. "Hey, if you know who the culprit is, tell us!"
The cat grins. "The Cheshire Cat has all the answers-but doesn't always tell. The answer, the culprit, the cat all lie in darkness."
Sora notices the cat begins to fade. "Wait!"
The Cheshire cat vanishes, but his voice remains. "They've already left the forest. I won't tell which exit. There are four pieces of evidence in all. Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky. Big reward if you find them all." The voice goes silent.
Donald turns to Sora. "Should we trust him?"
Cheshire cat appears. "To trust, or not to trust? I trust you'll decide!" Then he vanishes again.
Sora's group searches the forest, finding many pieces of evidence. As they search, some new floating heartless appear, but Sora and the others defeat them easily. Sora finds a strange cavern and ends up back in the Bizarre Room. There they find the last piece of evidence.
Then, the Cheshire cat appeared. "Well, look what you've found. Nice going."
Sora grins. "Now we can save Alice."
"Don't be so sure! She may be innocent, but what about you?"
Sora grin vanishes. "What do you mean?"
"I won't tell. But I'll give you something." Sora's key tip begins to glow a light blue. Then the cat vanishes. Sora's group jumps to the floor and goes back to the castle.
A red card solider walks up to him. "Are you ready to present evidence before the queen?"
Sora nods. "Yes."
The red card points. "Very well. Counsel, step up to the podium."
The Queen of Hearts grins at Sora. "Now, show me what you have found." Sora showed the Queen of Hearts the items. "Well, that's certainly a lot of evidence, but I'm still not impressed. Cards! Bring forth my evidence!" The cards bring out the Queen's evidence. "Hmm, checking all five would only be a waste of time. All right, then. Choose the one you wish to present. I'll decide who's guilty based on that evidence."
Sora begins to fume. "What? After all the trouble of collecting it?"
Queen of Hearts begins to anger. "You dare object? Then you will lose your head! Now, choose! One box!"
Sora takes a deep breath. He walks up and chooses the first box.
Queen of Hearts yells to him. "Are you certain? No second chances!"
Sora nods. "I'm sure."
Queen of Hearts announces in a booming voice. "Now we shall see who the real culprit is."
Sora opens the box to reveal.....a solider heartless, who vanishes in an instant.
The Queen gasps. "What in the world was that?"
Sora grins. 'There's your evidence. Alice is innocent."
The Queen of Hearts begins to fume. "Rrrrrrrgh... Silence! I'm the law here! Article 29: Anyone who defies the queen is guilty!"
Donald gets angry. "That's crazy!"
The Queen roars. "Seize them at once!" The cage with Alice rises up in the air and the Cards turns to Sora's group, then leap in the air to rain on them. "Cards! If they touch the tower, you lose your heads!"
Sora calls his Keyblade and begins to fight. As he slashes down the cards, he realizes it is futile. Then he remember what the queen had said. "Hold them off!" he yells to Donald and Goofy, also battling the cards. Sora runs over to the crank tower and begins delivering blow after blow. The queen yells. Sora gets annoyed, so he runs over and smacks the queen. The cards rush to comfort the queen, so Sora calls to his pals and they hit the tower until it explodes. The cage with Alice falls to the ground. Sora and his group rush to check on her, but the cage is empty.
Donald turns to Sora. "She must've gotten kidnapped while we were fighting."
Queen of Hearts awaken and notices Alice is gone. "You fools! Find the one who's behind this!" She nocks some of her cards away. The cards begin to run in panic. "I don't care how!"