AN: Welcome to Wonderland! This story is mostly based a game, SWD: Lost Alice. It also has Vocaloids and people from other SWD games. As each person is introduced, we will put a note at the bottom of the chapter to tell you where they're from. Yes, we.

(*waves* Hi, I'm the beta reader, editor, and sometimes co-author, ejwalker.)

The story will be in episodes, some with many parts.

(Sushi-san can't always remember where she was going with the story, so we apologize beforehand if her foreshadowing sputters out. And for any minor continuity issues, such as a character liking a thing one episode and then not liking it in another.)

Hey, I'm just being random! It's more fun that way.

(Er... Yes. It would be rather boring if you didn't have to do a dozen double-takes every episode.)

You're just jelly cuz you don't have a Wonderland mind.

(I prefer my logical insanity, thank you very much. Anyway, I think it's about time to end this Author-and-Editor's Note.)

Awww... Fine. Have fun reading, everybody! *makes 'or else' face* Sushi out!

Welcome to Wonderland - Part 1

?: Hmm...

I opened my eyes slowly and lazily. I was laying on a warm, paved path. Except for that, meadow spread out around me as far as I could see. I sat up, my mind fuzzy from just waking.

?: (I should just lay back down... Wait, what time is it?)

I straightened my back as I stretched, and looked at the bright blue sky. The sun was right over me.

?: (It's noon already? Hmm...)

I stared at a cloud moving over the meadow.

?: Well if there's a path, there's a place that it leads... Or not.

I stood and observed my attire.

?: (Ah, what?)

I glared at the typical 'Alice in Wonderland' dress. I brushed dust off my skirt and huffed.

?: I am not going to be happy if this is only suit I can wear in this alternate world. It reminds me of a story I read. Maybe...

I looked around quickly.

?: (Aww... Phalanx, it's probably Wonderland.)

I started walking instinctively; following the path seemed the next best option after running around screaming for joy.

?: Should have brought my sister, she would love this place to bits.

Soon I was walking in a forest; it kinda shimmered like emeralds. I could see a signpost up ahead, so I skipped the rest of the way. I tripped.

?: Argh! I am never going to wear these shoes again.

I stood back up in front of the signpost and looked around. The signs pointed everywhere, and there were several paths to go with them.

?: (I can't read all of these and remember! I'll get brain-burn from the extra thoughts! Wait, what?)

I peered at the first sign which read 'Kingdom of Spades' and pointed to the path I came from.

?: (No, not spades... They're garden tools... No use.)

The second sign read 'Queendom of Oranges' and its path went off in a random direction.

?: (Okay... how about the sign up there? It looks promising...)

I stood on my tip-toes to see it. The old-looking font was slightly faded but read 'Kingdom of Hearts' and pointed in a dark-looking direction. But other signs pointed that way too, and I couldn't tell what some of them said.

?: (So... extra cheese this way? No mice this way? What does that even mean?!)

I gripped my head in annoyance.

?: (Brain-burn! Brain-burn!) Argh! Which way should I go?

A few seconds after that I wished I hadn't said anything.

?: Well, Miss... You could go that way, the people have quite good style there... Or this way, the food is better than anything you have ever eaten... Or...

I whipped around and saw nothing.

?: I'm up here, Miss!

I looked up in the tree to see a guy sitting on a branch watching me. He had cat ears sticking out of his hair and a tail swinging behind him.

?: A cat? Really?

?: A Cheshire Cat, actually.

The hair on my arm stood on end at the familiar thing he called himself. I asked a question I had wondered about for a long time.

?: What's the difference?

The Cheshire Cat held his head proudly.

?: We Cheshire Cats have ears and tails! Normal cats don't.

My shoulders sank. I stared blankly at him.

?: You're not very bright, are you?

His ears flattened slightly.

?: Well that's rather rude, Miss.

?: (Manners, self! Manners!) Sorry, I'm just really frustrated right now.

His ears pricked up again as if he couldn't ever stay sad.

?: Aww, that's too bad... What's your name? And where are you from?

?: (Might as well tell him... Though it feels kinda like I'm talking to a child.) Samantha Nekozhka, and let me guess, your name is Clyde?

Clyde: Clyde Knock. How did you know?!

I facepalmed.

Samantha: Wild guess.

Clyde tilted his head to one side.

Clyde: You didn't answer where you're from.

Samantha: Not around here.

His eyes widened and his ear twitched.

Clyde: I found an Alice!

Clyde slipped off the branch and bounced around. I brushed fresh dust off my skirt. Finally he calmed down and sat on a random rock.

Clyde: But back to the original question, where do you wanna go?

Samantha: Somewhere over the rainbow!

Clyde: ...Bluebirds fly!

We ended up singing the whole song. Afterwards we sat and rubbed our heads.

Clyde: I-I think I sang too obnoxiously...

Samantha: Me too...

We stopped our complaining and looked at each other. We both grinned and burst into another fit of laughter.

Clyde: I have a headache, but that was so much fun.

I nodded in agreement. Clyde shifted his legs.

Clyde: But in all seriousness, where do you want to go?

I thought for a few moments.

Samantha: I kinda wanna go home, but getting some better clothes sounds good.

Clyde stood and held out his hand.

Clyde: Then the Kingdom of Hearts it is, they have the finest clothing. What season is your favorite?

I raised my eyebrow and took his hand.

Samantha: Winter, lots of fuzzy...

Clyde: Perfect! Plus along the way we can see my brother, and I can tell him about finding an Alice!

I made a fist with my other hand, and held it up for him to see.

Samantha: My name is Samantha.

Clyde held up his free hand defensively and apologized.

After a while of walking through a stretch of darker forest, and making scary noises to make Clyde jump, I started getting bored.

Samantha: (ANNOY HIM!) Hey, Clyde... Clyde... Clyde... Hey, Clyde...

Clyde turned, giving me the weirdest look.

Samantha: You're the banana king!

He choked on some random sweet he was eating. After all that commotion he grinned at me.

Clyde: Good one! I should use that on my brother's friend, Joker!

I shrugged, and patted his back. He tilted his head again.

Clyde: How do you do that weird voice anyway?

Samantha: Simple. Strain, stay quiet, and let it out annoyingly!

Clyde: Samantha! You're the banana king!

We both collapsed into laughter.

Clyde said we were close to a 'rest stop', but I was still so bored...

Samantha: Hmm... ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI, ALL COVERED IN CHEESE!

I sang out with all my lungs. Clyde jumped around, his eyes wide. He waved his hands for me to stop.

Samantha: I LOST MY POOR MEATBALL, WHEN SOMEBODY SNEEZED!

Clyde covered my mouth.

Clyde: Stop! My brother and his friends will hear you and get the wrong idea!

Samantha: About what?

Clyde: I don't know... Anyway... do you like tea parties?

I thought carefully about it.

Samantha: (Could be a trap, or not... could be cute guys... Wait, what?) Yeah, why?

Clyde grinned and led me to a gate. He opened it and dragged me in, then took me around the house. In the back a table was set up for a tea party, and a whole bunch of cute boys surrounded the table. I felt my mind burst into squeals. Clyde waved to another cat boy.

Clyde: Hey! Kyle! I found an Alice!

Everyone was silently staring in our direction. The boy at the head of the table, who was wearing a top hat, stood up.

?: Pleased to see you found an Alice, but... what was all that racket?

Some other boy shifted his pillow, seeming to be half asleep... or more than half.

?: Yeah... It was noisy...

I shifted uncomfortably. Clyde ignored those two and went to his brother's side. He started quietly telling him what happened. I observed the place, then glared at Clyde.

Samantha: (I knew it was a trap! But they are pretty cute...) Clyde! You never said we were going to go to a tea party!

Clyde turned around, surprised. Everyone became quiet again.

Samantha: (What, did I drop a bomb on them?) Oh yeah, and it wasn't racket, it was a song, and it's called 'On Top of Spaghetti'.

Everyone stared. Either in disbelief, or they just thought I lost my mind. I nodded in my head to myself.

Samantha: (A big bomb.)

Samantha Nekozhka - An OC. Nekozhka is a combination of 'neko', the Japanese word for cat, and 'kozhka', the Russian word for cat.

(Sushi-san likes cats, in case you couldn't tell.)

Clyde Knock - Also an OC.

Kyle Knock - From Lost Alice.

Other characters - To be introduced next time. Or later.

(Oh, and I suppose we should explain that 'Phalanx' is one of the many odd words Samantha uses instead of regular profanity. There'll most likely be others.)