"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
-Lewis Carroll
A Tohokari-Steel/Phantos Project...
A fanmake of the beloved Lewis Carroll book...
Ring, ring! Ring ring!" a pink alarm clock started to ring inside the room of a 4th grade girl as the morning sunlight crept in thru her bedroom window. The girl in question let out a single groan and reached for the clock, her whole body hidden under her bed covers.
"Alright, alright..." she said as she gave the clock a light smack, making the ringing stop.
The girl under the covers groaned as she sat up in bed and wiped the sleep out of her eyes. She was wearing pink pajamas with a yellow collar, her hair was light brown and she had striking green eyes. Her name is Sakura Kinomoto. Sakura let out a yawn and small tears appeared in her eyes. "Morning already...?" She asked in a tired voice.
Sakura in Wonderland
She just sat there in a groggy daze. She remembered that there was something to do today, but currently it was just wandering through her head, trying desperately to find something to connect with. She looked outside the window and saw the sun. Sun, yellow, day…
Now "day" was bouncing around in her head, trying to find something to connect with. She vaguely remembered being excited about something yesterday, but that was about it. She crawled out of bed and wandered to the bathroom, where she began brushing her teeth.
"Hey, monster." Said the voice of her (jerky) older brother, Toya. Sakura mumbled something incoherent in response, "So, what city do you plan on devastating today?"
She spat out her mouthful of toothpaste and just said, "Shut up..."
"Well, guess I'll see about it tonight." He commented. She paused, tilting her head in confusion, "Oh, don't remember. Well, I'll give you two words, see if you can connect it-day trip."
Sakura remained still as the phrase began wandering around her head. It found a connection. Day trip. School day trip. Her eyes sprung open as she ran as fast as she could to her room, quickly getting dressed for the day.
"How could I forget?! I've been waiting all week for this!" She said as she tried to get her school uniform shirt on. As she did, a little black and white kitten stuck it's tiny head in, wondering what was going on. "Meow?" The little cat said. This little bundle of fluff is Figaro, Sakura's fuzzy little best friend.
Figaro quietly crept over to Sakura as she kept struggling to get dressed and get out the door as quick as she could. "I can't be late, if I miss this trip it'll be the worst day of my life!"
"You know if missing this is the worst day of your life, you're in trouble!" Sakura's brother called to her out in the hallway as he headed downstairs. As he did, Figaro slowly went up to Sakura and rubbed against her leg. "Ahh!" Sakura let out a shriek of surprise as her kitten's tail and ears shot up! Figaro quickly scurried under the bed as his young master composed herself.
Sakura shook her head and bolted out the door as fast as her legs could carry her, slamming the door behind her.
"Hey, monster, your lunch." Toya called. With an audible screeching noise, Sakura ran back, opened the door and took her lunch. "Thanks!" she said, slamming the door. She then quickly opened it before adding, "You still suck, though." She closed it a second time before running off again.
Before she knew it, Sakura was speeding down the block with a pair of rollerblades strapped to her feet! Some cherry blossoms from a nearby tree fell down and landed on the pavement as she zoomed past.
After what felt like a few seconds, her class was in front of her school, coming to a halt as she sighed, taking off her helmet and skates before running into the building. Her relief was short-lived as she saw the bus nearby and she was running after it immediately afterwards.
"Ok, just in time!" She said with a sigh of relief. "Sakura-chan!" A voice called out. Sakura turned her head and saw a girl about her age with long black hair, a school bag was hanging from her side. This is Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura's best friend. "Oh! Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura said as Tomoyo ran up to her.
"Isn't this exciting? Going on a field trip, getting to see new places!" Tomoyo said as she covered her cheeks with glee. "I can't wait to film all of it!" She said as she pulled out a video camera from her school bag. She turned the power on and checked the camera's settings. She held the camera up and pointed it at Sakura.
"Heh, try not to get too excited." Sakura said as she rubbed the back of her head. They boarded the bus and it quickly drove out of the station.
"Still not sure where we're going, exactly, but any trip's good for me!" Sakura grinned. "Oh I know how you feel! This is so exciting! I'm going to capture every moment!" Tomoyo said as she started to film. She pointed her camera towards the bus's window and filmed the outside world as they drove through it. Tomoyo then aimed the camera at her best friend. "Smile Sakura-chan!" She said.
Sakura smiled timidly and waved at the camera. Sakura looked out the bus's window, watching the scenery pass by in a blur.
The little girl watched as other cars, a few people walking on the streets and the occasional bike rider passed bye. The bus slowly but surely made it's way through the traffic as Sakura's other schoolmates chatted amongst themselves. "This is going to be awesome!" A random boy said. "It certainly is exciting!" A girl said.
"Sometimes I wonder..." Sakura said as she looked up at the blue sky. Puffy white clouds that looked like wads of cotton candy were scattered throughout the sky. "Huh? Wonder what Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked as she shut off her camera and put it away. "I know this sounds weird but, sometimes I think what it would be like if I had a world all my own." Sakura said as her chin rested in her hand.
"What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked. "I mean, a place where there's no big brother to make fun of me, a place where anything goes!" Sakura said as she perked up right away! "Oh! Maybe in your world, cats and dogs can talk and dress just like people!" Tomoyo said happily.
"Why just cats and dogs? Why not all animals? Oh! And they all live in fancy houses and have tea parties! And I could talk with the flowers!" Sakura replied with a grin. The two girls started to giggle cutely at all the ideas they cooked up. The school bus finally made it out of the city and headed out into the Japanese countryside. "Ok class, we'll be at our stop in 15 minutes so be ready and remember to stay together!" The class' teacher said from the front of the bus.
Eventually, the bus came to a halt in front of a shrine. The students began piling out, eagerly chatting with each other. Sakura had a distant look on her face, still wondering what the world of her own would be like.
"It'd be a real wonder land." She said, dreamily, to herself.
"Head out of the clouds." said Syaoran as he passed by. Sakura flushed as the Chinese exchange student passed. The boy was... interesting, even nice deep down, but he was still a jerk none the less. She stuck her tongue out at his retreating back.
"Alright, everyone!" The teacher called, "Find a partner!"
Sakura eagerly looked around and snagged Tomoyo by her uniform sleeve. "Come on Tomoyo, let's do this!" Sakura happily said. Tomoyo giggled and the two girls ran off to go explore.
They ran over to a nearby pond and looked down into the water, bright colorful koi fish were swimming around near the bottom of the pond. One of them, a colorful orange and white one, leaped out of the water causing the two girls to gasp! It splashed back into the water and the two started to giggle in delight.
After that, Tomoyo filmed her and Sakura as the two ascended a flight of stairs along with the rest of their class. She started off by filming her legs and showing them moving before pointing her camera ahead of her, showing the rest of her clasamtes
The whole class moved underneath some bright red Torii arches while pink cherry blossoms fell down all around them. After a short time the class arrived in an open courtyard. "OK, this looks like a perfect place to have lunch." Their teacher said.
"Alright! I'm starving!" Sakura happily said as she and the rest of their class pulled out boxed bento lunches. They all sat on some benches that were nearby and popped their lunch boxes open, Sakura and Tomoyo took a spot underneath a nearby cherry blossom tree. Sakura reached into her bento box and pulled out a perfectly shaped rice ball.
"Nom!" She took a bite out of the rice ball and chewed it happily. "I'm having a ton of fun so far, how about you Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked. "Mm-hmm!" Sakura nodded as she swallowed her bite.
"I'm having a blast so far!" She said. Tomoyo looked around and perked up, quickly grabbing her camera. "Stay right here, I'm gonna film some of the scenery."
"Ok!" Sakura replied as Tomoyo walked off to another part of the courtyard. Sakura placed her lunch off to the side and leaned her back into the trunk of the cherry blossom tree. She placed her hands behind her head and looked up at the bright blue sky.
She smiled warmly and closed her eyes. "Nothing could ruin this day…" She thought. When suddenly, she heard what sounded like a twig snapping nearby! "Hmm?" She asked as she opened one eye. Sakura sat up straight and shook the sleep out of her eyes.
Sakura quickly spun her head and saw a small blot move behind a nearby statue. The young girl raised her eyebrow and, as anybody would, she went to investigate. Sakura quickly went over to the statue and took a peek behind it, and much to her surprise, the plot she saw as a small man!
The man was about the height of a small child and was wearing a purple waistcoat with yellow buttons and a cute little red bowtie. He was also wearing a purple vest wit a yellow trim and a pair of glasses were sitting on his round face above a white moustache. In his hand he was carrying a walking stick with a brown and white mushroom cap on the top.
But probably the strangest thing about the man before Sakura's eyes was that a mushroom cap not only sat on his cane, but on his head as well! "Ah, my what a lovely day." he said as she strolled casually across the shrine's grounds with his cane under his arm. "Wha...?" Sakura said, not really sure what to make of what she was seeing. She looked around to see if anyone else was seeing this, but much to her surprise, it appeared she was the only one.
The little man reached into his waistcoat and pulled out a golden pocket watch that was attached to a chain. On the edge of the watch the words "Property of Toadsworth" were etched into the metal. "Hmm?" Toadsworth said as he held the watch up to his hear, unable to hear it tick. He gave it a light smack and suddenly the clock started back up, ticking away like a timebomb.
"Oh my goodness! How late it's getting!" Toadsworth said as she jumped into the air, his glasses flew off his face and did a flip in the air before landing perfectly back on his round face. "Oh I can't be late, her royal Diamond shall be furious!" Toadsworth said as he broke out into a run!
"Royal Diamond?" Sakura asked. Deep down, she knew she should let it be.
...
She ran after the mushroom thing without another thought. "Hey, hold on a second!" She called out as the little mushroom man darted towards for some nearby woods. He ducked under some white rope that walled off the forest area, a note was attached to the rope that read "DO NOT ENTER" in big bold letters. Sakura stopped at the edge of the wooded area, she looked back.
"Am I really doing this...?" She thought as she bit her bottom lip in thought. What if her teacher found out about it and she got in trouble? Most likely her teacher would call her dad and she'd get a really stern talking to or the worst? Get grounded.
But like most small children, her curiosity got the best of her. She climbed over the rope and ran into the woods! "Sir, wait!" she called out as the Toadsworth kept running ahead!
"No no no! I have no time!" Toadsworth said as she briskly ran across the forest floor! The mushroom headed man ran into some bushes where he vanished from Sakura's sight. The young girl ran up to the brush and parted it with her hands. "Now why would he come here?" She thought as she made her way through the brush.
When she made it to the other side, Sakura found herself in a clearing that was surrounded by trees. The only thing in the clearing was an old looking square shaped well. Toadsworth hopped onto the edge of the well and, without any hesitation, jumped down into it! Sakura gasped and quickly ran over to the well.
"How deep is this thing?" She asked, leaning over the ridge. She couldn't see the bottom and leaned down deeper to try and get a better look. When that failed, she began leaning into the well, keeping her feet on the side.
Unfortunately, the wood she was leaning on gave way with an audible snap! She yelled as she fell forward and plunged down the well! "AAAAAAHHHHH!" Sakura yelled at the top of her lungs, she flailed her little arms and legs in the air! The little girl fell down in the darkness of the well before vanishing from sight! "AAAAAAHHH!" She screamed some more as she kept plunging down into the bowels of the Earth, it was so dark she wasn't sure couldn't even see the bottom! She wasn't sure if she'd land in a body of water or the dry ground! She just kept falling...
And falling...
And falling...
And falling...