Piper in Wonderland

Disclaimer: I do not own Storm Hawks, Alice in Wonderland, or anything else that might appear in this story.

Chapter 1: Down the Furry Hole and Into Bedlam

"FINN!"

"I swear, I didn't do anything!"

It was just a normal day with Finn and Piper arguing on the bridge. Their yelling even made Stork put in his over-sized earmuffs. It was the same old argument: something would have happen to Piper's property, either crystals or her room mostly, and Piper would accuse Finn of doing it. Now whether he did or not, no one knew for sure. But when Piper found her room in a mess with most of her crystals stolen, she would instantly blame Finn for it.

"Nimrod!"

"Prissy boots!"

"Jerk!"

"HOLD ON!" Aerrow yelled as he entered the room with Radarr on his shoulder. The two bickerers quickly went silent and looked over at him. "… Now, I don't know what Finn did this time. But can you at least explain what you guys are arguing about?"

Before the sharpshooter could even defend his case, Piper began, "Finn trashed my room and most of my crystals have gone missing! I'm trying to get that jerk to admit where he hid them this time!" The sky knight listened and nodded. That sounded like something the blonde would do.

"For the last time, I wasn't in your crummy room!" Finn shouted back, "I was with Junko all day. Right, Junko?" Everyone looked over at the wallop who was eating his latest disgusting meal. When he felt that there were eyes on him, he turned around and looked at the three staring at him.

"… What?" he asked, being clueless as ever. They didn't even ask what he knew. They just went back to arguing. It was after a couple of seconds that Aerrow was getting real tired of the two acting like infuriated children.

He got in between the two before they could even claw at each other. He looked over at Finn with sternness. "Look, Finn, if you really did do it, then apologize." The blonde was about to protest, but subsided when he saw a glare from his leader. Then, Aerrow looked over at Piper and said, "Piper, if Finn really didn't do it, then you shouldn't blame him in the first place."

The blue-haired girl bit her lip but then replied, "I know Finn did it! He always does these things! Why do I need proof when I know he did it in the past?" No one said anyway. They just stared at her as if to say that there was a small chance that she was right. She shook her head before saying, "Look, I'm going to do some recon on a small terra near here. When I come back, Finn better apologize for what he did!" And with that, she stomped out of the bridge and towards the hanger.

With it just being the guys now, everyone except Finn looked at him with a cold frown. "… What? I didn't do it!" They just rolled their eyes at that statement.

Piper lay with heliscooter next to her, staring at the clouds from the small terra. She was still mad at what Finn did, though she couldn't help but feel mad at all the guys on the Condor. They acted so immature even for their age. If she had a choice, she would have chosen a team with much more tact. After all, they weren't going to be kids anymore. So, it was time to grow up and not do more nonsense.

As she watched the clouds past by, a dark shadow past over her vision. Getting up, she looked at the passing shadow to see a blue… Rabbit/Dog/Monkey/Whatever creature that reminded her of Radarr. What made this one different from the mission specialist was that it was wearing a red, British waistcoat and carrying a gold pocket watch. Anyway, the creature seemed to be in a hurry since it ran like it was on fire. It headed toward the forest, making tracks. Now, Piper wasn't one to chase after a creature for no reason at all. However, she started to follow it, just out of curiosity of course.

A few minutes later, the blue furry went down a small hole next to a tree. She immediately stopped and peeked in. It was dark, too dark to see if there were any dangers. Now, the little voice in her head was telling her to go back and tell the others about this. But she didn't listened and started to crawl inside, wanting to see where that creature was going anyway.

"Come on, Piper," the specialist told herself, "Just because you're in a big, scary hole doesn't mean anything is going to happen. Besides, you've been in worse situations than this. Terra Deep, the Black Gorge, the Great Ex-!" Her left hand went more downward than needed and soon, she started to fall into the black abyss.

It was a fast drop before she started to float downward. "… This is weird." Suddenly, several strange objects started to past by her. Once seeing what looked to be a lamp, she turned it on to see a lot of various objects passed by her, floating in midair. In the words of a very curious explorer, this was really, really weird.

"You know… If I am going downward, I might past through Atmos' center," Piper commented before going through a tight squeeze. Afterwards, she was turned upside-down, now speaking, "And now, I'm on the side where people walk upside-down!" After a while of thought, she then concluded, "But that's stupid, no one can walk upside-down!"

After that rant, she soon landed on the floor, head first. She rubbed her head from the pain before noticing the creature she was following was in her sight, hopping away. Quickly, she got up and started to chase after it. As they ran, the hallway twist and turn, sometimes sideways like a funhouse. The girl then came upon a huge room with only a door, a table, but no creature.

"Where did he go?" She looked around for it but saw no trace. So by the process of elimination, she concluded that creature could have gone through the door. Now, she could have gone back, but she made it this far, and she still wanted to know where it was going in a hurry. She approached the door, now seeing that it was smaller than her normal stature. Rolling her eyes, she still chose to follow even if she couldn't fit through the entrance. She was about to grab the doorknob before something else weird happen.

"'Alt! Who goes Zere?" shouted a voice, causing Piper to get spook. She quickly looked around but didn't see anything. "Down 'ere!" She looked down to see a man in metal pots and pans that kind of reminded her of an old coot back on Terra Gale. "Ah ha! Zinking you can get can get into Wonderland? Well, you can zink otherwise because ze Great Wren, guardsman to ze entrance of Wonderland, will not permit you!"

"…Wonderland?" she questioned, being confused by what he said. It was like listening to the ranting of a senior. Afterwards, she shook her head and asked, "Well, why can't I get into this Wonderland?"

Once she asked that, the guard quickly spoke, "Because you are too tall to enter!" He pointed over at a sign that read, "You must be this short to enter Wonderland". The line that the sign had was very very close to the floor, at least three inches from the bottom. Her jaw dropped at the mere sight of it. If it was that short, how did the Blue Furry get by anyway?

Shaking her head, Piper said, "Look, I'm chasing after this weird creature wearing clothes and a pocket watch. Can you at least tell me how he got through that door?" Wren blinked before thinking about it. It took several seconds before he answered her back.

"Oui, 'e drank out of zat bottle." He pointed back at the table, where magically there was now a drink on it. She blinked, wondering how that got there, but she shook her head knowing that it didn't matter right now. She walked over to the table, picked up the bottle, and started to examine it. So far, it seemed like a normal drink. But as far as she known, it could have been poison. However, she still wanted to follow that thing. And since this was the only way, she might as well drink.

She took a quick sip and set the bottle back. For it second, she still stayed the same size. But afterwards, everything around her started to get bigger and bigger. This led her to think that she actually was shrinking. Pretty soon, she was three inches on and still had her clothes on, thank goodness. She then walked over to the guard and asked, "Now, can I get past the door?"

After the while, he thought about it. Then, he spoke, "Okay, since you meet ze 'eight acquirement." He walked over to the door and tried to open it. However, even if he was turning the knob, he still couldn't get the door to open. He soon realized, "Oopsie, I forgot. Ze door is locked and ze key is on ze table."

Piper looked over at the table and soon saw a key that hadn't been there before. Puffing her cheeks in irritation, she marched over to the stand and tried to get the key. She tried climbing, but she only slide back down. She tried jumping, but she couldn't even make the ledge with her finger tips. Huffing, she turned back to the guard and requested, "Can you at least get the key for me?"

"Sorry, but I 'ave to stand by my post." She was even angrier because he could move at least to the table and hand her the key. No one would even get through in the first place since the door was lock. Seeing her frustration, he then questioned, "Why don't you try ze box in front of you?"

"What?" She then looked down to see a nice chest in front of her that wasn't there before. Strange how things that weren't there before suddenly appear when she took a second look. She opened the chest to see that were cookies inside. If drinking made her smaller, then maybe eating a cookie will make her bigger again. Considering that logic, she grabbed one and took a bite out of it.

Like the shrinking, it didn't start until a little bit later. She grew and grew until she was almost her size again. She was happy at first but soon realized that she was still growing. She went past her normal height and up towards the ceiling. She hit her head and sat down since she continued to grow. One of her feet accidently hit Wren in the process and pretty soon, she was one cramped giant. At least her clothes were still on.

"This is so embarrassing." There was only muffled speech from the guard due to her foot. In any case, she could get the key without trying to crush it with her huge hand. But she still needed to be small again to get out of this place. After reshuffling herself a little bit, she saw a rope near her head. Though it was just hanging there innocently, it still bugged her since it was brushing across her face. Irritated, she rose up her free hand and pulled on it, breaking it in the process. She smiled in satisfactory, only to get wet when the ceiling started to pour down water.

"Sacre le bleu!" shouted Wren as he popped out of Piper's foot, "You activated ze water system! Now, ze entire room is going to flood!" The girl gulped with embarrassment. She didn't mean to flood the room; she was tired of the rope bugging her. She lifted her hands up to block the water from coming in. Unfortunately, it still got through due to it being a liquid and thus, it can move through gaps easily. It was several moments later that the water was right up to a foot. It wouldn't be long before she was totally submerged under water.

Luckily, she noticed the bottle that made her shrink floating along the water like the guard (Pots can float too). Maybe if she drinks whatever that stuff was, she could become small again, go into the bottle, and hopefully get out of this place. She picked up the bottle and drank it, which resulted in her being small again and thus getting into the bottle. Now she could get out of this place… if she had any way to steer herself in the right direction.

She floated along the waves, in the direction of the outlet, the keyhole. There, she started to head out to one fanatic land.

Author's Note:

For those who read Tawnyfur's Piper in Wonderland and miss reading it, yea, I'm doing my own version. I loved it and I felt that I should continue after she discontinued the project. I wasn't obligated to do it, but what the hey, I might as well give it my twist.

Now, if you are wondering what version of Alice this is, it might be a mix. There could be the original, there could be Disney, and there could be anything. After all, Wonderland is pretty random!

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