Chapter 2: Yoko
I started to look around the house. It had long, winding hallways and many doors, all locked. At the end of the hallway, there was another door, a bit hidden behind a curtain. She tried it and it was unlocked. She walked into the room and saw the interesting girl from before. This time, however, the girl noticed her. "Who are you? And what are you doing inside my house?" she asked, her ears twitching as she got scared. "My name is Mellisa. I'm incredibly sorry for following you and barging into your home." "Eh? You were following me?" the bunny girl asked tilting her head. "Yes, I am terribly sorry," Mellisa said feeling bad about the whole situation. "Ya know, you remind me of the girl from my father's stories!" she said getting a little excited, "Is your name Alice by any chance?" "Alice? No, that's my mother's name!" Mellisa said surprised the girl knew her mother. "So you're Alice's daughter huh? You better watch out for the Queen of Hearts then! She's had a grudge against Alice ever since she was here last! My name's Yoko by the way, I'm the daughter of the White Rabbit and body guard to the princess," she said bowing. "I know your father from my mother's stories!" Mellisa said, also bowing a bit awkwardly. Yoko giggled a bit, "Sorry, it's a force of habit for me to bow, being around the Royal Family all the time." "Well it must be so stressful; the Queen sure seems like a brute!" Mellisa said shivering from the memories of her mother's stories. "Yeah, but her daughter is a lot nicer, her boyfriend's helped her out a lot." "She has a boyfriend?" Yoko's ears twitched and she covered her mouth, "Oh no, I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about that! I'm the princess's best friend because she isn't allowed out of the castle grounds and she trusts me with all her secrets and I just told her biggest one to the daughter of the person her mother despises!" Yoko started to make weird noises that sounded like that of a rabbit in distress. Mellisa went over and tried to help the frantic girl, "Hey, don't worry, I promise I won't tell anyone." "Really?" she stopped and looked as though she were about to cry. "Of course, my mother taught me to never spread around secrets, no matter what! Keeping each other's secrets and promises is the key to a wonderful friendship." Yoko smiled and hugged her, "Thanks; you're a lot like your mom! At least from what I can tell from my father's stories." Mellisa laughed and Yoko smiled and laughed along with her. The little gold watch that Yoko had started to ring. She took it out and Mellisa noticed it was very odd looking. It looked like a futuristic version of an old pocket watch. Mellisa was about to ask why it looked so weird when Yoko jumped up and started to run around saying, "Oh no, I'm late, I'm realllllyyyy LATE!" "What are you late for?" Mellisa asked trying to keep up with her. However, Yoko mustn't have heard her, because she just ran up to the glass table and drank from the bottle that said 'Drink Me' in fancy lettering. Suddenly, Yoko grew smaller which shocked Mellisa greatly. As soon as she finished shrinking, she ran up to a small door, but it didn't look like she could get through. She started to jump up and down, then Mellisa realized that Yoko was trying to get her attention. Mellisa crouched down so she could hear what Yoko was trying to tell her. Her voice sounded a little different when she was that size, a little bit higher pitched than before. "I forgot to grab the key on the table, could you go get it for me? Quick!" Mellisa looked over and a key magically appeared on the table that she swore wasn't there before. "Huh, how curious…" she said walking over. Strangely, when she went to grab it, her body reached over and grabbed the drink instead. "What's going on? I can't control my body," Mellisa said as she took a sip unwillingly. She started to shrink and she finally regained control of her body again and just before she grew too small, she grabbed the key and put the drink down. As soon as she stopped shrinking, she ran over to Yoko and handed her the key which had mysteriously shrunk with her. "Thanks, now come help me wake up the doorknob!" Yoko said. "Wake it up? Whatever do you mean?" Mellisa asked, but instantly her question was answered when she heard a loud snore come from the doorknob shocking her. She was still in shocked when Yoko snapped her out of it by randomly screaming. Mellisa covered her ears and yelled out so Yoko could hear her, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "Trying to wake the doorknob up!" Yoko said looking puzzled at her as if it were obvious. Mellisa, though still in shock about it being alive, decided to help Yoko wake it up. They both drew in a big breath and screamed out at the top of their lungs. The doorknob finally awoke with a great fright, "W-Wha? Oh, Miss Yoko, good morning, how may I be of assistance?" the apparently male doorknob said with a yawn. "We need to get to Wonderland right away!" she said frantically. "We? Actually Yoko, I must be getting home. Supper should be ready soon and I'm sure my mother is waiting for me," Mellisa said. Then Yoko looked at her with a sad face that Mellisa just couldn't resist, "Though I guess I always have wondered what Wonderland must be like in real life…" Yoko squealed in happiness and grabbed her hand after unlocking the door and dragged her inside, where Mellisa was greeted by a blinding light.
