Have you ever fallen down a portal? Like, one made from darkness and nothingness that utterly destroys the laws of logic? No, well I can tell you it's not quite pleasant. Especially when the person who made it felt like dropping you right in front of door, on hard, wooden floors…
I think I have a bruise.
The door was actually much smaller than I had anticipated- I mean, I knew I was short but this was just an insult to me! It was about a third my size, and rather narrow. Now, months on end of sitting at the computer, eating minimal- or sometimes not at all- will render you to have not only poor health, but a rather skinny body. Which was what I had. But it didn't help the height thing. Glancing around, I expected to see some kind of bottle, perhaps a piece of cake the people who left me here would have maybe left behind. But the room was unbelievably empty, and rather plain in color- only the maroon and salmon pink vertical stripes.
"Okay, you shove me down a rabbit whole- of sorts- and leave me no way to get in. This is… kinda ridiculous, Namine." Her name had been purposefully emphasized, echoing in the rather… normal sized room.
"No, this is you not looking hard enough." A voice grunted, deep and rough. I turned my head, ready to give a sarcastic remark when I noticed the dreads surrounding the oddly shaped cat ears.
"… Xaldin? Are you serious?" My jaw nearly dropped at the sight- but he was well dressed, so what the heck. He had on a pin stripe vest of grey and blue, his dress shirt underneath being a matte looking black. He even wore nice dress pants, actually.
"You have a problem with me?" He sneered- I swear for a moment he would have pounced over to me and stabbed me with his… uhm… well okay he didn't have anything on him but he would still try to stab me.
Maybe stab me in the eye with his finger. Ouch.
"No, no way man!" I shook my head, putting up my arms in that, 'oh dear god don't hurt me' kind of way. He sneered still, disappearing suddenly.
"You should be looking, for what you can't see…" His voice was behind me, by the door.
"You should be thinking of new riddles- this clearly isn't your thing." I retorted with a pout and glare, crossing my arms.
"Alice, Alice, Alice, that's not a way to treat Wonderland." He replied, leaning against the wall.
"Dude, you've got the wrong freakin' Alice." I told him, sneering myself.
"How do you know you're the wrong Alice, when all the others think they're the wrong Alice's, too? There's got to be a right one, somewhere."
"Dude, there's more? You just really have to stop kidnapping women- first Belle, and now little girls? You pedo, you." I snorted, smirking a bit. He only glared, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"I don't know of this Belle- but I know Alice, and you're Alice."
"So are the many other's named Alice—WILL YOU OPEN THE DOOR?" I shouted, stomping my foot.
"Slow and steady wins the race…"
"Now you're just copy righting." I snapped, earning him a chuckle.
"As I said before…" His head disappeared. "Look for what you can't see~." Beside me, turning to see his glare and jumping back with a squeal.
"Toothpaste is teeth's best friend!" My voice only echoed, then realizing the mischievous little neko Xaldin had taken off. With a roll of my eyes, I turned to look around the space. "Look for what can't be seen… do I get to smash in walls?" I asked myself out loud, touching the wall opposite the door. Suddenly, it came to life at my touch; a glow of a thin blue line, outlining a rectangular shape. A doorknob appeared with the sparkles that you saw only in the first Kingdom Hearts games. "Oh, that's so pretty. Let me get my boa and this can be a sexy party." I muttered, gripping the door and pulling it open.
I bet you've never been on an acid trip. I know I haven't, drug are so not my thing. Never will be! But when I walked through that door, that's certainly what I imagined a minor acid trip looked like. I mean, the flowers were vibrant colors, speckled with their respective contrasting colors. The moved and sung- voices carrying out into the soft wind that kept the atmosphere nice and warm.
"… is this really wonderland?" I asked aloud, my eyes examining the grass beneath my feet- lush and thick like a suburban husband's dream. What I noticed afterwards was the dark, looming sky. It was morbid, with the lightning dashing across the sky, but thunder made no sound. Random parts of the ground was erupted with ruins of some odd, ancient civilization; covered in dying moss that gave the flowers something to block out. Walking further into this mini acid trip, I noticed a maze suddenly jut up from the ground, abruptly, against the order of the meadow. I started forward, reaching ahead to touch the odd green coloured hedges… a rose began to bloom at the presence, and my fingers were close to skimming the very tip when—
"You shouldn't touch that!"
"Touching that wouln't be."
"Oh, no, not at all."
"Be missing a few afterwards."
"Plenty to make some."
"Oh, certainly!"
"HEY!" I shrieked, fighting against the hands that were dragging me away from the hedges and into the tall grass. "Where are you taking me!"
"Shouldn't be going in."
"But we've gots to."
"He won't be pleased."
"When is he?"
"Well there was that time—"
"Was there is."
"Indeed."
"Oh god my head exploded…" I sighed, stumbling over my own feet as the pulled, through the tall grass, and into the most weirdest looking forest. The trunks were gnarly, twisted- the leaves were dying, blacks and greys and neutral colors that were close to black. "Oh, morbid much." I mumbled with a sigh, closing my eyes. Hey, if this was a dream, it was pretty awesome!
"Mad hatter!"
"We found one!" The dropped me into a seat, and I finally got a look at their faces—
"Oh my god, Ventus! Roxas!" I yelped, sitting up in my seat. Off to the right, a tall, dark shadow emerged from the cover of the trees, eyes glowing yellow, and the other blue.
"Holy shit. It's Terra."
