Here's the first actual chapter of my Alice in Wonderland crossover. Love it! I know you will… no I'm not cocky… I am so tired. I never seem to catch a break to sleep. So please R&R it'll make me feel better. And give me more inspiration… I need inspiration. Lots of it.
Alice Song of the Week! Listen to Through the Looking Glass by Symphony X. It's really cool. I promise. Well worth listening to. It's not your ordinary symphony song. It has some really cool rhythms and such. So listen for me, please.
Chapter 1: The Door into Wonderland
Ulquiorra falls down the rabbit hole so slowly. To him, it feels like hundreds of years have passed, falling down and down. So to pass the time, he glances around, studying every aspect of this strange rabbit hole. Paintings furnish the walls and high end furniture seems to make up small rooms in clefts of the walls. But only two paintings catch his eye. In each a girl with blonde, black, white and silver hair holds the hands of two adults; one featuring two women in red, the other: a man and a woman in white. She seems almost happy where she is but something is haunting about the paintings, side by side; as if the adults were glaring at one another across the blank space of wall.
He shakes his head and closes his acid green eyes, wanting to sleep but a sense of vertigo envelopes him and the teen shifts upright. His dissent slows even further, and he lands on his feet. "What is this place?" he asks himself, looking around the room. Green and white tiles cover the floor and a table with a baby blue tablecloth sets in the middle. Doors surround him as if they were making up the walls. But the one that intrigues him the most is the one with a face.
"Who are you?" it, he asks, raising a slim eyebrow.
"Ulquiorra Schiffer. And you are?" he asks to be polite.
"I am Jidanbo the guardian of the door into Wonderland."
"Wonderland?"
"Yes, do you wish to pass?"
"I guess, I can't go back up it seems."
"Then you must answer three riddles. The First:
Ulquiorra thinks for a bit before answering, "An ace of cards."
Kings and queens may cling to power
and the jester's got his call
But, as you may all discover,
the common one outranks them all
"Correct," the door guardian says, "the second:
What is put on the table, but never eaten?
"That one's easy. A deck of cards."
"Correct. Now for the last:
Four of us are in your field
But our differences keep us at yieldFirst, a one that is no fool
Though he resembles a gardener's toolNext, one difficult to split in two
And a girl once had one as big as her shoeThen, to the mind, one's a lovely bonder
And truancy makes it grow fonderLast, a stem connecting dots of three
Knowing all this, what are we?"
"The card suits: spade, diamond, heart and club."
"Correct. You are an extremely smart boy, Ulquiorra. And now I grant you entrence to this world. But be careful, the White King, White Queen, Red Queen and Queen of Hearts are not ones to be trifled with."
'The White King and Queen? Red Queen and Queen of Hearts? Who are they?' he thinks but doesn't ask, thinking it'd be too much to ask of the poor guardian. "Thank you, Jidanbo. You're too kind."
"It is my pleasure, Ulquiorra. Now into Wonderland you go. Watch out for the Cheshire Cat, Ichimaru, he loves playing jokes!"
"I will." And with that Jidanbo's door opens and Ulquiorra gets his first glimpse into Wonderland.
He steps through, seemingly unable to hear Jidanbo's whisper, "Be careful, Alice. You are this world's only hope."
