Aww, you three rocked my world XD It brightened my work dayyyyyy. I get so happy. It's basically Me: *gets out of clean room suit, steps outside, checks phone, "REVIEWS AND ALERTS! *excited*" * XD *cough* Anyway. More planning and planning. I have such epic conversations in store. I am looking forward to writing a bit in the Carrol-ian style XD~ and of course, PH LOVE!~ And the running gag in this story will be girl-Oz, but you'll understand what I mean later XD~ And when the 'drink me' scene comes…clothes changed as well, because nudity is just awkward. XD
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Oz was falling into the Abyss.
Or at least, for a moment, that was what it felt like.
But then swirls of color surrounded him and furniture that floated about him and by him as he plummeted down to the ground. He expected a great deal of pain but just before he hit, it was as if he'd bounced against air before settling against the ground with a thump. Oz rubbed the back of his head as he looked around with a furrowed brow. "What…?" he had followed that rabbit and now…-
Something slammed into him and he gasped lightly as he looked backwards to find Alice on top of him and Gilbert beside him.
"Alice…Gil? You came too?" he asked in surprise.
Alice, from atop Oz's back, scowled down at him. "Well obviously! What's the idea? You ignore us calling you and then just go and fall down some hole…you're so useless!" she growled.
Oz chuckled lightly. "Ah…" and then he squirmed. "Would you mind-"
Gilbert shoved her off before Oz could ask and he offered his young master a hand, when the other accepted, he pulled him up and kept him close with a hand on Oz's shoulder. "Are you alright, Oz?" he asked as he let his gaze wander around the strange room.
"Yeah, I'm fine…I was following a rabbit…he said that he was late…"
Alice and Gilbert simultaneously turned to stare at Oz a moment.
"The rabbit-" Gilbert started slowly.
"-Said that he was late?" Alice finished with a furrowed brow.
Oz nodded. "And he was wearing a waist coat."
Alice and Gilbert were silent before Gilbert lifted a hand to feel Oz's head. "Are you sure you're alright…did you maybe hit your head?" he asked in concern.
Oz scowled and batted Gilbert's hand away. "I saw it before I fell…besides…this isn't an ordinary rabbit hole, is it? Look at this place…"
Furniture floated above them and there were no doors save a small one in the corner little big enough for even a small animal to go through. There was a table in the middle of the room with a bottle labeled 'drink me' and a small cake labeled 'eat me', and a key. Oz ran his gaze over the writing before he picked up the bottle. "The room is sealed except for that door, the key probably opens it but we won't fit…and we can't climb up…maybe if we drink and eat this stuff…"
"Oz!" Gilbert snatched the bottle away from a momentarily surprised Oz. "You can't just drink this! It could be poison!" he chastised.
Oz pouted lightly. "What's the point of that in a place like this?" he held out his hand. "Just let me-"
"No!"
"Gil…"
Gilbert swallowed hard. His young master was using a stern face, but…he couldn't let the other drink it. What if it really were poison? He didn't want to drink it but if Oz was going to…
He tugged the cork free and took a small sip with a wince before he set it down on the table beside him as he considered it a moment. "It tastes like…a blueberry…a-agh!" his body began to tingle and in a whoosh the room suddenly got very, very large. "O-Oz?"
Above him were giants. Oz and Alice as they stared down at Gilbert in shock. "Seaweed head?" Alice queried as she crouched down, astonished and Oz got down on his knees to peer down at Gilbert who was now no more than six inches tall.
Gilbert took a few steps backwards and he tripped over his own feet as he stared up at the others in stunned silence.
"Hey, careful!" Oz's hands suddenly loomed over Gilbert and he started to move away instinctively before they closed around him.
"O-Oz, don't!" Gilbert stammered. He wasn't a fan of heights, particularly not in his current position.
But Oz picked him up anyway and opened his palm to look down at Gilbert with a mixture of fascination and concern. He brought his right hand up to gently brush his finger against Gilbert's hair. "Gil got tiny…"
"It's because of that drink! I told you not to drink it!" Gilbert looked anxious now and Oz feared that his servant might be on the verge of tears. He hadn't seen Gilbert cry as an adult except for when he'd been drunk but a situation like this…just in case….
"So you drank it instead? Typical Gil. So lame. But you did it for me so I guess it's alright…" Oz patted the other's head lightly with a finger. "Do you feel alright, Gil?"
Gilbert nodded, but there was still a look of panic on his face. "What if…what if we can't fix this…?"
"Well…you can sleep on my pillow." Oz offered.
"That doesn't help at all!" Gilbert moaned, but secretly, he was grateful for the offer.
Oz's gaze softened. "We'll fix this, don't worry, Gil." he reassured the other and Gilbert found himself calming down already. He trusted Oz, there was no two ways about it and if Oz said that…he just found himself believing it.
Alice had watched the scene in silence, but she couldn't take it anymore. She burst out laughing. "Seaweed head looks like one of Sharon's dolls…I bet the clowny bastard would love this…" she snickered.
Gilbert blanched. Break would never let him live something like this down and would probably just torment him. "If you tell him, stupid rabbit-" he started to warn.
"Ooh, big talk coming from a doll." Alice snickered again and Gilbert flushed.
"Alice.." Oz chided as he poked Gilbert's stomach lightly. "It'll be our little secret, kay, Gil?" he smiled brightly at the other and Gilbert found his anxiety lessening a bit, no doubt Oz's intention.
"Thanks, Oz…" he mumbled.
Oz inclined his head before he rose and gently set Gilbert down on the table before he eyed the cake a moment. "Well…if this drink makes you small…then maybe the cake makes you big? It's worth a try, right? If you just take a little, maybe you'll be at the right size?" Oz suggested.
Gilbert frowned suspiciously at the cake. "I don't know…"
"It can't get any worse, can it?" Oz asked brightly and Gilbert grimaced before he sighed. "Fine then…" he muttered as he took a few stops towards the cake piece. He eyed it a moment before he took a bite, one that was larger than he'd intended.
"Well, Gil?" Oz queried.
"It's…strawberry." Gilbert said and then his eyes widened as he began to tingle and-
Whoosh.
Gilbert was relieved to feel himself growing and see Oz and Alice coming up level, and then he was taller as he should be…and then he simply kept growing…and growing….and growing.
"G-Gilbert, hey!" Oz exclaimed in surprise.
Oz and Alice moved aside together to avoid Gilbert's form as it began to grow. The danger of being squished seemed more imminent until large hands closed around them and lifted them up.
This time, Oz and Alice were on Gilbert's palm.
Oz stared up at his now giant servant slash best friend with yet another look of fascination and concern. "Gil…you're…a giant…"
Gilbert stared down at his young master and the stupid rabbit, stunned yet again before he muttered. " 'It can't get any worse', huh?"
Oz pouted and kicked at Gilbert's palm lightly. "Don't mock your master." he grumbled.
Gilbert looked faintly amused a moment before he simply looked miserable. "This is worse than being tiny…I can't be your servant like this! I can't even fit inside the manor!" he looked on the verge of tears again and Oz waved his hands in a 'nooo' gesture.
"Don't say that, Gil. No matter how tiny or large you are, you're my prized servant! So don't worry!"
Gilbert smiled weakly. "You say that now…but later…"
"I'll say the same thing." he said firmly. "And I was thinking…the drink makes you small, and the cake makes you big…and the door is very small…so maybe if we all drink the drink…we can get through the door?"
"No way! I don't wanna get small! And what if we're stuck, huh? It's seaweed head's own fault if he is." Alice announced and Gilbert was tempted to drop her, but Oz was in the same palm so he couldn't just do that. Even as tall as Gilbert was, they couldn't get out the rabbit hole and Gilbert would be stuck anyway…so…the only real option seemed to be through the door, and they'd have to get small to do that.
"Oz…I don't want you to drink it…" Gilbert said with a frown. Even if it wasn't poison (as of yet, anyway) to let his master drink such a thing…
Oz patted Gilbert's palm with a smile. "Aww, don't worry so much, Gil~ I'll be fine, aren't I always?"
Gilbert thought of the Abyss and his expression fell slightly and Oz kicked Gilbert's thumb. "Stop looking so sad, alright?"
"Sorry." Gilbert said immediately, just a response and Oz sighed.
Gilbert didn't like this idea, but there didn't seem to be a choice. He brushed his thumb lightly against Oz's cheek with a worried frown before he set Oz and Alice down. The table had been pushed to the corner of the room, but not overturned thankfully, and he let them each drink before he set the key onto the ground and then brought the little bottle to his lips as he drank what was left of it.
Just after Alice and Oz had experienced their whoosh, Gilbert did as well and he found himself at a proper height with the others, albeit that they were all shrunk.
Oz clapped Gilbert's back as he smiled brightly at the other. "See, Gil? Nooo problem~"
Gilbert wasn't too sure about that, but he was relieved that they were of the same size at least as he ruffled the other's hair lightly. He thought back to their conversation in the parlor, but now was not the time to remark on it…or dwell on that brief flicker of sadness he'd seen in his young master's eyes when he'd foolishly spoken the wrong thing….still… "Hey…Oz…I-"
"Found it!" Oz kicked the key beside him, it wasn't as though it were hard to see in their current forms. "Help me, Gil." he said as he picked up one end before he found the whole key taken by Gilbert with relative ease, and the other didn't seem to notice the scenario. Oz flushed just slightly and pouted. "Jeese, Gil…" he grumbled. It was convenient in a way, but such a pain as well….he missed his little Gil, but big Gil was dear too, so it was alright.
Oz and Alice followed Gilbert to the door where he hesitated before he lifted the key and missed, shoving it into the handle.
"You're too clumsy, give it to me!" Alice demanded and she tried to grab it but Gilbert let it balance on the ground in one hand as he held her at bay by the forehead.
"Knock it off, stupid rabbit." he growled.
"Ow, that hurt." a voice huffed and the three froze.
"Over here!"
The door suddenly had a face and it didn't look happy as it glared at them. "Shoving things in faces…how utterly rude. No one bothered to teach you manners, obviously."
Alice, Oz, and Gilbert gaped.
"The door…is talking.." Gilbert mumbled, astonished.
"The door, doesn't like to be talked about, thank you very much!" it gave an indignant sniff.
Oz looked to Alice and Gilbert before he stepped forward. "Do you know how to get out of here?" he asked politely.
The door huffed and then replied. "The only way out, is to go through me. But I'm not sure I want to open now. Brainless bunch of-"
"-It's reeeeeeallly important that we leave…and he's really sorry, my servant is just a clumsy oaf-"
"-Hey!" Gilbert protested.
"-Anyway, will you please let us pass?" Oz asked sweetly.
The door eyed him a moment before it sighed. "Oh, fine. But only because you said please. Now then, put the key in here." it opened it's 'mouth' wide and Gilbert hesitated before he slipped the key in and turned it.
The door creaked and then slowly opened, and Alice, Oz, and Gilbert stepped through the door into the strange world of Wonderland…
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Bwah, it's 11:50pm and I have to be up at 5:50am for one more 12 ½ hour shift. ;-; *sob* I kept dozing off writing this but I was determined to finish, hope it's nice and such …Enjoy! XD