Hmmm... wonder if I should include Zommari and Aaroniero as Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum?

Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me, not Bleach and not the Alice in Wonderland plot to which this is set. (Bold writing within the chapter will indicate extracts from the Disney Alice in Wonderland script)

ENTER THE WHITE RABBIT

Ichigo opened his eyes to a patch of green grass. Wait... grass! He sat up abruptly, swivelling his head around in shock. He was no longer in his bedroom but splayed out on his front lawn. How on earth had that happened without his knowledge? He had gone to bed after all and he was not one of those individuals inclined to sleep walk.

As he became more aware of his surroundings he noticed that it was still night, the garden illuminated by the glowing moon high in the sky. It was a full moon, clearly visible along with countless stars shimmering alongside it. The nearby bushes suddenly rustled causing Ichigo to startle. What was that? He remained motionless waiting for further noises in case it was something else other than a stray animal lurking about. There was more rustling within the bushes. Ichigo inched closer to the suspicious bush when suddenly a pair of pure white rabbit ears popped out.

Huh, since when did we have a rabbit in our garden thought Ichigo as he watched the rabbit ears twitching in the bushes. The white ears started moving out of the foliage and Ichigo could only gape in amazement when the "rabbit" had finally emerged.

"U-U-Ulquiorra..." Ichigo stammered in shock.

The rabbit Ulquiorra regarded him in silence for a while before dusting himself off and removing various leaves that were stuck to his waistcoat, his rabbit ears twitching occasionally. If Ichigo was stunned by the ears and waistcoat he was near horrified when he spotted a round fluffy tail attached to Ulquiorra just above his rear.

"How do you know my name?" Ulquiorra suddenly asked piercing him with his intense emerald orbs.

"What do you..." Ichigo started before being cut off by Ulquiorra who was staring at a pocket watch with a very near panic expression.

"Oh my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late I'm late!"

"Late for what?" Ichigo could not stop himself from asking.

"I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

Ichigo felt very confused about the whole situation but before he could ask the pale rabbit-looking Espada anything more he had already opened a garganta and was busy disappearing though it. Not stopping to think things through Ichigo jumped through the portal just before it vanished leaving an empty garden behind.

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The next thing Ichigo knew was that he was falling down despite him leaping through the garganta horizontally. I guess this is what is meant by look before you leap he mused as he plummeted deeper. On the way down he felt something brush his arm and turned to see books floating next to him and on his other side he spotted a grand piano and a stool. He started to wonder if he was dreaming as never before had such strange things happened when travelling through a garganta. In the middle of these thoughts he hit the ground with a thump! Feeling dizzy he sat up slowly, carefully rubbing his head. A slight noise caused him to raise his head only to see Ulquiorra running upside down on the ceiling. How in the world is that possible he thought as he surveyed the surroundings to see if there was a way he could reach the escaping Espada. It was around this time that he realized that it was not Ulquiorra on the ceiling but him! Soon after this realization he dropped to the floor this time landing on his feet just in time to spy the "rabbit" disappear down a corridor muttering about being late.

He quickly ran down the corridor which led to a round hall with many doors however there was no one else in sight.

"Oi Ulquiorra" Ichigo yelled, "Where are you?"

A small squeak was heard and Ichigo was surprised yet again, to see a mini-arrancar hurry though a mini-door before slamming it behind him. He was too big to get through that particular door so he tried the others which all happened to be locked. Sighing in exasperation he gave up and made his way to a table he had seen in the middle of the room. His throat was starting to feel a bit dry so he was relieved to see a bottle of water on the table that said 'Drink Me!' He took a couple of gulps only stopping when he felt a strange tremor run through him. He'd shrunk. The table above his head loomed large now that he was so small but at least he could now follow Ulquiorra through the little door.

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Ichigo could not help but feel irritated to not only find that the little door was locked but also in discovering that a smallish key lay on the table. Now what? He looked around the room again and found a tiny box lying beneath the table which was labelled 'Eat Me!' At first he was hesitant but eventually concluded that after all that had already happened it couldn't be much worse. Taking one of the biscuits from the box he nibbled on it and found himself back to his normal size.

After successfully obtaining the little key and reshrinking himself, he made his way to the door. The door had opened easily enough once he had unlocked it, now all he had to do was track down Ulquiorra. Ichigo saw a beautifully exotic garden beyond the door with chirping birds, flowery smells and golden sunlight streaming down upon it all. This was definitely not Hueco Mundo! He then entered the strange garden closing the door behind him.