Amu's P.O.V:

Wonderland, the name seemed familiar but I cannot say I remember it. The door in front of me had a golden knob, it looked so inviting to open, so I reached out to touch it. As my fingers brushed against it, memories flooded my mind at an overwhelming pace, I couldn't even fully comprehend what was going on.

I could withstand the pain and continued to open the door, running into the room and slamming the door shut. My head returned to normal and I was panting heavily, what was even going on? I chose not to question when I first got here, but now I'm realizing how strange this entire place is.

"Are you just going to stand there and ignore me?" I heard behind me and whipped my head around, not seeing anyone. "Down here, you giant!" I looked down and saw something against the wall, I approached it cautiously and saw another door, a very small door.

"You can speak?"

"Of course I can, that's like asking if a mouse can juggle." The door scoffed and I raised a brow. "Anyway, how do you plan to get out of here if you're so large?" It asked me and I looked around, seeing a table there with a small cookie on it. I approached it and saw a note attached to the plate that the dessert was laying on.

Eat me.

"Didn't your parents teach you not to take candy from strangers?" The door laughed.

"You put this here?"

"I'm a damn door, how do you expect me to lay out a cookie!?" Okay, I admit that was a stupid question.

"In this world, everything seems possible." I reminded it and it was silenced.

"This world is capable of something too complex, not even the Mad Hatter can explain."

"Mad Hatter?"

"All in good time." Everything from there was quiet, I took the cookie and bit a small piece off, a strange flavor bursting in my mouth, and I wasn't quite sure if I liked it or not. I felt something rumble in my stomach and a loud burp escaped my mouth, I fell onto the floor from it.

"What a lady." The door laughed and I rolled my eyes. I had to take a double-take when I saw that it was the same size of me, I stood up and looked around, the table was huge and the cookie was laying beside me, three times bigger than me. I learned to push aside logic while I'm in here and just ran to the door, opening it and entering the next area.

It was a forest, smelling of wonderous pine, a memory of collecting pine cones when I was younger entering my mind. All of these memories made me wonder what else this world could help me discover about myself.

I heard a large shatter and walked toward the sound, wondering who else was in Wonderland, perhaps they're someone like me. I finally came across a long table, and there were two people sitting there, who didn't seem to notice me yet.

"All of these are empty, empty, empty! How can we have tea if there is none!?" The girl shouted, tossing cups all over the place, the person that sat across from her paid no attention to her. The girl panicking about the lack of tea was a brunette, her hair tied into two pigtails with red ribbons, crazy brown eyes met mine for a moment and she dropped the cups.

"Hello." I waved nervously.

"We have visitors and there is no tea, this is a disaster." She slumped down in her chair, while the boy seemed completely indifferent to the situation.

"May you tell me where I am?" I asked as politely as possible.

"Oh my a newcomer." The girl stood up, slamming her hands on the table, tilting it to her slightly to her side and some of the plates slid off. The blonde boy finally looked over at me, his ruby eyes showing an emotion I couldn't decipher.

"Welcome." He mumbled, and I just bowed my head.

"Amu, you found your way here, perfection." I heard behind me and turned around, seeing a man with purple hair that was longer than my own. He was wearing a colorful and torn tuxedo, along with a top-hat that was torn in multiple places. His eyes were a soft golden, and if it wasn't for his voice, I would have mistaken him for a girl.

"Were you the smile that spoke to me?"

"No, I was the first voice, pleasure to officially make your acquaintance." He smiled and I stuck my hand out for him to shake it, but he just looked at it before grabbing it and spinning me around, giggling while doing so. "What fun."

"So, can you please explain what's going on?"

"What's there to explain when everything in this world is inexplicable?" A grin grew on his lips.

"What is this world?" I asked and everyone froze, the brunette bursting out in laughter and the blonde remained emotionless.

"Oh dear, you really don't understand anything." The violet-haired man placed a hand on my cheek, before turning so that his back was facing me. He ran and jumped on the table, the girl began to clap and the man tipped his hat. I really wish I could get some names out of these people.

"Let me tell you, this world can be your sweetest dream or your cruelest nightmare, depending on which path you take. Where this world came from or who was here first, is unknown to everyone, so don't bother asking questions about that.

"We're all here for one sole purpose, because the white rabbit chose us. The rabbit chooses who he believes is most fit here, and by most fit, I mean the one who is completely out of their mind."

"But I'm fine." I reasoned.

"If you were, then you would already be dead." He challenged me and I shrank under his gaze. "Outsiders have entered before, and believe me, there's nothing more calming than the shrieks of the innocent." He smirked and I gulped, not sure what I got myself into.

"That or the Red Queen got to them." The girl spoke up.

"March, no skipping ahead in story time. Punishment!" The man cried out and the blonde grabbed a cup and threw it at Yaya's head, who fell back out of her chair because of it.

"Is she alright?" I wanted to help her but I was afraid I would get a punishment.

"No one here is, I thought we established this." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm tired of explaining, you can find out the rest for yourself." He sat in the chair at the end of the table, resting his head on his fist.

"Can I least know your name?" I decided, not wanting to push this man too far.

"They call me Mad Hatter, the one on the floor is March Hare, and the one who rarely speaks is Dormouse." He said and I thanked him silently. "Now go, explore this mystery of a place." He waved me off and I ran deeper into the forest, afraid of any flying tea cups that they might throw at me.

Luckily, I made it out alive, but I had no idea where the path that I was walking on would lead me to. They told me I wouldn't be stuck here forever, but how would I get home? Perhaps this is all a bad dream, a very, very bad dream.

"You wish." I heard and a cloud of smoke took over my vision, filling my lungs and I began to cough roughly. I waved my hand around, the smoke finally cleared and I finally saw the cause of it. There was a large mushroom with a green-hair man with glasses laying on it casually, a large pipe in his hands.

"Smoking could kill you." I commented.

"Thanks for stating the obvious, now go back in time and tell me that and I'm sure I'll change my mind." He replied sarcastically and I coughed again when he kept blowing it in my face.

"Can you at least quit blowing it into my face?" I demanded and he shrugged.

"Alright, you could have asked a little more politely." He blew circles into the air and I watched in slight amazement.

"I am Amu, and you are?"

"Extremely annoyed with your presence." He raised a brow and that piped me down. "Just refer to me as Kairi, I hate my other name that this world provided me." As he spoke, I noticed something sticking out of his hair, small antenna?

"Provided you, so everyone has a second name?"

"No, Mad Hatter is that man's actual name, we have a smart one over here." Sarcasm must be Kairi's first language or something.

"What is mine then?" I asked.

"The white rabbit hasn't decided yet, you must be patient." He told me and I nodded.

"Well, I'm going to continue on, any advice?"

"Down that road," He blew the smoke to the right. "Is a man that will probably never leave you alone if you speak to him."

"And the right?"

"Down that road is a girl who will never leave you alone once you speak to her." He told me and I glanced down both of the paths.

Don't be mean Amu.

I heard the voice from before and my legs carried me down the right path, I could barely control them as I continued down the path. As I went further down, the thicker the forest became with trees. You would be surprised it was day, the tree leaves above me covered the sun completely and I could barely see anymore.

I began to wonder what time it even was, how my parents were holding up with my sudden disappearance. Were they going to yell at me or ground me once I got home, or would they be so relieved that they would let me off the hook? I sighed, hopefully it's the second option.

"You decided to visit me, how splendid." I heard and just stood still, I was tired of these random voices. "What, you're not even going to try and see where I am?"

"There's no point." I shrugged.

"That hurt my feelings, am I less important than everyone else?"

"How am I to know if I don't even know you?" I pointed out.

"Fine, look up here." He demanded and I followed, seeing me laying on a tree branch, resting his back against the trunk. I instantly recognized him, the man from the party, the one with the weird tie.

He jumped down, landing swiftly on his feet and I noticed how amazingly rich the blue of his hair was, was it natural? Something was poking out of them though, were those purple cat ears? He slowly straightened himself out, he wore a pink and purple-striped shirt with normal black skinny jeans. He had a bandana tied around his neck, matching the purple theme going on.

"You're the guy from the party." I said and he smirked.

"The name down here is Chesire, and you don't have a name yet."

"How come everyone seems to know about me, but I don't know anything myself?"

"Everyone anticipated the return of the girl who escaped years ago, your parents grabbed you before you could jump down." He explained but I was confused, I don't remember being saved from my parents from this place.

"Impossible, this is the first time I've ever seen that forest." I shook my head and he scoffed.

"You truly are insane." He commented and I glared at him.

"I am not." I defended my sanity.

"Didn't Hatter already explain this to you?"

"Hatter gets very tired of explaining very easily." I reminded him.

"Right, so let me just tell you as a little reminder. The sane cannot handle this place, they wouldn't be able to move from their spot because they're so terrified of what's running through their mind. Trust me, this place doesn't take kindly to strangers."

"I haven't had any thoughts." I had memories, but no strange thoughts

"Yet." He corrected me and I swear I saw something behind him, it happened once again but it kept disappearing behind his back. I grasped his shoulders and spun him, seeing a tail there, swishing back and forth and I covered my mouth with my hand, sputtering out chuckles. "What are you laughing at?"

"You look so stupid!" I laughed wildly and I saw him turned red from anger from the blur of tears in my eyes, my sides aching.

"Those tights look pretty idiotic." He tried to fire back.

"I don't care about your opinion." I tried to calm my breathing.

"I think it's about time you return home now." He grabbed my chin with his index finger and thumb, my heart sped up when he suddenly brought my face closer to his, a wicked smirk growing on his lips.

I blinked, but when I opened my eyes, I was in my bed. My body was covered in a cold sweat, I was panting heavily as if I was having a nightmare. I placed a hand on my forehead, it seemed all too realistic to be a dream, but everything was too bizarre to be otherwise. I grabbed my phone, it was four in the morning, only three hours until school. I was wide awake now, afraid I would fall into that world again if I fell asleep.

I threw the comforter off me, seeing that I was wearing pajamas and not my blue dress. That's all it was, a nightmare, my heart calmed at this as I my eyes began to feel heavy. I was safe to sleep now, I knew it was all fake.

Wonderland isn't real.

I recently learned that writers have pre-prepared chapters and I'm like, wait, I'm supposed to make pre-prepared chapters? Whoops. I do realize that the names are from Alice in Wonderland, but from the original movie.

Please R&R!