Tonight was a waste of a night for writing, my computer is on the verge of death and I spent the night trying to fix it and back up my hard drive onto a crap external hard drive. And now I've spent two hours reviewing and finally choosing a new comp ;-; I'll try to keep quality. But I'm so distracted and bummmmmeeeedd. *sob* Thanks for the reviews, peeps, it quite makes my day. They're hugs for my soul XD and Pure…your excitement just…is way too nifty. XD Thanks, dearies~ And P.S….their clothes shrunk with them. It would just be too awkward if they didn't XD

Sunlight streamed in through the windows of the drawing room and cast shadows over the fashionable furniture of the Rainsworth estate. The fire had since died down and the room was undisturbed and quiet. On the ground was another object that caught the gleam of the sunlight, a certain sapphire necklace. And not far off were two bodies…shrunk.

Emerald eyes cracked open slowly and squinted against the harsh sunlight. Oz gave a low groan. He felt as though he'd run into a wall, sore and with a headache. Still, he pushed his eyes back open and allowed himself a moment to stare up and try and make sense of his present position. Where was he? He vaguely remembered the night before, something about the basement…and ah, they had been cleaning…and…that necklace… Oz sat up and rubbed his head with a wince as he let his gaze wander…and his emerald eyes widened.

Chairs that had the night before been adequately sized now loomed over him like mountains, the room itself seemed unfathomably vast, and even the fibers of the rug were not all that much smaller than he. "What…the..?" Oz's wide eyes found their way to the bright blue object that lay several feet away, the sapphire necklace.

"Nnn…Oz…"

Oz jumped lightly, startled as he turned and found Alice at his side. She too was the wrong size and he guessed that they couldn't be more than six inches tall. Which meant that this had to be a dream, didn't it? Perhaps he was still asleep? Oz gave a sharp pinch to his arm and winced when all it accomplished was a slip of pain. So then…could it be that…this wasn't a dream?

"Alice…Alice!" he shook her lightly. "Alice, wake up…we're…Alice!" he pulled her up a bit and tapped her cheek lightly, surprised when her arms slid around him and she leaned her cheek against his neck and tilted her head back as her lips very faintly brushed against his neck. Oz froze with a faint blush on his cheeks. "Alice…"

"Oz…I…love…" her face rubbed against the curve of his neck and he swallowed hard. "I love…meat." she said as she suddenly bit down on his neck and in surprise, he shoved her off quickly.

At that, Alice finally woke up and she mumbled something incoherent and blinked in confusion before she glared at Oz. "Whad'ja hit me for?" she demanded, as she assumed that that was what had happened. She'd been having a really great dream too, she'd just bitten down on such juicy meat…

"Alice, look around you." Oz didn't have time to stay embarrassed or explain, there was the pressing matter of the fact that he'd gone to sleep and woken up to the intimidating situation of having apparently shrunk that took precedent in his mind.

Alice frowned but cast her gaze around anyway…and promptly froze. "W..What?" she breathed. "Hey, Oz, everything looks…bigger."

"It's not though." Oz said quietly and she turned her gaze back onto Oz. "It's not bigger, Alice…we're smaller."

Gilbert Nightray was nervous. And why? Because he hadn't seen his master all morning and that was unusual in and of itself. But furthermore, this time, his worry wasn't in regards to Oz having become endangered. This time, he was certain that this was part of a plot on Oz's part to force information about the 'game' out of him. If he had only acted more casually, or said that it was like smoking a cigarette. But no, he'd said that it was an adult thing and hidden it, and that was practically the same thing as an issued challenge. Gilbert was certain that at any moment, Oz would jump out and tie him up or start harassing him until he confessed, typical Oz torment.

But he didn't. Minutes became hours and finally as the noon bells struck, true anxiety hit him. If Oz had had a plan, he would have revealed himself already, and furthermore…there weren't that many places that he could have gone. So then…

"Oz! Oz! Hey, Oz! Stupid rabbit!" Gilbert headed anxiously through the halls as he called for them, either of them would do, Oz or the stupid rabbit that would be bound to lead him to Oz.

"Gilbert-kun? Is there a problem?" Gilbert stopped mid-step and nearly lost his balance before he faced Break with a worried expression.

"It's Oz! I can't find him, or the stupid rabbit! I thought he was hiding because of the-never mind-but I can't find him…even if it were a plan, he wouldn't have stayed hidden this long!" Gilbert's anxiety bled into his voice, he'd always overreacted where Oz was concerned, particularly in regards to his safety, but it wasn't really an overreaction, was it? All those attempts on Oz…to kidnap the Duke's heir, or worse…

Break tilted his head at the 'never mind' bit but what he said was. "Plan…? Perhaps they've gone to play outside…or have you checked the drawing room, I seem to recall hearing them plotting something in there last night…" he mused calmly, seemingly unaffected by the present 'situation'.

Gilbert's eyes widened slightly and he darted past Break. "Oz! Hey, Oz!" he burst into the drawing room. "Oz!" But he fell short as he found it empty and undisturbed. A grim expression settled over his features. Where could Oz have gone? He would know better than to stay away for so long, he wouldn't have just gone off without telling Gilbert…as much as Oz tortured him, he knew better than to do that. But surely nothing had happened at the Rainsworth manor right under their noses!

A shimmer of blue caught his attention and he blinked at the sight of a necklace on the ground. "That…" he muttered. The necklace that Oz had found, left abandoned in the drawing room? Perhaps it had slipped out of his pocket? Gilbert moved over to it and picked it up as he frowned down at it for a moment. "Oz…"

His gloved hand curled around the necklace and his grip tightened. "Oz!" he turned to dart out of the room, this time to check outside, "Oz! Stupid rabbit! Hey!"

"Oz! Hey, Oz!"

Oz and Alice looked up at the sound of a booming voice and both wore similar stunned expressions as a giant Gilbert entered the room.

"Oz!"

"Gil! Here! Gil!" Oz waved his arms at the other. He doubted that it would do much good, but he had to try, right? For a moment, he thought that Gilbert had seen but instead he came to pick up the necklace. "Useless." he muttered as he saw the other examine the necklace…wait, the night before…hadn't it been after he examined it and spoke that word…wasn't that when he'd-

"The necklace, Alice! The necklace shrunk us!"

"Huh?"

"Remember…after I read that word…then after that, we woke up like this…"

"Then this…is your fault!" Alice glared.

"Well…yeah…but it wasn't on purpose." Oz hedged.

"You…are the worst excuse of a manservant!" she hissed.

Oz put a hand to the back of his head. "Ah…sorry.." he smiled at her sheepishly and Alice huffed and crossed her arms.

"Well, what do we do now? Clearly your servant is just as useless as you are." she grumbled.

Oz's expression became serious and stopped to consider it a moment. "We have to focus on getting someone to find us. We can't fix this by ourselves…we need Gil…I don't really think it would be best if Break found us first…" and by Alice's sudden, slightly panicked expression, he imagined that she agreed. Little Sharon wouldn't be a bad possibility, but he'd rather just find Gilbert, and he assumed that Gilbert would be easier to find.

"Relying on that stupid seaweed-head, how annoying.." Alice muttered.

Oz gave her a small smile but his mind was running through ideas. It would take them ages to get around the huge manor, and then they'd have to get Gilbert's attention… "B-rabbit…" he said suddenly.

"Huh?"

"If you transform, Gil'll feel the power release and in that form, you'd be able to get his attention."

Alice considered that for a moment before she nodded approvingly. "Yeah…that'd…work. And then we'll use that dumb necklace to change back."

Oz stilled and then kept his smile up even though internally, his mental wheels were turning again. He wasn't entirely sure what had happened the first time, he suspected that that word had activated something in the necklace but he knew nothing of it or what he had truly done. So…would he…be able to undo it? "Yup! Alright then, Alice…now we just have to find Gil." Oz smiled brightly at her.

Alice took one look at her 'manservant' and scowled.

So…I had to order a new computer. So it'll be here next week, hopefully, in the meanwhile my computer is now very inconsistent and has the 'blue screen of death', which is a term coined for a critical crash error in Microsoft computers. :/ And I learned that it kills your computer to use it on your bed because it overheats, which makes sense now, wish I'd known that ages ago XD So if I'm slow in posting, then sorry. I'll try not to be, we have a home computer but I don't like to be around my parents on the comp, they're weird about that stuff. XD Hope this chap was alright, I had to rush the rest of it this morning since I have to be to work in fifteen minutessss. I adore you people, just so you know XD *showers you all with hugs and cookies* P.S. Had ya going with Alice and her love, didn't I? ;D XDD