A/N: Greetings you guys, girls, ladies and gents! I'm sorry about making so many edits to the last chapter and honestly that drove me mad to a point I almost burst but I assure you that you'll have none of that anymore for that chapter. Future chapters? Eh... Anyways. More OCs coming in. Grab a snack, a comfy place to read and whatever it is you're using to read this and enjoy.

Chapter 2: Alec

A yellow tabby emerged from behind them. His fur emphasizing his navy-blue shirt with his sleeves folded up to expose his forearms. A lose white tie hung from his neck but he didn't bother to fix it, hands stuck his beige pockets. Nick eyed the cat for a moment. There was a quiet and mysterious air about the cat that made Nick uneasy.

"Your name is Alec? Well nice to meet you Alec!" Drekk reached out to shake Nick's paw.

"No, no, no. What are you talking about? My name is Nick!" Nick retracted his paws and waved them in front of him in denial. Drekk looked at him quizzically.

"So, is it Alec or is it Nick?" he questioned. The Joker stared at the cat, raising a brow in silent question. The cat's eyes met Nick's, brown meeting emerald.

"He is whatever he says he is." said the cat. His eyes never breaking away from Nick's. Nick looked into the depths of the cat's brown orbs but he couldn't see the cat's emotions in the fog of his eyes. The cat turned and walked away, his tail swaying behind him.

"Wait a minute Venomheart! Why don't you join us for our tea party?" Drekk shouted after the cat, Venomheart. He stopped in his tracks and glanced back at the beaming grey fox. He held his gaze with Drekk for a moment before turning away.

"Very well. I'll see you there as well. Hatter, Mason, Nick, Essie." Nick's ear twitched at the unfamiliar name. There was only one mammal Venomheart could be referring to as 'Essie'. He eyes glanced at the Joker whom he didn't know her actual name. He looked at her, to see her greyish-blue eyes soften. But only for a moment as it disappeared as fast as it came. The Joker, Essie, was the only one Venomheart had called by name. Even when Venomheart had used his and Mason's name it was like he had called them by their labels or titles that every mammal gave. There was almost no doubt in Nick that there was something between them, romance perhaps? No, it didn't look like it. He shook his head and cleared the curiosity from his mind. It wasn't any of his business. As he turned back to the group a memory struck him, hard. Making him wince inwardly. Someone wanted to talk to him. Someone wanted to meet him and Julie. Finnick had said it himself. But who? Who was that 'someone'? All he knew was it was a 'she' and that she might know Finnick.

He felt two taps on his knees and it brought him back to the present, startling him. Two playing cards had stuck themselves to his knees. He reached to pull them off but a paw stopped him. Essie held his paw firmly but gently, stopping his paw.

"Your legs should feel better now." she stated as she released his paw after a short while. She was right. His legs didn't ache anymore. He let go of Drekk, spying an amused expression of the fox's muzzle as Nick squatted and kicked. Testing his legs for the aching he felt before and decided to ignore the grinning tod beside him. Mason must've told her a boy that his aching legs. He smiled at Essie thankfully.

"Thanks." Essie bowed her head slightly with a smile.

"Your welcome." her smile was more cheerful now and it reached her eyes as they shone in their odd colors which he had never seen before.

Nick, heard a rustling and a shout. A distant sound for help. His eyes surveyed the plantation, his night vision helping him to see beneath the piles of petals and leaves where no light shone through. He saw silver-brown fur which reflected but a small ray of sunlight as the mammal struggled. Nick had only taken a step forward to help when he felt a breeze. In a blink of an eye he saw Drekk taking the skies with a leap. Golden sparks surrounding him. Nick's jaw hung loose as he saw Drekk dive into the green of leaves and the colors of the petals. Nick was frozen on the spot. Shock short-circuited his brain as it struggled to make out what had just happened. Foxes didn't fly, nor did they have the power in their legs to leap as high as Drekk had. Was it those sparks around him that was the cause? He shut his jaw slowly and looked at Mason and Essie. Both looked as if nothing was out of the ordinary and stared into the plants with anticipation. What on earth... He silently tried to work out what he had seen.

After a few long minutes had passed, the plants parted and Drekk walked out unscathed with another mammal, a Bosavi woolley rat. Quite a rare mammal to sight due to them still being quite small in population and were considered on the brick of extinction. He opened his muzzle to ask Drekk how he had been able to leap that high but nothing came out, not even a squeak. The two approached quickly side by side as they merrily spoke.

"Boy do those flowers like you, Sai!" the woolley rat smirked at the grey fox's comment as they strolled.

"They sure do! But I do hope they learn not to wrap me in their leaves again when I walk through." Drekk snickered.

"That prank gets you every time." he said as they finally reached the group. Sai looked at Nick, studying him from head to toe, sometimes curiously tilting his head.

"So, who's the new guy?" Sai jerked his thumb at Nick. Nick rolled his eyes. He wasn't an object yet they treated him like one. And at the same time, they did treat him like any other mammal would and spoke to talk to him. It was like he was in between both object and mammal.

"Sai, this is Nick. Nick, meet Sai. The principal of the Wonderland Academy." Nick's eyes widened in shock. This mammal, was actually a principal?! He felt his jaw go slack and ready to gape again but forced it to work. He held out a paw as he silently though he wanted to ask where the Academy was he held his tongue.

"Nick Wilde. Pleased to meet you Mr. Sai." Sai visibly straightened his back and his chest puffed with pride. He shook Nick's paw and the vulpine was surprised at the amount of strength this smaller mammal seem to possess.

"Just call me Sai, Nick. And welcome to the Wonderland Academy!" his arms spread wide, almost knocking Drekk in the chest. His arms indicating the building nearby as well as the greenhouse. Nick could have sworn that his eyes were going to pop out of their sockets if his eyes widened any more. The Wonderland Academy? Not Greenfield Academy? Not the Academy he studied in? Although there were numerous wacky objects that didn't seem to belong the corridors were the same, the location of the all the rooms, even the greenhouse! They were all in the exact same place! It couldn't not be Greenfield. It can't be... But. The impossible was proved possible in front of his eyes. A fox had leapt to the skies like he never would have imagined possible.

He mulled over the facts he had obtained since he had awoken. There were mammals with weird names. Mammals in weird costumes and attires which were weirdly detailed from the swirl design of hearts on Essie's vest to the stitches of gold diamonds littered at the edge of Venomheart's collar and sleeves, not to forget the small details of the blue spade on Mason's coat all of which he hadn't noticed before. He saw Drekk soar above him when he leapt to help Sai and there seemed to be sparks of color appearing from thin air for some reason.

He resigned from thinking as his felt his head beginning to split apart but was startled once again when all eyes were on him, staring at him as if he was some sort of strange object appearing out of thin air. They continued to stare and their eyes seemed to bore holes into him when Essie cleared her throat to gain his attention.

"I said. Are you coming?" The vulpine frowned.

"What do you mean, 'am I coming'?" Essie frowned in irritation. Crossing her arms across her chest and glaring angrily at Nick. She had had enough! First the Hatter, now this stranger! She boiled internally and her anger burst forth.

"What do I mean? WHAT DO I MEAN?! WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO WHAT WE WERE SAYING?!" Her scream echoed in the greenhouse, causing the plants to shrink back and the rest, including Nick, to cover their ears with their paws as the high pitch scream continued to bounce around the currently enclosed room. Finally, after a few minutes of suffering, the echoes stopped and died down. Leaving only silence to hang in the air. They slowly uncovered their ears and Nick looked at Essie. She was clearly outraged that he wasn't listening but instead in a daze. She had her mouth curled back in a snarl as she looked murderously at Nick. He shrunk back and whimpered. Afraid that she would strike at him. The painted dog had seen him cower back and looked away with guilt while she pinched the bridge of her snout with one hand, the other still across her chest as she heaved a sigh.

"I'm sorry for screaming. I had lost it a bit there. My apologies, Nick."

Nick saw the rest breathe out a sigh of relief from the corner of eye, but his attention was mostly on Essie. He didn't look away as he feared she was still mad at him. Her grey-blue eyes look down with guilt and Nick could see that she meant it. He breathed deeply, next time he'd be more attentive. He vowed to never let it happen again as it was unpleasant as well as it was making Essie filled with guilt when it wasn't entirely her fault. That feeling of making someone feel guilty never felt good. He straightened his posture somewhat from his previous curled position and plastered on a smirk and half-lidded gaze.

"Don't apologize. It's was partially my fault anyways. So why don't we all just forget this ever happened and move along, eh?" he grinned.

Essie looked up with surprise, she had never had expected that from Nick. He was a stranger she had hardly even spent a day with! But he had accepted her apology, said she didn't need to even apologize, telling her he was willing to put it behind him and he had even realized and admitted that her outrage was caused by none other than his lack of attention. She smiled. Maybe, just maybe. There was hope. Just maybe, this stranger was not the same as the rest. She decided to let herself have hope in him. She grinned and went over to him to lightly punch Nick's arm.

"Alright then, the past is in the past now. So, let's get going to set up the tea party!" Drekk grinned merrily.

"That's the spirit! Let's go! Onwards to my house! I have the things all ready for the party already!"

They chattered as they went out of the greenhouse and down a path through the forest. Nick's eyes were drawn to the strange creatures and plants growing in parts of the forest long the way. The 'butterflies' Essie had spoken of were not like he had first thought. They were edible, flying insects with toast wings and spread with butter. He saw Drekk merrily pluck them mid-flight and Essie do the same, halting the butterflies as they stopped the movement of their wings, as if turning void of the life it once had. Nick watched with bemused fascination as he joined in the conversation with Mason and Sai who were talking about the desserts and sweets they would have for the tea party.

"There'll be apple pie, Ophelia's delicious tea, macaroons, blueberry muffins..." when Mason mentioned 'blueberry muffins' the vulpine's ears quickly perked. Maybe I'll just eat those muffins first before I go find that 'someone'. Can't work on an empty stomach. As if on cue with his thoughts, his tummy growled. It was then Nick realized how hungry he was. A little food doesn't do any harm, right? He thought, discreetly licking his lips as he thought of the variety of food that would be served on the table to eat.

The group didn't notice a certain tabby sitting in the shadows of the trees. Venomheart watched as they proceeded to the destination for their tea party, his brown eyes on Nick the whole while. This fox was strong, he knew. All the power to make things right again after disaster took hold of the future would lie in his hands. But, not only his. As this great power was fated for two to hold in their two pair of paws. No longer would there be one who could set things right. Not like when his uncle, the Cheshire Cat, had met Alice so long ago. No, this power needed to be strong, and Nick only held a half of it. He looked at the vulpine who chattered merrily with his friends and thought of the fate Nick held within his paws, as well as the other half of power in hers. Venomheart closed his eyes, and vanished into sparks of blue. Leaving no sign or trace of him ever being there after the sparks disappeared.

A/N:You probably noticed the new OCs haven't you? Well that's not all of them just yet! The chapter will be the tea party and that'll be deliciously fun to do! I do hope this chapter was to your liking and just enjoy the peacefulness for now. The action come in soon enough and at that time... you'll see.

Welp, that's all for now. Until next time! Chao~