Thru the looking glass,
I can see myself for me,
Not the façade people claim me to be.

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Talk about déjà vu. No. That can't be right, can a dream count for déjà vu? If so, it was a nightmare Natsuki wanted to wake up from!

How could she still be falling?! This had to go against the law of physics! Floating pianos, upside down chess boards, grandfather clocks... It was absolute mayhem!

"Aiiee!" Natsuki hit a fork in the tunnel bouncing off an unmade bed and down another hole.

Poor Natsuki was beginning to think this catastrophe would never end. Then she hit the floor. Wait, that wasn't right? Why was everything hanging upside dow~?!
Natsuki hit the floor and sat up rubbing her head. "Definitely against the law of physics...oww.."

She looked up and around. "What on earth...?"

Such an odd room. Deep red drapes hung from the walls, the floors checkered black and white with a table in the middle. Natsuki walked to the table and found two cakes. They looked tasty and had "Eat Me" written all over it. Seriously, they really had tags that said eat me.

Natsuki noticed a white dot scurry across the floor and behind one of the drapes. Wait! That was the rabbit! How did he get so small?!

She folded back the drape and found a small door.

"Huh. How on earth?"

She went back to the table and found a key, next to the treats, that she didn't notice before. She picked up the key and saw to it to see if it fit n the door. It did so. But how would SHE fit thru the door?

She picked up the treats and a voice echoed n her head. An image of her sensei appeared, wagging his finger, saying, "Don't eat random foods you find, they may be poisonous."

"But this is different Kakashi-sensei... It's almost familiar."

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"Gosh, I hope its familiar!" Said a voice behind the door.

"Tenten, calm yourself. It has been a while and she thinks we are a mere dream."

"That's insulting!"

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Natsuki took a deep breath and took a bite of one of the cakes.

Delicious! Hey? Is it just me or is everything growing? Y r my clothes so-ah!

What was the conspiracy!? She was now down to underdress drenched in her previous dress. Key in her mouth she placed the cakes n two different pockets, figuring the other cake would make her big again. She crawled out from the clothing and made her way to the door. She unlocked the door and opened it slowly. Thinking she'd see something worthwhile, it begged to differ.

It was dark and dull. Trees were burnt black, flowers dry of their color. Her jaw dropped ajar when she saw a literal 'dragonfly' and 'horsefly' fighting. What next? "Flying pigs?" she said aloud.

Natsuki followed the path and came across a flower patch.

"My. What a unique flower." She said cupping a tiger lily.

"Hey! Watch it touchy!"

Natsuki jumped back as the tiger lily emerged as a girl with long blonde hair.

"What on-?!"

"What is it now, Ino-Chan?" a rose behind her emerged as a girl with red hair and glasses. The rose looked at Natsuki and frowned. "What is this Ino-Chan?" she hissed.

"I'm quite unsure. She's quite the mystery." Ino cupped Natsuki's cheek to get a good look, making Natsuki blush red.

"Look who's touchy now!" she swatted her hand away.

"Aw!" the red head snapped her fingers.

"Karin-Chan?" Ino blinked.

"I know who she is! She's that weed from before!"

"Weed?! Mind your mouth, you prick!" (pun intended XD)

Karin gasped. "I beg your pardon!" She turned red with anger making Natsuki feel VERY small.

"Aa-aw..." Natsuki backed up into Ino. "Uh-oh..."

"Shikamaru better have a good explanation for your reappearance."

"Now get out of our garden!" Karin screeched, infuriated.

"I'd just go. She's not pretty when she's angry."

Natsuki nodded and ran further down the path. She stopped and panted as she comes across a fork n the rode with a sign.

"Ooohh!" she growled aggravated. "Which way do I go?"

"How about this way?" a boy with a black cap and purple paint on his face, came out pointing to the left.

"Or, what about this way?" another said with brown hair and red fang marks on each cheek, pointing to the right.

Ugh! This isn't helping! God. What'd i do to deserve this?! She thought pulling her hair.

"Which leads to a better turn out?" She sighed.

"A better?" The capped boy tilted his head.

"Turn out?" The fanged tilted his head the other way. "Kankuro, I must say this way." Pointing in his direction.

"No, Kiba, I insist on this way!"

"Oh, this is hopeless." she muttered, throwing head back. So she left the babbling twins, she assumed, and decided to go right.

She wandered down the path and eventually came to the assumption that she was, officially, lost.

"What a strange place. I guess its safe to say curiosity kill the cat." she sighed, leaning against a tree.

"However, satisfaction brought it back, might I say?"

Natsuki bolted up and looked around. "Who's there?"

"Not who, but what. Not there, but here."

She looked up and finds a Cheshire cat on a branch.

"Wha-?"

The cat vanished and reappeared n front of her as a boy, bowing. "Might I say, it is an honor seeing you again my dear Natsuki-San."