A Journey Across the Stars
Chapter 3: Wonderland and Alice
A little while after, it was time to leave and start their journey. Goodbyes were said to Leon and the others and Sora and Bobby got introduced to Jiminy Cricket, who also lost his home to the Heartless. Jiminy was requested by Queen Minnie to travel with them as the Chronicler. They went through the large door and got in the gummi ship that Donald and Goofy came in.
"Welcome to our gummi ship!" Donald and Goofy said as they showed Sora and Bobby the ship they'll be traveling in.
"Wow! This is so cool!" Sora said in awe as he explored the Kingdom.
"I have to say, this is pretty amazing." Bobby said as he sat in one of the chairs.
"Sora, would you like to pilot?" Goofy asked him.
"Um sure." He replied as he sat in the driver's seat, buckled up and took the wheel.
Sora then took the gummi ship out as they sailed through Interspace. They soon found the first new world.
"'Wonderland.' Alright you guys, ready for your first new world?" Bobby said to the trio as he read the computer.
"Yes sir!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy replied.
Bobby pressed the red button on the computer's console and in a flash, the four were transported out of the ship and then found themselves slowly floating down in blackness until they landed in a small room. Once they landed out of nowhere came a white rabbit in clothing holding a large watch.
"Oh my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! Oh the queen, she'll have my head for sure!" The White Rabbit exclaimed as he dashed out of the room.
"Must be in a hurry for something." Bobby said as the four began following the rabbit.
As they were following the rabbit, a door suddenly opened for them and two more opened up, both smaller than each other. The gang walked through the doors and walked in a room which appeared to be very small and noticed the rabbit went through a small door that its doornobb was sleeping.
"How'd he get so small?" Sora wondered as the four inspected the door.
"Ah no, you're simplely too big." The Doorknob told them.
"Wak! It talks!" Donald exclaimed as the others jumped in surprise of the talking doornobb.
"Must you be so loud? You woke me up." The Doorknob said again.
"Good morning!" Goofy said.
"Good night! I need a bit more sleep!" The Doorknob yawned.
"Wait! What do we do to grow small?" Sora quickly asked.
"Why don't you try the bottle, over there?" The Doorknob replied as a table appeared with two bottles.
Sora and them walked over to the table and Sora picked up the bottle that showed a picture of a tree shrinking into a small plant. Sora took a gulp then handed the bottle to Bobby, who then gave it to Donald and he gave it to Goofy after they each took a sip and all of a sudden they felt weird and in an instant, the four became small and now the room was large.
"Let's go see if the Doorknob will let us through now." Sora said as he led Bobby, Donald, and Goofy towards the door.
They found that the Doorknob was asleep again and Sora, Donald, and Goofy were trying all they can do wake it up.
"Sorry guys, looks like he ain't waking up." Bobby told them.
"Well now what do we do?" Donald asked.
Goofy then noticed a doorway that was next to the Doornobb.
"Hey let's go through that way!" Goofy pointed at the doorway.
The four went through and then found themselves in a large garden like area and noticed large human like cards with weapons surrounded a little girl with blond hair and in blue and white clothing. The four saw the White Rabbit step up to a large podium, pulled out a trumpet and blew it.
"Court is now in session!" The White Rabbit announced.
This definately doesn't sound good. Bobby thought.
"I'm on trial? But why?" The little girl asked.
The woman above the girl had clothing of black and red opened her eyes once the girl spoke.
"Her Majesty the Queen of Hearts presiding!" The White Rabbit announced, ignoring the young girl.
"This girl is the culprit, there's no doubt about it. And the reason is...because I say so that's why!" The Queen of Hearts spoke.
"That is so unfair!" The girl exclaimed.
"Have you anything to say in your defense?" The Queen asked her.
"Of course! I've done absolutely nothing wrong! You may be queen, but that doesn't give the right to be so, so mean!" The girl answered.
"SILENCE! You dare defy me?" The Queen screamed.
"Hey guys, we should help her out!" Sora said, concerned about the girl.
"Yeah but the..." Donald tried to finish.
"We're outsiders so wouldn't that be muddling?" Goofy pondered.
"Meddling!" Donald corrected him.
"Right! And that's against the rules." Goofy finished.
Sora was upset by what Donald and Goofy said and so he turned to his master.
"Bobby!" Sora pleaded.
"Sorry Sora they're right, we can't interfere with problems of other worlds, even for Keybearers like us." Bobby sighed sadly.
Sora tilted his head to the side, annoyed. The only thing he could do was watch and see what would happen next.
"The court finds the defendant: Guilty as charged!" The Queen shouted as Sora gasped. "For crimes of assault and the attempted theft of my heart: OFF WITH HER HEAD!"
"No no! Oh please!" The girl pleaded.
Sora had enough. He charged into the court as Donald and Goofy followed him and Bobby did too, but in a more calm way.
"Hold it right there!" Sora yelled getting everyone's attention.
"Who are you? How dare you interfere with me court!" The Queen feriously demanded.
"Excuse me but we know who the real culprit is!" Sora told her.
"Uh huh, it's the Heart-!" Goofy stopped mid sentence, remembering the rules as he covered his mouth.
"Anyway, she's not the one you're looking for." Sora continued.
"That's nonsense, have you any proof boy?" The Queen asked as she tapped her fingers on the stand.
"Uh.." Sora froze.
"You're Highness forgive my friend Sora here. Tell you what, for one hour let us find the evidence that will prove, uh.."
"Alice." The girl spoke as Bobby was trying to say her name.
"Right, Alice. Let us find the evidence to prove Alice's innocence." Bobby requested.
"And what shall be the matter of your failure to find it?" The Queen said, taking Bobby's bait.
"Then you shall take off our heads along with Alice." Bobby said as Sora, Donald, and Goofy turned ghost white with jaws dropped at what he just said.
"Are you crazy Bobby? I like my head connected to my body thank you very much!" Sora whispered.
"Trust me Sora, I got this." Bobby whispered back.
The Queen thought long and hard.
"Very well then. You will get one hour, ONE, to find said evidence of the 'real' culprit. If you fail, off with all your heads!" She said as one of the Card Soldiers placed Alice in a cage.
Before the four left, Bobby walked over to Alice's cage and said to her,
"Don't worry Alice, me, Sora, Donald, and Goofy will help you."
"Thank you so much." Alice said, full of hope.
"Boys, let's move out." Bobby said to the trio in a militaristic tone.
"Yes sir!" The trio saluted and followed Bobby inside the Lotus Forest.
"You were great back there Bobby." Sora said to him.
"Let that be your first lesson with me Sora: Think things through carefully and don't be reckless." Bobby replied.
"I understand." Sora said again.
Out of nowhere, a floating purple cat head appeared in front of the gang and made them jump.
"Wak! Who are you?" Donald exclaimed, jumping up and down furiously.
The cat's body appeared next to the head and the bodys' hands took the head, played with it a little then assembled the head to the body and then said,
"Who am I indeed? Oh poor poor Alice, soon to lose her head for something she's not guilty of." The cat said.
"So does that mean you know the culprit?" Goofy asked.
"The Chesire Cat has all the answers, but doesn't always speak it. The culprit, all cat lie in darkness." The cat spoke in third person as he disappeared.
"Wait!" Sora called out.
"Gee that was very helpful." Bobby sarcastically said.
"Should we trust him?" Donald asked.
The Chesire Cat reappeared and then said,
"To trust or not to trust, I'll trust you to decide." He said as he disappeared again.
"He must REALLY love talking in riddles, because he's THIS close of forcing me to wring his little neck!" Bobby said as he had his hands like he was choking something and got gasps from the trio. "What? I'm not good with riddles!"
Thirty minutes had passed and soon they found all the evidence they needed when the Chesire Cat appeared before them once again.
"Well, look at what you've found. Nice going." He spoke to them.
"Now we can save Alice." Sora said.
"Don't be so sure! She may be innocent, but what about you?" The cat spoke again.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"I won't tell but I'll give you something." The Chesire Cat said as a blue aura surround Donald and Sora's weapons.
The Chesire Cat disappeared once again as Donald and Sora stared at their weapons after the blue aura left.
"Looks like you two learned the Blizzard Black Magic spell." Bobby said, patting them on the back.
Thirty minutes later, they soon arrived back at the Queen's Throne with the four pieces evidence in hand. Bobby and Sora set them before the Queen and then ordered one of her Card Soldiers to bring the fifth.
A fifth piece? This can't be good. Bobby thought as he, Donald, and Goofy sat in the stands as Sora stepped up to the podium.
Just then a Heartless popped out of the box and frightened the Queen and her cards. Luckily the Heartless disappeared.
"What was that?" The Queen demanded.
"There's your evidence Your Majesty, Alice is innocent along with me and my friends!" Sora spoke.
The Queen was now angry. She growled like a dog and then screamed,
"SILENCE! I am the law here! Article 29 states that 'Anyone who dare defy the Queen is guilty!"
"You're insane!" Donald yelled.
"Cards! Seize them all!" The Queen demanded with her face all red.
Bobby, Donald, and Goofy jumped down from the stand and summoned their weapons and stayed close to Sora as they prepared themselves against the Card Soldiers. A tower appeared that seemed to be connected to Alice's cage because the cage was lifted up high and covered in a red cloth for some strange reason.
"Sora! Let's deal with the tower while Donald and Goofy handle the soldiers." Bobby said as he tightly held Power Savior and with Sora, charged at the tower.
The battle wasn't long, as the Card Soldiers were defeated and the tower destroyed for the cage was dropped and when the Card of Spades pulled off the cloth, Alice was gone.
"This is not good guys." Bobby said.
"You fools! Find who's ever responsible for this!" The Queen bellowed as the Card Soldiers scattered about in all directions.
The four decided to leave since they were able to keep their heads intact when they noticed the Chesire Cat sitting on top of the table.
"You'll have a better view from higher up." He spoke to them as they made their way up on the table.
Once they were together, the cat spoke again,
"The shadows should be here soon. Are you prepared for the worst?" He asked.
"Uh.." Sora, Donald, and Goofy said.
"If not, too bad!" The Chesire Cat said as he pointed to the ceiling.
The four looked up where he was pointing and then saw a giant Heartless come crashing down to the ground as the Chesire Cat disappeared. The Heartless had stacked heads and juggled to sticks around as they suddenly caught on fire. The Trickmaster was ready to put on its show. It swiped at the gang with its sticks and one of them managed to get Sora's butt on fire and he started running around the room in a panic, so Donald used the new Blizzard spell to put out the fire but it more encased Sora in a block of ice.
"Thanks. A. Lot. Donald." Sora frozenly said.
Bobby used the Fire spell to melt the ice and free Sora. Once Sora wringed the water out of his hair, he then got an idea.
"Donald, together let's put this guy on ice." Sora said as a pun, where Donald, Goofy, and Bobby groaned. "What?"
Donald and Sora pointed their weapons at the Trickmaster and casted Blizzard on it and it worked for the Heartless was entombed in the ice. Bobby then jumped up high and struck his Keyblade into the frozen Trickmaster and then dragged the blade down like he was carving a sculpture. And soon the frozen Heartless shattered in pieces as a giant heart floated away into the sky. The gang regrouped and high fived each other for a job well done. Just then, the Doorknob began to yawn.
"What a racket! How's a doornobb to get any sleep?" He yawned as a keyhole was outlined in his mouth.
All of a sudden, Bobby and Sora's Keyblades began to react to it and a beam radiated from the blades and the beams went into the Keyhole where they next heard a click sound.
"Are Keyblades supposed to do that Bobby?" Sora asked the master.
"Not sure. This is new to me. Anyway, we should get going." He replied as they headed back on the table to become normal size.
As they did, Bobby then heard something come out of the Keyhole and turned around to see a strange multi-colored object lying on the ground. He walked over and picked it up, observed it, and placed in his pocket and regrouped with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Once they were back in normal size, the four got in the gummi ship and blasted off for the next world.
Meanwhile in a Roman coliseum far off, you can see a mysterious man with a flowing red cape staring at the entrance gates. On his back was a large black blade wrapped up in bandages and on his right hand was a glove where the fingers were gold plated claws. At the entrance gate was a blue skinned man in black clothing with hair of blue flames. He had a evil grin on his face as the blond haired man approached him.
End of Wonderland and Alice