-1Disclaimer: Same as before and I don't own the quotes Tweedledee and Tweedledum say nor the joke Harry tells. I also don't claim their outfits. They're based off the movie and the picture from the prologue.

Author Notes: Truthfully, I don't like nonsense literature. It hurts my head. That includes Alice in Wonderland. But I like the concept of it.

Through the Mirror of Erised

Chapter Three

Two Times the Nonsense

"Wherever you come near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense…"

Thornton Wilder 'Our Town'

Harry's mouth filled with salty water as the wave dragged him out the door. He continued to have this odd vertigo feeling, though he was no longer sure if he was shrinking or if he was drowning. The waves dragged him under and up till he lost track of time.

When he tried to shout for Luna, he nearly bit his tongue off. Harry thought perhaps if he did bite his tongue off, he could trade it for fins. At least then he could stop being pulled under and find Luna. Of course, what kind of creature would he be then? A wizard, a rabbit and a fish?

The Gryffindor broke through the top and blamed his odd trains of thoughts on lack of oxygen. He took deep breaths, trying to see through the unending darkness. The White Rabbit could feel the current taking him under again and tried to prepare by taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. As the warm water washed over his head, he felt something brush against his leg. His eyes opened on instinct and realized the water didn't burn. However, it was just about as dark underneath as it was above.

The dark haired boy saw a black outline coming closer. It brushed his hand. Harry jerked way, the scales scrapping at his bare hand. He tried swim away, against the current, swearing up and down that he did not want to trade his voice for fins. It didn't matter, as something wrapped around his waist and pulled.

Harry was dragged till he thought he couldn't hold his breath anymore. This was to much like the Tri-Wizard tournament, except he had no idea what it was or if he was going to make it. When he was about to give up, he felt something go under him. A few seconds later, the water was receding.

His lungs burned as he coughed the water he breathed in. Harry couldn't see, his hair and bunny ears draped in his face. Once he stopped coughing, he still had a strange sensation that he was moving. He sat up, pushing those long, fluffy ears out of his eyes. What greeted him was the strangest thing yet.

Harry Potter was on an island. More specifically, he was on the shoulders of a mermaid who was running in circles around said tiny spot of sand. What was even more odd was that she wasn't the only creature. There was a creature that looked like it could have been spawned for the Giant Squid, except that it was much to small. In front of that was a toad, hopping quite fast for its small legs.

Before he could see more, the wave washed over them again. Harry grabbed for the nearest thing, his hands tangling in the seaweed like hair of the mermaid whose shoulders he was riding. The water was over them for only a moment before it disappeared again, leaving Harry to sputter and push hair from his face again.

"Hello White Rabbit! Enjoying your ride?"

Harry glanced to the opposite side, his gaze going over a shining sea monster that he could only assumed came from the Loch Ness and a slightly smaller giant spider who looked like it got caught in the drain. And there was Luna, her blue dress soaked, riding on the back of a Hippogriff. She was grinning from ear to ear. A few strands of her blonde hair stuck to her face, but the rest was pushed back by her bow.

"Are you alright Luna?" Harry shouted, for no particular reason. They weren't that far apart but it felt like a great distance.

He saw that she opened her mouth to answer but another wave washed over them. Harry held on for dear life till the stronger wave disappeared. When he had cleared his vision, he saw that they had lost the spider and the toad. He glanced to Luna who was still smiling, though now in front of her. Harry craned his neck to see behind him and saw that Hagrid had joined the game. The half-giant was dressed as he always was, though his large jacket looked like it weighed three times more than it normally did. He looked out to the sea and suddenly realized that he could see. It hadn't dawned on him that it was no longer dark, but as if the sun had suddenly risen to noon time.

The Gryffindor shook his head. This made no sense. But he did know that he had no desire to drown here. He looked back at the half-giant. "Hagrid, could Luna and I borrow your umbrella?"

Hagrid smiled at him and nodded. "No problem 'Arry." With that, he opened the umbrella with a flourish, the pink material spreading out. He turned it upside down and held it out to Harry. "Jump on." Harry didn't need to be asked twice and jumped from the back of a mermaid into the bouncy material of a large umbrella.

Suddenly, the world was moving fast and he had to grip the metal wires holding the umbrella together. When it settled, the whole thing bounced and the blonde girl slide down to Harry. She smiled at him. "That was fun." She earned a scowl for that.

"Hold on." Hagrid said, raising them far above his head. Harry could see through the light pink material that something dark was rising to meet them. Once the water hit the bottom, the giant hand let go and the current carried them away.

They floated away very far and very fast. Both of them tried to climb the walls, but both failed to find a grip in the smooth polyester. Soon they gave up, sitting in the middle of the umbrella as it floated. The light never changed.

"This is dull." Harry said, leaning back. The only good thing from all this time going nowhere was that he was now dry.

"Really?" Luna asked, curling her legs underneath herself. "How often do you ride an umbrella?"

Harry stared at her. She stared back, gray eyes unblinking. He noticed that she had missed a few strands when she was pushing her damp hair out of her face. It really started to annoy him that the almost white blonde strands were stuck to her petite features. Harry was just starting to lean over, the annoyance over riding anything else, when suddenly they hit something.

Both occupants of the umbrella tumbled out as it tipped to the side. Harry somersaulted, landing face down in sand. He sat up quickly, spitting out the tiny grains while trying to brush them off his clothes.

"Now, now, what have we here?"

Harry looked up, his hands stopping in mid brush.

"A charming girl and a boy with bunny ears."

Harry stood up, his eyes never leaving the twins. They were certainly Fred and George with their tall gangly forms, fiery red hair and freckled faces. But they were dressed just as outlandishly as he. The shorts they wore were Gryffindor red, reaching above their knees and poofing out. Their shirts were long sleeved and white. The collar was to big, however, and a gold bow on the large side wrap around their throats. Knee high white socks, with red and gold strips, covered the bottom half of their legs, along with simple black shoes.

Fred and George were smiling at them, their arms intertwined. Harry glanced to Luna, who was also standing up. She seemed no worse for wear, except a bit of sand on her apron. Harry turned back in time to see that one of the twins was coming up to him. "Fred?" he asked, as the Weasley linked his arm with Harry's. It was either be dragged or follow along peacefully as they headed closer to the trees.

Harry glanced to his side, so see that George and Luna were skipping along side them. "I'm not Fred." Harry turned back to the twin. He looked at him closely. Harry was pretty sure it was Fred.

They stopped suddenly. Fred let go of his arm and he walked a bit ahead. The red head turned around and waited, while his twin walked beside. "Isn't this fun Harry?" Luna spoke softly from next to him.

"I," Fred said, his hand going to his chest. "am Tweedledee. He is Tweedledum."

George nodded his head. "And we are going to have some fun!"

Harry shook his head. He was on a mission to get this over with and he knew for a fact that they weren't his date. Or, more precisely, he prayed they weren't. "I'm sorry, but I don't have time for fun."

The twins chocolate brown eyes widen, and their opposite hands with to their mouths. "No time for fun?" George said, looking to his brother.

"Holy Merlin, Alice, what have you done?" They both looked to Luna, and when Harry turned to her, she was smiling.

"I see no harm in having a bit of fun Harry." Luna said, looking to Harry.

Harry shook his head again. "I do. We're on a mission."

The twins crossed their arms, looked at each other with a bit of a pout. They shook their heads at each other and turned to Harry. Their arms dropped to their sides. "It's only manners to play a game." Fred said, waving a finger at him.

George nodded. "A marvelous and fun game, if it were all the same."

The dark haired boy shook his head. "Sorry, but no. I really want to get out of here." He turned to Luna. "Come on Luna, let's go."

Luna shrugged and followed as Harry started to walk past the twins. When they were a few feet past them, one of them staged whispered. "If you win the game, you get a prize."

"Perhaps you'd like to know who gave to this surprise?"

Harry stopped. He turned and looked at them. They were grinning, the sort of grin they use before they do a prank. "Oh, oh, he's curious." Fred said, leaning his head to his brother's shoulder.

"He wants to know about the mirror that is so mysterious." George said, leaning his head on the others.

Harry had never wanted to smack the twins before, but this whole rhyming thing was getting on his nerve. "Alright, what is the game?"

"Tell us a riddle." George said, pulling away from his brother.

"One that will make us laugh so hard that it'll hurt our middle." Fred said, standing taller.

"Fine." Harry said, crossing his arms. He was never one to tell riddles, so how was he supposed to tell them one.

He felt a pat on his arm and turned to see Luna smiling at him. "You can do it."

Harry sighed and closed his eyes. Think. "Alright…what do men do standing up, ladies do sitting down and dogs do on three legs?"

There was absolute silence. Harry opened his eyes and looked at the twins. They were staring at him. Then there was a bit of giggling. Then there was complete laughter. "Alright, what's your answer."

George shook his head. "Don't make us say it."

Fred was giggling to much to say anything.

"Well, you two are completely wrong." Harry said, thanking that he had heard that joke last summer. "It's shake hands."

The laughter abruptly stopped and they stared at Harry. The dark haired boy shrugged. "It's true." They shook their heads and started to laugh again.

Harry turned to Luna. She was giggling. "Was it really that funny?"

The blonde looked up at him. "It was so-so."

Harry pouted then stuck his tongue out at her. He turned back to the twins, who were still laughing. "Are you going to tell me what I want to know?"

Fred looked up. "We're not allowed to tell you about the hand." His voice was hoarse.

"Though we can give you some advise about the land." George said, standing up straight. "Don't sweat the petty things"

"Don't pet the sweaty things" Fred continued.

"And always remember," They said in unison. "Humpty Dumpty was pushed."

Harry was dumbfounded. "That's it? That's all the bloody advise you're going to give me?"
They nodded. Harry scowled and turned. "Come on Luna, let's get out of here."

Luna shrugged and followed. As they were headed deeper into the forest, Luna turned to look at the twins. They winked at her. She winked back.