Sara walked through the forest of different colors, following the colorful smoke trail. She finally came to a clearing in the forest, and saw that this was the place the smoke clouds same from. When she took a closer look at the smoke clouds, they seemed like they were shaped as vowels. Of course, being a overly curious child, she continued to follow the trail. She followed them to behind a giant mushroom, but when she went around, they were gone. She looked around, until she heard a noise above her. She saw the smoke coming from atop the mushroom. She knew it would be stupid of her to even try reaching for the mushroom cap, due to her being so short, so she climbed on top of a smaller mushroom near it. When she came on top of the mushroom, she turned to the giant mushroom, her jaw dropped. On the mushroom was a humongous(due to her size) caterpillar! She cleared her throat to get its attention. It took its paw(paw, hand, flipper, what is it?!) away from its mouth, giving her the full visual at the fact it was smoking a cigarette. It puffed out a large bubble of smoke, which formed itself to an 'O'. "You're a long way from home, aren't you, little kitten?" Sara groaned from annoyance. She was getting pretty tired of people calling her a kitten all the time here. She nodded,"Yes, but as I have said before, I am not a kitten!" The caterpillar puffed out a mouthful of smoke, and turned her way. Sara's eyes widened in shock at what was in front of her. " Uncle Gerald?!" Gerald-Pillar turned to her with a confused look. "Uncle? What do you mean by that? I am no ones uncle," he looked at her thoughtfully," but now that I think about it..." He crawled off the mushroom, up to Sara. Sara was completely disgusted. She was not a very big fan of bugs, but she nonetheless loved her uncle, so she held back the vomit that kept on trying to escape. "You do look somewhat like my brother..." Sara decided that it would be difficult to explain what had happened that day, and if her fathers brother was a bug, there would be a big chance her father was too. She was not looking forward to seeing her father as a bug, while having people say they were related. She shook her head quickly. "Umm, me? No no no no no! I just must have mistaken you as someone else. I thought that, umm, you were my mothers brother! Not my fathers! Oh well, my mistake! Ha ha ha!" She laughed nervously. Gerald-Pillar looked at Sara closely, and then shrugged. He turned and climbed back onto his mushroom. Sara remembered her brother suddenly. "Umm, you wouldn't of happened to see an annoying rabbit boy running around," she asked, "have you?" He took another puff, and blew out the smoke,"Why?" "Because I am looking for him." "Ohh...Why?" "Because I need to." "Why?" Sara was getting frustrated at this point," Because I need to go home!" "And you think he can help you accomplish that goal,"he blew out smoke again. Sara realized this. If she did get him to take her home, he would be helping her. "Actually, no." Gerald-Pillar looked at her in confusion. "I don't need his help, and neither do I want it," she turned her back and crossed her arms in defiance," I can get out of here without him. I can get home without him. I can do anything at all, whiteout HIM." "I wouldn't say that if I were you." Sara looked at Gerald-Pillar in surprise. He puffed on the cigarette and blew out the smoke. He sighed exasperatedly. "Say that, and you will dearly regret it later." Sara looked at Gerald-Pillar in deep confusion, for she could not understand why she could ever regret it. "The Golden Rule," he smiled," treat others the way you wish to be treated... If you treat your brother as if though you do not care for him- when you need him most, he will treat him just the same." Sara thought about this, and came to one conclusion: Boloney. She would never need him. He was her little brother, and whatever he could do, she could do better. She climbed off the mushroom and came up to his. "Anyways, could you possibly tell me how to grow? I've started to realize that I should be careful what I eat here." He pointed to the mushroom, and puffed out some smoke. "Eat the mushroom. One side will make you big, while the other does small. However, you must be careful on how much you decide to eat. To much could go a long way." Sara took a piece of the mushroom and thought. If a small nibble made her the size of a house, how tall would a lick make her? She took a small tiny lick, and grew to her normal size. "Oh thank you very much, umm...Gerald-Pillar. Now I must be off. I have to find my way home." "Good luck, and remember," he called after her," The Golden Rule!" Sara waved goodbye and left. She wandered off deeper into the woods, looking for a path or maybe a- "A sign!" Sara rushed over to the little pink sign, but suddenly stopped. The sign pointed to a dead end. She turned and looked around. She wanted a sign, but not a million! There was 1-10 signs on each tree! She looked down to see a path... that led to at least a hundred paths! How would she get home?! "Looking for something, little girl?" Sara sighed,"Oh, no, I guess I may have-?" Sara looked around, but could not see where the voice had come from. "I um, was just trying to find my way out of the forest, is all... Umm, I beg your pardon, but who-?" I giggle came,"Oh my sincere apologies. I didn't mean to startle you my dear." Sara looked up to the tree the voice had come from, and was in shock at the sight. A large, fancy smile was floating about a foot above the tree, and just about an inch above it was a pair of hazel brown eyes. Sara rubbed her eyes and looked again, only to find the image unchanged. "Uh, no! That's quite alright. I was just a bit surprised, that's all." "Oh, well that's better, I-!" The eyes looked down and closed,"Oh my dear apologizes my sweat little girl, I didn't realize that I was still invisible. Here, just give me a moment." A black and white cat body appeared around the facial factors. Sara looked at the cat in surprise. "Your, a cat?" "A Cheshire Cat, if you don't mind. I am the first and last of my kind you know." "Really?" The cat nodded, and disappeared. Sara looked around for the cats appearance. "I am not endangered, due to how I will never be in danger." it appeared on another tree," My master makes sure of it." "Who, your owner?" The cat giggled,"He fancies himself so, yet I still hold the capacity to control him with a simple smile." The cat disappeared again, and reappeared on another tree closer to Sara. "Now then my dear, may I inquire your name?" Sara snapped out of her trance and nodded,"Oh yes, of course." Sara bowed politely, bowing her head,"My name is Sara Usui, age 10. I was-" The cat gasped and jumped of the branch towards Sara. Sara panicked and tried to catch her, until she saw the cat floating behind her. The cat gently touched the white rose attached to Sara's ribbon. "Where did you get this?" "Oh, that," Sara sighed with relief," I received it with the outfit. The flower maids lent it to me. Why?" The cat smiled,"Did they now? Well, that's good. They never would have allowed me to see it again, more or less enter the garden..." Sara looked at the cat confused,"Was it you? The White Rose Maiden? I thought you would be smaller... and not a cat..." The cat sighed and smiled,"I was, but my master had changed me into what beautiful creature you find today. I now have the capacity to change into a cat at will." Sara pondered this for a moment before reaching a conclusion," So you mean to say, , that you are simply a transformed human?" The cats ears shot up, and she landed on the branch again,"Yes, but I must stop you there. For I have been called many things, but I ask you to refrain from calling me ' '" Sara bowed apologetically," My sincere apologies ma'am, so what is it I may call you?" The cat thought," Well, some call me Cheshire-Misaki, almost all call me Misa-chat... but I only allow one to call me by my true name... ." Sara took all this in. Cheshire-Misaki... Misa-chat... ...DING! Sara's eyes widened in realization and shock. She pointed up at the cat in the tree. "MOM?!"