Inside the throne room of the castle, Minako was sitting quietly with a light smile adorning her face on the throne. Sitting next to her on a slightly smaller throne, Sakuya was talking happily with one of the servants. There was a few servants around the room cleaning up, happily humming to themselves, until the door burst open. The 3 idiot guards came rushing in, each holding something, or someone in this case. One held Sara, while the other 2 were holding onto Misa-Chat and Takumi-Hatter, who were currently in there cat forms. The 3 idiots brought them before the thrones, and they all politely bowed, all except Sara of course. She stood there defiantly, although the guard that had dragged her there was tugging her harshly, to make her bow, but she didn't comply.

"My dear child", said Minako politely,"Why do you not bow down, in the prescence of royalty?"

Sara humphed,"Despite who you may be here, I will refuse to bow down to a member of my own family, at least not in ways of showing given authority."

Everyone in the room just stared at Sara in shock at what she said. After a moment of silence, Takumi-Hatter tried too bite down a laugh, and Misa-Chat just face palmed at her 'daughters' outburst. Minako recovered quickly and smiled wider.

"Well then it should be no problem for you to bow to me now", she said. "The 2 of us are not related in any form, so it should be fine."

Sara rolled her eyes. She was getting fed up with all of this. Her parents weren't even her parents here, her brother was a complete pest, and none of her family and friends knew who she really was. She no longer cared what everyone else thought on her explanation, she just wanted to go home. Sara crossed her arms, and looked up to the royals crossly.

"Look", she said,"I came from the real world, where almost all of you are either close friends with my parents, or you're part of my family. You, your majesty, are my grandmother. So like it or not, you're a member of my circle of relatives, so I must decline your deciding on my bowing down."

Several gasps were heard around the room at this. Misa-Chat just looked completely confused.

"Her Grandmother?"

Takumi-hatter looked to his wife,"Well, you do hold a strong resemblance..."

The king stood up, and he did not at all look pleased.

"Do you not feel any remorse for your incompetent actions? Perhaps you are from the real world, but still", he gave Sara a stern look,"Related or otherwise, you should know the manners one is to use with royalty."

Sara gave her grandfather a(completely fake) wide smile,"I do know, because I basically am. Now let me make this clear... I. Will. Not. Bow. Down."

Silence followed, the queen broke it with the snap of her fingers. The guard who had carried her picked her up higher in the air, having her kick all over in frustration.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?! Put me down!"

"Silence!"

Everyone looked to the owner of the voice in surprise. One the man walked in, several reactions were passed around. The girls in the room squealed in delight, Takumi-Hatter and Misa-Chat just rolled their eyes, the royals smiled in content, and Sara's jaw dropped. Aoi walked into the room wearing heavy armour that in Sara's opinion could blind a person. He came in front of the queen and king and bowed down.

"Your majesties."

Sara just groaned loudly. Great, now who was he supposed to be? Sara looked over confused to the squealing girls, who started to 'whisper' among themselves.

"It's the Knave of Hearts!"

"I can't believe I get to see him in person! It's Aoi the Knave!"

"I thought he was overseas to another land though? He's back?!"

The Knave of Hearts? They're kidding, right? Sara just groaned again, but this time, she ended up grabbing everyone's attention.

"Great! Now everyone I know is becoming part of a fantasy made in a loony bin!" She yelled,"What next, you gonna tell me I'm on trial?"

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"I spoke too soon..."

Sara sat in an uncomfortably tiny chair, in front of a small wooden table, in the middle of a large courtroom, with all the previous characters in the surrounding seats. She looked up to the Judge and face palmed when she saw a monotone looking Suzuna sit in the grand chair.

"Well", Sara said,"that should be everyone..."

Misa-Chat floated over to Sara with a cheeky smile. When she was a few inches above the second chair, she transformed back into a human, and sat down. Sara looked to her mother.

"Are you going to be my lawyer? You are a skilled with these kind of things."

Misa-Chat nodded,"Well, they were going to put you with another lawyer, but I asked if I could be appointed."

"Sara looked to her in surprise,"Really? Why?"

Misa-Chat pat Sara's head gently,"Well, even if I'm not here, I am your mother. I don't want you to be stuck here when you could be with your real family in the real world."

"Order!"

Everyone became silent and took their seats. Suzuna then called upon the first witness. Everyone's heads turned to see Yukimura-Dee and Kanou-Dum come in. They both took their seats at the witness table.

Suzuna looked to a large scroll,"At the queen's orders, I am to ask you only these questions, and you are to only give these answers."

Right then, Sara had a feeling she wasn't getting out of this easily.

"Upon meeting this girl, what did you think she was?"

Sara blinked a few times before turning to Misa-Chat, who seemed equally confused.

"Well", Yukimura-Dee started,"We thought she was a kitten."

Kanou-Dum nodded,"she certainly looks like one. We just assumed she was the child of the Cheshire and Hatter."

Misa-Chat and Takumi-Hatter immediately deadpanned at this. The 2 tweedlers weren't exactly wrong, but Sara was wondering how they could guess it.

"And did you at all in the time spent with her, believe she was a real human?"

"Nope," they answered in unison.

Once they were excused, Suzuna called the next witness, and in came Satsuki-Rose, and Honoka-Iris. They were still tiny and sitting on their flowers, so the guard sat down, holding the flowers at the stand. Suzuna asked them a different set of questions.

"While she was with you, did she seem at all normal?"

"Not at all", Honoka-Iris stated,"She prefered the idea of being big, instead of lavishing in the world of tininess. Just like her mother, a great disappointment to us maidens."

Both Misa-Chat and Sara glared at the flower girl. This trial didn't fell fair to Sara. Even though she had never been a part of a trial before, she had learned the basic rules of one from her mother. There was a law that she remembered barely, but it gave the person the right for a fair and speedy trial. This trial was speedy, but didn't exactly fit what her mother would have called a fair trial. Sara was having a hard time seeing what the questions had to do with her not bowing down, and saw that they were mainly going after the idea that she wasn't from the real world.

After about 20 minutes, Suzuna had already questioned almost everyone Sara had spoken to in wonderland, and only 2 of them had yet spoken in her favor, her parents. However, Suzuna had yet to show her own siding, and it would be her decision.

"How do you plead your client?" she asked Misa-Chat.

Misa-Chat gave a small humph. She was in her human form, but her husband was back in his cat form, laying in a small ball on her lap. She continued to pet him as she shot a glare at all the other characters.

"Not- Guilty, your honor."

Sara smiled happily at this. Her mother had a small gift when it came to persuasion. She could either give you a sweet and innocent smile, or a cold dry glare, and she could convince you to switch your opinion completely. Suzuna looked to the other characters, and at Misa-Chat's statement and look, half of them switched to pleading not-guilty. They were tied. Suzuna sat up straight and called in 1 last witness, whom Sara had yet to see.

"We will base the calling on this last witnesses decision."

Sara looked to her mother confused,"Can they even do this?"

Misa-Chat sighed and shook her head,"They can in wonderland... Let's just hope you didn't do anything to piss off this last witness."

Sara smiled nervously,"All the ones that I could have offended in any way had already spoken up, I don't even know who's left."

But when Sara looked up, she was immediately displeased. Because she had been trying to avoid this person for the last 3 chapters for one, and for two, she automatically remembered that she had done several things to get on this persons nerves. Up to the stand, bounced a small white rabbit, who transformed upon taking a seat.

"Rui Rabbit," Suzuna said,"are you ready to tell us what happened?"

Rui Rabbit looked up with a confident smile,"Yes your honor."