Hello again! Sorry again, I've been REALLY busy! And I've also have been with one friend or another if not working...
Also Kimi, it seems that you are the only one helping me continue with this story right now, other than mystical apple pie, but I knew her in real life BEFORE Fanfiction, and so I'm going OOC on one of your characters you've shown me! ^J^ (don't kill me Mei, I love you!)
Into the Wonderland of Magic
I rushed down and down and down as fast as I could. Man! I still can't see the bottom! These are REALLY long stair cases! Put even with my calmed speed I still continued. Soon to a walk. Man! English men must REALLY love walking! I STILL can't see the bottom!
Soon I couldn't take it anymore, after 10 miles worth of stair case, I turned the opposite way and plopped into the stairs which weren't comfortable...
"You've never seen an enchanted stair cases before?"
"You mean these will go on forever!"
"That depends on which way you go in!" The barely visible man yelled down to me. Most likely thinking that I'm a ridiculous girl...
"Then how DO you go in?"
"The one way people fear!"
Huh? That doesn't make any sense! Well, it didn't until I saw him step off the stair way and start to fall down, gathering speed. Then as I stared at him in shock of what he was doing quickly passed me.
"And they say AMERICANS are crazy!" I yelled to him.
"You are!"
"Fine, stupid show off..." I mumbled to myself as I got up and dusted myself from all the dirt off.
"I heard that!" The man yelled, voice getting softer as he continues to fall down the hole.
I stared down at the unsee-able end, then sighed. No, I wasn't afraid of heights. I've jumped down high lengths before, just this one seems to have no ending. Where the ones I've jumped from I at least know where I'm going and know the landing will be there.
So to help myself out, I sang a little of some else's song. Called White Rabbit, "You're magic, white rabbit, has left it's writing on the wall. And we follow, like Alice, and just keep diving down the HOLE!" I yelled as I jumped out into the middle letting myself fall same as Arthur. And now thinking of it, so far it's been quite a bit like an Alice story. Only a British man instead of the rabbit, I know of that's helping me, and I'm not Alice at all. I don't even look like one!
"That's a strange way to think it dear." I heard Arthur's voice getting closer.
"Arthur! You're mad!"
"No, I'm quite happy sense I get to come back here!"
"That's not what I meant!" I yelled at him, finding myself fall much faster than I wish, catching up to him, I can even see him perfectly! Calm and collective, he even was simply checking off something in his writing pad. "How are you calm in all of this!"
"Because I've done it a million times by now! It's your first time!"
"AAAAH!" I yelled as I soon saw floating things all around.
"Well, ms. magical, the case either seems to like you a lot. Or hate your guts."
"What do you mean!"
"One fact proven, you have a lot of magic in you. But I can't tell you the cases feelings about you. Not until we reach the furniture."
"IT'S STILL GOING! I AM IN WONDERLAND!"
"If you say so. I'll tell you it's REAL name once we land. Hopefully it's nice for you."
"Can't you talk to the case? Please?"
"No, she's judging you. I can't tell her anything."
"Oh, great, just great...-OW!" I run into a table sideways. Starting to here Arthur mumble things as I either land nicely on an object, or crash hard into an object.
After as much beating up of furniture, memories flooded back. Which then made me start to cry. "P-please! I beg you! Stop it! It-it-it..." I couldn't say the words with Arthur not hitting one object staring at how I'm either hurt or comforted mumbling. I'd beg the case to stop, but I know it won't be worth it.
"Say it, he's safe." I heard a calming voice.
"No! I can't!" I cry as tears shamefully spill from my eyes as they puffed up and my throat caught up by all the horror and pain.
"Say. the. words." the voice told me again, stern yet soft at the same time.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, either it's my memories you want and I can't say them, or I have no clue!"
"It's fine, say the words." I lastly heard from her.
Then another voice came in telling me what they want me to hear. "You don't have to tell any of your dark secrets, just tell of your sorrow."
I hesitated as we continued to fall down, now not hitting anything. Just like Arthur.
"Jessica, dear, It'll keep going until she gets what she wants. I think you should simply do it. It's always the lightest ones. Trust me, I went through it was well."
I took a breathe calming myself. Then forced myself even with my choked up voice, "I'm in pain, and fear... everything that moves secretly provokes me...I-I don't want to tell anymore!-"
"You can do it, It's now just one simple verse. You sang it."
"Jessica..."
"I-I have to sing it."
"They take it in any form. But I'd don't want the others waiting to long..."
"It chills me to the bone thinking how I went through, all those cursed things that you made me, do. Now I'm strooong, better than you think. Now I'm strooong, and now I can breathe! Now I'm strooong! And you won't take from me." I sang in a soothing pattern.
"Amazing, you must be the singer as well."
I blushed loving how these people seem to have no idea about me. "I am! I'm all the ones you've most likely have seen!"
Then I saw the ground below us, with a fancy chair, and a huge bed.
"It's of our worst nightmares..." He told me. Sending my face pale in shock. How does a simple case KNOW someone?
"So a chair is your worst nightmare?"
"It's the size and the manner... she's smart to hide it for the person, where only they would know of what it means."
I nodded as he went into sitting position and landed. I curled into a ball as I did long ago.
Which I safely land on as well. "So, what's so terrible about you're past?" Arthur blurted out erasing me from the memories flooding my head.
"How did you know that I had a not so good past?"
"Not so good? By how she treated you up there in the memory part, she did so in the lightest matter, as though you may break. And did so in the nicest manner. She doesn't do that for even the normally marked terrible. You had something horrible and inhuman happen to you."
I stared at the man in shock, he got all of that just by my falling? What else did he get! Wait, he was mumbling just as I hit each object, The case was telling a story...
"Oh, I'll give up the paper of what she told me and you as we came down. Come on in then."
"Wait, she records it?"
"Yep! She keeps record of everything!" He chirped.
Which made me fall into a defeat stage, "E-everything?"
"I know, it's strange. But you'll get use to it. It took me a long well to get use to that fact. Come on along now dear!" He told me as he stood up from the chair and offered me a hand from the bed with nothing on it.
"So, if you don't mind me asking you, why do fear a bed?"
"I'd rather not talk about it." I bluntly stated to the man in coldness. You don't ask me about any of that stuff...
"It's alright, I understand. I won't push you at all. Though I will need to know of every magic related item that has happened in your life if you want my help."
I nod, understanding what he's saying. Just wishing to hold it in my heart of all of them.
"Which door do you think is the one?" Arthur asked me.
"What, do you not know?"
"I do, she just asked me for the last test. Something even I've never had to handle, so you must be special somehow..."
"Okay, I'll see." I looked at all my options around me.
Then I soon saw another figure come out of nowhere. Smiling at me, it was of a man. He looked a lot like those two Italian boys from before...
"It's Roman. Now, study the doors." The man told me. I stared a little more before doing what he asks.
"Jessica? Are you alright?" Arthur cut off my thinking. He looked over at Roman and back to me. "You look like someone else is in the room as well..."
"N-no, it's nothing I suppose..."
"Here's my riddle, Sense I can only leave by the way I've come to see my loved ones, to hide away from it all is the smallest one, but the larger you are willing to accept your fate, you go to the unique one." Then he left out the way that we came into the circled room.
"So, is there more rooms to go through after this? Or just this room?"
"Just this one, Don't worry."
"Okay..." I muttered out loud.
He left the way we came in. So that means to see his loved ones. To hide away? Or to accept your fate...
"Take as much time as needed. here there's no time!" He chirped.
"Thank you Arthur..." I sincerely told him, then went back to work.
I didn't understand what the riddle meant! They all look unique! But at least that that super small one that you have to crawl through isn't the one. So it's not wonderland at all...
"The one's that's different..." I mumbled out loud.
"How do know-"
"This one, it's this one." I placing my hand on the door. Out of all the other ones this one is made out of root, even though it's hard to tell by the human eye, and also the door simply has a, vibe, in it. I'm certain this is the one.
"Alright, let's see if you're right." England stated. I saw the look on his face of awe, meaning I was right.
Arthur door opened and flooded colors of all kinds into my eyes. Forcing me to cover them.
"You're right! Welcome to the Magical Garden! You called it Wonderland, but it's the last of the Crystals. True name. Belongs to a dear friend of mine!"
"How dear?"
"Very dear."
"Okay, cool! Wait! Will they be okay if we come in?"
"She'll be fine! She's a doll!"
I smile and nod, "If you say so!" I told him and modestly walked in. Arthur being a gentle man and waiting for me.
"You can look around, don't touch anything though. Okay? I'll be off to find Mei..."
"Mei? Is she the fairy?"
"Yes! She's a wonderful fairy and a dear host!"
I nodded, "That's amazing!"
"Now, don't go too far into the forest!"
"I won't!" I yelled to him as he went off on the search of Mei. I studied the beautiful flowers and stared in awe of the creatures and plants all around...
After staring at the beautiful decor full of magic and mystical creatures, I wasn't watching were I was going and ran into something... or someone.
"H-Hey! What are YOU doing here!" The girl yelled at me. I stared at her beauty. With hair flowing down to her legs, with the look of orange-ish-golden flare. Her eyes filled with frustration and anger at the moment were of a pointed texture with the color of aqua green, almost similar to Becky's but her's are aqua blue. With the look of a seventeen year old but I'm not so sure about that. And it wasn't a normal human, but a fairy, and most likely Mei that Arthur was trying to find. "You things shouldn't BE here!" She proclaimed at me.
"I'm SO sorry! I just came down here with-"
"Sorry Mei, this is my first person I'm helping, remember what I told you about our late tea party?"
"Yeah, but that's not a human! Nor should she BE in this place!"
"What? I'm a human! That's... kinda mean of you to say..." I said in truth. I shy-ed a bit and held my arm.
"Oh, she's THAT kind, sorry about all that rude behavior... I guess I should think before I speak..." She softened herself.
Well, that was a quick change of her. "I-it's fine... sorry to come into your garden without permission..."
"Any friend of Eng-Arthur is a friend of mine." She smiled sweetly at me.
I smiled at the two and noticed Arthur's quick blush behind Mei. A smile crawled on my face. I bet she also is into him, due to the sudden behavior I was given. "Th-thank you Mei."
"It's no problem at all! If you need help with anything, I here for you! Here, I'll show you two a good spot for a meeting place."
"Thank you very much Mei, and I'm super sorry again, I should've looked at where I was going..."
She rolled her eyes and told me, "It's fine! No harm was done! Oh! By the way, what's your name? Sense you already caught on to mine..."
"My name is Jessica. Jessica A. Dareon."
"Nice name, my full name is Mei Silverwood. At your service!"
"That's not needed, I get too much help as it is, but thank you Mei!"
"You're welcome Jess!" She told me as we entered the room for our talk of problems. "Oh! Would you two like some tea? How do you like it Jess?"
"With two spoons of sugar, please." then I hummed the rest of Mary Poppins song in my head.
"And I know how you like your's already. I be back!" Sang Mei. She turned into a small figure and zoomed off in a certain direction. My eyes had to a just to her normal human form that I meet her in, into a tiny fairy!
"She's a fairy Jess, most fairies have the ability to change there size as they wish."
I nodded as I watched Mei fly off. She was one of the most beautiful beings I have ever seen.
We fully went into the room and I sat down at one seat of the circled table. With four chairs around it. Taking two of the seats.
"Well! Mei must really like you!" Arthur cheered.
"What do you mean?"
"She only serves tea for those she likes! And for it to be so sudden as well! She must really like you!"
I nodded and smile, it's good to make some friends, and she didn't fan-girl over my name, another bonus for me. "Please, now she making tea, tell me about what problems you're having."
I took a breathe to calm myself, and told him, "Well, at first as I was coming to here in Russia I went about what I normally deal with as a popular person, then all of the sudden, everyone went back into doing there own thing, almost ignoring me. None of them, even the ones that barely talked to me, knew who I was. It was strange..."
"What did you do before that happened? Both physically and mentally?"
"Physically, I sang a song for everyone on the plane that I barely made, then I thought after I caught so much attention, that I wished no one knew who I was... then..."
"Your wish was granted though you didn't think it'd happen..." Arthur finished me off looking off and studying my words.
"Yes, that's what happened!"
"Did anything else happened like that before?"
I thought hard then remembered a few things long ago that were strange, but it happened so smoothly I didn't think of it anything else other then pure luck.
"Anything?"
I thought if I should tell such a tale to him, the one most dear to my heart. My darkest memory. He seemed like a nice enough man, but I don't feel the need to tell him such a tale. And I fear what he may do with it, being what he is...
"A few things, but so simple I didn't even think about it."
"That's how magic works most of the time dear."
"I understand that now. Once I was as a child playing with a...dear friend of mine. And then when I came back late and I had a strict babysitter. Though he didn't even notice that I was late even though he knows the exact time without even looking at a clock."
"That sounds like a remarkable man!"
"Heh, that was pretty cool..." I mumbled. Lies, it was a lie, not the time part though. "And another time when I was in deep trouble, like huge trouble and had nothing I could to to stop the situation, something out of the blue happened to the ones causing the problem, allowing me to flee."
"Hmm. Like what?"
" I wished them blind and that they didn't know where I was, and they ran into things blinding there eyes once they should've gotten me."
"I see now, anything else?"
"One time, I wished for a friend, for a chance at life to change and leave the old me in the past. Though it still haunts me still, I gotten my friend, and she changed my life forever." I smiled at Arthur.
"Becky, the one you talked about."
"Yes, her. Wait, I didn't say anything about her!" I told him, "What are you doing?" I asked him in fury. What magic is he using to know this kind of thing!?
"I didn't know that you were my client, but Alfred, a friend of mine sort of, is a huge fan of you. And showed me through the internet, as always, you and the popularity you hold."
"Oh, sorry for snapping at you! It just seems that no one here knows me at all and it's a change. A huge change from what I deal with..."
"I understand, I too have to change my ways quite a bit more then I like to admit."
I looked at the man in question, what does he mean by that? "I think Mei told me once about someone with the ability to wish and have them granted... It's in one of these books." He told me getting up from his seat to some shelves. Then I thought about the man from earlier. Roman... what a strange name...
"Anything else you'd like to tell me?" the English man told, "And I would also like to hear the piece of the song you gave to the people before they forgot you on the planet."
I do have more that has happened, though I'm not telling him. So I simply told him, "No, that's all the strange activity. but I'll sing the song."
"Write it down as well please..."
"O-okay." I told the man.
I then simply wrote down the words,"~Think of all the world in your fingertips, think of all the things to say with you lips. And think of all the things you're holding back. 'Cause those things will come at you and attack. Oh, stay strong you have a lot ahead of you. Think of all the things that you could do. Look at all the world you see. And think about how you just could be, the one to stop the war. The one the world is looking for.~"
I didn't know how this would help him in any why, shape, or form. But if he asked for it, then I'll give it. Then I remember the next few verses and smiled. Adding, "I didn't sing this, but this was the last part to the song I was meant to sing. ~So rise up from the rest of the world little one, because you know you're strong. Put heart were it belongs, and sing the truth of your song!~"
"Are you sure you want me to sing it?"
"The words that seem to be broken out longer or shorter may add to the stress of the magic."
I nodded, not understanding a single word he's saying to me. But went along with it.
"Hey guys! I got the tea!" Mei almost sang as she came in before I was about to start singing. It'll be okay if he doesn't hear right?
"Nice to see you again Mei, beautiful as always." England told her.
"Th-thank you Arthur," she told him with a light blush and a smile that fitted so perfectly with her. Why could that be the face I met into?
"Well, I think I would like to know a little more about you Jessica!" She cheerfully told me as she took one of the another chairs.
"Well, I'm a very popular figure."
"I'm not really from your world though. I've just heard about you!"
I gave her a huge smile and explained myself. Loving the thought that I don't go up to a stranger and then suddenly they start naming all these personal things about me.
Arthur took notes of what I was saying as Mei listened in with a full intent of getting as much out of it as possible. Most likely to try and help Arthur out with my case. That sweet girl! (that's right, I'm calling her sweet!)
After I finished explaining myself Mei and Arthur were in a state of shock, and I didn't even tell them the bad stuff.
"I'm so sorry about all of that Jessica!" Mei told me holding my hand.
"It's fine, Mei. It's not really that big deal..."
"No, I have had a traumatizing childhood, and I understand what heartache that gives."
I looked at her with curiosity. I told them of how loneliness of being at school and the separation of my family. And all the things in between not about "the babysitter".
"I think the most shocking thing that happened was when my friend was shoot."
"What!" Mei cried out.
"Yeah, she was a stubborn girl but nice and always tried to help me out in her own way."
"How did she get shot? If you don't mind asking," Arthur asked of me, "This isn't something you've told me before."
"I remember her walking... then...th-then..." I tired my best to answer.
"It's fine. You don't have to answer." Arthur told me. With the look of worry that he brought up such a touchy thing to me.
"Thank you." I told them, taking my hands off the table and forming them together as I rub them together. "Hey Mei, Arthur, what's your stories?" I asked them with curiosity. They seemed very interesting! And I love hearing people's stories, and well, also fairies!
"Arthur?" Mei turned over to look at him.
"She's fine, should I or you?"
"I'll go first." She told him and sighed. "When I was a little fairy girl, I had a mom, dad, and a big sister. We were high in our status. And it made my spoiled. But soon... people came and destroyed my home and the land. Killing all the fairies. Mom and Dad stayed, saying to buy us time and left us flying off praying and hoping that we'd both make it out.
'Then we first in the house ran in a human form, being faster on the ground. Then we went to a window and fled in our tiny fairy form. Then... my big sister guided me out and told me to keep going, I picked up my speed and didn't turn back; I was a little one after all. But after pushing myself forward with flying I found that my sister wasn't behind me. I panicked, but didn't go back. I pushed forward hoping that she was doing the same and simpy got ahead of me, but I never found her. And I went on my own trying to make with what I had. Then a girl with a strange manner but really nice and sweet found me and took care of me.
'And all of it was a fire, but people came in as well. I'm sure of it."
"And I don't doubt you one bit." I told her, understand how cruel people are sometimes when you meet the wrong people.
She smiled with a tear rolling down her face, "Why, do you seem so trustworthy?"
"Maybe it's because I've never let anyone other then myself down." I told her.
She smiled and wiped away the tear from her eye. "Well, thank you for listening, I think I've only told Arthur, my friend I told you about, and now you."
I smiled and hugged her, "I'm glad you trust me Mei. I really want to become good friends."
"Baka..." She mummer-ed.
I giggled, knowing what she fulling means by this. We'll be wonderful friends.
"It's also wonderful to meet you as well Arthur."
"Like wise."
"I-I think I have to go now to a meeting. Being the last of my kind of fairy... see ya Arthur! Jessica!" She told us and went into a tiny fairy and went off.
"Bye Mei!" I told her as I waved.
"Good bye my love!" Arthur told her. I smiled thinking of shipping them hardcore. Then went off out of the garden and out of the tree. Which thankfully showed an elevator.
We went in theT elevator and waited, then Arthur turned to me, "Jessica? I don't know that many girls, but I was wondering what do girls see in men?"
"Are you into Mei?"
"I-I'd never try to think... okay yes. I'm madly in love with her. And you seem to know a lot of things on the subject. Could you help me out?"
I rolled my eyes knowing all along this was the case and told him all that I knew, "All I have to say is, be yourself, and treat her like an angel. If she likes you, then step up. But if not, then simply be friends. It's not that stressful as people make it out to be." I told him patting his back.
"Thank you dear." He told me as the elevator went into a full stop. Sending us to the top of the tree were we came in from.
"The papers right there." Arthur told me. As an old styled piece of paper came out and I took it. Oh, the paper that recorded me. Yeah...
"We need to book another quick meet up again. I didn't get all that I needed and still can't fully help you yet. But I will study what you've given and see if anything matches up. Understand?"
"Yes, thank you very much Arthur. You truly are a true gentleman."
"Thank you. Now I must be off. I'll call you for which tree to go to in order to go back and talk."
"Okay, good bye Arthur!" I told him as I left the tree spot and walked over to my hotel, as it was getting late.
"Good bye." He told me and went off in another direction.
From all of that, I need sleep now...
Ta-da! I know there's most likely not a lot of you following in on this story, but if you've still have given faith in me, please review! I'll see all of them and take what offers you have! Well, if it fits in with the story... love you all! ^J^ (I will make this face in EVERY chapter!)
