Chapter 6 – Wonderland
Sora and the others were falling down some kind of big rabbit hole. Hamtaro, Sora and Donald landed on their feet while Goofy land on his stomach while he lying on his back enjoying the ride. Then as the arrived in Wonderland, a white rabbit wearing a red coat and looking a watch was running saying, "Oh my furs and whisker! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, I'm here when I should be there.I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The queen, she'll have my head for sure!" Then the rabbit went through a pink door down the hall.
"Uh… late for what exactly?" Hamtaro looks at Sora who shrugged.
Then they followed after him though the door into another room and saw the rabbit go though a smaller door.
"How did he get so small?" Sora said looking at the door.
"No you're simply too big." the doorknob said.
"Wak! It talks!" Donald shouted as he and others were freaked out by this.
The doorknob then yawned. "Must you be so loud? You woke me up." The doorknob said, tried.
"Good Morning." Goofy said
"Good night! I need a bit more sleep." the doorknob said then yawned and closed his eyes.
"Wait! Hold on! What do we have to do to grow small?" Hamtaro said, getting on his knee.
"Why don't you try the bottles? Over there on the table." The doorknob said. Then a table appeared with two bottles on it. Sora then drank the blue bottle then he, Donald and Goofy grew smaller.
"It worked." Sora said as they ran towards the door but found him to be fast asleep snoring loudly. "You gotta be kidding me." Sora asked in disbelief.
"There just has to be a way outta here." Goofy said as everyone looked around but couldn't find anything.
Meanwhile, Hamtaro, who hadn't taken a sip from the bottle, then saw a hole in the wall obstructed by a bed.
"Hey guys, there's a way out over here." Hamtaro said gaining everyone's attention as he pushed the bed which squeezed into the wall.
"Great work Hamtaro." Donald said from down with Sora.
"Good thing you didn't drink from the bottle like the rest of us, now get down here." Sora called to him as he nodded and took a swig of the bottle and shrunk down to the others size.
"Come on, time's a wastin." Donald said as he lead the way through the hole in the wall where they came out into a courtyard filled with playing card guards and in the middle of the courtyard was a podium with a young girl with blonde hair and wearing a blue dress while on the balcony was a large woman with a heart shaped fan looking down at the girl. The group then saw the rabbit who was now carrying a trumpet run past them and up a set of steps as he then blew the trumpet.
"Court is now in session!" The rabbit said panting after what was obviously a long run.
"I'm on trial? But why?" said the blond girl in white and blue.
"Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding!" The rabbit said as the queen looked at the girl.
"The Queen of Hearts?" Hamtaro asked the group who shook their heads not understanding either.
"This girl is the one responsible there is no doubt about it, and the reason... is because I say so that's why!" The queen said pointing at the girl.
"That is so unfair!" The girl exclaimed.
"Well do you have anything to say in your defense?" The queen asked her.
"Of course, I've done absolutely nothing wrong! You may be queen, but I'm afraid that give you the right to be so...so mean!" the girl said, sternly as she her arms while the White Rabbit gasps.
"Silence! you dare defy me?" the queen said, looking mad.
"I don't like where this is going." Hamtaro muttered.
"Hey guys, we should help her out" Sora said. Hamtaro looked at him at the moment.
"Yeah but we're outsiders so wouldn't that be muddling." Goofy said.
"Meddling" Donald said correcting him.
"Oh yeah and that's against our rules." Goofy said.
"I hate it when you say that." Hamtaro replied.
"The court finds the defendant... Guilty as charged! For the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart! Off with her head!" the queen said, making Sora gasp.
"No, no! Oh please." the girl begged as the guards began surrounding her.
"Hold it right there!" Sora shouted as he ran to the girl with the others not far behind him.
"Who are you? How dare you interfere with my court" the queen said.
"Excuse me but we know who the real culprit is!" Sora said.
"Uh-huh, Its the Heartle-.' Goofy said, but then covered his mouth, knowing who the culprit was and looks at Sora.
"Anyway, she's not the one you're looking for." Sora said.
"That nonsense! Do you have any proof?" the queen asked him but Sora stopped he didn't have any proof and he couldn't tell them that him knowing was proof cause he might be the one without a head. He looks at Hamtaro, Donald and Goofy who shrugged and shook their heads. She smirks at a speechless Sora as the guards then threw the girl in a big bird cage with a blanket covering the front of the cage and locked it up. "Bring me the evidence of Alice's innocence, fail to do so and it off with all of your head!" the queen said making all of them gulp. "Gather as much or little evidence as you please. Report back here once you're ready."
They all nodded in fear but not before Hamtaro walks over to the girl while a Card Soldier stands guard as he talks to her, soon Sora, Donald and Goofy joined in. "Who are you?"
"I'm Hamtaro." He introduced himself.
"I'm Sora."
"I'm Goofy, and that there's Donald." Goofy pointed his duck friend near him.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Alice." She introduced himself. "Say, did you boys fall down that Rabbit hole too?" the girl asked.
"Um, no. We just happened to pass by." Hamtaro answered.
"Oh, I see." Alice said, somewhat sadly. "Though I do wish it were under better circumstances. I'm sorry you got mixed up in this nonsense."
"Why are you on trial in the first place?" Sora asked.
"I should like to know the very same thing! Apparently I was guilty from the moment I took the stand!" Alice answered.
"But that's crazy! So, where are you from?" Hamtaro then asked.
"Hmm, curious. I can't quite remember. You see, I found this mysterious rabbit hole. When I tried to peek inside, I tumbled in head over heels... And I found myself here." Alice said, tries to remember what happened.
"So you're from another world!" Sora exclaimed.
"That's funny. Maybe you don't need a ship, then." Goofy thought about it.
"I don't get it." Donald said.
"Me neither." Hamtaro said
"Hm? What do you mean "another world"?" Alice asked.
But before of them asked, one of the Card Soldier shouted, "ENOUGH! The defendant will be silent!"
They took it in surprise then Hamtaro give him a stern look and pull out his tongue at him and walks away. But as they walked away, he turned and looks at Alice one last time. Then felt something in his mind as he remembers the dream he had with Bijou and Kairi and the other girls transformed into a giant door. Then as he looked in his dream, he noticed that the first one near Kairi and the other 7 girls including Bijou has change her figure appearance and revealed herself as Alice. Hamtaro thought about it for a moment and was interrupted by Sora's voice.
"Hey Hamtaro?" Sora called out to him as Hamtaro jolted by to reality. "Are you alright?"
"Oh no, I'm fine. I'm just lost in a train of thought that's all." Hamtaro replied.
"Oh good, I thought you lost me there." Said Sora in relieved. Hamtaro chuckled a bit.
After that, Hamtaro regroup from Sora and his friends to the next area.
Soon Sora and the others left and enter a forest looking for evidence of the heartless. While looking for clues, Sora saw a cat face in front of him and he fell back on his butt.
"Who are you?" Donald said as the cat reappeared with the rest of his body attached.
"Who, indeed? Poor Alice. Soon to loses her head and she's not guilty of a thing." the cat said, smiled at the group.
"Hey, if you know where some evidence is, tell us!" Hamtaro asked the cat.
"The Cheshire Cat has all the answers, but doesn't always tell. The culprit, the cat and the evidence all lie within the darkness." The cat replied cryptically as everyone looked at each other in confusion.
"They've already left the forest. I won't tell which exit. There are four pieces of evidence in all. Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky. Big reward if you find them all." The cat said confusing them still.
"Farewell." The cat said as he vanished.
"Wait!" Sora shouted but it was no use.
"So do we trust him?" Goofy asked the group as the cat reappeared.
"Trust me or not, I trust that you shall do the right thing." The cat said before he vanished again.
"Terrific, just freakin' terrific." Sora said face palming as he turned around only to see several Heartless appear in front of them.
"We don't have time for this!" Sora shouted as he and Hamtaro summoned their Keyblades as Donald and Goofy took out their shield and staff. Sora charged into the Heartless and hit them with his Keyblade making them turn into black smoke while Donald used magic to provide him with cover while Goofy swatted the heartless away with his shield and Hamtaro slash and hacks the isolated heartless as soon as Sora slashed the last heartless, then Hamtaro found a small box which he couldn't opened.
"Hey Sora, I found something! Think the Keyblade can open it?" He asked Sora who nodded as he tapped the box which opened up and smoke erupted from the box making everyone cough as they found a set of shoes.
"Shoes?" Donald asked confused as Goofy looked at them closely.
"Hey, these are the same shoes that those heartless knights wear." Goofy said as Sora looked them before he smiled as he picked them up.
"That's our first bit of evidence, now come on we need to find some more evidence." Sora said as he ran off followed by the others. They continued to walk through the forest as they continued to search for evidence in order to save Alice from the queen. They walked through a door only to find themselves falling to the ground below.
"Oh man this is going to hurt!" Hamtaro shouted as they landed in a heap with him on the bottom. "Ow… I was right." He groaned.
"Hey guys are we back in the kitchen?" Goofy asked as the group who looked around and saw that they were back in the kitchen but on the cabinets high above the floor.
"Okay how'd we get up here?" Donald asked the others in confusions as the others shook their heads not knowing the answer. It was then that Goofy spotted something.
"Hey look it's another box, just like the other one." Goofy said as the others took notice of it but they found out it was too high for them to reach.
"Aw man!" Hamtaro shouted.
"Rats!" Sora exclaimed.
"Now how are we suppose to get up there?" Hamtaro shouted the question. Then at that moment, he thought an idea. "That's it! Goofy stand in front of the ledge." He said as Goofy did just that. "Now Sora you climb on Goofy's shoulders." Sora nodded and climbed on top of Goofy.
"Donald, climb on to me then we might just reach it." Hamtaro said as the duck wizard nodded and Hamtaro climbed onto Sora's shoulders followed by Donald Duck who climbed onto Hamtaro's shoulders. He then reached for the box he was just a fingertip away when Goofy lost his footing and they all collapsed in another heap and the box wobbled before it hit Sora in the head.
"Yes! We got it!" Sora cheered in excitement as he took out his Keyblade and tapped the box and it opened as a foul stench overcame them as they all gagged and covered their noses.
"Aw man that stinks." Hamtaro said as Sora shut the lid and the stench disappeared he then picked up the box as it vanished in a bright light.
"Okay that is now two pieces of evidence, but we still need more evidence if we're gonna save Alice." Donald said as the others nodded as they leapt off of the cabinet and onto a stool before they then leapt off the stool and left the kitchen through a door that took them back to the forest.
"The forest again, we've been here before though." Sora said as the others nodded in agreement.
"Hey, give me a potion and I'll make you huge." A yellow plant said to the group scaring them out of their socks.
"What did you say?" Hamtaro asked the plant.
"I said give me a potion, and in return I'll make the one who gives it to me giant." The flower said again as Sora looked at the others.
"What do we do guys?" Sora asked them.
"I say give it to him Sora, maybe then you can see if there is another box with evidence in it." Donald said as Sora nodded as he took out a potion and gave it to the flower which opened and covered Sora in smoke blinding the others. When they looked for Sora they found that he was as tall as the tree tops.
"Whoa, he's gone super huge." Goofy said as Sora smiled as he scanned the trees for a box like the others but he couldn't find it from where he was.
"Anything?" Hamtaro asked the giant Sora who shook his head.
"Not from here, maybe it's in deeper." Sora said as he picked up the other three and walked through the forest in search of the last piece of evidence that they would need in order to save Alice from the queen. As they walked towards a certain part of the forest Sora hit his head on a thick branch making him fall onto the ground with a massive thud while the other three held on to him for dear life.
"Oh man everyone alright?" Sora asked the others who still held onto him tightly as he sat up and looked at the branch that hit him. "Damn, never saw that coming." Sora said rubbing his head as he slowly got to his feet.
"Hey I think I can see another box!" Hamtaro shouted happily as everyone looked to see that he was right there on a high branch was another pink box.
"We found it, this should be enough." Sora said as Hmatro climbed onto Sora's hand as he was lifted up to the branch and Hamtaro took the box.
"Alright!" Goofy cheered as they heard a trumpet play.
They later found three evidence, fighting Heartless along the way; one located in the behind the bush, the second in the giant oven in the room with the talking door knob, the third was found in a giant Lilly pad.
The fourth one was tricky like Cheshire said and was soon found in a giant cabinet.
Cheshire appeared in a giant tap.
"Well, look what you've found, nice going." Said Cheshire.
"Now we can save Alice." Said Sora.
"Don't be so sure. She may be innocent, but what about you?" Asked Cheshire.
"What do you mean?" Asked Sora.
"I won't tell, but I'll give you something." Replied Cheshire.
Cheshire then gave Sora and Hamtaro a scroll of the magic of Ice.
"What does that mean?" Sora asked, confused
"Never mind what that cat said, we got the clues! Let's go save Alice!" Hamtaro said.
"Sentencing shall now commence!" They heard the rabbit from before shout loudly as everyone looked at each other in shock.
"They can't do that!" Hamtaro shouted in anger as Sora shrank to normal size.
"Come on we got to hurry!" Sora shouted as he ran off followed by the others as they ran back to the courtyard.
Sora and his friends later went back to the courtroom. "Are you ready to present your evidence to the queen?" one of the card guards said.
"Yes!" Sora replied.
"Very well. Counsel, step up to the podium." The card guard spoken. Sora stands at the defendant's table, while Donald, Goofy and Hamtaro are in a separate box.
"Now show me what you found!" The Queen said as Sora then place down all of the clues they found.
"Well, that certainly a lot of evidence but I'm still not impressed." The queen said. "Cards! Bring forth my evidence!" the queen ordered one of the guard set down her evidence then he mixed it up.
"Checking all five would be a waste of time. All right, chose one of them you like to present! I'll decide who guilty based on it." The queen said.
"What? After all the trouble of collecting them?!" Sora said, getting pretty annoyed.
"Dare to object, then you lose your head! Now chose!" The queen said.
So Sora randomly picked a box and opened it. "Are you certain? No second chances!" The Queen said.
"I'm sure." Sora replied
"Now we shall see who the real culprit is." She said.
Then, inside the box reveals a Soldier Heartless. Then all of the clues including the heartless disappeared.
"What in the world is that?" The queen said.
"Hey! You wanted evidence! There's your evidence!" Hamtaro exclaimed.
"See, told you Alice is innocent!" Sora said.
"Grr… Silence! I'm the law here," She shouted then pounds on the bench. "And I say in Article 29: anyone who defies the queen is guilty" The Queen exclaimed.
"That's crazy!" Donald quaked, while jumping up and down.
"But that's not fair!" Hamtaro shouted as he, Donald, and Goofy showed up standing beside them.
"Cards! Seize them at once!" The Queen ordered as the exits vanished and a crank appeared as one card used it to raise Alice's cage. The queen lifts her fan and the cards leap into battle as the cards attacked the group.
"Watch out!" Sora shouted as they split up to even the fight out.
"Cards! If they touch the tower, you lose your heads!" The queen exclaimed..
They begin attacking the red and black Card Soldiers who come at them with axes and spears. After knocking a couple out, they flutter to the ground unconscious.
"Get them, you fools! Quit joking around!" The queen ordered.
Hamtaro runs up to the Queen of Hearts, who tries to fight back with magic from her fan. He dodges this and knocks her over, exposing her heart-patterned bloomers. At this point, the Card Soldiers freeze on the spot for fear of their queen. Hamtaro then runs back over and starts slamming his Keyblade into the crank tower, with each strike lowering Alice's cage along with
Queen of Hearts who stood up look at them angrily. "Why, you!"
Eventually, the tower starts to crack and shatters to pieces. The flamingo head holding up Alice's cage drops to the ground and the curtain pulls back. Sora runs forward as the Queen of Hearts peers over the bench to see an empty cage.
Hamtaro gasped. "She's gone!"
"Where'd she go?" Sora asked the others.
"She must have gotten kidnapped while we were fighting." Donald said.
"Grr… You fools!" The Queen of Hearts shouted, slamming her fist which got the cards stand at attention.
"Cards! Find the one behind this now! I don't care how!" The queen ordered as the cards left.
The Card Soldiers run in various directions at the queen's orders. Sora talks to the Card Soldier in charge of Alice's detainment.
"What the heck happened?" Hamtaro asked.
"I just looked away for a moment, and… that's all I know." The card soldier replied.
Hamtaro sighed. "That's alright. Let's get going!" He said as the others nodded.
Soon Sora, Donald, Hamtaro and Goofy walk back into the Lotus Forest and see a flower sneeze up a rock. It lands near the pond and the Cheshire Cat appears, standing on his front legs.
"Hey, Have you seen Alice?" Hamtaro asked him.
"Alice, no. Shadows, yes!" The cat said.
"Where did they go?" Donald asked.
"This way? That way? Does it matter? Left, right, up, down! All mixed up thanks to the shadows! Step deeper into the forest to the deserted garden. You might find shadows in the upside-down room!" The Cheshire Cat said in riddles.
Then the cat vanishes as the team looked at each other out of confusion. Then as shook it off, They later found the upside down room and had to fight Heartless. Hamtaro and Sora then fights off the Heartless along with Donald and Goofy.
Then Hamtaro gave a pot and grew until he could almost touch the treetops. He knocks the boulder into the pond and more lily pads rise out of it. He finds a large nut at the top of a tree and uses his Keyblade to knock it down. He eats it and returns to Donald, Goofy and Hamtaro's size. They travel to the back of the wood and find another entrance to the Bizarre Room. This time, they find themselves standing on the side of the room. More Heartless appear and in the shuffle they attack them and finishes them, Sora then knocks a teddy bear off a shelf and it falls horizontally onto the armchairs below. Sora lights one of the lamps in the room, which reveals a painting on the floor of a beach in both night and day. They enter the painting and return to the Lotus Forest. At the furthest part of the forest, they enter the Tea Party Garden, seeing a long table with several chairs. Teapots and dinnerware line the table as lanterns hang overhead. A painting of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare is hung at the edge of the table. The expressions on their faces is one of sadness. A sign is posted next to them reading "A very merry unbirthday. Sit down to get your present." They sit at various chairs and the Hatter & Hare's painted expressions change to ones of joy and happiness. The enter the door in the house nearby and find themselves standing on the ceiling of the Bizarre Room. The Cheshire Cat sits waiting for them.
"They're hiding somewhere. And the momeraths outgrabe. Want to find the shadows? Try turning on the light." The Cheshire Cat said in riddles as The cat vanishes.
"Light?" Hamtaro said in thought. "He must talking about the lamps."
Sora nodded. "You're right. Let's lit them then." He said as jumps onto one of the lamps and lights it. The cat reappears on the other lamp.
"It's too dim. Make it brighter." Said the cat as Hamtaro lit the other one.
"What next?" Sora asked.
"One more lamp that you need to light." Said the Cheshire Cat as he disappears and Sora lights the other lamp, summoning the cat once more. "All the lights are on. You'll see the shadows soon. They'll arise in this room, but somewhere else. The shadows might go after that doorknob, too." Cheshire Cat said as he disappears again.
"Hey guys, I just thought something, maybe Alice and/or the Heartless are in the other bizarre room." Hamtaro said then they went to the bizarre room to find the Cheshire Cat on the table.
"You'll have a better view higher up." he said as they climb to the top of the table. "The shadows should be here soon are you prepared? If not, too bad!" he said, pointing to the ceiling then vanish.
Then suddenly as they looked up, a big Heartless came down it was colored purple, red and green and it face was holding torches. It stands up to its full height, towering over the table, unraveling both of its long arms. It stares down at them with its five stacked heads. It folds its arms together and pulls out two giant matches, twirling them in the air. Sora gets a running start, leaping off the table and striking at the Trickmaster's faces as it raises its matches high in the air.
"What the heck is this guy? A comedian?" Hamtaro asked the others who shrugged as Sora walked around it only for it to move in front of her still juggling the batons.
"Uh, I think it's not going to lets us by Sora." Hamtaro said as he nodded as he summoned his Keyblade as the heartless noticed her as his eyes glowed.
"Ok it's battle time." Hamtaro said as he brings out his Keyblade while Donald and Goofy brought out their weapons.
They charge in and begun to attack, but as they did that, their attacks have no effects on him.
"Man! He's very Tricky with his legs." Hamtaro said in remark. Then he thought of a name of the heartless, he calls him the Trickmaster.
It slams them down onto the chair, sending it flattened into the floor. Sora jumps up, using the length of his Keyblade to deal blows to the Trickmaster. He knocks it out for a second, and it falls to its knees, though not for long. It starts to sing to itself and swings wildly, hitting Donald, who shrieks. It continues twirling the matches, walking over to the stove. It bends over the stove and lights them, sending fireballs at the three of them. Goofy blocks them with his shield and Sora sends a Blizzard spell, effectively putting the fire out.
Hamtaro then uses his Keyblade which resulted in a fireball hitting the heartless in the head making it stumble allowing Sora and Goofy to hit him and when he got up, Donald then did the same thing Hamtaro did when he uses his fire magic.
"Sora let's finish him together!" Hamtaro said as Sora nodded, then he attacks and dive at the Trickmaster and hit him then Sora slashed at him finishing him in more fiery.
Trickmaster stumbled and try to stand up but fell back down then a Giant hearts came out of him and he vanished.
Sora then picked up a ring he got from Trickmaster it said: "Ifrit's horn" then he put it away. Sora and the others then heard a yawn from the doorknob. "What a racket. How's a doorknob suppose to get any sleep?" The doorknob said, then starts to yawn and opened its mouth to reveal a keyhole.
Sora's Keyblade then shot a light at the keyhole locking it and the doorknob finishes yawning.
"What was that?" Donald asked.
"You hear that? Sounded like something closed." Sora said, hearing that.
Then the doorknob spits out a small green object falls to the ground in front of them, shining.
"This gummi ain't like the other. No sir." Goofy said.
"Ok I'll hold on to it." Donald said as he picked up the Gummi block.
"Splendid. You're quite the hero" said the Cheshire Cat as it reappeared. "If you're looking for Alice, she's not here. She's gone! Off with the shadows, into darkness." He then vanishes with his grin.
"No..." Sora said, sadly.
"Darn it!" Hamtaro said, upset.
"Let's go back to our Gummi ship we might find her in another world." Donald said.
Sora and the others then drank the red bottle turning them back to their normal size and exit the room back to where they began and teleported to the Gummi ship. But not before Hamtaro who stood back from the ship, he then later found a couple of puppies barking at him.
"Hm. Dalmatians?" Hamtaro looks at them. Then thought of something. "Hey, could they be the puppies the note from their house were talking about?"
The Dalmatian puppies then walks up to him as the dog were holding up a Key chain down by the puppy's mouth. The Key chain is very short, consisting of only three silver links, and its token is an Ace of Hearts card.
"What's this?" Hamtaro asked himself, seeing this key chain.
"Hamtaro!" Goofy called him. "We got to go!"
"Coming!" Hamtaro cried.
With that, Hamtaro puts the key chain in his pocket and went back to the Gummi Ship with the Dalmatians.
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