Tuesday:
There have been a lot of places I've been. But this one stands out really much.
The Wonderland Haberdashery & Tea Shoppe was no ordinary tea place. In fact, it's quite out of this world to the ordinary eye as the layout was literally twisted. The roof had teacup structures, teacup shades for outdoors, curved windows, clocks all over the place that inaccurately tell the time, doors that lead to other universes and floating teacups that fly all over in the air.
I went to relax and study there to relieve the stress. This was all due to Mr. Rumpelstiltskin's lectures, which were all lies!
As I entered the place, a flying teacup had caught me off-guard as I ducked and dodged it. I looked all over the place and was baffled by the theme. Everything was out of place and moving around.
"Welcome to the most tea-riffic shop in all of Book End Village!" Maddie greeted as she came out from the kitchen. "Oh, Caydie! It's wonderful to see you again!"
Caydie? I raised my eyebrow at that.
"Good evening, Madeline. You work here?" I asked.
"Work here? I own the place!" she exclaimed cheerfully. "You're here for tea, aren't you? Just take a seat and I'll get some for you!" With that, she took out a filled serving tray with one hand from her hat?!
What?!
"Here you go!" She began to pour the tea into a cup as I took it.
"Thank you." I said to her as I sat down and drank some tea.
"You're welcome!" she replied cheerfully as she put the tea set back into her hat. How was that possible?! Ugh, I decided to ignore that before I got to my studying.
Silence ensured as I focused on my textbooks and notes.
"So whatcha reading?" Maddie asked.
"Oh, I'm studying for the Science and Sorcery test." I answered her.
"Boo, that's boring." she pouted.
"You have that test too, you know? We are in the same class." I reminded.
"But if I'm gonna study, then I always do it Wonderland style!" she exclaimed.
"Wonderland style?" I asked, curious at what that is.
"Here! I'll show you!" she took the textbooks and threw it up in the air. All of the sudden, the contents literally jumped out from them!
"Wha-bu-?" I sputtered in shock.
She giggled. "Your reactions are so silly. I used Wonderland magic!"
I have no idea that kind of magic existed, but I'll pretend that I do.
"Oh, I see." I muttered.
When the words formed, I was confused. It was all in riddle.
"I can't speak riddle." I told her.
"Oh! Then let me translate!" she offered enthusiastically.
It suddenly became a one-on-one study session. During this study session, several conversation topics came up. She did mention that she prefers Che-myth-stry over Science and Sorcery. I was wondering what the difference was.
She said that they are taught by different teachers.
Huh. She has a point.
I decided to take a break since all this riddlish was giving me a headache.
After that, I paid her and left. Though she gave me back some of my money, as she says that it's a "friend discount".
That means she considers me a friend.
I feel a bit flattered...but in a more genuine way.
I'm gonna go study now and maybe understand what all these notes mean.
At least I get to relax with Weapons training tomorrow.
A/N: He meets Maddie again! Who should he interact with next? It can be the same or different person.