The boys now wore crystal armour with hearts cracked into them and all had the first letter of thier names cracked in the biggest heart at the centre. Kevin carried a long, white rifle, Joe two blood red swords and Nick a big steel mallet. They and the girls, followed by the July Hare, with his archery set, The Duchess with her many potions, Kroaft and his golden spears and heavy iron armour, and Hatter with his flute, walked out of Wonderland's biggest city and into the wild. They would have taken the albino and the slouse but thought they would do better looking after the king.
As they walked over a long tall wooden bridge Kroaft kept wincing whenever he took a step. And with him leading, it was taking forever to get past! Of course, Lynette was scared of heights, as well as the Duchess, who both winged and complained before stepping foot on it, Kroaft looked like he was going to panic in a frenzy.
"Kroaft, calm down, and hurry!" Hatter shouted over the wind that was sort of there, it was hard to say. Kroaft now froze in terror of such heights.
"Duchess, do you have any fear potions?! " Kevin asked.
"Fear is only cured by one's acceptance and production to overcome the fear." She explained. "There's nothing even the strongest remedies can do."
Lynette got tired, and shot a bullet in the air. Instead of smoke coming out, a pretty golden swirl trailing the bullet could be seen high in the sky.
It scared Kroaft, and he just charged right through the bridge!
The bridge thankfully wasn't broken, so it wasn't going to collapse under anyone.
As they journeyed onwards, they saw two people on a picnic blanket which looked like a blanket for one's desire for sleep. It looked very wooly and very large. Beautiful glass containers were used to hold fruits and drinks. In a red kimono with cherry blossom design, was a girl who was dead similar as the girl's schoolfriend Cera. She was from Korea and pretty cool.
As the girl poured orange juice into a glass fountain, the fountain shot orange juice. She quickly got a lot of cups, more than two people, and the orange juice landed perfectly in the cups. Another girl, in a snow white kimono with what had a purple glitter poured on, who looked vaguely like Ashley from the girls school, was performing the same thing. This time, after putting a lemon in the fountain, lemon juice erupted and cascaded downward. The cups were upside down, were now right side up and caught every last drop.
The two giggled and looked up. They were shocked to see the group, they jumped up and attempted to flee.
"Oh please don't go!" Catt and Alison said. The two halted and turned to them, a little afraid.
"Are you the new tax collectors?" The Ashley look-a-like asked timidly.
"No...?" Lynette replied.
"Are you going to harm us?" Cera girl said.
"No, nothing negative, 'uns." The Duchess said.
The kimono girls sighed in relief.
"What are your names?" Kevin asked.
"Im Cherrii." Cera girl said eagerly.
"And Im Illunia." Ashley look a like added.
"So, what are you two doing exactly?" Joe said confused.
"Were having a picnic what's it look like?!" Illunia snapped.
"Oh my god, are you silly?" Cherrii added gingerly and bubbly.
"So, who are these tax collectors?" Said Nick before Joe could make any menacing reply.
"There are these menacing Tax debt collectors who come here often, and sometimes take away our picnic items." Illunia explained.
"He's an asshole!" Cherrii added bitterly.
"What taxes do you owe them?" Kroaft asked.
Cherrii reached under the blanket and handed Kroaft an envelope labelled "TAXES".
Kroaft read them carefully, asking the Duchess to read the big words for him and what they meant which got frustrating after word number 500 and something.
Finally, after about a boring hour, and the two girls almost not caring, Kroaft then announced:
"This is over tax cases!"
After a five minute summary, the two gladly got convinced that what he said was correct and applauded him. Offering an odd smelling drink, everyone politely but hesatatively drank the tea.
Lynette, Alison and Catt's pupils were big. Very big. They drank it all down and grinned like big retarts. Were they higher than heaven? Nobody knew, but they kept bursting out laughing.
Later, when they were miles from the Kimono girls, the Duchess whispered into Kroaft's ear: "You didn't have a clue what you were reading, eh, 'un?"
He shamfully agreed.