Sorry for the delay, everyone, but I got delayed after- during the process of thinking back to my childhood- I got the "Meow Mix" jingle stuck in my head, which interfered with my inspiration. But, now it is out of my head, I finally give you the next chapter.

…Now, could someone help me get that "877-Cash-Now" song out of my head, please?

Reviewer Thanks (meow meow meow meow…)

Scoobycool9: Yeah, I figured so. We all knew it was going to happen sooner or later, right?

Elizabeth: That's character-block for ya. …Glad you liked the transition, lol. Considering Blu was actually shouting more than asking questions, I didn't pay much attention (when someone's that angry, it's hard to pay attention to the proper punctuations). …Good show, Watson. …I have no idea myself- or DO I? (hope so- I'm writing this story!) …Yep. Biggest question in the universe.

Starspring: There are two things you should never tick off in this world: Wolves and Blu. …Sorry for the mind-blowing! I'll clean up the mess if you want. …Thank you ^-^

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It had been three days since Pin asked the big question, and I was still surprised.

…To tell the truth, I figured Pin would propose to me someday- but not THIS soon! Sure, he loved me, I loved him back, but our relationship was still on the 'friend' status (just check our facebook pages). We hardly ever went out- only hunted a couple creatures once in a while, though that was more like teamwork- showing our affections included mostly just hugging (well, Pin was doing most of the hugging. I was the one keeping an eye out for anyone who'd think we'd gone soft), we only kissed maybe a couple times, though it wasn't too passionate… And I never really gave thought to either of us sharing a future.

Maybe it was out of panic. I began to think. Maybe he only proposed because we had made love, and he has some sort of belief that that's a rite of passage you undergo to get married… though, of course, it normally works the other way around according to other religions…

You're probably skimming through this story, wondering what had happened after he took out the ring? Well, just to get the thought off your mind and keep you off my back about it, the conversation went a little like this…

~How the Conversation Went~

Pin: Blu? Are you alright?

Blu: 0_0

Pin: I-I know it seems rushed, but… well, we've known each other for a long time, and you're the kind of girl I'd like to be with- what's wrong?

Blu: N-Nothing… e_0

Pin: But… your eye is twitching. (pockets ring) You know, lets just pretend I didn't say anything, okay? Just until you get your problems solved. I'll go look into my 'Doppelganger' theory…

Blu: Okay… um… I'm going to go try to open this box…

Pin: Right. (walks off)

Blu: (runs to the nearest stream and vomits) Blaurgh!

Mermaids: HEY!

~End Of Conversation~

Yeah. Didn't go so well.

I hadn't heard from Pin since then, which REALLY lifted my spirits- sarcastically speaking. I was staying at Jimmy's apartment with Silver, up until one night when he said he had to leave because of an urgent matter involving Rudy getting kidnapped. Al, Jimmy's friend, decided to give Silver a lift via flying carpet- which was the quickest kind of transportation known in all of Fairytale Land. I would've given anything to get out of the land after the awkward incident and issues I've had to deal with… but there wasn't that much room on the rug and I didn't want Al to go through a second-trip, so I was on my own in the apartment until Silver returned (I swear I could hear the angels sing for a brief moment).

To add to the tension, I was having trouble getting my parents' security box open, which began to increase my frustration to the breaking point. "What is in this box that's so important that they'd have it sealed so tight?" I asked myself, staring at the box as I sat by the pit that marked the spot where my house used to be.

Wolf came walking up to me (no surprise) and sat down beside me. "Still can't get that box open?" he asked. I always filled him in on these sort of things- otherwise he'd never shut up until I told him.

Lox sat on the other side of me, sniffing the box, cocking her head to the side.

"Pretty much," I answered, setting the box aside. "Right now, though, I'm still trying to come up with a way to get everything back from Jareth, all the while find out who this 'Lilliesworth' person is, and figure out the best method to slaughter my aunt and uncle without leaving a trace."

Wolf picked up the metal box, observing it. "Maybe it's a puzzle-box…" he suggested, tipping it side to side, then giving it a small shake. "There's gotta be a clue or button here someplace…"

I scoffed. "Yeah, right. I've checked every corner of that box, but didn't find sh-"

"Blu, look!"

Wolf had swept his paw across the top of the box, and his medallion started to glow. Lox took a step back, while I leaned forward, checking out a bizarre inscription that was suddenly written across the box in bright, blue words…

The time for empty will come at the full.

None of us understood the message. At all.

"What the Grimm is THAT supposed to mean?" I scoffed.

"It's a riddle," Wolf said.

"I KNOW what it is! …Question is, how do we solve it?"

Wolf rubbed his chin, pacing. "The time for empty will come at the full… empty at the full… time for empty… at the full…"

"Okay, repeating it over and over isn't helping, much." I grabbed the box from Wolf, and the words suddenly disappeared. "What I want to know is, why did those words show up for you?"

Wolf looked at his medallion, then snapped his fingers. "Because of my powers! Your mother must have enchanted that box so that whoever inherited her power- which was meant for you- would be the only one who could figure out how to open it!"

It was the only logical explanation, so I kept myself from sharing criticism. Lox sniffed the box again, then walked back toward Wolf, having lost interest. I then noticed there was some sort of scar on her shoulder, and I was suddenly reminded of some other moron on my hit-list.

"Whatever happened to that fox-guy, do you think?" I asked.

Wolf shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe karma caught up to him and a bunch of badgers ripped off his face." he replied, his tone dark once again.

He's still pissed about animal-abuse, you can tell.

*Thonk!*

"Oof!"

Something- well, someone- fell on my head just then. "Blu! Oh, thank goodness!" Lena gasped, out of breath. "You must come quick!"

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Blinker, Iris, and Seek are in trouble! I was over at their house, just having a visit, when suddenly everything in their hole began flying around, and we kept hearing this snickering!"

The situation sounded all-too familiar, and I got to my feet. "Lets go!"

Blinker, Iris, and Seek were your well-known Three Blind Mice. Though they couldn't see, the rest of their senses were extra-keen, which they used for their Ninja skills and-

Alright, alright, YES it's funny that they're blind and their names are Blinker, Iris, and Seek. Laugh it up. (You're not the first one to find it hilarious).

As Lena mentioned, they lived in a hole underground, which belonged to their seeing-eye muskrat, Kibbles. Finding them wasn't hard, because just as we were ten paces from their hole we saw the three of them above-ground… and in the strangest situation.

Kibbles was leaping upward, trying to rescue the rats; Blinker, the black rat, was being tossed side-to-side by a pair of floating paws; Iris, the gray rat, was being strangled by a disembodied blue-striped tail; and Seek, the white rat, was being dangled in the air by a floating mouth!

I hadn't seen so many severed body-parts since the Great Jack-O-Lantern Massacre on Halloween in '97.

"Let us go, you psycho!" Blinker shouted as the left paw squeezed him.

"Yes, release us, or thy soul shall be penetrated with the ferocity of my vengeance!" Iris yelled, trying to wriggle out of the tail.

"Aye, get yer filthy whatever-ya've-got-us-wit', ye wretched demon!" Seek snarled, thrashing his tiny sword around.

As you can tell, the three mice spoke in different dialects, but that's not really the matter at the moment. "Don't worry, guys! I've got help!" Lena called.

"WHO'S THERE?" The three mice cried out.

The mouth snickered. "'Ou can' 'elp 'em, it'll sfoil te game!" it said, keeping a hold of Seek.

"Didn't your mother tell you NOT to speak with your mouth full?" I sneered, taking out a pair of knives (I always kept a few weapons on me).

The mouth laughed, dropping Seek, and disappeared, along with the paws and tail. Lena guided the three mice back into their hole, while Kibbles guarded the entrance. "You honestly think you can skin a cat you cannot see?" the voice was clearer now, and I noted it had a British accent. "You'll never get near, if you try to go far…"

"Great, MORE riddles," Wolf scoffed.

"Ah, the fairy-wolfian, who's colors burn red despite inside he's blue…" The voice seemed to drift everywhere, making it impossible to pinpoint exactly where it could be.

Impossible… if not for Lox, who's ears perked up, and she began barking madly at a tree. "It's up in the tree!" I shouted.

"Whoever said blondes were dumb were blonde themselves," A head appeared now… a cat's head, which was bright-blue with stripes and had large, purple eyes, and a very wide grin that never faded.

I scowled. "The Cheshire Cat… Figures."

You've all heard of that tale of "Through the Looking Glass" aka "Alice in Wonderland", right? Well, let me tell you this: I know absolutely nothing about what actually happened in either of those tales. All I know is that they made over a dozen movies out of it. …The only fact I can share with you is that "Underland" (aka Wonderland- I'll never understand how it was called that) happens to be a neighboring country across the sea from Fairytale Land.

The thing that pissed me off about the place was that several people, let alone creatures, from there tended to drift into Fairytale Land illegally, some of them going as far as calling themselves actual 'fairytale' characters… and the Cheshire Cat was the one creature that annoyed me the most.

"Go back to your own land, you mangy cat!" Wolf snapped, his fists glowing with a blue vapor. "Or I'll separate your body-parts the PAINFUL way!"

"Tut-tut, no need to be so violent," The Cheshire Cat said, his grin remaining wide, and his fur then turned turquoise. "I'm in the middle of helping out a friend, at the moment…"

"Helping with what? A mouse-hunt?" I scoffed.

"He's actually not all that helpful when he's goofing around," A voice sneered, and we looked over, seeing an unfamiliar face.

…Well, unfamiliar to Wolf and Lox, but not so unfamiliar to me.

"What are you doing with this cat?" I asked Sai, as she stepped forward.

"We ran into each other when I first came here, and he's been showing me around, saying he knows where I could find a map that would help me with my quest," Sai replied, giving the Cheshire Cat a glare. "Though all he's done so far was lead me in circles."

"I've lead you to where you needed a guide, and now it is time for you to guide your new leader," The Cheshire Cat said, then began to disappear.

"Hey, wait! Get back here!"

But the cat was gone.

"Lead you to where you needed a guide?" Wolf repeated, arching an eyebrow. "What do you suppose THAT means?"

I gave Sai a glance, and I had a feeling the answer was obvious. "I may be wrong… but I think he had planned to lead you to me," I said.

Sai gave me a look. "Just when I thought this land wasn't crazy enough…" she scoffed.

We walked through the woods together, both of us probably thinking the same thing: What next?

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Meanwhile, in Third-Person POV…

A gleaming white limo with a golden trim drove down the street. In the backseat sat an elderly woman, dressed in regal clothing with her hair done up, and across from her sat two young blonde girls, who looked completely identical: long blonde hair, white slim dresses, perfect hour-glass shaped bodies, and fair skin. The only difference was that one girl at violet-purple eyes, and the other girl had pink eyes.

"I wish for you to be on your best behavior," The old woman said in an uptight voice, giving the pink-eyed girl a sharp glance. "Especially you, Rosietta. I don't want you causing trouble for your sister!"

"Yes, ma'am." Rosietta said, though deep down she didn't mean it.

The old woman looked at the other girl. "And Posenta, be sure to remember your manners. Remember what we've practiced,"

"Yes, Madame," Posenta said quietly.

The limo stopped at a classy hotel, and they stepped out, walking toward the front desk inside. "Did you bring the bauble, Pose?" Rosietta asked her sister in a whisper.

"You know it, Rose," Posenta winked.

Hand-in-hand, Rosie and Posie skipped toward the elevator after their aunt rented a room.

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A/N: What's the riddle about? Why did the Cheshire Cat want Sai to go with Blu? What kind of plans do Rosie and Posie have in mind? Whatever happened to Professor F.O.X? And will Blu and Pin ever get things straightened out? And WHAT IS INSIDE THE BOX?

All these questions and many more will be answered… eventually. In the meantime, REVIEW!

(but no flames, k?)