"What the hell?!"

These were Sora's first words upon seeing Wonderland. Vibrant colors, larger than life flora, odd creatures that pattered about. While Kairi and Ventus examined everything like curious puppies, Sora asked Riku "Are we high...?"

Riku shook his head "I hope not."

Kairi and Ventus started laughing "Hey! The mushrooms bounce!"

"Bouncing mushrooms..." Sora said dryly "Now I think I've seen everything-"

"Pardon me! I'm late! I'm late for a very important date!" A white rabbit in a coat holding a pocketwatch breezed by, Sora adding "NOW I have seen everything."

A girl ran by, pausing in front of Sora and Riku "Oh dear, where did he- oh! Hello-" she stopped abruptly upon seeing Riku, then started backing away. She held up her hands, saying "No! P-please don't take me again-"

"Riku wouldn't do that!" Sora yelled, getting protectively in front of his friend. Kairi and Ventus hurried over, both asking "What's wrong?!"

Kairi then said "Oh! Hello Alice!"

The girl then gasped "Kairi!" She grabbed Kairi's hand and began leading her away "Come! we must get away-"

Kairi pulled her hand back, laughing lightly but worriedly "Um, Riku is my friend, he's not going to kidnap us again."

"How do you two know each other?" Sora asked "Last I recall, you were both unconscious."

"Our hearts." Kairi explained simply, then she gently told Alice "Don't worry, Riku's not going to hurt you or me."

Alice threw Riku a sharp look, then said "Well, I trust you, but I don't trust him- ooh! shoo! Shoo! Go on!" She absently brushed away a weird little pair of walking glasses.

Sora noted Riku's guilty expression, then pulled him aside while Ventus and Kairi convinced Alice that Riku wasn't going to do anything harmful. Sora brushed away a tear, saying "Hey, there's no reason for you to cry."

Riku whispered "I can't believe I did that..."

"You made a mistake-"

"I can't believe I took her! How old is she?! Ten?!"

Sora very sternly told Riku "That was the darkness that took her-"

"And that darkness was me!" Riku took a deep breath, rubbing his blindfolded eyes and sighing "Now matter how you slice it, it was still me."

Sora pouted "Okay, fine, it was you, but you're working on it! You're not going dark-berzerko all over the place, so you're fine for now, okay?!"

Riku nodded. Ventus walked over, asking "Hey, you two alright?"

"Nothing, just Riku feeling unnecessary gulit." Sora said bluntly as he passed by.

"Oh, I wouldn't call it unnecessary." Sora halted, looking for the voice's owner. He was surprised to find a magenta striped cat with a wide grin leaning on a nearby flower "He has lots of reasons and needs for gulit." The cat removed its head, juggling it around.

"You're a weird cat."

"The Cheshire Cat! The one who knows everything in Wonderland, naturally..." He placed his head back on and bowed. His stripes vanished, and then soon he was just a head "But then it would be in my nature to lie. Of course, the question is—should I lie about in flowers, like what you're looking for, or just lie about in words?"

"We aren't looking for flowers, Chess." Alice sauntered over "Why don't you bother someone else?"

"This your cat?" Ventus asked. Alice shook her head "No, a resident and a complete bother. Won't stop with any of his ridiculous riddles-"

"The light is so often a hard thing to find," the cat reappeared on Sora's shoulder, the teen yelling in surprise and jumping. The Chesire Cat then vanished slowly, his exsistence spiraling away while continuing "The only way to find it is to lose what's right in front of you in the darkness."

"WAIT! What do you mean?!" Sora called after the cat, but he was already gone.

But he sure was chatty.

"Well then, ask away... Of course, the answers may be a bit difficult to find... Once you believe, the truth and a lie are quite the same thing. Let your heart decide—it's in your heart you must confide."

"But who are you talking about?!" Sora yelled again, trying to find the cat again "Who will I lose?!"

"That's all I'll say. The rest is for you to figure out."

"JUST WAIT YOU DAMN CAT!" Sora screamed. There was the noise of several birds flying away in a panic, but the Chesire Cat was gone.

"I wouldn't listen to him," Alice said reassuringly "Most of the time what he says really has no context whatsoever-"

"THERE YOU ARE!" Sora rushed towards the reappeared Chesire Cat, Alice saying "Wait! That leads to the Queen's Garden!"

"Oh, a queen lives here?" Kairi asked.

Alice nodded frightfully "Yes, the Red Queen, the Queen of Hearts! A queen who is very easily insulted-"

There was a distant yell "OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"

Alice winced "And that was her."

Sora should really stop getting himself in trouble XD. Chess is such a troll, but I just couldn't think of a lot of dialogue to write so I just used and modified quotes from the games. Still worked great... ish. I just REALLY wanna get a move on to Twilight Town, because I have a lot planned for it.