Chapter 21! Here we are! We are back to Serena and Jefferson, where they left off! Hope you enjoy, please review!
Chapter 21
TheDoorknob
They fell and fell. Serena could see things floating in the air as she and Jefferson fell down what was now a hole.
"Weren't we in a vortex?" she yelled out.
"Yeah, sort of!" Jefferson responded.
"Is that - ?" She started to ask. She was cut off by landing on the ground.
She looked up from where she fell. Jefferson was already to his feet, reaching to help her up. She gratefully took his hand.
Jefferson looked around. "Ugh." he said out of disgust.
"What?"
He looked at her and threw his hand up in the air as he spoke. "Did you have to picture THIS place as we went through the portal?"
"Isn't this how Alice -" She started.
"Don't get me started on her!" He frowned. "That was Disney! Books! Movies! There are much easier ways of getting to wonderland!"
"Well, I've never been!"
He softened a bit after she said that. He realized he was being a bit harsh. "I know," he said. "I just hate this way around!"
"Why this way?" she asked, now taking the time to observe her surroundings. It was a small room, all of the walls were a brownish color. One wall had a door on it.
Jefferson sighed. "You'll see very shortly. Shall we?" he motioned toward the door.
Serena shrugged. "I don't see any other way available."
Jefferson lead the way to the door. He rolled his eyes as he opened the door and stepped through. Serena wondered what that was about until she herself stepped through the door. The room they entered was almost identical to the other, except there was a ceiling instead of what seemed like a reverse bottomless pit.
"Oh." she said, unenthusiastically.
Jefferson held up one finger. "It gets better, trust me." He began to open the door opposite of what they just came through. Another door was inside. And another, and another. Each door that he opened revealed another door - just slightly smaller in size.
"I see what you mean!"
Several doors later, he got to one that revealed a hole.
"Now what?" Serena, asked, leaning in.
"We go through."
The hole was just big enough for them to crawl through.
"Oh boy," Serena said, as she watched Jefferson go ahead. She quickly followed suit.
The room they crawled into was a big purple-tiled room. There was nothing in the room besides another door - covered by drapes.
"Are you kidding?" Serena asked, now just as frustrated as Jefferson.
"No, and now here is the worst part."
"Why's that?" Serena asked.
"I hate this door." He said, walking away.
Serena was confused, but decided to not ask anymore questions.
Jefferson pulled back the drapes that covered the door. There was no way they were going to fit. It was tiny! Jefferson knocked on the door.
"HI, YES. HELLO!" He yelled at the door. "WAKE UP!"
The handle and knob on the door was a face. It yawned as Jefferson pounded on the door. "Who is it?" the Doorknob asked. He looked at Jefferson. "Oh, you again."
"Yes! Me. Can you let me through?"
"But you're much too big!" he said.
"I know! Where's the table?"
"What table?" the Doorknob asked - trying to frustrate Jefferson even more.
Jefferson stared at the handle and balled his fists at his sides. Biting his lip, he motioned towards Serena. "Look! I've brought a friend!"
The Doorknob's eyes went wide with excitement. "Oh, you did! Come here, come here!"
Serena walked over to the door and knelt down.
"Hello, hello! Much nicer to see you than him, I do say!" the Doorknob greeted her.
"Well, that isn't very nice."
"But it's true!"
"Doesn't matter, I'd be hurt if you said that around me."
The Doorknob frowned and looked towards Jefferson. "She isn't very fun."
Serena scrunched up her nose. "Hey!" she said, as she hit the door with her hand, a little too hard.
"Oooh! Feisty!" the Doorknob screamed.
"Sorry," Serena said, "Can you help us?"
The Doorknob sighed, "Yes, of course. You need to drink the potion to make yourself small enough to fit through the door."
"And, where is the potion?"
The Doorknob looked past Serena. "Right behind you!" A table appeared a few feet behind them, the potion sitting on top.
"And the key?" Jefferson interjected. "You're always locked!"
The Doorknob gave Jefferson a dirty look. "Fine." A key appeared on the table.
Serena and Jefferson got up to go to the table. Serena looked at the vial on the table. It said, "Drink Me."
"Now what?" she asked.
"We drink it," Jefferson replied. "But first," he said, turning back to the door, "where are the cookies? The "Eat Me" cookies?"
The Doorknob wiggled his nose and they too appeared on the table.
Jefferson turned back towards Serena. He took a handful on the cookies and put them in his pocket. "Just in case." He motioned towards Serena. "Grab the key, and take a drink."
Serena did as she was told. She held the key in one hand and drank in the other. She began to shrink. Before she got too small, she handed the vial to Jefferson. He too, drank from the vial and began to shrink. Soon, they both were small enough to fit through the door.
"Was that too hard?" Jefferson asked the Doorknob.
He rolled his eyes, and waited for Serena to put the key in his mouth.
"Use the key, Serena."
She nodded, and stuck the key in.
Jefferson stopped her before turning it. "We need the Looking Glass room."
The Doorknob understood what he meant. He muttered "Okay" in response.
Jefferson nodded to Serena to turn the key. "Go ahead."
She wondered what Jefferson meant, but went ahead and turned the key. The door opened, and the two stepped through the darkness to the other side.