Chapter 21: I'm Late

3rd Person POV

Yuffie watched the doors close behind the four girls, "Well. That's that."

Nodding, Leon began walking up the stairs. He suddenly paused, "Wait... I should have trained them! Why didn't I think of that?"

Yuffie snorted, "Jeeze, Squall. You're losing your touch. And you wanna know why? You were eying the Anti-Princess of Heart. Someone's got a cruuuuush!"

Crossing his arms over his chest, Leon blushed a very subtle pink, "Don't be absurd! She had an air of intelligence. I was admiring it. Unlike some people here..."

Aerith smiled at his rare embarrassment, "Love is a beautiful thing, Leon. Embrace it."

"Godamnit! I'm not in love!" Growling, he stormed off in the opposite direction.

Yuffie grinned at her friend, "He's denying it."

Aerith sighed sadly at the closed exit doors of the world, "I hope they'll be alright..."

"Oh, come on! I can tell they're all stubborn. They won't go down without a fight. Trust me." Yuffie grinned once more, "Now let's go and tease Squall some more~!" And with that, the two females hurried after him.

Kasandra's POV

The first thing I had the pleasure of seeing when I awoke was a pair of bright ocean blue eyes. After screaming, Sora and I glanced down silently to observe his arms around my waist and mine around his neck. We screamed once more, flying to either sides of the room.

"W-What the hell? I was on the floor!" I protested.

"Good morning, love birds~" Sylvia leaned against the door way, "You looked cold, Kassy. And Sora looked a bit lonely." She smirked, "and you were both craving hugs. I had to."

It wasn't until she had left that the words finally registered in my mind. I ran after her into the kitchen, "GET BACK HERE YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

"You'll thank me later!" She cackled, hiding behind Hazel and Elena.

Grumbling to myself, I sat down at the table in the middle of the kitchen. Goofy set a plate of pancakes on the table, "Bond appetite!"

"Bon appetite." Donald corrected, sitting down beside me.

"Morning, everyone..." Sora mumbled, rubbing his eyes. Grinning, he literally jumped into the chair on the other side of me, grabbing a stack of pancakes and stuffed his mouth.

Sylvia blinked and smirked, "Real attractive, sister."

Stopping, Sora gulped them down, smiling nervously, "Sorry... I was hungry..."

"Last night wasn't enough for you?" Hazel inquired, stuffing her face.

Sora slammed a hand on the table with a dark glare, "It was only an act of kindness!"

Silently, I stood up and ran into Sylvia's room. Growling, Sylvia smacked him over the head, dragging the other two girls with her, "We'll be right out, then we can go to Wonderland."

Sylvia's POV

"Kassy..." The three of us heard quiet sobs coming from the bathroom. Slowly opening the door, we knelt down next to her. Bringing her to my chest, I stroked her hair softly, getting her to relax. Thank god it was her weakness, "Shh... We got your back. Always... He's just one big douche bag..."

She sniffled into my neck, "I-I'm not s-supposed t-to like him! I-It's just an obsession from E-Earth! T-That's what you h-had s-said!" I felt guilt claw at my soul.

Hazel wrapped her arms around her, "Do you want Freddy? He'll make things better."

She giggled through her tears at the thought of Hazel's precious spork, but her frown returned. Elena wrapped her arms around her, "You smiled. You can't take that back. Or the giggle. Which sounds like you snorted a hippo."

All of us burst into laughter at that, having to let go to hold our stomachs. Goofy suddenly appeared in the doorway, "Glad to see you're happy again, Kasandra!"

Smiling, she wiped the excess tears, "Yeah... Thanks to them. We ready to go?"

Goofy nodded, "Meet us in the kitchen when you're ready."

Standing up, Kassy watched as all of us stood up as well. We each dressed in the new clothes we had bought from the store in Traverse Town. We ran into the kitchen, past the three shocked boys, and jumped out of the doorway into the rabbit hole below.

As we fell, we grabbed each other's hands, and began giggling. As we neared the bottom, we let go. Sora and Donald gently touched the ground. Goofy, who had turned to lie on his back, flipped, landing on his stomach. Hazel, Elena, Kassy, and I fell to our asses. Groaning, we all fell to our backs, only to sit back up in excitement a few moments later.

A white rabbit in a waist coat ran past, "Oh my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I'm here, I should be there! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The queen, she'll have my head for sure!"

With a mutual thought, we looked at each other, "I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

All eyes turned to Hazel. She stood up in confusion, "What?" Six fingers pointed at her clothing. Looking down, her face was priceless.

She wore tank top strapped dress with a v-dip into her cleavage, fishnet covering up to the middle of her neck. The black, dark blue, and dark purple left side trailed down to below her knee with a yellow, light pink, and orange pocket lining on her left hip. The yellow, light pink, and orange right side trialed down to her right thigh with a black, dark blue, and dark purple pocket lining on her right hip. Silver lace decorated the bottom. She wore a tight yellow, light pink, and orange arm band from her elbow, turning into a white cuff around her wrist on the left side. She wore a similar one on her right arm of black, dark blue, and dark purple. Her black high heels wrapped crisscrossing ribbons up her legs to below her knee. Hazel's hair was held in a high ponytail by a black ribbon.


AN: When I post the actual picture of the dress, it'll be easier. But for now... Just try to visualize it.

Also! Remember the last 20 chapters or so, those four guys back on earth? Yeah. Anyone realize none of them have a character design except a hair color for Mitch? No I'm not making designs for them. I don't really give a crap. XD So this is basically you get to visualize them yourself! Your dream guy pretty much! ^_^ Have fun. There'll be a twist no one will see coming. *evil grin*