"Under my nose?" Ruka asks the blue talking butterfly. But the blue butterfly flies away.

"HEY! wait! WAIT!" Ruka runs, still wanting to talk to the butterfly. But Natsume stops him by signalling towards Mikan. The two then both look at Mikan, Mikan mutters to herself: 'Every event that has happened happens for a reason. What you are searching for may just be under your nose.' She says it over and over again as she is thinking. Suddenly, all three hears a familiar sound.

"I'm late! I'm late! I'm very very late!" It becomes louder. "Oh no, Oh dear! What happens if I'm late?" It is the white rabbit with a clock around his neck running past the trio and then dives into the bushes. Mikan analyzes the bush. She recites the phrase, and as she tilts her head sideways, she realizes something.

"Guys! I think I know what the blue caterpillar meant." Both Natsume and Ruka look at each other before turning back to Mikan.

"Spill it already!" Mikan points to her nose.

"under my nose' see?" She walks to the bush. "Doesn't the bush looks like a reversed mustache?" Both Natsume and Ruka were confused.

"um... what? Please explain."

"What? You guys don't see it? It's a mustache; when the blue caterpillar said under your nose; it's what's under the nose: A MUSTACHE. The white rabbit just lead us to the clue. If we were up-side-down, you guys would see a mustache from the bush." Mikan sighs.

"Gosh! I can't believe you don't see that." Mikan jumps through the bush.

"Wait up!" Ruka also jumps through the bush. Natsume sighs deeply before exclaiming:

"White panties! Don't think you are smarter than me." Once Natsume passed through the bush, he expects Mikan to throw a witty comment back at him, but instead, he bumps into her.

"Ouch! Why did you stop?" When he recovers, his expression is the same as the others.

On the other side of the bush, there is a huge table with teapots whistling to a melody that neither of them knew. A fog covers the scene, so the trio peeks through the hands of teapots. They see two figures singing: "A... very merry unbirthday to me! (to who?) to me! A very merry unbirthday to you! (who me?) Yes you! (oh me!) ..." Ruka whispers to Mikan.

"What's going on?" Mikan is just as confused as the boys.

"I don't know." Mikan whispers. Natsume cannot hear properly, so he asks:

"What?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Mikan yells. The whole tea party stops and watches Mikan. The singers start accusing the uninvited guests.

"How rude, how rude, how rude! There's no room!" Mikan gets up.

"But I see there are plenty of room."

"Ahh! But it's very rude to sit down without being invited." One of the singers notes. Natsume comments.

"Who would want to sit down and drink tea." The other responds back.

"No, no, no, no, no. We are not just drinking tea, we are celebrating!" Mikan gets excited.

"What are you celebrating? Is it someone's birthday?"

"NO! We celebrate unbirthdays!" Uh?

When the three understood what 'A Merry Unbirthday' means, they all introduced each other. Mad Hatter and March Hare have alices that control the teapots. The teapots are assembled like a symphony. They dance and sing with their pet Dormouse. What's so good about them is that they have a one track mind, so whenever Mad Hatter starts singing, March Hare and Dormouse would start to sing too and they would forget that Mikan, Natsume and Ruka are even present. Mikan grabs Natsume and they run towards a gate. Ruka sees them running and catches up to them. As they pass through the gate, they don't see that there is a symbol of a red heart.

The three walk into the dark as the singing fades away. Mikan suddenly holds Natsume tightly.

"What is it? I thought my girl wasn't scared."

"Of course I'm not... scared. It's just a lil dark that's all."

"Well, at least, I'm not complaining. It's actually nice to be a guy." Mikan lets go.

"Wait! No. That's not what I mean, and you know it." Mikan sticks out her tongue, but Natsume cannot see. Mikan says:

"I'm gonna walk with Ruka for now. Hmph!" They keep walking until a red light and some laughter are on the other side of the dark.

"Where are we?" Once the three got out of the dark and almost touched the red light. They see a cage full of muscular, tough men on the other side. There are laughter and beer all inside the cage.

"Are they prisoners?" Mikan asks. Ruka scans the area and as he steps behind, he accidentally presses the red light. The cage door opens and and then shuts automatically. Ruka's eyes are pinned on the target. Imai Subaru.

"Noo no noo!" Mikan starts yelling as she grips the bars. Ruka realizes that they are stuck with these muscular, tough men. Their eyes look like they haven't been rested, nor eaten for days. All are watching Mikan like a prey. Ruka wants to warn Natsume. But Natsume understands immediately. He surround himself and Mikan with fire.

"Don't come any closer you barbarians!" One of the men starts chuckling. That chuckle grows as he steps out from the pack.

"Barbarians, you call us Barbarians? We're not savages. We had family, we had a life. But for some reason, we ended up here. The only thing we know is that a couple of days ago, a servant from the Red Queen gave us beer to chug down. Now we just want to know what brings you children around. How old are you guys anyways?"

"Fif-"

"Ruka don't!" Natsume interrupts.

"You don't need to explain yourself. Quick, we came here for a reason, let's not do anything more than that goal." Ruka keeps his eyes on the price. He needs to save Imai Subaru, who is tied up on a haystack in an isolated cage. He instinctively uses his Animal alice and very soon their cage breaks down. Ruka looks around and sees the muscular and hungry men injured all on the floor. Mikan exclaims.

"Ruka-pyon! That was awesome! How did you do that?" Ruka looks at Mikan fearfully and then at Natsume. He should his head; clueless. An applause is heard.

"That was very impressive. Wasn't that impressive White Rabbit?" When the three turns their heads around, they see a huge Red Queen size above them. The White Rabbit was next to her.

"Well, you miniatures are quite an entertainment." Miniatures? How did we become mini? The Red Queen screams as it startled the three.

"LOOK UP, SPEAK NICELY, AND DON'T DO ANYTHING FISHY! I see everything from above here." They look up and smile.

"Yes your majesty."

"iT'S: YYAASSS! YOUR MA-JES-TY!" Mikan copies the Red Queen as she volunteers to curtsy.

"YYASSS! YOUR MA-JES-STY!"

"You two too! OTHERWISE, OFF WITH YOUR HEADS!" Mikan stares at Ruka and Natsume. Natsume mutters: "do we have to?" The Queen's ears are sharp.

"WHAT IS IT THAT I HEAR?" Ruka quickly bow as he forces Natsume to bow too.

"Nothing, Your Majesty. We oblige to you." The Red Queen nods.

"That's what I wanted to hear." Mikan briefly explains the situation of setting Imai Subaru free.

"Set free? NO NO NO NO NOOOO! THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. HE IS GOING TO BE DUE FOR TRIAL."

"Trial? What for?" Natsume asks without formality.

"For stealing my red roses and painting white roses red. It should be death sentence: OFF WITH HIS HEAD!" Mikan asks calmly:

"Your majesty, if I may ask, shouldn't this death sentence be sentenced already, why wait?"

"Because the witnesses haven't arrived yet."

"What if we made you a deal." Mikan asks curiously.

"Deal? What can you give me?"

"A millennium of red roses, every month, it can be brought to you." Right when Mikan said that, Natsume interjected.

"Mikan! You're crazy! What are you saying?"

"It's alright Natsume. I've got this under control." Mikan looks at the Red Queen's thoughtful expression.

"A millennium of red roses, you can do that every month?"

"For sure." Mikan circles her finger, once, twice, and three times. All of sudden, a millenium of roses in a bouquet appears. The Red Queen gasps. Mikan lifts up the heavy bouquet of roses to the sky. One of the servants grabs it and gives it to the Queen.

"Wow! They are magical!" Mikan nods.

"Yes they are." She looks at Ruka. Ruka understands. He whispers to Natsume: It's the Goddess Alice again.

As the Red Queen admires her roses, Mad Hatter and March Hare arrive.

"YYAASS, Your Ma-jes-sty!" The Red Queen declares.

"I am releasing the prisoner." Mad Hatter rejects.

"No! That prisoner is the most dangerous being alive. Healing and then feel pain all in one. We cannot have this being alive."

"What do you suggest Mad Hatter? Those miniatures want to set them free." The Mad Hatter and March Hare look down.

"You guys! Again!?" Mikan smiles as she waves.

"No no no no no! Your Majesty. They are creepers. Liars even! We must not let them go." Mad Hatter accuses.

"YES! Liars and robbers that stole our tea!" The March Hare chimes in. The Red Queen interjects.

"What accusations are you spewing? You are in my castle, in the Red Heartsland. That young lady gave me roses which is a millennium more times better than what you guys could offer. I'm going to set the prisoner free!" The Mad Hatter stops the Queen.

"Please your Majesty, let me have a moment with these people."

"FINE! But if I see anything fishy. OFF WITH YOUR HEADS!" The Red Queen leaves with her guards, but the white Rabbit stays. The Mad Hatter looks below at the miniature Mikan, Natsume and Ruka. He says:

"I don't do violence but I do want you guys to solve these two riddles for me." The trio from below gulps. The Mad Hatter continues.

"If you answer them correctly within 1 minutes, I will allow this prisoner to walk free." Mikan looks at Natsume. Natsume nods and Mikan says:

"FINE! But you better keep your word."

"Of course!" Mad Hatter signs a 1: "We hurt without moving, we poison without touching. We bare the truths and the lies. We are not judged by or size, who are we?" And then March Hare steals the white Rabbit's clock and times it.

Mikan, Natsume and Ruka all think as they repeat the phrase. They then discuss among themselves. About twenty seconds in, Ruka exclaims: WORDS.

Mad Hatter signs a 2: "I'm always there, some distance away. Somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay. You may move towards me, yet distance I stay." Mikan starts reminiscing about the first day she got her Alice back because Mad Hatter spoke of the sea and the sky, and that reminds her of the ocean.

"Yo! Polka? White panties? Bubbly girl?" Mikan does not respond. She mouths a word though. She breaths a "O"; "I"; "Z"; "OWN". Natsume exclaims: "HORIZON!"

All of sudden, Imai Subaru's cage fell down, and he is free.

"Imai-sempai! Imai-sempai!" Ruka tries shaking him awake, but Imai Subaru stays unconscious. Natsume and Ruka quickly untie the ropes and pick him up. Using Mikan's Goddess Alice, she twirls her fingers five times. On the fifth time, Mad Hatter, March Hare and White Rabbit all blink their eyes simultaneously and poof!

"WHERE DID THEY GO?"

A/N: Heyy! So exams were a week over... haha. And I can't believe it's the 1st anniversary since this story was launched. O.o I hope you liked this chapter!