Once Aries found herself in the court room, being accused of bunch of things that she didn't do, she began to break apart. She was scared and frightened.

"W-Why is Aquarius the q-queen? And Scorpio the king?! W-What's happening?!" Aries freaked.

"Aries the Ram! You are here today, being accused of assault, treason, and trespassing into Wonderland without permission!" Queen Aquarius shouted.

"Dear, there's no need to shout at her" King Scorpio said calmly.

"She broke so many rules, she shouldn't even be allowed back here!" the queen yelled.

The King just chuckled at his wife and sighed. "Sigh...looks like I can't do much here. Just be nice to her. She's shaking on the ground."

Aries just watched the king and queen talk to each other as she sat there confused about what just happened.

"A-Alright...s-so far...I fell into this place called Wonderland, I-I found every one of the Zodiac spirits...I found L-Leo...and learned about his past...and now I'm here being accused of something I didn't do..." she thought. "SO WHAT DID I DO?!" she accidentally shouted.

The Queen glared at her as she said that. Aries recoiled and put her hands on her mouth.

"What did you say?!" she shouted

"N-N-Nothing!" Aries tried to shut herself up, throwing her hands over her mouth.

"We almost lose Lisanna because of her!" said a voice next to Aries.

Aries jolted and looked at the direction of the voice. It's was Mirajane. "Wait, what?! I would never!"

"Yes you did!" Mira cried as Elfman carried Lisanna over. She was beaten up and unconscious in his arms. "She did this too Lisanna!" Mira cried.

"N-No I didn't!" Aries cried. "I haven't seen her at all since coming here!" she pleaded.

"Yes you did! How can you do this?!" Mira fell to the ground crying.

"I almost *hic* lose my father because of *hic* her!" cried another voice.

Aries turns around and see's Cana, obviously drunk. "Cana-san?!"

"I lost my father because of her *hic* a few years back *hic*" Cana said as she took a swig of her booze.

"Cana...you're drunk again" Queen Aquarius sighed.

"Cana dear...your father was just overseas doing a trade with the city of Magnolia." King Scorpio reminded her. "In fact, he's right there next to you"

"But that's *hic* not true!" Cana yelled. "I lost him so many *hic* years ago! He never cared for me, and when he finally did, She came and ruined it all!" she blurted out.

"*Sigh* Dear Celestial...Can someone bring Cana to bed please? She can barely stand." Aquarius asked.

A guard listened and followed Aquarius's order and took Cana out of the court room and brought her to the infirmary. The whole court room watched as Cana was taken away, dropping her booze along the way.

"Oh my..." Aries looked at Cana with concern.

"This one tried to steal something from the castle not too long ago." said a deep voice behind Aries. She turns around and sees that it's Gildarts.

"Gildarts, explain yourself. What did she try to take?!" Aquarius shouted.

"I-I would n-never! I didn't!" Aries pleaded.

"SHUT IT YOU LITTLE TWERP!" Aquarius shouted at her to stay silent. "Continue Gildarts"

"Well I saw her a few months ago in the castle, she said she was just there to sight see, so I let her through. A few moments later, I found her holding one of the Zodiac scepters. The Aries one if I remember correctly. She ran away with it and never returned. " Gildarts stated.

"W-What?! I-I wasn't even here u-until a few hours ago! I would never steal something that isn't mine!" Aries squealed. "Why is this happening to me?!" she began to cry.

"Now this, I never heard." Aquarius said. She raises her staff and shouts "ARIES THE RAM! YOU ARE HEAR BY EXECUTED FOR YOUR HANIS CRIME!"

"W-What?! B-But I didn't do anything!" Aries cried out

"That key you stole is a sacred key that is to be used by only the Zodiac Guardians of this realm. It has to stay where all the keys reside in that room. Otherwise mass calamity will start." Aquarius explained.

"But I never seen those keys before! I swear! The only room I've seen was the room with the Celestial Globe in it!"

"Gasp!" the crowd went off. They started to mutter "No one can get into the room but the Zodiac Guardians, how did she get in there?" another person said "Maybe she's the next one" a person on standby said "That's impossible. The last guardian was Lady Rose, but she's gone...but then again, this girl looks like Lady Rose" more bystanders are mumbling possibilities to who Aries might be.

"Quiet!" demanded Aquarius. The whole room fell silent. "This girl does resemble Lady Rose, I admit, but! If there is a slight chance that she is not who she might be, then it's OFF WITH HER HEAD!"

Aries gulped in fear. "Oh my gosh...what am I going to do...I didn't do anything!" she was on the verge of tears.

"Now Aries, you claim that you were able to walk into the Celestial Globe room. That room is open to the public, but it can only be opened by a Celestial Guardian. Did you or did you not open it yourself?" Aquarius asked.

"Y-Yes...I just opened the door and I was able to walk in… I was admiring the globe because it was so beautiful and I saw Lady Rose, that was when I saw a sir by the name of Capricorn." Aries explained. "He asked me what I was doing there and I told him exactly that, I was just looking at the sculpture. He didn't ask me how I got in, he asked me what I was doing there." She said timidly.

"Hmmmmmm, I don't believe you." Aquarius proclaimed. "CAPRICORN! TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!" She demanded.

"Yes milady, but what she says is the truth. I only asked her what she was doing there. She didn't seem like she did anything wrong so I said nothing." Capricorn admitted. "When I saw her, I thought she was Lady Rose, until she told me her name. This is the honest truth milady. I would never lie to you." He bowed.

"Eeeeh fine, you're off the hook for now." Aquarius whined "But that doesn't explain what happened to Lisanna!" She shouted.

"I think I can explain your highness" said a mysterious voice. Jumping right out the shadows was Hatter Leo, landing right in front of Aries in the defendant booth. "Hello my dear, lovely to see you again" he winked at her as he stood up.

Everyone in the court gasped in shock. Whispers throughout the court of "Oh my celestia…..its Hatter Leo.." On the other side "I thought he was in hiding…why is he here?" Questions are rustling though the entire courtroom in shock to see Hatter Leo again after all this time. The queen is furious and in shock herself and began hitting the gavel on the table harder to quiet everyone.

"QUIET NOW OR OFF WITH YOUR HEADS!" The queen raged "HATTER LEO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" The queen raged "I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN HIDING?! WHERE DID YOU COME FROM AND STATE YOUR BUSY HERE!" She demanded.

"Hello my queen, it's been ages hasn't it? It's wonderful to see you again" Leo bowed "I'm here to defend dear Aries here." He said as he turned around and looked at Aries with a smile. "And I was in hiding, with Maiden Virgo, she kept me company and did her best to keep my spirits up."

"Maiden Virgo you say?" The king spoke "She's known to throw tea parties right?"

"Yes sir, she's very good at them too" Leo looked back.

"I see, I should invite her here one day and have her throw one of her parties for us" the king smiled.

"Forget the tea parties!" shouted Aquarius "What do you mean you're here to defend Aries?! What can you possibly contribute to this?!" She demanded.

"Well I can tell you that she never stole the Aries Zodiac scepter nor did she cause harm to our fair Lisanna." He stated. "And I can tell you why for both."

Leo jumped off the riser that Aries was in and onto the floor and walked up to Mira and Lisanna. "I can tell you that someone else caused this to Lisanna." Everyone in the room gasped "WHAT?! What are you talking about?! She said she was beaten half to death because of a pink women!" Mira protested.

"Maybe so, but our fair Aries didn't appear in this land until recently and Maiden Virgo and myself we're the first people she met here." He explained "As for Lisanna's mishap, it was Cassiopeia who did this to her."

Even more gasps fill the room "Cassiopeia?! That does make some sense….she's always been jealous of Lisanna and Mira…." Whispers spread throughout the room.

"Cassiopeia…..why…" Mira cried quietly.

"She saw Lisanna with Perseus and she does fancy him quite a bit. She got jealous and fought with Lisanna over him, though she did go overboard. Yet, she's always been one to be like that." Leo shrugged as he looked over to Cassiopeia, who was trying to leave but got caught instead.

"W-What? I didn't do that to her, what do I care about that gross girl?" Cassiopeia tried to play off. "Besides, what kind of proof do you have anyway?!" She demanded "You weren't even around!"

"Tsk Tsk Cassiopeia, you are correct that I wasn't around, but my friend Maiden Virgo was" he smirked as he gestured to his friend. Maiden Virgo was standing there waving at Aries. "I can testify that she did in fact hurt Lisanna in attempts to almost kill her."

Everyone gasped in the court room once more.

"WHAT?! THERE'S NO WAY THAT SHE WAS! I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HER!" She shouted, but then quickly silenced herself, completely losing her cool.

"Virgo saw everything, she sees a lot of things and she tells me. How do you think I keep up with everything?" He chuckled.

"That's right! I saw her threatening her too, telling her to stay away from 'her man' as if that was true." Virgo snickered.

Cassiopeia was in shock, so in shocked, she tried to run away but was stopped by a guard. She tried to run on a different direction but was stopped by another guard. "For fighting and almost killing our royal gate keeper, you are hereby sentence to XX years in prison. Be grateful that you won't be receiving the same punishment at Karen got when she assaulted the last gate keeper." Aquarius stated.

"W-Wait No! I'm sorry! Please don't keep me down in the dungeon! There's no mirrors down there!" Cassiopeia pleaded as she was taken away out of the court room screaming.

Mira looked at Aries and apologized sincerely "Aries…..I'm so sorry for accusing you….I wouldn't have guessed it was Cassiopeia of all people. When Lisanna mumbled a women in pink, I assumed it was you. You were the only person I saw in pink, I'm so sorry!" She said as she walked up to Aries and held her hands.

"It's okay Miss. Mira, I'm just happy to see that Lisanna will be safe for now on." Aries smiled. "Why not let Miss. Lisanna rest for now? I don't think it's safe for her to be her while in this state."

"I think you're right." Mira agreed. "Your highness, if you don't mind, I would like to be excused for now to let Lisanna rest. We'll return shortly." Mira bowed.

"Yes, of course, off you go" Aquarius allowed. "Well that issue may have been solved, but that doesn't explain what happened to the Zodiac scepter." Aquarius stated. "How do you explain that huh?"

Before Hatter Leo could even answer, Gildarts interrupted. "I know what I saw, a girl with pink fluffy hair who walked out the castle with the Aries scepter. It had to be her. She's the only one that fits the description to a T." He stated.

"Now Gildarts, I know you are a very good guard and you probably did see her, but did you also forget that we have some pranksters who live in this fair land of ours?" Leo pointed out.

"What do you mean?"

"We have two little spirits who love to fool everyone and play tricks on everyone, who can also shape shift to anyone they've met and seen." Leo chuckled. "And they have met Lady Rose on many occasions as well."

Gildarts took a bit think about who they might be and realized who and facepalmed himself "Are you serious?"

Leo and Virgo chuckled as Tweedle Gemi and Tweedle Mini appear. "Hehehe hello everyone!" These two joked. "I hope you enjoyed our little prank! It was fun to do, wanna see it again?!" They giggled as they quickly transformed into Lady Rose right next to Aries. She panicked when she saw how similar they really are. "Ahhhh!" "Oh my gosh, she really does look like me!"

Once again, everyone gasped, including Gildarts. "Oh my celestia, they really do look alike…." He shook his head "But that doesn't explain what happened to the scepter!"

"Oh that thing? We put it back when you weren't looking hehe, we thought it'd be funny" Gemini giggled. "We were also playing with ours as well, and that's when we thought to take it for fun!"

"But why the Aries one?! You two are Gemini, you shouldn't have been able to!" Gildarts claimed.

"Apparently, us turning into Lady Rose let us do it and we thought if people saw Lady Rose again, they would all be in shock and confused. And it worked! It fooled the 'great and powerful' Gildarts" They chuckled.

Gildarts felt like a fool "My celestia…..I can't believe these two fooled me like this. Ms. Aries, I apologize whole heartily. I never would have thought these two were behind it." He apologized sincerely. "But still…I can't believe how similar you and Lady Rose looked, it's amazing."

Everyone in the court room is in pure shock, seeing both Aries and Gemini who turned to Lady Rose looked. Even Aquarius was in shock. "In all my years ruling…..I never thought I would see Lady Rose again after all this time." She loved her garden work for such a long time, she was also so close to Rose as well. They were close friends as well.

"Gemini, please never do such a thing again" Scorpio scolded. Aquarius was too in shock to answer. "You may be a Zodiac guardian, but pulling such a thing really caused a scare and in the worse way! We almost punished this poor girl next to you thinking it was her."

Aquarius finally came back to her senses. "Gemini, even though this isn't really a crime and you did put the scepter back, you're both going to have to be punished for pulling something so cruel." Aquarius did calm down at this point. "I promise it won't be too serve since no one got hurt in the process, but you will be working for me in the palace until you learn that not everything is a joke. You may be our resident jokesters but please learn your boundaries."

Gemini turned back from Lady Rose to being Gemi and Mini and both looked at each other pretty surprised to hear their queen so serious. They just realized that they went a little too far. They assumed that since everything was back in its spot and no one got hurt, it would be alright, but looked at Aries and saw how scared she was. They came up with a better way to make it up to Aquarius. "We're sorry Aquarius, we'll be careful next time. We'll come back and visit as Lady Rose whenever you want!" They both said as they both poofed away with small chuckle.

"Hey wait! That's not what I meant! Get back here!" Aquarius blushed and demanded from them. "Geez, those two will never learn, but I guess they'll figure it out eventually.

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All eyes are on Aries now and she's getting more nervous. "Aries.." She looked at Leo. "I promised I would protect you while you were here, and I kept it." Leo told her.

"Oh Aries, we apologize for accusing you for all this." Scorpio told her. "Yes, it appears you truly have done nothing wrong." Aquarius added. "But I would like to know, how did you get here?" She asked.

"Oh! Well I'm really too sure if I'm being honest." She began twiddling her fingers. "I was following Plue here and I fell through a hole and I ended up here. I ended up in these clothes and I'm wearing this pendant that I was told was one of Leo's creations. I've been trying to find my way home since." Aries explained.

"Hmmmm, what can you make of this dear?" Aquarius asked Scorpio. "Well….why not have her stay for now until we find a way home for her? We are missing a guardian." Scorpio suggested.

"With all due respect your highness….I don't think that's a good idea." Leo interrupted.

"And why is that?"

"She is the Spirit of the Golden Ram, her world needs her…." He went over to Aries "Excuse me my dear, may I see your pendant? I'll return it shortly" he gestured.

Aries in complete shock "H-How in the world does this Leo know who I actually am?! I never told him that!" She quickly snaps out of her shock and answers him. "O-Oh! Sure, go ahead." As she moved her hair out of the way.

Leo carefully removed her necklace and brought it over the king and opened it up, showing Aries with the other Leo.

"Is this you Leo?" Scorpio asked as he took the pendant from Leo's hands.

"No sir, this is the Sprit of the Lion. This is her Leo." He explained. "It appears that when Aries fell here, even though that is my pendant design, the image inside showed the one she cared for most, and it happened to be the other Leo." He just got a spark "And I think I know why too"

"Please explain then"

"The Well of Wonder really is wondrous. I think…..I think even though the timeline was a little out of wack, when….Rose was thrown down the well, I think she was held in time somewhere in the well and when this Aries fell down her hole, the well did something caused both Aries spirits to pass at the same time and even though Rose is gone, Aries was magically given my pendant as their paths crossed in the well and it returned back to Wonderland." Leo explained.

Aries eyes widen "Does that mean that I crossed paths with Ms. Rose at some point when I fell earlier? Now that I think about it, I think I heard a voice on the way down, something about take care of him…." Aries thought. "Was that her?"

"That is an interesting theory Leo, it's quite possible that she did cross paths with Rose during her fall." Scorpio said as he scratched his head. "So what are we to do to find her way home?"

Leo looked at Aries with sadness, but knew what he needed to do. He wanted her to stay, but he knew she had to go home, this wasn't her home and he knew that she would be missed.

"Well sir…..I think the Well of Wonder would be a big key in this…but it'll be okay this time, because I think it'll get her home." Leo suggested.

Scorpio thought for a bit. "Hmmmm, it's definitely a thought, but no one knows where it leads to. If anything, if something goes wrong, she'll never get home." He said "If that happens, what will you do?"

Leo thought long and hard about his answer and made up his mind.

"…..I'll jump in and find her, to make sure she's safe."

Everyone gasped. "Are you sure you want to do that? What if you never make it back either?" Scorpio asked.

"Yes…..I'm sure. Besides….I remember Rose telling me stories of when she would meet people who came out from the well who would wander into her garden telling her how confused they were and how they didn't know where they were and what to do." The lion stated. "She would greet them and she would even bring them to you, don't you remember?"

Both Aquarius and Scorpio thought for a bit and did remember when Rose would bring random and strange people every so often wearing different clothing that they never seen before, at least by wonderland standards. They knew she was always a strange one, but loved everyone in return, her heart was always in the right place and wanted nothing more but to make others smile and feel comfortable.

"Alright Leo, you can escort her back, but please, make sure you come back in one piece." The king responded "We'd love to see you back in our kingdom again." He smiled and then turned to Aries. "We are dearly sorry for accusing you for so much, we hope you'll come and visit us again, you'll always have a place here in Wonderland." He smiled.

"Of course your highness." Leo bowed. "Come my dear, shall we?" He gestured to Aries as he extended his hand out for her. "Oh! Um thank you" she was startled. "Yes, let's go, and once I figure out how to get back, I will" she smiled as she reached of Leo's hand. They both left the courtroom and returned to the garden.

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Hey Hi oh my gosh I am so sorry that it's been literally forever since I uploaded anything. I'm so sorry for the mass hiatus, I was stuck in such a writers block that I didn't know what to write or how it should turn out. But I am back, sort of, and I wanna try to get back into this. I promise I won't got MIA for long this time, I really want to write these stories again, and I'm currently working on the next chapter for this series. Now I believe this story is almost done actually, I've planned for this to be a 10 chapter type of story, so it's the home stretch now \(^o^)/ To those who have stuck around, thank you from the bottom of my heart for following me and I'll do my best to keep up the story telling!

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