Welcome to Wonderland - Part 4
{SAMANTHA}
I could sort of feel a hand shaking me, and I responded with a groan.
?: Samantha, wake up! It's morning and the sun is shining!
?: Maybe we should sing; she doesn't appear to be awake.
?: Sing? That's your job, I can't sing wake-up songs.
?: Why not?
?: 'Cause I'm not a morning person myself.
I heard someone facepalm above me.
?: You are not very bright, are you?
?: Hey! You wanna fight?
Samantha: (Both male... I wonder why I don't recognize them? Hmm... Yukiya and Kaito are cute! Shut up! And over here we have the 356th Belmont winner! Wait... What?!) Ngh...
?: ...She made a noise... Hey, freeze-hands... Are you gonna sing?
?: What should I sing, Sir Clyde? And are my hands really that cold?
?: You were eating ice cream, I assume they are cold. And just sing.
?: Hmm... They are cold. Ahem... The snow glows white on the mountain tonight...
I sat straight up and just missed whacking Kaito. I managed to get Clyde though.
Clyde: Ouch! That really hurts!
Kaito: I didn't even complete the song...
Samantha: (...Kaito... ARGH! SQUEE! SQUEE! ARGH! He's just so... Wait, what happened yesterday?) Ugh... Is it really morning?
Clyde: Owww... Yes.
I rubbed my neck, which had a weird cramp in it. My eyes scanned the room, and I spotted a mirror.
Samantha: Aaahh!
I jumped and hugged the things nearest me, which were Kaito and the wuggle.
Kaito: Hey! Careful... What's the problem?
Clyde looked a little annoyed at Kaito, but stayed completely silent. I glared at the mirror and let go of Kaito and the wuggle. The wuggle almost fell to the floor, but Kaito caught it and hugged it. I walked cautiously up to the mirror and tapped it.
Samantha: (My inner cat is hissing... Hey, look! Kaito in the mirror! Shut up! ...I hate mirrors.) ...Hmm...
Clyde: Is everything fine, Alice?
Samantha: It's Samantha.
Clyde: *sigh* Sing another song, blue-head.
Kaito: Ahem. It's raining tacos! From out of the sky! Tacos! No-
I ran over and covered his mouth.
Samantha: I'm awake already, mom!
Clyde's ear twitched. Kaito blinked a few times. I stepped back and straightened my clothes.
Samantha: (SQUEE! SQUEE! Argh...) Petra wakes me up best... Anyway. Where is breakfast to be? And where on earth do I get a change of clothes?
Kaito petted the sleeping wuggle and looked at Clyde. Clyde let out a sigh and stood up from where he lay sprawled after I whacked him.
Clyde: Breakfast is wherever you want it; freeze-fingers here had ice cream. I had tacos!
I shook my head, annoyed. Clyde smiled proudly. Kaito made cutesy noises at the wuggle.
Clyde: And for clothes, we must go shopping.
Samantha: (I wonder... Hey! Kaito is petting the wuggle! Aww! It's so- SQUEE!) Uh... Are there non-high-fructose toaster pastries around here?
Clyde: Yeah... What's fructose?
Clyde: Ice cream and pastries? Why?
Samantha: Because... I don't know! The wuggle wanted to eat something!
I held a spoon full of ice cream out to the wuggle, who ate it faster than I could blink. Kaito was staring intensely at the ice cream, while holding the wuggle. I ate my food carefully, because you never know when a killer might attack you and your friends.
Samantha: Now that we have eaten, I declare that we shall call this wuggle... What should we call it?
Clyde: We shouldn't keep it... Ah, whatever.
Kaito: Ice cream...
?: Nnii! Nnii!
The wuggle hugged Kaito and squeaked at him. Clyde started grooming his tail and ears. I smiled and held up the spoon like a sword. No, it didn't have ice cream in it.
Samantha: Ice Cream! Come forth and be dubbed an honorary member of our team!
The wuggle stepped closer to me. I scooped up some ice cream and held it out. The wuggle ate the ice cream happily. I picked Ice Cream up and hugged him. Clyde and Kaito both looked jealous of the wuggle, for different reasons though. Clyde couldn't take it.
Clyde: How come he gets a hug when he joins?!
Kaito: Ice cream...
Samantha: What? Do you want me to hug you and feed you ice cream too?
Clyde's face turned red and he looked away. Kaito just nodded. I put the wuggle on my shoulder and grabbed Clyde. I threw my arms around the cat boy and hugged him.
Clyde: Huh?!
I kissed the embarrassed cat on the cheek, and pulled away after a few moments. Clyde looked frozen in place. I turned and scooped some ice cream and held it out to Kaito, who accepted it quickly.
Clyde: Uh... Maybe we should go clothes shopping now!
Kaito: Mmmhmm...
Kaito seemed immersed in the ice cream, and hugged the wuggle tighter. I continued feeding the Kaito, and resisting the urge to squeal and hug him.
Samantha: (Argh! He's so cute!) Hmm... Yeah, soon.
Clyde shook his head and stood up from the bench we sat on.
Clyde: You want to get fresh clothes and see the Queen of Hearts, right?
Samantha: (Nuts! Clyde, why'd you have to ruin the perfect moment?) Yeah... I guess.
I stood and handed Kaito the rest of the ice cream to finish.
Clyde led us around town, showing me the clothing stores and stuff. I picked out black, ninja-like clothes, and got myself some knives and a sword. We also bought a blue and purple dress.
Clyde: Why?
Samantha: One, you never know when you'll need self-defence. Two, you never know when there's gonna be a ball. Three, I always felt like sneaking could be my thing.
Kaito: So... What's the wuggle's name? I didn't catch it.
Samantha: His name is Ice Cream, courtesy of you.
Kaito seemed a little confused, but accepted it. Clyde pointed to a castle at the center of town.
Clyde: Destination is the castle.
Samantha: First though, I need to change into my ninja suit.
Soon we arrived at the castle... after I had changed. Two guards stared at us, and blocked our way. It kinda bothered me. Okay, it really bothered me.
Clyde: Hey... Umm... Can we have an audience with the queen... Maybe?
Guard One: No.
Guard Two: What do you want to see the queen about?
Samantha: (Nosy guards...) Ah... It's about the strange dancing oreos I saw yesterday.
My whisper was only heard by Kaito, who snickered. A guard gave him a weird look, but thankfully didn't ask anything.
Clyde: It's about Alice!
Guard One: No.
Guard Two: But Alice is already speaking with her majesty!
Clyde didn't seem to catch what the guard said.
Clyde: It's urgent!
The cat made a 'cute kitty' face at them. Both guards were unfazed.
Clyde: Argh... I don't like doing this, but... Can we bribe you in any way?
Guard One: No.
Guard Two: Hmm... If you entertain us for a little while, we will let you in.
Clyde nodded and turned to Kaito, and held up his hands. Kaito shifted his footing and cleared his throat. Clyde waved his hands like he was directing a concert.
Kaito: The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footprint to be seen...
Kaito sang the whole song from beginning to end.
Kaito: ...The cold never bothered me anyway!
Clyde dropped his hands dramatically. The guards blew their noses.
Guard One: No-ho-ho-ho! Nooooo!
Guard Two: So good... Thank you so much!
Both stepped aside and opened the gate. Clyde walked through dramatically; Kaito took my hand and dragged me through.
Samantha: (BRAIN-LAG-AND-BURN! STOP SINGING PLEASE!) Don't ever sing that again.
Kaito: Not even in a life or death scenario?
Samantha: (BRAIN-BURN!) Ah... Whatever.
Ice Cream the wuggle - An OC. Though that might kind of be obvious.
(I'd say so. I've heard of furball creatures before, but none that are called snuggle wuggles.)
Be quiet, ej. That information was unnecessary.
(But... Ah, never mind. I guess we're out of new characters to introduce anyway, since the guards aren't important.)
Good editor.
(Why are you patting me on the head?)
Because I want to! Now hush, we have to go write more!
(Help! Sushi-san is dragging me into the author's room! Nooo, I'm just the editor here! I have my own stories to write...)
*evil smirk* You know you want to help me with this story...
(And she calls me an imp.)