Title: Wonderland
Written By: Risky-reaper
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Rating: PG-13
Genre: General/Fantasy/AU
Section: Kingdom Hearts
Pairings: None at the moment
Spoilers: I really don't think so.....
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Kingdom Hearts, but I do own a copy of KH and KH:CoM... ;
Summary: When two teenagers happen to stumble upon an antique looking glass they find themselves in a twisted world of wonders and horrors.
Author's Note: I got the idea to write this after listening to 'Mr. Brightside' by the Killers way too many times. In fact I'm listening to it right now. Isn't it such an awesome song? Anyway please read/review if you like the story. Feed back is greatly appreciated.
Oh... and please exscuse my spelling, I no longer have MSWord just WordPad.
This is an AU fic in which 2 teenage boys are pulled into Wonderland when they look into a mystic looking glass. The main characters of this story are Sora and Axel, Sora is 16 and Axel is 18. I'm not sure how old Axel is really so I'll just go with good ol' number 18. Donald and Goofy aren't going to be showing up in this one. Sorry for an OOCness.
Chapter 1: Cleaning the Attic Can be a Real Pain...
Grumbling could be heard throughout the hallway as Axel trudged up the stairs toward the attic to do the 'Spring Cleaning' his mother had ordered him to do a few weeks ago. It wasn't that he didn't like the attic but it was just too cluttered to sift through. It would take up too much of his precious time.
He'd been trying to put it off for as long as he could but his mother had finally gotten tired of waiting and had threatened to ground him for a month unless he finished cleaning the attic by this afternoon.And when that didn't work she threatened to go through his computer and cleanse it of anything she thought was inappropriate and ground him.
And to her, anything that brought him joy was inappropriate.
Axel knew he'd have to get it over with sooner or later and decided to get it over and done with now before his mother found even more ways to torture him. Plus he didn't want to lose all his music lyrics.
"Nothing better to do anyway..." He grumbled as he pulled the latch that released the attic stairs. It was raining outside, which was a good thing because he'd be up there all day. None of his friends wanted to do anything when it was raining, so they wouldn't call him and give him any distractions.
Axel was an 18 year old teenager living with his mother, his father had left them when he was 7, with spiky red orange hair and captivating aquamarine eyes. His teachers called him a smart ass that never knew when to shut up but at least he was a smart ass with an A-B average. He enjoyed pranking others and could easily talk a secret out of anyone, even his own mother. He wore mainly monotone colors and was a bit of a pyromaniac.
...Alright, a bit too much of a pyromaniac. His mother thought he was starting to worship the devil too. But no, Axel had a dark mind but there was no way he'd ever worship Satan. If there was a devil there had to be a heaven, and who wanted to be stuck in Hell where they probably played Rap music all day and teachers could try and rape you and not get into trouble for it?
Looking around Axel had to wonder if he'd be able to finish today let alone this month. His parents loved storing everything in the attic, it was a suprise the roof hadn't collapsed. Maybe he should just torch everything... Nah, they still had another 2 years of payments on this house and he wasn't ready to become a hobo just yet...
There was an old matress in the corner with a ton of boxes loaded on top of it. There were more boxes off to the side of it, an old fashioned gumball machine with what looked like aquarium pebbles inside, the remains of what he thought was a tent, and a lot of other things he wasn' sure of.
He sighed softly at the task at hand. Pulling a cobweb from his spiky red hair he took one final look around. Placing his head phones on his head he turned to track number 2.
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
"Better get to work..." He mumbled clapping his hands together and began sifting through the sea of junk.
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"This is so unfair." Sora whined loudly. He couldn't beleive his what his mother was asking him to do. The attic was really dusty and smelt of old people. Not to mention it was kind of creepy.
"Is it now? Going through 31 hours of labor is unfair. But do I complain about it?" Sora's mother, Asa, asked.
"You are right now..." Sora smirked faintly but that quickly faded when Asa scowled.
"... Just go and clean the attic. It's not like I ask you to do much around the house anyway. Please? You know I'm busy with trying to organize this fundraiser..."
"Mo-"
"I'll give you $30."
"Deal." Sora said and took off toward the attic. The $30 would help him get a new CD or two. He grinned in satisfaction, being a 16 year old teenager had it's perks. His mother now offered him bribes of cash rather than bribes of cookies. But he could hear his mother cackling in triumph in the background and he could only wonder if she'd gotten the better end of the bargain. As he passed his bedroom he made a quick stop to pick up his CD player and a random CD, he couldn't stand to be without his music for very long in boring situations.
He slowly climbed up the stairs to the attic his childhood fear slowly beginning to gnaw at his nerves. But with $30 oin the line he'd just have to face it.
"Oh God.... help me." He muttured as he looked around. Yes... his mother had definately gotten the better end of the deal.
There was stuff everywhere... and most of it wasn't even in a box! And Asa had called his room a pigpen? Shaking his head Sora began to collect as much of the scattered papers and other old knick knacs as he could and placed them into an empty box. Knowing the day and task would drag on unless he had a little music, Sora put on his headphones and turned his CD player to a random track.
I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
Sora grinned to himself. He loved this song. He'd heard it once on MTV when they were playing the music video, the vido had been real weird yet sort of cool with the fantasy/fairy tale/broadway type theme. That was the only way he could explain it. He'd never really heard anything by the The Killers other than that 'Somebody Told Me' song.
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
"'Cause I'm Mr Brightside..." He sang softy as he took the 'Halloween' items out of the 'Christmas' box and the Christams items out of the Halloween box. Maybe he should ask his mother for a little more money, like another $30...
And then he noticed the mirror... and the rabbit.
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"...Junk. Junk. Antique... Junk." Axel sighed softly as he continued on his quest to clean his attic and save his porn files from the recycle bin.
He had managed to get through most of the attic. It hadn't been easy but it was worth it. Maybe they could sell some of the old junk and bring in some extra cash flow. And maybe then his mother would let him get a new sketch pad. All that was left was to 'nice stuff' aside from the junk. Trouble was his mother could never tell the difference between junk and what was importnant. So he'd just have to do it for her, and get a little revenge in the process.
"...What's this?" Axel noticed an old looking mirror in the far corner. Why he hand't noticed it earlier eluded him, he guessed it must have been hidden behind the wall of boxes. It was fogged over and covered in dust but a little windex and a rag would remedy that easily...
Axel began to wipe the grime away but instead of being graced with his own magnicent face he saw another's.
"Gah!" It was a man, a man with shaggy light brown hair and a dark purple longsleved shirt and black pants with a black collar around his neck and... cat ears and a tail? He seemed to be frozen there with his eyes closed. Axel reached forward and pressed his hand against the mirror's surface close to the man's face but instead of touching cool glass he touched warm flesh. The man's eyes shot open and glanced around casually. He noticed Axel touching his face and purred loudly. He smiled a disturbingly toothy grin. Axel pulled his hand back quickly and reached for his broom but before he could grab it the odd man pulled him forward by the collar of his shirt and stepped out of the mirror.
"W-who are you...?" Axel managed to say. The cat man grinned that same errie grin.
"Who am I? Let's just say...you're worst nightmare." And with that Axel found himself shoved through the mirror and falling through an endless abyss of darkness.
tbc...
Closing Notes: So... what did you all think? Sorry this kind of got crappy toward the end. Can you guess who the white rabbit and cheshire cat are? Please review.
Next Time:
Axel continues to fall through the mystery void. The white rabbit is late. Sora finds himself chasing a white rabbit. The Cheshire Cat plots for some fun with his new prey Axel.