I walked through the tunnel and saw a platform on top of more acidy water. There were two vines hanging right in front of it. I decided to take a minute to look around before I continued. On a small rock right under me, I noticed a bright green light with something floating inside. Curious as to what was floating in the light, I jumped down onto the rock, hurting myself in the process. I shook my head, and after I regained my compouser, I walked towards the light. You can imagine my delight when I found that it was the Vorpal Blade. I reached out and grabbed it. As soon as I did, Cheshire appeared.

"Your knife and ribbon are necessary, but not sufficent. Always collect what's useful. Reject only your ignorance, and you may survive." Cheshire said.

He disappeared, leaving me alone on the rock once again. I saw a triangle meta to my left and decided to grab it. Looking up, I realized I couldn't jump back up to the platform. I sighed and kicked a small pebble in frustration.

~Damn-it! The platform is too high for me to jump back up! What am I gonna do now.~

I looked over to my right and saw some more rocks, each a jumpable distance from eachother, ending right under one of the vines. I smirked as an idea came to me, although I bet you must have already figured out what I'm gonna do. Cheshire appeared again, sitting on the rock under the vine.

"Every adventure reqiure a first step. Trite, but true, even here." he said.

He swung the vine with his paw and disappeared. I went to jump onto the first rock, but fell into the acidy water. I screamed in pain and climbed onto the rock as quick as I possibly could. To my surprise, the skin on my legs and my dress were still in tact, although I felt as if some of my sanity had just flown right out the damn window.

~Man, I've really gotta be more careful. This is not as easy as it looks.~

I took a deep breath and braced myself for the next jump. I managed to get onto the next rock without much trouble. The next rock was a little to far to jump without breaking into a run first. I backed up as far as I could without falling into the acidy water. I ran to the edge and jumped. I almost fell into the water, but I leaned forward and landed hard on my stomach on top of the rock.

"Ow. That hurt." I mumbled.

I waited for the pain to pass before getting back up. To my relief, I saw the next rock was the one under the vine.

~Thank you god! I thought jumping took getting used to in the game, but that's nothing compared to having to do it for real. Well, let's get this over with.~

I jumped over the last rock and grabbed the vine. I climbed up until I saw another platform. I swung myself back and forth a bit before letting go. Apparently, I let go a minute too early, cause I almost fell into the water. I was able to grab the edge and pull myself up, though. I decided to take a minute to catch my breath before continuing.

~Man, this whole jumping thing is gonna really take some getting used to. I better get the hang of this soon, or I'm in deep shit.~

I walked down the platform and turned to go into the mines. When I walked in, I saw three diamond cardguards ganging up on one of the minors. I clutched the knife tightly in my hand.

~These guys are assholes, for real. Looks like I'm gonna have to teach them a little lesson on respecting their elders.~

I sliently crept up behind them. The miner saw me and I put a finger to my lips telling him to stay quiet. I raised my knife and with one quick slash, I chopped off the head of the guard that was closest to me. He didn't even have a chance to scream. I smirked when I saw the blood beginning to pour from his neck. I collected the diamond meta that he left behind. The other two were so caught up with beating on the minor, that they didn't notice me walking up to them with my knife raised. I walked up to the one on my left and with another quick slash, I cut his head clean off his shoulders. He fell to knees, covered in his own blood. The last one saw me and came running at me. He managed to stab me once in the arm and once in my rib, before I could get my ribbon. I quickly the threw the ribbon and slashed him. The impact of the slash knocked him back a bit, allowing me enough time to get the meta the other one left behind. I raised the knife again, and threw it. It hit him right in the chest. He started bleeding, but he was able to get back on his feet. By that time, the knife was already back in my hand. I ran up to him and chopped his head off, too. Apparently, I didn't need the meta he left behind, so I didn't bother trying to get it. I looked down at the three headless, bloody bodies on the floor. I had a satisfied grin on my face that would make the Cheshire cat proud.

~Oh dear, look at this bloody mess I've made. Hee-Hee. Decapitation was always my favorite form of attack in all those horror/survival games I've played. I guess in that aspect, I'm no better than the red queen. Difference between us though, is that I can do it myself and I don't need any 'minions' to do my dirty work for me. I'm also doing it for the sake of all of Wonderland. She just mercilessly kills anyone who sands in her way and defies her. She's nothing but a cold-hearted, powerhungry, fatass bitch, who's not even human anymore.!

I cringed as an image of the red queen, also known as, the heart of darkness came into my mind. I was so disgusted when I first saw her while my friend was playing the last level to show me the ending. I'm pretty sure everyone else who saw the queen felt the same way. I shook my head to get her nasty image out of my mind and approached the minor.

"Are you alright? They didn't seriously injure you, did they?" I asked.

"A few broken bones, other than that I'm quite alright. Thank you for saving me from those ruthless bastards. I might be dead now had you not come by." he said.

"Can you still walk? You need to go somewhere safe and get treatment." I said.

"Don't worry about me. I'll get by somehow, always do. Are you the angel the champion told us about so long ago." he asked.

"Perphaps. Do you know where I can find the Mayor Elder and quite possibly a pair of shoes, Prefferably black combat boots?" I asked.

"Make your way through the mines into the deepest pit, you'll find him there. As for shoes, I'm afraid I can't help you on that one. But, the Elder might be able to help you with that one as well." he said.

"Thank you." I said.

I turned and started to make my way into the mine. I stopped when I saw a few doors on either side of me. I tried to open them, but they were all locked.

"Damn, they're all locked. Guess I have no choice but to continue on ahead." I said to myself.

I continued walking and saw that to my left, the path kept going and to my right, the path ended into what seemed like a bottomless pit. I threw a small pebble in to see how far I could see it go, just to amuse myself. I sighed and continued down left. I noticed some more doors and decided to try and open them.

"I hope at least one of these doors are open." I said.

Cheshire then appeared in front of me.

"Doors have locks. Locks need keys, which you don't have. Let's hope the doors are open." Cheshire said.

"And if not, there maybe more than one way to skin a cat... Oh, sorry. Slip of the tongue." I said.

"Most unpleasent metaphor. Please avoid it in the future." Cheshire said.

I nodded and he disappeared. I sighed and tried to open the doors, but as luck would have it, they were all locked. I looked ahead of me and saw that the path seemed almost endless. I slapped my forehead and sighed again, in frustration.

"Lord help me." I mumbled.

I continued walking, knife clutched tightly in my hand should any cardguards have appeared. I almost wished they had, cuase after about 15 minutes of walking, I got bored and decided to see if Cheshire could give me a tip on how to get out there.

"CC!" I exclaimed.

"The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die." I heard him say.

"Oh, so now you think I'm an idiot, huh? Thanks alot." I said.

Cheshire then appeared in front of me.

"And you say you don't understand my riddles." he said.

I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Don't test me, cat. Just tell me if this path will ever end." I said.

Cheshire's grin grew wider and headed towards one side of the wall. He began to push the wall back with one paw and part of the dirt wall became nothing but mush in his paw. My jaw dropped.

~Why didn't I think of that?~

"What is most often sought is most often found, if it is truly sought." Cheshire said.

I looked at him, then at the dirt wall which now had a hole in it. I smirked as an idea came to me.

~Oh, what the hell? Anything beats walking along a dark, dirt path bare-footed.~

Cheshire disappeared and I walked towards the wall. I took off my ribbon and slashed at the wall. After a few slashes there was a hole big enough for me to walk through. I walked into the hole and heard a noise below me. I looked down to see two sanity shards, four diamond cardguards, and something black floating in a bright green light. I smiled.

~All right! Finally, a little action! For a second there, I thought I would die of boredom!~

I jumped down and landed painfully hard on my rear. I whinced in pain and when I got up, I realized that I was in a room of some kind and I that had also lost some sanity.

~Damn. I forgot that you can lose sanity by landing hard after a fall. I better be more careful.~

I walked over to the sanity shards and absorbed one of them. Then, my attention turned to the green light.

~Hmm. I wonder what this is.~

When I reached the light, I saw a pair of black, knee high, leather combat boots floating in the light.

~Yes! Thank you, god! A pair of combat boots! I've always wanted a pair of these.~

I grabbed the boots and tried them on. I was surprised to see that they fit perfectly and I could walk around comfortably in them.

~Now, this is more like it. They're exactly my size and they're so comfotable, too.~

I was taken out of my thoughts when I felt something hot and shrap cut my leg. I looked up and saw the four diamond cardguards coming at me. I smirked.

~Note to self: Don't get careless.~

I took off the ribbon and slashed the closest one to me. He staggered back over the other three. Three more fire lit cards came flying at me, but I dodged them with ease. When they got a little closer, I threw my ribbon sideways and sliced all four of their heads clean off their shoulders in one shot.

~Hee-Hee. That was fun.~

I collected the diamond meta that one of the guards left behind. I looked around for a way out. At the end of the room, I saw a vine.

~Hopefully this will lead me where I need to go. I don't want to keep walking down that long, dark, boring dirt path.~

I climbed up the vine. When I reached the top, I saw another platform with a triangle meta. I swung myself onto the platform and followed it. I had to turn left when the path ended. To the right was just another seemingly bottomless pit.

~Damn. I'm beginning to see a pattern here. How many bottomless pits are there around here? I remember there only being one.~

I shrugged and continued left. At the end of the path, I saw an old man smoking a pipe. I smiled.

~Yes! The old man! Finally! If I had to keep walking down that dirt path, gods knows where I would be right now!~

I approached the old man. His back was turned, so I had to clear my throat to get his attention. He turned around and raised a questioning eyebrow at me.

"Why do you pursue me to this deserted place?" he asked.

"To benefit from your wisedom." I said.

"Even blurred vision is valued by the blind. If I were clever, would I cower in this slag heap? I'm not wise girl. I've just, grown old." he said.

I nodded my head. I didn't think there was really anything else I could have done at the moment.

~Okay, here we go.~

"I need to become very small. No bigger than a mouse. Do you think you could manage that?" I asked.

"Only that? Yes, I could manage that, for a price." he said.

I sighed.

~Wonderful. I wonder if he wants me to get that skelenton key from the game.~

"I have nothing of value." I said.

"You've got your health and your nerve. Mine are nearly gone. I've seen far too much suffering and I smoke too much, you see." he said.

"Well, you've lived long enough to see Alice save Wonderland a long time ago. If you help me, you might live long enough to see Wonderland saved, again." I said.

"You're the one Alice spoke of all that time ago. Over the years I began to lose hope. I began to think it was no longer possible. Alright, get something for me, and I will be at your service." he said.

I smiled. I pretty much already knew what he wanted. I decided to ask anyway just to humor him, though.

"What must I do?" I asked.

"In the cardguards' compound; a particularlly rough diamond hold the key. Retrieve it. I will repay the favor." he said.

He spun around and vanished. I snirkered.

~Is that all? I knew that was you wanted, old man. Okay, if it's the key you want, then the key you will get.~

I continued walking down the path and turned left, yet again and made my way up a higher platform. I had to zig-zag my way across to reach the top.

~Hmm. I wonder where that cart is.~

I walked a little closer and saw the cart at the end of the path. I smirked.

~Now, this is gonna be fun!~

Just as I was approaching the cart, I heard a loud buzzing noise. I had to cover my ears from loud it was.

~Damn! What's is that noise?! Where the bloody hell is it coming from?!~

I suddenly began to feel dizzy and lost my balance. I fell to my knees and felt a slipting pain course throughout my entire body.

~What's going on? Why do I feel so paraliyzed all of a sudden?~

I put my hands to the ground to try to balance myself. The buzzing noise just kept getting louder and louder. Suddenly, everything became a swirl of white, gray, and black. I felt as if I were being ripped from my own body.

~Wake up, Libby. You've got much to do in your world. It's time you woke up, dear. You don't want to be late for school~ Rabbit's voice said in my head.

~Am I waking up?~

My eyes fluttered open. The buzzing noise was still ringing in my ears. I looked over and realized that my alarm clock had gone off. I moaned and turned it off. I decided that since I was already up, that I might as well see what time it was.

"It's only 6:15 in the morning. School doesn't start for another four hours. Why did my alarm go off so early? I didn't set it for this time.." I said.

I reset the alarm for 8:30 and layed back down.

~Wake up, Libia! You don't have time to dwadle!~ Rabbit's voice exclaimed.

My eyes shot open, again.

"What the hell? Did I just hear Rabbit's voice in my head?" I asked myself.

I groaned and closed my eyes, again.

~Libia Zamora! You get your ass up right this instant, young lady! You still have to do your homework that you neglected to do yesterday!~

I opened my eyes again, and gasped.

~My homework! Holy shit! I forgot all about it!~

~You better do it now, while you still got time.~

~You're the one who set my alarm to go off this early, aren't you?~

~Yep. I thought I let you get some sleep before reminding you about it.~

~You're not gonna leave alone until I do it, are you?~

~Not really, no.~

~You annoying, sadistic bunny, you.~

~Thank you.~

~You know, you're lucky you're on my side, or I'd pound your ass.~

~Tsk. Tsk. Such vulager lagnuage, Libby. Very unlady like.~

~Screw being lady like, you little bastard. Just you wait til I get back to Wonderland.~

~You will tonight. In the meantime, stop dwadling, and get your homework done.~

I sighed. I couldn't help but snicker, though.

~Thanks, Rabbit.~

~No problem, dear. Now, wake up.~

My eyes opened again and I sat up. I looked over and saw that my alarm clock really did say 6:15 A.M. My alarm was set for 8:30 A.M., though. I tilted my head in thought.

"Oh, I get it. I was still asleep when Rabbit was telling me about my homework to wake me up. Well, I better do this assignment so I don't fail." I said.

I got out of bed and grabbed my books. I sat back down and began to do my homework.


A/N: Rabbit can be a bit of a pain when it comes to time. I have to admit though, that assignment determined weather I passed my class or failed. I would not have passed had he not woken me up, so in way, I guess I have to thank him. R/R.