I finished my homework and looked at my clock again and saw that it was now 7:45 in the morning. I sighed and took a look at Salem still fast asleep next to me.
"He looks so peaceful, I'd hate to wake him up. I wonder how he's doing in Wonderland." I said to myself.
I shook him lightly to see if I could wake him up, but no such luck.
~This is weird. He always wakes up whenever I shake him.~
I tried again. I shook him a little harder this time. I even tried to pick him up, but he would not wake up. I put him down and sighed.
~Maybe he'll evenually wake up on his own. I hope CC and Rabbit will look after him until I go back.~
I got out of bed and prepared to go to school. There wasn't much else I could do at the moment.
~Maybe a nice shower will help calm me down. I'm still so tired though, I hope I don't fall asleep in class, again.~
45 later, I was out of the shower and dressed. I took one last look at Salem and stoked him for a moment.
"Now you behave yourself until I get back to Wonderland, Salem. Don't give the inhabitants a hard time, especially CC and Rabbit. Stay clear of the cardguards in the fortress of doors and don't get yourself into any trouble." I said.
I giggled to myself. I always did have a habit of talking to my pets, ever since I was little. I gave Salem a little kiss on the top of his head and was about to leave, when a small gleam from my mirror caught my attention.
"Hey, what was that?" I asked myself.
I walked over to my mirror, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. I scracthed my head in confusion.
"Strange. I know I saw something. Oh well, must be my overactive imagination getting the best of me again." I decided.
I left my room and closed the door behind me. I could feel a presence nearby, but strangely enough, I didn't feel threathened by it. In fact, it gave me a sence of comfort. I looked at a picture of my mother on the wall in the hallway and smiled.
"I miss you mom. I wish you and grandma were still here." I said.
I placed a kiss on my fingers and placed them on a picture of my mom and grandma. Then I was out the door and off to school. When I got to class, I was relieved to find that there was a substitute teacher in my class today.
~Oh good. I don't feel up to doing a mountain high pile of school work.~
I walked into my class while yawning. I sat down next to my friend Kristin (the one who's house I played the game at) who looked at me as if I were a zombie or something.
"Hey Kris, what are you looking at me like that for?" I asked.
Kristin shook her head.
"You look like shit, Libby. You didn't sleep very well last night, did you?" Kristin asked.
"Not really." I said.
"Well, you're lucky Mr. Roberts isn't here today." Kristin said.
I nodded knowing damn well that she was right. I turned on the computer and waited for the sub to give out our assignments. The sub was so boring that even Kristin fell asleep. I layed my head down on my desk and closed my eyes.
I woke up sometime later to find myself in a dark tunnel of some sort. I stood up and took a look at my surroundings. I heard chuckling and turned to find the Cheshire cat right in front of me.
"Were you really that bored with the substitute, Libby dear?" Cheshire asked.
I laughed.
"If you had to listen to him ranting on and on about some equations that you don't understand and care nothing for, you'd fall asleep from boredom too." I said.
Cheshire laughed.
"Yes, I probably would." Cheshire said.
I giggled and looked around.
"CC, am I exactly were I was when I woke up?" I asked.
"The very same spot, my dear." Cheshire said.
"Well, since I'm here, let's see if I can at least get the key for the old man before I wake up again." I said.
Cheshire nodded in agreement.
"A wise idea. Cover as much ground as you can." Cheshire said.
I nodded and he disappeared.
~Okay, now where's that cart?~
I looked behind me and saw it waiting for me to jump on.
~There you are. Now the fun begins.~
I ran up to the cart and jumped on. It leviated, then came to a sudden stop. I fell with a slightly painful thump and the cart began to roll the track. After a moment it picked up speed and I began to feel as if I was riding on a rollarcoaster. I smiled. I love rollarcoasters. I screamed in delight as the cart rolled faster down the track. That was until I saw the track begin to fall apart and crumble.
~Uh-Oh. This can't be good.~
I grabbed on to the sides of the cart and held on tightly. After a moment more, I saw that the track just stopped.
~Why does the track just stop?~
After a moment of pondering it finally hit me.
~Holy crap, I almost forgot! I better jump off.~
As the cart was getting within 10 feet from the end of the track, I jumped out of the cart and laned very painly on my side. When the pain was gone I got up just in time to see the cart fall down another bottomless pit. I sighed in relief, and smirked.
~Whoa, talk about good timing. A moment or so longer, and I would have gone down with that cart. I wonder what other surprises are waiting for me here.~
The moment I finished that thought, I heard heavy footsteps behind me. I turned around around to find three club cards coming at me with their spears. I sighed in annoyance.
~Oh for crying out loud! Can't I even get 5 minutes to recover from the shock of almost falling to my death?! Well, duty calls.~
I took off my ribbon and wrapped it around all three of them. I pulled as hard as I could. I laughed when I saw their faces turn blue and purple from the lack of air. I gave one more tug and smirked as they exploded in a burst of blue flame. I had to take a few steps back as the blood spashed itself all over the ground. I smirked again and shrugged.
"Well, that was relativitly easy." I said.
I contintued on not caring that I was stepping on the blood and saw something floating around inside a green light in the far corner of the wall. I ran up to it and found the deck of cards. I was surprised however, to find on the black side instead of having a big red A, there was big red L.
~That's weird. Why do they have an L instead of an A?~
I was taken out of my thoughts when I heard chuckling. I looked up to find CC sitting in front of me.
"52 pickup is a staple of juvenile humor, but when the deck slices and dices, it's no laughing matter." He said.
I looked at the cards again, and chuckled.
"It is when you're the one doing the slicing and dicing, CC." I said.
Cheshire laughed.
"I like the way you think, Libby." Cheshire said.
"Thank you. I do tend to get a bit sadistic sometimes. I'm even feeling a little frisky and violent right now. I want to play with my new toy, but there's no one to play with me." I said with a pretend pout.
If Cheshire would have laughed any harder, his head would have fallen off.
"Well, cheer up my dear. There are some cardguards on the other side of that door who are just dying to play with you." He said.
I laughed. I took another look at the L on the cards and decided to ask CC why it was an L instead of an A.
"CC, why do these cards have an L instead of an A? What does it mean.?" I asked.
Cheshire chuckled.
"When Alice had the cards they had an A which is the first letter of her name to symbolize that the cards worked for her and her alone, now, Alice has passed them down to you and the L smbolizes that they now work for you." Cheshire said.
"Really? Cool!" I exclaimed.
"Yes. You're going to have fun with those cards. I can see it in your eyes." Cheshire said.
He was right. I couldn't deny that I was feeling a rush of exictment flow through me. I grinned widely.
Well, I guess I'd better getting. Can't keep the mayor waiting." I said.
"Go. Have fun with your new toy." Cheshire said.
"Oh trust me CC, I will." I said.
He disappered and I walked towards the door.
~Well, here goes nothing.~
I opened the door and stepped in. I walked up a small flight and opened another door. I walked up another small flight of stairs and when I reached the top I was greeted with cardguards of all fours suites. I smirked and used the cards on them. The cards sliced and diced right there their heads like nothing. I began to laugh and the Diamond Ace guard who was apparently clueless as to what was going on began to yell at me.
"What so goddamn funny, girly? And how did you get here?" the card asked.
I looked up at him and smiled innocently.
"Why, whatever are you talking about Mr. Ace? I'm but a lost little girl who's lost her way home." I said.
"Don't play dumb with me, girly! How did you get here, and where's my crew?" the guard asked.
I smiled even wider.
"I don't what you're talking about." I said.
That got the guard really mad really mad and he threw five flaming cards at me.
~Oh, so you wanna play dirty, huh? Fine, I can arrange that for you.~
"Little bitch! You're working with her, aren't you?!" Card exclaimed.
I smirked. I knew perfectly well who he was talking about, but I decided to continue playing dumb just to push his buttons. It was so funny seeing him getting all mad like that.
"Working with who?" I asked.
"You know damn well who I'm talking about! You're working with Alice, aren't you?! Your dress is similar to hers and you have her knife and cards!" he exclaimed.
I smiled. It never really crossed my mind that my dress was somewhat like Alice's, but now that I thought about it, I guess it did.
~Well, well, it seems I have underestimated the cardguards intellagene. It's so much fun watching them get all mad, though.
"Very good. Did you figure that one all by yourself? Would you like a cookie.?" I mocked.
"That does it! I'm gonna learns you some manners!" the guards exclaimed.
"Oh my god, I'm scared." I said.
The card screamed and ran at me throwing flaming cards left and right. Just has I had hoped for. Making him lose focus and concentration meant that I had already won. I dodged each one of them with ease that scared even me. I threw a few of my cards and killed the diamond rather quick. I grabbed the heart meta that was on top of a statue on the wall and walked over the small table and picked up the key. I climbed up to the walkway and walked through the portal. I saw the old man ushering to me on the side to follow him. I saw a few more cardguards on each platform where I was. I gulped. I knew what I had to do next, and I wasn't looking forward to it one bit. CC appeared before I could move, however.
"Only the insane equip pain with success." He said.
"Don't remind me." I mumbled.
He chuckled and disappered.
I took a deep breath, and just as the cardguards began to attack, I jumped into the acidy water and ran as fast as I could to the other side and jumped onto the platform so that I could go through the portal, screaming in pain all the while. I ran through the portal just as a flaming card was coming at me. I went through before it could hit me, though. I reached the other side and saw the old man waiting for me with his balloon .
"You have the key. Very resourceful. Alice's confidence was not misplaced. She is no fool." the old man said.
"I certainly hope she is not." I said.
"Hop in. I'll take you to fortress." he said.
I got into the balloon and he started petaling.
~I hope none of the cardguards see us. I don't quite feel like getting shot at again.~
(A/N: hey Masquerade, remember when I said that something in your story reminded me of my dream? Well, this next part is it, but it happened a little differently for me, though. Anyway, back to the story.)
I leaned back against the basket chair and felt something jump onto my lap. I looked down, but didn't see anything. I began to panic and nearly fell off the basket.
"Libby, sweetheart, relax. It's only me." said a familiar purring voice.
I leaned backed onto the basket and sighed in relief as CC made himself visible.
"CC, don't do that. You had me scared half to death. I nearly made us both fall." I said.
Cheshire smiled wider and curled himself into a ball on my lap.
"My apologies, dear. I didn't mean to frighten you. I thought that you have know it was me." Cheshire said.
I smiled and scratched him behind his ear with the earring making him purr loudly. I giggled.
"It's ok. Just make your presence known to me next time you do something like that, ok." I said.
"I promise." Cheshire said.
His voice seemed so calm, so relaxed. I smirked knowing why. I looked around and noticed that we just about reaching the skool. I looked down and saw that CC had fallen asleep. I didn't have the heart to wake him just yet. I estimated that we still had 5 minutes or so before we reached the fortress. I began to stroke him and he started purring again. I chuckled softly.
~I think Alice spoils you too much, CC. That's alright, though. You're her cat in a way, so she can do that. You remind me so much of my cats right now. All ten of them LOVE to sleep on my lap. What is it about my lap that cats find so comfortable?~
I was beginning to drift off to sleep myself, when I heard CC let out a pained meow. My eyes shot open and I looked up at the old man.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Cardguards. They've spotted us. I'm gonna have to try and manuevor their attacks." he said.
"Libby, I think now would be a good time to use one of your toys." CC said.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll use the cards." I said picking up the deck.
"Good choice." CC said.
I decided to use the secondary attack and fired 16 cards at once. All eight guards fell to ground in a large pool of blood and blueish light. I sighed and leaned back on the basket once again.
"I hate those cardguards." I grumbled.
"You're gonna hate the Boojums even more." CC said.
"Oh yes. The screaming, banshee wannabes." I said.
We reached the school and the old man petaled closer. I knew what he would say next.
"There is a skool inside the fortress where you'll find some items for creating a contaction for making yourself small." He said.
~Why am I not surprised?~
What kind of itmes?" I asked.
"Items, items girl! You'll know them when you see them." he said.
"The poopy, sugar, and spice I don't mind, but the mushrooms, now that's a different story." I said.
"One must put aside their pride in order to do what must be done. It isn't always pretty, but sometimes, there's no getting around it." CC said.
"Why don't you like mushrooms, dear?" the old man asked.
I sighed.
"I had a bad experience with them a few years back. It's not something I like to talk about." I said.
Cheshire had a strange glint in his eyes and the old man rubbed his chin.
"Very well. We're at the fortress anyway. Evenually you must break through such walls, but now, jump!" the old man exclaimed.
Me and CC jumped off the basket and laned on the back side of the school. I looked behind me and saw that CC was still there. I also saw two diamond meta to my right. I went to get the diamond metas and CC looked around worriedly.
"CC, what's wrong?" I asked.
"It is not yet time for you to enter the fortress. You are not ready yet." CC said.
"Not ready? What do mean I'm not ready yet? I'm more than ready to take on those Boojum bastards!" I exclaimed.
CC shook his head.
"I'm sorry. I can not allow you to. You weren't supposed to come back, not until tonight. If you enter the fortress now, you'll risk giving the enemy an unfair advantage. You're not fully rested yet, and your sanity still has to restore itself. You're only at halfway. I'm not allowing you to continue at only half power." CC said sternly, but gently.
I sighed. His reason did make enough sence. I was still so tired, and I felt kind of weak from the lack of sanity. I sat down to catch my breath and CC came up to me.
"Don't worry. Tonight you will be more ready to take on those Boojum bastards, but for now, it's time to go back to school." CC said.
Before I could open my mouth to protest, CC waved his paw in my face and I felt everything go black. A moment later, I woke up in my class to find Kristin lightly shaking my shoulder.
"Come on, Libby. Wake up. It's time to go to our next class." Kristin said.
I raised my head up and stared at her for a moment in shock.
~So that's what CC meant by "it's time to go back to school."~
Kristin raised an eyebrow at me.
"Girl, are you alright? You look like you're getting sick." Kristin asked.
~Damn, even in the real world it shows.~
Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get out of here before we're late, again." I said.
"You said it." Kristin said.
I picked up my books and headed off to my class with the hopes that maybe I wouldn't fall asleep this time.
A/N: Funny how I stressed about my homework only to have a sub the next day, huh? Oh well. R/R.
"He looks so peaceful, I'd hate to wake him up. I wonder how he's doing in Wonderland." I said to myself.
I shook him lightly to see if I could wake him up, but no such luck.
~This is weird. He always wakes up whenever I shake him.~
I tried again. I shook him a little harder this time. I even tried to pick him up, but he would not wake up. I put him down and sighed.
~Maybe he'll evenually wake up on his own. I hope CC and Rabbit will look after him until I go back.~
I got out of bed and prepared to go to school. There wasn't much else I could do at the moment.
~Maybe a nice shower will help calm me down. I'm still so tired though, I hope I don't fall asleep in class, again.~
45 later, I was out of the shower and dressed. I took one last look at Salem and stoked him for a moment.
"Now you behave yourself until I get back to Wonderland, Salem. Don't give the inhabitants a hard time, especially CC and Rabbit. Stay clear of the cardguards in the fortress of doors and don't get yourself into any trouble." I said.
I giggled to myself. I always did have a habit of talking to my pets, ever since I was little. I gave Salem a little kiss on the top of his head and was about to leave, when a small gleam from my mirror caught my attention.
"Hey, what was that?" I asked myself.
I walked over to my mirror, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. I scracthed my head in confusion.
"Strange. I know I saw something. Oh well, must be my overactive imagination getting the best of me again." I decided.
I left my room and closed the door behind me. I could feel a presence nearby, but strangely enough, I didn't feel threathened by it. In fact, it gave me a sence of comfort. I looked at a picture of my mother on the wall in the hallway and smiled.
"I miss you mom. I wish you and grandma were still here." I said.
I placed a kiss on my fingers and placed them on a picture of my mom and grandma. Then I was out the door and off to school. When I got to class, I was relieved to find that there was a substitute teacher in my class today.
~Oh good. I don't feel up to doing a mountain high pile of school work.~
I walked into my class while yawning. I sat down next to my friend Kristin (the one who's house I played the game at) who looked at me as if I were a zombie or something.
"Hey Kris, what are you looking at me like that for?" I asked.
Kristin shook her head.
"You look like shit, Libby. You didn't sleep very well last night, did you?" Kristin asked.
"Not really." I said.
"Well, you're lucky Mr. Roberts isn't here today." Kristin said.
I nodded knowing damn well that she was right. I turned on the computer and waited for the sub to give out our assignments. The sub was so boring that even Kristin fell asleep. I layed my head down on my desk and closed my eyes.
I woke up sometime later to find myself in a dark tunnel of some sort. I stood up and took a look at my surroundings. I heard chuckling and turned to find the Cheshire cat right in front of me.
"Were you really that bored with the substitute, Libby dear?" Cheshire asked.
I laughed.
"If you had to listen to him ranting on and on about some equations that you don't understand and care nothing for, you'd fall asleep from boredom too." I said.
Cheshire laughed.
"Yes, I probably would." Cheshire said.
I giggled and looked around.
"CC, am I exactly were I was when I woke up?" I asked.
"The very same spot, my dear." Cheshire said.
"Well, since I'm here, let's see if I can at least get the key for the old man before I wake up again." I said.
Cheshire nodded in agreement.
"A wise idea. Cover as much ground as you can." Cheshire said.
I nodded and he disappeared.
~Okay, now where's that cart?~
I looked behind me and saw it waiting for me to jump on.
~There you are. Now the fun begins.~
I ran up to the cart and jumped on. It leviated, then came to a sudden stop. I fell with a slightly painful thump and the cart began to roll the track. After a moment it picked up speed and I began to feel as if I was riding on a rollarcoaster. I smiled. I love rollarcoasters. I screamed in delight as the cart rolled faster down the track. That was until I saw the track begin to fall apart and crumble.
~Uh-Oh. This can't be good.~
I grabbed on to the sides of the cart and held on tightly. After a moment more, I saw that the track just stopped.
~Why does the track just stop?~
After a moment of pondering it finally hit me.
~Holy crap, I almost forgot! I better jump off.~
As the cart was getting within 10 feet from the end of the track, I jumped out of the cart and laned very painly on my side. When the pain was gone I got up just in time to see the cart fall down another bottomless pit. I sighed in relief, and smirked.
~Whoa, talk about good timing. A moment or so longer, and I would have gone down with that cart. I wonder what other surprises are waiting for me here.~
The moment I finished that thought, I heard heavy footsteps behind me. I turned around around to find three club cards coming at me with their spears. I sighed in annoyance.
~Oh for crying out loud! Can't I even get 5 minutes to recover from the shock of almost falling to my death?! Well, duty calls.~
I took off my ribbon and wrapped it around all three of them. I pulled as hard as I could. I laughed when I saw their faces turn blue and purple from the lack of air. I gave one more tug and smirked as they exploded in a burst of blue flame. I had to take a few steps back as the blood spashed itself all over the ground. I smirked again and shrugged.
"Well, that was relativitly easy." I said.
I contintued on not caring that I was stepping on the blood and saw something floating around inside a green light in the far corner of the wall. I ran up to it and found the deck of cards. I was surprised however, to find on the black side instead of having a big red A, there was big red L.
~That's weird. Why do they have an L instead of an A?~
I was taken out of my thoughts when I heard chuckling. I looked up to find CC sitting in front of me.
"52 pickup is a staple of juvenile humor, but when the deck slices and dices, it's no laughing matter." He said.
I looked at the cards again, and chuckled.
"It is when you're the one doing the slicing and dicing, CC." I said.
Cheshire laughed.
"I like the way you think, Libby." Cheshire said.
"Thank you. I do tend to get a bit sadistic sometimes. I'm even feeling a little frisky and violent right now. I want to play with my new toy, but there's no one to play with me." I said with a pretend pout.
If Cheshire would have laughed any harder, his head would have fallen off.
"Well, cheer up my dear. There are some cardguards on the other side of that door who are just dying to play with you." He said.
I laughed. I took another look at the L on the cards and decided to ask CC why it was an L instead of an A.
"CC, why do these cards have an L instead of an A? What does it mean.?" I asked.
Cheshire chuckled.
"When Alice had the cards they had an A which is the first letter of her name to symbolize that the cards worked for her and her alone, now, Alice has passed them down to you and the L smbolizes that they now work for you." Cheshire said.
"Really? Cool!" I exclaimed.
"Yes. You're going to have fun with those cards. I can see it in your eyes." Cheshire said.
He was right. I couldn't deny that I was feeling a rush of exictment flow through me. I grinned widely.
Well, I guess I'd better getting. Can't keep the mayor waiting." I said.
"Go. Have fun with your new toy." Cheshire said.
"Oh trust me CC, I will." I said.
He disappered and I walked towards the door.
~Well, here goes nothing.~
I opened the door and stepped in. I walked up a small flight and opened another door. I walked up another small flight of stairs and when I reached the top I was greeted with cardguards of all fours suites. I smirked and used the cards on them. The cards sliced and diced right there their heads like nothing. I began to laugh and the Diamond Ace guard who was apparently clueless as to what was going on began to yell at me.
"What so goddamn funny, girly? And how did you get here?" the card asked.
I looked up at him and smiled innocently.
"Why, whatever are you talking about Mr. Ace? I'm but a lost little girl who's lost her way home." I said.
"Don't play dumb with me, girly! How did you get here, and where's my crew?" the guard asked.
I smiled even wider.
"I don't what you're talking about." I said.
That got the guard really mad really mad and he threw five flaming cards at me.
~Oh, so you wanna play dirty, huh? Fine, I can arrange that for you.~
"Little bitch! You're working with her, aren't you?!" Card exclaimed.
I smirked. I knew perfectly well who he was talking about, but I decided to continue playing dumb just to push his buttons. It was so funny seeing him getting all mad like that.
"Working with who?" I asked.
"You know damn well who I'm talking about! You're working with Alice, aren't you?! Your dress is similar to hers and you have her knife and cards!" he exclaimed.
I smiled. It never really crossed my mind that my dress was somewhat like Alice's, but now that I thought about it, I guess it did.
~Well, well, it seems I have underestimated the cardguards intellagene. It's so much fun watching them get all mad, though.
"Very good. Did you figure that one all by yourself? Would you like a cookie.?" I mocked.
"That does it! I'm gonna learns you some manners!" the guards exclaimed.
"Oh my god, I'm scared." I said.
The card screamed and ran at me throwing flaming cards left and right. Just has I had hoped for. Making him lose focus and concentration meant that I had already won. I dodged each one of them with ease that scared even me. I threw a few of my cards and killed the diamond rather quick. I grabbed the heart meta that was on top of a statue on the wall and walked over the small table and picked up the key. I climbed up to the walkway and walked through the portal. I saw the old man ushering to me on the side to follow him. I saw a few more cardguards on each platform where I was. I gulped. I knew what I had to do next, and I wasn't looking forward to it one bit. CC appeared before I could move, however.
"Only the insane equip pain with success." He said.
"Don't remind me." I mumbled.
He chuckled and disappered.
I took a deep breath, and just as the cardguards began to attack, I jumped into the acidy water and ran as fast as I could to the other side and jumped onto the platform so that I could go through the portal, screaming in pain all the while. I ran through the portal just as a flaming card was coming at me. I went through before it could hit me, though. I reached the other side and saw the old man waiting for me with his balloon .
"You have the key. Very resourceful. Alice's confidence was not misplaced. She is no fool." the old man said.
"I certainly hope she is not." I said.
"Hop in. I'll take you to fortress." he said.
I got into the balloon and he started petaling.
~I hope none of the cardguards see us. I don't quite feel like getting shot at again.~
(A/N: hey Masquerade, remember when I said that something in your story reminded me of my dream? Well, this next part is it, but it happened a little differently for me, though. Anyway, back to the story.)
I leaned back against the basket chair and felt something jump onto my lap. I looked down, but didn't see anything. I began to panic and nearly fell off the basket.
"Libby, sweetheart, relax. It's only me." said a familiar purring voice.
I leaned backed onto the basket and sighed in relief as CC made himself visible.
"CC, don't do that. You had me scared half to death. I nearly made us both fall." I said.
Cheshire smiled wider and curled himself into a ball on my lap.
"My apologies, dear. I didn't mean to frighten you. I thought that you have know it was me." Cheshire said.
I smiled and scratched him behind his ear with the earring making him purr loudly. I giggled.
"It's ok. Just make your presence known to me next time you do something like that, ok." I said.
"I promise." Cheshire said.
His voice seemed so calm, so relaxed. I smirked knowing why. I looked around and noticed that we just about reaching the skool. I looked down and saw that CC had fallen asleep. I didn't have the heart to wake him just yet. I estimated that we still had 5 minutes or so before we reached the fortress. I began to stroke him and he started purring again. I chuckled softly.
~I think Alice spoils you too much, CC. That's alright, though. You're her cat in a way, so she can do that. You remind me so much of my cats right now. All ten of them LOVE to sleep on my lap. What is it about my lap that cats find so comfortable?~
I was beginning to drift off to sleep myself, when I heard CC let out a pained meow. My eyes shot open and I looked up at the old man.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Cardguards. They've spotted us. I'm gonna have to try and manuevor their attacks." he said.
"Libby, I think now would be a good time to use one of your toys." CC said.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll use the cards." I said picking up the deck.
"Good choice." CC said.
I decided to use the secondary attack and fired 16 cards at once. All eight guards fell to ground in a large pool of blood and blueish light. I sighed and leaned back on the basket once again.
"I hate those cardguards." I grumbled.
"You're gonna hate the Boojums even more." CC said.
"Oh yes. The screaming, banshee wannabes." I said.
We reached the school and the old man petaled closer. I knew what he would say next.
"There is a skool inside the fortress where you'll find some items for creating a contaction for making yourself small." He said.
~Why am I not surprised?~
What kind of itmes?" I asked.
"Items, items girl! You'll know them when you see them." he said.
"The poopy, sugar, and spice I don't mind, but the mushrooms, now that's a different story." I said.
"One must put aside their pride in order to do what must be done. It isn't always pretty, but sometimes, there's no getting around it." CC said.
"Why don't you like mushrooms, dear?" the old man asked.
I sighed.
"I had a bad experience with them a few years back. It's not something I like to talk about." I said.
Cheshire had a strange glint in his eyes and the old man rubbed his chin.
"Very well. We're at the fortress anyway. Evenually you must break through such walls, but now, jump!" the old man exclaimed.
Me and CC jumped off the basket and laned on the back side of the school. I looked behind me and saw that CC was still there. I also saw two diamond meta to my right. I went to get the diamond metas and CC looked around worriedly.
"CC, what's wrong?" I asked.
"It is not yet time for you to enter the fortress. You are not ready yet." CC said.
"Not ready? What do mean I'm not ready yet? I'm more than ready to take on those Boojum bastards!" I exclaimed.
CC shook his head.
"I'm sorry. I can not allow you to. You weren't supposed to come back, not until tonight. If you enter the fortress now, you'll risk giving the enemy an unfair advantage. You're not fully rested yet, and your sanity still has to restore itself. You're only at halfway. I'm not allowing you to continue at only half power." CC said sternly, but gently.
I sighed. His reason did make enough sence. I was still so tired, and I felt kind of weak from the lack of sanity. I sat down to catch my breath and CC came up to me.
"Don't worry. Tonight you will be more ready to take on those Boojum bastards, but for now, it's time to go back to school." CC said.
Before I could open my mouth to protest, CC waved his paw in my face and I felt everything go black. A moment later, I woke up in my class to find Kristin lightly shaking my shoulder.
"Come on, Libby. Wake up. It's time to go to our next class." Kristin said.
I raised my head up and stared at her for a moment in shock.
~So that's what CC meant by "it's time to go back to school."~
Kristin raised an eyebrow at me.
"Girl, are you alright? You look like you're getting sick." Kristin asked.
~Damn, even in the real world it shows.~
Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get out of here before we're late, again." I said.
"You said it." Kristin said.
I picked up my books and headed off to my class with the hopes that maybe I wouldn't fall asleep this time.
A/N: Funny how I stressed about my homework only to have a sub the next day, huh? Oh well. R/R.