Back with Wendy and company, they were about to step off the Gummi Ship. Donald pressed a button on the wall, the doorway opened, and he poked his head out to look both ways before stepping out. He turned back to the others and motioned for them to follow him, "The coast is clear. Let's head outside."

Goofy disembarked from the ship with Wendy and Carla following close behind, and took a view of their surroundings. The place seemed perfectly ordinary; it fact, it looked almost mundane. Everywhere Wendy and her entourage could see, the atmosphere was filled with a clear blue sky and a rolling field of green. There were trees speckled across the landscape, and there was a small pond near a field of daisies bustling with birds bathing in the water.

"That's it? Is this what they call 'Wonderland?'" Wendy raised an eyebrow. "We expected this world to be a totally bizarre world, as Chip and Dale said it would be."

"Every world is fraught with surprises and dangers," Carla advised. "We must keep our eyes open."

Just then, something caught Wendy's attention. She spun around and caught a brief glimpse of a short, stout figure running through the bushes. The Sky Maiden took a few steps forward to determine the figure dancing in the leaves, and then halted. She didn't know whether to follow it or not.

"Wendy?" Goofy asked. "What's the matter?"

She said nothing, but kept her gaze on the bushes. Donald, Goofy, and Carla followed her, and it wasn't long before something white flashed through the leaves. "There!" Wendy pointed a finger. The rest of the group turned to see a creature popping out of the bushes, coming into full view. Wendy's eyes went wide in alarm, "It's a rabbit! A white rabbit!"

Indeed, it was a small and elderly rabbit with a red nose and short ears. He wore a pair of spectacles, grey pants with a hole in the back for his tail, and a red overcoat and bowtie worn over an orange button-up shirt with a white collar. A large golden pocket watch was held in one hand, and an umbrella in the other. He kept looking down at his watch, which seemed to cause him further distress, and raced his way through the grassy fields.

Carla examined, "And not just any white rabbit, one wearing formal clothing and a waistcoat."

Donald wondered, "What's with the watch on his hand?"

The White Rabbit looked back down at his watch, and his eyes widened further. "Oh, my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

Goofy wondered, "What could a rabbit be late for?"

Wendy reached out her hand, "Hey, wait!"

The White Rabbit only quickened his pace, "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

Goofy guessed, "Maybe he's late for a party or somethin'."

Donald sighed in annoyance, "How do we know he's having a party?"

Carla suggested, "We must follow him. He might lead us to something of interest."

Wendy nodded in agreement, and she called out as she and her friends gave chase, "Hey, Mr. Rabbit! Wait up!"

The White Rabbit ducked into a rabbit hole in the side of a small hill. Wendy stopped in front of it and got down on her knees. She peered curiously into the hole as Donald, Goofy, and Carla came to a halt nearby. Wendy looked up at them, and then back into the hole, "Do you think we should follow him all the way inside?"

Goofy knelt down and looked into the hole. Nothing was seen farther than a few inches, as the rest was completely engulfed in darkness. He cupped his gloved hands around his mouth and called out, "Hey, Mr. Rabbit!" The hole replied with a continuous echo of his voice. Goofy looked back to his friends and chuckled, "That's a pretty strange place to be havin' a party, huh?"

Wendy encouraged, "It's worth checking out. Let's all dive in." She was the first to duck inside the hole, and the others followed.

Carla questioned, "Are you sure about this, Wendy? Curiosity often leads to to trouble."

Donald joked, "And we haven't been invited to whatever party he's having."

Wendy smiled to herself, "Well, don't you want to know where he's going? How could we possibly end up getting in trou... BLLLLLE!"

As the last syllable left her mouth, Wendy shifted her weight and began to fall headfirst into the dark abyss, holding Carla's paw and dragging her along as they fell. Goofy fell through afterwards, releasing a round of his trademark howl. Outside, Donald stared anxiously at the rabbit hole, pondering whether or not he should try to help them. With one final movement, he crawled into the darkness, and plummeted into the void as his companions did before him.

Their screams echoed up from the endless pit, and their descent seemed to stretch for an eternity. But what caught them by surprise was the fact they started to float down at a slower rate. As they began to lightly descend to the ground, Wendy just had to comment, "I don't know what to make of this. First we're falling, and now we're floating? What kind of world is this? How does it work?"

"Who cares how this world works?" Donald shrugged as he twirled himself around. "At least we won't get hurt when we fall."

"Like I said, every world is full of surprises." Carla spread her wings and flapped them to steady her descent. "They lurk around every corner."

"It's all downhill from here," Goofy put his hands behind his back and rested one leg over the other. "Or in this case, down to the ground. A-hyuck!"

WONDERLAND

A minute later, dim colored lights appeared farther down the hole just enough to brighten the peculiar objects that decorated the interior, and the sound of ticking clocks filled the void. Clocks, tables, mirrors, paintings, and various antiques obscured the walls, and gravity seemed to have turned them upside down. When they reached the bottom, Wendy, Donald, and Carla landed their feet softly on the checkered floor. Goofy, on the other hand, landed stomach first onto the floor since he wasn't paying attention. Donald chuckled at his expense, while Wendy and Carla flinched slightly at the sound of the impact.

By the time Goofy peered his eyes open, he saw the figure of the White Rabbit darting by, having gotten even more stressed since before the group entered the rabbit hole. The White Rabbit glanced down at his golden pocket watch once again, leaping in alarm upon seeing the time. "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!" he exclaimed between heavy panting and ragged breathing. "I'm here! I should be there!"

Wendy cried out, "Excuse me, Mr. Rabbit! I have a question!"

The White Rabbit glanced back and shook his head vigorously, pointing at the pocket watch in a panic. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no! I'm overdue! I'm living in a stew! No time to say goodbye, hello! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

Carla demanded, "Hold on a second! Why are you in such a hurry? What kind of 'important date' are you referring to?"

The White Rabbit answered hastily, "Court date! Court date!" He zigzagged down the peculiar twisted hallway and disappeared around the corner, leaving behind a trace of his frantic yelling. "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The Queen, she'll have my head for sure!"

Goofy rose to his feet and sighed in disappointment, "I guess there's no party then, huh?"

Donald crossed his hips, "That rabbit really does have something important to do."

Wendy interjected, "Wait a second. That White Rabbit mentioned a queen. Is he referring to the Queen of Hearts?"

Carla rubbed her chin, "And I assume he is her royal servant. Before he left, he told us that he was due for court. Whether it was a meeting with the royal council, or the Queen is hosting a trial to determine the fate of a hapless criminal..."

Donald muttered, "Well, whatever business he's having, we shouldn't be involved in it."

Wendy asked, "But aren't you guys curious to check it out?"

Donald shook his head, "Nope, but for some reason, we want to."

Goofy said eagerly, "Let's follow him!"

The four began to chase after the Rabbit, walking down the red and pink hallway, until they reached a large white door. It was at least as tall as Goofy, if not taller. "He must've gone through there," Wendy pointed out, before she grabbed the handle. She pulled the white door open, only to find a slightly smaller blue door. Confused and even more curious, Wendy pulled open the blue door to reveal a third even smaller brown door. She pulled that door, and smiled when she saw an entry.


Bizarre Room

Wendy, Donald, Goofy, and Carla found themselves in a very peculiar, decorated room in shades of pink and violet. There was very little furniture in the room; only a stout green bed with an old, plain white mattress on top of it, a corner table with two red couches lined against the wall on the right side, and a large stove connected to a chimney fireplace on the left. The floor and walls were the decorations of the room, as they had various furniture painted on them, including several clocks, vases, and books. Painted at the middle of the floor was a white table with a chair and two unknown items on its surface. They were painted in such a way that it made you feel like you were looking down at them from the ceiling.

Wendy pointed out, "This doesn't look like a court to me. It's kind of reminds me of a house's living room."

Goofy remarked, "And the furniture, it's painted on the wall like in art class."

Donald shrugged, "Who would want to live in a place like this?"

Carla folded her arms, "It doesn't explain why the White Rabbit came inside. We knew we saw him come in here."

Wendy nodded, "Yeah. People don't just vanish into thin air like that. Wait a minute..." She sensed a presence, and her eyes widened at what she saw. "Guys! You gotta see this!"

Donald, Goofy, and Carla came to Wendy's side to see what was going on. Where the dark blue-haired girl pointed, there was the White Rabbit. There was only one problem; he was now several sizes smaller than before, and he was running along the tiled floor through a small wooden door with a large golden doorknob at the edge of the room!

Wendy walked over to the door and crouched down to get a closer look at it. She wondered aloud, "I don't get it. How did he get so small?"

"No, you're simply too big," a voice asked her back.

The group looked down to where the voice came from. It was the doorknob, which had sprung to life, the keyhole serving as its mouth, and the knob as its nose. Wendy and her allies almost jumped in surprise, Donald's blue hat practically flying over his head in a cartoony fashion. He quacked, "It talks!"

Wendy breathed, "A talking doorknob! How could the knob of a door turn into a face?"

Carla theorized, "It takes powerful magic to give objects the ability to take on life of their own."

Wendy admitted, "Wow, you weren't kidding when you said that every world is full of surprises."

The Doorknob shut its eyes and let out a loud yawn, before he stared at the visitors with droopy eyes. "Must you be so loud? You woke me up."

Goofy waved cheerfully, "Good mornin'."

The Doorknob mumbled, "Good night! I need a bit more sleep."

Wendy confirmed, "Oh, okay. Sorry for disturbing you. But before we go, what do we have to do if we want to grow small?"

The Doorknob answered sleepily, "Why don't you try the bottle... over there?" It gestured behind the group, and they looked over to see the table and chair imprinted on the tiled floor exploding out of the ground and becoming three-dimensional, much to their amazement. On the surface, the items were revealed to be two bottles; one with a red label and the other with a blue one. Wendy rose to her feet, approached the table, and picked up each bottle in turn, examining the labels. Both bottles appeared to have some sort of liquid, but the blue label read "Drink Me" while the red one had "Eat Me" written on it.

"That's just weird," Wendy determined, taking the red bottle and showing it to Donald and Goofy. "If it's a bottle, why does it say 'eat me' on it?"

"I dunno," Donald shrugged. "Whoever made this bottle must've had an odd taste in advertising."

"Which one are you gonna use, Wendy?" Goofy asked.

"The one that makes sense, of course," Carla rolled her eyes, "Who would like to go first?"

"I'll do it," Wendy offered, as she replaced the red bottle on the table with the blue one. She removed the cork, put the edge of the bottle to her lips, and took a sip of the mysterious liquid.

"How does it taste?" Carla wondered.

"Hmm..." Wendy licked her lips as she attempted to place the flavors. "It's hard to make out, but it tastes like cherry tart."

Donald quacked in surprise when he saw Wendy suddenly shrinking down a size. She didn't seem to notice, as she was still thinking of the flavors.

"...custard..."

It was Goofy's turn to gasp. Wendy shrunk down another size.

"...pineapple... roast turkey..."

"Oh, my goodness!" Carla jumped at the Sky Dragon Slayer getting downsized a third time.

It wasn't long before Wendy took notice of her surroundings; she could barely hold the bottle anymore as it was almost as big as her. "W-Whoa!" She lost her balance and fell on the table, carefully setting the bottle down on the surface. She looked up, and saw that from this height, Donald, Goofy, and Carla were the size of giants, and everything in the room was now oversized. "It worked!" Wendy cried. "You can see me, right? Can you hear me?"

Though Wendy's voice was high-pitched due to her small size, it was clear enough for the three to hear. Goofy inched his mouth closer to the tiny Sky Maiden, and gave his response in the form of a yell, "Yup, we can see ya, and we can hear ya, Wendy!"

The reply was so incredibly loud that Wendy screamed in agonizing pain. She grabbed her ears and braced herself against the force of the yell that almost knocked her over. As soon as her ears stopped ringing, she cupped her hands and yelled back up at her monster-sized friends, "I can hear you too! You don't have to yell!"

"Nice going, Goofy," Donald said sarcastically. "You almost blew up her eardrums."

"Please, be careful how you speak!" Carla insisted. "The largest object creates the loudest sound. A single shout from a giant could blow her away, which you almost did!"

"Sorry," Goofy chuckled apologetically. "Guess I got carried away."

Carla turned to the miniature Wendy and lowered her voice, "Are you alright, Wendy?"

"Yes, I'm alright," Wendy responded weakly. Her body vibrated as a result of the immense force from Goofy's shout, and she wiped a few tears from her eyes.

"Shame on you, Goofy," Carla sighed. "You even made her cry."

"I said I was sorry!" Goofy justified.

"It's okay," Wendy slowly recovered. "I'm fine. No hard feelings."

"Thanks, Wendy," Goofy smiled. "You're so forgivin'."

"So how're you gonna get in?" Donald questioned. "Should we use the door with the talking doorknob?"

Wendy jumped from the table to the soft end of the chair, and then to the tiled floor. She approached the Doorknob, eager to ask for a entrance, but soon realized that it wasn't going to open; it had already drifted back to sleep. She turned to her friends, who knelt down and leaned their heads to hear her high-pitched voice, "It won't open. He's completely shut."

"Technically, the way the doorknob sleeps serves as a lock," Carla analyzed. "As long as he sleeps, the door won't open."

"There's gotta be another way in. We need to follow that rabbit," Donald pondered. "We're gonna have to search the whole room."

Wendy placed a thoughtful hand under her chin as she observed her surroundings. She stared at each visible piece of furniture in turn, looking for holes and cracks she could probably fit through. Her eyes turned to a large opening in the bottom of the stove, and she took a hesitant step towards it, but then shook her head; it was probably just a small opening. At that moment, Wendy turned around to stare at the wall left of the Doorknob. She examined the length, until she spotted a large opening behind the green bed. The bed seemed to blocking the way, but it was easily movable. She ran over to the edge of the bed, peered beyond the crack, and discovered that it looked quite like a doorway.

"Guys!" Wendy called to her companions. "Move the bed away from this hole!"

Donald and Goofy nodded in Wendy's direction and moved towards the bed. They grabbed the edges and tried to pull it away, but it refused to budge an inch. Donald complained, "Why won't it budge?"

Goofy commented, "It's like it's a part of the wall."

Donald raised an eyebrow, "How could a bed be a part of the wall?"

Wendy interjected, "No, I think Goofy's right. Everything else in this room can be like a drawing on the wall." She glanced over at the table and chair as examples, "So if it can't be pulled away from the wall..." She then thumped one fist into the open palm of her other hand, struck with an idea, "...you'd probably have to push into it!"

"Push it into the wall? This is crazy!" Donald protested. "Like that's going to work!"

"Don't be a fool, Donald!" Carla exclaimed. "Wendy is wise to consider the situation around her."

"Oh, and you think pushing the bed into the wall's gonna solve everything?" Donald narrowed his eyes. "How is THAT smart?"

"She just stated the facts of the mystery!" Carla glared back. "Since when did you not have any faith in her?"

"Faith? Ridiculous!" Donald snapped. "Who says I need to have faith in a preschool girl like Wendy?"

"Be careful what you say, duck!" Carla threatened. "She's worth more than you know!"

While the argument escalated, Goofy placed his gloved hands on each side of the bed and gave it a small push. The bed immediately flew into the wall, making it a two-dimensional image on the side. Donald's jaw dropped in disbelief, while Goofy scratched the side of his head with a laugh. "Wow! Wendy was right!"

"I told you so," Carla grinned smugly at Donald. "Wendy is smart and practical. You need to have some faith." She turned to the tiny Wendy, "Well done, Wendy. Your insight has served you well."

"Thanks, Carla," Wendy blushed with a smile. "The rest of you can drink the blue bottle and shrink so that we'll all get a move on, right?"

Carla nodded, "Of course."

Donald grumbled, "Yeah, yeah."

Goofy grinned, "A-hyuck, you got it."

Taking the blue bottle into her paws, Carla drank it, then handed it to Donald, who drank as well, and then to Goofy who drank last. After a few seconds, they all began to shrink down until they were the size of a rodent, and regrouped with the Sky Dragon Slayer.

Donald muttered, "What do you think is gonna happen next? The Heartless are gonna appear out of nowhere?"

He was proven right when the Heartless had indeed invaded this world like they had done others. Shadows formed from the ground, Soldiers appeared with them, and new types had entered the fray. They were called Red Nocturnes, red miniature wizard-type Heartless with a potency for Fire Magic.

"This is probably going to take a while," Wendy summoned the Keyblade and got into a fighting stance. "Let's go get 'em!"

"Goofy Charge!" Using his shield as a battering ram, Goofy smashed through a couple of Shadows.

"Thunder!" Donald summoned a lightning bolt that incinerated three Soldiers at once.

"Fire!" Wendy shot a fireball from the tip of the Keyblade, hitting a Shadow and reducing it to flames. She fired a few rapid shots at several Shadows and a few Soldiers, destroying them. "See ya!" was her message to the last Heartless in the vicinity. She could definitely get used to Keyblade Magic rather than having to only rely on her Sky Dragon Slayer Magic.

"Goofy Tornado!" Goofy spun into a tornado and knocked a few Heartless back.

"Fire!" Donald shot a few fireballs and burned away the small swarm of Shadows.

Putting the new technique she acquired from the Ability Orb to use, Wendy performed a series of cartwheels, dodging every attack from the Heartless without breaking a sweat. Executing a string of combos, she dispatched six Shadows and five Shadows. A Soldier tried to sneak up behind her, but Donald whacked it away with his staff, while Goofy bashed another one with his shield.

With all Shadows and Soldiers defeated, only the Red Nocturnes remained. They charged their Fire Magic and fired a series of fireballs aiming for Donald and Goofy. The two tried to run, but the fireballs had a homing effect, and they each got a shot in the kisser.

"YEOW-HOO-HOO-HOOOOEY! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT!" Donald and Goofy screamed, hopping around like mad with their burning butts.

"Donald! Goofy! Hang on!" Wendy rushed onto the scene. With a wave of her hand, a stream of wind flowed and extinguished the small flames on their backsides.

Donald sighed with relief and turned to the Keyblade master, "Thanks."

Wendy smiled back, "No problem."

"These types of Heartless appear to be capable of magic," Carla pointed a paw towards the swarm of Red Nocturnes. "They use Fire Magic, which means any element matching it will only replenish their health!"

"Then we'll just have to use other kinds of attacks! Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy's wind breath aimed for the approaching Red Nocturnes and destroyed an approximate number of seven.

"Yeah! I have plenty of spells besides Fire! Thunder!" Donald lifted his staff high, and a thunderbolt eradicated four simultaneously.

"Goofy Bash!" Goofy spun his body around three times and threw his shield as a homing disk, slicing through four, before it magically retracted back to his arm.

With four Red Nocturnes remaining, Wendy destroyed two with 3-hit slashes. Next, she cartwheeled from three homing fireballs and defeated the third Red Nocturne with a 5-hit combo. Finally, after deflecting a fireball with a swing and sending it flying to the last Red Nocturne, stunning it on impact, she finished it off with Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang.

Wendy and her friends waited a minute for any more attacks. When there were none, they put their guard down.

Donald wiped his hands clean and began walking, "Well, that's that. Huh?"

What made him stop was the appearance of three Soldiers, which jumped in the air and were about to attack him while he was vulnerable. Fortunately, Wendy dispatched them with a single slash.

Goofy asked, "Pardon me, but have you ever had to deal with someone who won't leave you alone?"

Wendy remembered what she was told in Traverse Town, "Leon was right. The Heartless will just keep coming after me." A fourth Soldier appeared, and the Sky Dragon Slayer pointed her Keyblade at it. She tried to shoot another Fire spell, but nothing happened. "Hey, how come it's not working?"

Donald had to inform Wendy on how magic works, "I forgot to tell you. Your Keyblade Magic is very limited, and my magic's no different. You'll have to keep drinking Ethers if you want to recharge it, but don't feel discouraged. The stronger you get, you'll be more reliant on your own to earn back power."

With a quick string of combos, Wendy destroyed the incoming Soldier, followed by three Shadows and two Red Nocturnes. With no Heartless in sight at the moment, Wendy turned to Donald with a grin, "It means that the more I fight, my Keyblade Magic builds itself up. Perfect!"

Goofy encouraged, "We'd better go follow that White Rabbit while we still have time." He, Wendy, Donald, and Carla took the entrance from where the bed once stood.


Queen's Castle

The moment they exited the tunnel, the scenery was shifted to blue and green, which was a relief to their eyes after being exposed to only shades of bright pink and violet. They had entered a large garden of sorts, with grass hedges lined by roses of red and white. The hedges seemed to stretch towards the blue sky, which looked to Wendy and her friends like it had been painted by a young artist.

But what really caught their attention was the strange scene taking place in the middle of the garden, which had been outmoded into an outdoor courtroom. The audience was sitting patiently for the session to start, and man-sized playing card soldiers, each consisting of two varieties- red aces of heart and black aces of spade- stood guard with weapons based on their likeness gripped firmly in hand. Standing directly in front of Wendy and company was a procession of cards, which parted and allowed them to enter and see a young girl around the age of ten at the defendant's table. She had long thick blonde hair tied in a black bow, and she wore a white pinafore dress, white tights, and black Mary Jane shoes.

The court's patience was rewarded when the White Rabbit ran into the garden and up a spiral wooden staircase leading to the top of the podium. He paused, keeling over in an attempt to catch his breath, before lifting a trumpet and playing a brief interlude. He dropped the trumpet, took a deep breath, and announced, "Your attention, loyal subjects! Court is now in session!"

"I'm on trial?" The defendant sounded almost horrified at that announcement. "But why?"

"Just as I thought," Carla confirmed. "The White Rabbit led us right into a court."

"Oh, boy!" Donald rubbed his hands with glee, "This ought to be interesting!"

The White Rabbit continued his announcement, "Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding." He gestured to the large woman sitting on the bench. She was dressed in regal red and black attire, wearing a crown and holding a small wand with a red heart on the tip. By looking at her face, the expression of the Queen of Hearts was laced with contempt and malice for the girl in the defendant's stand, and her eyes were red with accusation of a terrible crime. The sunlight casting a clear view of the Queen's face didn't make it any less frightening than it already was. It was most certainly unpleasant to look at it in any way.

"That's the Queen of Hearts?" Wendy flinched looking at the Queen's face. "She looks scary and creepy, just like Brain of the Oración Seis."

"I didn't realize that the ruler of Wonderland would look so..." Carla commented, and she paused to find the right word to say. "...repulsive."

"Shhh!" Donald quieted the others down. "It's starting!"

The Queen of Hearts decided it was time to begin the prosecution, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do not be fooled by the adorable looks of this girl named Alice." She pointed her heart-shaped fan to the defendant, "She's unanimously the guilty party involved in this scandal. There's no doubt about it. And the reason is?" She leaned forward and increased the volume of her reasoning, "Because I say so, that's why!"

"That is so unfair!" Alice objected, her face twisted in annoyance.

"Well, have you anything to say in your defense?" the Queen asked, tapping her fan like a gavel.

Alice looked straight into the Queen's face without flinching at the sight. "Of course! I've done absolutely nothing wrong!" she responded, folding her arms indignantly. The White Rabbit, the Card Soldiers, and the members of the jury all gasped, and the Queen's gaze only hardened as Alice continued her testimony. "You may be queen, but I'm afraid that doesn't give you the right be so..." She struggled for the right words to say, "...so mean!"

"SILENCE!" The Queen yelled so loud that it caused a gust of wind to blow against Alice's hair. She slammed her fists on the bench in anger, "You DARE defy me?!"

Watching this trial made Wendy almost speechless. Just one world visited, and she already couldn't believe what she witnessed. "This is wrong. The Queen isn't giving her a fair trial. We should help her out."

Donald and Goofy glanced at each other with worried looks. Somebody had to say something before Wendy could act. Donald began, "Yeah, but the—"

Goofy interjected, "We're outsiders, so wouldn't that be muddling?"

Donald corrected, "Meddling!"

Goofy confirmed, "Oh, yeah. A-hyuck! And that's against the rules."

Wendy exclaimed, "Rules?! You guys didn't tell us that there were rules!"

Carla questioned, "Why can't we get involved? It's not a fair trial without proper evidence."

Donald began, "Think about it. Imagine introducing concepts to another world where an outsider's physics don't apply and pandemonium happening all over, because there's something they wouldn't understand, something they couldn't understand, something they shouldn't understand."

Goofy clarified, "In short, people are scared of things they don't know. Meddling in the affairs of other worlds could lead to chaos and disaster. It'd be a big mess."

Wendy argued, "But she's in trouble! The Queen is being mean to that girl. What's her name again?"

Carla answered, "Alice, I believe. This trial is a farce. Someone has to speak on her behalf."

Donald deadpanned, "We can't do that! We're not allowed to stick our noses into other people's business!"

Wendy protested, "But still...!"

Carla reasoned, "Standing on the sidelines is not an option. Sometimes, we need to take action."

Donald grumbled, "Aw, phooey. Kids these days, thinking they can do whatever they want."

The Queen turned to the members of the jury, "My loyal subjects, has the court reached the verdict?"

One of the jury members stood up and read a statement on a piece of paper, "Under Article 29, all those who disrespect or defy the queen are guilty of all charges."

The Queen grinned maliciously, "And, uh... What were you saying, my dears?"

All members of the jury exclaimed at once, "GUILTY!" They pointed a finger at Alice to emphasize their point.

"The jury has decided!" the Queen exclaimed. "The court finds the defendant..." She raised her fan, "...guilty as charged!"

Alice was not going to like this at all.

"For the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart..."

That last part caught the attention of Wendy, Donald, Goofy, and Carla. The Sky Maiden gasped, and she did not take the news lightly. "That's it! I'm going in!"

Donald panicked, "No, you can't!"

Goofy shouted, "You know the rules!"

Wendy screamed defiantly, "I don't care about the rules! I'm doing what's right!"

Carla responded, "I believe this atrocious trial just became our business. I'm with her."

Wendy stated sternly, "I'm a Fairy Tail wizard, and no one in my guild would ever leave someone in need! So we're helping her, whether you like it or not!" With that last word said in the matter, she and Carla stepped into the fray.

"OFF WITH HER HEAD!"

The Queen of Hearts pointed to Alice, and the Card Soldiers gathered around her, determined to carry out the sentence.

"No! No!" Alice panicked. "Oh, please!"

"STOP!"

Everyone in the courtroom stopped and whipped their heads around in shock. The Queen of Hearts was also flabbergasted. Donald slapped his forehead in annoyance, unable to believe what Wendy just did. She glared up at the queen, trembling in both anger and fear as the court's attention turned on her.

"Who are you?" the Queen sat up to get a close look at the four visitors who interrupted the trial, and countered Wendy's glare with her own. "How dare you interfere with my court!"

Carla was the first to speak up in defense, "Excuse us for interrupting you, Your Majesty, but there has been a complete misunderstanding."

Wendy added, "We know who the real culprit is."

Goofy nodded in agreement, "Uh-huh. It's the Heart—" He quickly covered his mouth with both hands, catching himself before he made a grave mistake. He looked over at Wendy with an odd look, and then back at the Queen.

"Anyway, Alice isn't the culprit," Wendy continued, pointing at Alice.

"That's nonsense," the Queen smirked, leaning on the bench and tapping her finger. "Have you any proof?"

Wendy was at a loss for words, and she felt embarrassed. The Queen of Hearts caught her red-handed, or empty-handed, in this case. "Uh..." Her cheeks blushed red, and she covered her mouth with both hands, "Can you give us some time, please?"

The Queen gestured to her Card Soldiers, and a Card of Spades grabbed Alice by the arm and threw her into a golden birdcage next to the bench. He slammed the barred door in her face and locked it. She could do nothing more but watch. The Queen spoke to Wendy and her group, "Well, since you four are convinced that Alice isn't the culprit, I'll humor your claim. Bring me evidence of Alice's innocence. Fail..." She made a knife gesture around her neck, "...and it's off with ALL of your heads." Wendy and company gulped at the sheer thought of having to be four additions to the Queen's execution list. "Gather as much or little evidence as you please. Report back here once you're ready."

Donald crossed his arms and frowned, "Nice going, Wendy."

Wendy replied in protest, "I had to do something!"

The Queen addressed the audience, "My loyal subjects, until these four conclude their investigations, this court is adjourned!" She slapped the end of her fan against the wooden podium, dismissing the court. The Card Soldiers relaxed, moving out of formation and heading to different positions in the garden, while the jury and attendees departed from their seats. Even the White Rabbit was relaxed, slumping out of his straight posture and pulling out a handkerchief to wipe away the beads of sweat protruding across his furry forehead. The Queen settled back into her seat comfortably.

Wendy walked over to Alice's cage, where a Card of Spades stood guard with an ax. She cleared her throat and asked, "Are you alright?"

Alice answered timidly, "I'm fine. Thank you kindly for standing up for me. Who are you?"

Wendy introduced herself, "I'm Wendy." She gestured to the rest of her friends, "This is Carla, Donald, and Goofy."

Alice gave a slight curtsy and a smile, "My name is Alice. I'm pleased to meet you, though I do wish it were under better circumstances." She lowered her eyes slightly to the ground, "I'm sorry you got mixed up in this nonsense."

Wendy acknowledged, "It's the least we can do. If we hadn't been here, you would've lost your head. Why are you on trial in the first place?"

Alice's expression hardened, "I should like to know the very same thing! Apparently I was guilty from the moment I took the stand!"

Wendy sympathized, "It's not fair! Why does the Queen have to be mean?"

Carla scoffed, "She's stubborn. That's the problem."

Wendy changed the topic, "So, where are you from?"

The question rolled a few times in Alice's head, and she gave her answer, "Hmm... curious. I can't quite remember. You see, I found this mysterious rabbit hole. When I tried to peek inside, I tumbled in head over heels, and I found myself here. Oh, if only I hadn't peeked into that rabbit hole. I guess I'm a bit too curious for my own good."

Wendy's eyes widened in realization, "Oh, I get it! That means you live outside Wonderland! This world is divided in two: there's Alice's world, with the trees and the river, and then there's the world of the Queen of Hearts, the world underneath that rabbit hole."

Carla rubbed her chin, "Interesting theory."

Alice shook her head, "I still can't remember why I wondered off to this world. It really is a Wonderland."

Goofy grinned, "That's a good guess. Maybe you don't need a ship to get to another world."

Donald was confused and angry all at once. "I don't get it."

Alice asked curiously, "What do you mean, 'another world?'"

Wendy brushed off the thought, "Never mind that. Is there anything we can do to prove you're innocent?"

Alice answered, "Well, there's the Cheshire Cat. Not long ago, I asked him how to get home, and he told me to ask the Queen of Hearts. I came here to see her, and I was arrested. She accused me of crimes of assault and attempted theft of her heart."

Carla asked, "Did someone frame you? What's the last thing you remember before you were arrested?"

Alice explained, "Well, when the Queen and I were playing a game a croquet, a group of mysterious men interrupted us. I don't know where they came from, but they each seemed to be wearing jesters' hats, and they have markings on several parts of their bodies. In the midst of this panic, they summoned black creatures and attempted to harm the Queen. She thought I was the one responsible, and that's what led me here."

Wendy confirmed thoughtfully, "Heartless."

Carla shared her assumption, "Dark wizards."

Alice said worriedly, "The Queen refuses to listen to me. It's so unfair... I haven't done anything wrong. What shall I do?"

Carla encouraged, "Alice, calm down. The sentence hasn't been carried out yet. Unless we act quickly, a grim fate awaits us all."

Goofy implored, "So what are we waitin' for? We gotta go get the evidence and prove that Queen's sorry self wrong!"

Donald grumbled to himself, "I can't believe I have to risk my life for a kid who breaks the rules. She's like my nephews mixed altogether!"

Goofy asked, "So, what can we do to get you outta here, Alice?"

Alice suggested, "The Cheshire Cat may be able to help you. You'll find him somewhere in the Lotus Forest." She pointed a finger behind Wendy and company, "It's the left side of the courtroom." She bit her lip nervously, "Hurry! It's only a matter of time before the court starts again!"

Wendy assured, "We'll prove your innocence, Alice. We promise."

Alice implored, "Please do."

"Alright, that's enough. Move along now," the Card of Spades motioned with his ax to move Wendy and her friends backwards. "The defendant must remain silent at this time."

They took off for the direction Alice pointed, with the Sky Maiden hoping to herself, "I hope Alice is okay."


Lotus Forest

To Wendy and her friends, the Lotus Forest was large and filled with dense foliage that stretched up to the sky. Everything was washed in neutral colors of browns and earthy greens. There were giant lotuses looming high over their heads, blocking out the sunlight and giving the forest its namesake. Yet the more the group observed their surroundings, the more they realized the forest's true form: every large strip of thick foliage was simply a long blade of forest grass. The same time they ventured into the forest, Wendy, Donald, Goofy, and Carla took a moment to discuss their unfortunate predicament. All they wanted was to find their missing friends, and now they were caught in the middle of a trial they weren't originally involved in. They knew for sure that the Heartless and the dark guilds were somehow the ones responsible, but they didn't know which one since they knew there was more than one. Was it worth risking an unnecessary execution?

Donald played the blame game, "This is all your fault, you know."

"My fault?!" Wendy asked, appalled.

"That's right!" Donald nodded angrily. "You should've thought a bit more of what to do before you decided to break up the trial with your chivalrous impulse! Thanks to you, we're all gonna lose our heads! That's what you get for interfering with local affairs!"

"I did what I had to do to help," Wendy argued. "At least someone supported me."

"I don't get why your pet cat supports you so much," Donald snorted.

"She's not a pet!" Wendy snapped. "She's my best friend!"

"Oh, yeah?" Donald scoffed. "She looks and sounds like a pet to me! What is she, some sort of second Jiminy or something?"

"She's a part of our team!" Wendy protested. "One of our friends! And you can't just—"

"That's enough!" Carla demanded, and tried to get them back to the task at hand. "We don't have time to argue! Time is limited! We have to find evidence of Alice's innocence, or—"

"Oh, my..." a voice laced with amusement boomed in the darkness of the forest. "You seek the truth. I pose that the untruth of this truth upon truths holds truer."

The entire party stopped in their tracks, and looked around in alarm. There wasn't a single soul to be found anywhere. There was only four time bombs of anxiety, waiting for seconds to wind down. They were silent for a moment, until Wendy broke the trance and stepped forward, clenching her fists to soothe her nerves. She managed to cry out, "Who are you?"

"Who, indeed?" the voice replied, its position shifting from one area of the forest to the next.

The four heroes spun around to pinpoint the source. As they did so, Wendy caught sight of something pink moving out of the corner of her eye. She turned to find it, but saw nothing. Laughter began to echo around the forest, followed by the reciting of what sounded like a song. It came softly at first, but was slowly getting louder. "'Twas a brillig, and the slithy toves, did gyre and gimble in the wabe, all a mimsy were the borrow-groves, and the momeraths out grabe..." The laughter continued when it had finished reciting.

"This is just too weird..." Wendy muttered. Just then, a cat's face appeared out of thin air with a wide smile, and then vanished just as quickly as it came. Wendy's eyes went wide as she took a step backwards. "What was that?"

"What was what?" Donald followed Wendy's gaze.

"I thought I saw something..." Wendy rubbed her eyes and looked around again, to be sure.

Suddenly, the mysterious face popped out and bounced along the air, only to disappear again, and then reappear somewhere else. The third time, everyone saw it. Donald jumped with a loud quack of surprise, and Goofy dropped onto his bottom in shock. The grinning face vanished one last time, and reappeared over a nearby tree stump. The cat's full body then materialized, standing on its head rather comically. His fur was striped purple and pink, a pattern that stopped abruptly at his wrists and ankles. His mouth, hands, feet, and the tip of his tail were black, and his eyes were yellow. The cat-like creature watched the group's reaction at his appearance, his bushy tail wagging lazily in the air. He stepped off his platform-turned head and placed it back on his body, grinning incessantly.

Wendy stepped forward, pushing away her surprise. She identified, "You must be the Cheshire Cat."

The Cheshire Cat turned his eyes to the Sky Maiden, his large grin growing, as though to confirm her suspicions. "You speak the truth?" he asked curiously. "The Cheshire Cat knows all truths, and finds as yet no contradictions nor chaos." His grin grew even wider, "Poor Alice..." He shrugged his shoulder, "Soon to lose her head, and she's not guilty of a thing!"

"If you know who the culprit is, can you tell us?" Wendy asked. "We're running out of time, and Alice is counting on us."

The Cheshire Cat replied, "The Cheshire Cat has all the answers, but doesn't always tell. The answer, the culprit, the cat... they all lie in darkness." As soon as he said that, his figure began to fade away.

"Wait!" Wendy cried out. "This is important! We're all going to lose our heads!"

"Some help he is," Donald mumbled in annoyance.

The Cheshire Cat's voice rang out into the stillness, shifting positions as he spoke. "They've already left the forest. I won't tell which exit. There are four pieces of evidence in all. Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky. Big reward if you find them all."

Carla wondered, "Should we trust him?"

The Cheshire Cat reappeared from the same tree stump and left one final message, "To trust, or not to trust? I trust you'll decide!" And with that, the cat vanished again, and his laugh was all that remained.

"Doesn't look very trustworthy to me," Donald frowned.

"Four different pieces of evidence..." Wendy tapped her chin. "Which should we look for first?"

"Who cares?" Donald shrugged. "Let's just find one and get back to the courtroom. The Queen of Hearts is fine with at least one."

"No," Wendy shook her head. "We have a better chance at proving Alice is innocent if we find all four."

"If we go find all four of 'em, maybe we should split up to cover more space," Goofy stated.

"We could get lost," Wendy disagreed. "We need to stick together."

"And besides, this world is big, and a rather bizarre one," Carla interjected. "It's like a labyrinth."

"Well, that settles it," Wendy smiled. "Let's see what we can find."

"Um, fellas?" Goofy stared shaking nervously and pointed behind his friends. "I think someone already found us!"

Wendy, Donald, and Carla turned around to see that Heartless had also infested the Lotus Forest. Shadows, Soldiers, and Red Nocturnes danced in every part of the forest like shadows, and another new type had joined the prowl. Though they looked similar to the Red Nocturnes, their color was blue, and that indicated they were capable of casting Ice Magic. They were called Blue Rhapsodies.

"The Heartless must've made their way into the forest as well," Carla pointed out.

"We can't let them stop us," Wendy determined. "Let's get moving!"

Cue Music: Yoshi's Island Theme (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Wendy and her friends made their trek across the Lotus Forest, narrowly avoiding the fireballs and icy arrows from the Red Nocturnes and Blue Rhapsodies. After deflecting a consecutive number of projectiles, Wendy leapt over the stunned spellcasting Heartless and dispatched each of them with the Blue Mistral. Noticing that Fire Magic was effective against Ice Magic when Donald shot a Fire spell and damaged a Blue Rhapsody's skin with severe burn marks, she sought that advantage by slaying four Blue Rhapsodies with her own Fire spell, and then destroyed four Red Nocturnes with Sky Dragon's Roar. Turning left to a peculiar section of the forest, Wendy and her friends found the first piece of evidence in the form of a pink present box, next to a large flower. They opened the box and discovered a pair of Footprints belonging to the mysterious culprit.

Coming across a couple of trees with leaves formed into round solid platforms, Wendy and company ran along the dirt path to access a nearby tree stump, which was blocked by Shadows, Red Nocturnes, and Blue Rhapsodies. Goofy punched through the Shadows with Goofy Charge, Wendy extinguished the Red Nocturnes with Sky Dragon's Wing Attack, and Donald melted the Blue Rhapsodies with Fire. With the second wave of Heartless dealt with, the heroes jumped up to the tree stump and hopped over the platform-like treetops, until they found a hole in the trunk of a even larger tree. They accessed the hole...

Bizarre Room

...and much to their surprise, they found themselves in the Bizarre Room again, this time on top of the huge stone stove. Near the two burners, they found the second piece of evidence, the Stench.

Lotus Forest

Wendy and her friends returned to the Lotus Forest and traveled further in, dispatching a few Heartless and making use of the treetop platforms to move forward. Though fighting wave after wave proved quiet tiresome and bothersome, the group did not go unrewarded, as they discovered a few treasure chests across the forest. They scored Potions and Ethers, but the big bonus was nine Dalmatian puppies, the ones Leon's group asked them to find.

Found Dalmatians. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 returned home!

Afterwards, they climbed the boulder and reached a giant lily pad, where they discovered the third piece of evidence, the Antenna.

Wendy's group traveled along the lily pads, and were ambushed by a few Red Nocturnes and Blue Rhapsodies. Wasting no time, Wendy shot into a series of quick Keyblade strikes, easily popping all of the Heartless. Upon reaching a high corner of the woods, they made their way over and entered.

Bizarre Room

They fell into the Bizarre Room a third time, on top of a faucet sticking out of the wall. Jumping to a nearby wooden ledge, Wendy and the gang found the last piece of evidence, the Claw Marks.

"We did it!" Wendy cheered. "We found them all!"

She and the others were about to make their way back to the Queen's courtroom when they heard a familiar voice. "Well, look what you've found. Nice going."

They turned to see the Cheshire Cat standing on top of the faucet, his grin never ceasing. "This will be enough to save Alice," Wendy responded.

"Don't be so sure," the Cheshire Cat chuckled mischievously. "She may be innocent, but what about you?"

"What do you mean?" Wendy questioned.

"I won't tell," the Cheshire Cat shook his head. "But I'll give you something, as promised."

With a snap of his fingers, a blue orb blinked into existence and floated in front of the entourage, its form obscured by a cold and frosty essence.

"A Magic Orb!" Donald identified. His feathered hands inched closer to the orb, slightly feeling the cold temperature. "A Ice Magic Orb! If we touch it, we'll use Blizzard!"

"Ice Magic, huh?" Wendy asked as she looked at the Magic Orb, and Donald confirmed her curiosity with a nod. The orb popped into light and transferred into the Keyblade and Donald's staff, thus granting them the power of Ice Magic. Wendy beamed, "This is perfect! I can use another Keyblade Magic spell besides Fire. I can fight with Ice Magic, just like Gray!"

"Me too," Donald grinned. "Now I have three magic spells. Fire, Blizzard, and Thunder."

"Thank you, Mr. Cheshire Cat," Wendy smiled in appreciation. "You're a big help."

"No thanks needed," the Cheshire Cat giggled. "I'm saying it again, I'm very impressed. You've performed brilliantly."

"Yes... You've performed brilliantly. Brilliant, indeed..."

Wendy and her friends paused when they heard a sinister evil laugh carried by the wind.

"My, that's unexpected," the Cheshire Cat commented. "And unfortunate. In that case, I'd best be on my way." A flick of his tail, and he disappeared into thin air once more.

"W-Wait!" Wendy cried. "Mr. Cheshire Cat!"

The evil laughter resounded, even louder than before. The party didn't enjoy the sound of that, and they jerked their heads around to see where it came from. Wendy shouted, "Who goes there? Show yourself!"

"I knew I would find someone from Earth-land holding the key. Do my eyes deceive me? Is the wielder of the Keyblade a little girl? Yes... Yes, of course! This will be the perfect opportunity to strike her down. Lady Viriniam will be quite pleased."

"Viriniam?" Wendy cringed at the word, before she gasped. "You mean Kaze! You're working with her? The dark guilds? Sleepy Hollow?"

No response. The voice faded away, and the wind seemed to hold its breath.

"What was that about?" Wendy wondered. "Are they involved in this, too?"

"We'll worry about it later," Carla suggested. "Let's deliver the evidence to the Queen of Hearts."

"Yeah," Wendy agreed.


Queen's Castle

Back in the courtroom, the intermission was over, the audience and the jury returned to their seats, and the trial was about to continue. A Card Soldier reported to the Queen of Hearts, "Your Majesty. The four visitors have returned."

"Hmm, and with a few seconds to spare," the Queen waved her fan and slapped it against the wood. "The trial will continue."

Wendy, Donald, Goofy, and Carla entered the courtroom with all the boxes they found and approached the Card of Spades next to the Queen's bench. The Card Soldier asked, "Are you ready to present evidence before the queen?"

"Yes," Wendy nodded.

"Very well," the Card of Heart confirmed. "Counsel, step up to the podium."

With Wendy on the podium, and Donald, Goofy, and Carla now amongst the jury, the Queen of Hearts addressed the Keyblade wielder, "Now, let's see what you have found." Wendy presented the four items of evidence and placed them on the carpet in front of the bench, close enough for the Queen to observe. "Well, that's certainly a lot of evidence, but I'm still not impressed. Cards! Bring forth my evidence!" She snapped her finger, and the Card Soldiers put another pink box on the carpet, which added the count to five.

"Hee hee hee... Let's make the game more interesting!"

In a flash, the five boxes shuffled magically, until they lay still.

"Your fate is sealed, Keyblade master..."

"Hmm..." the Queen rubbed her chin. "Checking all five would only be a waste of time. How are we to tell who's the culprit?" An idea popped into her head, and she pointed at Wendy, "All right, then. Choose the one you wish to present. I'll decide who's guilty based on that evidence."

"What?!" Wendy exclaimed. "Just one? After all the trouble of collecting it?"

"This is just absurd," Carla muttered.

"You dare object?" the Queen growled. "Then you will lose your head! Now, choose! One box!"

Wendy looked to Donald and Goofy. They were just as shocked as she was. Goofy sighed, "Better just choose a box."

"You better pick the right one!" Donald shouted.

"Our fates rest in your hands," Carla advised. "Pick the wrong box, and we're done for. We're counting on you, Wendy."

"I'll do my best!" Wendy promised. In all honesty, she hoped she picked the right one, too. She observed all five boxes, pacing around as she struggled to decide. It wasn't easy to determine the culprit since each box looked alike. "I choose..." A few seconds later, she pointed all the way to the right, "...that one. The one on the far right."

"Are you certain?" the Queen smiled in confidence. "No second chances."

Wendy was heavily concerned. If she picked the wrong one, she and her friends would be in a lot of trouble, not to mention Alice remaining guilty. She bit her lip anxiously, but made her final decision. "I'm sure."

"Very well," the Queen nodded. "Now we shall see who the real culprit is."

One of the Card Soldiers took the lid off the selected box. Out of it grew the image of a Soldier Heartless that soon disappeared. "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?!" the Queen exclaimed shockingly.

Wendy pointed to the box with a smile of triumph. She thrust her hand to gesture all those present in the courtroom to listen to her, "THERE'S your evidence! The monster you just saw is the real culprit! Alice is innocent!"

The Queen of Hearts couldn't believe this. She stood there and let herself look foolish in front of all these people. She grew so angry that her face turned red. She pounded on the bench while going on a tirade, "Silence! I'M the law here! Article 29: Anyone who disrespects or defies the queen is guilty by default!"

Donald, Goofy, and Carla jumped out of the jury and took a stand against such abuse of power. Carla yelled, "You've completely lost your mind!"

Ignoring Carla, the Queen gave her orders to the Card Soldiers, "Seize them at once!"

Trap doors opened underneath the grass and got rid of the benches for the audience and the jury, along with the people in them! A large crank tower rose from the floor, which a Card of Spades ran over and turned the gear to raise Alice's cage upward, as well as put a red curtain over the cage. The Queen lifted her fan, signaling the Card Soldiers to leap into battle with spears and axes, surrounding Wendy, Donald, Goofy, and Carla. The group got in fighting stances with their weapons drawn.

"Cards!" the Queen shouted. "If they touch the tower, you lose your heads!"

Wendy gave a fierce glare overhearing that. "Big mistake!"

The group split up so they could defeat the Card Soldiers individually. Donald jerked his head left as an ax from a Card of Spades swung by, to the right as another ax came down, and ducked away two more axes. The axes got caught in the wall when they hit. The four Cards of Spades tried pulling them out, giving Donald a chance to try out his new spell. "Blizzard!" Crystals of ice formed out from his staff, freezing the four Cards of Spades. Two Cards of Hearts came from behind with spears, but Donald cast Thunder and electrocuted them.

Goofy clashed his shield with spears from the Cards of Hearts. He blocked one jab, spun his shield around the handle, and hit the Card Soldier right in the face with a hard smack. Two Card Soldiers brought down their spears, which Goofy easily blocked with his shield, and they got into a struggle. Goofy swung his shield down to get the spear off, and then executed Goofy Charge to push the two Card Soldiers away.

Wendy had three Cards of Spades with axes to contend with, as they stood between her and the tower. One of them brought down his ax, and Wendy clashed with the Keyblade. She swung and clashed with another ax, and a third struck at her. She cartwheeled away, the ax hitting the ground and leaving a mark on the floor. The same Card of Spades swung his ax up, and clashed with the Keyblade being held vertical. The two others clashed back and forth with Wendy, who held her Keyblade sideways to block both axes at once. The third Card of Spades charged at Wendy, but she jumped over him and performed a downward slash, turned around to slash the other, and gave a horizontal slash at the last one.

All of the Card Soldiers had fluttered to the ground, knocked unconscious. Wendy turned to the tower and slammed the Keyblade multiple times into the crank tower, each strike creating a crack in the solid concrete and lowering Alice's cage to the ground.

"GET THEM, YOU FOOLS!" the Queen's roar was loud and powerful enough to snap all of the Card Soldiers out of their slump. "QUIT JOKING AROUND!"

The Card Soldiers saw Wendy, Donald, and Goofy hacking away at the other cranks of the tower. They grabbed their axes and spears and stalked towards them. The trio sensed their presence and engaged with the revitalized Card Soldiers, luring them away from the tower. With quick dodging and fierce counterattacks, the Card Soldiers were knocked down again, but the Queen's incessant yelling brought them back to action. Within two minutes of dancing with cards, Wendy, Donald, and Goofy were showing signs of fatigue.

"I don't understand!" Wendy panted. "They keep getting up every time we beat them! As long as they're around, we can't focus on the tower!"

"Those Card Soldiers are driven by fierce loyalty towards their queen," Carla pointed out. "By the mere sound of her voice, they instantly regain their strength."

"That's it!" Wendy brightened with an idea. "The Queen's giving the orders! If we distract her, we'll easily take out the guards!"

"How are we gonna do that?" Goofy asked.

"Leave it to me," Wendy smiled. "I'll make this count."

"I hope you know what you're doing," Donald tensed. "Those playing cards are putting us in a pickle!"

"We got them, Your Majesty!" The Card Soldiers trapped Wendy's group in a circle, their axes and spears at the ready. "We got them surrounded!"

"Excellent!" the Queen smiled in satisfaction. "And now, it's off with their heads!"

"That's what you think!" Wendy smirked. She pointed her Keyblade and performed her new spell, "Blizzard!" A flurry of icy crystals flew out, hitting each of the Card Soldiers, causing them to shiver uncontrollably. "Now, Carla!" She was flown up in the air by Carla, away from the Card Soldiers and towards the Queen's bench, leaving Donald and Goofy to contend with them.

"You dare oppose me?! I'll show you how a queen fights!" the Queen decided to get involved in the brawl by casting a magic heart-shaped projectile from her fan which missed its mark. Carla dropped Wendy in front of the bench, and the white Exceed proceeded to fly around the Queen's head. The irritated and hot-tempered ruler of Wonderland tried to swat Carla away with her fan, "YOU MANGY FELINE! GET AWAY FROM ME! GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU—"

"Sky Dragon's Roar!" To add insult to injury, Wendy breathed a tornado blast, and Carla flew away just in time to let the attack knock the Queen over her head, exposing her heart-patterned bloomers! The Card Soldiers immediately caught wind of the situation and quickly ran over to check on their beloved queen, abandoning Donald and Goofy. "Blizzard!" With the opposition distracted, Wendy fired more icy crystals, striking the inattentive Card Soldiers and knocking them down again.

"Let's go!" Wendy, Donald, and Goofy cried vigorously, and continued their work on the crank tower. A chunk of the roof was destroyed, and then another, and then another, until the tower was completely shattered to pieces with one final swing of the Keyblade. Eventually, the flamingo head holding up Alice's cage dropped to the ground.

The Queen of Hearts recovered from her state, shaking her head dizzily. She was even angrier at Wendy for hitting her, even though she herself threw the first punch. "Why, you..." Before she could finish, she heard the sound of a curtain pulling back. The Queen turned and saw, to her absolute dismay, that the cage was empty! "She's... She's gone!"

Everyone else turned to the cage, and they were completely shocked as well. "GONE?!"

"You're too late, fools! Alice is ours!"

They stopped dead in their tracks when the same sinister voice crawled its way into the courtroom. "It's that voice again! Who are you? Did you do this?!" Wendy demanded.

"What we do is none of your concern, Keyblade master. Instead, you should enjoy your final moments. Your time in Wonderland will be the last thing you'll ever have before I close your eyes forever! And she will soon follow... I will have my revenge..."

"She?" Wendy grew puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Farewell, fools!" A diabolical laugh was all that remained of the voice before it disappeared, leave behind a twinge of uneasiness in its wake.

"That creepy voice guy must've kidnapped Alice while we were fighting," Donald assumed.

"I believe so. He must be the one who masterminded this chain of events," Carla pondered.

"YOU FOOLS!" the Queen slammed her fists on the bench, yelling at the Card Soldiers. "You call yourselves my royal guard?!"

"Y-Y-Y-Your Majesty, I-I-I-I-I can explain," the Card Soldier in charge of Alice's detainment stammered nervously. "I-I-I-I-I just looked away for a moment, a-a-a-a-and..."

"Somebody's head will roll for this!" the Queen shook her fan furiously, and the Card Soldiers stood at attention. "Find the one who's behind this! I don't care how!" They all scattered in various directions at the Queen's orders to search for the missing defendant.

Wendy's group decided they should do the same thing. Carla suggested, "Alice may still be out there. We must go."

Wendy affirmed, "Yeah!"

Goofy approved, "You got it!"

On the other hand, Donald was sighing in exasperation that they had to solve another mystery. He muttered, "Here we go again."