Disclaimer: I own nothing except the awesome weapon I give myself in this chapter because Jen conveniently left me weaponless. I don't even technically own the plot or the whole title. As Sarah is so conveniently reminding me.
Also, I have to give tons of credit to my best friend and editor Sarah, because without her this story wouldn't have been so good. So thanks Sarah. ;D
Chapter 7: The Annoying Transvestite
"COURT IS NOW IN SESSION!" The loud yell rang out across the small garden/courtroom place we had just stepped into. I glanced over at the White Rabbit, where the yell had originated, but something else caught my attention in the center of the room. A very loud, irritating, red and black, something. The Queen of Hearts, whom I cannot stand, was sitting on a raised podium and glaring down at Alice, who was standing with her back to us on another raised podium, though this one was lower than the Queen's.
We stood in a heart shaped hedge archway, flanked by two card soldiers. Heather, Veena, and I were standing towards the front of our gang, so I had to keep watching the stupid no-good…sorry, off-topic. I crossed my arms and glared at the Queen. I really wanted to find some duck tape and rope, and tie her up in a closet, but that was probably illegal. Still, when did I care if it was legal in Wonderland? Just, then, as I was planning my elaborate capture of the Queen of Hearts with a small smirk on my face, Jenny came up beside me, and she kinda made it clear by her posture that she was there to stop me from doing anything "drastic". Dang.
I heard Jenny murmur something under her breath, but I couldn't tell what it was she said. All I heard was "court", "Alice", and "take" and I didn't feel like expending the energy to figure out the rest. Plus, she kept fidgeting, and it really wasn't helping my mood.
"Why am I still on trial?" This was Alice, and she directed it towards the White Rabbit, but of course, the Queen of Hearts had to answer for him.
"BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVEN'T GIVEN BACK MY HEART!" Honestly, not only is the Queen annoying and loud, but she's not very bright either, and that's putting it nicely. Obviously Alice doesn't have her heart, because if her heart really was missing, she'd be a heartless. I wanted to say something along those lines out loud, but I really didn't want to cause the Queen to go on another "off with their head" spree.
"I told you before, it wasn't me!" Alice tried defending herself.
"SILENCE!" The Queen roared, pounding her fist on the table. Is it even possible for her to talk in a normal-ish voice?!
I heard someone step over to Jenny, and the two started whispering together. It sounded like the other voice was Riku's, but the was about all I could make out, since I was two busy listening to the Queen rant and rave about how Alice had stolen her heart, with Alice trying in vain to defend herself.
"IT MUST BE YOU! I SAW YOU DO IT!" The Queen pointed her pudgy finger at Alice.
"But I haven't got-"
"NONSENSE! YOU STOLE MY HEART!"
"I only just got here, it couldn't-"
"YOU ARE THE CULPRIT! WITHOUT A DOUBT!"
"Ask the Cheshire Cat, he'll tell you!"
"THERE IS NO SUCH ANIMAL! YOU'RE LYING!"
I was about ready to step in and stop this ridiculous trial, but someone else beat me to it.
"HOLD IT!" Jenny shouted, right next to my ear. I grimaced from her volume, and rubbed my ear as I stepped slightly to the side, since I knew Jenny wasn't done yelling.
"YOU'RE NOT THE QUEEN OF HEARTS!" I experienced a whole range of emotions in the span of about three seconds, including shock, anger, and denial. I couldn't even stand the fake queen, so what would I have done if it was the real one…??
Then the apparently fake Queen of Hearts looked at us with a very uncharacteristic smirk on her face.
"Took you long enough." She said in a very…masculine drawl. The Queen of Hearts melted away to reveal…
"Axel." Riku spat the name like it was poison, drawing his sword and stepping in front of Jenny. "What do you want?" The only emotion I was experiencing was disgust that anyone would disguise themselves as the Queen of Hearts and do a realistic impression of her, let alone a guy.
The pyromaniac Nobody scoffed and gave Riku a look that said 'duh'. "Same thing I wanted last time," he growled.
"Leave her alone!" someone snapped. Oh, wait, it was me. It seems I had finally gotten over the fact that Axel had disguised himself as the Queen of Hearts… aw, who am I kidding, I'll never get over that. At least I could function normally now…
"Hmm, it seems like I may have to fight you," Axel said, trying to look bored. Jenny looked like she was imagining strangling him…or at least some invisible version of him.
"NO DUH, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT US! WE'RE NOT LETTING YOU TAKE JEN!" Heather yelled, notching an ice arrow in her bow and training it on Axel.
"Oh, that will happen whether you want it to or not," he replied, still trying to appear confident and bored. "It all depends on how long it takes for her to give up." 'Huh? Give up what? Why did he want her?' I wondered.
"Huh?" I guess I wasn't the only one thinking along these lines.
He shot Jenny an icy look that would have made most girls fear for their lives. "She knows what I mean. Isn't that right?"
She stared coolly back at him, which is shocking as we had two huge pyros giving cold/icy looks. "I will never give in to the darkness, so you can just shut your trap and go away," she confidently retorted. He sighed dramatically. Like a Drama Queen. Er, King. Whatever. ...Drama Queen of Hearts?
"I had hoped that this would be easier." His chakrams appeared in his hand with a barely heard poofing sound. "Guess we have to do this the hard way," he growled lowly, making fangirls worldwide squeal and melt into fangirlish puddles of goo, though we may have been about to die. Dang.
He summoned masses of Heartless, some of which shouldn't have been seen in Wonderland, and the battle began.
Heartless attacked us all from every angle imaginable. I prepared to strike with my bare hands, well, gloved hands. Much to my surprise, a sword of crystal ice formed in my hands. I allowed myself a moment to marvel at the weapon before spinning around and slicing the nearest heartless in half. But another two replaced it. I continued obliterating the heartless, but then I heard Jenny screaming at Axel behind me. I had unknowingly worked my way through the masses of Heartless that had separated out group so I was now quite close to Jenny. I listened warily while fending off the ceaseless attacks from Heartless.
"Why are you doing this? Why am I so important?" she yelled. I heard her crack her whip at the ready.
"It's not you that's important," he hissed. "It's what you carry inside you." I knew that Sarah was listening and cringing at Axel's choice of wording. I almost heard Heather and Veena blanch. I shuddered.
"What…my heart?" she wondered aloud. God, do we hope so…
This got me worried, so I spun around and tried to help, but more Heartless blocked my path. They seemed intent on keeping me from helping Jenny, so all I could do was watch and protect myself from the Heartless attacks.
He advanced slowly on her, saying, "We need it, and will do anything to get it." She spun, obviously checking for emergency escape routes, but she was surrounded. Axel reached out and wrapped his hands around her neck.
She screamed bloody murder, which chilled me to my bones. She was clearly in pain, skin burning at every place he touched her, and I could only watch in horror, still not able to break through the guard of Heartless. She convulsed in utter pain, not noticing anything left in the world around her as the pain consumed her body.
He whispered something horrid in her ear that made her eyes tear up even more than his touch had. Her eyes snapped open and I gasped. Her normally green eyes were now glowing a deadly electric purple.
"NOOOOOO!" She screamed, releasing a wave of hateful purple energy. The shockwave pushed Axel away and spread through the garden, destroying every Heartless it touched. It passed harmlessly through me, but my new crystal sword shattered, and I shielded my eyes to keep the shards from blinding me.
I opened my eyes after the ice fragments had stopped raining down. Jen had dropped to her knees and was gasping as she looked in horror at her palms. Her entire body was burned with the same symbol of every Heartless: small hearts with spikes and bold "X"s slashed through them. Each and every one glowed the same sickly purple as her eyes and the shockwave had.
Riku dashed over to her and blanched at the sight of her scorched skin. His worry melted into fury the likes of which I doubt I'll ever see again. He whirled on Axel, who just smirked. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER??" he roared in outrage.
"Just gave her a little reminder," the red-head growled. He stood and summoned a dark portal. "Remember what I said. It will come whether you want it to or not," he barked. He began an attempt to step through the portal, but a huge wave of earth sprang up in front of it. His look went from anger and victory to shock and even more anger.
"You aren't going anywhere till we get some answers," said an all-too-familiar male voice. He was soft spoken, but his words held unimaginable power. Every single head snapped in the direction of the voice and I think I wasn't the only one whose hope swelled at the familiar face of our hero. It was…
"Eric?" Jenny asked dumbly. There he stood, restraining Axel as if he hadn't just fallen through a video game and sustained new super-powers.
SO that's the official end of Jenny's chapter 5. Yes, I know I dragged it out for three chapters. I did it on purpose. And I know I said I'd be redoing the first few chapters, but I had to finish this first. I will eventually redo those chapters, because they are really bugging me. Also, I already re-uploaded Chapter 5: I'm confused but they are minor changes and do not effect the plot.
Sarah: Hey guys, I decided to finally respond to the fact that Jill is thanking me for beta-ing. You're welcome Jill! Where would you be without me? Full of typos, no doubt. Just kidding.
(still Sarah) By the way, you people better review. gives emo-glare that scares even Zexion I will hunt you down if you don't. Oh, and I won't get Jill off her butt and wake her up to write the next chapter. She resents that, but again, just kidding. Or am I...?
(This is Jill now) So please review!!!!! ('cuz she is really mean when she wakes me up at the ungodly hour of noon...she did it today, actually...don't you want to see that? Review and she might help me pull more pranks! hint, hint) And that emo-glare is not to be taken lightly or reckoned with, either. She really is scary...