A/N: So much for hurrying, huh? Yeah, I deserve it if you guys are mad at me. I've just been so busy lately! With all the school, my vacation, and various other things, I haven't had any time to do anything! Much less update a story that I know everybody's waiting for an update to. I promise you, I'm updating the best I can. Ok? Thanks.

Disclaimer: Same ol' disclaimer again. I still don't own KH, but I own Kupo and the Spike Blade.

Chapter 10. (wow!)
On Trial

The group turned in time to see a table and a couple of chairs become 3-D. On top of the table were the two bottles the doorknob was talking about.

"Which one should we use?" Gizmo asked.

"Neither," Kupo said as the other four looked at her in surprise. "They could be poisoned, for all you know!"

"They aren't poisoned, trust me," the doorknob said with yet another yawn.

"Well, I don't see you drinking one!" Kupo pointed out.

"Um, Kupo, lets not fight with the doorknob, ok?" Sora whispered, fearing what his friend might do to the poor thing if it made her angry.

The girl crossed her arms and muttered, "Fine..."

Sora seemed a bit surprised at how easily his friend backed off, but didn't say anything. Instead, he walked over to the table and picked up a bottle.

"I hope the doorknob's right," the boy whispered to himself as he took a small drink. Before he knew it, he was tiny and was looking up at four giants. "Whoa!"

"Weird..." Kupo said as she looked down at the now tiny Sora.

"My turn!" Gizmo shouted as he grabbed the bottle and took a big gulp.

Goofy caught the bottle just as Gizmo began to shrink and took a drink himself. Donald grabbed the bottle from Goofy and attempted to drink it, considering he has a duckbill. Finally it was Kupo's turn. The girl looked down at the bottle in her hand with disgust.

"What's wrong?" Sora called.

"I'm not drinking this!" She said as she set the bottle back in place. "Who knows what all's been in your mouthes!"

"Just wipe it off," Gizmo shouted.

The girl looked back at it and sighed. The things she did for the worlds... She wiped it off and took a quick sip. It did the trick. She shrunk to the size of her friends.

"Sora, you do know that I'll beat you up if I stay this size, don't you?" She threatened.

He laughed nervously and began walking towards a hole in the wall. He'd go almost anywhere to get away from Kupo when she's angry. Right now was one of those times.

"You think he knows where he's going?" Goofy asked Donald quietly.

"No way," Donald replied. "As far as I know, he's never been here before."

"Should we follow him?"

"I suppose," Donald said as he began walking. "The king did tell us not to lose these two."

"You're right," Goofy followed his duck friend.

The small group walked through the hole in the wall and ended up in a black tunnel. It smelled like a basement and the roof was low, so they had to walk bent over. It seemed almost like an eternity before Sora took the first step out of the tunnel and onto healthy green grass. The sun was so bright he almost had to shut his eyes.

"Court is now in session!" Came a familiar voice.

"I'm on trial? But why?" Questioned a girl.

Finally, Sora could open his eyes enough to see what was going on. He and his friends were surrounded by tall green bushes. A "throne" and a small stand stood on one side of them along with a small blue cage.

"Her majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding!" The small white rabbit the group had seen earlier said.

"What, are we playing cards?" Kupo asked quietly. But just as she said that, a card walked by. "Never mind..."

What kind of weird world is this? Sora thought as the fat queen spoke.

"This is the culprit, there's no doubt about it!" She said. As she spoke, her body seemed to jiggle. "And the reason is...because I say so! That's why!"

"That's so unfair!" The girl on trial cried desperately. Her blonde hair was held back by a black hair-band and she wore a blue dress that fell just below her knees along with a white apron. She also wore black shoes that looked like they had just been bought along with white stockings.

"Haven't you anything to say in your defense?" The Queen of Hearts questioned.

"Of course!" She cried. "I have done absolutely nothing wrong! You may be the queen, but that doesn't give you the right to be so-so mean!"

"Is that the best she can come up with?" Kupo whispered.

"Silence!" The queen shouted so loudly that Kupo thought the queen was talking to her. "You dare defy me!"

"Hey, guys! We should help her out!" Sora's good nature kicked in.

"Yeah, but we're...uh..." Donald hesitated.

"We're outsiders," Goofy stated and then added. "So wouldn't that be muddling?"

"Meddling!" Donald corrected.

"Yeah," Goofy agreed. "And that would be against the rules."

Before Sora or Kupo could speak up, the queen spoke first. "The court finds the defendant guilty as charged!"

"But why!" The blonde cried.

"For crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart!" She shouted.

A light went on in Sora's head. He knew who would try to steal some one's heart, even a mean old queen's heart, and it wasn't the girl on trial.

Kupo knew it too. Even though she thought this girl was too girly, she didn't want her to be punished for something she didn't do.

"OFF WITH HER HEAD!" The queen screamed as loud as possible.

"Oh no!" The girl pleaded. "Oh please!"

Sora motioned for Kupo to follow him as he ran in front of the queen.

"Hold it right there!" He shouted.

"Who are you!" She asked.

"Never mind that!" Kupo said quickly. "We know who the real culprit is!"

"Yeah!" Goofy said once he reached the two. "It's the Heartl-" he quickly covered his mouth to stop himself from saying it.

Kupo looked back at Goofy and shook her head. Who knew what would happen if he had let that one word slip out?

"Anyway," Sora continued, "she's not the one you're looking for."

"Nonsense!" The queen snorted. "Do you have any proof?"

Sora looked back at his friend and she shook her head. He sighed and said, "No, but-"

Before he could say another word, the blonde haired girl was locked in the blue cage.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Kupo started.

"Silence!" The queen shouted once more. "Bring back some evidence. Collect as much or as little as you please. But if you fail...it's off with your heads!"

She's determined to have somebody's head... Kupo thought as she scowled at the queen.

The small group took one last look at the blonde girl before they walked through that same dark tunnel that had brought them there.

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Stephanie sighed as they flew through space once again. It had long sense become boring. It had fascinated her the first time she had ridden on the back of a Heartless through space. But now she was bored.

"Where did you sense they were?" She asked.

"A world nearby," Blue Light replied. "I believe it's that one up ahead."

Stephanie looked ahead and saw a small spec. How he could tell she would never know, but she had to trust him. He probably knew more about this stuff than her.

The planet grew larger and larger with each passing minute. Finally, she was able to make out a weird looking planet with pink and green ground. This was too weird.

"Are you sure this is it?"

"I'm positive," he said.

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A/N: I feel so bad for not updating as recently as I had hoped... If you guys aren't upset about it, please let me know 'cause I feel like I'm letting you down. Ok? Thanks. R&R please.