Floor 4

Wonderland

Sora held up the next card that had the title "Wonderland" emblazoned on top. After stepping through the door the three of them emerged in what appeared to be a large and very colorful forest.

"Hey, somebody's coming," Goofy pointed at a figure moving toward them. Looking forward Sora saw that it was a small white rabbit.

"I'm late! I'm late!" the rabbit ran past them. "I'm dreadfully, awfully, late! The queen will roast me for dinner! If I'm late for the trial it'll be off with my head next!"

"What do you mean off with your head?" Sora demanded.

"Oh my fur and whiskers!" the rabbit ignored him. "I'll never make it!" The rabbit sped up his pace and was soon gone.

"Off with his head?" Sora turned to Donald and Goofy.

"For such a peaceful-looking place, it sounds pretty dangerous!" Donald examined. They all followed after the rabbit.


As Sora walked on the Heartless appeared. He summoned the Keyblade to him, which was in its usual Kingdom Key form, and got ready to fight. A Large Body and four Soldiers appeared. Before Sora could start his attack two new kinds of Heartless appeared. Two looked like large sunflowers with mean faces on them, these were called Creeper Plants. Next were two bouncy little things with a big trumpet horn where its mouth should be, they were called Crescendos.

Sora ran at them with the Keyblade raised and the four Soldiers surrounded him. One Soldier jumped at him but Sora twisted out of the way and sliced through the Solider right in mid-air. Sora was ready to turn and cut through another one of them but an incredibly loud noise rang out and Sora had to drop the Keyblade to cover his ears with both hands. Looking over he saw one of the Crescendos was blowing the noise out of its horn. Sora reached into his pocket and pulled Genie's card. Genie arose from it and blasted the Crescendo away.

Sora picked Genie's card back up and returned the Keyblade to his hand. He ran as fast as he could to the other Crescendo and sliced through it before it could start making that loud noise as well. When Sora turned around he saw that the Large Body was right in front of him. The Large Body threw its gut out and Sora was hit and thrown back. He landed right in front of the Creeper Plants. He was ready to fight them but saw that they were rooted to the ground.

"Looks like you won't give me any trouble," Sora grinned as he turned back to the Large Body and the Soldiers. But when he did this he felt something round and hard smack him in the back of the head. He turned back to the Creeper Plants to see that they were shooting large seeds at him. He dodged a few more seeds and ran up closer to then. He cut one of them in half with the Keyblade but the other one bit into his arm. He tried to shake it but its bite was too deep.

"Donald!" Sora threw out the card. Donald blasted the Creeper Plant with a Fire Spell then healed Sora's arm. Sora thanked him before he was returned to his card then turned back to the other Heartless. They were all much closer to him now and Sora had to dodge a swipe from a Soldier's claws. Sora countered and kicked the Soldier away from him. The Large Body started running at him and Sora had to jump out of the way. One of the other Soldiers jumped at him but Sora dodged and cut through it.

Sora ran and vaulted himself over the Large Body. Just as he was sailing over the Large Body's head it jumped up and knocked Sora out of the air. Sora landed on the ground and the two remaining Soldiers jumped on him. Sora summoned as much of his strength as he could and tossed the two Soldiers off of him. Then he ran forward and cut through both of them before they even hit the ground. Sora turned his attention back to the Large Body. He ran at it but instead of going over it as he usually did he rolled behind it instead then slammed the Keyblade into its back to kill it.


Sora, Donald, and Goofy walked into a large spot with walls of large plants. At the very back of the room was who they assumed was the queen flanked by two cards wielding a spear and an axe. In the center of the room was a girl with long blond hair wearing a blue dress.

"Gawrsh, looks like some kind of get-together. What's the occasion?" Goofy asked.

"Hey, this must be the trial the White Rabbit was talking about!" Donald said.

"Alice!" the White Rabbit stood on a large podium. "Do you understand the charges against you?"

"Of course not!" the girl, Alice, answered with a British accent to he voice. "I've done nothing wrong!"

"Feigning ignorance, dear?" the queen asked with a sneer. "You are charged with aiding the Heartless who threaten this kingdom!"

"Fiddlesticks!" Alice replied. "Where's the evidence?"

"The evidence is…" the queen stared blankly for a moment. "I forgot! That's the evidence! Because you, Alice are the one who stole my memory!"

"We can't rid the kingdom of the Heartless until we get Her Majesty's memory back," said the White Rabbit. "This is a serious crime!"

"This is so unfair!" Alice shouted. "So what if you're a queen! Don't blame me just because you can't remember things!"

"Such insolence!" the queen yelled. "You're talking to the Queen of Hearts! And I'd have let you go, had you apologized straightaway! What a brazen thief!"

"Who's the brazen one?" Sora suddenly interrupted. He ignored the looks of the guards and ran right up to the queen.

"Uh, Sora?" Goofy gave Sora a look as if he was crazy.

"The court has reached a verdict!" the queen slammed his fist down. "The sentence is death!"

"Hold it!" Sora yelled. "This trial is a farce! You should investigate before you arrest innocent people!"

"What is the meaning of this?" the queen asked, startled. "Are you saying Alice didn't steal my memory? I suppose you know who the real culprit is then!"

"Huh?" Sora asked. "Well, I…"

"Speak!" the queen yelled. "Or Alice's sentence will be carried out! Now, out with it! Who's the thief?" The queen had a smug look on her face as she watched Sora stumble with his words.

"I'm the thief!" he suddenly shouted to the shock of everyone.

"Say that again?" the queen said.

"Gawrsh, really?" Goofy asked in disbelief.

"Of course not!" Sora pulled Goofy and Donald in close. "But what else am I supposed to say?"

"Cards! Seize them all!" the queen shouted. Sora started to panic as nearly two-dozen guards started closing in on him. There were red cards with spears and black cards with axes. A red card tossed its spear at Sora who deflected it with the Keyblade. He had to jump back as two black cards attacked with their axes. Another card swiped at Sora with his spear and Sora blocked the attack. With a great shove of strength Sora knocked the spear from his hands and knocked the card out with the Keyblade.

"Goofy!" Sora held up the card and Goofy appeared. Goofy yelled out and used his Tornado attack, knocking out four cards. Sora prepared to fight more of the cards but wasn't prepared when all of them attacked at once. The Keyblade was knocked out of his hand and the cards had him trapped on the ground. He struggled as much as he could but the cards kept him on the ground.

"Get off of me!" Sora shouted but he couldn't overpower the cards. Shaking his head, Sora started to gather up what power he could. "I said get off!" He yelled and unleashed a shockwave of magic that blasted the cards off of him. He summoned the Keyblade back to his hand and knocked out the few cards that remained off their feet.

"Whew," Sora wiped away some the sweat on his forehead. He looked around with Keyblade still raised and made sure all the cards were knocked out.

"Hey!" Donald shouted. "Where's Alice?" Sure enough they all looked around and she was nowhere to be seen.

"Looks like she escaped," Goofy said.

"Perhaps she did," the queen sneered at them. "But you won't!" She motioned forward and a whole army came and surrounded them.

"I think we've been trumped!" Donald yelled.

"Run!" Sora tackled two cards out of the way and the three of them ran as fast as they could. The cards followed but weren't faster enough to catch them.


Sora, Donald, and Goofy searched all over the forest looking for Alice and at the same time avoiding the Heartless and the guards. They were finally able to catch up to her deep in the forest.

"Things got a little crazy back there, but at least you're okay," Sora said. Alice gave him a confused look and took a step back.

"I don't mean to be ungrateful but was that true, what you said? Are you the thief?" she asked hesitantly.

"What? Of course not!" Sora yelled quickly, sounding offended. "Why would I steal the queen's memory?"

"Yep, Sora only said that 'cause he wanted to save…"

"To show off!" Donald cut off Goofy's sentence.

"Is that right?" Alice asked. "Well, you saved me all the same. Thanks you, Sora." A loud laugh caught all of them by surprise and they turned quickly to see a weird purple cat in a nearby tree. "Oh, look! It's the Cheshire Cat!"

"Feeling better after that mad dash?" the cat asked. "You're not out of the woods yet!" He disappeared and reappeared in another tree. "The queen's a stickler for justice! She won't forget till she remembers! She won't stop hounding you till you get her memory back! Did she forget because she remembers? Does she remember that she forgot? Doesn't matter, I suppose."

"I don't know," Sora thought it over. "I think we ought to just stay away from her."

"That's all well and good for us, Sora, but what about Alice?" Jiminy asked. "If the queen catches her again, it's off with…well, you know."

"Then I guess we better do something about the queen," Sora nodded.

"You should do something," the Cheshire Cat spoke again. "But you don't have to do anything." He disappeared to another tree again. "If you can't remember something it's like it never happened. Likewise, if something never happened, you can't remember it. Try to hard to remember and your memory might lit to you."

"Lie?" Sora asked.

"That's all I'll say. The rest is for you to figure out." The Cheshire Cat laughed again and disappeared.


Sora, Donald, and Goofy along with Alice walked through the door. Suddenly instead of being in the forest they were inside a very large kitchen.

"Gawrsh, what's with the sudden change of scenery?" Goofy asked.

"Let's look around!" Alice said excitedly. She ran forward and out of sight. "Oh, dear!" They heard Alice shout and ran forward. In front of Alice was the queen, complete with an army of cards.

"Uh-oh," Sora said as he watched the cards carefully.

"Game's up scoundrels!" the queen shouted. "For stealing my memory I sentence you to…" Suddenly there was a bunch of bright flashes. "I sentence you to…I sentence…" The queen was dumbstruck. "Oh? What's going on? Where am I? What in the world am I doing?" She looked all around. "Confound it, I can't remember!"

"What's wrong with her?" Sora asked.

"Maybe somebody swiped her memory again?" Goofy offered. There were a whole bunch of flashes.

"Sora, watch out!" Alice shouted. "Something's coming!" Sora turned quickly to see the Trickmaster running at him.

"This must be what stole the queen's memory!" Sora yelled as he readied himself for a fight. The Trickmaster was much larger than he was and t his wouldn't be easy. Sora jumped to the side as the Trickmaster slammed one of his juggling sticks on the ground. He saw that the Trickmaster turned and was about to hit Alice with a stick. Sora ran as fast as he could and pushed Alice out of the way but he was hit by the attack. He started to get up but the Trickmaster kicked him across the room.

Sora got up quickly before the Trickmaster got to him. The Trickmaster slammed both of his sticks to the ground. Sora jumped out of the way and grabbed onto the Trickmaster's arm. He started to climb quickly and prepared to attack. The Trickmaster reached up with its other hand and grabbed hold of Sora. With a mighty toss Sora was sent flying across the room once again.

Sora flipped back up to his feet and ran at the Trickmaster. Sora dodged both attacks from the Trickmaster and cut into its leg. The Trickmaster roared in pain and kicked at Sora again. Sora dived out of the way this time and cut into the other leg as well. The Trickmaster finally fell to its knees. Sora jumped up onto the Trickmaster's arm again and used all of his strength with a swing of the Keyblade. With a loud tearing noise the Trickmaster's arm fell off and landed on the floor. The Trickmaster roared again, this time in anger, and slammed its juggling stick into Sora again.

Sora was struggling to get to his feet this time. The Trickmaster was all ready across the room and attacking again. Sora dodged as many as he could but the last one slammed into him. The Trickmaster dropped its stick and picked Sora up. Every one of the Trickmaster's faces grinned as he started to squeeze Sora. Sora summoned the Keyblade and used it to rip through the Trickmaster's hand. The Trickmaster released him and Sora hit the ground hard.

"Goofy!" Sora shouted out and held up the card. Goofy used his Rocket attack and went clean through the Trickmaster, destroying it. Sora shook his head, he had a serious sense of déjà vu.

"You there!" the queen shouted. "All of you! What is the meaning of this? Where did that Heartless come from?"

"How could we know?" Sora asked in desperation.

"So, you refuse to answer?" she suddenly accused. "You're hiding something! They're plotting against me! Seize them immediately!"

"Please, Your Majesty, wait!" Alice stopped her. "It was you who commanded us to destroy the Heartless." Both the queen and Sora gave Alice a shocked look. "Your Majesty, in her prudence, didn't completely trust us at first. And so, at Your Majesty's command, we fought the Heartless to prove ourselves. Isn't that right, Sora?"

"We did?" Sora asked and Alice gave him a stern look. "I mean, we did! Your, uh, Majesty."

"I told you to do that?" the queen asked.

"But Your Majesty, don't you remember?" Alice asked.

"Don't be ridiculous! I never forget anything!" the queen shouted. "Of course I gave the command. Alice, Sora, you did splendidly." With that the queen left and motioned for the cards to follow.

"Well, that was close," Alice sighed.

"Way to improvise!" Sora grinned. "I never would've thought of that."

"But the Cheshire Cat said as much," Alice told them. "Try too hard to remember and your memory might lie to you. The queen would never admit she forgot. So instead she remembered something that didn't happen! She ended up fooling herself." Sora thought for a moment gazing hard at the floor. "What is it, Sora?"

"It's nothing," he said looking back up with his usual big grin. "Well, I guess you'll be safe now."

"And that queen won't give us any more trouble!" Goofy said happily. "After all, we got rid of the Heartless, just like she commanded!"

"Don't tell me you've been fooled, too!" Donald yelled. Sora and Alice couldn't help but laugh.


Walking through the hallway of Castle Oblivion Sora stopped and let Donald and Goofy walk ahead of him.

"Who was that I remembered?" Sora wondered. "It wasn't Kairi. Was there, some else? What was her name again? I know it, it was…"

"Sora, snap out of it!" Donald yelled.

"What?!" Sora's head snapped up.

"Get a move on!" Donald yelled. "You want to find Riku and the king, don't you?"

"Well, yeah," Sora nodded and Donald walked back to Goofy. "Darn! It was on the tip of my tongue."