This was harder than expected. We're getting to the good parts though. I hope you enjoy, and remember that if I stayed with Kairi's original character she'd be really annoying and not as adventurous.

I don't own Kingdom Hearts.

Part 5

The House of a Friend

Kairi raced over desperately when she saw Sora scurrying around the house. He looked as bustled and worried as before. It pained her; she had never seen him look so worried or hurried. She approached him gently. He ran in and out of the house and around the house. When he spotted Kairi he raced to her. She almost screamed for joy that he had seen her; until he spoke.

"Mary Ann!" He exclaimed. He grabbed her hands. "Please! Help me!" He ran around her and back towards the house. She followed and froze.

"What did you call me?" She asked with her hands on her hips. "Sora, are you playing around?" She grabbed him by his shoulders and abruptly spun him around. He looked into her eyes for a second in confusion.

He stared and then kept going. "Go, go, go!" He exclaimed pushing her to the house.

"What's the bug rush?" she asked as he pushed her. She opened the door before he rammed her into it. He pushed her to the staircase. She grasped the rail and examined the house. It was painted a calming color with cozy, welcoming furniture. She started walking to one of the chairs, but Sora grabbed her arms and guided her up the stairs.

"Please!" He pleaded. "I'll be very very late if somebody doesn't help me!" He raced out of the house without an explanation. She chased after him.

"What do you need?" She called after him.

"Get my gloves," He called back over his shoulder, throwing open his garden gate. She ran inside, deciding to be a help. What are friends for? She climbed the stairs, trying not to trip over her clumsy dress. She opened the first door and searched inside. She opened drawers quickly while thinking.

Why was Sora in such a rush and why did he even come to Wonderland in the first place? He had suddenly become someone else. How did he know about Wonderland? What was he late for? He had seemed fine and relaxed when he had been the same Sora handing her the Alice in Wonderland book.

She searched through the whole dresser and no gloves. She looked on top and spotted a case. Maybe he was tidy enough to put his gloves in a special case. Then again, he might have been in such a big hurry last time, he could have thrown them anywhere- his room back at home was a lot messier than this one anyway.

She opened the golden case. She licked her lips when it was filled with cookies, similar to the one next to the bottom in the room before she entered Wonderland. She picked up one the cookies for a closer look. It felt like a thick but soft cookie with enjoyable icing. In pink icing it read: Eat me.

She closed her eyes, taking a small bite of the cookie. Her stomach rumbled as she tasted the cookie. She felt a sudden tight squeeze. She opened her eyes and reacted to the abruptly small environment. Her head almost popped the roof off the top of the house. She shot her arms out of the windows and her legs jutted out of the sides of the house.

It was an embarrassing and uncomfortable fit. She peeked her eyes out of house of the straining roof. Sora was frantically having a panic fit on his yard. He ran in circles with his hands on his head screaming. Coming down the road was a familiar face; the Dodo Bird. He strutted down the road eyeing the crazy Sora. She bit her lip as the Dodo looked up at her.

"Help!" Sora shouted at the Dodo Bird, hopping over the gate that bordered his yard. He ran over to the Dodo. "I'm late and I now have a monster in my house!" The Dodo opened the gate slowly and smiled.

He circled Kairi's foot and tapped it a couple times. When no one did anything she said, "I'm not a monster; I'm Kairi!" The Dodo looked up at her and shook his head. His response made Kairi realize he must have ignored her.

"I have an idea," he declared proudly. "We will burn the house down!" He nodded his head like it was a brilliant idea and was consumed in thought. Kairi shook her toes nervously and Sora leapt in protest.

"No, no, no!" He protested loudly. "We mustn't! That's my house!"

"Do you have a match on you?" The Dodo asked oblivious. "I'm all out at the moment." He turned out his pockets and shrugged. He reached over into Sora's pocket and pulled out a match.

Sora struggled to get the match out of his hand as he lit it. "Please don't!" Sora pleaded. It made Kairi want to rip the house open and help, but she knew she'd startle him. The Dodo grabbed some grass and placed it on the side of Sora's house. He walked over to the gate and ripped off a chunk of wood like it was bread.

He threw it on top of the grass and tossed the match in casually. Kairi panicked and tapped her toes. If she didn't do something fast Sora's house and herself was going to be burned. She reached over into Sora's sorted garden and pulled out a carrot. Sora went berserk and grabbed the carrot's root scolding her.

She shook it a bit and he fell off. She tossed over to her peep hole. It fell and she bit off an end. Instantly, she shrunk. She stretched her muscles and ran outside. She ran over to the content looking Dodo Bird. She stormed over to him.

"What's your problem!" She exclaimed. She pointed to the fire. "That's Sora's house!"

"I beg your pardon?" The Dodo asked placing his hand on his chest surprised. She walked over to the small fire and kicked it away from the house.

"Sora, get a bucket of water!" she commanded. Sora looked at her and shrieked. He ran over to a hose that was on the side of the house. He grabbed a nearby bucket and filled it. He ran over to Kairi, with his arms unsteadily carrying the water to her. He threw it to her and it landed on her and the fire.

She wringed her dress out as she heard the satisfying hiss of the dying fire. Sora wiped his forehead and held his hand out. Kairi stared at it.

"What?"

"My gloves," he demanded.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I couldn't find them," Kairi apologized. Sora's face stricken in fear and ran inside. Kairi ran in after him, but was almost run into by him. It had been downstairs all along. He dashed out the door and down the path.

The Dodo stood at the gate staring at Kairi. He tapped his fingers on the gate. Kairi walked past him without looking at him. Demyx or Dodo, he was an idiot to Kairi. She headed down the path, hoping to catch Sora. She was stopped by the Dodo.

She felt a tap on the shoulder. She scowled when she saw it was the Dodo. He held out a bottle.

"For your journeys," He offered. "If you ever get thirsty." She cautiously took the bottle. She looked at it. It was an innocent green bottle. He bowed politely and was off. "I hope your journeys are fun!"

She waved and ran into the continuing forest; but not without a drink first. She needed something to wash down the cookie. She took the top off and sniffed the opening and shrugged.

She drank and stopped when she watched the sky get bigger and the ground get closer. She threw the bottle before she was too small, and soon the grass was the forest.

Here come my favorite parts. Who will the Golden Afternoon, Caterpillar, Mad Hatter, and March Hare be? Of course won't do it all in one chapter but this is where we start snowballing. And there will me many more!

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