Crona in Wonderland

*Do not own Soul Eater or anything having to do with Soul Eater

*Notes*: Fem Crona and will loosely follow the EXACT story of Alice in Wonderland (No adaptation is the same).

Chapter 5: Jabberwocky...

Am I there yet? Am I there yet? Am I there yet? Am I there yet? That was the sentence that kept repeating in Crona's head. It felt like she had been treading this path for hours. The Duchess didn't give her false directions, did she? We'', then again, she did say to keep heading straight and straight until Crona would EVENTUALLY find it.

Now that she thought about it, Crona looked around and saw no sight of that long wall that the Duchess had said to keep an eye out for. And the Duchess said that was a sign that Crona was definitely going the right way, so is it possible that she somehow HAS gone off track? But how? She had been walking straight the whole time, unless it really was just far away.

Crona eventually stopped and leaned against a tree for a moment; she was so tired. it felt like she had been walking forever and she was getting hungry again, if only she could find something that wouldn't change her size.

She looked up at the sky. "I never thought I'd say this but I wish Ragnarok was here. At least he'd be able to let me fly."

She looked around and got off the tree. She started walking again. "How much longer is this going to take?" she asked herself tiredly. She had nearly forgotten that she was wearing this puffy black dress, at the very least it kept her legs cool.

As she walked a little longer, she could slowly start to feel her eyes grow more and more tired. She did wake up in the middle of the night before entering this world and has not had sleep since, so it makes since that she would be growing tired.

She tried her hardest to stay awake but as she walked she could not stop herself and ended up falling asleep. But as her consciousness slipped away and her body fell to the ground, she was soon reawaken immediately once she hit her head on something that felt like rock.

The instant the two collided, Crona shot back up and covered her hands over her throbbing head. "OW!" she cried out. It took her a moment to open her eyes. She was at least glad to not feel any blood but DAMMIT did that hurt.

She got down on her knees and tried not to cry. Ragnarok may have hit her sometimes but that was solid rock she just hit. As her eyes opened they soon widened and she instantly forgot the pain as she saw just what was in front of her.

The Wall!

Or at least she assumed it was the wall, what other long ass walls are lying around? Crona stood back up and regained her composure as she took a look and noticed that the wall indeed looked limitless like the Duchess told her.

She sighed in relief. "Good, maybe now I things can go faster..." she said to herself as she started walking again. As she walked along side the wall, she placed a hand on her head to cope for the pain that she just remembered.

Crona continued to walk and walk starting to hope that she wasn't going to have to follow this supposedly endless wall all the way to the end. She looked ahead and saw no sign of the end of not only the wall but anything. This forest seemed to stretch on forever.

Crona actually stopped for a moment and looked on ahead just to make sure she couldn't see anything. As she stood squinting her eyes at the distant road, a familiar aura made itself known. Crona felt a horrifying feeling wash over her, a very familiar, very recent feeling.

It was that feeling of death that she had felt twice already in this world; the feeling that those she has talked to give off before she leaves them. She slowly turned around as the feeling got stronger and her fear thickened. Slowly yet eventually she jerked herself around to come face to face with...nothing...

"Huh?" she wondered aloud. She knows she felt something and it was to overwhelming to just be her imagination. But regardless, she actually couldn't feel the presence anymore. "Maybe...maybe it WAS just my imagination..." she said to herself with her eyes growing bored.

She turned back around and began following the wall again...

About ten minutes and Crona was still at it. Supposedly endless? No! This wall WAS endless! Crona was getting very tired, which she already was to begin with. She turned her head back in forth hoping in vein that she could spot the castle.

She stopped far too tired to continue. She had to take a small nap if she was to continue. She looked next to herself and eyed the wall, it may not be comfortable but it was the best thing to lean back against for right now since all the trees where behind it and on her other side was just a endless field of grass.

So she got down and leaned against the wall with her eyes beginning to close as she did. Soon she fell asleep but it was a much shorter nap than she would like as she was instantly awoken by the dark presence she felt earlier. It grasped her like a hand around her throat and she pulled away from the wall as fast as possible.

As she stood up, she was hit on the head by something, something that felt like a stick. What followed was a very unwelcomed voice. "FOOL!"

...

Crona turned around and saw the most horrific thing that she would ever meet in her life. The things her mother put her through, Ragnarok's beatings, the kishin, and everything else that Crona was afraid of were child's play compared to this...

Ladies and gentlemen...Excalibur...

Crona's eyes widened at the tiny creature she was looking at. Of all the creatures she has met in this world, he was by far the strangest. Now remember (wonderland or not) Crona never met Excalibur in the anime or the manga, so she is going to have an interesting next few minutes.

He rose his cane and pointed it to her face. "FOOL!"

"E-excuse me...?" she asked confused.

"FOOL!" he shouted still aiming his cane at her face.

"Why do you keep saying fool?" she asked gently pushing the cane away from her face.

After a few moments of awkward silence, Excalibur put his cane down and spoke something other than FOOL. "What are you doing sleeping against my wall which I sit upon everyday?"

"Your wall...?" she said confused. She didn't think such a land mark could belong to any one person...or thing.

"I'm sorry, I-"

"FOOL!" he shouted interrupting her.

"Um, sorry? I'm not a fool..." she said stepping back a bit.

"Of course not. For you are clearly a fare maiden. Which is why I ask of your lying against my wall."

"What does that have to do with-"

"FOOL!" he cut her off yet again.

She got a little mad. "Why would you say I'm not a fool if you're going to call me one anyway?" she tried to hide her irritation.

Even though he was being quite rude to her, Crona realized that she could ask him if she was going the right way. That is, if he would be quiet long enough for her to ask. "Um...mister, could I ask you something...?"

He looked at her with a questioning look, or as much as his nearly non existent face could show. "Alright but make it quick, I have many thing to be done as you can clearly see." he pointed all around as if Crona was suppose to se something besides the wall, grass, road, and trees.

"Um, well, you see I'm looking for-"

"FOOL!"

"WHAT?!"

"You took to long. I said make it quick." he started walking down the wall away from her.

"Hey?!" she followed him. "Not to be rude but how on Earth was that enough time to ask my question?" he didn't answer her and instead kept walking, what an asshole.

Crona was always so shy and timid and things usually scared her easily, but this guy was just pissing her off. "HEY! I JUST WANT DIRECTIONS TO THE QUEEN'S CASTLE!" she covered her mouth. She raised her voice like that unless in battle.

He turned around. "Oh, hello young madam. What can I do for you?"

"Wait, WHAT!?" did he just forget that quickly.

Crona tried to calm down before speaking again. "Well, sir, I am trying to get to the Queen's castle and I would be ever so grateful if you could give me directions if you know the way."

He didn't answer right away. Crona felt herself starting to get mad again. She was about to speak again but the moment she opened her mouth, he finally decided to speak up. "Yes, I know the way to the Queen's castle." he said doing a standard Excalibur pose.

Crona's eyes gleamed as she smiled. "REALLY?! Then can you tell me if I'm going the right-" he interrupted her yet again.

"But why would you want to go she her? For you see, my legend begins in the 12th century. I am a much more admirable figure."

"Wait...What...?"

"Then again, the Queen does hold the most authority."

"I just want-"

"But I am so much more amazing than she."

"Okay, but-"

"Although she is quite charismatic herself."

"Well then can you-"

But you see, I am the Holy Sword known as Excalibur."

"Holy what-"

"Fool!"

"I dare you to say that one more time-"

"FOOL! Don't speak to me unless you have something to say."

"What!"

"I don't know if you know this or not but I am the Holy Sword EX-"

"SHUT UP, DAMMIT!"

He instantly turned his head to her. Crona's face was lit red from anger and embarrassment. She has never been so mad, nor has she ever shouted so loudly, especially out of anger.

Excalibur was silent. Crona tried to calm herself down. She looked at him looking calm but her face was still red. "Okay, I'm sorry for yelling, but unless you'll tell me right now if I'm going the right way to the Queen's castle, then I'm walking away..."

"...I have no idea."

"YOU SAID YOU DID!" Crona's rage came shoot back like gasoline on fire. "That's it!" she began to walk away. Excalibur watched silently as she walked away and continued to follow the wall.

"If you want to know that bad, then I'll tell you."

Crona slowed her walking but she did not turn around. "You just said you didn't know, make up your mind."

"I was merely testing you."

"For what? To see if my lungs work?"

"To answer your question, you are going the right way."

"She turned around and looked at him surprised that he was speaking normally. "Really?" she said with genuine curiosity.

"Yes and-" he stopped and turned his head towards the forest.

Crona looked at him confused. She was about to ask him what was wrong, but she too soon felt the dark vibrating evil energy. She fearfully turned her head towards the forest as the sound of what seemed to be trees crashing got closer and closer.

The noise got louder and closer with each second causing Crona's fear to build and build. Just what on earth was coming. It's presence was crushing her and that's when she realized, could this be the actual thing that she sensed earlier?

Just when Crona was ready to duck and prepare for the worst, the noises stopped. her eyes widened with confusion. She turned to Excalibur. "Um...What was that..." she asked fearfully.

Yet again he did not answer.

She looked at him angrily. "Hey? Didn't you hear me?"

He remained silent.

"Hey I'm trying to-"

"IT'S THE JABBERWOCKY!" he screamed as he turned to her.

Crona's eyes widened. "The what?!"

Before either of them could say anything else, a menacing three eyed monster clad in long dull scarves, grey dead-like skin, and long black pants jumped right in front of them, crushing several trees in the process. It looked at them with eyes of flame. Crona screamed in fear and fell backwards on her rear from the shear power she was sensing from him.

"WHAT IS THAT THING!?"

"IT'S THE JABBERWOCKY, FOOL!" before anything else could be done, the Jabberwocky swung its claws at Excalibur, knocking him on to the other side of the wall. Crona could not see him and all she could here was a splatting sound, like an egg that had been thrown against a wall. The beast then looked at Crona.

She screamed and instantly tried to run away. She didn't look back and as she kept running all she could here was the terrifying shrieks of the monster as it flew through the tulgey wood. She kept running and running never stopping, never leaving the wall, and never ceasing to here the Jabberwocky's roar. As she ran, she was eventually halted by, not the Jabberwocky, but instead she had came to where the sidewalk ends and fell off a small cliff into more of the immense forest.

She did not fall high enough to get injured, especially since she first landed in a tree in which she gently (and roughly) slid down to the ground. The jabberwocky watched in hate as it's meal got away.

Crona took a moment to get up. As she did, she looked around and saw that there was no more monster, but also no more wall. "Oh no!" she said getting back on her feet. "Now I'll never find the castle! What if I fell to far from where the road is as well!?" Crona was very worried. It didn't feel like a long fall, but without being able to fly like normal and not knowing where the road was, how was she suppose to know which way to go?

She started to walk around and look to see if she could find anything that remotely resembled civilization, but she found nothing. She would have broke down and given up, but suddenly she heard something.

But this was not the screams of the Jabberwocky, but instead it sounded like...music.

She tried to listen to for where ever it was coming from and followed the sound to god know where...

Another chapter done. The next one is one I have really been looking forward to writing so I hope you will all enjoy this and the next one. Wonder if anyone will spot the Jabberwocky poem references that I snuck in to the text. Also, I know it should be obvious, but Excalibur was Humpty dumpty and the Jabberwocky was Asura. Please comment.