I like how I said this story is going to start getting close to the original Carroll text and now I have to tell you that I lied. Don't ever ask me to promise you anything, okay? I have commitment issues OTL

To make it worse, everybody's really out of character. Everybody. I just couldn't get it work as well as I thought I could it was so frustrating...

Anyways, I hope you all have a great New Year's Eve/ New Year depending on where you are in the world. Drink responsibly (if you are of legal age) and have fun!

One Piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda and Alice in Wonderland is owned by Lewis Carroll. I just fused the two together to see if I could re-create Gotenks. I couldn't.

There was a table set out under a tree. There were food, empty dishes, rum, and empty glasses everythere. Although it was a large table, there were only three occupants: Dracule Mihawk, Red-Haired Shanks, and between the two, Benn Beckman, who was fast asleep.

The second Shanks saw Luffy, he jumped to his feet. "Luffy! So good to see y-WAIT! Didn't we make a promise that we wouldn't meet again until you become a great pirate?"

Luffy jumped back. "Agh, you're right!"

Shanks looked around. "You never saw me!" he cried as he jumped into the bushes behind the table. A split second later, he re-emerged. "I'm taking some rum with me!"

"The drinks stay here," Mihawk coldly stated, taking a gulp out of his own mug.

The yonkou sputtered some sort of drunken slur before reluctantly setting down the alcohol. He brushed the leaves out of his hair. "Okay, Luffy, let's make a deal. I'm really drunk right now, so you're just a figment of my imagination. You're not really here, and neither am I."

"You're so far from sobriety you may as well not be here."

Shanks glared at Mihawk and his snide comment. "Who invited you, anyway?"

"You did. You said Benn was boring so you called me, demanding that I attend your happy hour."

"Oh that's right!" Shanks pulled out a pocket watch. "It's happy hour! Drink up, everybody! You too, Luffy. And help yourself to some food."

Luffy happily sat down and began shoveling food into his mouth. He tried to greet Benn but Benn had yet to awaken from his very deep slumber.

"Is Benn alright?" Luffy asked Shanks.

"Hm? Oh yeah, he should be okay. He may have had too much to drink. Oh, and some ghost yelling 'horohorohoro' ran right into him. Not sure if it's still in there," Shanks said as he knocked on Benn's head as if to check if anyone was home. He then pulled out his pocket watch again. "Oh well, no need to worry about him Luffy; it's happy hour, enjoy yourself!"

Needing no other invitation, Luffy helped himself to another mountain of food.

"So what brings you here, Luffy? And why didn't you bring any friends?" Shanks asked through a mouthful of food.

"I only brought Zoro but everybody else decided to come too, I guess," Luffy said. "There's a really neat garden here. Do you know how I can get in?"

Shanks chewed thoughtfully on his rum, stopped when he realized it was rum, and swallowed. "Well, I can tell you what NOT to do."

"What's that?"

"Do not sing to the queen. I didn't even finish the first verse when she just interrupted me and accused me of 'murdering the time!' And ever since then, Time always tells me that it's happy hour to cheer me up."

"Is that why there are some many dirty dishes and mugs everywhere?"

Shanks sighed. "Yeah, it's always happy hour so there's no time to wash anything. It's hard enough just trying to keep up with all the drinking."

"You do realize that the watch is broken and therefore, inaccurate?"

Shanks turned around to leer at Mihawk and his snide comment yet again. "I'm not talking to you anymore. I'll talk to Benn."

"Good luck with that; Benn is still asleep."

"Want to see if his head will fit in a mug?"

"..."

"I'll take that as a yes! Luffy, just head that way and you'll be in the garden in no time. And remember, this whole encounter never happened."

Luffy, being stuffed, decided that it would be a good idea to try and tackle the issue of getting into the garden again. After all, he thinks better on a full stomach. When he actually does think, anyway.

He continued walking until he found a door on a tree. Without a moment's hesitation, he tore it open and he was back in the corridor of locked doors, although it was considerably damper than the first time he was here. He looked around and the spot where Buggy used to be was now void of any barriers and he happily ran through it to where he finally came upon the beautiful garden.

And there you have it. The March Hawk was Mihawk, the Mad Hatter was Shanks, and Benn was the Dormouse. Yeah. I just couldn't understand their characters well enough to be able to bring this chapter the justice it deserves...So sad. I'll try not to disappoint for the next chapters...

In the original Carroll's text, the Mad Hatter had sang a weird version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to the queen. I was tempted to have Shanks sing something like Wedding Dress by TaeYang or Gee by SNSD lol Because Kpop is just so awesome~ Except after thinking about it, more and more other good songs popped up so I couldn't decide which one to do and decided that none will be added.

So who's left for a side story (I feel like these ending side bits are more entertaining than the main story, sometimes...)? Uhh let's pick Duval. He went off to pick up chicks only to be sorely disappointed because he came across none. Until he wandered to Garp's house, where up in the window on the second floor was a lovely pink-haired lady who goes by the name Perona. Duval decided that serenading to her from outside the window would be his best strategy but Perona was no interested and decided to shoot hollow ghosts at him every so often for entertainment. The end.

Thanks for reading this far, you guys. I'm rather surprised that y'all have taken the time to even open the link. I hope I can actually finish this story before winter break's over.