Alice picked up the bronze teapot curiously. 'Mmmmmm… I wonder how this work.'
Looking under the handle, she found a trigger and pulled it with a finger. The teapot started bubbling violently and steams pouring out from the lid. When Alice let go of the trigger, the teapot released a ball of hot tea and exploded on the rocky walls, leaving behind a smoking hole. Both Alice and Sora stared at it in wonder.
'Woah.' Sora said. 'Who knew tea can be that dangerous?'
Alice looked at where Donald and Goofy were fighting the Colossal Ruin and looked back at the teapot. She had an idea.
Alice pointed the teapot at the Ruin and shouted. 'Donald, Goofy, get out of the way.'
Donald cast a last fire spell before backing away while Goofy took cover behind his shield as the Ruin blew fire against his shield. Alice pulled the trigger and the teapot bubbled loudly once again, the whistling becoming louder and more steams coming out from the lid. Once she was sure that the teapot was at it full power, she released the trigger. The teapot vomited out a large glob of tea and flew towards the Ruin, splashing all over it. The Ruin screamed in agony and a giant white face surfaced on its body.
'Sora!' Alice shouted. 'Now's your chance!'
Sora nodded and pointed his key-blade at the face. He fired an arrow of light that hit the face and shattering it into tiny pieces. The Colossal Ruin roared in pain as it crashed down onto the ground and dissolved into the black substance all ruins were made from. With the Colossal Ruin gone, the party breathe easier. Alice smiled at the teapot.
'I think I will keep this.'
'You sure packing quite an arsenal.' Donald commented as he and Goofy joined them. 'Wish I have an apron like yours.'
Alice smiled and placed the teapot inside her apron. 'Let's find Caterpillar.'
'Erm…' Goofy narrowed his eyes as he looked further. 'I think my eyes are deceiving me but is that a smoking island over there?'
The group turned to where Goofy was indicating to and approached it, surprise written on their faces. Surrounding them was chaos with fire spewing out from the earth and ashes floating down. So when they saw a miniature grove with lust greens and a calm atmosphere, they were bewildered.
'What is this?' Sora asked, looking closer at it.
Alice studied it and murmured. 'An uncorrupted part of Wonderland.'
'Not as uncorrupted as you think.' A voice told them. 'But it is safe from the train and the destruction it bring with it. For now. Come join me my friends.'
Sora noticed a hookah next to the small grove. 'I'm not into smoking. Kairi made me promise not to touch any form of tobacco.'
'Same goes for me.' Alice said.
'I won't ask you to inhale.' Caterpillar told them. 'Let the smoke envelope you.'
Smoke suddenly surrounded them and the party found themselves shrinking as the chaotic world they were in slowly disappeared. When the smoke died down, they found themselves in a grove with lustful greens and bamboos with water as clear as crystals. Within the forest were obelisks with Japanese characters written on them. Sora, Donald and Goofy looked around in wonder as they took in the calm atmosphere.
'This is so relaxing.' Sora breathed in and breathing out, serenity on his face.
'Yeah.' Donald smiled while Goofy took in deep breaths as well.
'I've heard tales of the East from my father.' Alice commented. 'But I never thought it would be this beautiful.'
Sora opened his eyes and saw that Alice's dress had changed. Alice's dress was now mde of dark blue silk with pictures of pink and blue flowers and butterflies sewn on it. The collar folded together and on her white apron were symbols of Uranus and Pluto. Her dress resembles the traditional kimono found in Japan. Along with the dress she wore a necklace made of green jade, a pink and white stripped arm warmers along with her black tight boots.
Alice noticed Sora's stare. 'I have a feeling this is made from Caterpillar's own silk.'
'You look nice.' Sora commented.
Donald looked up and sighed. 'So much for a peaceful moment.'
Sora turned to Donald. 'What do you mean?'
Donald pointed. 'Looks like something's burning.'
Alice, Sora and Goofy looked up and saw smoke coming out from the forest. They also heard screaming too.
'Ruins?' Sora asked, conjuring out Kingdom Key.
'Or something else?' Alice asked and ran towards the screaming, Sora, Donald and Goofy following closely behind her.
They ran up the path, passed the bamboos and the obelisks until they came to a village. As soon as they entered the village, they were met with a massacre. Wooden huts were on flames and people resembling ants wearing straw hats and blue clothing were screaming in terror as they tried to run away. Causing all this havoc were wasps wearing yellow robes with a red rope tied around them and a white Oni masks with a vertical yellow line across it. They attacked the villagers with katanas and arrows, slaughtering any ants unfortunate enough to be in their way.
Sora ran forward with his Kingdom Key in his hands. 'Hey you yellow-belly insects! Fight someone your own size!'
The Samurai Wasps stopped attacking the villagers and hovered towards Sora, surrounding him. One of them slashed it katana in a downward swing but Sora merely blocked it and pushed his attacker away and swung Kingdom Key behind him, cutting down another Samurai Wasp. Alice pulled out her pepper grinder and started grinding, shooting down the surrounding Samurai Wasps and sending them down to the ground. This took away their air superiority over Sora. Those who were armed with bows and arrows and nocked their bows and aimed it towards Sora, only for their bows to be knocked from their hands by Goofy's shield. The shield flew in circle and returned back into Goofy's hands. Donald raised his wand at the now weapon less Samurai Wasps Archers.
'Thundaga!' he shouted.
Lightning bolts came down from the skies and electrocuted the archers, turning them into crisps. Sora continued to take out as many Samurai Wasps as possible, parrying blows after blows while dealing as much damage as he could. One of the Samurai Wasp sneaked behind Sora and raised it katana but before it could deliver the killing blow, Alice swung the Hobby Horse onto it: smashing the Samurai Wasp into a pancake. Alice yelled and swung the Hobby Horse into another wasp, breaking the mask and smashing its head. She and Sora joined back-to-back with weapons in their hands as more Samurai Wasps surrounded them
'Thanks for the save.' Sora said.
Alice just snorted. 'Do you normally charged into a fight impulsively?'
'Bad habit.' Sora grinned as he blocked an attack. 'But it work most of the time.'
'Most you say?' Alice said sceptically as she smashed a Samurai Wasp's legs before smashing it into a pulp. Sora smiled and slashed a Samurai Wasp in half.
It was not long until all the Samurai Wasps were dead on the ground, their bodies twitching slightly before becoming still. Sora and Donald wasted no time in casting spells that showered the burning houses with water, extinguishing the fire. When the fire died down, the Ant Villagers slowly came out from where they were hiding and gathered around the heroes. At a closer inspection, Sora realised that the ants were made out of paper.
'Thank you!' one of the villager shouted, bowing lowly. 'Thank you for saving us from those Wasps. You're our saviours!'
`Our saviours have come!' the villagers chorused together, bowing low to the group.
The group looked at the villagers in confusion. 'What do they mean by saviours?' Sora asked Alice.
Alice shrugged. 'I'm as confused as you are.'
Then an ant wearing robes of a monk broke from the circle and greeted them. 'Caterpillar had foretold a saviour will come to aid us but we never thought they be more than one.' He bowed. 'Our village elder is in the temple just up on the grove but be wary strangers, the Daimyo Wasp leads the vicious wasps and he is extremely powerful.'
'We shall see about that.' Sora smiled confidently.
The ants murmured in awe and left a gap for them to walk through. Sora, Alice, Donald and Goofy walked out of the village and the villagers waved their farewells as the heroes continued on to their journey.
'We finally made it.' Donald breathed loudly, leaning on his knee.
After climbing up the grove and passed more rivers and bamboos forests, the party reached an old temple made from ancient wood and covered in thatched roofs. White banners were displayed along the walls and wind-chimes hung just beneath the edges of the roofs. Between them and the temple was a gate made from the strongest and thickest wood, reinforced with metal plating.
'Looks like this temple had it shares of raids.' Alice commented, studying the door.
'Look on the bright side fellows.' Goofy grinned. 'At least those nasty warps are not attacking us anymore.'
Sora, who was also studying the temple, suddenly straightened up and strained his ears. 'Erm… Goofy… I think you spoke too soon. We got company.'
The party immediately pulled out their weapons and hurdled in a circle as they were once more surrounded by Samurai Wasps and Archers, their katanas shining dangerously in the sunlight and arrows pointed towards them.
'For once, can't we just enjoy a peaceful adventure without running into any fights?' Alice muttered as she readied the Vorpal Blade.
Sora grinned as Kingdom Key was raised in a defensive stance. 'Welcome to the club.'
One of the wasps hissed and they started attacking, raising or thrusting their swords onto the heroes. Sora and Alice went onto the offensive and dodged the sharp katanas, hacking and slashing any Samurai Wasps in their way. Goofy blocked sword blows and arrows, giving cover for Donald as Donald fired spell after spell: freezing or burning the wasps. Sora ducked a katana swing and swung his key-blade upwards vertically, slicing a Samurai Wasp in half, while Alice cut off a Samurai Wasp's sword arm before stabbing it in the throat. Like before, Donald pointed his wand into the air and lightning bolts struck the archers: turning them into a crisps. With no support, the remaining Samurai Wasps fell easily to both Sora and Alice's blades. The skirmish was not long before every wasps laid on the ground, writhing in death.
The party relaxed and were about to put away their weapons when all of the sudden a strong gale slammed into them, threatening to knock them off their feet. They backed away slowly as a giant wasp hovered down before them. Unlike the Samurai Wasps they had dealt with, this one was twice as big as the other. Instead of robes, this one was equipped in full black armour with a yellow flag with four shurikens symbols attached on it back. The Oni mask was replaced with a kabuto helmet with two crescent moons on each sides that looked like horns. In it hand was a giant and sharp naginata.
Although its face was covered, the group can tell the Daimyo Wasp was glaring at them. 'Pitiful worms! How dare you kill my men? Feel the wrath of my blade!'
The Daimyo Wasp roared and flew straight towards the group, raising the naginata above its head.
'Duck!' Sora cried as he and Alice jumped to their right while Donald and Goofy went to the left, the naginata slamming where they stood.
Alice got onto her feet and pulling out the Pepper Grinder, she started grinding: sending peppercorns at the Daimyo Wasp. The Daimyo Wasp pulled out its naginata and spun it in circles, deflecting Alice projectiles. After Alice's Pepper Grinder ran out of peppercorns, the Daimyo Wasp then moved the spinning naginata to block Donald's ice missiles. Sora quickly sneaked behind the giant wasp and raised Kingdom Key to strike the Daimyo Wasp from behind, only to block the end of the naginata when the Daimyo Wasp swung it at Sora. The Daimyo Wasp jumped into the air and slammed it naginata onto Goofy, forcing Goofy on his back and the only thing that saved him from death was his shield.
'Goofy!' Donald cried and fireballs fired from his wand.
The Daimyo Wasp dodged and flew towards Donald but before it could strike him with a killing blow, Alice jumped towards it and swung the Hobby Horse towards him. The Daimyo Wasp grunted as it blocked the heavy blow with his long weapon and pushed Alice away before thrusting his naginata towards Sora. Sora dodged aside and tried to close in for an attack but his key-blade's range cannot match the long range of Daimyo Wasp's naginata. The Daimyo Wasp raised it naginata for another strike, only for something hit the back of its head. The wasp growled and whirled on Goofy who opened his hand as his shield returned to him while Donald stepped in front of him and fired ice missiles at the Daimyo Wasp. The Daimyo Wasp spun its naginata in circles to block Donald's ice spells, failing to notice that Alice had pulled out the Teapot Canon and was pointing it towards the wasp. Once the teapot was whistling loudly, Alice let go of the trigger and a glob of brown beverage flew towards the Daimyo Wasp. The Daimyo Wasp tried to block the liquid projectile with its spinning move but it still splashed on it, scalding it with hot tea.
The Daimyo Wasp screamed in pain as the hot tea burned his body and it dropped its naginata onto the ground, leaving him defenceless. Sora then leaped into the air and slammed Kindgom Key into its chest from behind. The Daimyo Wasp gave a final shriek before crashing into the ground, writhing slightly before remaining still. Sora, who managed to land on his feet, pulled Kingdom Key out from the corpse and smiled as his friends gathered around him.
'Good teamwork.' He said and the others nodded in agreement.
Goofy looked at Alice's teapot. 'We could go for some tea right now. A-hyuk.'
Alice grimaced as she put the Teapot Cannon back into her apron. 'I don't think this is drinkable Goofy.'
Then the reinforced door to the temple flung opened and the party was greeted by more Ant villagers and monks who were applauding them and cheering them.
'They have defeated the evil Daimyo and his minions!' one of them cheered. 'Our saviours have come!'
'Caterpillar's prophecy has come true!' a monk shouted. 'All hail our saviours!'
The ants continued cheering as Alice turned to Sora. 'It must be nice to be hail as a hero in every world.'
Sora grinned. 'All in a day's work.'
'Please.' A monk bowed at them. 'You must meet our elder.'
The Ants led the party into the temple grounds where they passed through Zen gardens and banzai before going into the ancient building. In the temple were small shrines of ant deities and before them were villagers praying or making offerings. Two monks rang the bell softly, filling the temple with it ringing. The group stopped before an ant with long white beard and eyebrows. Unlike the other ants, his skin was white and he wore a straw hat and a greyish coat. He bowed to the party.
'On behalf of the village and the temple.' The Elder began. 'I thank you heroes for ridding off the Wasps raiders and saving my people. Your victories in combat and conundrums suggest your fitness to confront the challenges ahead but will your mental strength confirm your worthiness or lead you to defeat? Answer me these riddles three and I will let you pass.'
Sora, Alice, Donald and Goofy looked at each other. 'Whose is good at riddles here?' Sora asked.
'I am!' Donald quacked confidently.
'I suppose we must go to the mountain top as I won't come to us.' Alice muttered. 'Very well wise one, we're ready.'
The Elder coughed before asking. 'All about, but cannot be seen. Can be captured, cannot be held. No throat, but can be heard. What am I?'
Alice screwed her face thoughtfully while both Sora and Goofy looked at each other, puzzled. Donald thought hard before replying. 'Wind!'
The Elder nodded approvingly and asked the second riddle. 'I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, Will soon turn red. What am I?'
Alice frowned. 'I know this one. It almost eaten me alive and I was almost turned to red. It is fire.'
The Elder smiled. 'Very good. Now for your last riddle. If you break me, I do not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, nothing will matter. What am I?'
Sora answered without hesitating. 'Heart. If somebody break up with you, your heart is still working. If somebody touches you lovingly, you may fall in love with her, and if you lose someone, your life will continue on. So the answer is heart.'
The elder smiled. 'You can save us! I will open the path for you.' He bowed again and stepped aside. Behind him a massive door flung wide open, revealing more greenery as well as a path that led up to the summit. 'The strange and wondrous Caterpillar awaits! Onward young heroes! We will assist you as best as we can.'
The party nodded their thanks and walked out of the temple and back into the calming forest. Behind them stood the elder and the other villagers who waving and cheering loudly for them.
'The "strange" and "wondrous" they said?' Sora grinned. 'I wonder what they see in Caterpillar.'
Alice shrugged. 'People tends to call one "strange" and "wondrous" when they meet someone different than them.'
Sora nodded as they continued climbing the mountain. They have not gone far when suddenly, Alice fell down onto her knees and started screaming. Before Sora, Donald or Goofy could help her, they were surrounded by flames and the bamboo forest disappeared. It was replaced with a living room with expensive antiques, Persian carpets, furniture and a fireplace that suddenly burst into flames. Then the scene changed to a bedroom where a young Alice suddenly woke up in fright and a black cat jumping out of the window.
'Dinah saved my life!' Alice said loudly. 'I survive because… She showed me how to escape! I didn't leave the lamp in the library, and Dinah didn't knock it over! The lamp, and Dinah were upstairs when I went to bed! Dinah was in the room with me when the fire started!'
The flames died down and Alice shook her head as Sora helped her up. When she was on her feet, Sora said. 'So it wasn't you or your cat who started the fire. That means you didn't kill them.'
'Yes.' Alice agreed. Then she frowned. 'The question is, who did?'
'Phew!' Donald panted. 'I'm so exhausted!'
'At least we got all this delicious water to drink! A-hyuk!' Goofy said as he lapped from one of the rivers.
The party had been climbing the mountain for a long time, being greeted and assisted by many of the villagers while also defeating remnants of the Samurai Wasps. Now they were resting in a flat clearing, surrounded by bamboos and mists along with a river that flows downwards.
Sora and Alice, who were not tired as Donald and Goofy, were still on their feet. 'I'm going to explore a bit. Come and catch up with us once you guys are ready.'
'I think I come along.' Alice said. 'A nice walk would be nice.'
Donald opened his beak to say something but being too tired from the climb, he just nodded and dropped his head into the cooling water, taking gulps of water. Sora and Alice walked further up the forest until they came to another clearing. This one was similar to the previous one but besides the bamboo and the upper parts of the river was a blue fungus in the middle of the clearing. It was big that glowed in blue and sent out a mystical aura, making everything in the clearing a hint of blue. Just above it was a mist of blue powder.
Alice and Sora walked closer to it. 'What is this thing?' Sora asked, peering closely.
'Careful Sora.' Alice warned. 'It might be…'
Alice did not get a chance to finish her sentence when the fungus suddenly blew a gust of blue powder into them. Sora and Alice quickly stepped away, trying to fan the powder away from their face. Then they froze, their eyes widened slightly as they gazed at each other. Then they slowly smiled at each other.
'Alice.' Sora murmured, cupping Alice's face in his hands. 'Did I ever told you that you're beautiful?'
'Oh Sora.' Alice murmured, burying her face into Sora's chest and sighing. 'That is so romantic of you. And I love your jokes. None of the boys I met were as charming and funny as you.'
'And I've never met someone as beautiful and brave as you Alice.' Sora told her, pulling her away from his chest to look at her face. 'I think… I'm falling in love with you.'
'Sora.' Alice giggled, unlike her character. 'I've been in love with you when you first came to Wonderland. Be mine and stay in Wonderland with me. Forever and ever.'
'I will.' Sora said and he closed in towards Alice, his lips puckered. Alice sighed contently and closed her eyes, puckering her lips. As their faces moved closer, Sora thought that Alice resembled a certain red-haired girl in both appearance and personality. A girl who was waiting for him back on Destiny Island. A girl to whom he was married to…
Horrified at what he was about to do, Sora pushed Alice gently away and blindly stumbled towards the river. Sora allowed himself to fall onto the knees and dropped his face into the river, Alice shrieking in surprise. Sora washed his face hurriedly and as thorough as he could, washing the blue powder off his face.
'Sora?' Alice asked as she walked towards him. 'What's…?'
Alice shrieked again when Sora scooped up water in his hands and splashed it onto her face, making Alice gagged. As Alice rubbed the water out from her eyes, Sora took out his key-blade and pointed it at the fungus.
'Firaga!'
Fire shot out from Kingdom Key and set the fungus on fire, burning it to ashes. Soon, there was nothing left but a burnt mark in the ground and ashes in the air. Alice finally dried herself and frowned at Sora.
'What happened?'
'Alice, I'm so sorry!' Sora panicked. 'It wasn't what it look likes! That fungus blew something into us and almost… Erm… Well… Kiss…'
Alice frowned and looked at the scorched spot on the ground. 'That must had been the Caterpillar Fungus. Name after our hookah-smoking friend and can be found on this grove. It tend to cause romantic or even erotic feelings to anyone who come in contact in it.'
'Yeah!' Sora said. 'About that… What we… I… Said…'
'It's all right Sora.' Alice told him gently. 'We're under the fungus' spell. What we said earlier were not our words and we didn't do anything to each other so it's fine.'
'Oh.' Sora finally relaxed and they both looked at each other, slightly awkward. 'I guess… I better get Donald and Goofy.'
'Yes.' Alice nodded with a straight-face. 'We best get going.'
Sora nodded and ran down towards the clearing they just been while Alice stayed behind. Once she was sure Sora was out of hearing, she sighed loudly. What she had told Sora was a lie. After years spending in Wonderland, Alice had grown immune to many of the fungi's pollen so only Sora was under its effects, she only pretended to be under its spell. She covered her face. When Sora was holding her, she felt her heart racing and she could not refuse him. This was what she had desire for a long time, being close to Sora. To feel him. To kiss him…
Alice touched her lips and sighed, wrapping herself with her arms. She was so close…
'Wishing for the impossible maybe a bit too much for you.'
Alice turned around to meet the grinning visage of the Cheshire Cat. He was sitting on a rock, licking his paws. Anger boiled inside of Alice.
'Shut up you damn cat!' Alice shouted. 'Can't you not butt into my business? It was already bad enough that you brought Sora into my life and now this!'
'I didn't bring Sora into your life.' The Cheshire cat said innocently. 'And I certainly didn't encourage you to love him but I suppose this kind of thing can't be help. After all, you're at that age.'
The Cheshire Cat vanished with a grin and left Alice fuming. In frustration, she kicked the spot where the Caterpillar Fungus used to be, sending ashes flying all over the place.
The party continued on their way towards the summit of the grove. During the climb, Sora and Alice were avoiding eye contacts, only giving each other short answers. Donald looked at them suspiciously from behind, wandering what happened when Sora and Alice were alone when they were resting earlier. He did not had a chance to ask them what was going on before they stood in front of another temple. This one was bigger than the first one they been to and it was more ancient. On its walls were carvings of ants, wasps, dragons, and a Caterpillar.
'We're finally here.' Alice said and she pushed the door opened.
The doors flung opened and the party walked inside a small chamber made out of marble and had torches hanging on the walls. In the middle of the room was a small statue of Caterpillar smoking a hookah, resting on a marble pedestal.
'We've come all this way to find a simulacrum?' Alice asked in disbelief.
'If I had time, I'd detail how often you prefer dealing with illusions rather than the real thing!' Caterpillar's voice echoed around the chamber. 'Problems you don't refuse to deal with don't exist. You deny reality!'
'That's not fair!' Sora defended Alice. 'She knows what real or not.'
'See what I mean?' Caterpillar said. 'You allow others to tell you what isn't real! Now come inside!'
The floor below them cracked and they fell through it, screaming as they fell. Thankfully, they landed softly onto their feet. They found themselves in another chamber but this one was natural with marbles and stalactites and stalagmites, dripping water from the tips. In front of them was an enormous cacoon and if within that cacoon was Caterpillar.
'Caterpillar?' Donald asked in wonder. 'Is that you?'
'The one and only.' Caterpillar replied. 'Although it is time I changed.'
'My memories are shattered!' Alice cried. 'This wicked train had ruined all I can recall, and Wonderland will perish completely as I lose my mind! So much has changed. I can't help Wonderland if I can't help myself!'
'Much has changed!' Caterpillar told her. 'But you've got it backwards! Save Wonderland and you may save yourself! Carpenter was onto something but he was hiding from the real! Your goal is to accept it!'
All of the sudden, the party could hear a loud howling of wind blowing within the chamber as chunks of rocks and stalactites came crashing down onto the ground.
'Hey guys!' Goofy yelled, trying to steady his footings. 'I think a tornado is coming!'
'Where should I go?' Alice asked Caterpillar. 'What shall I do?'
'The queen must be served, Alice!' Caterpillar shouted as his cacoon began to crack. 'The Queen in all her guises must be served!'
'Are you talking about the Red Queen?' Sora shouted in disbelief. 'Are you crazy? She almost killed us and almost took Wonderland for herself! What does she has anything to do with Alice's memories?'
'The queen was someone Alice once knew and love!' the Caterpillar answered as he slowly popped out from his cacoon. 'Time changes us all!'
He finally broke out and suddenly, winds erupted into the chamber and blew both him and the party skywards. The last thing the part heard were Caterpillar's echo through the howling winds.
'Time changes us all!'
Caterpillar, now a butterfly, flew away as the party continued to fly upwards towards the sky. Sora looked up and gasped when he noticed Alice was just above him and he was looking under her dress. The winds suddenly stopped and they fell back down but instead of the ground, they landed into something white and papery. The party groaned and picked themselves up, finding themselves in a floating castle made out of cards, under clear blue skies and with white floating clouds.
Alice picked herself up and noticed Sora gaping at her. 'What?'
'I've forgotten how white they were.' Sora said without thinking.
Alice narrowed her eyes dangerously. 'What?'
Sora quickly shook his head. 'I mean… I forgotten how white the clouds are! I mean, look at those clouds…'
Alice glared at Sora and Sora trembled at her stare but luckily for him, Goofy iunterupted them. 'A slide! I wonder where that lead to.'
Alice gave Sora a hard look before walking forward, Sora giving a sigh of relief. Alice just stepped onto the slide made out of cards and slid down. Sora, Donald and Goofy quickly followed her, sliding down. As they progressed further, they passed through more clouds and cards. The sky slowly turned to sky-blue to orange and then red as they continued downwards. Finally, the slide ended and the party landed onto their feet. They stood up and found themselves on a broken bridge made out of red bricks. Along the bridge were red hearts either imprinted on the bridge or as lamp posts. At the end of the long bridge was what look like the kingdom with red towers, ramparts and labyrinths that surrounded it.
Alice, Sora, Donald and Goofy found themselves back at the Red Queen's kingdom.
