Soon they were out of the courthouse and somehow back onto the beach.
"Cool." Akito smiled.
The dodo was on the rock and another Caucus race started with the song on.
"Okay, here's where it gets confusing." the white rabbit cautioned before they went through some rocks.
"You don't say..." Misdreavus replied sarcastically.
They passed through rocks which turned into the tea table with teapots and teacups.
"Come on, this is the only way to get back to the door you all followed me through." The white rabbit said.
"This is all madness!" Larvitar grunted as he followed.
"Just a moment!" the Mad Hatter stopped them. "You can't have a tea party without having a cup of tea, you know!"
"But we can't stop now!" Alice disagreed.
"Oh, but we insist, you must join us for a cup of tea!" the March Hare insisted, leading them into a large cup of tea.
"It's okay, this is the right way." the white rabbit told them, going to swim in the tea with them.
"Everyone keep following the white rabbit!" Akito called out.
When they got to the surface of the tea, they were in an ocean.
"OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" the Queen called, still riding after them.
The caterpillar was on his hookah again, he saw them and glared to them. "Who are you?" he demanded, blowing more smoke in their faces.
The white rabbit sent him a glare as he led the kids, cat, and Pokemon to the way out, he owed them a lot since Estelle was kind to him and he decided to be their friend from now on. "We're almost there, just a few more steps!" he told them as he seemed to fly in the air just then.
"We'll take your word for it." The kids, Dinah, and the Pokemon said unison.
The white rabbit led them through a smoke tunnel as everybody in Wonderland was now chasing them. They came to the living door. Alice tried to pull on the doorknob, but it wouldn't budge.
"OH!" the doorknob groaned in pain. "Still locked, ya know!"
"Oh, but you don't understand, we must get out of here before the queen gets us." Dinah said.
"You still haven't figured it out yet, have you?" The white rabbit asked. "All of you are already out, isn't that right, Doorknob?"
"He's right." The doorknob told them.
"What?" the others asked.
"See for yourselves..." the doorknob told them before widening his mouth to show them the outside world.
They all looked and found themselves under the tree together and were taking a nap all together.
"Why, that's us!" Felicity realized. "We are asleep!"
"DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY!" the Queen called. "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!"
"How do we get out!?" Alice cried.
"Wake yourselves up!" the white rabbit urged them. "You must do it before your nightmare takes over you!"
"Thank you for all your help, Mr. Rabbit." Estelle smiled before hugging him.
"Let's all get through the keyhole by shrinking ourselves since this is a dream." Akito said.
The crowd was coming faster.
"I hate to say goodbye, but you all need to go where you belong, I always believed in you all." the white rabbit said before he then waved and seemed to disappear.
"Alice, wake up, please wake up, Alice!" Alice told herself, getting nervous as the crowd came closer and closer.
"Okay, shrinking isn't going to work, time to tell ourselves to wake up." Akito said.
All of them began to tell themselves to wake up. The crowd kept coming closer until Alice's name was repeated.
"Alice... Alice... Alice!" Alice's voice melted into an old familiar one. "Will you or your friends kindly recite your lesson?"
Alice and the rest of kids, Dinah, and the Pokemon each then woke up.
"Uh..." Alice tried to think, then remembered something she was told earlier. "'How doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail. And pour the waters of the'-"
Lorina stopped her right there. "Alice, what are you talking about?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, but you see, the caterpillar said..." Alice tried to explain.
"Caterpillar? Oh, for goodness sake's..." Lorina sighed to her younger sister's wild imagination. "Alice, I... Oh, well... Come along... It's time for tea..."
"I wonder if that was really a dream..." Alice asked herself.
"I don't think it was." Dinah said to Alice.
"If it wasn't a dream, then how'd we end up here?" Larvitar asked.
Lorina and Alice went to tea, the lessons were over. Alice was surprised she could still somehow understand Dinah, but followed her sister. The others then shrugged and decided to go home. The white rabbit poked his head out from behind the tree they were all under and smiled as they were all now going to live happily ever after from the wonder of an adventure they all had.
"Should we tell our parents?" Felicity spoke up.
"Yes, it'll be quite the story." Estelle smiled.
"That was just so crazy and unbelievable..." Teddy rubbed his head.
"Don't worry, we'll clear this up..." Estelle reassured him.
"Yeah and yet, it really did feel real." Akito said.
"I don't know..." Vincent rubbed his head.
The kids kept going until they met with their parents to tell them everything that happened with them today.
"Have a safe journey, friends... You earned it..." the white rabbit whispered before disappearing behind the tree.
"Did you hear something?" Estelle asked.
The others looked behind them, but only saw the tree.
"You don't think..." Vulpix spoke up.
The kids then shrugged it off. "Naaaahh..."
Estelle then felt a pocket watch in her pocket and saw that her name was engraved. "I have a feeling that won't be the last time we'll be in Wonderland." she smiled, holding the pocket watch close to her heart.
So it wasn't just a dream. The kids and Pokemon then continued home to tell their parents all about the adventure they had. And with the proof Estelle had, their parents would be able to believe them. The kids decided to have their parents all come together and let them all hear about this adventure.
Once the adults were settled, the kids told their parents everything, each telling a different part. Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the mad tea party, the white rabbit chase, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, Tugly Wood... Absolutely everything. And when the adults thought they were only dreaming it all up, Estelle showed them the pocket watch the white rabbit had left for her.
"Mind if I see that?" Forte held out his hands.
Estelle walked over to her uncle and gave the watch.
Forte took it and opened it up.
"Ridiculous, unbelievable, unimaginative, uncreative, irrational..." Cherry listed negative terms to disprove them.
"Cerise, don't you remember?" Forte said to her.
Cherry looked at him and looked away. "They were only dreams..."
"Wait, Aunt Cherry, Uncle Forte, did you two once visit Wonderland as well?" Vincent asked.
Cherry glanced and looked away again.
"Tell them..." Forte urged her.
"Those were dreams..." Cherry whispered with her eyes shut.
"You thought I was too once..." Forte reminded her as he gently stroked her hair behind her ear.
"So then, you two did once visit Wonderland." Vulpix smiled.
"Yes, we did..." Forte explained. "It... It was a rather unpleasant experience for Cerise... I wanted to help her, she was so stressed out that she once sent me a letter that she wanted to go to a Wonderland, so I took her with me... Luckily, we could leave without her birth father knowing, but it drove her into insanity... I couldn't defend myself since I was banished from her home, so her father sent her into a mental hospital for a couple of years."
"Yikes." Akito said.
"So does anyone know why is a raven like a writing desk?" Vincent asked.
"Pardon?" Atticus asked.
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?" Vincent repeated.
"It's quills, you psychos, I tell you, QUILLS!" Cherry sounded like she was having an episode now. "QUILLS!"
"Good to know." Akito said, backing up from her.
"It's quills..." Cherry shivered.
Forte held her in comfort, trying to calm her down. "It's okay, Cerise, it's over... We're happily married... Most of the time and have children..."
"Well, after that adventure, you kids must be hungry." Mo said.
Felicity's stomach rumbled and she held it. "Oops... Heheh... Now that you are mentioning it..."
"Why not a picnic?" Mo suggested. "It's such a lovely day."
"A picnic in this weather!?" Cherry gestured to the cheerful sunny and warm afternoon day without a cloud in the sky.
"Or we could have an indoors picnic." Mo said.
"Good enough..." Atticus agreed. "That sounds nice, a picnic."
"Yay!" the kids and Pokemon cheered.
The adults then went off to cook while the kids were in the Forte house since it was dark and wouldn't be too bright, but also not too dark for the others.
"Still can't get over the fact that this house is both not too dark and not too bright." Vincent said.
"We want to make it manageable for guests, they don't care!" Felicity smiled, then frowned a little. "They never care... Because no one comes... My parents... They frighten people... Especially Maman..."
"Oh, come on, I'm sure that's not true." Akito said.
"We almost never have visitors..." Felicity pouted.
Misdreavus nuzzled against her trainer for comfort.
"Merci, Misdreavus..." Felicity told her Pokemon.
"You're welcome, Felicity." Misdreavus smiled.
Felicity smiled, she had her cousins and friends at Belle and Adam's castle, but Misdreavus was the only one she could really talk to and look up to.
"I wonder what's for lunch." Teddy said.
"Hopefully something yummy nummy for your tummy." Estelle smiled, tickling his belly.
Teddy giggled at that. "Quit it!"
"Nope." Estelle smirked, still doing it.
After about thirty minutes, lunch was ready.
"Lunch!" Cherry called.
The kids and Pokemon eagerly then went to eat their lunch together as an extended family.
"Yay! Lunch!" Vulpix cheered.
The adults had made their kids' favorite foods and even some human food the Pokemon liked and could eat that wouldn't make them feel sick.
"Time to eat." Larvitar smiled.
"Hope you kids enjoy." Mo smiled.
"I'm sure we will, Grandma." Vulpix told his trainer's mother.
"Ooooh, I'm old again..." Mo pulled an old woman voice. "I think my knee's popping from the weather! Land sakes!"
"Mom!" Estelle giggled.
"Oh, I'm a grandmother, I might as well act like it." Mo smirked playfully.
"You're so silly, Grandma." Teddy smiled.
"Oh, I think you're silly." Mo patted him on the head.
"I can be silly at times." Teddy smiled.
"Yes, yes, you can," Estelle giggled. "Silly little bear Pokemon."
Teddy smiled bashfully at his trainer/adoptive mother. With that, they all shared their picnic lunch indoors.
Cherry went to the backyard which was the gloomiest part of the home and was like a cemetery setting. She reached into her pocket, took out one of the cigarettes, and took a smoke break, puffing out smoke as she looked off into the distance.
"You haven't changed a bit, Cherry." The white rabbit's voice said.
"Hello, Nivens..." Cherry greeted the white rabbit.
"So you remember me after all these years." Nivens smiled.
"I remember everything..." Cherry sighed a little. "Thank you for looking after my daughter, niece, and nephews..."
"I was a little rude to them earlier..." Nivens frowned, then took out his watch. "But your niece fixed my watch with magic... I thought I'd owe her a helping hand in return... This was an unbirthday present, you know."
"So I've heard..." Cherry groaned, shaking at the memories of an unbirthday celebration.
"Yes, I suppose it can get quite annoying." Nivens sighed.
"Especially that Hatter and Hare..." Cherry grunted. "Why did you have to let the children follow you?"
"I didn't mean to, I was just going for a walk and I happened to run into them!" Nivens defended.
"You shouldn't be out where 'normal' people can see you..." Cherry advised.
"Thank you for the advice, Cherry, I'll remember that." Nivens said.
"Good..." Cherry patted him on the head. She then took out a leftover uncooked carrot from lunch and gave it to him to have.
"Oh, thank you." Nivens smiled, accepting the carrot.
Cherry gave him a small wave.
Nivens happily took it, then checked his watch. "I best get home myself... Good day..." he nodded to her before hopping off, though this time, not in a rush.
"See ya..." Cherry breathed as the white rabbit went back to his home in Wonderland.
"Are you feeling better?" Forte asked.
"A little..." Cherry came to his side after putting her cigarette to the ground and burnt it out under the crushing of her right foot.
"Felicity was just about to play us her first song." Forte walked her back into the house as lunch was about over.
"Goody..." Cherry yawned.
Felicity was at her father's beloved instrument in Forte's room of the home and she was playing with the keys until the others would come and watch her play.
"So what's the song, Felicity?" Akito asked.
"Fliss has been practicing her scales and her arpeggios." Forte informed.
"I would also like to sing..." Felicity replied, shocking both her parents.
"R-Really?" Forte asked, shocked.
"Oui." Felicity nodded in confirmation.
Misdreavus smiled, the flowers must have inspired her, even if they were rather rude after that Golden Afternoon song.
"If that's what you want..." Cherry said to their daughter.
"It is, Maman." Felicity smiled.
"Okay..." Cherry gently patted her on the head. "Show us what you got."
Felicity stretched before she hit the keyboard. She then adjusted her fingertips before starting.
This was getting to Akito and was getting bored. "We're ready, Maestro!"
Felicity glanced at him and slid her fingers down the keyboard to startle him.
Akito yelped only slightly. "Aunt Cherry, she did it again!"
Felicity briefly hit the keys. "Tattling tale..." she muttered under her breath.
"Akito, please be patient with your cousin." Mo told him.
"Sorry, Mom..." Akito frowned.
"Now, Felicity, don't keep your audience waiting, now please, do your piece I taught you like I taught Thomas when he was in Kindergarten." Forte encouraged.
"Oui, Papa..." Felicity nodded, then started to play on the keyboard, despite the music always sounding gloomy, it actually sounded upbeat due to Felicity being in a good mood now.
'Wonderful.' Mo thought to herself.
Felicity continued to play with ease and sang with the music.
'Nice.' Estelle thought to herself with a smile.
Cherry attempted to join in. "Do mi so do-" she then flinched in mild annoyance.
Misdreavus was next to Felicity and played with the keyboard. The girl and the ghost Pokemon played together until Felicity nudged her away so she could keep playing. But Misdreavus just came back to continue to play the keyboard with her.
Felicity ended the song on the final note and put her hands up, ending the song. The whole family and the Pokemon all applauded after the song ended. Felicity smiled bashfully and rubbed her arm, she hopped off the organ bench and gave a curtsy for everyone.
"That was amazing, Felicity." Atticus smiled.
"Oh... It was nothing..." Felicity turned bright red with a sheepish smile. "I guess I am a better singer than I think I may be?"
"You are..." Estelle insisted.
"Sing better than I do..." Cherry mumbled.
"Come on, Cerise, be proud of our daughter." Forte smiled.
"I am..." Cherry looked over.
"Why don't you smile?" Forte then asked.
"Because I scar our daughter for life enough already." Cherry rolled her eyes.
Simon had a stoic frown, but even he clapped for his big sister.
"Aw! Merci, Simon." Felicity smiled.
Simon rolled his eyes.
Felicity then pulled him into a comforting hug. "I love you!"
Simon scoffed under his breath.
Cherry stroked the top of Felicity's head. "Good girl..."
"Merci, Maman." Felicity smiled.
"Oh, before I forget, kids, I think I found you an art teacher." Mo said.
"Oh?" Akito, Estelle, and Vincent's eyes lit up.
Vincent was the most excited, he may had been sort of forced to do it, but after painting roses red for the Queen of Hearts, he developed an interest in painting. "Who is it, Mom?"
"Believe it or not, it's Barbie." Mo smiled.
"Guh..." Cherry mumbled.
Mo glanced at her, but smiled to her children.
"Barbie's amazing, she can do anything!" Estelle beamed. "I'm so jealous of Kelly... I wish I could have a big sister like her..."
"So then, I take it that you three will want to take the art lessons?" Mo asked with a knowing smile.
"Yes, please." The Fudo siblings said.
"I knew you would..." Mo chuckled. "We already called and talked it over, she'll be right over sometime next week after you all have lunch."
The Fudo siblings smiled in excitement about their future art classes.
"Art is fun..." Felicity smiled to her cousins.
"It sure is, it's almost like magic." Vincent smiled.
Felicity tugged on her mother's pant leg. "Could I learn art with them...?"
"I guess that would be fine..." Cherry agreed. "You could get out a little more... I'm busy most of the time and your father tutors you."
"No school for her either, huh?" Atticus asked.
"I don't like crowds..." Felicity frowned.
"Yay! This means we'll see Kelly again!" Estelle cheered.
Felicity then did a cheerful victory dance with Estelle.
After eating the families decided to go their separate ways for the rest of the afternoon into the evening. Estelle set her new watch next to her magical dance shoes and she was very eager about her upcoming art classes. Who knew what adventures would lie there?
The End
