"Alex wake up!" Someone yelled as I jolted awake.
"What? Where's Hope?" I asked.
"He's with the rest but Sephiroth's back! We have to hide you!" Riku said.
"I thought you guys killed him?" I yelled as I ran behind Riku while he was holding my wrist.
"We thought so too! But he cant be defeated by us, he can only die if you kill him." Riku yelled as we ran through an unfamiliar hallway.
"What? I cant kill him! Last time I-I dont even want to mention what happened." I said in utter shock.
"Well come on now! We cant have him find you!" Riku yelled as he moved the rug and opened a door on the floor and we fell through darkness. He grabbed my hand in the dim light and kept running through bushes and roses and trees.
"Where are we?" I yelled.
"We are in wonderland. The white queen has known Hope for a while and she agreed to let all of us stay in her castle till Sephiroth loses your trail." Riku said as we ran into the double doors of a white castle. We ran into the throne room where everyone waited for me and Riku. There on the lovely white throne sat a beautiful women wearing a white gown and a white tiara.
"White queen, I bring you Alex Caelum." Riku bowed.
"Ahh. So this is Alex. The one who has to defeat Sephiroth." The queen said as Riku nodded. "My my... she's just a lovely girl for her age. How old are you dear?"
"Im 15... your majesty." I said as I curtsied.
"No need to bow or curtsey Alex." The queen said. "So you guys all need clothes as I can see. Hmmm let's see." The queen thought as someone came rushing into the room.
"My, what's all the ruckus? Nothing has ever been so hectic since the Jabowocky was alive." A very tall man said with crazy orange hair and a one of a kind hat.
"Hatter! Please meet my friends. This is Hope, Amy, Ventus, Axel, Roxas, Demyx, Zexion, Riku, and... our champion, Alex." The queen said as "Hatter" came and either shook or kissed our hand.
"So your the new champion of Radiant Garden. Its a pleasure to meet you. You know My very close friend Alice was a champion of wonderland. Its true! She slayed the Jabowocky head right off of its body." Hatter rambled.
"Hatter!" The queen yelled.
"Thank you." Hatter said.
"Now why dont you get these wonderful teens up to their rooms and get them some new clothes will you dear." The queen said.
"Sure will. Lets go." Hatter said as everyone followed but I went to the queen instead.
"Thank you so much... your majesty." I said as she put a hand on my shoulder.
"Your welcome, and call me Melissa." Melissa said. I smiled then hurried to follow Hatter out of the room. We got new clothes and we went to our rooms which were practically suites and we even had a maid and a butler which wasnt necessary. I felt bad that we had to come to Wonderland to get away from Sephiroth but if I have to kill him myself I figured I should leave soon and go home to get rid of him.
A week and a half later...
It was late tonight and I couldnt sleep at all because Sephiroth was on my mind. I tried to tell Hope about my plan of going home and killing Sephiroth but he doesnt want me to go because he thinks that I will die. Why cant he see that im strong and not a baby. Anyways, I stood on my balcony in my pajamas and decided I should go see the que- Melissa. I ran from the hallway into the throne room and there she was talking to one of her servants.
"Oh Alex! Whats wrong dear?" Melissa asked as she walked towards me and her servant left.
"May I ask you something... Melissa?" I asked as we started walking to the throne.
"Yes you may. What seems to be on your mind?" Melissa asked as she sat down.
"Well, I know this might be crazy but... I feel the urge that I must go back home and defeat Sephiroth because I know that he wont stop searching for me. He wants me either dead or as his slave and I dont want to be both. I need to kill him myself and I have tried to tell Hope and my friends about this problem but, they wont listen. They all keep saying that im going to die without their help and that I should just stay here. But the problem is, is that I cant stay here. I love it here and all but Sephiroth must be stopped before anyone else gets hurt and I cant let that happen to anyone else on my behalf. Do you understand what I mean Melissa?" I said.
"I was wondering when you were going to tell me that you were ready to go and fight and be our champion." Melissa said as she grabbed my hand with her soft grip and we walked into a room that had an armor suit and a sword in a glass case. Melissa had touched the case and as took a deep breath.
"Alice, our last champion... Had worn this exact outfit to defeat the Jabowocky. I think its your turn to wear your own suit and use a weapon of your choice that has power in you." Melissa said then turned to me.
"Shall we get you ready in the morning? We can get your outfit ready by Hatter and you can come into our weapon room and choose your weapon." Melissa said.
"I would like that Melissa. Thank you." I said as she opened her arms for a hug and I gave into it.
"You are welcome. I know you have many great things ahead of you." She said as she took my hand again and we stated walking into the hallway towards my room.
"You really think so?" I asked.
"I know so. Between you and me... I think Hope might ask you to marry him because the youngest age in Radiant Garden is 14 which is crazy but you know what.. You guys will have an amazing life together." Melissa said then gave me another hug and went to her own room to go to bed. I went to my bed and just fell asleep knowing that tomorrow I had a big day ahead of me. I felt bad for going behind my friends backs but.. I had to do this and the only person I could tell was Amy. She always understood what I had to do. The next morning was hectic. After breakfast I saw Amy and I knew this was the right time to tell her before tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum came and got all of them to go out for the day.