"Hear, Hear," said a stout man with a scroll. Terra and I were standin in an outdoor courtroom surounded by crad warriors in a place called Wonderland. Talk about an acid trip. At least thats what it felt like. "Please rise for the Queen of Hearts."

A fat woman entered the garden court from a door in the hedge maze.

"Whp were the hoodlums trespassing on my land. Where is that rabbit and who the Hell are they."

"Ma'am," said a card, "those are the men who trespassed."

"Oh. Well, GUILTY!. Off with thier heads."

"Don't we deserve a fair court trial?" asked Terra.

The queen looked angry. "Fine," she looked at some papers, "So you men are keyblade wielders. I hate keyblade wielders. One came here once and tried to kill my precious heartless."

"Heartless?" I said, "You trust the Heartless?"

"Of course. I give them soldiers to turn into shadows in turn for protection."

I had to think fast. "Well, my master and I are here to win your alliance in the war. Soldiers as fine as yours would be a glad addition to Mickey's army."

"Mickey? King Mickey? The man who came with Ansem the Wise 8 years ago, asking for the same soldiers."

"Uhhh... I'll guess, yeah. Sounds like him."

"So you want me to join you in a war against my own warriors?"

"No not at all, your royal highness. You see, we wish no harm to the Heartless. We are attacking the Organization XIII. If they complete Kingdom Hearts, there will be no stopping them. No matter how many soldiers the Heartless have, they will still take Wonderland."

The queen thought for a bit, "Well, is the... money involved?"

"Oh yes. We can pay you up to 10,000 munny for your soldiers. In addition, we can ganutee round-the-clock protection. It's a win-win for you. the only thing we ask is 10 munny per soldier and about 1000."

"Okay, you have a deal."

"Thank you, ma'am. You won't regret this."

"I'm sure I won't. But first you must do me a favor."

"Anything."

"I need to know that you two are worthy. So I've constructed a challenge for you two. If you can pass thourgh th Loctus Forest and make it to the Mad Tea House and bring me one cup of tea from the Mad Hatter, called Keystone Tea, then you have my alliance."

"That doesn't sound too tough."

"Ohh, I forgot. You both have to beeat the Three Mad Challenges provided by the Mad Hatter."

"I've heard of him," said Terra, "He's some old coot who's gone mad with lonliness."

"That he has."

"Well," I said, "We can do that if you can also supply a gummi ship."

"Only if you bring it back to me."

"You have my word."

"Oh wait," she said, "And you have to be back by sundown." she laughed a little to herself.

The Loctus Forest was a tough place to navigate thourgh. Terra used his sense of direction to get us aroung, though. We were getting close. I could smell delicous tea. I knew it wasn't just me becasue Terra had the same grin on his face. Things went as planned until we heard hysteric laughin from nowhere.

"Who's there?" yelled Terra.

A purple cat materialized on top of a high stump.

"Who am I? Who am I? Well I'm on cool cat, no doubt about that. So I'll ax me to ax you... where are you to gentlemen going?" it sang.

"We're on our way to see the Mad Hatter." said Terra.

"The Mad Hatter? The Mad Hatter's a little mad, don't it sound?"

"What?"

"Well I know things, boys. I know everything. I know the queen sent you. I know she's playing you."

"What? I'd say you're the mad one."

"Think about it. If you succed, then she gets tea and new prisoners, if you fail, then you die and she can stay clear of the war."

Terra thought. "Well that does make sense. But how do we know you're not playing us."

"You're the keyblade wielder. You figure it out." It began to disappear.

"Hey wait. How'd you know we were kyblade wielders?" But the cat was gone.

"Who was that?" I said.

"Hopefully gone. Let's keep going."

We reached the Mad Tea House with time to spare before sundown. There was a small house and a table with multiple chairs.

"Hello?" I said. "Is anyone home."

"Home? Home? This is not my home." said a small man in green with a larg hat at the table.

"I could've sworn you weren't there a second ago." said Terra.

"I have that affect on people. I could be there, but I'm here and you'll think I'm in there."

"What? It doesn't matter, we need tea. Apperantly the tea called the Keystone Tea." I said.

"Keydtone Tea? That's my most magical tea. It provides power and luck for those who drink it. You can have an entire barrel."

"Wow, really."

"No. First you must pass my Three Mad Challenges."

"Three Mad Challenges?"

"Yes. They are very hard and VERY mad."

"Okay, what are they."

"One: Choose the seat at my table that belongs to the March Hare. Two: Turn the water on in the Bizarre Room. Three: Beat me in a game of croquet."

"Those don't sound too hard."

He laughed hysterically, "You'll see."

Terra and I looked nervously at each other.