Welcome to Wonderland
Chapter Three: Richard, the Rodent Prince
Even though it was still early in the morning, the temperature of the forest already felt like seventy-five degrees out. Jill followed behind Chris though the forest. As they walked through, the trees seemed to begin to thin out.
Jill looked at Chris. What the hell, Jill thought. He might look like Chris and seems to act like the Chris I know; he's different in a way. I'll ask him.
"Um…Chris," Jill spoke up.
"Huh? What is it Jill?" Chris asked, turning his head to look at her.
"I have a question for you. Is this Raccoon Forest or somewhere close to it?"
"Raccoon Forest?" Chris repeated. He broke out into laughter. "What a funny name! You're a funny lady! I'm sorry, Jill, but no. This is no 'Raccoon Forest'."
Jill narrowed her eyes at him. "Okay…is a town named Raccoon City near here then?"
Chris laughed again. "What's up with the funny named places of which you speak?! I'm sorry, again. There is no such thing near here."
Jill was glaring at him now. This guy is beginning to piss me off now…But he's the only one who can help me get home.
Jill sighed and brushed back her hair from her face. "So…who is this guy you want me to help you with?"
"Well…when the Goblin King went on a rampage, he turned my friend into, well…something. Anyway, just wait till you see him."
Jill looked at him with a brow raised but decided not to question. She followed after Chris silent the rest of the way. A while later, the duo walked out of the forest and entered a small clearing. There was a beach at the end and a body of water next to that. In the distance, there was a large white castle sitting on a tall hill.
Chris walked over to the beach and smiled at Jill, who was still at the entrance of the clearing. "C'mon, Jill! Are you coming to meet my friend?"
Don't be shock if it's a dead fish….Don't be shocked if it's a dead fish…
"Okay," Jill muttered as she walked over to stand next to Chris.
Chris jumped down off the bank and landed on the sand of the beach. He held up a hand to Jill. "Let me help you," he said with a smile.
Jill looked at his hand and then at his smiling face. "Don't worry Jill. I won't bite." Jill smiled uncertainly and took his hand. Chris helped her down off of the bank and onto the sand.
"Alright!" Chris said cheerfully. "Now…my friend is on a log or he should be at least…"
"At least?" Jill questioned.
"That was the last place I put him," Chris said, flashing a quick smile at her. Jill gave him a timid, kind of sarcastic, smile in return.
Chris looked over his shoulder and spotted a piece of driftwood. The driftwood was large and looked like it was there for a while now. Chris grinned and walked over to it. Jill looked at him and shrugged before following him. Chris stopped at the front of it and knocked on the driftwood.
"Oh Richard! Are you there?"
Jill eyes widened and she had a slight smile on her face. "Richard? Did you say Richard?!" She asked with a little excitement in her voice.
"Yeah, that's what I said right?" Chris asked, scratching his forehead and looking a little worried.
"Yes you said that!"
"Okay, good." He turned his attention back to the log. "Richard! It's me Chris."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" A voice that sounded like Richard shouted. "I heard you the first time, Chris. I'm coming right now!"
Chris looked at Jill and smiled apologetically at her. "Sorry. He can be like this sometimes."
"It's alright," Jill said politely. As long as it's someone who might have a clue of what the hell is going, I don't give a crap.
Then, a little mouse scurried up the side of the large piece of driftwood and sat on the edge to look at Jill and Chris. The mouse was larger than a normal mouse, but not as huge as a sewer rat. He had a cute little face with a small crown on top of his head.
"Yo! What's up Chris?" The mouse said to the two.
You have got to be kidding me….
"Richard…is that you?" Jill asked the mouse, confused as ever.
The mouse looked at her and tilted his head to the side. "Have we met before?"
"Oh. My. God…" Jill muttered. "What the hell happened to you?! Why the hell are you a mouse?!"
Richard stood perfectly still as Jill shouted at him. When she finished, Richard looked at Chris and asked, "Is she your girlfriend or something? She's kind of cute…"
Chris blushed a little at Richard's remark, as well as Jill.
"No, no…she's just a friend," Chris mumbled.
"GIRLFRIEND?!" Jill shrieked. "Richard! It's me Jill! Don't you recognize me?!?!"
Richard scanned her once more for a long time. Then, he responded, "Sorry, ma'am. I've never seen you before."
Jill's jaw dropped. You're joking. What the hell is this place?! Oh…never mind. Let's just see what "Richard" wants.
"Jill, this was the friend I wanted you to meet, Richard…but it seems you already know is name," Chris said to her.
"Is she a witch or something?" Richard asks, beginning to get a little nervous. "Because, witches know stuff like that…"
"I am not a witch," Jill growled.
"You sure are acting like one…" Richard muttered under his breath.
"Anyway!" Chris said breaking into the conversation. "Jill, I need your help to turn Richard back to his normal form and out of this mouse form."
"And if I do this, you'll show me a way out of this place?" Jill asked.
Chris smiled and nodded. "Yes, ma'am. Just see what you could do to help my friend, but please don't kill him."
"Um…I'll see what I can do," Jill said as she walked closer to the log. She bent down to get a closer look at Richard the mouse.
My god…how the hell are you going to do this Valentine?
Jill picked up Richard by the scruff of his neck with two fingers. He let out a small squeal and began kicking his legs furiously.
"What the hell are you doing lady?!" Richard squealed.
"Oh calm down," Jill said. She smirked evilly at him. "If you don't, I'll find a nice snake who will be willing to eat a mouse like you."
Richard's eyes immediately widened at the word 'snake' and he quickly stopped flailing about. Jill smiled triumphantly and looked at Richard more closely.
"Well…are you onto something?" Richard asked.
Jill set him down and placed her hands on her hips. She smiled and said, "I have no freakin' idea how to help you."
"Hold on a sec!" Chris said holding up his hands. "I just remembered something that happened not to long ago that happened just like this. About a week ago, there was a guy who got turned into a frog. A lady kissed him and he turned back to normal."
Jill looked at Chris, her eye twitching irately. "You mean I have to…No. HELL NO!"
"Okay then," Chris shrugged. A sneaky smile came across his face. "Then I won't help you get out of here."
Jill clenched her fist and growled fiercely. She looked at Richard, picked him up by the scruff again and looked angrily at him.
"Pucker up, mouse boy," Jill said coldly before kissing the mouse on the nose.
Five seconds later, Richard began to glow brightly. Jill dropped him onto the sand and began cleaning her tongue. I can't believe I just did that!
She looked down at Richard. He was now human again. He was in a tuxedo, kind of like Chris but Richard's was an obnoxious bright orange color. He had on the tiny crown still on his head. He was sleeping on the sand of the beach.
Chris walked up to Jill and hugged her. "You did it! You saved my friend."
Yeah…at the expense of kissing him…Bleh.
"Um…it's no problem," Jill mumbled. "Now are you going to help me?"
Chris backed off from her and smiled. "Yes, ma'am. My services are now for you!" He added a little bow at the end.
Jill smiled slightly back at him. "Great…what do we do?"
"That! I don't know," Chris said innocently.
"What? You don't know?" Jill asked, her rage building up inside of her.
""Yeah, but I know where we have to go," Chris reassured her, calming her down a little bit. "We have to go the Goblin King's castle." He pointed at the castle that was visible from where they were. "He lives in that castle."
"Okay then. Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."
Chris nodded and he walked down the beach to another entrance that went through the forest. "This path will take us to the castle."
Jill nodded at him and followed her. Chris looked back at the beach that was disappearing as they walked on, and then looked at Jill. "Jill, are you sure you're not a witch? I mean, you seem to know everyone's name without even meeting them."
Jill smiled mischievously. "Yeah, I'm the scariest witch of all. The kind of witch that screams a lot."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! ^^ I want to wish a thank you to all of you who reviewed this story. You guys are awesome! Stay tuned for the next one. :D
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