Black Kitten Chara: Here is Chapter 17 of "Lucy in Wonderland"! I hope that you like it and please review!
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They were falling through a blue vortex filled with toys, Ruin, and watches around them before they entered Wonderland. But instead of landing on the ground, they were flying through a bright blue sky that playing cards the size of beds flying through the air and making castles, bridges, and platforms before flying off again, repeating this action over and over again. Thousands of feet below the flying cards, there was a piece of land that had lush green grass and running blue rivers.
But that was the last thing on Carmen's mind. "Why the hell are we back in these clothes?" The four teens were back in the clothes they wore when they first arrived to London, but Carmen still wore the black skinny jeans and bash riding boots along with the silver bracelets. Also, Claude was wearing the dark blue jeans he was wearing back in the real world.
Francine looked down at her dress as she pulled down it to keep it from falling up. "Maybe wearing these clothes in Wonderland are like the default outfits in a video game." Carmen rolled her eyes and Simon gave Francine goggly eyes for her knowing what a default outfit was.
"Less talking, more saving our butts!" Claude yelled as he kicked his feet and the Butterflies appeared under him, with his friends doing the same thing.
But as they did so, a figure rush pass them at high speed. Claude's mouth dropped as Lucy fell faster, but the redhead didn't look afraid as she made herself stand straight up as she flew and held her arms out. As she did this, a blue light surrounded her as a set of playing cards flew under her and created a small platform.
Claude and his friends followed her as they slowly fell on the platform. The gentle winds of this area blew some hair into Claude's face, so he brushed it out of his face the same time the blue light around Lucy disappeared and he finally saw her in her Wonderland outfit. And he could have sworn that he would have fainted if Carmen didn't grab his neck to keep him in reality, or at least in Lucy's fantasy still.
Her long hair was tied back into a ponytail by her old red ribbon, which was torn and bent by now, and her blue eyes were surrounded by a layer of black eyeshadow. She again looked healthly, unlike when she was in the real world. She wore a pair of elbow-length, fingerless black-and-white striped gloves and red-and-black stockings with knee-high, gothic black boots that have silver buckles. She wore a pair of ripped-up, black short-shorts with a loosen black belt that has a skull buckle. Around her neck was her black choker with a silver Omega pedant. She wore a dark teal polo shirt that had a white rabbit in a bed of red roses on the front and on the hemline were small, black astrological symbols. The top hugged her curves and her shorts showed off her legs despite them being covered in stockings. Her nails, which were not covered by her gloves, were painted black.
"Hum, hum, humma..." Claude said as he kept his eyes on the punk-looking but sexy redhead. Lucy pulled out two, common household kitchen knives. They both had a long silver blade on a short, wooden handle. Its sharp edge curved outward with blood all away along the blade, and both the blade and handle were engraved with floral patterns.
Lucy flipped one Vorpal Blade in the air before grabbing it, looking at the area they were at, and said "The Cardbridge, the last place to not be destoryed by Ruin."
"What does that mean?" Carmen asked in a curious tone as she brought Claude back to reality, pulling on the nape of his neck as hard as she could.
"This place is above Wonderland's main land, so Ruin can not get here as easily as the other places." Lucy said as she twirled a Vorpal Blade in her hand.
"But the Rabbit House and Deluded Depthes were attack, and they are deattached to Wonderland's main land." Francine pointed out.
At tis comment, Lucy looked at Francine with curious eyes. She mused at hearing this information for the first time, treating it like someone told her that there was a new paitent in the asylum. "The Cat has not told me this information. I must speak with him when we see him next time."
The four teens looked at her as the redhead walked towards the edge of the platform, watching as more flying cards came over and started to create a set of stairs that started to go downward. The four teens looked confuse before they started to follow her, being cautious as they walked down the card-made stairs.
They walked down as more cards created a huge castle. The stairs they were on connected to the castle and they reached the castle within a minute. Lucy pushed some hair from her face as she said, "This reminds me of better times." The four teens raised their eyebrows at the comment as Lucy walked around the makeshift castle.
Claude looked at the redhead with interest as he began following her. Carmen, Simon, and Francine looked at her with curious eyes as the brunette followed the redhead behind a makeshift tower and out of sight of his three friends.
Claude watched the girl with interest as she kneel down and looked through a hole in the ground. He walked behind her and touched her shoulder as he said, "Are you okay?" The action of his hand on her shoulder made the redhead turn around in fear.
But she saw that he was meaning no harm and murmured, "Yeah, I am fine."
"Um, great." Claude said lamely, mentally punching himself for that stupid comment. He looked to see that she was looking back through the hole and asked, "Um, what are you looking at?"
She grabbed the sleeve of his jacket and pulled him down. She pointed through the hole and at what she was looking at; it was a skeleton of a rabbit, thin and mangly, wearing a red waistcoat and black top hat with a golden pocket watch in his bony hand. He held back a slight gasp as Lucy said, "I knew his corpse was here. This place seem too peaceful for even me."
Claude nodded his head in agreement, knowing not to tell either Simon or Francine about the corpse. He got up slowly as Lucy's hand stayed on his sleeve, which causes the redhead to blush and take her hand away as she got up as well.
Lucy crossed her arms and blushed as she said, "We need to hurry. That Eyestaff isn't going to come to us, you know."
"Eyestaff?" Claude asked as he watch the redhead turn around and began walking back.
"The Jabberwocky's Eyestaff, of course. We can't get into any of the Kingdoms without it." Lucy said like it was the most obivous thing in the world.
Claude rolled his eyes as he followed Lucy back to the three other teens, whom were looking down a slide made out of cards on the edge of the floating castle. The brunette could hear Lucy's annoyed sigh as she went over to three teens, where the two girls were trying to get Simon to go down the slide.
Lucy walked up to them as she said, "What are you doing?"
The question made Simon, who was on the edge of the slide, trip up and fall down the slide. Lucy looked in shock as the blonde fell down and yelled. Francine, Carmen and Claude also looked shock as Lucy got over hers and looked at them. She pointed at slide and said, "Well, come on then."
They did not know what she meant before she jumped on the slide and went down it as well. Carmen and Claude looked worry before Francine went down the slide, so they followed her as Carmen went down with Claude being the last person going down the slide.
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Claude landed into a hot and dry world, colored in browns and reds and black. It almost reminded him of the desert, which his family had to visit that one summer, as he spit the black dirt out of his mouth. He looked at the red sky and the deep carters as he took off his jacket due to the extreme heat. He looked at the long, lava river next to him as high-powered steam came out of the carters.
The Irish boy wiped his bushy eyebrows as he looked up to see Simon on a flat rock with a pair of sunglasses on. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Claude yelled at the blonde. Extreme heat always made Claude cranky, so it wasn't a surprise to Simon as he looked at Claude with a bored expression.
"Yes, your Highness..." Simon said sarcastically as he got off the rock and put the sunglasses back in his pocket. "Just wanted a tan."
"You moron! You are in a dream world, not the fucking real world!" Claude snapped as he turned around to meet the girls, where all three were looking at him with confuse eyes. He blushed as he saw Lucy's disappointed face, whereas the other two girls were used to his crankiness.
Lucy turned around and began heading off towards a building a little while from where they were at. The four other teens looked cofnuse before following her down the path, with a certain brunette feeling glum that he made himself look like an idiot.
The five teens walked down the pathway as hot winds blew hair into Lucy's face, causing the redhead to push strands back over and over again. At one point, when she was pushing some hair back from her face, a small creature came from the running lava river. It was a red-skinned imp with a spear in its hand.
Lucy looked to see this Fire Imp behind the group, but it spotted her and began running, ignoring her friends as it did. Lucy rolled her eyes and sighed as she pulled out six Jacks from her pocket and motion for her friends to move. They did right when Lucy threw them, which casued them to hit the Fire Imp into different directions until one ripped through the imp's throat.
The dead Fire Imp fell to the ground as the Jacks returns to Lucy's hand. She placed them back in her pocket and motion for her friends to continue to follow her, which they did as she kept going towards the mysterious building up ahead.
But they were yet again taking off track when a four-legged, man-like creature made out of lava appeared from the lava river. Lucy sighed once again as she held her Vorpal Blades in her hand, moving away as the Lava Man sprayed lava at her.
She jumped into the air and stabbed the creature in the neck with one Vorpal Blade, holding on tight as the creature flung around. As she held on, she took her other Vorpal Blade and stabbed the monster through the stomach. The Lava Man roared in anger as Lucy jumped off its back and stood in front of the wouned creature as she kicked its feet from under it and let it go back into the lava river.
The redhead turned to see her friends hiding behind one of the rocks, but she shrugged her shoulders and asked, "What?" before continuing on the path towards the mysterious building. The four teens looked both confuse and terrifed as they followed her.
But as they followed her, they ended up slamming into her back as Lucy stood there and looked at the blazing building. Claude rubbed his nose and looked up to see what Lucy was looking at; it was her white, three-story Victorian-styled house but it was on fire. Just like the night Lucy lost her family and sanity.
"Wow, you don't see this everyday..." Carmen whispered. But Claude ignored the comment as he looked at Lucy, but only to see that she was already walking towards the building.
"Lucy, wait!" Claude called out as he followed her, with his friends at his heels. They walked up the small set of stairs, the flames barely licking at their ankles as Lucy went up to the door and held one hand up, but she kept it in the air like she was debating whether or not to open the door.
Finally, with her friends behind her, she grabbed the doorknob and the door swung open. A blast of hot air came over the teens as Lucy walked in as confidently as she could, with her friends following her as they coughed some of the hot air out of their lungs.
Turns out, though the outside looked very much like Lucy's old burning home, the inside was nothing more than an empty space. And there, standing in the middle, was a very tall green-skinned dragon with long, mechanical wings. His eyes were now glowing orbs and on his chest was a furnace-like heart.
And one look at this drgaon wa senough to send Simon, Francine, and Carmen running towards the only stairs the building had as they looked down from the top floor, which was only a few feet taller than the Jabberwock.
The creature looked at Lucy as he said in a deep voice, "You've kept me waiting, Lucy. Have you never heard that punctuality is a virute?"
"You and my destint's assistant have much in common." Lucy snapped with a smirk on her face.
"You habitually late, aren't you? Between your dimwitted daydreaming and your preening vanity, the hours just fly by. There's barely time for anything else." The Jabberwock said as he began pacing around the room.
"Is that the best you can do? Hurl second-rate insults? They don't hurt..." Lucy said confidently as she crossed her arms over her chest.
The Jabberwock gave a slight smile as he said, "Your family was expecting you to come to them, weren't they? Perhaps they thought you might warn them of the danger, being close to the source as you were. But they waited in vain and dided for their trouble."
Finally, Lucy's cocky facade faded as she dropped her arms and her eyes were filled with anger. She curled up her fists and yelled, "We were all asleep! I didn't cause the fire! I know..." She trailed off as her voice got caught in her throat.
"You selfish, ungrateful, miserable child! You smelled the smoke. But you were in Dreamland as you had tea with your friends. You couldn't be bothered. Your room was protected and spared while your family roasted upstairs in an inferno of incerdible horror!" The Jabberwock said as his voice got higher and angrier.
Lucy's eyes were now filled with tears as she tried to convice herself that she didn't cause the fire, that someone else did. "No, no, no, no! You're wrong!" The Jabberwock laughed evily as Claude looked at Lucy and held an arm out in front of her. He looked at his friends, who looked at him as he nodded his head towards the creature.
They all nodded in agreement as Claude looked at the Jabberwock and said, "Are you just saying this stuff because you were never invited to a tea party?"
The Jabberwock roared in anger and fly towards the Claude, but the brunette took out his Cheshire Cat and stabbed the creature in the throat. He then kicked the Jabberwock in the stomach as he grabbed Lucy and pulled her to the side, away from the monster as it screamed in anger.
As the Irish boy caused a minor distraction, Simon and the girls looked from the top platform. The blonde looked at the girls with a cocky smirk and said, "I have an idea."
"No, no, no. This is going to end bad." Carmen said as she tried to be rational, knowing Simon's plan will be insane and Francine will try to make a less-crazier verison so Simon can actually make it through alive.
But Simon just smirked as he got up and stepped on the railing of the platform. He grabbed his Hobby Horse and smiled, as Carmen looked at Francine in shock and the small girl ust shrugged her shoulders as she did not know what was going to happen.
"I thought we were going to do another plan." Francine said.
Carmen shook her head, thinking why she was surrounded by insane people. But as she thought about this, Simon's crooked grin got wider as he hanged one foot off the railing and closed his eyes. He raised his hands outwards from his body as he began thinking as hard as he could.
For a moment, Simon felt a cold shiver down his back. He placed his arms down and opened his eyes to see that everyone in the room was frozen in place; Francine looked confuse, Carmen still had her head in her hands, Claude and Lucy were running from the Jabberwock, and the monster itself was breathing fire.
Simon smirked as he jumped off the railing and used Floating to land softly on the ground. His feet touched the ground and he began walking towards the frozen Jabberwock, who was frozen in mid-air with fire coming out of his mouth.
The blonde walked under the monster and looked to see that the Jabberwock's tail was too far up for him just for simon to grab on, pull himself up, and walk up the Jabberwock's back. He bit his lower lip, but his eye brighten up and he snapped his fingers.
The blonde got under one of the Jabberwock's feet and used the Butterfly Dodge to push himself up. As he got higher, Simon grabbed on to the toenail and pulled himself up on the foot. Then he began climbing up the bony leg as he pulled himself onto the back and sighed with relief.
Then Simon walked up the Jabberwock's back, right until he reached the head of the monster. The blonde smiled as he took the end of his Hobby Horse, and placed it right over one of the Jabberwock's eye.
Simon laughed as he poked the eye out with the sharp end, grabbing it as it flew out of the eye socket and floated in the air for a moment. Simon grinned as he held the eye and slidded down the back, but a little gross out that he was holding a slimey eyeball. He went into the air as he jumped off the tail and he used Floating to land back on the ground.
Simon grinned like an idiot as he went over to Lucy, smiling at the Jabberwock as he touched the redhead's arm and she unfroze.
Lucy almost fell by picked herself up as she wiggled herself out of Claude's grip. She looked at Simon as he held the eyeball and said, "Now, what do we need to do now?"
Lucy's eyes became wide as she looked at the eyeball and grabbed it. She twirled it in her hand, unfaze by the gross slime covering her hand, as she said "There is a crook in here somewhere. Find it real quick before you unfreeze anything."
Simon nodded his head as he looked around for the spot he was in, trying to find something weird-looking or something that looked like a crook. Lucy glared at the blonde before sighing and walking over to a small chest. Simon watched the redhead as he saw her hands shaking, so he went over there and tapped her shoulder.
Lucy turned around in fear and almost caught Simon in the jaw, but the blonde moved as he said "Whoa there! Don't hurt me!" Lucy looked to see he meant no harm as she murmured something under her breath like sorry or something along the lines of that. Simon smiled as he kneel down at the chest and said, "Let me open it."
Lucy's eyes looked shocked as Simon took his knuckles and began doing a pattern around the lock of the chest; he began at the sides of the lock twice before tapping his knuckles up and down the lock and hitting the middle three times. Lucy heard a soft CLICK sound as the chest's lid flipped open.
The redhead had her mouth open as Simon pulled out a long, grey wooden staff with a small, G-shaped crook at the top that looked big enough for the glowing eye. the blonde smiled widely at Lucy as he took the eyeball and placed it in the small, G-shaped crook. The crook glowed as a small wire came from it and wrapped around the eyeball, keeping it in place.
"Awesome!" Simon said happily as Lucy walked away towards Claude.
She went to Claude and unfroze him. The brunette took a deep breath before seng the frozen fire in front of him and jumping back a little. Lucy rolled her eyes as she watched Simon unfreeze Carmen and Francine, while her and Claude walked away from the still-frozen Jabberwock.
Francine and Carmen ran down the stairs with Simon, and the Eyestaff, right behind them as they met Lucy and Claude at the front door. Lucy opened the door once again as Claude saw the pain and fear in her eyes. He touched her shoulder and said, "You okay?"
"Huh?" Lucy looked back at him before she realize what he had said. "Oh, yeah. I'm fine." But Claude knew damn well that she had just lied to him about that.
Simon finally reached the door, the Eyestaff mainly weighing him down, as he said "Yeah, we can leave!"
But Lucy pointed towards the Jabberwock and gave a glare that sent chills down Simon's back. Without questioning her, he looked at the Jabberwock and began focusing on the time in the room. Suddenly, a wind picked up as speed began going fast to catch up to its normal time pace.
The Jabberwock's fire hit the wall as he screamed in pain. "MY EYE! WHERE IS MY EYE?" But nobody answered him as the five teens left the buring house and were engulfed in a bright white light.