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A/N: Heya guys! A new chapter for this fic! Thanks to all who read this fic, reviewed, alerted, and faved! It means a lot to me and I really hope you guys enjoy this story! This chapter is kind of Naminé's entrance to "Wanderland", which is parallel to the normal Wonderland of Alice. This fic has a different kind of Wonderland with new characters, but will still maintain the essence of adventure and whimsical situations, yet will have some "dark" moments. Thank you to Ruby Lanx and Victoria for reviewing! :D

-Ruby Lanx - Thanks for your review and thanks for your kind comment! :D Cloud's her brother here. Thanks for pointing my error out! I fixed it so there would be less confusion. Thank you once again!

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Naminé in Wanderland

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Chapter 2

Lost in the Mysterious Room

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The Strife siblings eagerly walked through the large gates of Twilight Town Academy and admired the solemn campus' beauty. The garden had a fresh scent of dew with the grass gleaming green. The towers of the school were quite high and the buildings looked very clean. It was the perfect definition of an academy.

"Reminds me of North Radianta Academy," Cloud muttered. "Only smaller."

They crossed paths with a strict-looking man with long blond hair and sharp green eyes.

"Good morning," he said coolly. "I am Professor Vexen Yomaki, one of the teachers in this prestigious academy."

Cloud tilted his head. "You look like Professor Even Yomaki from North Radianta Academy."

As if it appeared off-character, the cruel-looking professor gave a genuine laugh. "That's my twin brother. He was more attached to that bright place. Are you the boy who inquired yesterday?"

Cloud nodded. "Yes. I'm here to enroll my sister, Naminé Strife."

Vexen eyed down the girl and the moogle to match. "She looks like a very responsible and witty young lady," he remarked. "Ms. Strife, you will be most welcome to join the academy. You will obtain high-class education and meet good people. Is this your first year in high school?"

Naminé nodded.

"Hmm, I guess I'll be teaching you. Do take Science. I'm a brilliant teacher, if you don't mind me boasting," he said with a chuckle. "If you surpass my expectations, I'll allow you to take up Biology in advance."

She laughed softly and stared at the school and back. "Mr. Yomaki, do you have a subject for art?" she asked shyly. The professor nodded.

"Of course. We provide many subjects that students would select for themselves to enjoy. You'll find out more later. Come with me now, children. Let's get your papers fixed so that Twilight Town Academy would serve as Ms. Naminé's new second home."

Cloud rubbed the nape of his neck in anxiety. The teacher sure does know how to creep a guy out with his fancy words.

As they walked through the huge and countless hallways of Twilight Town Academy, Vexen decided to use their walk as a tour as well. He pointed out the classrooms to Naminé and told her the difference between freshmen classrooms to senior classrooms. Cloud whispered to his sister that the school was quite complicated to memorize. He even asked Vexen if there was a map and sadly didn't get the response he wanted. Vexen brought the Strife siblings to the cafeteria, which was quite large and very clean to look at.

"Do they sell kupo nuts here, kupo?" he asked.

"Well, no," Vexen answered icily. "And frankly, pets are seldom welcomed in school days."

Kisa floated on Cloud's shoulder with an insulted expression. "I know, Kisa."

Soon, they were brought to the special rooms of the school. Naminé was impressed with the art classroom they had, which contained many easels and art supplies. The windows revealing natural sceneries were a perfect touch for the room. The science laboratory for the freshmen surprised the girl due to the equipments. Cloud considered the computer laboratory acceptable and disliked Vexen's comment about the uselessness of technology for the students.

"They just don't study as hard as they should because of these," he spat. "But our principal demanded to maintain this room for educational purposes. Students abuse these computers, however. Ms. Strife, I hope you won't be one of those students."

Finally, they reached the office area of the high faculty members of the school. Vexen welcomed them in and asked Naminé to wait patiently by the couch.

"Uh… Mr. Yomaki?" she chirped. The man turned around. "What can I help you with?"

"What is that room across here?" she asked. Vexen glanced at the door she pointed at and sighed.

"Room 44-D? That is an old room. Older than I am. Twilight Town Academy has stood in this town for many, many years. We use that room for detention, but only sometimes. People claim that room has a little mystery in it – an illusion, if you call it. It is a room where great power stays in, and people are afraid of its so-called "curse" upon humans. However, I consider their tales poppycock. There is no such curse on that room and no one died in there. Don't go in there, though. It's off limits, even for teachers."

"Oh. Thank you, Mr. Yomaki," she said. Vexen nodded and left her alone waiting on her seat. Kisa was still perched on Cloud's shoulder, leaving Naminé quiet and lonely.

She didn't listen to Cloud's conversation with whoever-it-was for her enrollment. She was more interested on the school now. It had a mystery.

But she didn't manage to escape boredom. She took out her sketchbook from her backpack and shuffled through her drawings again. Reaching her mysterious drawing, she gasped by the late realization that the building she drew at the center connecting many roads looked like Twilight Town Academy. How could she miss it? Even the certain details of the outer walls of the school matched her sketch.

"This is wrong… I shouldn't be paranoid about it," she thought to herself. She looked at the door again. Room 44-D. The door was high and reached the ceiling's rim. It looked dull, but was there really a mystery behind it? She felt the urge to go through it, but stopped herself. It was wrong and irrational. Of course it wouldn't have a curse. They used it for detention, after all.

"Kupo nuts, kupo nuts…"

Naminé gasped at the sight of Kisa floating at the hallway. Wasn't he with Cloud? Nevertheless, she returned her sketchbook in her backpack. "Kisa! Come here!"

Kisa didn't budge. The moogle continued floating in circles, calling out for kupo nuts. "Kisa!" Still no response. She groaned.

To her surprise, Kisa shifted to the direction of Room 44-D and opened the door. "Kisa!" The moogle still didn't answer her. She had no choice; she ran after the moogle, shouting his name countless times and telling him to come back to her. The door behind her slammed shut, but Naminé didn't care. She was in Room 44-D, and it was just a plain classroom.

"Who in the world jokes about a room like this having a mystery?" she asked temperamentally. "Kisa! Please come here now!"

"I need kupo nuts," he said. He floated towards the dark corner of the room.

Naminé ran towards Kisa and accidentally tripped after her foot got caught by a desk leg. Her collapse was painful and unforgettable. Usually she'd catch herself before falling. Recovering, she ran towards Kisa and sank to the ground unexpectedly.

"Kisaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Naminé looked down and saw a dark, bottomless tunnel.

"Aaaaaaaaagh!" she screamed. She was screaming her lungs out and the hole above her and Kisa diminished in size. It was her second fall, and she was falling to her doom.

"I wish something would break my faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall!" she added in a shriek. Tears were welling up from her eyes as the pressure of her fall tensed her up. Gravity was pulling her down and she couldn't stop it. "Eeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"

She clasped her hands on her face. There was no telling when she'd make contact with the ground painfully. Even if she did want to join her parents, she didn't want to die this early.

PFFFP.

The sinking sensation left. The pressure stopped. Only quiet hisses of the wind surrounded her. Naminé opened her eyes and found herself on a large mattress. She exhaled and momentarily lay on the blessed thing that cushioned her fall.

"Thank goodness," she exhaled. She looked up and a little dot of light remained above her. The fall she had spelled death, and she thanked the heavens that she was alive and breathing. But now she had a bigger problem. She was lost in the mysterious underground of the room.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here," said a voice. A male voice.

"Wh… who's there?" she breathed.

A/N: Ohmygosh! Who could that be? *sarcasm* So obvious. XD Oh, and I was searching for Vexen & Even's surname is a Japanese pronunciation of a word... but I forgot that word. :| Anyways, I hope this chapter was decent. Please R&R, and stay tuned, guys! :D Thanks for reading!