Jaune of Hearts Chapter 4, a Kingdom Hearts + RWBY Crossover fanfic

Disclaimer: Read Chapter 1 (it's in the fine print somewhere).

"So this is space huh?" Jaune look through the cockpit windows of the Gummi ship in awe. This is the first spacecraft he was in and the most advanced, more so than the Bullheads stationed at Beacon. Weiss told him earlier how Ozpin had given the two girls this ship to travel across different worlds to look for him, or the keyblade rather; while that did raise some questions he was just glad to have a way to search the stars and find their friends and classmates.

"Yeah, awesome isn't it?" Yang set the ship to autopilot so that she may get a few moments of ease. After taking off from Traverse Town, the Shining Beacon was now safely cruising through space. The lessons she had taken from Cid before leaving definitely helped. As the three of them watch as every star pass by, enjoying the view.

"I've never thought in all of my life I'd get to see stars this close, and each one is supposed to be another world." Weiss set down her grimoire to gaze at the collection of stars and planets. This alone had really put things in perspective for her. The Schnee Dust Company, Beacon, and even Remnant itself is only a small part of this vast black ocean of worlds.

"I've always wanted to become a Huntress and go out on many adventures. I haven't even graduated and I'm on the biggest trip of my life!" Yang smiled as she spun around in the driver's seat. "I wonder what the first world we're going to see is. Hopefully we find some clues out there."

"Like where our friends and everyone else in Remnant landed." Jaune thought aloud. Now that he thought about it, the whole planet had also been consumed by darkness. As much as it pains him, not only was his school, but his home and his family were gone. Depressing as that may be, it also gives him more reasons to find their friends and a way to reverse what had happened to their world.

"We also need to find a way to stop these Heartless. Hopefully we can find some more of Ansem's research reports in the first world we stop by." Weiss also brought up. Leon and company had told them all they know about the Heartless and had even given them the Ansem report in their possession. The scared swordsman also told them that other pages of the report had been scattered throughout the worlds so that gave them another thing to look out for.

A light beeping from the console of the ship grabbed everyone's attention away from the view and to the ship's computer.

"Yang, did you break something already?!" Weiss tried to see what the sound meant.

"Hey! I didn't do anything, Cid taught me how to fly this thing perfectly!" Yang yelled back. The blond maybe a novice but she had learned all the basics she needed to know. So what if she winged the take off a bit, no one was better driving a vehicle than her.

Before things could escalate between the two, Jiminy decided to hop out of Jaune's hoodie and towards the console. "Now now, that sound isn't a sound of concern. I believe that it's the ship pointing out the closest world to us." The cricket hopped along the keys and was able to pull up a hologram of the world in the middle of the room.

"Gummi Ships are installed with this radar so that pilots would know of any nearby worlds that are safe enough to land on. Though it would seem that Cid and this Ozpin fellow installed a few more things to help you in your search." Jiminy hopped out the way as Yang's seat approached the console.

"Our first world eh" Yang smiled as she typed in the coordinates the ship gave them before taking the wheel. "All right, buckle up for safety everyone!"

"Buckle up? Coming from you that's like the pot calling the kettle black." Weiss mentioned as she and Jaune buckled up, hoping not to get Yang into the 'Speed Demon' mode.

"Alright, and remember I'll keep track of everything in my journal." Jiminy then tucked himself safely back in Jaune's hood.

"We got it Jiminy." The three said at the same time as they landed in the world.

(Scene Change)

"What the hell!?" Weiss yelled as the three now seemingly falling down a hole.

The three had no real idea what happened or how, but now the three were out of their ship and falling down a weird rabbit hole. Normally this would be cause for concern, but now they were in a sort of slow motion free fall trying to grab onto something to give them a sense of control, except for Yang, who decided to take it easy by stretching her body out to look like she's relaxing. Weiss struggled to find something to stop her fall and keeping her skirt from flying up. Jaune was flailing, trying to flap his arms as if trying to fly out the hole. Towards the bottom of the hole it wasn't long before gravity had returned to normal. With an unplanned flip, Jaune fell body first. Weiss, unprepared for the sudden shift in gravity, fell onto Jaune's back. Yang managed to flip and land her feet looking none the worse for wear, though she had to hold back from laughing at the small pileup her friends made.

'Again, really?' Jaune thought to himself, reminded of a previous fall back at Beacon.

"Okay…if there's a spell for healing, then we need to learn it...soon" Jaune groaned, rising to his feet after Weiss got off. So far, they had only read up on the first basic spell in the grimoire, Fire; the spell Leon had used during their fight.

Fire. A simple spell, and the basic building block for greater spells.

Still, when are they going to learn cool spells, like ones that drop meteors from the sky? Or at least a spell to make them weightless so that he can stop falling on his face.

Weiss dusted herself off from her failed landing. Before leaving Traverse Town, Aerith had given them a book containing instructions on how to use magic. When it came to learning the fire spell more Yang had brushed the spell off, saying she was already hot enough and didn't need magic to win a fight. This left Jaune and Weiss alone to learn how to use the art of magic. It was a slow crawl, with the book referring to using mana to power spells. The two were trying get around that by using their aura.

"The first world we arrived in a city and this one has us we land down a hole? Do these worlds ever stay consistent?" Weiss asked, brushing off another speck of dirt. Hopefully soon she could learn a spell that would clean her outfit. She didn't exactly have the funds to buy herself a new one anymore. Plus the fact, the three didn't have a chance to pack their luggage before they were ejected from Remnant.

Jiminy hopped out Jaune's hood, taking a breath of relief that he wasn't squished when Jaune broke Weiss' fall. Opening up his journal he then addressed the team as he wrote. "The name of this world read Wonderland back on the ship. With a name like that, you can't expect it to be part of the norm Weiss."

"We could've landed in a world where ninjas hop through trees and rooftops like in Blake's ninjas of love books." Yang replied as she looked at the somewhat decorated hole.

"You read those books?"

"Yep, I know all of Blake's little hiding spots around the room. I read a bit before hiding it from Ruby." Yang replied without shame before smiling wryly at Jaune. "Why, do you?"

Before Jaune could think of a reply they all heard the sound of thumping behind them. Running passed them was something, or someone. That someone was a rabbit, not a rabbit Faunus like they were used to, but a pure white animalistic rabbit wearing a red coat, yellow buttoned shirt, and black bow tie. In his right hand a large golden pocket watch.

"D'oh, I'm late! I'm late I'm late I'm late!" He spoke frantically after landing down the hole. Running circles around the new arrivals.

"Um, hello, could you tell us...?"

"No time to say hello, good bye! I'm late I'm late I'm late!" The rabbit ignored Jaune to venture further down the hole.

"Is it me, or was that guy just weird?" Weiss asked as everyone else nodded in agreement. The talking White Rabbit was running like his head was cut off.

"Yeah, but he might know a few things. Like where Ruby and Blake are? Maybe someone else?" Yang reminded them as she led chase after the rabbit, with Weiss groaning at her. It may be their first lead but it's dangerous to start chasing random things on an unfamiliar world.

"Let's go Jaune, we better make sure Yang doesn't do anything stupid."

"You know Snow An-I mean Weiss, she probably won't get into a supreme amount of trouble. Worse case, she might do something Nora might do, especially when she wants her pancakes...that was a horrible time when the cafeteria ran out." Jaune mentioned, shuddering while remembering how much of a berserker the random girl was. Weiss shrugs, though inwardly she agreed with the male blond and ran off, with Jaune just behind her.

(Scene Break)

The three passed through a room, which was comprised of multiple doors, until they found an open door that led them into another room. Unlike where they landed, it was a seemingly normal room.

"Oh dear I'm late! The Queen, she'll have my head for sure!" The White Rabbit said as he entered a door that was much smaller than the group.

"Well that's just great. The one door we need is way too small for us to even crawl into." Yang said as they crouched to inspect the door that had closed behind the rabbit. Before the girl could cock her hand back and make her own entrance she felt a hand land on her shoulder.

"Uh Yang, maybe we should check and see if the door is locked first." Jaune said as he bent down to reach for the door. Just as he hand reached the door, the doorknob began to move on its own. It let out a loud yawn and stared up at the trio with its droopy eyes.

"Do you mind keeping it down? I've already had one rude awakening, so I rather not be disturbed." The Doorknob glared up at the trio of visitors.

Jaune held up his hands apologetically. "Sorry, but you see we were chasing after a white rabbit who went through your door. Do you mind letting us through?"

"Hmm…" The doorknob eyed the students as if inspecting them before letting out a scoff. "Too big. I'm not stretching for a couple of people I don't know and you'll hardly fit through the tunnel as you are now."

"Well how do we get small enough to go through the door?" Weiss asked, already tired of the doorknob's attitude.

"Why don't you check out that bottle on the table there? Now if you excuse me, I'm going back to sleep." And just like that, the doorknob closed its eyes and returned to dreamland.

"What bottle, or better yet what table?" Weiss asked as they turned around and suddenly they saw a table in the center of the room with a bottle with a tag that said 'Drink Me', and all three were curious, since it wasn't there when they entered the room.

"When did that get there?" Jaune asked as Yang took the bottle.

"So, this thing'll get us through that door?" She asked as she opened the bottle and took a sniff. It didn't smell poisoned or toxic, but they didn't know anything else because of how strange the place was, despite having a clothed talking cricket chronicling their adventures.

"I'm not sure we should drink it. We don't even know what that thing is." Weiss spoke as Jiminy hopped out Jaune's hood to inspect the bottle.

"I agree with Weiss. I think it's better to side with caution." Jiminy agreed with the Schnee's statement.

"Well, maybe I should..." Jaune started to say but noticed that Yang was already taking a sip. It wasn't long before she started to shrink down in size; almost to the size of a rat or a large mouse. Soon the little dragon was sticking her head out of her larger piles of clothes.

"Whoa, I've dropped lots of pounds in a second?! Think we can take some of that back to Beacon?"

"Yang what is wrong with you? For all you know it could have been poisoned! Don't drink things with suspicious labels, especially one a talking doorknob told you to drink!" Weiss continued to lecture the shrunken blond whose modesty was only covered by thee piles of clothes around her.

"Sheeze, if you weren't loud before with your yelling you sure are now!" Yang shouted back while covering her ears. Surprisingly her weapon seemed to have shrunken with her. In a second, a mischievous smile appeared on Yang's face. "Wow Weiss, who knew you can be so daring.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'd say those suit Blake but black is a good color on you."

"You-You!" As Weiss proceeded to blow her top as Jaune decided to examine the bottle while trying to ignore the two's banter.

"So it's not poisonous if anything." Jaune spoke as the soft blush on his face beginning to fade. "Our weapons shrink with us, so the big problem would be our clothes."

"W-well, if it's the only way then I'll go next! Just so you don't try to peek up my skirt too!" Weiss spoke threateningly as she took the bottle from Jaune.

"Why bother? He'll see your underwear when it's on the floor."

"Quiet you!" As Weiss began to drink, Jaune proceeded to look around the room for anything else of interest. That's when he noticed something else that didn't seem there before.

"Hey, was that toy dresser always there, or am I seeing things?" He asked, directing the girls' attention to a nearby doll sized dresser and an old fashioned changing curtain, the kind seen in old homes when a person wanted to changed but didn't have the privacy.

"You're right." Weiss noticed just as the drink took effect. She began to shrink down as well, matching Jiminy and Yang in height. Myrtenaster also shrunk in the girl's hands. The Schnee heiress sent a look up at the still normal sized Jaune, "You better close your eyes for a bit while we check it out, and if you peek then you'll be sorry!" As tiny as the two girls are, it still wasn't an idle threat. The blonde knight then closed his eyes as the two scurried to the nearby dresser and to get behind the curtain and look in the closet.

"Okay lady-killer, you can open those peepers of yours!"

"No don't…!"

The Ice Queen tried to say, but it was too late. Yang smiled as she and Weiss barely managed to get behind the curtain just as Jaune opened his eyes, only catching the retreating backsides of the two girls. While he enjoyed the site, despite the fact that they were now the size of large dolls, he waited with his face matching a certain huntress' hood while the two were changing. After a while, he got the clear from Weiss that the two were dressed.

"Well, bottoms up." Jaune said, drinking his fill and proceeding to shrink. Like Weiss and Yang before, he was now covering his modesty while leaving his clothes behind.

"Truly bizarre, a drink that shrinks the drinker down to my size." The cricket commented as he made sure to document it and the all else he had seen inside his journal. "Wonderland truly is a unique world."

"Yeah, that's the word for it." Jaune called from underneath his clothes. Thankfully, the girls gave him privacy to make his way in the dresser and pull out the dollsized copy of his clothes. "What are we going to do with our clothes just lying on the ground like that?"

"Maybe we can pick them back up after we turn back to normal." Yang said as she stretched to see how easy flowing and flexible the "doll" clothes were.

"About that, how do we know if we'll get back to our original size? I don't want to be stuck the size of a doll all of my life. I'll never be able to face anyone at the school ever again." Weiss spoke in worry.

To answer the Schnee's question the helpful cricket continued to read the fine print on each of the bottles. "It says here that there are two ways to reverse the effects. You'll need to find a certain magic in this world that will make you grow much like this bottle here made you shrink. Also fret not, magic from another world fades as soon as you leave that world." Jiminy explained.

"So we won't be stuck as Mini-Me's if we leave this world." Yang said, satisfied with how her clothes felt. "I love my name but I don't want it literal."

"Goddammit Yang…Well that's some good news for once, I was thinking this day couldn't get any worse." Weiss spoke.

As soon as those words left her mouth a group of familiar shadows appeared along the ground, the Shadow heartless, as Jiminy called them. Appearing as well in flashes of darkness is a new type of heartless as well. These heartless had smooth, conical, red bodies with the Heartless emblem emblazoned on their chest. The top of their bodies flares outward and forms a jagged "collar" below the Heartless' spherical, pitch black head. They also wore conical, yellow hat that has a jagged brim and a thin, curled tip. Like many Heartless they've seen, they had the glowing yellow eyes. Also, they had seemingly useless feet sporting three small, thin toes.

"You had to say something Ice Queen." Yang said as she rushed out and smacked a Shadow and destroyed it. Weiss was also ready with Myrtenaster at her side as she entered the battle to work on shadows as well.

"Watch out!" Jaune said as he guarded a blow from a Soldier that arrived, saving Weiss from a surprise attack. That was when the Red Nocturnes began to spin and shoot fireballs at the trio. Yang fired rounds into the air to meet the flames to cancel them out. Jaune noticed one of the fireballs heading for the Schnee Heiress, and blocked it with his keyblade. Weiss then stabbed the ground making glyphs appear around the room. As Weiss began to set up, Yang's irritation grew as the heartless floating around her and her bullets.

"Stay still dammit!" Yang shouted as her anger grew. Weiss started to fire icicles that quickly tore through the floating Heartless. A single Red Nocturne that was angering Yang made the mistake in getting close to Jaune, who had just finished off another Soldier, then sliced through turning it into a black and red mist with a heart floating up.

Yang, I hate to say this but turn off the flames. These heartless heal from fire, the more flames you throw around, the more these things heal and the longer we have to fight them!" Weiss fired more ice at the Nocturnes and smiled as they all died instantly. She was far from mastering the blizzard spell but she can still replicate it with her dust and semblance. Luckily they found out The Red Nocturnes, died instantly to ice.

"How?! These things are annoying the hell out of me?!" Yang punched the ground, missing a few Shadows that slinks back into the darkness. Firing her weapon, she took a page from Ruby and let the force of Ember Celica send her into the air where she took out another set of the flying heartless. Landing back on the ground she then aimed a solid punch on the Shadow that had evaded her earlier.

Jaune, after cutting a few Nocturnes of his owned, focused on the last set of Shadows on the ground. Pointing his keyblade towards them, he decided to give range a try. "Fire!" Much like how he saw with Leon, a fireball was created at the tip of the keyblade before firing like a rocket. The flaming missile locked on and set the Shadow on fire before it faded into ashes. Grinning, Jaune began aiming at the surviving heartless.

'So this is what having a weapon that's also a gun feels like. I can see why everyone enjoys it!'

"Should we stop him?" Weiss asked seeing Jaune get trigger happy as he annihilated the remaining heartless.

"Let him have his moment. This is the closest he's had to weapon that shoots, let him have fun so long as he doesn't aim at us." Yang said, the flames now gone from her hair as her anger disappeared. They decided to take a break once the Heartless have all disappeared.

"Now, let's check out that door." Yang said returning to the doorknob that told them about the bottle, "Hey, we're small enough to fit in the door right?" The Blonde Bombshell asked, but all she got was snoring.

"We need to get through, so would you kindly open up for us?" Weiss tried diplomatically, but the doorknob just snored some more.

"Um, please let us through?" Jaune asked, but also received a snore. Yang was getting tired of the snoring that the doorknob was doing, considering the racket that occurred from fighting Heartless.

"Let, us, THROUGH!" Yang was ready to punch through, but the Doorknob just snored even louder. The Blonde Bombshell was irate and would have tried to punch her way through, if Jaune and Weiss hadn't held her back.

"Come on, let me ring that Door's bell!" Yang yelled as she struggled in their grips.

"One, that pun was bad even for you. And two, as much as I like to turn that door into firewood we were specifically ordered by Professor Goodwitch to not mess around with the order of the worlds. I think killing a sentient door ornament counts as that." Weiss said, wanting the berserk blonde to calm down. "Strange as this place is, a room is a room. Maybe there is a window we can go through or maybe another entrance we haven't found?"

"You think the Rabbit would have a secret passage whenever his door is cranky?" Jaune asked as he spied around the room for any clues on how to find their rabbit acquaintance. There was a fireplace, but there was no way they could use it at either heights, several plants, the tunnel where they came and...

"Jiminy, since you're up there, do you see what's behind that bed in the corner?" Jaune asked as he slowly climb up the chair to meet the cricket on the table.

"Hmm, most peculiar. It looks like it's attached to the wall, not the floor. And you're right, maybe that's a hole that leads past the door." The journalist, Jiminy agreed as the two looked from the table. "I'm afraid at this size there is nothing that can be done." As the boys tried to think of a way, the girls quickly made their way to the table.

"Great, now that we know where it is, but now we're supposed to grow back?" Weiss asked.

"We could leave the world, but I think we become tiny when we come back." Yang hypothesized. The magic faded when they left the world, not disappear entirely.

"Ah, a bunch of fleas, high but not low." A mysterious voice spoke to them.

"Who's there?!" Jaune asked as they all asked, preparing their weapons.

"Why not try the cake behind you to grow." As quickly as it spoke, the presence and the voice vanished.

"Cake?" They all turned around to see a small cake behind them.

It looked like a normal cake, but with white frosting and blue frosted words saying 'eat me'.

"Maybe this is like the drink? We eat this to grow back, and the drink lets shrink." Jaune hypothesized, and Yang giggled a bit at the unintended rhyme.

"Maybe, but who's going to-" Weiss started until they heard munching and both the Knight and Schnee turned to see Yang snacking on a bit of the cake.

"Yang, what did I tell you about eating strange things!?" Weiss screamed as Yang started to grow.

*SNAP!*

As Yang grew, her 'doll clothes', started to become tighter and tighter, until they ripped apart completely, exposing Yang to the world. Weiss immediately held a hand over Jaune's eyes, since she couldn't cover the Bombshell's modesty, even if Jaune already got a glimpse at the perky mounds that men in Beacon would covet a glimpse and gained the knowledge that Yang's drapes matched her carpets.

"Well, I'm a big girl again." Yang smiled as she decided to just take care of the bed, and the reason why she decided to take care of the task nude was because she was going to shrink herself again. Putting on clothes just to take them off three seconds later seemed like a waste of time.

After pushing against the bed the blonde saw it slide into the wall, somehow becoming flat against the surface. Not in the mood to figure out how that worked she turned to see a small hole with light leading out the other side. Sunlight and something green was on the other side of the tunnel.

"You guys were right, there's a hole here leading outside. It must be the rabbit's back up hole or something." Yang explained to the ice queen and the two blinded males she had in her company.

"Great, now if you could just put your clothes back on then we can move on in this ridiculous world." Weiss said, barely holding onto her sanity as they continue to explore the world. Talking animals and furniture was one thing, but foods that make you shrink, beds that vanish, and clothes ripping was too much to bear.

Yang smiled a bit before gathering up their clothes. It would make things easier to have their clothes ready when this adventure was over. Maybe find a way to not have to strip naked to progress.

"Sure thing Mom, just making sure our clothes aren't scattered everywhere. I know you'll whine about not being able to find your frilly underwear when we grow back." Grabbing the bottle, Yang drank another shot that allowed her to shrink back to doll size and grab a copy of her clothes.

"Stop talking about my choice of underwear." Weiss said angrily, letting go of the blushing males now that Yang was out of sight and getting decent.

"At least now I know you're a natural..."

"Yang!"

"Um...not to cut into your bonding but you do have a rabbit to find." Jiminy said as he hopped back up to the table to where the bottle is. "I'll shrink again so that I cannot be seen and continue to write my journal, though that Rabbit seems to be the only clue we've have on this world."

"So we just have to keep following him, maybe run into this Queen he's talking about." Jaune said, now on his feet after being blinded and dropped by Weiss. Yang had now exited the changing room with a new copy of her outfit. After Jiminy shrank again and hopped into his hoodie the trio then made their way down the tunnel.

*Sniff*

Yang took a smell of the air coming from out the tunnel. "It smells like grass and...Roses?!"

"Does that mean Ruby is here?" Jaune asked. The smell could be from the petals of her semblance or maybe a perfume.

"No, Ruby would wear something with strawberries." Weiss said, shutting down that possibility.

"And how do you know what perfume or soap my little sister prefers Weiss. Do tell?" Yang asked with a curious grin.

"Well your little sister always ends up taking my soap by accident. She made it up by getting me a bottle of hers, I have nothing against strawberries but I prefer my own soap." Weiss answered. By the time their banter ended, the three came out of the darkness and into the light, in front of the garden of a castle.

The three, plus Jiminy, looked around and noticed that there were many rose bushes.

"Red roses huh? Ruby might like this place." Jaune commented until he noticed that the roses were painted red, especially since the evidence of a paint brush and red paint was lying around. Weiss noticed the white roses as well.

"White roses painted red? Whose idea was that?" Weiss asked, still not sure how to even think about this world. It had no sense at all, and now she had seen one more thing that was even stranger: someone painted the roses red.

"Hmm, for some reason I want to say that we're getting curiouser and curiouser." Yang added before they heard the sound of a trumpet.

"Court is now in session. The Queen of Hearts now residing." The one who made the announcement was the White Rabbit. The Queen of Hearts they noticed was a rather heavyset woman with black hair, with a bun at the end, wearing black and red with a heart shaped fan. But the queen wasn't the only one they noticed. A girl that was even younger then Ruby was standing on a platform in front of the queen. She had blonde hair and a blue dress with white stockings, and looked to be eleven, maybe thirteen at the oldest.

"I'm on trial? But why?" Came the scared voice of the girl as the three continued to listen in on what was happening.

From her throne, the Queen stared down and pointed her heart shaped scepter at the young girl. "This girl is the culprit. There's no doubt about." She said, slamming her scepter down like a Judge would with a gavel. "And my reason is... because I say so that's why!"

"Y-you're majesty, if I'm in my rights to say this. That is unfair!" The three looked on and saw a familiar face standing and testifying against the rotund Queen.

A pair of long brown rabbit ears stood up from the person's long brown hair. She was wearing a white, form-fitting top, with a collar lined with a black and pink ribbon tied neatly below. She also appears to be wearing a dark-brown, long-sleeved jacket that comes down around her chest over the shirt. Her leggings consist of two parts: a pair of dark-brown shorts and a pair of black form-fitting leggings that come to just below her hips. She wears golden spaulders and vambraces, as well as a similar belt. The tops of her leggings are edged with a similar band, and her heel and toe are likewise protected.

"Is that, Velvet?!" Jaune spoke in surprise. Yang and Weiss were his first clues but he didn't stop and think how many other Beacon students were out there besides his group friends. Still he was glad that the rabbit Faunus was alive and seems to be testifying in court.

"I didn't think we would run into any other huntresses, but this is a good sign! Maybe her team is nearby, or maybe other students like Ruby!" Yang was about to bolt forward before Weiss tugged at her top.

"Not yet, a court is going on. Remember we're not supposed to interfere with the order of other worlds." Weiss reminded them.

"Maybe we can make an exception Weiss, I mean another Huntress and a friend is out there getting involved." Jaune said.

(Court)

"I agree, this is most unfair. I didn't do anything!" The young girl spoke beside Velvet.

"Well, do you have anything to say in your defense? Do you have any evidence that shows that your words hold merit over mine?" The Queen called to the two, waiting impatiently.

"You've just suddenly ordered your guards to capture my friend and are giving her a trial without even telling us what she did wrong. I-If you just give us time..." Velvet tried to reason with the ruler of Wonderland.

"Plus I have done absolutely nothing wrong!" Alice also added as she crossed her arms. "You may be the Queen, but that doesn't give you the right to be so..."

"So?" The Queen waited.

"Alice..." The bunny tried to stop her young friend.

"So, so mean!" Alice finished.

The Queen of Hearts slammed her fist angrily upon the judge's chair, "You dare defy me?!" Was the angered question, causing the rabbit Faunus and the girl to shiver at the angry tone of her voice.

"Guards…!"

"That's it." Jaune, oddly enough, said and rushed in. Yang followed with a smile, and Weiss stood for a second or two before rushing in, still trying to comprehend that the normally level-headed, albeit lacking, boy was doing something that Ruby or Yang might do: rush in to play hero.

"Hang on Queeney!" Yang called out, and managed to get soldiers, who were also playing cards, not humans or Faunus in armor themed like playing cards but actual living playing cards, moved to the side and let them pass.

"And who are you?" The Queen, stunned for moment at the intrusion asked as the three came up towards her.

"Um, we're just passing by, and couldn't help but wonder what's going on. So, what's the alleged crime?" Jaune started off as smoothly as he could, and with a bit of wondering if he'd might regret his actions...Nah. He wasn't likely to regret this, he'd regret it more if he didn't try to help anyone.

"The crime is the attempted theft of my heart, and that crime is punishable by the removal of her head. Now, off with her he-"

"Wait! You got the wrong person!" Jaune interrupted and Weiss moved closer to Jaune for a bit.

"I really think you should stop meddling. We aren't in our world." The Schnee whispered, but Jaune couldn't just let this go, and neither could Yang.

"Oh, then who is the culprit?" The Queen asked as Yang decided to speak up.

"It was the He-" She was cut off by the Schnee heiress, who would rather not meddle any further than they already had.

"Ixnay onyay ethay eartlesshay, orldway orderyay." Weiss whispered harshly to her team member as she reminded the second blonde. As fast as it would be to reveal the culprit, they didn't want to send this world into a panic and they only have their words against loyalty. It would be hard to convince a woman like the Queen.

"Okay" Yang whispered back after her hidden lecture. It really steamed her that they could do nothing but watch, especially if a fellow Huntress from her world was backing that girl up. It reminded her of days she would look after Ruby before she left for Signal Academy.

"If you do not have anything to say, then the court shall proceed with the..."

"Objection!" Jaune's voice called out and froze the proceedings. "I have something to say, how can Alice be the culprit? Are we just supposed to take your word for it? Where's your evidence, what if clues point towards someone else?"

"I didn't know Jauney had the balls to call out the Queen." Yang whispered back to Weiss.

"Someone has to, especially if no one in this court is." Weiss motioned to two playing card like soldiers rapidly trying to paint the white roses outside of the Queen's eyes red to match the red queen. "Anyone who usually opposes her probably faces punishment."

"So what makes Jaune's special?"

"No tyrant wants to be proven wrong and be accused of not being all knowing. If she just executes Jaune that brings suspicion that she's just trying to cover something up." Weiss explained. "So now she has to do something to save face."

"So you say that there is evidence of her innocence?" With a snap of her fingers a duo of card soldiers stomped in and pushed Velvet away as they pulled Alice with them and into a large birdcage next to the Queen's throne. "So I'll give you a chance to find your evidence. I will pause this court to give you time, but I do not like to be kept waiting. One, Three, bring a barrel for all I care. The next time I see you it better be with something to find the scoundrel who tried to rob me of my heart!"

"Sure thing your majesty." Jaune said as he then looked towards the girls, "So, where are we going to go to look for evidence?"

"I dunno. It's not like the Heartless just leave things that could be proof behind." Yang said, Weiss just sighing and giving up on not interfering here. Sure she didn't exactly like the idea of someone receiving punishment for doing nothing without actual evidence, but it was an order to not interfere.

"Look, I don't like the situation anymore then you do, but we shouldn't have interfered like that."

"Sorry Ice Queen, but we already did. I saw a movie once about dinosaurs and a guy said that anything studied changes, and that this kind of thing is an impossibility." Yang said as Jaune remembered that same movie, the one about the park and the dinosaurs.

"Oh yeah, I guess stepping on a world counts as interfering. We still need to find evidence, but I do-"

"Um, excuse me." Velvet interrupted the group as she made her towards them. The three looked at the rabbit Faunus as she shyly looked at them, "I think we might be able to find something in the forest nearby. Alice and I were there before winding up in the Queen's Garden."

"It's better than anything, we can start the search there." Weiss said, agreeing to the rabbit Faunus' words. If the Heartless really are involve then that is enough to get involved in this trial...she hopes. Technically they are Huntsmen and Huntresses on the field so they can make their own calls.

"You've been to this world first so lead the way Velvet." Jaune offered.

The bunny girl nodded and proceeded to lead them to the forest path, now guarded by one of the Queen's card soldiers. After getting clearance the now full Beacon team made their way into the Lotus Forest of Wonderland.

(Scene Change)

"So if the Heartless disappear just like the Grim from our world, how are supposed to get evidence from them?" Yang asked the difficult question as they cross the threshold into the woods.

"E-easier than you might think. You drank a potion to cross that room right?" Velvet asked.

"Yep, especially after that lazy rude doorknob wouldn't open up for us." Weiss said, recalling the embarrassing experience.

"It's because Wonderland doesn't follow the regular rules we're used to in our world or even where Alice is from. We ended up seeing a lot of usual things before making it to the castle." Velvet reminisced. "In fact, it was thanks to someone else we even made it to the Queen's Castle without getting lost."

"Oh, who helped you girls?"

As soon as Jaune asked that question a grinning cat's head appeared in front of him causing him to jump back in shock. The grin seemed to grow even wider before the disappeared and reappeared all around them, growing more amused by the three's locks of shock and surprise. The head finally stopped floated and rested on a stump where the rest of appeared. Grabbing its head, the cat reattached it and looked too the visitors.

"Who would that help be? Well that would be me."

"What is that thing?!" Weiss said in horror.

"Ufufu, What or Who indeed." The cat said with its eternal grin.

"I-it's ok guys, this is the one who helped us!" Velvet calmed them down. "He calls himself the Cheshire Cat, I know he seems strange but he is really nice and wise. It was thanks to him Alice and I were able to navigate through Wonderland."

"The Cheshire Cat knows much, but doesn't always tell. You seek the shadows yes?" The Cheshire Cat asked as he looked at the group. The four looked at the cat intensely before answering.

"Yes, if you mean the Heartless." Weiss said as the cat kept his smile.

"Shadows are here, and there, and everywhere else. But the evidence can be found. There are five pieces of evidence in the forest and its paths. Four's a synch to find, but the fifth will not be so easy but does offer a reward if found. Happy hunting." The cat said before disappearing into thin air.

"Should we trust this cat?" Weiss asked, but that's when she got surprised herself.

"To trust, or not to trust. I trust you'll have the answer." That was when Cheshire appeared and disappeared at once. It was definitely different from how things were.

"I say we trust him. That means we have five pieces of evidence to find in this place, but what did he mean by a reward for the fifth?" Yang asked and that confused the group.

"Well, he helped Velvet, so I think we can trust him." Jaune said as Velvet smiled and agreed. Now they needed to find evidence and fast, before the queen got too impatient and decided to behead Alice just because.

Yang then clapped her hands together surprising everyone. "Well let's split up gang!"

"Split up, are you insane? We're in a forest in a new world and you want us to split up, did the fall rattle your brain too hard?" Weiss said.

"We don't have much time and we need to collect as much evidence as we can. Two teams can comb these woods faster than one team can. And if we get lost we can always use our scrolls." Yang said as she brought out her scroll. "We can even use these things to map our course so we'll be fine."

"Yang has a point Weiss, since the Heartless are behind this we can't leave this alone and we can't let a girl like Alice be punished by something she didn't do." Jaune said. Call it a hero complex, but Jaune couldn't stand by and let a child be accused and executed for a crime she never committed, especially if he could help. Seeing it was two against one, the group turned to Velvet for her input.

"It would be better to split up, at least in two groups. Knowing the Queen's temper, we may not have a lot of time to search the forest. One group can search this end of the woods and the other can search deeper." Velvet said, losing her nervousness.

"That's three to one, so who goes with who?" Yang asked.

That was the question that required some thought. There was the fact that two individuals would make themselves more vulnerable to the Heartless, but they needed to split up and be quick.

"Well, how about we draw straws or something similar?" Jaune suggested and that was a decent idea, but what would they use for straws or whatever they would draw?

"Nah, how about this...eeny meeny miney, Weiss! Looks like we'll be searching this end of the forest. Jaune and Velvet search the other side." It was different, but the Yellow Dragon already decided teams.

"Alright, let's go Velvet, and see if we can find some clues." Jaune said, and the Rabbit Faunus nodded. The only one that would've had any complaints on the arrangement was Weiss, and that's because she wanted to make sure the mission was a success, since Jaune was the only one that could use the Keyblade.

"Wait I still think we should..." Weiss was then cut off by Yang placing her hand over the heiress' mouth. Weiss continued to protest from behind the gag as Yang pulled the heiress into another direction.

"Just chill out Weiss, Jaune can take care of himself and Velvet is a year over us. They'll be fine and I'll keep you safe from all the monsters." Yang teased her before waving at the two. "Keep in touch with the Scroll and meet us back at the entrance in a half hour. Text us if you find something."

"On it." Jaune gave her a thumbs up as he and Velvet journeyed further into the forest. Once they were far enough that they couldn't hear their companions Jaune decided now was the best time to get some answers from the Rabbit eared sophomore.

"So Velvet, how did you wind up in this world and where is the rest of your team?" Jaune asked.

"I was in Vale with my team's leader Coco when the world started to collapse. We separated to try and get as many people as we could to airship ports so that they could evacuate at Beacon. Coco saved my life, but then I fell down this dark hole and ended up in Wonderland." Velvet recalled her last experience. Even now she wondered if Coco and the rest of Team CFVY made it off Remnant. "I then met Alice and I've been protecting her since we met."

"Protected her, from what?"

As if punishing him for his curiosity, Shadow Heartless began to appear behind them. As the two got ready a new heartless appeared in the air and surrounded them. Blue Rhapsodies circled around the two almost like vultures.

"First time I've seen the flying ones." Jaune said as he summoned the Keyblade.

"They're different from the ones on Remnant. They use ice magic, almost like the dust Weiss uses." Velvet then held out her hand and fired a ball of fire directly at them. Some of the Heartless dodged but the ones caught in the flames were disintegrated. "Those are weak to fire magic so I'll hold them off." Velvet said.

"That leaves the ground ones to me." Jaune said as he shifted to a one handed sword stance.

That's when Jaune started hacking at the shadows, and he certainly felt stronger then when he was on Remnant, as it became much easier to take the Heartless out. Velvet was also having a fairly easy time fighting the Blue Rhapsodies, as her martial art style of fighting allowed her to quickly shorten the distance and start pummeling them with little problem.

"Wow, you're pretty good." Jaune said, impressed with the Faunus girl's martial arts.

"T-thank you." Velvet said, she didn't receive many compliments outside her team, due to dealing with the prejudice of being born a Faunus, but she did notice something that was near Jaune: one of the Antennas from the Shadows stayed, and she noticed a claw mark, "Jaune, is it alright to call you that?"

"Sure. Friends are just strangers you haven't met yet right?" Jaune asked, and the Rabbit girl smiled brightly. Jaune definitely liked that smile on her.

"Well, I think we found a couple of clues: an antenna and some claw marks." Velvet pointed out, and for some reason the claw marks were oddly easy to just peel off and hold on to. Velvet picked up the Antenna before the two started looking for more clues.

(Scene Break)

"Ugh, what's with this stench!?" Weiss said as she and Yang started looking for clues, and unfortunately the first clue they found so far was some serious Heartless stench.

"Guess there's no more reason to bathe when you've fallen to darkness." Yang said as they proceeded to seal the stench away.

"I don't care what happened to them, that odor has no reason to exist! As if I didn't need another reason to hate those things!" Weiss ranted as the three continued their searches around the beginnings of the forest. "Hopefully Jaune and Velvet are having much better luck than we are."

(Scene Change)

"So, what were those things you shot at the Heartless?" Jaune asked, referring to the fire the Rabbit Faunus was throwing around earlier. He had only seen Leon use fire like that and his was much larger than Velvet's. "That can't be just plain old dust, it wouldn't explain why Leon can use it when he's from a different world."

"I don't know who Leon is, but what I used was magic." Velvet began to demonstrate as her hand let out a soft green glow. A few flowers appeared over their heads and released a green mist that healed their wounds. "It was in a book that appeared next to me when I woke up. I decided to practice in it since my weapon was damaged during the Heartless attack."

As Velvet pulled out the book from her pouch and showed it to Jaune she almost jumped out her skin when Jaune gasped loudly. "That looks exactly like the book we got before we left Traverse Town! They're even written by the same author!" Jaune pointed out the styled "M" that was placed on the book. "So this book teaches magic. Now I wish we had the chance to study it before we had to leave."

"W-well, anyone can learn magic if they have enough aura and the aptitude to learn. I can teach you some if the spells if you would like?" Velvet offered.

"Sure, I think Weiss showed interest in learning magic as well. I only know the fire spell." Jaune mentioned, remembering when he went a little gun-crazy with the Fire magic he learned earlier, "Plus, it's cool to learn new things sometimes."

"I agree." Velvet commented, and while she was a little disheartened that Jaune would invite Weiss, she wasn't going to exclude her. She didn't hate the Schnee Heiress like the bulk of the White Fang did on principle, but she was cautious around her. She had no real opinions of the Schnee heiress other than she was a little cold and intimidating. Still, she was okay with Jaune since he seemed bright and sociable, someone you'd want to be friends with. Although, there were some thoughts going in Velvet's mind that were...less then wholesome, but the Chronicler of the journey had to make his voice known.

"Well, if we can't find any more evidence, then we should head back with Weiss and Yang. After all, it's best to keep the group together." Jiminy commented as the two figured it was time to head back, and the Cheshire cat said that there were four pieces of evidence, and they found half.

(Scene Change)

"Alright, so what did you two find?" Weiss asked a little harshly, but that was more from the fact that she and Yang had somehow managed to get that bottle of nasty Heartless stink.

"We found some claw marks and an antenna from one of those shadow Heartless." Jaune answers as he shows them the evidence that he and Velvet kept safe in plastic bags. "We've made it to what looks like a house but we haven't gone inside the yard yet." The knight explained the situation along with the rabbit.

"The house belongs to two citizens called the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. Alice and I met them for a while before we went to the Queen's Castle." Velvet added.

"Do you think the Heartless would be this far out into the forest?" Yang asked them over Weiss' shoulder.

"I can't hear any noise. The last time we were here the two were celebrating Unbirthday with the Dormouse."

"Unbirthday?" Yang and Weiss asked.

"Don't ask, the two are eccentric so we should have been able to hear them halfway into the forest." Velvet answered. "It is a bit unsettling that we've haven't been able to hear them. I don't want to assume the Heartless got to them."

"You two should check it out just in case." Yang shot in.

"Yang, we don't have enough time to check on every single person in the forest. We should take the evidence we have to court before the Queen decides to execute Alice. Or have you forgotten the reason why we're here?" Weiss tried to remind her.

"Three you have indeed, but is it all that you need?" A voice spoke and made Velvet jump to alert as she and Jaune spotted the floating, smiling cat.

"Cheshire." Velvet said, familiar with the antics of the grinning Cheshire Cat. The Cheshire Cat was floating in the air lazily like he was just watching.

"I think we have enough, but do you mean there's more?"

"As I said before, the evidence is in pieces four. Three you have found, but one more may break the fate." The Cheshire Cat answered the Schnee heiress as the three wondered what he meant, "The last one is tricky to find, but a little exploring will make you fine. Perhaps the forest is connected to the room with the doorknob that slumbers?" That was something that they didn't think about.

"I suppose one more piece wouldn't hurt...and he's gone." Yang said as the cat disappeared in front of them with only a clue.

"Maybe's there's a path in this forest that leads back to the room? I guess we need to start looking up, but how?" Jaune asked as Velvet had an idea.

"M-maybe we can use the mushrooms to get a ground advantage?" The rabbit Faunus suggested and pointed to a mushroom that was certainly larger than the normal stuff, or was it only large because they were small?

"The mushrooms, like stepping stones in water." As Jaune thought aloud he climbed the nearest mushroom and tested it to see if it could hold his weight. Feeling it safe, he gave the thumbs up to Velvet who jumped ahead of him onto the next highest mushroom. 'I guess that's one of the perks to being a rabbit Faunus.' He thought, admiring Velvet's jumping ability.

Taking the lead, Velvet hopped again and landed on a giant lily pad that she found was solid enough to hold her as well. "Maybe it's because we're so small, our weight doesn't affect the plants." Turning around she gave Jaune a sign to show him it was solid.

"Ok, a far of a gap but I think I can cross it." Backing up a bit to get a good start. Jaune jumped from his mushroom to the next and then took another leap for the lily pad. The blond knight saw he wasn't going to make it and reached out as far as he could, only to still miss the edge of the leaf. However, before he could fall back to the ground another hand caught him.

"I got you Jaune." Velvet grunted out as she struggled to pull the blond's weight. Jaune then helped her out be reaching with his other hand to the leaf and then climbed up with Velvet's help.

"Thanks Velvet, it would have been a pain to start over again."

"Y-your welcome..." Realizing she was still holding his hand, the Faunus dropped it with a red face and then started to look around, away from Jaune's looks of confusion. "W-we should be able to g-get a good glimpse of the forest now."

"If only we were our original sizes, we'd just stomp our way through the Heartless here." Walking forward, Jaune looked around the forest as well until he saw a glowing chest. "Ugh, Velvet, have you noticed this box here?"

"Box?" Velvet looked from her side to Jaune who was investigating a glowing chest. Reminded of Alice's curiosity she tried to open the chest only to find it sealed shut. "It's locked shut. I wonder what could be inside."

"Let me try." Summoning the keyblade, Jaune remember how he opened the chest in the Hotel. "Not only is this thing a Heartless exterminator, it can also unlock any doors and locks." Tapping the top of the chest three times, the two heard a soft click as the lock came undone and the chest opened. Just as it did, three white blurs shot out and knocked Jaune to the ground.

"Jaune!"

"Velvet, hahaha, help, my face can't take it hahaha" Jaune tried to say as he had three small dogs around him licking his face in what he could guess was gratitude. He could barely even make out that the three pups were Dalmatians, same as the pair of adult dogs from Traverse Town.

"Puppies...in a chest?" Velvet said while taking a small step bad. It wasn't that the dogs scared her, but more her rabbit instincts making her want to avoid the pups. Still she straightened herself and decided to help Jaune by pulling two of the puppies into her arms. "Oh, they're so adorable." She smiled as they licked her cheeks.

"They belong to a family in the last world we were in." Jaune explained to her.

"Really?" Weiss asked, using her semblance to help her cross and Yang just used her gauntlets to help her cross.

"Huh, are these Dalmatians?" Yang asked as she saw the cute puppies, and at least two of them had nametags: Whizzer and Jewel.

"Yeah, you might not have met them yet, but the Dearlies are nice. These must be some of the puppies their missing." Jaune said as the puppies were sniffing the four.

"Oh, how many are we looking for?" Weiss asked as Jaune thought about it.

"Let's see, we've got three puppies here, so that leaves about ninety-six missing puppies." The three girls didn't register it at first, but then it hit them like a ton of bricks, with an iron anvil on top.

"NINETY-SIX DALMATION PUPPIES!?" The three girls practically shouted at once. Jaune really hoped he didn't go deaf after that...

(Scene Break)

"I'm starting to get confused about this world, and how did we end up back in this room?" Weiss asked as the strangeness of Wonderland confused the Snow Angel. Now they walked through the area that was on the wall, fighting a few Heartless, and now they managed to land on a faucet.

"I can see claw marks over there!" Velvet pointed out, and there were claw marks on the cabinet or stove area, too bad there was a bit of a jump to get there.

"Is there a safer way to make it to there?" Jaune asked aloud as he examined the room. From on top of the faucet they landed on was the evidence on the cabinet of the Bizarre Room. One large and precise jump would land them safely across, but any hesitation or bad leap can send them all the way to the bottom where they would have to start over again. They didn't have the time to repeatedly climb through the forest and get here again.

"I don't think I can make that jump Velvet and we don't have time for a practice leap." Jaune said slightly defeated. He wanted to get that last piece of evidence to help their chances, but what was the point of helping Alice if he didn't make it to the trial on time.

"Maybe, but I can." Velvet took a few steps back to prepare herself. "I can jump across, and then if you reach out to me I can pull you across Jaune."

"Ok, sounds like a plan. Let's go for it." Jaune said relieved.

"I mean, it would make sense if you don't want to trust me bu...Huh?" Velvet stopped herself. "Just like that, without any reason?"

"We don't have time to try and find another way around and you are the more experienced Huntress since you're a year ahead of both RWBY and JNPR." Jaune said with a smile. "So of course I'll trust you, now let's grab that box and make it to the trial before the Queen tries to take off Alice's head."

"R-right!" Getting over her shock, Velvet judged the jump and took a running start before leaping off the edge of the faucet. Gracefully landing, she turned around to watch Jaune as he prepared for his jump. Not hesitating, Jaune took a running start himself and jumped off with a hand reached out. Quickly grabbing him, Velvet struggled not to fall off the edge herself as she and Jaune pulled themselves to safety.

"Whew, that was too close. If only I could swing my weapon to get extra air or use weapon recoil like everyone else." Jaune let out a breath of air he didn't know he was holding.

"W-Well, I haven't seen many students in Beacon brave enough to fight with just a weapon and a shield. And if what I heard was true you found a way to fight with a shield that no one has ever done here." Velvet reminded him.

"Yeah but still..."

"I know what it feels like...to doubt yourself I mean. But everyone has their own special way of fighting Jaune, you've just started to find yours." Velvet smiled.

Jaune couldn't help but smile too. "Thanks Velvet."

"Well what do we have here, look at you two bonding."

"Cheshire Cat?!" Velvet said in surprised as the cat simply appeared on the faucet they once stood on.

"Though now isn't the time for dawdling. Don't you have somewhere to be?" The cat reminded them.

"Right, we need to get back to the trial to save Alice." Jaune said.

"She may be innocent, but what about you?" If possible the cat's grin grew even wider.

"What do you mean?"

"I won't tell, but I will give you something to make your fight against darkness much easier." Uncurling its tail, a flash of blue light flew from his fur and into the pack of supplies Jaune had at his side. Seeing Leon's gift now glowing, he opened it to see a new page where a spell appeared: Blizzard.

Jaune read the spell itself, and was thankful that the instructions always came with how to cast it.

"Well, we better not keep snow angel and Yang waiting, but thanks for helping us out." Jaune said, and Velvet nodded. She was happy that she was praised, and not once did he discriminate against her for being a Faunus. There weren't many teams that were willing to treat her so nicely, and not many guys that did so either. The two decided to drop to the floor and head for the court. Too bad that they had to fight some heartless to get through.

(Scene Break)

"Well? Where is your evidence!?" The Queen of Hearts demanded as she was getting impatient.

"Please your majesty. Just a little longer, and I'm sure that my companions will return soon...Even if one of them is trying to do something that I can only think Nora would try." Weiss spoke as she mentioned to a certain blonde bombshell dragon that was somehow juggling on top of a large ball as some sort of distraction. Where she got the ball and juggling pins, the Snow Angel would never know, but rather then question the weirdness, she just decided to roll with it. Much safer to her sanity to just not ask too much then to try.

"I'm here, and why is Yang on a large ball with juggling pins?" Jaune asked as Weiss just shook her head.

"Don't ask me. I don't even know or want to know where she got it from."

"I just found it over yonder, there's a sign that has it." Yang answered and decided to stop the strange routine, and yes, somehow there was a signpost that said 'Wander over Yonder'...it was better to not ask.

"Right...anyway, we're here and we brought our evidence to show that Alice is innocent!" Jaune said as he took the stand. While confused, he was a bit thankful since it gave him a chance to catch his breath after running all the way back from the Bizarre Room, Heartless and all. "Yang...can you get off the ball please?"

"Got ya!" Hopping off, she then kicked the ball back over yonder and tossed the pins after it. "Ok, floor's all yours."

The Queen gave out a huff. "Now that her display is over, entertaining or not, do you have your evidence or should I end this farce of a trial before it can even begin?" She urged on with her condescending voice.

Velvet, carrying the evidence, walked to the front of the court and placed them all gently down in a line before the judge, jury, and audience. Before going back to her friends she looked to Alice. "I promise, we will get you out of that cage. Just wait a little while longer." She spoke, trying to put her friend at ease.

"Ms. Velvet..." Alice stopped, both from not having anything to say and from the Queen banging her gavel repeatedly.

"No speaking with the criminal! Back to your place rabbit or off with your head!"

Wanting to not cause a ruckus before helping the girl, Velvet retreated back to her fellow students. Her ears were able to catch a soft thank you from the young blond girl before she turned to look at the Queen. Seeing tensions already high, Jaune cleared his throat to get attention back on him and began his statement.

"So, from the evidence you can clearly see..."

"What are you doing?" The Queen of Hearts looked at the knight.

"Uh, presenting the evidence?"

"That is not how we conduct law here in Wonderland!" The Queen cut him off.

"What, then what kind of judicial system does your kingdom have?" Weiss protested.

"The Law of the Queen! Now let me show you how this trial will commence!" With a snap of her fingers the four pieces of evidences were bound and wrapped up into identical pink boxes.

"Objection! Uh, I'm no lawyer but doesn't the court have to see the evidence for this to be a trial?" Yang asked. While she was not an expert she did try her hand at several Phoenix Wright games Ruby left around so she did get an understanding.

"Overruled. Now, grant the guards the evidence and we shall see innocence or guilt." The Queen commended and the team was forced to give their evidence. The four pieces of evidence was presented to the Queen. She looked and saw four boxes with the evidence, "Hmm, it seems you collected quite a bit of evidence. Guards, present my evidence." The guards presented the only piece of evidence.

"Well, it would be a bother to check all of them. So we shall scramble the evidence and you shall pick one. Guilt or innocence will be decided on that." The Queen of Hearts finished.

"That isn't fair!? How is it just to pick on one?" Weiss said as she looked at the suddenly scrambled evidence.

"It is, or would you all want to have your heads chopped off?" The Queen asked, and they didn't have much a choice.

Velvet was quick to raise her hand. "May we be allowed to have a moment's recess your Majesty? The defense needs to discuss." She pleaded her best to try and give them time and to not have their heads roll from their bodies.

"I suppose we shall give you a few minutes to decide you're next action. I'll even make it easier for you, either choose a piece of evidence to present or you can walk away and leave the criminal to her fate." The Queen smacked her gavel to draw the attention off the court. "You have two minutes, to decide!"

Before Yang had a chance to argue, Weiss covered her mouth and brought her into a tight circle with Jaune and Velvet.

"Well it looks like the Queen of Mean isn't going to make this easy. Why are we not breaking Alice out of prison and just running?" Yang whispered to the group.

"World order remember, and we're doing this to prove Alice's innocence. We will just make it worse if we go in dust blazing." Weiss took a second to speak her idea. "I say we go with the trial."

Velvet nodded her head. "Weiss is right, it's our four to her one. That's an eighty percent chance of choosing the right evidence." The rabbit Faunus raised a point. "If choosing brings Alice closer to safety then we go with that."

"You saw what the Queen just did, they have enough wacky rules here. Who's to say that they'll take our evidence or even let Alice go if we prove she didn't do it?" Yang brought up. "She's practically making up the law!"

"She's a monarch, she can do that."

"But still..."

A loud bang, grabbed them from their group huddle. "Time is up! Decide now, or perhaps you've come to your senses and see this girl is guilty?!"

"We'll choose a piece of evidence. I'll-"

"I'll decide who among you shall choose! I pick you!" The Queen interrupted Weiss, who probably would have found a way to divine the evidence's location, and pointed at Jaune. The Key Bearing Knight gulped as he knew that she would give him only one chance, and whatever he picked, or even touch, would be the evidence that decided Alice's fate. He looked at each one before opening a box. A Soldier Heartless suddenly appeared, or rather an illusion as the Red Queen was befuddled at the spectacle.

"W-what was that!?" The tyrant monarch demanded as Jaune relaxed a bit at having some good luck for once.

"That would be the real culprit ma'am, and this means that Alice is innocent." Jaune and the girls mentally cheered and felt relief at proving Alice's innocence...until.

"Well, she may be innocent of attempted theft, but she is still guilty of the crime of defying the queen! Off with her head!" That was unfair as the cage Alice was in was covered and lifted above the rest with a tower now in the center. "Off with all of their heads!" The Red Queen added as the Heart Card soldiers and the Spade Card soldiers drew lances and axes ready to strike.

"So much for diplomacy Weiss. But..." Yang readied her gauntlets. "I've been wanting to punch something since I got here!" A lance thrust shot passed Yang. Before the Card soldier could pull back his weapon. Yang held it in place and pulled the card into a straight punch. The spade went flying into several other soldiers. "Hah, 52 card pickup!"

"This is not the time for jokes!" Weiss yelled back as she sword fought with another lancer. Sliding back from another clash, Weiss summoned a fireball and fired it at the card sending it ablaze.

"We have to rescue Alice!" Velvet called another kicking an axe soldier that was running towards. "Oh, I wish I didn't leave my weapon with Coco."

In the midst of the chaos, Jaune spotted a few of the soldier manning and protecting a crank tower with a chain connected to Alice's cage.

'Maybe that's the thing keeping Alice!' Jaune thought as he then rushed towards the crank tower. A Heart Soldier tried to spear at him, and he managed to deflect it and strike back. A Spade tried to chop him to bits, but he dodged and used the opportunity to get close and start striking at the crank tower.

"Looks like Jaune's on to something!" Velvet called out as they saw Jaune destroying the tower.

"What is he up to?" Weiss wondered out loud as she dodged another spearing strike and countered with a Blizzard spell, also striking a few other card soldiers. They'd only be knocked unconscious and get up sometime later. As the girls fought, Jaune managed to destroy the tower, and soon enough something caught the eye of the queen.

'Alice has been awfully quiet' The Red Queen of Hearts looked towards the cage and noticed something.

"She's gone!" With the Queen's statement, the curtain that was hiding the cage that Alice was in had moved and revealed that Alice was indeed gone.

"Gone?!" She didn't need her Faunus hearing to catch the Queen's outrage but Velvet ran through the frozen crowds of card soldiers towards the cell to see that Alice had indeed vanished during the chaos. All eyes and attention was focused on the chaos in the court, leaving Alice vulnerable behind the curtains.

"That makes no sense, she didn't pick the lock or break the cage so where did she go?" Yang asked as they inspected the cage. Even if there wasn't a struggle Alice couldn't had just vanished to safety. She would have done it before if she could.

"Guards, forget these meddlers, I want that child found and brought back here for judgment!" The Queen got command of her troops. "Find her, or off with all of your heads!" Quickly saluting, the card soldiers all paired off and began their search of the kingdom.

Weiss stared at the cards before turning back to her team. "I hate to agree with that ignorant monarch but she has the right idea. Whoever did this cannot have gotten far. Even those tiny heartless don't travel that far. They must have ran towards the room where we came in."

"Why go back to the room? Velvet asked.

"I think what Weiss means is, if we came to this world from the Bizarre Room then that how you leave this world too." Jaune hypothesized.

"Maybe, but we shouldn't overlook the Lotus Forest either." Yang suggested as they had to start on looking for Alice in this strange world.

(Scene Break)

"How was it that she wasn't in the room?" Weiss commented as they explored the room once more, but she wasn't there.

"Looking for shadows are we?" Came the voice of the Cheshire Cat as they looked at him, on a boulder that suddenly flew by and landed on a stump.

"We're looking for Alice not the shadows. Please Cheshire Cat, if you know something please tell us." Velvet said and Cheshire Cat just grinned.

"Perhaps the answer you seek lies with the shadow. Why not try the upside down room?"

"The upside down room? What is this feline talking about?" Weiss asked, now numb to the weirdness of the Cheshire Cat. It would seem nothing in this world surprised the heiress anymore.

"When we were looking for evidence, Velvet and I found an opening in the forest back to the room." Jaune told her and Yang. "The thing is it changed the room, we ended on a different part of it and the room was flipped."

"So we just need to find the exact exit the kidnapper went through?" Yang asked.

"There are too many entrances to search and splitting up right now would be dangerous." Weiss argued against it.

"Weiss..."

"Actually, there is one place we haven't checked." Velvet got their attention. "It's deep within the woods, where Alice and I met the Mad Hatter and the March Hair. Something tells me that is where we need to look."

"If it's in a dark part of the woods that just screams Heartless. What if they were after Alice and just swiped Queen of Heart Attacks by mistakes." Yang brought up the idea. Heartless were drawn to those with dark thoughts or pure kind hearts based on what they learned.

"Then we better start looking. Velvet, lead the way." Jaune said. Nodding her head, the senior student led the group through the forest where they could find the Mad Hatter's house.

(Scene Change)

"So this is the Mad Hatter's place? Weiss and I tried the door and it wouldn't budge no matter what we did. Got some sweet gifts for our unbirthdays though." Yang said.

"Unbirthday?"

"Don't Ask/Don't Ask." Weiss and Velvet interjected.

Shrugging his shoulders, the knight placed a hand on the door and found it unlocked. He pushed against it, bringing the team into a new part of the Bizarre Room. A dimly lit room with two tables. Each with a lantern.

"Over here my friends. The room is too dark, perhaps you could light the room to show the shadows." The Cheshire Cat came as they started to go forward, but they were ambushed by a group of Heartless. Soldiers, Red Nocturnes, Shadows, and a new one that was a large heavy-set Heartless that had an outfit on that looked like it was stretching out a bit, the Heartless Large Body.

"Looks like we've got company!" Yang said as the group started to take on the Heartless, but when Yang tried to throw a punch at the Large Body, it was absorbed by the fat of the enemy and pushed Yang back, "Tougher then you look huh?"

"Maybe we can use Magic to beat it?" Jaune suggested as Yang managed to dodge the claw swipes of the large Heartless. That was when Weiss, finishing off the Red Nocturnes and Soldiers with a blast of Blizzard as she turned and blasted Fire at it. It worked because it burned instead of physical. Velvet then found a new weakness by accident when she pushed off it to finish off some shadows.

"Magic huh?" Yang said as she blocked another swipe from the Large Body. Quickly gripping its arm she then tossed the Heartless up into the air. "Weiss you're up!"

Breaking away from the horde Weiss summoned a glyph in midair. Channeling her new spell, the normally snow white glyph was now a brilliant crimson color. With a silent command a much larger fireball launched from the glyph and ignited the Heartless and turning it to ashes. As the two worked on the larger threat Jaune and Velvet quickly dealt with the smaller Heartless around them. The rabbit Faunus kicked several Shadows towards Jaune who slashed them out of the air. Aiming his Keyblade at the sky he fired a spray of ice that destroyed the flying mages. Velvet heel kicked the final one before finishing it with an axe kick.

"Is that all of them?" Velvet asked as the team grouped up back together.

"Looks like it, man if I didn't know any better that cat was leading us into these ambushes." Weiss said.

"Let's not jump to any conclusions again Weiss." Yang said.

"First the court case with the evidence and now this, how do we know he's not the one bringing the Heartless here?" Weiss argued.

"Maybe I led the darkness here…or the darkness desires something here that you seek." The cat's smiling visage appeared on the two tables again. "All will become clear once you turn on the light." As he spoke a chair appeared near the table providing them a way to reach the floating feline.

"Am I the only one tired of his riddles?" Yang asked as they started climbing to the tables.

"Not as bad as your puns."

"Hey my puns are gold…like my hair!"

"Yang I swear to Oum…" Weiss said as she rained in her anger. It wouldn't do to get angry at Yang with the threat of danger still present. "So we have to turn on the light right?"

"There are no light switches in this room, believe me I've been around it several times…not always on the right angle." Velvet admitted. "The light has always been natural, b-but this is the first time I've seen this room and these lanterns."

"So we just need to light these lanterns." Yang said as she inspected them. "Ok, let's see some of that magic at work guys."

"Don't get to floored Yang." Weiss said as lit the closest candle, lighting up the room a little.

If possible the Cheshire Cat's grin grew. "No no it's too dim. If you want to see the shadows and what they truly want you must make it brighter."

"One bright room coming up." Jaune said as he used his magic to light the remaining candle, bringing the room's brightness back to normal. "Ok, so we lit the lanterns. Now what?"

"All the lights are on. You will see the shadows soon. In this room…but somewhere else." The Cheshire Cat said before vanishing.

"In this room, but somewhere else?" Yang asked.

"Um, remember when I said there are different ways into this room. Each from different angles." Velvet said as she pointed upward. The trio followed her finger to see the room they saw when they first arrived perfectly upside down.

"This world keeps making less and less sense!"

"Maybe there is where we will find these shadows the Cheshire Cat is warning us about." Velvet suggested.

"If that's true then we'll have to run all the way back through the forest and through the crazy Queen's kingdom just to get back to that room. We'll get exhausted fighting all the Heartless from here to there." Yang brought up a point.

Jaune then noticed something in the room behind them. "Not necessarily" The Arc pointed out as he found what seemed to be a latch holding something shut. "I think I just found us another exit to take."

"With the way this room is set it could send us all the way to the other side of Wonderland." Weiss said.

"Or, maybe towards where Alice is. The Cheshire Cat is not malevolent by any means. I'm sure he cares for Alice's safety and wants us to find her and bring her back." Velvet said as she walked over to Jaune. The two then released the latch and opened the door that led to a familiar green and the smell of…

"Roses…the Queen's garden!" Yang shouted in surprise.

"By Oum…I give up trying to understand this world. But I'll suspend my disbelief for after we rescue Alice." Weiss said as she led the charge with Yang and Velvet running after her. As Jaune went to follow he heard a faint whisper reach his ears.

"Perhaps the shadows are after the doorknob too."

"The doorknob…" Jaune hesitated but pushed those thoughts to the back of his head as he ran after his fellow teammates.

(Scene Change)

After avoiding the Queen's guards who were still on high alert for Alice, the team of Beacon students made their way to the Bizarre Room as quickly as they could. Inwardly, all of them were glad not to have to fight more Heartless along the way to the room. Yang had made sure to pass and few potions and another few bottles she had found called ethers to help the team regain their energy from their previous battle.

"I wish Ursa would drop some useful stuff after we slay them. Still having no monsters is its own reward." Jaune said after downing an ether bottle.

"If these Heartless were like Grim, then we could figure out why they do what they do and find a way to stop them. So that we can help keep more people and worlds safe." Velvet said. "So far the only man who has any clues has his research scattered across the different worlds."

"Tell us about it, we're lucky to even get the page that we have." Yang said. Of course they gave the report to Jiminy to keep in his journal, both for safe keeping and to keep all their information in one place.

"Maybe whatever these shadows are has another page." Weiss said as they finally made their way into the Bizarre Room and on top of the lone table. "So where is it, or did we get the Cheshire Cat's riddle wrong?"

"No, he said something about them going after the doorknob before we left." Jaune revealed to them.

"Yes…the lazy doorknob."

As if summoned just by mere mentioned of his name, the cat appeared once again. "The shadows will be here soon. If you're not prepared soon, too bad." The cat cheerfully said whilst in the middle of a whimsical dance.

"Hey, we've beaten a living suit of armor back in the last world. Show us what you got!" Yang yelled in a challenging tone.

To hers and everyone else's surprise something large fell from the ceiling and hit the ground. It shook the room, almost causing the group to trip and tumble off the table as the new arrival quickly got up and flipped back into the air and onto its feet. Once the table settled they were able to get a clear look at the "shadow" the cat spoke of. Towering and reaching the table, was a bizarre magenta and blue Heartless with long spindly legs leading into bright yellow boots and zigzagging steel blue arms that looked like they were made of paper. Its large head, or heads, as it had a long tube shaped head with five heads stacked on top of each other. Ten yellow eyes stared at the group as two juggling sticks appeared in its paper thin arms which it proceeded to toss and catch in midair.

Heartless: Trickmaster

"Ok…not what I had in mind." Yang said in surprise.

"What do you expect from this world?" Weiss said, already given up and numb to the bizarreness of Wonderland.

"Well whatever it is, get ready." Jaune said with Keyblade already in hand. Yang and Weiss followed his example by having their weapons at the ready as Velvet slipped into a fighting stance. This then prompted the Heartless to act as it swung at the table only for the four to jump over the juggling stick.

(Heartless Theme: Dance to the Death)

While still in the air, Yang cocked back her fist and fired at the heads followed by Weiss who fired dust shots from her sword. The bullets impacted and caused the Heartless to stumble away from the table before it gained is bearings. Ending its juggling routine, it's slammed the sticks hard on the table, destroying it in an instant.

Team JWY plus Velvet aimed towards the soft fabric of the chair before making their way to the floor before the Trickmaster could destroy that too in its rampage.

"Definitely can't judge a book by its cover." Jaune said as they scattered around the Trickmaster. Drawing his sword towards its legs, hits only seemed not to phase it but it did try to crush the blond like an ant. Rolling out of the way and avoiding the shockwave he aimed to launch a fireball at the Trickmaster's face only for it to nimbly dodge.

Yang had her own bad luck against the Heartless as it brushed off all blows she managed to hit against its chest. She ran in to punch the Trickmaster's chest only for it to smoothly bend backwards to avoid her before knocking her across the room with its juggling stick. Landing in a plant, the pot exploded showing a bitter and flaming Yang.

"You just made this personal." Yang slammed her fist together lighting her hair on fire. Shooting forward with her weapon's force, she landed a solid punch to the Trickmaster's head sending him flying towards the stove. The Heartless then slump over, as if stunned by the blonde's hit.

"The head, that's its weakness!" Weiss shouted seeing the Heartless' heads now on ground level for them to attack. Using her semblance, she fired a large icicle spear towards its exposed faces and destroyed the topmost head. Following her words, Velvet vaulted off the ground and launched two kicks to the next head, destroying them with ease.

Jaune, following their example hopped on the table to get clear shot at the Heartless. Thinking fast he threw his Keyblade at the same time Yang rushed in to finish the job. The two collided, the force destroying two heads and waking Trickmaster up, its final head now scowling in rage. Crossing its sticks, it's attacked the stove causing flames to shoot out into the air. Pulling its sticks back, the juggler's weapons were now aflame.

"I don't care what tricks you've got ten eyes. Bring it on!" Yang said as she fired a barrage from Ember Celica.

This time, Trickmaster didn't and dodge and took the blasts head on. Only this time it seemed impervious, as if it was absorbing Yang's attack.

"Yang stop! I don't think flames will work on him!" Velvet tried to warn the burning blonde.

To make matters worse, the Trickmaster stopped juggling and proceeded to fire a barrage of his own. Raining fireballs from its sticks towards the Beacon team, causing them to scramble for cover around the large chair.

"Great, he gets a power boost and can light things on fire. That's my thing!" Yang said as they shielded themselves from the flames.

"We can't get anywhere close to his head when it's like that." Weiss theorized.

"We don't have to get close, we just need to get rid of its flames. The Blizzard spell…!" Jaune realized.

"The spell you two got from that cat?" Weiss asked.

"Right, Weiss remember when you made a larger fire spell back in the other room? Can you do the same thing only using Blizzard magic?" Jaune asked as the chair rocked, absorbing another impact from the juggling giant.

"I could only do that because I got used to using Fire, I don't know if I can make a custom glyph for a spell I haven't used yet." Weiss answered.

"But it's ice, your most used dust. You can make something work, I know you can." Jaune turned from the girls towards the Trickmaster. "In the meantime, I'll buy you sometime and draw its attention away from you girls."

"Oh no Jaune, no one is going off to play hero while that thing is blowing its top!" Yang said. "At least not alone you're not, even if it's fire I'm more durable to it than you guys, we'll both go."

Jaune nodded and turned to Velvet. "Keep Weiss safe in case any stray shots come towards her."

The Faunus nodded her head. "I'll do my best."

"Ok…"

Jaune then ran out of cover and threw his weapon towards the rampaging Heartless' head. Trickmaster quickly blocked before turning to the blond knight whose weapon returned to him like magic. Before it could fire another fireball rebounded off its remaining head.

"Hey matchstick, over here!" Yang yelled as the two blonds ran with the Trickmaster on their heels.

Seeing the two's plan work Weiss tried to concentrate on the Blizzard spell for the plan to work, but her mind kept coming back to her worry for her team causing her glyphs to vanish.

"Damn it, how can they expect me to prepare a glyph with a spell I've never used under this kind of pressure?!" Weiss said as her anger and worry made it even much harder to focus on making a stronger ice glyph. That was until she felt Velvet's hand on her shoulder.

"I know the Blizzard spell. Can you make the glyph with someone else providing the magic?" Velvet asked with a hope filled voice.

(With Jaune and Yang)

Sliding across the ground after blocking a kick from the giant, Jaune rolled out the way to avoid another flaming swipe from Trickmaster's sticks. Preparing for another kick, it was stopped by Yang, who then uppercutted the appendage causing Trickmaster to stumble. A twin punch and stab from Jaune and Yang had it flying and landing on the ground. Before it fell, it fired another fireball that Jaune countered with a well-timed Blizzard which canceled it out.

"You sure Weiss will be able to prepare a glyph in time before we get toasted?" Yang asked seeing the Heartless get back on its feet.

"This is the Snow Angel we're talking about. If anyone can make a big enough blizzard it would be Weiss." Jaune said with full confidence.

"I still like Ice Queen better." Yang said as the Trickmaster approached in a blazing pursuit.

"I heard that!"

The Heartless hit a road block as a large glyph appeared in front of it that pushed it back away from the two blonds. As Trickmaster stood stunned, several larger and bright white glyphs appeared around it, each giving off a frosted haze around the flaming Heartless. The glyphs began to spray large hail stones at the Trickmaster, impaling it with ice and smothering out its flames with its sheer cold. Yang and Jaune looked to see Weiss holding Velvet's hand as she focused on her onslaught, both of them covered a white and blue light.

"Now, hurry up and finish it off!" Weiss yelled from across the room.

"With pleasure…Yang!" Jaune said with Keyblade ready.

"Aye aye sir!" Yang grabbed hold of him and with her semblance enhanced strength sent the knight flying towards the beaten Heartless. Jaune aimed himself straight and stabbed his Keyblade into its remaining head.

Trickmaster finally stopped moving as a bright light emitted from its head. From the top a large heart floated into the sky as the rest of it vanished in a brilliant light. With his support gone, June fell only for the table to reappear and break his fall.

"Ouch…not the most graceful of landings." Jaune said as he righted himself.

"Yeah, but we'll let this one slide lady killer."

Jaune turned and saw the rest of the girls had made their way up on the table and towards him. Yang who had answered him looked at the remaining specks of light where Trickmaster once stood. In her hand was a small black horn that had dropped from the Heartless' body.

"So we took care of the shadow, but…"

"Where's Alice?" Velvet asked, a bit exhausted. She and Weiss were on their last legs and were barely standing from supplying Weiss with her aura and magic

"Hey! What's with the racket?!"

The group looked down and even from their height could see that the grouchy voice came from the doorknob who was now awake.

"Can't a doorknob take a nap in peace without all that heat and noise?"

"Screw you, there's no way you slept through all of that!" Yang yelled back, making her way back down to the floor. The other three grudgingly and tiredly followed after her with Jaune helping the two tired girls.

"Hey door, I'm talking to you! Answer me before I ring your bell!" Yang said, tired and not in the mood to take anymore rudeness from a doorknob.

"Now don't get snippy with me young lady." The Doorknob let out a yawn. "You and your friends were causing such a ruckus, I still need my twelve hours of sleep." With a long drown out yawn, a light began to glow from with it. A similar light appeared when Jaune's Keyblade was summoned to his hand instantly.

"The key to this world was literally a door…Oum, I give up." Weiss said. Falling to ground in both physical and mental exhaustion with Velvet joining her.

Jaune just shook his head and proceeded to point his Keyblade at the yawning doorknob. A light launched from the Keyblade and into the lock, causing the lock to vanish and a satisfying shutting sound to resonate across the room. With its job done the doorknob slipped back into unconsciousness. Falling out of the Doorknob was a small emerald block that Jaune proceeded to picked up.

"Ok, one job half done. We just need to…find Alice." Jaune said as he felt fatigue hit him.

Before the tired fighters, the Cheshire Cat appeared on the table, though this time with terrible news that did not match his large grin. "Splendid work, I expect as much from the brightest beacon." The cat then floated the cake and their folded clothes down towards them. "If you're looking for Alice, she's no longer here."

"No longer…but we took care of the Heartless." Jaune said.

"Yes, but other shadows have taken her. Now she is off with the shadows and into darkness." The cat spoke to them.

"So does that mean…Alice has become, one of them?" Velvet said in horror.

"Impossible." The Cheshire cat said, stunning the group. "Gone she may be, but darkness she has not become. Only trapped there with the other lights…and others." He finished as he vanished from the room.

"Others…you don't think he means everyone else from Beacon do you?" Yang asked.

"As much as I want to hunt him down and make him talk. We deserve to rest back in the ship." Weiss grabbed the girls and brought them towards the changing room, but not before threatening the knight with death if he tried to peek.

"We need to rest, fly to Traverse Town, talk to Leon about what that light was and have Cid look at that Gummi piece you picked up." Weiss listed off the things they need to do. "However, we've just had our toughest fight since Initiation and I just want to go back to that ship, play with the puppies and sleep."

"I'll agree to that. Plus we need to get Velvet introduced to Leon and crew. It's better to be in Traverse Town than in a world with no Gummi ships in it." Yang said as they made plans to take Velvet back with them.

"I-It would be nice. Hopefully Leon will have information on where Alice is." Velvet said.

Little did they know they had just taken the first major steps into what will be a long and unforgettable journey.

TBC…

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