Waking From a Dream
(Ayla's POV)
*Chris blew his horn as he ran into the courtroom.
White Rabbit (Chris): Your Majesty. *he turned to Eggman, who looked displeased* Members of the Jury. *a bunch of different animals were sitting in the Jury Box, each holding a slate & chalk* Loyal subjects. *Snively tapped his shoulder* And the King . . . *then he read from a long scroll* The prisoner at the bar *he motioned to me as I stood in the witness stand* is charged with enticing her Majesty the Queen of Hearts into a game of croquet and willfully -
Ayla: But -
*The two guards on either on of me, crossed their spears in front of me*
White Rabbit (Chris): and with malice aforethought, thereby teasing, tormenting, and otherwise annoying our beloved -
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Nevermind all that! Get to the part where I lose my temper.
*Chris went to the bottom of the list*
White Rabbit (Chris): Thereby, causing the Queen to lose her temper.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Now . . . Are you ready for your sentence?
Ayla: Sentence? But there has to be a verdict first?
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Sentence first! Verdict afterwards.
Ayla: But that's not the way!
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): All ways are - !
Ayla: Your ways. Your Majesty.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Yes, my child. OFF WITH HER -
*The King tugged on her skirt again*
King of Hearts (Snively): Consider, my dear. We've called no witnesses. Couldn't we hear maybe one or two, huh? Maybe?
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Oh, very well. BUT GET ON WITH IT!
*The King banged his gavel*
King of Hearts (Snively): First witness. First witness. Herald, call the first witness.
White Rabbit (Chris): The March Hare!
*Two guards carried in Tails by his ears & then threw him in front of the King & Queen*
King of Hearts (Snively): What do you know about this unfortunate affair?
March Hare (Tails): Nothing.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Nothing whatever?
*Tails went straight up to her face*
March Hare (Tails): Nothing whatever!
*The Queen turned it in her husband*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT! Jury, write that down.
*The Jury started writing "Nothing Whatever & Very Important" on their slates*
Ayla: Uh, I think you mean unimportant, Your Majesty.
*The Queen grabbed her husband's gavel & banged it*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): SILENCE! Next witness.
White Rabbit (Chris): The Duchess' Cook!
*Mindy came into the courtroom, holding a pepper shaker. The guards leading her in kept sneezing until they made it to middle of the room*
King of Hearts (Snively): Give your evidence.
Cook (Mindy): Shan't.
*Snively turned to Chris anxiously*
White Rabbit (Chris): Your Majesty must cross-examine this one.
King of Hearts (Snively): Well, if I must, I must. What are croquet balls made off?
Cook (Mindy): Pepper, mostly.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Nevermind! Bring in the next witness!
White Rabbit (Chris): The Dormouse!
*Two guards carried in a teapot on a pillow & put in front of the Queen, who grabbed it & opened it*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Well - !?
Card Soldiers: Shh!
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman):*whispering* What have you to say about this?
*Bunnie poked her head out of the teapot*
*Bunnie singing*
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder what you're at
*The Queen held the teapot up to her ear as Bunnie sang*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman):*whispering* That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet. *out loud* WRITE THAT DOWN!
*The Jury started writing "twinkle, twinkle" on their slates*
Ayla: Twinkle, twinkle. Now what?
White Rabbit (Chris): The Mad Hatter!
*I turned, but the guards blocked me again. Sonic came into the room & bowed before the King & Queen*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): OFF WITH YOUR HAT!
Mad Hatter (Sonic): Oh, my!
*He took off his hat, revealing a teapot & teacup underneath*
King of Hearts (Snively): And where were you when this horrible crime crime was committed?
Mad Hatter (Sonic): I was home drinking tea. *he squirted tea into his teacup* Today, you know, is *he sipped* my Unbirthday.
King of Hearts (Snively): Why, my dear, today is your Unbirthday, too.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): It is?
Mad Hatter (Sonic) & March Hare (Tails): It is!?
Card Soldiers: It is!?
*Sonic & Tails unrolled a cloth, showing teacups & teapots*
*All singing*
A very merry unbirthday
*A pink cake appeared in front of the Queen*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): To me?
*All singing*
To you
Ayla: Oh no!
*I face-palmed*
*All singing*
A very merry unbirthday
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): For me?
*All singing*
For you
*Sonic threw out a bunch of lit candles on the cake*
*Mad Hatter (Sonic) singing*
Now blow the candle out my dear
And make your wish come true
*Eggman blew on the cake really hard. The cake blew up & a present was in it's place. Eggman opened the present, revealing a purple decoration for her crown. She put it on*
*All singing*
A very merry unbirthday to you
*Ayla just stayed where I was, looking bored. Just then, the decoration turned into Blaze*
Ayla: Oh! Your Majesty!
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Yes, my dear?
Ayla: Look. There she is now.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): What? Who?
Ayla: The Cheshire Cat!
*The Queen reached for Blaze, but she disappeared*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Cat!?
*Suddenly, Bunnie jumped out of her teapot & started running around like a headless chicken*
Bunnie: Cat! Cat! C - C - C - C! Cat!
*Sonic & Tails ran after her*
March Hare (Tails): There she goes! There she goes!
Mad Hatter (Sonic): Oh, this is terrible! Help!
King of Hearts (Snively): Stop her!
Mad Hatter (Sonic): Catch her, somebody! Help me! Get me the jam!
King of Hearts (Snively): The jam! The jam! By order of the King!
*I grabbed the jam jar. Tails took a spoonful from it & threw it*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): The jam! Let me have it! *the jam hit her in the face. then Snively, while chasing Bunnie, hit her on the head with his gavel, crushing her crown* Somebody's head is going to roll for this! *he passed the gavel to Tails, who passed it to Sonic, who passed it to me, while I still had the jar jam in my other hand* Ah-ah!
*I threw away the gavel & jam & put my hands in my pockets. Just then, I felt something in them*
Ayla: The mushroom!
*I immediately ate both pieces*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): OFF WITH HER -
*I suddenly grew to 10 feet tall, hitting the ceiling. The guards started poking my legs with their spears, but I didn't feel anything*
Ayla: Ah, fooy! I'm not afraid of you. *I bent down & picked up a few of them* Why, you're nothing but a pack of cards.
*Then I unceremoniously threw them away. I looked down to see the King of Hearts reading from a big book*
King of Hearts (Snively): Rule 42. All persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately.
Ayla: I am not a mile high. And I'm not leaving.
*The Queen of Hearts looked every nervous at my new height. I smirked. I always loved watching Eggman squirm whenever he knows he's defeated*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): S - Sorry, Rule 42, you know.
*Then I bent down to her, ready to give her a piece of my mind*
Ayla: And as for you! *the Queen picked up her tiny husband & hid behind him as I curtsied sarcastically* Your Majesty. *I stood up & glared down at the Queen* Your Majesty, my foot. You're not a Queen . . . *I was so caught up in my rant, I didn't notice that I was shrinking* You're just a . . . A fat, pompous, bad tempered, old, ty… *then I realized that I was back to my normal height* Tyrant . . .
*The Queen looked evilly delighted as she rubbed her hands together*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): And, uh, what were you saying, my dear?
*Just then, Blaze appeared on her head*
Cheshire Cat (Blaze): Well, she simply said that you're a *I shook my head, begging her to stop* fat, pompous, bad tempered, old tyrant.
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): OFF WITH HER HEAD!
*All the cars soldiers jumped towards my, but I managed to evade them as I ran towards the door*
King of Hearts (Snively): You heard what her Majesty said! Off with her head!
*Chris blew his horn as I ran for my life with the cards chasing after me. I ran into the maze with the guards right behind me. The King & Queen joined the chase. At one point, I got caught in a slide of cards created by the Queen of Hearts as she ran in the opposite direction of me. When I got to the bottom, a toucan appeared & started pushing me while everyone ran in a circle around a giant rock with Uncle Chuck/Dodo Bird standing on top & conducting everything*
*All singing*
Forward, backward, inward, outward
Here we go again
No one ever loses
And no one can ever win
*I managed to break free & run away*
Backward, forward, outward, inward
Bottom to the top
Bottom to the top
Never a beginning
There can never be a stop
*The Queen & her soldiers were right behind me as I ran down a beach*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): Off with her head! Off with her head!
*I started jumping over rocks which turned into teapots. Suddenly, Sonic & Tails appeared, grabbing my arms*
Mad Hatter (Sonic): Just a moment! You can't leave a tea party without having a cup of tea, you know!
Ayla: But I can't stop now!
*They started pushing & pulling me up a spoon towards a giant teacup with tea inside*
Tails: Ah, but we insist! You must join us in a cup of tea!
*We fell into a teacup, which led to the purple sea. I started to swim, but the Queen was right behind me, riding on a toucan, being pushed by turquoise hawk*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): OFF WITH HER HEAD!
*Just then, I saw Shadow, with his angel wings, sitting on a mushroom & smoking his hookah*
Ayla: Shadow! What should I do!?
*He turned to me with a glare*
Caterpillar (Shadow): Who are you?
*He blew smoke in my face, making me cough. Then the smoke created a hallway. I ran down it with the Queen of Hearts & her soldiers right behind me*
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman): There she goes! Don't let her get away! OFF WITH HER HEAD!
*Just then, I saw the door with Silver on it at the end of the hall. I reached for him, grabbed the knob, & pulled on it*
Doorknob (Silver): OW! Still locked, you know.
Ayla: But the Queen! I've gotta get out of here!
Doorknob (Silver):*chuckle* But you are outside.
Ayla: What?
Doorknob (Silver): See for yourself.
*He opened the keyhole & I looked through it. My eyes went wide at what I saw. It was me. In my normal clothes & sleeping under a tree with a book on my stomach*
Ayla: Th - That's me! I'm sleeping!
Queen of Hearts (Dr. Eggman):*off-screen* Don't let her get away! *I turned around & saw everyone I had met during my adventure coming towards me**on-screen* OFF WITH HER HEAD!
*I turned to the door & banged on it*
Ayla: Ayla, wake up! Please wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
*My eyes shot open & I sat up with a scream. Then I looked around & saw I was back under the tree in the Great Forest. Sally appeared from the other side*
Sally: Ayla. Are you okay? You've been asleep for awhile.
Ayla: I just had the weirdest dream.
Sally: I think your book might have something to do with that.
*I looked at the book on my stomach & read the title "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"*
Ayla:*in her mind* Well, that explains a lot.
*She stood up*
Sally: Well, you can tell me all about it when we get back to the castle. It's time for tea.
*I flinched at the word "tea"*
Ayla: Uh . . . Could i just have hot water with lemon instead? *she looked at me, confused**in her mind* After that experience, I don't think I'll be able to have tea for a long time.