Moving on with An Added Ally, I was debating whether to do Wonderland or Olympus Colosseum first, so I just decided to do Wonderland. From here on out I'll start using the Heartless' names rather than describing the small fry as Leon put it. The bosses though them I'll describe best I can. Let's go on then, shall we?"
In the new world they'd just arrived in, Sora, Jim, Donald and Goofy found themselves freefalling at a slow pace down a long hole.
Down below they could see the ground floor. On the floor it had painted designs of two armchairs, flowers and a stool. The walls were painted like a red brick wall, with paintings hanging all along them. As they reached the end of their long fall Sora, Jim and Donald all landed firmly on their feet, while Goofy ended up falling face first.
As they recovered a small white rabbit ran by. What was truly puzzling about the rabbit was that he wore a red suit, gray pants and small rounded glasses, and carried a gold pocket watch.
"Oh, my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" the rabbit said frantically. "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I'm here, I should be there. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The queen, she'll have my head for sure!"
Deciding to follow the white rabbit the 4 friends made their way along the small and narrow hallway, where they approached a door. As they approached the door, it opened to reveal a smaller door inside of it. That door opened to reveal another smaller door, then the third door opened and finally lead to another room.
Sora, Jim, Donald and Goofy entered the room that had a fireplace, the design of a tabletop on the floor and a bed at the left corner of the room, covering a small opening.
As they stepped in, they saw the white rabbit run through a small door directly ahead of them, which closed up behind him.
They approached the door, but Sora first pushed the bed towards the wall, which vanished and became a design on the wall. They then knelt down in front of the door the white rabbit had gone through.
"How did he get so small?" Sora asked.
Suddenly the doorknob opened a pair of eyes. "No, you're simply too big."
The four friends were taken aback at this.
"It talks!" Donald squawked.
"This is such a bizarre world," Jim said. "First a frantic white rabbit, now a talking doorknob."
The doorknob let out a yawn. "Must you be so loud? You woke me up."
"Good morning," Goofy greeted.
"Good night," the Doorknob brushed him off. "I need a bit more sleep." And he proceeded to go back to sleep.
"Wait, what do we have to do to grow small?" Sora asked.
"Why don't you try the bottle? Over there," the Doorknob suggested, and they turned to see they turned to see the table design on the floor become an actual table and stool, where two bottles with orange and blue labels sat.
They went over to the bottles to see the labels. One had a sprout turning into a tree and vice versa.
Sora took a drink from the blue labeled bottle, causing all 4 of them to shrink down to the size of the white rabbit.
No sooner after shrinking down however, did they encounter a new kind of Heartless called Red Nocturnes, that utilized fire attacks.
The four friends took on these new Heartless, along with the Shadow and Soldier Heartless that also appeared in the Bizarre Room. Once defeating them all, they made their way to the Doorknob, which was already fast asleep. Seeing the other path and realizing there was no other way to proceed they took the path that had been hidden behind the bed.
The path they had taken them, led to a hedge garden, where several soldiers in the shape of playing cards with spades and hearts, all stood off to the side to reveal a young girl with blue eyes, blond hair tied in a black ribbon, wearing a blue dress and white apron stood at a wooden podium.
The white rabbit from before quickly ran up to a platform, and panted heavily from all his running, before blowing a trumpet. "Court is now in session!" He announced.
"I'm on trial? But why?" asked the girl.
"Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, presiding!" The white rabbit said once more and gestured to the throne.
The queen was a rather large woman wearing a red and black dress, her black hair tied in a bun, a small gold crown sat atop of her head, and she wielded a red heart shaped scepter. She opened up her eyes to the young girl standing at the podium. "This girl is the culprit. There's no doubt about it. And the reason is, because I say so, that's why!"
"That is so unfair!" the girl exclaimed.
"Well, have you anything to say in your defense?" the queen asked.
"Of course! I've done absolutely nothing wrong! You may be queen, but I'm afraid that doesn't give you the right to be so...so mean!"
"SILENCE!" the Queen of hearts yelled. "You dare defy me?!"
From behind, Sora, Jim, Donald and Goofy were watching it all.
"Hey, guys, we should help her out," Sora suggested.
"Yeah, but the-" Donald began.
"We're outsiders, so wouldn't that be muddling?" Goofy said.
"Meddling!" Donald corrected.
"Oh, yeah. And that's against the rules," Goofy said once more.
"Sadly, they're right, Sora. There are rules to abide by when visiting other worlds," Jim explained. "The first rule is we can't just go meddling in their affairs."
"The court finds the defendant, guilty as charged!" the queen declared. "For the crimes of assault and attempted theft of my heart: OFF WITH HER HEAD!"
The card soldiers all turned to seize the young girl.
"No, no! Oh, please!" the girl pleaded.
"Hold it right there!" Sora yelled as the four ran forward.
"Who are you?" asked the queen. "How dare you interfere with my court!"
"Excuse me. But we know who the real culprit is!" Sora said once more.
"Uh-huh, it's the Heartle-" Goofy said but covered his mouth.
"The Heartless," Jim finished. "They're the ones who are after your heart, Your Majesty."
"Yeah, she's not the one you're looking for," Sora said.
But the Queen of Hearts wasn't buying it. "That's nonsense. Have you any proof?"
Sora was speechless, and the girl was seized by the card soldiers and thrown into a cage next to the throne.
"Bring me evidence of Alice's innocence!" demanded the queen. "Fail, and it's off with all of your heads! Gather as much or little evidence as you please. Report back here once you're ready."
Before heading off however, the four friends decided to ask the captive Alice, to try and make sense of what was going on.
"Who are you?" Alice asked them.
"I'm Sora," the young boy replied.
"My name is James Leonhart."
"I'm Goofy and that there's Donald."
"Pleased to meet you, though I do wish it were under better circumstances. I'm sorry you got mixed up in this nonsense."
"Why are you on trial in the first place?" Sora questioned.
"I should like to know the very same thing!" Alice declared. "Apparently I was guilty from the moment I took the stand!"
"That's crazy!" Sora exclaimed.
They then proceeded to make their way to find the evidence to prove her innocence and found themselves in a forest of really tall and multicolored grass called the Lotus Forest.
No sooner after they had stepped into the forest, did the face of a grinning purple cat appear, then quickly disappear not even a second after. It reappeared in numerous places afterwards, before its pink and purple striped body appeared on the tree stump, standing on its head. It picked up its head and placed it back on its body, turning towards Sora and the others.
"Who are you?" Donald questioned.
"Who, indeed? Poor Alice. Soon to lose her head, and she's not guilty of a thing!"
"Hey, if you know who the culprit is, tell us!" Sora demanded.
"The Cheshire Cat has all the answers but doesn't always tell. The answer, the culprit, the cat all lies in darkness."
"You listen here, cat. We're not in the mood for games," Jim stepped forward. "So, unless you want me to really get angry, you'd better..." He didn't get a chance to finish, as the Cheshire Cat once again vanished into thin air.
"Wait!" Sora called out.
"They've already left he forest. I won't tell which exit. There are 4 pieces of evidence in all Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky. Big reward if you find them all."
"Should we trust him?" Donald asked.
"I certainly don't," Jim replied.
The cat once again reappeared on the stump. "To trust or not to trust? I trust you'll decide!" And he once again vanished.
Deciding to take the cat's advice and find the evidence, the four friends had made their way deeper into the Lotus Forest, encountering Red Nocturnes, Shadows and Soldiers. The friends had found a pink box containing Heartless footprints that sat in a clearing of the forest. On one of the many green lily-pad platforms, another box contained an antenna.
On the tree, there was a hole that surprisingly led back to the Bizarre Room, where a third box containing the stench of the Heartless sat on top of the fireplace. Returning to the Lotus Forest, they approached a flower that would make Sora bigger in exchange for a potion. Deciding to see how it would help, Sora gave the flower a potion and reverted him back to his normal size.
Being too big to move anywhere in the forest, Sora went over to the tree stump and by jumping on it, it sank into the ground, causing a lily-pad platform to raise up and lead to a higher up passageway. Sora then went over to the tree and used the Keyblade to swat a red piece of fruit off of there. Then by eating that fruit, he shrunk back down to small size.
Once he shrunk back down, they decided to take the new route and found themselves on top of a faucet back in the Bizarre Room. And sitting on top of a cabinet next to it was the fourth box of evidence. They jumped over to the box, finding claw marks inside.
After collecting the last piece of evidence however, the Cheshire Cat appeared on the faucet.
"Well, look what you've found. Nice going," said the cat.
"Now we can save Alice," Sora responded.
"Don't be so sure! She may be innocent, but what about you?"
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"I won't tell. But I'll give you something," the Cheshire Cat said and gave them blizzard magic, but disappeared right after.
Having gathered all the evidence, the 4 outsiders returned to the queen's castle. They approached the card soldiers in front of the throne.
"Are you ready to present evidence before the queen?" asked one of them.
"Yes," Sora responded.
"Very well. Counsel, step up to the podium."
As ordered Sora stood at the podium, whilst Jim, Donald and Goofy sat off to the side in the stands.
"Now show me what you have found," the Queen of Hearts spoke, and the 4 boxes of evidence appeared in front of the podium. "Well, that's certainly a lot of evidence, but I'm still not impressed. Cards, bring forth my evidence!" She ordered and a fifth box appeared. The boxes were then shuffled and placed back in a row. "Hmm, checking all five would only be a waste of time. All right, then. Choose the one you wish to present. I'll decide who's guilty based on the evidence."
"What? After all that trouble of collecting it?" Sora said outraged.
"You dare object? Then you will lose your head! Now, choose! One box!" the queen ordered.
Realizing that there was no changing the queen's mind, Sora stepped off the podium to make a selection. Once he was sure of which to choose, he opened the box, revealing a Soldier Heartless, that disappeared only seconds after.
"What in the world was that?" asked the queen.
"There's your evidence. Alice is innocent," Sora said.
But the queen only growled in anger. "Silence! I'm the law here! Article 29: Anyone who defies the queen is guilty!"
"That's crazy!" Donald exclaimed.
"Seize them at once!" the queen ordered.
The spot where the white rabbit stood, the podium and stands, and even the heart shaped hedge entryway had all instantly vanished. Then a small tower with a wheel contraption appeared, where a card soldier went over and turned the wheel, raising Alice's cage above the ground. The cards all jumped into the air, surrounding the four friends.
"Cards! If they touch the tower, you lose your heads!" commanded the queen.
Realizing the queen just gave them the answer to freeing Alice, Sora, Jim, Donald and Goofy joined together to fight the cards, and started destroying the tower. Once it was completely destroyed, the cage dropped back down, but as the curtain pulled back, everyone had seen that Alice was gone.
"She must've gotten kidnapped while we were fighting," Donald said.
"But who could have snatched her from a cage that was 10 feet off the ground?" Jim said.
"You fools! Find the one who's behind this!" The queen ordered. "I don't care how!"
Taking their queen's command, the card soldiers all spread out to search for whoever kidnapped Alice.
As the cards all cleared out, Sora and friends decided they should search for Alice as well, and so they returned to the Lotus Forest.
As soon as they stepped into the forest, a flower opened up and from it shot out a large boulder, then on top of that boulder the Cheshire Cat had appeared once more.
"Have you seen Alice?" Donald asked.
"Alice, no. Shadows, yes!" the cat exclaimed.
"Where did they go?" Goofy asked.
"This way? That way? Does it matter? Left, right, up, down! All mixed up, thanks to the shadows!"
"Come on, enough riddles," Jim said impatiently. "Tell us where they are!"
"You might find the shadows in the upside-down room!" the cat responded and vanished.
Once the cat vanished, they were met with more Soldier Heartless and a new large Heartless called a Large Body. Fighting their way past these Heartless, they made their way deeper into the Lotus Forest, finding a new pathway that led into a garden where a tea party was set up. On the wall at the end of the pink clothed table was a picture of the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. And next to that picture, there was a sign that read a very merry unbirthday.
Continuing on, the four friends had gone through the door of the small house that resided. As soon as they entered through, they found themselves in the Bizarre Room, only this time the room was upside down. And almost immediately after entering the room, they were met with the Cheshire Cat.
"They're hiding somewhere. And the momeraths outgrabe. Want to find the shadows? Try turning on the light.
Taking the cat's advice, they made their way to two tabletops where two unlit lamps sat. After clearing the Heartless out, Sora jumped on top of one of the tables and used the Keyblade to light the lamp. No sooner after he did, the Cheshire Cat appeared on the other table.
"It's too dim. Make it brighter," said the cat.
"What next?" Donald asked.
"One more lamp you need to light," the cat replied and vanished from sight.
Sora jumped over to the other table and had used the Keyblade once more to light the second lamp. Lighting this one caused the flowerpot painting on the ceiling to pop out in a puff of white smoke. And then the Cheshire Cat appeared once again.
"All the lights are on. You'll see the shadows soon. They'll arise in this room, but somewhere else. The shadows might go after the doorknob, too," and just like before, he vanished without a trace.
After what he said, they realized that the doorknob could be in danger and quickly exited through a different pathway, leading back to the Queen's Castle. After that, they made their way back into the right side up part of the Bizarre Room and saw the cat sitting on the table.
"The shadows should be here soon," said the Cheshire Cat. "Are you prepared for the worst? If not, too bad!" He pointed up to the ceiling.
From the ceiling dropped down a tall Heartless called the Trickmaster. It had long and black streamer arms and spindly legs. It had numerous faces all stacked on top of one another, in a magenta and lavender patterns, and armor in the same color, as well as wielding two long black and white striped clubs.
Sora, Jim, Donald and Goofy took on this new Heartless as it moved all around the room, twirling its clubs, and could even shoot fireballs from them. It would make the table disappear so it would make it harder for the friends to attack it. But they were able to use the table to strike at this foe, causing it to fall unconscious temporarily. After a tough battle, the Trickmaster knelt down and then collapsed to the floor, before it vanished in a flash of light, and a glowing heart floating out of its body.
As the battle ended, the doorknob let out a yawn.
"What a racket. How's a doorknob to get any sleep?" said the doorknob and he let out another big yawn. As he was doing so, a bright glowing keyhole had appeared in his mouth.
The four stared at the mysterious keyhole and the next thing Sora knew, the tip of Keyblade illuminated as well and a beam of light shot out from it, which seemed to seal the keyhole.
"What was that?" Donald asked.
"You hear that? Sounded like something closed," Sora said.
"So, it's true," Jim thought to himself. "The keyblade does seal the world's keyholes."
And then from the doorknob's mouth dropped a gummi block.
"This gummi ain't like the others. No, sir," said Goofy.
"Okay. I'll hold onto it," said Donald.
And then from behind, the Cheshire Cat appeared on the table. "Splendid. You're quite the hero. If you're looking for Alice, she's not here. She's gone! Off with the shadows, into the darkness." The cat explained and vanished.
"No," Sora said in disbelief.
"Let's go back to our gummi ship. We might find her in another world," Donald said.
"We've gotta go to a save point to return to our ship," Goofy said.
That being said, they returned to the rabbit hole and used the save point to return to the ship and move onto the next world, now having yet another missing friend to find.
And that ends this world. I apologize for the long delay. Having to do stories that follow through movies and games, I need to watch videos to know what happens and that can take a bit of time. Anyhow, I hope you liked this one. And how Jim was getting frustrated with the cat. Doing this I imagine myself as my OCs and have to think like they do. So, I probably would have gotten frustrated with that cat and all his riddles no doubt. Until next time, please read, review and enjoy.