Mai left the room and went to the Arena. From a distance she saw Cloud sitting down and she ran up to him. "Hey, are you okay?!" She asked and he looked up at her.

"Yeah." He mumbled and she frowned at this. She knew he was lying.

"You're lying I can tell. Tell me the truth, are you okay?" He sighed with defeat.

"I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help." He muttered.

"Who's Hades?" She asked.

"The guy who gave your friend that pass and he rules the Underworld." Cloud looked at the ground and sulked even more. "I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired." He stood up and looked up. "I fell into darkness and I couldn't find the light."

"You'll find it." She said and he looked at her. "I can see that you have a bit of light left in your heart. You'll find it someday." She smiled. "I'm looking too."

"For your light?" She nodded. He placed a hand on her head. "You have your light." He smirked and thought of that spikey haired boy, walking passed her, "It's in your heart... and in that boy, you seem to like him."

"H-how 'bout another match someday?" she quickly, and nervously, changed the subject, "No cheating with any dark powers!" He stopped walking.

"I think I'll pass." He mumbled and she giggled at this. He left and they left too and boarded the Gummi Ship. They went to another world which was full of animals and had to fight heartless there. They fought this guy named Clayton and opened a new Keyhole which was a gateway to another world.

Mai, Donald, Goofy and Sora floated in this hole until they landed on the ground. Goofy hit his head onto the ground and Mai looked at her surroundings. This world looked a bit strange and to make it even weirder was that there was a rabbit that ran past them.

"Oh my fur and whiskers. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" He was wearing a top and trousers with glasses and was carrying a clock. "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I'm here I should be there." Mai twitched. "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! The Queen, she'll have my head for sure!"

'Woah, some Queen you have.' Mai thought and decided to follow the rabbit to see what was going on. Sora, Donald and Goofy ran after her. They ran everywhere and went through doors which got smaller and was one after the other.

The rabbit went through this tiny door and Mai kneeled. "How did he get so small?" She wondered.

"No you're simply too big!" The door knob said and she jumped.

"It talks!" Donald and Mai stated the obvious.

"Must you be so loud? You woke me up." The knob yawned and her eyebrow twitched.

"Good morning." Goofy waved.

"Good night! I need more sleep." He closed his eyes.

"Wait, what do we have to do to be smaller?" Sora asked.

"Why don't you try the bottle over there?" They turned around and there were four bottles on the table. They drank from the bottles and turned smaller.

"Oh my god!" Mai's voice was a bit higher. She looked around. "Wow!" They jumped down from the table and onto the ground. Then they went through a doorway.

"I'm on trial but why?" Mai and the others watched a young innocent girl getting judge by this woman.

"Her majesty, the Queen of Hearts presiding." The rabbit said.

"This girl is the culprit. There's no doubt about it." The Queen of Hearts pointed. "And the reason is…" Mai crossed her arms and tapped her foot. She thought that the girl was innocent, what could she have done? "…because I say so that's why!" The red haired girl growled.

"This is so unfair." The young girl said.

"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!"

'Yeah, you tell her.' Mai smirked.

"SILENCE!" The Queen yelled. "You dare defy me?"

"I think we should help her out." Mai mumbled.

"Yeah, but the…" Donald begun.

"We're outsiders, so wouldn't that be muddling?" Goofy asked and Donald pointed.

"Meddling!"

"Oh yeah, and that's against the rules." Goofy added.

"I hereby find the defendant, guilty of charge!" Mai looked up. "For the crimes of assault and attempting to steal my heart…" The red haired girl gasped at this. "…off with her head!"

"No, no oh please!" The girl cried.

"Hold it!" Mai yelled as she marched up to the Queen with her friends following trying to stop her.

"Who are you? And how dare you interfere with my court?" The Queen asked.

"We know who the real culprit is!" Mai said.

"Uh-huh it's the Heartle-" Goofy covered his mouth.

"Anyway, she's not the one you're looking for."

"That's nonsense. Have you any proof?" Mai scratched the back of her head.

"Uhhhhh…" The girl was locked in a cage.

"Bring me evidences of Alice's innocence. Fail and it's off with all your heads." Mai's friends gasped with fear. Mai looked at Sora. She thought about this and growled; no way she would let her crush be beheaded!

"No!" She shouted. "If we fail, then off with my head not theirs!" Mai said boldly and they left.

"Flower, why did you say that?" Sora asked.

"I didn't want you guys to get hurt for my mistakes. I'd rather sacrifice myself instead of my friends." She answered and they walked into a forest. Then out of nowhere a cat's head appeared.

"Eeeep!" Mai stood behind Sora and he slightly blushed.

"Who are you?!" Donald asked.

"Who indeed. Poor Alice, soon to lose her head and she's not guilty of a thing!" The cat said.

"Hey if you know who the culprit is tell us." Sora shouted out.

"The Cheshire Cat has all the answers, but doesn't want to tell." Mai gasped at this and stood in front of Sora without any fears. "The answers, the culprit, the cat all lie in darkness." The Cheshire Cat disappeared and the red haired Princess gasped.

"No, wait!" Mai raised her hand but was too late.

"They've already left the forest. I won't tell which exit." They heard the Cat's voice say. "There are four pieces of evidence in all. Three are a cinch to find. The fourth is tricky but if you find all then there will be a big reward."

"Should we trust him?" Goofy asked.

"To trust or not to trust, you decide." The Cat said and this was starting to freak Mai out.

They looked around and there were a few heartless which they had to fight. They started to collect some boxes for evidence and went to the Queen. She told Mai to pick a box and when she did, Goofy was imprisoned in a cage. Then the mean Queen of Hearts ordered the cards to attack Mai and she had to fight them alongside Sora and Donald. Goofy got out and fought too. When they were finished the red haired girl turned to Alice but she wasn't there.

"She might have been kidnapped when we were fighting." She assumed.

"You fools!" The Queen yelled at the cards. "Go and find out who's behind all this! I don't care how." Mai, Sora, Donald and Goofy headed into the forest and saw the Cheshire Cat again.

"Have you seen Alice?" Sora asked.

"Alice no, shadows yes." He answered.

"Which way did they go?" Mai questioned.

"This way, that way. Does it matter?" The red haired girl huffed at this. "Left, right, up, down! All mixed up thanks to the shadows! Step deeper into the forest to the deserted garden. You might find shadows in the upside-down room." He disappeared and she nodded.

"Okay, let's go!" She cheered and led the way, whilst fighting the heartless. They got to the Tea Party Garden and it was deserted. Then then entered the house and the Cheshire Cat said that they weren't there. So, Mai and her friends started to fight the heartless. They went all over the house and then arrived at the place where the talking door was.

Out of nowhere, a mega heartless appeared and Mai gulped. This one was much bigger than the last back in Traverse Town. They all started to fight and Mai used magic as well as her Keyblade. The heartless glowed and then disappeared with a heart floating into the air.

"What a racket! How's a door knob to get any sleep?" Mai sweat dropped at this.

'Lazy old door knob!' The door knob yawned and his mouth/keyhole opened widely. Mai smiled at this. There was a keyhole, to another world. Mai's keyblade started to glow and sparkle and it shot a ray of light at the keyhole.

There was another mini Gummi Ship on the ground like the one that they found in the Jungle. The Cheshire Cat appeared again and told them that Alice was gone with the shadows. Mai sensed that there was something fishy going on and kept this in mind. They decided to visit Traverse Town again.