Chapter 26

Analia's POV:

"Oh, right," I said, smiling kind of nervously. "I forgot to tell you that we have a special guest. Do you two know each other?"

Pinocchio and Daphne were both frozen in shock.

"How...?" Daphne managed.

"Looks like someone's in loooooove," Dum and Dee sang in harmony.

Daphne and Pinocchio both glared at them, and I told them to shut up.

"I'm sorry," I said to Pinocchio. "They can get very, very annoying."

"Aw, but you love me," Dee whined.

I frowned at him. "You're mistaking me for yourself."

It took him a while to figure that out, but when he finally did he glared at me. "That was rude!"

I stuck my tongue out at him and turned back to Daphne. "Pinocchio here came sliding out of a rabbit hole just like you, your sister, and your friend did. We don't know why, but now that the rest of you are here, I'm suspecting that we're going to need all of your help."

I glanced at Pinocchio when I emphasized the word, since he didn't like to work. He just shrugged.

I rolled my eyes. "For now everyone needs a chance to, I guess, cool down and let things settle in. Tomorrow we act."

Daphne nodded solemnly. She was only nine, but she'd been through so much. I felt slightly bad for her, she was too young for these kinds of things. But she seemed content, as of now.

I grinned to myself and wondered if it was because of Pinocchio. Then I chided myself to be more mature than Dee and Dum, who were still giving Daphne and Pinocchio looks.

"I'm giving you one more chance," I warned them.

They looked sheepish, but also pleased with themselves at the same time.

I shook my head. They were never going to grow up.

Sabrina's POV:

I finally had a plan. I knew what I had to do. It might be one of the most dangerous plans I've ever tried, but it's worth it.

I slowly made my way through the tunnels. It took me a while to find my way back, but when I did, I was shocked to see the sight in front of me.

1.) Analia and Dee were in a huge argument, with Dum watching and laughing. It seemed like Dee had said something to Analia, because she was bright red and he was smirking.

2.) White was on the floor with Elvis on top of him, licking his face as Red tried in vain to pull him off. Somehow I sensed that this had happened before.

And 3.) PINOCCHIO WAS HERE. I couldn't believe my eyes and I even punched myself in the arm to make sure I wasn't dreaming. But he was actually here, and he and Daphne looked like they were trapped in time.

I cleared my throat. Daphne and her boy—I'm sorry, Pinocchio—snapped back into the present, and Analia and Dee stopped arguing.

"Uh," Daphne managed. "So yeah, this happened."

I glanced at Pinocchio. He looked a little older and his buck teeth were fading away. I raised my eyebrows at Daphne. "I see."

She growled. "We're having a talk later."

"Later can be now," Analia suggested. "It's already 7:00 PM here in Wonderland and I still have to show you all to your rooms. Dee, Dum, do whatever you want for the rest of today, tomorrow we get down to work. White, would you like to stay here for tonight? I'm afraid it's too dangerous for you to go out there for now."

The White Rabbit nodded. "Thank you. You're most kind."

Analia smiled. "I'm just being a good friend."

Dum pretended to gag. "Ugh, this sweetness is making me sick."

She glared at him. "Anyway, Sabrina, Daphne, Red and Elvis, White, follow me. Pinocchio, I trust you know how to get to your room?"

Pinocchio still looked stunned, but he nodded. "Yes, I do. Thank you for asking."

Daphne rolled her eyes, back to her normal self. "I see you're still being all fancy and formal?"

Pinocchio fumed. "This is proper talk! You would not understand since your brain is at the level of a four-year-old's!"

"Excuse me?!"

I put a hand on Daphne's shoulder and whispered, "Calm down. When boys argue with you it usually means that they like you."

I immediately regretted saying that when she grinned to at me. "That's very true. Where'd you get that from?"

I shoved her away, but inside I felt like I couldn't breathe.

Analia started leading us through the tunnels and as I wondered how she could remember which one was which, Red sidled up next to me.

She smiled, and I thought she was going to say something about Puck, but she surprised me by whispering all conspiracy-like, "I ship them."

I actually grinned a genuine grin for the first time in what felt like years and high-fived her. "Me too. Just don't tell her or she'll murder us."

Red nodded. "I wouldn't dare," she said gravely. "I've seen what Daphne can do."

I laughed and Daphne, who was walking ahead of me with Analia, White and Elvis, eyed me suspiciously.

I waved innocently and she glowered.

We soon got to our rooms, which were all next to each other. The doors were giant jewels, except they weren't heavy at all.

I quickly walked into my room, trying to shut the door before Daphne could get in because I didn't want to face her wrath, but no luck.

"You're so dead," she said, closing the door behind her.

"Hey, now you know how I feel," I protested.

She growled.

My little sister is dangerous.

"If you mention anything about Pinocchio ever again, I will murder you," she said, then wrenched the door open and stomped out.

Someone's angry... I laughed to myself.

"That was a pretty short talk," I told myself, still laughing quietly.

Daphne usually fell asleep around 9:30, so until then I sat in bed with my phone and earbuds and listened to the whole Hamilton soundtrack. It was supposed to help me calm down about the whole Puck ordeal, but I just ended up either shouting "LAFAYETTE!" or crying.

I'm pretty sure Red next door was getting concerned.

I watched an episode of Voltron and then at 10:00 PM, I silently opened the door to my room and slipped out.

Time to put my plan into action.

A/N:
Hamilton fam, where you at?
Lafayette: I come back with more guns—
Lafayette: *points to biceps*
Lafayette: —and ships.
Lafayette: *points to Laurens and Hamilton*

Sorry I couldn't help myself. Anyway, hope you liked the chappie.

~Shadow

(Also right now it's past 11:00 PM, so... yeah. I was reading a Hamilton fanfiction and remembered to update this.)

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