Twisted Wonderland | Mickey's Print

1. The arrival

Yuu woke up with a strange sound as if someone tried to open a closed door.

He opened his eyes, his surroundings were pitch-black, and couldn't see anything. He wondered if it was still nighttime and moved his arms to rub his eyes, with that he felt with one elbow felt something like a wall next to him. Having now a clear mind he frowned, raised slightly the arms, and moved a bit the feet, realizing he was inside of what looked like a box. He was still processing his situation when heard something.

"Oh, no. People are coming," said a high-pitched voice from outside. "Gotta get an uniform while I still have..."

The same voice growled loudly as if it were making a lot of force. "The lid is too heavy!" It said exhausted.

Was that someone trying to open whatever he was inside? Yuu tried to say something, but the same voice started talking again: "Then, time for my secret move! Fnaaa!! There it is!"

The voice didn't finish their victory announcement when Yuu gasped as he saw some strange blue fire flames in front of him. His fear ended when the fire extinguished swiftly, but his confusion of being inside some box increased when the door in front of him opened slowly, seeing finally the exterior: a room filled with some elegant, floating coffins.

"Ok, ok," the voice said as they finished opening the door. "Now time to get that..." Yuu couldn't see anyone at first but jumped slightly as the unknown voice shrieked loudly just below him. "You... Why are you awake!?" It asked alarmingly.

He looked at them, it was a grey cat-like creature with blue, fiery ears he had never seen before. He had a black and white striped bow tied around his neck and he was standing up on his two hind legs, he also seemed more surprised than him. Yuu couldn't help but look at him and ask: "What? A... A talking raccoon!?"

The creature looked more like a cat, but had something that made him think of a raccoon.

"Who are ya callin' a raccoon!?" The creature asked angrily. "I'm the great Grim!!!!". But his angry expression turned into a smirk. "Well, whatever. You, human!" He exclaimed while pointing at him. "Hurry up and give me those clothes you're wearing!"

"What?" Yuu asked before realizing he was wearing some dark clothes he had never seen before.

"Do it or else..." Grim warned. "I'll roast ya!"

As soon as he said that, he spat out a great blast of blue fire that almost reached his feet.

Yuu screamed in fear and started running towards what seemed the exit. "Help!" He yelled as he opened the door.

"Where do you think you're goin'?!" Grim shouted from the distance.

Yuu ran down a long corridor located next to an inner courtyard centered around a well, looked around, and opened a door only to find no one in what appeared to be a classroom.

He kept running for what seemed like an eternity and managed to get outside. He tried to catch his breath as he carefully descended some stone stairs. He looked around - he had never seen a place like that. It was surrounded by many different buildings, including a huge coliseum.

After descending the steps, he turned around to see the place where he had woken up. He was impressed to see a lavish dark-colored architecture that reminded him of an European castle.

He hurried on his way and finished descending, then he saw a smaller building to his left. He quickened his pace and opened the doors, hoping to find answers.

The place turned out to be a library, there was no one there, but there was a strange scene with books floating magically.

After briefly inspecting the place no less confused than before, he sat down on a chair to catch his breath.