World of Wonder

Chapter 3

"Watch your head! The tables don't like it when you hit them!"

I watched in shock and amusement as tables and chairs floated through the room. It was quite a lovely bakery but the floating furniture were really distracting.

I watched as the guy just snatched a chair from the air and sat down in front of me. He signaled for me to do the same and catching a chair was pretty easy. I sat across from him. Neither of us saying anything.

We stared at each other until there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!"

I looked to the door and saw the man from the other door enter. Ok what is going on here?

"Hey Matt! Oh, hello again stranger!"

"It's Tord."

"Todd? What a weird name!"

"No it's Tord, not Todd."

"That's what I said Todd!"

"No it's not you-"

"Just let it happen Tord, it's best to let him think he's right or else he'll want another match."

The man with the clubs pulled up a chair and sat with us.

"So Tord, what brings you to Underland?"

"Uh, I followed a heart shaped thing here."

He sighed and chuckled. "Of course. Toms always running up in the overworld. Don't worry, we'll get you back as soon as possible. Speaking of which, where is Tom?"

"Haven't a clue but what I do have is some of that sweet bread he likes!"

The one called Matt ran up and grabbed a piece of bread from the counter and waved it around in the air.

"Oh Toooooommmmm! I've got that bread thing you like!"

I looked to the green one with a confused look.

"Don't worry, this is just how we get Tom to appear. By the way, the names Edd!"

I nodded, and looked back to Matt still waving the pastry around. While watching him act like an idiot, I noticed something sparkle behind him, just a bit over his head. It shimmered and out of no where, the one with spades jumps out and snatches the bread with his mouth and landing on one of the floating tables on all fours, like some sort of animal. He sat with his legs crossed on the table and looked down at us.

"The bread provided is quite the best, now do tell what is your request?"

He glanced around the room and glared when he spotted me.

"Tom! I see you're still at it with the rhymes!"

He glared at Edd. Did he not like it when we brought up his rhyming?

"Go ahead and mock me till it's due, but when it's gone I'll destroy you."

Uh, what.

"Good one! Now Tom, we need your help getting Tord back up to the surface."

Tom glanced at me and I think he rolled his eyes at me?

"The one in red insults my play, now I shall watch him fail the game."

He took a bite from his bread and looked away from us.

"Tom you're the one that lead him here, now help us get him back! We don't want another incident like the last now do we?"

Incident? Well whatever it was must've pissed him off because he had a tough grip on the bread, causing it to crumble and land in his lap.

He inhaled sharply and huffed. "The loss of the game was not in vain, but now he must find his own way."