Akito and Estelle in Wonderland

chapter 8

With in a few minutes later, Misdreavus came floating back to them.

"Well, what is it?" Felicity asked her Pokemon. "Ami or ennemi?"

"You won't believe this..." Misdreavus whispered, very shocked at what she saw and gestured for the others to follow her.

"We better follow her then." Estelle said.

The others agreed and they followed Misdreavus.

There was a faint singing voice that sounded like he was signing the vowels of A, E, I, O, and U.

"Is someone mispelling the alphabet?" Akito asked.

"Those are the vowels." Vincent told his younger brother.

"Vowels?" Vulpix asked.

"They're letters of the alphabet," Vincent explained the best he could. "They're different than the others because.... Because... Uhh..."

"Because Maman said so." Felicity spoke up.

The others glanced at her.

"Um, that is how my parents end an argument..." Felicity explained.

"Okay?" Vulpix said, confused.

"I'll ask Mom and Dad later..." Vincent rolled his eyes slightly.

Alice pulled back the tall blades and looked to see a large blue caterpillar smoking with a hookah.

"A caterpillar?" Akito said, confused.

The others came to see and they did in fact see what they thought they saw.

"Weird, right?" Misdreavus said to them.

"Yeah, weird." Estelle nodded.

"Let's just hope he's friendlier than the flowers." Dinah commented.

The kids, cat, and Pokemon wandered to the drearily singing caterpillar.

"I have not heard such forced singing than when Papa told me how King Adam made him sing 'Deck the Halls'." Felicity whispered.

"I think this guy's dreadful singing might top it." Akito whispered back.

The caterpillar kept singing his lowly song and noticed he had company. "Who are you?" he demanded to know.

"Oh, my..." Teddy said, hiding behind Estelle.

"W-We hardly know, sir," Alice spoke up. "We changed many times, you see..."

The caterpillar raised an eyebrow. "I do not see... Explain yourselves."

"Oh, everything's just so confusing here." Estelle said.

"Why, I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir, because I'm not myself, you know..." Alice tried to explain.

"I do not know." the caterpillar replied.

"Well, we cannot put it more clearly, for it isn't clear to us!" Felicity groaned, pulling on her pigtails in frustration and started to grumble rude French words, cursing the enlarged insect.

"You?" the caterpillar retorted. "Who are you?"

"Don't you think that you should be telling us who you are first?" Larvitar asked.

"Why?" the caterpillar asked.

"Ugh... I have a headache..." Vincent asked. "This is all just so confusing!"

"It is not." the caterpillar insisted.

"Well, it is to us!" Akito told him.

"Why?" the caterpillar seemed to be mocking them worse than the flowers now.