HIRAETH - OBEY ME

welcome to wonderland!

a little different version?

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BELPHEGOR FELL into the deep void; sooner enough, he landed on the ground with a loud thud. He hissed in pain while glaring at nothing; thinking, I should be in bed if it wasn't for that stupid rabbit.

The boy started to stand up after minutes of self-loathing and regretting his past decisions. He sighed to keep a certain task in his mind.

Leave this godforsaken land.

"Oh my, are you lost?" someone purred from above him. 

Belphegor looked up when he heard the voice, but there was no one. A chuckle came from his side, making him snap his attention, but, yet again, only nothingness was seen with his vision. 

He tried to convince himself that his mind was playing with him. Maybe he was too tired. Maybe he was going insane. Or maybe he's done with playing hide and seek with the person and tried to reason himself.

"Ah, forget it." He huffed and started trudging to his original path. Soon enough, someone appeared in front of him with cat ears and a grin.

His blonde hair swayed from the cold wind, he moved his hand to his waist as he offered the other for a shake. But the tired boy couldn't keep up with what he wanted, so he merely passed by him.

The blonde boy popped up once again. The other started to get irritated.

"What do you want?" Belphegor asked with a rude tone.

The boy didn't budge and merely smiled, "My name is Satan. You must be our new 'Alice'." he bowed slightly to greet him properly.

Belphegor knew that he didn't fall down the rabbit hole just to play pretend with the people in this land. It was too much of a bother. The boy never liked interacting with anyone unless it was his brother, Beelzebub. 

He suddenly remembered his sibling was eating some kind of sweets while Belphegor doze off.

Satan grew interest in the worried gaze the other was showing.

"You have a brother, right?" he questioned, making Belphegor snap a look at him, his smile grew even more.

Belphegor scoffed and crossed his arms, portions of his bangs falling to his eyes, "So what if I do?" he snapped as he watched the blonde's smile growing even wider than before.

"There's no problem if you have a sibling. Although, I heard from one of the critters in the forest whisper about another person falling from a different place. Since the white hare only came from one place; we can say that your brother is in Wonderland as well." he nodded with his eyes closed shut, nodding to every words that escaped from his lips.

"And what part of Wonderland is he?"
"Oh! Look at the time. I apologize, but I have another place to be at. We have a tea party at eleven o'clock and I'm already a minute late."

Satan was smiling, but the other couldn't distinguish if it was out of sincerity. He tried to grab the blonde's wrist but smoke was the only thing that met with his hand. 

"If you want to join the party, just make sure to follow the cookie crumbs." the voice said, but there was no physical appereance of the voice's owner.

Belphegor sighed heavily as his brows furroted in frustration. When his eyes met with the ground, small sparkles appeared and trails of cookie crums were visible on the path. The boy knew that cat wasn't supposed to be trusted, but all of his common sense disappeared when he heard his brother is in this "wonderland" as well.

He started to follow the trail. The path was now cut in two. There's a sign between the two roads, he gazed up to read what was written.

Insanity and Sanity.

But the cookie crumbs were on "insanity". It didn't help the fact that he couldn't see what was far off the end, the path was twisted and the trees covered what was ahead.

"---make sure to follow the cookie crumbs." he remembered what Satan had said. Unsure if he would regret his decisions later, he finally took a step and wandered to insanity.

. . .

After dreadful minutes of walking and cursing, Belphegor had a sniff of tea and coffee. Having his hope spark up again, he dashed and pushed the bushes away; only to see a lengthy table full of pastries and hot drinks.

"Oh, I didn't think you would follow what I said." Satan appeared behind him which made him jump in fright. 

He hissed, "I did what you said. Now tell me where my brother is."

Satan raised the both of his hands, "We cannot talk if your anger is fuming. Please, take a seat, I'm sure the other guests would welcome you with a warm greeting."

Belphegor was about to refuse but when the blonde snapped his fingers, he was already seated between two people; he was feeling tense.

"Hey, Satan! How come this newbie gets to sit between me and [name]?" the boy with rabbit ears and white hair demmanded with a huff. 

The person next to Belphegor chuckled, "It's okay, Mammon. I'm sure it would only be a few minutes before he goes around his business." You then looked at the boy who was gripping his pants. You smiled softly before taking his hand onto yours, you bowed to show respect.

"Welcome to Wonderland, I'm the Mad Hatter and I make quite the exquisite hats around in this place." 

Belphegor stared at your eyes before snapping his gaze away, a small blush appearing from his face and yet, he didn't pull away from your hold.

"Belphegor, my brother calls me Belphie."
"Is it fine to call you by the nickname as well?"

The boy only nodded, already feeling embarassed.

"So," Mammon took a bite from his cake before continuing, "your brother is in Wonderland. But I assure ya, if there was anyone to follow me, it would be ya!"

It took a couple of seconds for Belphegor to understand what he had met. When he finally realized, he stood up and slammed his hand on the table; making the table shake and tea staining the white tablecloth. "It was you!"

Mammon crossed his arms and looked away. Huffing angrily, he said, "I don't know what ya mean!"

Belphegor pointed an accusing finger at him, "You were the one who stole my necklace!"

"I, for one, wouldn't still your family's heirloom!" he argued.

Belphegor smirked, "How did you know it was a family heirloom then?"

You suddenly stood up from your seat, the metal chair fell down on the ground as you closed your pocketwatch. A troubled expression was visible on your face as the two stopped fighting.

"What's your poison, [name]?" Satan asked from the other side of the table while he brought down his cup of tea.

You picked up your top hat and placed it on your head, you then faced Belphegor with a frustated look. 

"Friends of mine claimed that a boy wandered inside the King of Hearts' castle and..." you coughed, "ate everything in the king's fridge."

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PART ONE OF WTW! unrevised<3