KiW(EE) - Down the Rabbit Hole / The Bottle on the Table

***Kiara in Wonderland (Extended Edition)* - Chapter 02/18**

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*Unknown Tale's note: I might get flack for this later, but I actually did some research before writing Chapter 2-2. Yes, female lions can actually grow a half mane, or a full mane like a male. Science is so awesome. I'm also going to leave it up to interpretation if you, the reader, see Kiara walking quad or bi from 2-2 onward.*

## "I'm Late"

The water rippled and showed a new image of a brown rabbit in a black waistcoat just casually hopping along and whistling. Kion was surprised by this initially and looked ahead to see it was Masikio hopping across the pond. "Hevi kabisa," he said nudging his older sister. "Kiara, wake up and check this out...!"

Kiara woke up with a bit of a lazy expression on her face. "Oh, Kion, it's just a rabbit in a waistcoat," she said casually. Realizing what she had said, her senses fully snapped awake as she did a double take her father, Simba, would be proud of. Masikio then pulled out a pocket watch from his pocket to check the time. The text across it flashed the word "LATE."

"Oh my fur and whiskers!" Masikio shouted in surprise in a rhythmic way. "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" He took off for the other side of the pond.

Kiara got up from where she was lying down. "How curious," she said.

"Yeah, what could a rabbit like *him* be late for anyways?" Kion added. The two siblings went after the purple-eyed rabbit.

Masikio: *I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date.*

*No time to say "Hello," goodbye, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late,*

*and when, I wave, I lose the time I save,*

*my fuzzy ears and whiskers took me too much time to shave.*

*I run and then I hop hop hop I wish that I could fly.*

*There's danger if I dare to stop and here's the reason why.*

*You see I'm, overdue, I'm in a rabbit stew,*

*Can't even say "Goodbye," hello, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!*

Masikio disappeared into a burrow where the siblings stopped chasing him at.

## Down the Rabbit Hole

"The animals around here know how to make a quick entrance and exit," said Kion as he looked into the burrow with his sister.

"Yeah, it's not even his home," Kiara added. The young lioness crept into the burrow as Kion watched her struggle for a moment. She grunted before saying, "Think there's an entire underground system we don't know about, little brother?"

Kion helped her into the burrow, and as she crawled through it due to her size, Kion followed behind. "I don't know, Kiara," he replied. "I've got a bad feeling about this."

"I suppose so." The princess giggled. "After all, curiosity often leads to-" Kiara's paw landed on nothing and she tumbled a bit into the hole, "trou**BLE!!**" Kiara grabbed onto the ledge with her front paws and started to breathe heavily as she looked down in fright.

"Kiara!!" Kion said hearing his sister almost scream. He rushed over to her paws and attempted to try and help her up. Fate had other plans for the two of them as the ground broke from their weight, and the two tumbled down into the hole. Kiara let out a sudden scream as Kion let a Goofy-esc Holler out of his system.

The two fell pretty fast for a moment or two, though Kiara had stopped screaming for her life. Kiara reoriented herself trying to find a way to slow herself, only to hear a loud puff which surprised her briefly, as Kion held onto a large leaf as a makeshift parachute. The two sighed in relief as they looked down. It was rather dim in the hole making it difficult for the two to see at first.

"At least we don't have to worry about falling off Pride Rock," said Kion, continuing to look down.

"You can say that again," replied Kiara.

Kiara continued to look around in a confused way before noticing a lamp with a pull-switch on a floating table. She gave it a slight tug and the rabbit hole was aglow, much to the siblings' surprise. Even more surprising to Kiara was what she now had on. She looked around her body, noticing a blue dress, white pinafore, white thigh-high socks, and black Mary Jane flats materialized on her. She assumed the dress broke her fall from how it acted as a parachute. She looked up above and noticed something gold dangling near her eyes. As the two siblings passed by a mirror which showed their reflections upside down, the two noticed Kiara now had a bit of a gold mane and a black band with a bow.

"That certainly wasn't here before," said Kiara, pondering her new look.

"Looks rather cute, big sister," Kion replied, silently laughing to himself. Kiara blushed as her ears flattened.

"Hold on," the sister said putting her front paws out in front of her and turning her head to the side. "What if we ended up going right to the center of the Earth and come out the other side where everything is upside down?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Kiara," said the brother. "Nobody at this speed would be able to make it that far due to Earth's gravitational-" he was stopped as the two landed at the bottom. The two were now seated as the leaf covered Kion. He pulled it off himself as the two looked around and noticed Masikio running down a hallway that curved to the right.

Kiara chuckled to herself as she stood up, attempting to figure out the best posture to use as Kion watched. Kion remained on all fours and gave chase. "Kion, wait!" Kiara followed after him and the rabbit. The two slid to a halt after losing Masikio, but after hearing a door slam walked up to it. Kiara opened the door, only to find a smaller door. Kion opened the next one and found another door.

Then another one...

And another one...

And another one...

Okay, there were only four doors, not six. Kiara got down and crawled through the doorway as Kion followed. Now they were in a tiled room, which was very large and empty. "Curiouser and curiouser," said Kiara as she looked around.

## The Bottle on the Table

A small pair of curtains closed on one end of the room, so out of curiosity, Kiara walked up to them and parted them to reveal a small door, roughly about half a foot in height (six inches or 15 centimeters). She tried to open the door and-

***"D'OOOOOH!"***

Kiara let our a startled yelp as she pulled her paw away from the knob, as a familiar hornbill phased through the door into existence rubbing his beak. "I-I beg your pardon, Zazu," she stammered with a perplexed yet astonished expression.

Zazu almost felt stars coming out of his beak. "You sure gave me one heck of a turn, Princess," he said.

"You see, Kion and I were following a-" Kiara started to explain before Zazu let a small laugh out as the pain gone away. Kiara looked a little worried for the guy, but it disappeared once he cleared his throat.

"Sorry about that," said Zazu. "Now what can I do for you, young lady?"

Kion walked over to the two of them. "We were looking for a rabbit in a waistcoat, so if you don't mind-"

"Oh, certainly, Kion," he said instantly recognizing him before revealing the keyhole. "See for yourself." Kion took a closer look.

"How did you get down here anyways, Zazu?" Kiara asked in a rather perplexed tone and expression.

"Well you see-" Zazu was about to explain.

"THERE HE IS!" Kion shouted breaking Zazu's concentration. "We gotta get through this door!"

"Whoa there, Kion," Zazu said walking over to him. "Both of you are much too big to fit through there." He nodded his head in confirmation before adding, "Simply impassible."

"I think you mean impossible," Kiara corrected.

"Nothing's impossible if you put your mind to it," Zazu recorrected, much to Kiara's annoyance as she rolled her eyes. "Not convinced? Just try the bottle on the table."

"Huh?" Both lions turned around to see a glass table and a bottle appear before their eyes. The two walked toward it.

"Follow the direction on the bottle, and you should be out of here in no time at all."

Kiara picked up the bottle and examined it and its tag. "Drink me..." she read. As she popped the cork she took a look at it from every angle she could. "I've seen stories about lions who tried to poison royalty and take their crown or place. This definitely sounds like the makings of a trap."

"Begging your pardon big sister," Kion spoke up, "but Zazu's our friend. Do you really think he'd try to do something dastardly like that?"

"Oh," Kiara replied, "I was just giving myself some advice, but..." Kiara took a sip and passed the bottle to Kion who did much of the same. "No flavor either. I was afraid of that..."

As Kion put the bottle back on the table, the two suddenly shrank down rapidly to the size of the door. "What did we do!?" the two lions said to each other in shock, almost pointing at each other.

Zazu laughed. "You almost went out like the fires you always break," he said in a joking tone.

"Darn," said Kion, "but at least, we're the right size." Kion tried to reach for the door again.

Zazu laughed again, this time out of embarrassment, which stopped Kion. "I forgot to tell you..." he laughed some more. "It's, locked!"

Kiara and Kion facepaw in perfect synchronicity, groaning in annoyance.

"But of course, you've got the key so~"

"Wait, what?" said Kiara.

"You didn't mention anything about a key, Mr. Banana Beak," Kion added.

"Now don't tell me you left it up there," Zazu replied. Just like that, a skeleton key appeared at the top of the table.

"Oh, come, on," said Kiara before climbing one of the table's legs. The glass was a bit too slippery for her, even with her claws unsheathed and she ended up sliding back down onto the floor with her hind legs sprawled. "You've gotta be kidding me."

"How do we get up there now?" Kion asked Zazu, trying his best not to make eye contact with him.

"You're thinking too outside of the box, you two," Zazu stated firmly. "Perhaps you should try what's inside it."

Kiara noticed a small box appear in between her legs. She was a bit interested by this, so she opened the box. Inside it were a bunch of mini cookies labelled "Eat Me."

"That's not suspicious at all," Kion said sarcastically with a smirk.

"I guess it's our only option though," Kiara said aloud as she picks one up, "but who knows what this will do." She bit into one and almost immediately did it work well. Too well, actually. Kiara's growth was instantaneous and exponential as her eyes widened in shock. She filled the whole room as she remained seated, Kion barely dodging her left foot as Zazu is pinned between it and the door. He squawked as this happened. Kiara continued to grow until her head hit the ceiling and she let out an "Ow!" She rubbed the top of her head as she looked down at Kion and Zazu.

"What in the world kind of food was THAT!?" Kion asked in a flabbergasted way.

Zazu mumbled something under his breath. Kiara moved her foot. "Excuse me?" she asked.

Zazu straightened his beak out. "I said, 'A little of that went a long way!'" he replied before laughing.

"I knew I had a big sister but I didn't expect to see one THIS big," Kion added with a smug expression, making Zazu laugh even harder.

Kiara blushed from their joking around. "I guess I deserved that..." the princess said, "but now I know how small my little brother is." Kion dropped his expression realizing she just countered his joke with her own.

Just then, Masikio ran past them out the door they were trying to enter. "I knew I forgot something! The Duchess would have me in her soup if I keep her waiting!" he said grabbing a fan.

Kiara looked down at the now tiny rabbit. "If you please sir-" she started.

Masikio looked up and gasped. "It's a monster!!" He ran back through the door screaming as Zazu and Kion watched him drop his fan and gloves.

"There he goes again," said Kion.

"He dropped his fan and gloves," Kiara added, reaching down and grabbing it. She leaned her head back against the wall, accidentally cracking it a bit unbeknownst to the three. "Oh, brother-"

"Yeah?" asked Kion.

"Not you." Kiara started to fan herself. "It's getting a bit hot in here for me."

"That'll happen when you're the size you are. Everything starts to get rather stuffy rather fast."

Kiara shrank in mid-air, and she looked down. "Oh no," she said before gravity took hold of her. Water started rushing from the cracks in the wall and started to flood the room.

"Hevi kabisa!" Kion and Zazu said in unison.

"I gotta run!" Zazu disappeared into thin air as Kion was forced to start swimming. Kiara closed her eyes seeing the water approach her, only to land in something glassy with a thunk. Kiara opened her eyes as she was now seated inside the Drink Me bottle from earlier, now with its tag washed away. Kion jumped into the bottle onto Kiara's lap.

"Where did all this water come from?" Kion asked his big sister.

"I guess I leaned against the wall and my head struck it a bit too hard," Kiara replied to her little brother. She relaxed a bit but sighed as the bottle drifted toward the door and out the keyhole. This was of course, only the beginning of their adventures.

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