Home Again (Namine version)

Larxene chuckled evilly and rubbed her hands together as the preverbal ball was back in her court. "And, uh...what were you saying, my dear?" she asked Namine in a silky voice.

Jose reappeared on Larxene's head with one last trick. "Well, she simply said that you're a fat, pompous, bad-tempered, old tyrant!" he laughed.

As Jose laughed away into thin air, Larxene became very angry. "OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!!!" she shouted.

The Koopa Troopas erupted with applause as they dove and swarmed to arrest Namine, who rushed out of the courtroom, knocking away any Koopa Troopas that got in her way.

"You heard what her majesty said!" Dijon announced through his turban before getting trampled by the Koopa Troopas, "Off with her head!"

Br'er Rabbit blew on his trumpet to call out more Koopa Troopas as Namine ran out of the castle with about 52 decks worth of Koopa Troopas hot on her tail.

Namine raced into the maze as the Koopa Troopas followed suit. The chase continued for about 15 minutes as even Larxene and Dijon took part in the chase. The chase ended when Namine ran (quite literally) into a deck of Koopa Troopas, knocking them over in the process. Larxene ran over the Koopa Troopas on her side, causing an incline that stopped Namine in her tracks.

As she slid down the Koopa Troopa slide, she noticed the hedge maze vanishing and suddenly wind up in another caucus race, led by King Leonidas, of course. The racers included Larxene, Dijon, Foghorn, Daffy, Pixie, Dixie, Hamm, Rex, some Oysters, and a deck's worth of the Koopa Troopas.

Everyone (except Namine): *Forward, backward, inward, outward, here we go again*
*No one ever loses and no one can ever win*
*Backward, forward, outward, inward, bottom to the top*
*Never a beginning...*

Namine pulled herself out of the caucus and started running across a beach, with Larxene and the Koopa Troopas chasing after her.

"Off with her head!" Larxene shouted, "Off with her head!"

Namine kept on running as the rocks she jumped over turned into teapots; she suddenly found herself back at Foghorn and Daffy's tea party. Just then, Foghorn and Daffy appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Namine.

"Just a moment," Foghorn said. "You can't leave a tea party without having a cup of tea, you know!"

Namine panted, "But-but I can't stop now!"

"Ah, but we insist," said Daffy. "You must join us in a cup of tea!"

The rooster and the duck pushed Namine into a giant cup of tea, which seemed to be more spacious than it looked. She came out, seeing that the tea turned into water...an ocean at that. As she swam, Larxene was riding at her, using the same method the travel Leonidas did earlier on.

"OFF WITH HER HEAD!" Larxene shouted.

Namine immediately noticed Kaa, smoking on top of his mushroom.

"Mr. Kaa, what will I do?" Namine asked.

He turned to her, not seeming to enjoy her company and blew smoke at her. "Who are you?" Kaa asked.

As Namine coughed from the smoke, she suddenly felt solid ground on her feet. The ocean around her disappeared as Kaa's smoke swirls into a tunnel that stretched for miles. Namine wasted no time running as Larxene and the Koopa Troopas were right behind her.

"There she goes!" Larxene called, "Don't let her get away! Off with her head!"

The tunnel went on for a while until Namine came upon Secretary Bird. She reached out, desperately trying to grab him. She finally managed to grab it and tried to open the door. However, Secretary Bird groaned in pain as Namine grabbed him. "Still locked, you know." he said.

"But Larxene!" Namine explained, "I simply must get out."

Secretary Bird chuckled. "But you *are* outside." he said.

Namine was confused. "What?"

"See for yourself!" said Secretary Bird, as he opened his mouth wide to show what he was talking about. Namine looked inside and saw herself out in the riverbank, asleep under the tree, with Toulouse in her lap.

"Why, why that's me!" Namine exclaimed, "I'm asleep!"

"Don't let her get away!" Larxene ordered, "Off with her head!"

The Intergalactic girl turned around to see Larxene and her mob rushing at her, and this time she was cornered with nowhere else to run.

"Namine! Namine, wake up!" Namine begged herself, "Please wake up, Namine!"

She attempted to wake the other Namine on the other side up. But she was too late! The attacks finally reached her, mere inches away from hitting her.

At that moment, everything went bright white. The last thing Namine could hear was a distant voice calling her name, "Namine! Namine!"

The voice revealed to be Esmeralda in the real world, who was calling to her daughter to wake up. "Namine! Namine!" Esmeralda called out, "Will you please pay attention and recite your lesson?"

Finally, Namine woke up from her slumber. Her mind was still fresh from her "adventure." She asked, "Hmmm? Oh. Oh! Uh..." She heard to the word "recite," and she suddenly shot up to recite.

Namine: *How doth the little crocodile*
*Improve his shining tail*
*And pour the waters of the...*

"Namine, what are you talking about?" Esmeralda cut her off.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mom." Namine apologized to her mother, "But you see, Rattlesnake Jake said..."

"Rattlesnake Jake?" Esmeralda was confused. "Oh, for goodness' sake! Namine, I...Oh, well." she said, "Come along, your father and brothers are waiting for you. It’s time for dinner, anyway."

Esmeralda led Namine home from the park for dinner as Namine picked up Toulouse. Namine was glad to be home after the long adventure she had. Even if it was just a crazy dream...Or was it? One thing was for sure, Namine knew that she would remember this dream for a long, long time...and the new yet, strange friends she met along the way.

Chorus: *Namine in Wonderland*
*Over the hill or here or there*
*I wonder where*

*The End*

*A MICHAELLOVER Production*