Hmmm... having decided on the format of this story (namely, exactly who the hell is getting put into the final two parts,) I must go forward! Only characters from CLAMP animes appear herein (not counting CLAMP in Wonderland, because it consists of 1001 cameos.) Now, to jack up the volume on "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and type... *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Subaru paused for a second, leaning against a tree to try to get his breath back. As the day had gone on in Wonderland, it had become almost unbearably hot, and running around in a school uniform wasn't helping Subaru cool off any. "At least I lost my coat..." Subaru murmured to himself, then winced as he remembered that he'd have to buy a new one. Well, none of this was helping him find his sister. Subaru sighed and closed his eyes, promising himself that he'd look for Hokuto some more once he'd cooled off a little. A soft fluttering of wings was the only hint Subaru had that he wasn't alone as a soft breeze gently blew against his face. He opened his eyes. A pretty little pink-and-blue thing smiled at him as she hovered on her wings in front of Subaru. Subaru held his breath. A fairy?! Carefully, Subaru moved his hand to underneath her. The fairy smiled at him and gently landed on his open palm. She weighed no more than a feather. "What's your name?" Subaru breathed, not wanting to scare her off. "I'm Prymaera," the fairy said brightly. "Who are you?" "Sumeragi Subaru," Subaru replied. "Thank you for the breeze." "You're welcome," Prymaera responded. "You're cute." Subaru gently moved her closer to him, wanting to get a closer look at the first fairy he'd seen. Prymaera giggled and flew closer, kissing Subaru on the nose. "If only you weren't so big..." she lamented. Then her expression brightened. "Come on!" she said, flying away from Subaru. "Wait, Prymaera-san!" Subaru cried, and scrambled to his feet, running after the rapidly vanishing figure of the tiny fairy. Subaru-kun in Wonderland Subaru stumbled to a halt in the middle of a field of flowers, having lost sight of Prymaera completely. "Ow!" A tiny voice made its way to Subaru's ears. "Get off of me!" Subaru looked down and hastily stepped back when he saw that his foot had accidently trapped a tiny woman into a slight hollow of the ground. "Umi-chan! Are you all right?!" Another tiny woman emerged from the surrounding flowers and ran to help the first. "Umi-san!" A third tiny person appeared and rushed towards the first two. "I'm fine," Umi replied. "No thanks to him!" She glared accusingly at Subaru. "I'm sorry- that is, I didn't see you. I didn't mean to step on you," Subaru replied awkwardly, kneeling down carefully to avoid hurting any of the three. "I'm Sumeragi Subaru. Who are you, please?" he asked. "I'm Ryuuzaki Umi," the tiny blue-haired one that Subaru had almost squashed replied, busily brushing off her blue skirts. She reminded Subaru of some kind of flower, the way she was dressed. A violet, perhaps? But definitely not a shy violet.... "I'm Shidou Hikaru!" the red-haired one replied brightly. Her costume was easier to place. She was definitely dressed like a poppy. "And I'm Hououji Fuu," the third said quietly. She was wearing the soft yellow petals of a buttercup. "Excuse me, but have you seen my sister?" Subaru asked. "HI-I-KA-A-R-U!" a voice cut over his as a fourth tiny person flew into view. She landed on top of the tiny red poppy-girl and they tumbled to the ground together, the new one ending up on top. She enthusiastically and happily hugged and kissed Hikaru, despite the muffled protests of the latter, who was busily squirming, trying to get away. "No, I don't think we've seen anyone else of your size recently..." Fuu said, quietly ignoring Hikaru and the newcomer. "She's Nova," Umi said, pointing to the girl dressed in a bright pink poppy costume identical to Hikaru's, and answering Subaru's unspoken question. "She likes Hikaru." "I see..." Subaru replied, watching as Nova somehow managed to keep removing piece after piece of Hikaru's clothing despite Hikaru's struggles. "Nova! Don't- stop that! Give me my skirt back!" Hikaru wailed. Nova giggled and pressed her hand between Hikaru's bare legs. Subaru flushed as Hikaru gasped in pleasure, then started struggling again. "They're so noisy..." Fuu observed. Subaru turned his head back to her and Umi, and discovered that while he'd been watching Nova and Hikaru, Umi and Fuu had removed each other's tops and were massaging each other's.... Subaru swallowed and turned bright red. "Excuse me, I have to go!" he blurted, stumbling to his feet and running away. A half mile away, still in the middle of the flower field, and having no sight of the forest that bordered it, Subaru found a table. On the table was a teapot and a cup. A little red heart with wings fluttered down out of the sky and into Subaru's hands. He held it up and read it. "Drink me?" he wondered, watching as the heart fluttered away again. As if in response to his words, the teapot and teacup moved. The teapot began to pour hot tea into the waiting cup, which then moved to hover above Subaru's hands. Not knowing what else to do, Subaru opened his hands and let the cup settle into them, then raised it to his lips and took a sip. Subaru set the cup back down on the table. And suddenly the world got a lot bigger. "WAAAAHHH!!!" Subaru yelled as the flowers that hadn't reached to his knees suddenly grew to stretch yards above him. "Hello, Subaru-san!" a voice called that seemed familiar to Subaru. Subaru looked up, and on a leaf of a flower, he saw a glass teapot, inside of which were three women, one of whom he recognized. "Pry- Prymaera-san?!" (Never) End Part 3 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To be continued.... And I had to get "Anemone" in there somewhere. According to Webster's... an anemone can be "any of a large genus (Anemone) of the buttercup family..." (heeheehee) So next (probably tomorrow,) to a mailing list near you, comes the conclusion of this story... the tea party, the White Rabbit, and the Queen of Hearts, give or take on all terms....