I ask Alice,

"What is it like to go down the rabbit hole?"

"Is it a funnel?

Spiraling, dizzily all the way down?"

"Or a slide,

Gliding, swaying,

Gracefully to the ground?"

"Is it a teleporter?

Transporting me, rapidly."

"Or a tumble,

Breaking my skull, with a wretched cracking sound?"

“Alice, I’m going down now."

"Tell me what's it like?"

She says,

"It’s nothing.

"It’s as easy as riding a bike."

Drax~ Your audience awaits.

Kayla~ I guess there’s no turning back now for me. It is now..., - or never.

Drax~ My lords, rulers, and entire audience- I present to you your warrior of today’s battle, a young lady who’s trained since she started crawling...Kayla.

Audience~ Yeah!!! Woot!!

Drax~ Open the cage. Release the Serpentine!

Kayla~ You are going down Serpentine.

Serpentine~ Sssss. Are you really sssurree? I always win my battles.

Kayla~ Huh. You must be kidding.

Serpentine~ Noooo. Ssss. I’m not. Just the other day..I swallowed a guy whole.

Kayla~ I’m not going to let my guard down.

Serpentine~ We shall see about that.

Kayla~ Hyah! Sword, please, don’t fail me now.

Serpentine~ Hah, you missed. You gotta do much better than that.

Kayla~ You must pay attention Serpentine. I was not aiming for your head.

Serpentine~ What? Ah!

Kayla~ Now you’re trapped. You’re back in your cage. I think doesn’t want to be separated from you.

Serpentine~ You shall pay for this.

Kayla~ But how did you escape?

Serpentine~ You forgot to lock the back door. Have you never battled before?

Kayla~ Hmph. I have been doing that since I was only half-a-year old.

Serpentine~ Oh. I see the fire in your eyes. But I have to end this match quickly.

Kayla~ Eeww. Noo...

Serpentine~ Another warrior goes into my belly. Well, that was a short fight. Hm. Why do I feel nauseous all of a sudden?

Kayla~ I won’t let you swallow me whole Serpentine. My blade can cut through nearly almost anything- even your tough skin.

Serpentine~ Ugh. I..can’t believe this..finished- and by..this puny human...huh....

Kayla~ Whew. I have Serpentine bodily fluid all over my body. Yuck!

Drax~ Well, it looks like the beast has been defeated folks.

Audience~ Hoo!!

Kayla~ Oh. I could get used to all this cheering. Being a warrior and facing dangerous beasts doesn’t seem too terrifying. And I was close to being digested. Ha!

Drax~ Don’t worry. This is not the last beast you’re going to face.

Kayla~ Seriously? Oh dear. What have I gotten myself into?

#SERPENTINE

Lily: (thinking) “I thought Mom and Dad would be home at 10. It’s only 7”

Lily: (thinking) “Oh no! Someone has broken in! I have to hide!”

Mysterious Deep Voice: “Lily, come out, come out, wherever you are.”

Mysterious Man: “There you are!”

Lily: “AAAH!”

Man: “BYE BYE LILY”

Man: “Hey, give me my knife back!”

Lily: “No! You’re done now, boiiii.”

Lily: “Well, that was easy. Here comes the hard part. I have to dispose the body. I guess I’ll throw it in the dumpster outside.”

Lily: “Well, that takes care of that problem. Time to go back to sleep.”

Neighbor Passing By the Dumpster: “OMG! Help! Somebody! Anybody! There’s someone here!”

Neighbor: “NO! GET AWAY FROM ME! AHHH!”