A Fool's Guide to the In-Between [A Twisted Wonderland Fanfic]

Chapter 2

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun. The frumious Bandersnatch!"

"N/N!" 

"N/N!"

"Y/N Pinka!"

Y/N Pinka sighed, rolling over on her branch and facing away from the approaching voice. Her tail twitched in irritation at the sound of one of the many people that Y/N had been given the unfortunate pleasure of meeting during her time at her school by the sea. Or well, two people. The first voice belonged to her best friend, a small girl by the name of Peony, while the other voice belonged to a woman that Y/N would have much rather avoided altogether. 

"He took his vorpal sword in hand. Long time the manxome foe he sought. So rested he by the Tumtum tree. Stood awhile in thought."

Y/N ignored the stomping of feet until they were right beneath her tree, and even then, she did not respond until sharp nails raked along her tail. She yelped and shot up, whirling around and glaring at her headmistress. She hissed down at the elderly woman, a curse in the language of kittens and cats that she might never sleep well again. Unfortunately, Y/N knew that the curse was more of a threat than anything.

"Y/N Pinka! You will explain yourself this instant!" 

Little Peony peeked out from behind her headmistress's back and waved up at Y/N sheepishly. The third year sighed and leaned back against the trunk of the tree again, making sure that her tail was out of reach of the headmistress.

"Whatever do meow mean, missy?"

The face of the elderly woman swelled like a tomato and Y/N smirked at the sight. It was so easy to rile her up.

"You perfectly well know what it is, Miss Pinka! You went off campus again, without the permission of your dorm head, or my permission for that matter, and you and your brother were seen wandering around the town."

Y/N pretended to think about what the woman was saying, dragging a long claw down her chin. "I don't recall wandering through town being against the rules~"

"It is when you are disrupting the peace and quiet and going to Night Raven Academy! You know those grounds are forbidden!"

Y/N pouted and suddenly disappeared, reappearing on another branch a few levels up. "Che'nya and I weren't doing anything," she purred, now reclining on her stomach. Her ears twitched and she folded her arms under her chin. 

Peony motioned behind the woman, pretending to be a little boy with ears, and Y/N smirked.

"Oh, did you mean the sweet little mouse that Che'nya and I found?" She laughed. "It was such a delight to chase him about." She waved her hand dismissively and turned over, pulling out her phone and opening her texting app. 

"It was all in good fun!"

"Y/N Pinka! I have had just about enough of you! One more stunt like this and you'll-"

But Y/N was already gone. Most of the girls at the school would have stuck around to listen to what dear old Missy had to say about their fiendish behaviour, but Y/N never thought that she had time for that. She much rathered her time exploring the In-Between or calling her brother to go and spook one of the people in the town.

Y/N reappeared just outside of the gates of her school and stuck her tongue out at the two mermaids guarding the entrance. They were supposed to keep students in and out with their magical abilities to catch students and pull them back inside the crystal halls, but they had given up on catching Y/N long ago. A girl that could disappear and reappear at will held a challenge, and it was one that the mermaids didn't see any point in pursuing. She could just as easily disappear from their magical grip as she could when they weren't attacking her.