Alaria in Toon World
Chapter 1 - Arrival

"No, no.....noooo...It still doesn't make sense!" a white Hellhound with beautiful black hair and red eyes said as she slammed her fist down on the table, frustrated at the progress of her investigation. She had been searching for answers for months now regarding Ramelda's whereabouts following the dissappearence, but no matter how much she searched, what Alaria Takasa found just lead to more questions than answers. She held a vial of black, ink-like goo upto her face, examining it carefully. "First, it all began with this stuff I discovered in her hotel room. And now...there's this..." She picked up a strange, grey hat that appeared to have been from the factory that Emirichu was exploring when she dissappeared. "Somehow, this hat and this black substance are connected to the Dissappearance, as if they have the same origin." Alaria  said as she took a long drink from a small bottle of beer she had next to her. "But, for some reason, I'm just unable to figure out how."

She put the vial and hat back on the table, sighing deeply as the door to her hotel room opened. In walked a black cat with rather large breasts and brown hair that went to her shoulders. "You know, Alaria, perhaps ya shouldn't drink so much when ya working." Ivania said as she walked up behind Alaria, placing a hand on her shoulder, only receiving a slight purr from her in response. "You aren't going to get anywhere unless you stop imparing your thinking with so much alcohol and stuff."

At this, Alaria's body tensed. She knew the drinking was getting out of control, but she couldn't help it. It was just something she did, and she just accepted it. She just turned to Ivania, sighing defeatedly as she did so.

"You know I can't help it, right?" Alaria asked, her demeanor softening. "I just do it a lot...that and eat pizza." She gestured to the 12 empty Pizza Boxes sitting behind her, causing Ivania to groan loudly, quickly turning back to her. "Alright." Ivania said, a certain seriousness in her voice. "No more pizza for now on." And with that, Ivania walked over to the pizza boxes, picking them up one by one and placing them in a large trash bag, much to Alaria's frustration.

"Excuse me!" Alaria yelled, now so mad to the point where her right eye began glowing yellow, something that only happened when she got really angry. "I won't let anyone tell me what to do! Not even my own...frieeends..." Alaria then paused, realizing her mistake. "Heheheh....Ya know what, I went too far and I'm sorry." She hugged Ivania tightly, sighing as she did so. "I don't mean to lash out. I just...."

"Alaria, I understand." Ivania said as she cuddled her. "But you cannot just let yourself lose it like that all the time. It won't really get you anywher-" Just then, both of them heard a knock at the door. "I'll get that!" Alaria yelled as she dashed over to the door, yankign it open, only to see a short Stoat cop standing on the other side, with a grim expression on his face.

"Alaria Takasa? Ivania Karinov? We found out some stuff about your friend!" The cop said. "You have to come with us!"

The drive to the abandoned factory was long, with the police car having to drive through miles of densely wooded forests. Alaria watched as the continuous sea of trees passed by her window, her boredom growing with each passing minute. "Ughhhhhhh...." Alaria groaned, with her almost reaching her breaking point. "When are we gonna be there?! It's been like...who knows how many hours now!?" She rolled over to face away from the driver, closing her eyes as the drive continued. Just as she did so however, she felt the car come to a sudden stop, jolting her off the seat and onto the floorboard.

"We're here!" the cop said, opening the door for them, with Alaria leaping out of the car, landing landing hard on her feet on the pavement. "Perfect landing...like always!" said Alaria, grinning as she looked up at the police officer, with Ivania stumbling out afterwards. "So, What did you find?"

At this, the Cop just sighed, a pained look appearing on his face. "That's just the thing." the cop said. "We had to contact a little extra help to get any answers. She should explain them better than I ever could." 

As soon as he said this, a rather small, orange nine tailed fox woman with dark sunglasses and long, purple hair approached him from behind. She was wearing what looked to be a white, three piece suit, with a red tie and black leather boots. She also had what looked to be a very rare brand of lipstick on,  as well as what appeared to be a large handbag with a clearly visible Gucci Logo on it. While she might have looked out of place here in a rundown industrial district like this, it didn't take Alaria long to recognize exactly who this was.

"Carlin Nitro al-Shariaz Stormfire!" Alaria yelled as Jaiden quickly walked upto her briskly. "Wha...What brings you out here?!"

"These police guys said I might know something about the disappearance, so I decided to come and help any way that I could!" Carlin replied, pulling off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of piercing, green eyes that exuded a sense of seriousness and authority. "And I found some things I needa share with you."

At this, Alaria's ears perked up. She almost never got nervous in this manner, or at least got a chill from anything anyone said. But, in those short few minutes, Alaria felt an intense chill run down her spine like none she ever felt before. Something was up, and whatever it was, it wasn't good! "Wh...What did you find?" Alaria asked, her voice trembling as she spoke, dread building within her with each passing minute.

Much to her surprise, Carlin immediately grabbed her wrist and ran inside the factory, Alaria running after her. She ran into a dark hallway, passing multiple wires, hoses, tubes, and machinery as she went from room to room, seeming to be dead set on reaching a room deep within the factory, her small frame easily weeving through the leftover crates, barrels and other objects scattered throughout the complex, while Alaria's large frame meant she just had to smash right through them, often painfully, causing her to yell out many curses as she ran after Carlin, with her just praying that it would all be over eventually, a prayer that, luckily, wouldn't be left unanswered for long.

Eventually, they came to what appeared to be a central hub with four hallways going out of it, each one leading to a different part of the factory. However, there was one hallway that caught their eye in particular. at the end of the hallway to the right appeared to be a large metal door with a wheel-shaped handle (think Bank Vault), the only unusual thing about it being how the door seemed to have been pried open somehow, as if with a giant crowbar or something. Initially, Alaria just shrugged the idea off as insane. After all, who would ever make a crowbar that big in the first place? This was immediately discarded, however, when Carlin walked  up beside the door, picking up what appeared to be a 2 foot long red crowbar, which had a similar cartoonish appearance to the hat she'd found on her initial investigation.

"What the fuck is that thing doing here?!" Alaria asked, shocked at what Carlin was holding right in front of her, only for Carlin's answer to confuse her even further.

"I don't know where anyone would've gotten this from." Carlin said, inspecting the crowbar closely. "But based on my investigation, I believe that this Crowbar came from some highly advanced company say Thundercock Industries."

"Thundercock Industries?" Alaria said, chuckling a little. "You mean that famous company named after one of the owner's...attributes!? Hahahahahahah-"

As soon as she said that, Carlin began using one of her tails to tickle Alaria right on the nose, causing her to immediately panic as she realized what she was trying to make her do. "H-Hey!" Alaria yelled as she swiped at Carlin's hand, wit her pulling it back before she could grab it. "Don-Aaahh-Tickl-*Sniffle*-My no...aaaa...aaaaaaaaa...aaaa-CHU!" Alaria sneezed loudly, the sneeze echoing down the long, abandoned hallways of the factory, the floor and ceiling emitting plumes of dust as they shook from the sheer force of it. "G-God damn!" Alaria yelled as she shook her head, easily recovering from her massive, ground-shaking sneeze. 

"As I was saying though, even then, I have my doubts as to its origin." Carlin said as she held the crowbar upto Alaria, allowign her to see a large logo saying 'Indigo Aerospace' written on the side. "Have you ever heard of this company before?"

"Never!" Alaria said shaking her head quickly, resulting in a knowing nod from Carlin. "Knew ya didn't." Said Carlin Solumnly. "Indigo Aerospace doesn't even have a websitie anywhere, let alone any ads I've seen on TV. Somethin doesn't add up with all this. And I think I know what." And with that, Carlin turned to the large door, slipping behind it and pushing it open, using all of her strength to do so.

Alaria was amazed at the sight of Carlin managing to open such a massive door with her small build and lacking upper arm strength. There was no way she could've ever managed to pull it off with her small arms, let alone even move it an inch. Surprised and shocked by the display of strength happening right in front of her, Alaria walked upto her and began askign her about this sudden change in arm strength.

"Woaaahhh...Carlin! How'd ya get so strong since I last saw you!?" Alaria asked, confusion and amazement both noticeable in her voice. Carlin was about to answer her question, but as soon as she formulated a good response, Alaria walked into the room beyond the door, with her eyes immediately widening at what she saw.

Inside the room was a large platform with a swirling ring made of a black substance hovering above it. The ring was being projected by four pylons that all seemed to be spraying a black substance that formed the ring itself, with the ring occasionally pulsing in some places as the fluid circled through it. Feeding the pylons where two large tanks, each filled with the same black, ink-like substance as what composed the ring above the platform. Upon closer observation of the ring, however, it only took Alaria a few seconds to realize that the fluid the ring was made of was not only ink, but also the same substance that she found the first time she came searching here. Confirming her suspicions, Alaria pulled out the vial containing the black ink-like substance, holding it upto the ring, immediately confirming her theory that they are indeed the exact same substance.

"Could she have disappeared through whatever this thing is?" Alaria asked as she began to walk around the room, taking a close look at the machine sitting before her. As far as she could tell, this device seemed to be some kind of teleportation system, but to where she was unsure of. It is then that Alaria decided to make the worst mistake she had thus far. But by then, she was so overcome by rage at the machine that took her friend, she was no longer thinking clearly enough to think twice before doing it. 

"You FUCKING machine!" Alaria screamed. "You took my friend you bastard! Now, I'll take a whole lot more than that from you!" She reached for her Butterfly Knife and pulled it out, flipping it open and immediately pressing the button, causing it to transform into a massive white and purple scythe. "This...ends...Now!" Alaria yelled rearing back to strike the control panel, but as soon as she did, her eyes begin to both glow a bright yellow, with her hair turning a bright violet. "I promised I would never go Full Burst again..." Alaria whispered as demon-like wings appeared out of her back, tears streaming down her cheeks. "But this..THIS IS DIFFERENT!"

It was then that Carlin turned to see what was happening, watching as Alaria went Full Burst right in front of her, blue flames appearing around the blade of her scythe. "Alaria! I have a bad feeling about this!" Carlin screamed desparately trying to get Alaria to hear her. "Don't go Full Burst! What if you set off some kinda chain reaction?!" However, despite her consistent screaming, none of it even remotely hd the chance of reaching Alaria, with her too consumed by rage to listen. Five mintues of screaming at Alaria to stop later, and all Carlin could do was helplessly watch as Alaria swung her scythe at the console, slicing it in half, causing it to explode violently.

Upon finishing her swing, Alaria once again turned back to normal, her hair turning back to its normal black, along with her eyes ceasing their yellow glow. She then collapsed on the ground, panting heavily from the stress performing the Full Burst had exerted on her body. "Ya know what," Alaria wheezed, slowly working her way back to her feet. "Sometimes, while you can't get ya friend back...it just..." She once again doubled over, vision blurring from exhaustion, collapsing to the floor. "...feels good to get it all out and get your revenge on the thing that caused it! this time, I am serious! I'm not going to do Full Burst EVER again! It's way too much on my system." And with that, Alaria closed her eyes and fainted, barely even noticing a portal appearing in the ring out of the corner of her eye.

Meanwhile...

"I hope they're OK in there!" Ivania wimpers as she watches the factory. Alaria and Carlin have not come out for what has been two hours now, and as such, Ivania was almost about to call it quits. She turned and began walking to the Cop Car when suddenly, she heard a loud rumble come from the factory. "Wait!" Ivania yelled, turnign suddenly to face the facilty. "I think something's gonna happen...Hopefully it's Alaria and Carlin!" Unfortunately for Ivania, what happened instead was anything but good, as, just as she finished saying this, a massive explosion erupted from the plant, blowing up an entire section of the facility, sending chunks of the building and ink everywhere as it did so, leaving Ivania to only watch in horror as her friends were supposedly killed right in front of her. She teared up as she continued staring at what was happening, never taking her eyes off the facility befroe finally screaming "ALAAAARIAAAAAAAAAA!!" loudly and falling to the ground, sobbing.

Back to Alaria...

Vr...Vrooom...

Alaria's eyes barely even fluttered.

Vr...Grrgle...Vrooom!

A blue Toon Car was parked next to Alaria, having discovered her shortly after her arrival. Confused by the strange girl's presence and appearance, the Toon Car began trying for hours to wake her up via a variety of methods. Frustrated, she jsut begins to drive off, only for her to suddenly have severe engine trouble. The car begins desparately trying to get its engine started again, only for it to result in a loud backfire, causing it to jump upwards, as well as scaring both Alaria and Carlin awake.

"Ughhh...Never doing another Full Bu-Wait..." It was then that Alaria noticed her new surroundings. They were no longer in the factory, instead being in a forest, though it was unlike any forest she'd ever seen before. For one thing, it was way more cartoony and colorful than any forest she was used to, as if she was somehow sucked into a Children's Cartoon. For another, there aside from the cartoony appearance of the trees and surrounding vegetation, the ground and sky also showed this similar trait as well, leading her to a terrifying conclusion. Somehow, destroying the Control Console caused the Teleportation Device to malfunction, causing the portal to open after she passed out, sending them to this universe unexpectedly.

"This isn't good!" Alaria said as she slowly stood up, checking for any dangerous creatures or other enemies that maybe nearby. "Apparently, we ended up in this strange other dimension when the portal opened!"

Immediately upon hearing this, Carlin also took a look around at their new surroundings, immediatly also coming to the same conclusion. "Damn! You're right!" Carlin responded, still only half awake at this point. "But at least we're still largely int-"

Carlin was immediately cut off by a loud backfire as the same Toon Car from earlier drove back over to their location, beeping loudly as it pulled upto Alaria, causing her to immediately jump back before calming down and realizing what it is.

"A Toon Car!" Alaria exclaimed, walking upto the car as it sat idly as if it was waiting for her to get in. "What are you doin' out here little buddy?" she asked, hoping it could understand her, only to receive a single loud 'Bang!' in response. "Doesn't look like it's a sentient one though!" Alaria said, sighing as she walked to the righthand door and opening it, stepping into the driver's seat and carefully going over the controls.

At first, nothing really stood out to her, with the car having the fairly standard Automatic Transmission, Steering Wheel, Pedals, and Key Start Ignition. There were also the standard gauges such as the Temperature Gauge, Gas Gauge, and Speedometer. However, upon closer inspection, Alaria noticed that the controls had things that other cars did not have in them, well...not normally anyway.

For one thing, there was a gauge that had a gold heart on it that seemed to read in a unit of measurement she had never seen before. "Pleasure Gauge?" Alaria asked in confusion, not srue what exactly this gauge was supposed to do. But the other one was even more surprising and mysterious to her - a gold, heart-shaped button with the words 'Push Here!' written above it sitting only inches away from the Turbo Boost Button.

"I don't think you should push that button." Carlin said as she looked over the console with Alaria, sitting in the seat right next to Alaria's. "Something just seems...off about that button."

"I can't agree more." Alaria  said as she searched for the key to the car, only to discover it in the right side compartment. Briefly using her fluffy tail to dust it off (Yes, she does keep her tail that clean), and then wiping it off with her red cotton vest, which was always pretty dirty anyway with how she often used it as a napkin, Alaria began inserting the key to the ignition, only for Carlin to stop her once the key was inserted halfway halfway through. 

"Wait!" Carlin yelled, cathing Alaria's attention with her left ear flicking over in Carlin's direction. "We haven't even discovered this Toon Car's name yet, let alone its original owner! What if they're searching for her right now?!" At this, Alaria looked over at Jaiden, smirking as she visibly tried to hold back a fit of laughter.

"Carlin...I needa be honest with you." Alaria said, chuckling a little as she spoke. "For one thing, if they did have an owner, then they'd at least have some kinda way to track them, or maybe find out where their location was, that way they'd probably be on their way already. Furthermore, if there was an owner, who would let their Toon Car drive off to this heavily wooded area on their own like this and not at least have the good sense not to leave the key in the Glove Compartment?"

Carlin just nodded in agreement, understanding what Alaria was going at. This was immediately followed by Alaria then getting out of the Driver's seat, searching the back of the car for any indication on what their name might be, and that's whe she found it! "As for the answer to the first part of the question...concerning its name...this car's name is Zamire!" Alaria said as she quickly walked back to the Driver's seat, slamming the door behind her. She then gripped the steering wheel tightly, the warm leather feeling quite comfortable in her hands, before pulling out the key and inserting it into the ignition. "Here...goes...nothing." Alaria said, wasting no time at all in as she held her breath and turned the key.

To Be Continued...