Author's Note: The original plot belongs to the creators, writers, and director of the miniseries. With some twists, alike to the Watership Down TV series Remake.
During a special college trip, I traveled through London with American tourists and students for college credits for my Master's. Unlike normal typical trips, you may think that anybody could fall out of consciousness and find themselves into the past, present, or the future. However, what if I told you that it was beyond our world, from imagination to reality. This is a story what you think is about an student, who traveled than woke up himself to another world... or our world in different perspective. During his adventures, it tells a story about a band of rabbits finding a new warren and making it as their new home. In their journeys or even before, they came across with this student. The two different species formed and bonded a friendship between man and a rabbit. While another warren, seeks to destroy the warren and tries to destroy the bonded friendship between man and a rabbit.
Buzzing sound went off that awoke me. I looked over to see the alarm went off on my phone. It's been over a week since I arrived in London. My college group stayed at a hotel near downtown London, as we're studying the History of United Kingdom. There are three reasons why I decided go on the trip with my college group: to gain some extra credit for history, staying away from drama politics back in the states as it goes on endlessly, and finally... this reason. Our class group well be taking a special tour over by Sandleford Park. Our instructor had us bring our own copy of Watership Down, as we have been assigned to read the book, during our trip. I've been interested with the book, when I first bought it for our class. Despite of reading it and hearing about other adaptions from film to TV series, I somehow drawn been reading the book quite a bit. For a while since I started reading it, I couldn't decide to believe if the rabbits could be real or as everyone says "it's just imagination". And so, I just simply decided to continue reading the book, while we're on our bus heading to the park.
After nearly an hour and a half of the bus ride, we than arrived at a village called Ecchinswell. Our instructor than told us to stay close as a large group, as we exited the bus and began heading walking on the path. Apparently, we found signs being posted on the grass stating "Construction Coming Soon". Our instructor lectured about the animals that lived in the park, especially rabbits. Due to the construction about to be taking place, the animals were in endanger because the project of building homes, will harm and force animals away from their homes. While she was speaking, I could see a few rabbits were coming out from the bushes, as they hopped around the field.
"As you could see, the rabbits are silflaying around the field for some food and/or just being out." our instructor spoke.
"What's silflaying?" a student asked.
"Silflay means being above ground or basically being outside from the ground." our instructor answered.
While I was gazing at the group of rabbits, I saw one of them had a gaze at me, it than stared sapling at me, before he joined another rabbit. I continued to watch the two rabbits, before they disappeared. The rabbit gazing at me, seemed timid, not sure why but obvious that they fear humans.
"Mr. Marcus?"
I looked back to hear the instructor was calling for me. "I understand you're gazing at the rabbits, but it seems your fellow class mates are too focusing with the lecture."
"Oh, I'm sorry ma'am, I thought I was." I apologized.
"It's alright, Marcus." She accepted my apology. "Alright class, I would want you to read the first three chapters before we'll head over to the down the next day, where you'll learn more about this lecture in three days time. For those days, it'll be enough for you students to read and be prepared, as I may ask questions about what you read. Now, let's head back to the bus."
Everyone started to head their way back to bus. I began to make my journey, until I was being stopped by a flash it came at the corner of my left eye. I looked out in the field, not a single rabbit is no longer than, perhaps they left. Before I know it, I looked around to see my class were already gone. The flash continued to shine on my eye. I went onto the grass and started to walk towards the flashing light. When I came to a nearby bush, the flash of light shined once again. It was a shining unknown gem. Not sure what kind of gem or mineral, but it was almost like a crystal like gem. After gazing at crystal, I came to notice that I saw a rabbit like shape inside the crystal.
Seconds after gazing and even admiring the rabbit shape inside the gem, it's head than turned towards me. In that moment, the shaped rabbit hopped through my right eye and in a sudden, my vision started to become blurry. It even sore my right eye while my left eye was shut. I than opened my left eye, it started to become the same state like my right eye. My head started to become light headed and started to hear the voices coming out of no where.
Find outskirters a new home... save the rabbit in a snare... aid the does to the new warren... finally save the whole warren at all cost, including a rabbit's life for his doe... complete these tasks to return to your world.
"Hello? Who are you?" I asked.
You may know me by many names by the rabbits.
"Honestly, I don't know you nor that we met. I have to get back to my college class group."
Complete your four tasks and you'll return to your world, I give you my word.
My heart started to race, as the light headiness continues. Than I fell onto the grass, and saw a black rabbit and hopped towards me. As I was down, she reached right about a few inches from where I was lying down.
Remember your tasks and your gem will be your guide. If one task is completed, a part will be placed upon the buck from each task.
After hearing those words, I fainted, as my eyes closed shut.
I finally opened my eyes, as if I was waking up from a dream. My hands and my face were on the dirt of the grass. I wobbled a bit, as I stood up and looked around that I shrunk from six inches tall to a two inch size like a rabbit. My backpack was still with me, with school supplies, some clothes, roll of blankets and a pillow, my Watership Down book with my Bible, and finally my DVD player with my movies inside, and my first aid kit. I than started to search around the grass and eventually in my pockets for the gem, until I finally noticed that it's around my neck. I gazed at the gem to see the rabbit is still there. The rabbit's appearance changed: it didn't have a tail, it's legs and ears were smaller. My Alaska hat and my cowboy hat was on the ground and even they shrunk. I picked up my hats, placing my Alaska hat in my backpack. I than wore my cowboy hat I got for my nineteenth or my twentieth birthday, before starting my long road journey in a larger, but smaller sized world.
On the start of my walk, I pulled out my phone to see the battery is way up to one hundred percent, but with no reception for calls. I than realized that I don't have my headphones with me or in my pocket. I stopped to search for them, until I found my Beats headphones in my backpack. I plugged it into my phone and started to listen some country tunes during my walk.
On the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again
Here we go, on the road again
Like a band of Gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turnin' our way
And our way is on the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again, break free
And I can't wait to get on the road again
After walking for hours with a decent help with a travel map in backpack to help me guide through the roads in United Kingdom... until I'm lost. I haven't seen a road that could help me find my way back to the city. However after walking for minutes, I found myself that I'm still at Sandleford Park.
"Well, I'm at least I'm not far from where I have started." I said to myself. As I continued to walk, I found a bridge. "A bridge, more like a small walkway bridge." I joked. The sun was beaming down on me that I became tired. I decided to go underneath the walkway bridge to get some shade from the weather. It was May when I came to United Kingdom and the weather was started to warm up, as the summer season will be around the corner. I sat down on the dirt and I still have my traveling water bottle with me. The last fill of my bottle was before I left from the hotel. I drank quickly from walking and from the heat, until I noticed... I ran out of water. I searched through my backpack and found a bag of grapes. I began eating some grapes and the juicy flavor eventually relieved my thirst. I set my backpack on the dirt and I lied my head on it. I than tilted my cowboy hat forward, so it would cover my eyes, while I sleep.
My short nap ended, when I began to hear sounds of movement coming from above me. I froze to not have anyone spotted me. At one point, someone came half way through the walkway and started to sniff. I than noticed it was a rabbit! The rabbit looked strong and have golden eyes, but not too golden. After sniffing in the air, it started to sniff below where it was at.
A speck of dust from the walkway bridge started to fall on my nose. "Oh no, not now." I huffed and I puffed, and a sneeze kicked in. A-Achoo!
The rabbit above was about to leave, but it stopped from hearing my sneeze.
"Gesundheit (Excuse me)." I quietly said to myself.
It than looked down at me, as I could see partially through the wood. An intruder!
"Oh no." my heart started to race a bit from anxiety. I got up, grabbed my belongings and started to make a run for it. In a flash, I started to run for my life. So far, I looked behind to see another strong rabbit hopping fast towards me. Before I know it, a third strong rabbit joined and than the first rabbit I saw at the bridge.
Why are they chasing after me? Am I near their warren perhaps? I thought to myself, as I continued to run. In a short distance, I was than tackled by the fourth, but more stronger rabbit. We rolled from the pounce and I ended up being on the ground and restrained with it's strong paws pressing hard on the back of my neck.
"Holly, I got him!" the tougher rabbit spoke.
"Well done, Bigwig." one of the rabbits spoke.
"Who is this hlessi?" another rabbit than asked.
The strongest rabbit, probably goes by Bigwig started to sniff my neck. I was unease from what "Bigwig" is doing. He than turned me over with my head back and than I saw Bigwig... the strongest rabbit. He appeared strong, as he looks like he has a hair piece or it was just hair that he has on him since he was born. Until I realized that he has tuft of hair. He appeared to be like a strong athlete, however I would not want to get on the opposing team.
"Embleer hraka!" he gasped and stepped back in little fright. "He's 'man'!"
The other rabbits gasped and became a little frightened as well. For me, as I always am, was frightened the most to see that I'm surrounded by talking rabbits. At first, one of the rabbits slowly try to approach towards me. He was standing at the center and probably the higher commanding rabbit. I scooted back a bit, as I was afraid of what he may do to me, until I recognized it was the same rabbit, who was at the bridge. We both gazed at each other, as it was a strange sense. He was trying to regard me, I suppose. It was the similar moment how The Farmer and Babe first seen each other. He than returned to his group of rabbits and huddled to discuss in whisper, as I could hear them.
Can they be rabbits of Watership Down? This can't be right... where's the down than? Maybe I'm at the Sandleford Warren. I thought to myself.
"What do you see Holly?" one of the rabbits spoke.
"I don't know. He's bit frightened. Bigwig, perhaps you could try to communicate to the human." the first rabbit that goes by Holly.
"Me?! Why me, Captain Holly?!" I heard Bigwig questioned.
"We need to know where he came from and to see if he poses as a threat." Captain Holly answered.
Bigwig scoffed and sighed. He started to hop his way towards me at a slow approach. "Do you understand me?"
I slowly scooted back as I'm still frightened. "You... you're Bigwig?"
Bigwig than tilted his head. "How do you know my name?"
"No, no, no, no, no, no! You can't be Bigwig!" I was losing my mind.
"How do you know me?! And try not to run again." he questioned and warned me. "I'll have to take you down again, if I have to."
I than stopped and listened to his warning, as I looked back at him. "I'm losing my mind. I'm just losing my mind"
"Pardon me, but how do you know Bigwig?" Captain Holly questioned.
"I don't know... I thought I knew, but maybe it's just a lost memory or just my imagination." I answered.
"He appears to understand us, Captain Holly." Bigwig answered.
"However, he seems to know about us." Captain Holly stated.
"Either way, he's dangerous! I should say leave this 'man' here." the second rabbit spoke.
"Toadflax is right." the third rabbit spoke.
"We'll have to bring him and ask him some questions." Captain Holly suggested. "Also, we decided to leave him out in the middle of no where, we're no better than what humans are." They than gathered around me "Come with us, we'll be taking you to our warren."
And so, I started to follow the rabbits, without having any certainty if I would be able to walk out alive or be able to live, as I have complete my tasks. The necklace slightly glow for a moment before it faded. I wasn't sure what it meant, but it may be possible that the rabbits may know about the gem than I do. Although, they would look at me and say, "how does this human know about us?"
