Once upon a time, there was a wee little leprechaun named Niall. He had soft, fluffy hair the color of wheat, and sparkly blue eyes that always shone with laughter. Niall enjoyed walking around the green pastures of Ragnilum, a small leprechaun village in the country of D'naleri. He would often stop by a nice, billowy tree and play his small guitar, humming softly.

He was doing just this, when he heard a faint noise. Pssst. He stopped playing, and looked around curiously. Pssst. There it was again. Niall blinked his blue eyes in confusion.

What could be making that odd noise?

Niall stood up to investigate, taking his guitar with him. He followed the noise all the way down to the muddy banks of the Eno Doitcerid River. The noise continued, seemingly forever. Niall sighed sadly, sat down, grabbing a carrot from the ground beside him, and taking a huge bite out of it, not bothering to wash the dirt off.

"Guess what I am!" Came a small, high-pitched voice. Niall whirled around, looking into a small rabbit hole beside him.

"W-What?" he asked shakily.

Two large, tan ears popped out of the hole, along with a pair of blue-green eyes, and a small pink nose. "I'm a song!" The squeaky voice continued, cracking right in the middle.

Niall's mouth dropped open to form a small 'o'. "No you're not! You're a rabbit!"

"No," the rabbit continued matter-of-factly. "I'm a song. Have you been eating carrots?"

Niall quickly discarded the rest of the carrot under his crossed leg. He had long since learned the hard way not to steal a rabbit's carrots. He shook his head quickly. "No, not me."

The rabbit leaned forward, and, almost awkwardly, said, "I like people who eat carrots."

Niall chuckled, as it was in his nature to laugh. "You're an odd rabbit."

He rolled his eyes dramatically. "Well, I'm a talking rabbit. I'm bound to be odd." He took a few steps back to survey Niall. "What's your name?"

Niall stood up, and brushed away a few dirt specks. "Niall. Niall Ranoh. Yourself?"

"Louis Nosnilmot, the Doncaster Rabbit, at your service. Pleasure to meet you! Where you from, Nialler?"

Niall blushed slightly at the nickname. "I'm from Ragnilum, a village not far from here." A sudden thought occurred to him. "Would you like to come back with me? I don't have many friends, they all say I eat too much or laugh too loud. Oh, please, won't you come with me?"

Louis twirled his whiskers, thinking. After a moment, he nodded. The leprechaun jumped excitedly, a smile stretched across his face. Louis held up a finger (to the best that a rabbit could, anyways), quieting Niall's celebration momentarily. "I can only go if we find my friend, Harry. I've been looking for him for ages."

Niall shrugged. "Alright. What does he look like?"

"Well, he's a big Cheshire cat. With green eyes." Louis explained.

Niall looked only slightly surprised. "A cat? Oh, okay." He thought for a moment. "It might be a bit difficult finding him, though. There's lots of big Cheshire cats with green eyes."

"Ah, but that is where Harry is different." Louis said mischievously. "Harry isn't like other cats. He has long, curly hair that sticks out everywhere. You can't miss him."

A cat with curly hair? Never before had Niall seen such a thing. But he was still going to help his new friend the best that he could. "Where did you last see Harry?" Niall asked.

Louis thought before answering. "The edge of the woods. He was speaking to some cougar about a good time." Louis winked suggestively.

Niall's eyes were wide and innocent. Louis chuckled inwardly at the leprechaun's naivety, but didn't explain any further.

"So, he was by the woods? Then I guess we'll just start there. Do you know where this cougar lives?"

Louis scratched his ear. "To the northeast, I think."

Then the two set out on their adventure, not really knowing where they were going, or the dangers ahead of them.

To be continued.