Part 2: The Adventure Begins…

Jenny looked at the hamster with a blank face of exasperation.

"WHAT?"

"An adventure. Didn't you hear me?"

"Of course I heard you, but you didn't answer my question!"

"Oh, boring. There will be time for Q & A later but now let's get on with it, are you coming or not?"

Jenny told herself to add "sassy" to the list of descriptive words for her hamster.

"Yeah, sure, why not."

"Great; I just have to check up on how Miss Clara is doing and if she'll agree, and then we're off to Easterworld!"

"Whoa...not so fast! She'll agree to us going into her world? Have you ever done this before? Why are we doing this? Is it even allowed? Is this even possible? Will we die? How'll-"

"You ask too many questions Jenny." Teddy scolded, and promptly waddled to her sleeping area to whip out a tiny device that looked suspiciously like a phone.

"I have her on speed-dial."

"You little-"

"Nah-ah-ah, I'm busy making a phone call, be polite and shush for one second will you?"

Jenny fumed; of all the times she could be having a nice conversation with her pet hamster, she had to choose now. In addition, her hamster was being difficult and had a mini cell phone hidden in her bedding. She'll have to find punishment for this some other time.

"Hello? It's Teddy, yes, yes, oh Clara! How are youuuuu~~? Good, oh wonderful, that's splendid..I'm fine thanks for asking...say, you don't mind if Jenny and I drop off at your place for a second do you? It'll only take a few minutes, just want to show her around...oh no problem, she'll love to meet you! Right Jenny?...She's a darling...Well that's settled then! We'll meet in, say, 12 minutes? You know how I am with time Clara, always late…hahaha, yes, yes…alright, it was nice talking to you! Alright take care Clara! Bye~~!"

Jenny glared from her spot in front of the cage.

"This is absolutely ridiculous. How are we supposed to travel to an imaginary world while you are stuck in a cage and I'm probably 5 feet taller than everything else."

"Aren't you a little spoilsport? Of course theres a way over there, I'm not making this up you know! Here, I need you to hold me while I phone-"

"OH NO, YOU ARE NOT MAKING ANOTHER PHONE CALL WHILE I'M SITTING HERE FEELING LIKE AN IDIOT…"

"You are an idiot."

Jenny opened the cage door and made a mad grab for the insufferable rodent, only to have her forefinger almost bitten clean off.

Teddy grinned apologetically.

"I'm just kidding, you know. I love you. Here, I'm sorry. Can we please just hurry up? Clara is waiting and I did say 12 minutes."

Jenny sighed through her nose and let the fat little hamster scurry up her arm to her shoulder where she dialled another number into the device.

"Who are you calling?" Jenny asked nervously.

"It's not WHO I'm calling...but WHERE…"

Suddenly, the room began to spin and warp out of proportion. It was like in those sci-fi films where a spaceship was sucked into a black hole, or if someone was to be flushed down a toilet.

Whirling, around and around, sucked into a vortex.

And spat out the other side.

For a minute, Jenny could only blink the dizziness out of her eyes. The world was spinning so fast she didn't know what was what, until it suddenly stopped and she found herself in a dark, dirt tunnel; underground.

She coughed, and dust circled the space around her. Teddy made a squeaking noise to her right; she was fine. Blinking rapidly a few more times, she noticed there were holes leading to the world above judging from the rays of sunlight peeking through, and she sat up a little too quickly for her own good. Her stomach made a disagreeable noise and she felt bile rising in her throat.

"We are never doing that again." Jenny croaked.

"Well, we are going to have to go back you know." Teddy reminded cheerfully, seemingly unaffected by the travel experience.

She groaned. Jenny was definitely getting her hamster back for this, no matter how much she loved her; and she loved Teddy dearly.

"So where to?"

"Come on, we're going upstairs. Already late, thanks to you."

"Well I-"

Teddy was already up and scurrying out of the tunnel. Jenny crawled close behind, the sunlight becoming more and more excruciating with every inch out of the tunnel-then, she gasped.

It was beautiful, it really was. Easterworld glimmered and shined like a polished diamond, exploding with a hundred different colors and scents and sounds and the most hypnotizing feeling of happiness and wonder that made you feel like a child again. Jenny was so thrown by her surroundings that she just gaped, rotating her head around as if she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Hey, Starstruck, want to meet the Easter bunny? Look down." Teddy whispered in her ear.

Jenny's head snapped down so fast Teddy had to hop down with a yelp to prevent getting thrown off. Below her stood a pure white bunny with deep brown eyes that made your bones feel like honey, and she stood on her two strong hind legs with her front legs crossed over her chest.

The Easter bunny.

She wasn't anything like Jenny expected she'd be. She tapped her foot impatiently, waiting for her to talk, when all Jenny could do was look at how unusually human the bunny was, from the way she carried herself, ears falling flat against her head, to her eyes that were like a mother's hug, caressing and comforting, to her deep, velvety voice like an angel's harp.

"Hello? Helllooooo~~?" She prodded Jenny's foot with her nose. That tickled, effectively snapping her out of the trance.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Eh… I'm Jenny, Teddy's er…owner, person..I'm really sorry, it's just this place is so-you are so-"

"Magical? Well hello there. Didn't start off on the right footing did we? Good pun on my part, but anyways- I'm the Easter bunny, casually known as Clara around here. Don't be spreading the name around there though, its very top secret." She winked and reached out a paw, which Jenny hesitantly shook.

"Right...well hi then. Teddy wanted to show me around?"

During the exchange, Teddy had found a nice patch of grass and started to hoard as much of it as she could in her cheeks. Typical.

"Uaohyusweartakingator!" The hamster managed through a mouthful of grass.

"I think he means we're taking a tour."

Clara, the Easter bunny, laughed lightheartedly, and it sounded like wind chimes on a summer's day.

"Well go on then. Easterworld is free to your explorations. Just be back by 8, it gets creepy around here when the sun goes down, something about rabid bunnies, but those are just rumors.." She turned, humming a little tune, and disappeared into the clearing.

Jenny was left with an odd sensation in her chest, like going to a party to have the most amazing time of your life but ending up standing in the corner like an idiot anyways. The feeling was a little too close to home.

"You alright there? You look a little-queasy." Teddy sounded worried. "The world-jumping didn't ACTUALLY affect you this much did it?"

"No, I'm fine. Let's get going, or else we won't have time to get back. Right now its...noon. I'm not really up for lunch, and I think you just had your share, so want to just walk? Let's start in the forest," Jenny pointed to her left, where halfway down the grassy path they were on was the outline of a lush forest and a mountain. "And we need to talk anyways, in private, because you owe me some answers." With that she took off, leaving Teddy confused to follow in her lead.