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Easter Sunday
His friends had told him much about Easter.
It was a spring holiday; And was probably one of the most significant events during the green months that Avyer brought with such care. His friends, his older peers and 'supervisors' told him that one Easter it had always been green, adorned with flowers and birds and other rabbits. At least, until a certain winter sprite began getting out of hand.
Not long ago, one the only day Avyer could remember before his memories ran out, the Moon itself had spoken to him on a frosty day in Mid-March. He had said that Spring was not long enough, and someone must be there to guide it along a protected it.
There needed to be a balance. The Thaw needed to come on time.
That was why he was there; It was the only thing Avyer really knew about himself. He was, in words, the thaw. He brought spring back to live after it had gone to sleep. It appeared it had slept too much thanks to Jack Frost; The main reason Avie didn't like him at first.
But ti turned out he wasn't that bad...just,well...too playful.
But Easter was coming. The nice, spring day that Frost couldn't touch. Anguish, the mysterious masked but kindly spirit that traveled in the shadows told him tales of eggs hidden in bushes and chocolates for the human children. Though why this happened he didn't fully understand.
Either way, it exited him greatly. And he decided this year he'd make it special.
And so he did. He'd made sure it came a few minutes early, this spring. He sprinted around the countries due for their leaves and their dew, sprinkling his green sparkles wherever he went. By the time he was done the leaves were green and full of life, the sun was shining and the sky was blue. The flowers were still budded in some places, which was why he was wandering around the field he was currently in, scattering pawfulls of green dust around him onto the flowers.
He was in his larger-mode at the moment. He didn't usually transform into his human-like form often, especially away from his burrow home in the North of Scotland. There, he knew he was safe from anything bad (though what bad things he wasn't to sure...Anguish and Hal, the spirit of the autumn holiday Halloween, didn't tell him as much as he'd like them too...) But for now he was relaxed and calmed by the sunny morning and the beautiful gardens around him. He tossed another handful off dust onto the last patch of flowers.
Then, the small pooka-like creature sighed contentedly, letting his shoulders rest. All done.
Suddenly his ears picked up a sound out of the ordinary. Avie froze and stood stark-still, hands raised slightly, ears standing up straight.
It sounded like...a warping sound mixed with a whoosh. How very strange...
He placed a paw onto his globe, his main force of power (much like Jack's staff, he added) and slipped quickly into his smaller bunny form. Then, he hopped to the side and ducked beneath a bush.
A bee flew by his nose as he waited. And waited.
Then, something extraordinary happened.
A line of tiny, oval-shaped figures began appearing from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the grassy ground. The hopped out of the hole and began spreading out into dozens of little lines. As his dark eyes flickered around, Avie saw that the little figures were eggs...with...legs!
He gasped, mouth opening in a large, jaw-dropped smile. He hopped out from his hiding place and stood beside the marching eggs, hopping on the spot giddily. They were walking!
beaming, he sniffed one of them and caught the faint whiff of...paint. And chocolate. He shook his head and moved back, allowing them to wander by him. He laughed silently to himself and began following them along, glancing around quickly at the all the different patterns and shapes.
Wow! This was- oh, gosh! Whoo!
He hopped back over to the hole and watched as more and more of the marching, colourful eggs hopped into view. He smiled brightly again, tilted his head and watching them go. Some of them began hiding themselves in the bushes, and suddenly he remembered what Anguish, Ducky and Hal spoke about. Easter Eggs hunts! Wouldn't the children be pleased...
But...where was the Easter Bunny?
Avyer tilted his head curiously, frowning a little. What would this rabbit look like? He'd heard stories of a fluffy little creature like himself (at least in his smaller form)
Huh...wonder where he is...
Suddenly there was a whooshing sound from the depths of the hole, and at once Ayver knew something bigger was approaching from wherever it went. He darted back in surprise when a figure rose quickly out of the hole, stepping onto the green, drew-covered grass.
Ayver gasped, slipping back into the bushes, at first afraid of this tall being...until he realized.
It looked a lot like he did in his big form. Human-like in shape, with large hind legs and feet. His arms resembled a man's, though notably shorter. He sported lighter grey fur than Ayver, a colour that took on a slightly blue tint. Black, spring-like markings were spread all over his body unlike Avie who only had a few, like the large sycamore skeleton shape on his back. His eyes were bright green in contrast to his own dark brownish-red, and his face was a different shape. Ayver notated that the stranger was indeed a rabbit...maybe even a kind like him.
Ayver tilted his head curiously. Strange. He never thought of himself as having a kind...and he was not born the way he was in his bigger form. That much he knew.
Wait...was this...the Easter Bunny.
Ayver shook his head uncertainly. Definitely not cute and cuddly like Hal had said.
The Easter Bunny surveyed his surroundings with a surprised look that melted into that of pleasant approval. Ayver couldn't help but beam with pride. He liked the way Spring turned out!
Then, the Easter Bunny began walking along the small rows of eggs, and gesturing with his arms to different past of the woods and field. There was a town just near here; Probably filled with the children who would find these colourful eggs.
Now there were thousands of colour full eggs moving away from sight. Ayver, not wanter to lose them, hurried after in the bushes. He kept his distance so he wouldn't disturb the Ester Bunny's work.
He followed him as the eggs dispersed, and he watched as the Ester Bunny slipped into the town nearby and began hiding eggs in the gardens behind the homes. Ayvie retreated to the forest just as the eggs began vanishing, hidden in the early morning.
He returned to the clearing and looked around the flowery foliage. Hm...he didn't do too bad did it? after it, it was bright and green...
SLAM.
Abrutply a branch fell from the trees above and his the ground a centimeter away from him, scaring the small rabbit kitten and sending him darting into the bushes, only to get his cloak caught on the small, prickly branches. He struggled to get back out again, managing to slip out of his cloak but getting his globe model stuck in them, too.
He squeaked a little, his neck slipping out of the string that held the globe around his neck. But even then his fluffy fur caught onto the brush's branches and he ended up tangling himself completely. He was miserably and utter stuck.
He sighed quietly to himself, trying not to panic. He just had to take this nice and easy...
Bunnymund strode back through the lively forest after what he knew was a job well done. After hours of sending the eggs and treats out, and waiting behind the catch a glimpse of the happily children's smiles when they found them, Bunnymund had retreated back to the forest were the fastest tunnel to his Warren Oasis was placed.
He smiled a little to himself as he glanced around the forest. A very life-filled spring...it was almost as if someone day done it carefully. All the flowers were out and the sun was lighting up every leave and branch. Huh...remarkable.
Suddenly a distressed sound caught his ear. Bunnymund halted and scowled a little, looking around the clearing and spotting something struggling in the bushes, tangled up int the bendy, curling branches.
He approached the small form carefully to keep from frightening it; though it seemed to be panicking already.
He knelt down and found, to his surprise, was a baby rabbit. Grey in fur with black bits here and there, and odd around the face, but a rabbit all the same.
He edged closer a bit, stopped when the smaller long-eared creature spotted him snd began struggling all the more, squeaking anxiously.
"Easy there, lil fella." He murmured, reaching forward with his paws and beginning to untangle him. The rabbit kitten squeaked once, ears bent back and staring at him with wide eyes. Bunnymund frowned as he untangled the little bunny's legs, and once they were free said bunny began struggling even more.
"Ey, Ey!" Bunnymund said, trying to keep him still with one paw on his head and the other untangling the rest of the branches. "Hang on, ye lil' ankle biter. Keep still!"
Finally he freed the little rabbit from the branches and stood, up, holding the disheveled bunny in his hand. Small little guy, wasn't he?
He laughed a little as the small rabbit glanced around worriedly down at the ground, because for him sitting in the Ester Bunny's paw was a great height. Bunnymund placed a paw on his head and began rubbing his head gently. The little bunny was calmed by this and stopped looking around like he was going to be dropped. He sort of reminded him of himself.
"See?" Bunnymund chuckled inwardly as he set the small rabbit down "Nothin' ta worry about, mate."
He gave the small rabbit a gently push to usher him back into the forest. "Off ya go now."
Ayver hurried off into the forest, looking back over his shoulder in wonder. Maybe he should have said something...its note like the was dangerous...but Anguish said that they needed to be hidden for now. He did not know why.
But he was happy the Easter Bunny, strange voice or not, had helped him. He'd been in that bush for hours...
Next, Jack Frost gets his little rabbit friend into a bit of trouble.
