In Search Of Wonderland

by lyrainthedark

A decade has passed since the end of Voldemort's second war, when Draco Malfoy finds himself with a peculiar problem. A furry problem. A problem with fangs and fuzzy ears, a problem with a cottonpuff of a tail - but then he's always had a knack for getting himself into trouble, and this time Luna Lovegood knows the way out. A bit of comedy, a bit of drama, a bit of romance...

2. Chapter 2

~Drabble Collection: In Search Of Wonderland~

II

What Alice Said To The Rabbit

(While Keeping Her Thoughts To Herself)

It was, Luna thought, perfectly appropriate. Draco Malfoy, Lord and ambitious and snide and arrogant and all the things that he was – yes, this was exactly right. Her eye was caught by the twitching of his tail; it was...puffy. Poofy. Fluffy, even. A perfect cotton-ball of a rabbit's tail that twitched in time with the pert, pink velvet wiffle of his sniffing nose.

Of course she knew the problem immediately; it was the fangs throwing the healers off, the fangs always did.

"Draco, by what chance did you happen to be turned into an Interfectorum Lepus? I spend years with daddy trying to find one near Antioch, but none of the rumors seemed true – Draco?"

He sat very still, and stared at her, and then turned purposefully around so that the cotton ball of his tail and the points of his ears were all she could see.

"Oh, I see – well it will be quite a useful animagus form as long as it isn't a curse."

Draco shivered; his ears rose an inch or so, and then relaxed.

The tail continued to twitch.

"I'm not allowed to leave, you know. Threatening me won't do any good -"

A flurry of furry violence and the dark probability of a blonde's demise manifested mid-sentence. All his fangs bared, achieving a speed that came remarkably close to breaking the sound barrier, and immune to any magic she would be able to think of – he knew, the Healers had tried – Draco raced for a hold on her throat.

It was partially the rabbit's killer instinct...

But mostly he just wanted to shut her up.

She hadn't said anything, but he knew what she was thinking; her eyes had been fixed on his tail the whole bloody time! And anyway -

And anyway, how the hell is she reading my mind? I'm a – I'm a – I'm a Killer Rabbit, for Merlin's sake!

"Don't worry, it's only because that's how I see – and no biting, Draco! We're not nearly that well acquainted, even if you have seen me naked."

Her words came dimly through a faint haze; he felt as if he had been hit with a bludger to the face.

"You have been hit with a bludger to the face, Draco. It's one of the nine ways Merlin's Magical Bestiary recommends managing the Killer Rabbit. Do be careful; that was a rather harder hit than I expected."

Draco stayed very, very still where he had fallen on the floor.

Life is not fair. Life is just...not fair at all.

A/N: As promised, chapter 2...shortly to be followed by 3-10. I know, I know, I'm awesome - so

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