A/N: A bit shout out to those who Reviewed and favorite, you are awesome my peeps ;D
I'll let the disclaimer from the last chapter stand for the rest of the story ;)
"Get out, you piece of rubbish!" Shouted an angry shopkeeper as he threw a small girl out the door.
"Hey, I'm a paying customer!" Pie hollered as she sailed through the air. Pie landed on the dirty cobble street with a loud smack. She whimpered and sat up. Pie slowly got up, her bones cracking and creaking. She rubbed her sore back and ran off into the direction of the woods. Pie sighed quietly to herself and took out the red apple from her torn black pants. Her worn brown slippers crunched on the worn dirt trail. She wiped the apple clean with the corner of her patched brown shirt.
"Looks alright" She said to herself and took a bite of the ruby red apple. She walked down the winding path that would take her home.
Pie listened with sharp ears as Owl hooted, mice scampered off to safety, bats shrieking, and the sound of whistles as the wind rushed through the giant oak trees. She rubbed her arms for warmth as a chilly breeze blew past. The hair on the back of her neck began to bristle. Not because of the wind though.
Pie shrugged. She assumed it was a forest animal because the same thing happened when they watched her.
"SNAP!" Pie froze in mid bite, her yellow eyes wide with alarm. She slowly turned around to see nothing, but darkness behind her.
"Must have been a fox or something," Pie muttered to herself. As long as you left the residents of the woods, they left you alone. She took a bite of the apple and licked the juice off her lips.
"I better save that for later" She mumbled and stuffed into back into her pocket.
"SNAP!" Pie froze. She got into a fighting stance and brandished out her apple like a weapon.
"I Have a-" She glanced the apple and frowned. What good would a measly half-eaten apple do?
"I HAVE A LARGE MIGHTY SWORD So..umm..you better not steal my apple!" She yelled out to the unknown stalker. There was a loud rustling sound from the bushes. Pie's hands began to sweat with anxiety. Then there was more rustling. Pie shrieked in fear as something small and fluffy jumped atop her.
She clenched her eyes shut in fear and shrank into a small human ball.
"DON'T EAT ME!" She sobbed as the thing sniffed at her face….and snuggled into her cheek.
"H-Huh?" She opened one yellow eye slowly and looked right into the grey eyes of a small rabbit. It sniffed her cheek and eyes. Pie laughed, rather hysterically. The rabbit gave her an odd look. Pie laughed until her stomach hurt. She sighed and wiped a singled tear away.
"That was weird" She sat up and the rabbit hopped into her arms without a second thought. Pie shrugged, stood up, wiped her dress clean and continued onto her way home. It seemed so odd to her that a single rabbit could make that much noise.
Finally she reached a small river with a crude but sturdy bridge over it. It creaked and groaned with each shook. Pie walked over it with pride and confidence that her bridge would last ages. She set down the rabbit and it hopped after her. Pie walked up to a large dark mansion and took out a rusty key. She fiddled with the lock for the key was bent and rusted. The rabbit made a noise as if it was chuckling.
"Oh, shush you!"Pie playfully scolded. "Finally" She mumbled, stuffing the key in her pocket. The rabbit humped its foot happily and hopped into her arms again. Pie shifted the rabbit into to one arm to open the door. She threw open the door and strutted inside
"I'm home!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms wide open. She heard small footsteps from upstairs. A small blur raced down the stairs and stopped in front of her.
"Greetings, Pie!" Her little brother grinned. Pie laughed and tousled her brother's white hair.
"You're messing up my hair!" He whined, slapping playfully at her hand. The rabbit wiggled in Pie's arms, trying to find a comfortable position. Tom peered curiously at the rabbit with big red eyes.
"Where did you find a rabbit?" He reached out a pale hand and stroked the rabbit's long fluffy white fur. Pie smiled softly at the albino.
"It just hopped into my arms," Pie laughed, her cheeks obscuring her vibrant yellow eyes. "Quite literally actually" Tom nodded and put his hands back to his side.
"Did you bring any food?"
Pie nodded and set the rabbit down. It shook it's a head and lay down upon its paws. Tom's eyes lit up with delight as Pie pulled out a fresh yellow apple from her pocket.
"There you go, Bubby" Tom smiled at the use of his nickname and took a bite. Pie motioned for them to go sit in the kitchen to eat. Tom hopped in one of the wooden chairs and Pie sat down across from him at the table. Tom's feet dangled well above the floor and he swung them happily, as he ate his apple.
Yellow apples were his absolute favorite.
"What were you doing while I was gone?" Pie asked nonchalantly. Tom wiped some apple juice from his mouth with a worn blue wool sweater sleeve.
"I was playing in my room with my toys" Pie nodded. The rabbit hopped over into her lap. Tom laughed, displaying his chewed apple for everyone to see.
"I don's want any Seafood, Tom" Pie laughed and hugged the rabbit. Tom blushed and swallowed his food.
"How was your day at the market?" Tom asked, taking another big bite with his pearly white teeth. Pie grimaced.
"It went as suspected," She said briskly. Tom instantly knew what happened and he got up to hug his older sister. Pie hugged tom back, the bunny comfortably warm between their embrace. She pulled away and smiled at her younger brother.
"Thanks" Tom nodded and walked over to the long winding stairs. He looked back at his sister.
"I'll be in my room, Pie" Pie nodded and watched Tom walk up the stairs until he disappeared into the hall above.
Pie picked the rabbit and held it in front of her face.
"What am I going to do with you?" She placed it back on her lap and stroked its soft fur as she thought. She's never had a pet before. Father never liked caged animals. No, I'll let it wander around of its own freewill. Pie thought happily. Yes, her Father would like that.
"I think I'll keep you!" Pie kissed the rabbits ears.
"Now what to name you…" Her thoughts wondered off. Fluffy? Nah, too common. She looked at its white fur and happy grey eyes.
She inspected the rabbit and saw a black heart shaped patch of fur on its chest with litter splatter below it that looked like ink drops. She also noticed it was female.
"I think I'll call you Inkheart!" The rolled off her tongue naturally. Pie smiled and held Inkheart close to her heart. "But I'll call you Inky for short!" She giggled. With that said Pie got up and walked successfully over to her room to get some sleep.
A/N: Now we know just a little bit more about Inkheart's contestant.
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