Chapter 2
No luck. Rapunzel had been searching for Jeffory since lunch time, and she still hadn't found him. She glanced up at the hazy sky. The sun was setting and she'd been in the woods for hours.
"I can't leave yet. Not without Jeffory." She let out a determined breath and then began to call out his name. "Jeffory! JEFFORY! Please come out! It'll be dark soon, and we can't stay in the woods past dark." She paused waiting for the child's reply. Nothing. "Oh, Please Jeffory! The other children are sorry for what they said. They miss you, and want you back home!"
Finally, after a few more minutes of searching she stopped and rested against a tree. The forest was now almost completely dark. "Oh, Lord, Please help me…" she let the prayer hang in the air for a few moments. Hoping beyond hope that Jeffory would miraculously come out of nowhere and they could head home together safely. Her mind began running through all of the tales she'd heard of the Enchanted forest.
"When people go in they never come out…at least never after nightfall."
"Oh, I know of a few who made it out, but they all talked crazy. Something about a mad white rabbit, and a crazy queen who wants hearts or somthin'…"
"Don't go into the forest, especially at night."
"Stay away from the forest."
Rapunzel couldn't help but smile slightly at the irony; here she was, in the forest…at night. She let out a moaned chuckle.
"Okay, Rapunzel, you'll be fine… you just need to… stay awake…and…not fall asleep." She got up and kept moving. As long as she stayed awake, she'd be fine. She just needed to find Jeffory and get him out of here. Out of the woods.
A few hours later…
"Oh me! Oh my! Oh ME OH MY!"
Rapunzel slowly opened her eyes. Trying to focus on the voice she heard over her.
"O-o-o-oh! She lives!"
Rapunzel saw a flash of white move behind some bushes. She sat up quickly. "Where am I?" She picked herself off the ground and did a quick full turn. "The Trees! They're different colors!" Rapunzel stared in shock at the huge trees.
The tree trunks were bright pinks, purples, greens, and red. Some were oddly shaped and fluffy on top, others were rough and squat with blue leaves.
"Y-you'd best go back where you came from!"
Rapunzel spun around in the direction of the voice. She saw what looked like white rabbit ears peeking above some foliage. "I don't know where I am."
"Oh me! Oh my! No, no, no! This isn't good, t'isn't good at all!" A fat little white rabbit with a waist coat and spectacles jumped up from behind the bush. "Y-y-you can't stay here! Suppose the Queen…AAAAHH! The Queen!" The rabbit nervously dove behind the bush again, and barely poked its nose out to whisper. "Suppose the Queen found you here!"
Rapunzel stared, confused, but felt a little sorry for the poor white rabbit…or whatever it was. She took another look at her surroundings then slowly approached the bush. "What is this place called?" she asked.
"Shhhhh, not so loud!" The rabbit warned. "We don't want them to know you're here." The rabbit slowly came out from behind the bush, looking every which way and hopping nervously every few seconds.
"Don't want who to know?" Rapunzel asked in a hushed tone, leaning closer.
"The Queen, me girl! The QUEEN!" The rabbit began to pace back and forth, mumbling to himself.
Rapunzel stood for a moment thoughts flooding her head. "Oh, I know of a few who made it out, but they all talked crazy. Something about a mad white rabbit, and a crazy queen who wants hearts or somthin'…"
"I fell asleep," Rapunzel said, stunned.
The rabbit stopped his pacing and looked over his spectacles at her. "You're darn-tootin' right you fell asleep! And now I ask you! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?"
Rapunzel wrinkled her nose and frowned. "I don't know." She said, slightly flustered by the distressed rabbit.
The white rabbit looked about to have a stroke, when suddenly he became completely erect, even up to the tips of his ears! "I've GOT IT!" He jumped at the sound of his own voice then whispered the same phrase. "I've got it!" He motioned for Rapunzel to move closer to hear.
She came and sat on her knees, and the rabbit leaned and whispered into her ear. "You must follow me to the Queen's Castle. At a distance mind you, and when we get to the castle you must hide." He glanced over his shoulder fearfully. "Her aides are everywhere. Especially the Cat! O-oh beware the cat!" He hissed.
"What cat?"
Before the rabbit could reply his ears shot straight up again. "Oh, dear! Someone is coming! Follow at a distance! A far off, safe, far away, distance!" The white rabbit bounded away from her and up the road.
"Wait! That's too fast!" She called out. She got to her feet and ran after the rapidly departing white rabbit.
Author's Notes: Whooohoooo! Rapunzel has now entered Wonderland! Oh wait... what about Jeffory? Is he in Wonderland too?!
*Grins* I had a blast writing the scene with the White Rabbit & Rapunzel. He's such a flustered bunny...
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Thank you to Constance, for helping me with story problems & deleted scenes. :) (Yes, my dear readers, there was a small scene taken from the story! Oh the suspense!) :)
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