Disclaimer: I don't own the Guardians (who belong to Dreamworks) but I do own Bethany (my Bunnymund's wife OC)
and Bluey (My Bunnymund's son OC).
Guardians and the legend of the Pooka's
Chapter 23
Silence. That's all the two had exchanged. Bunny could do nothing but stare blankly at his frozen son. Bluey's hazel eyes luminated brightly in the dark, cold world. Luther was smirking cruelly as a sneaky side grin was plastered upon his round muzzle and he clutched Bluey tightly within his paw by the scruff of the neck.
The little bunny gave a determined, mad look as he quickly and desperately kicked his grand father's paw, making Luther let go of him, and Bluey did a stylish flip and landed in front of an impressed Bunnymund as he then did some impressive yet threatening Kung fu moves before he put his front paw in front of him whilst doing a karate stance and curling his paw back and forth for a moment, daring Luther to come further.
"Ya'd best be fearin' the fur, Mate." Threatened Bluey as energy circulated through his whole body. Luther was stumped. How did the young Pooka get out of his grip like that and regain energy?! The energy shone in Bluey's eyes and he did a double take to his impressed dad and told him whilst cupping his paws together in one side whilst a turquoise aura energy ball had begun to form.
Luther stepped back and his jaw was slack. He was not expecting this at all! But, all the same, Bluey was going to have to go and he was going to be an easy target to pick out! He was easy the other times!
Luther then clicked his paw/fingers and with that, two other very large Pooka teleported and stood in front of Bluey, blocking his way. The teenage Pooka smiled viciously before he said to himself, his ears pointing straight and erect "Oh, this should be easy."
The tiny, dark blue bunny released the energy ball he held in between his paws and the guards fell like bowling pins and off the building and Bluey peered down with a smile as he saw that the guards were alive and he bounced down with a lot of energy and as he fell downwards, he yelled bravely "Go get 'em, Dad!"
Bunnymund looked down also as he watched his son fall downwards and smirked his way before he looked up and found his answer to Bluey's sudden burst of energy. He saw Jamie smiling and winking at him with a thumbs up as he ever so slightly peaked out from one of the gaps of the tower.
Other children must have believed in him and Jamie was the main believer. But Bunny wondered where Sophie was as he looked at him and mouthed so nobody but him could hear the question without warning the enemy 'Where's Sophie?'
Jamie just pointed towards the deranged Luther as he dashed on all fours to a different location whilst he carried Sophie over his strong shoulder, tears streaming from her tightly shut eyes.
Bunny knew he couldn't be fast enough to do this on his own so he gave a loud whistle to alert his friends and who should come but Jack Frost as he quickly flew towards him and flew along side him whilst Bunny too raced on all fours to catch up. "So, what's with the get up, Cotton tail?" Asked Jack casually as he laid on his back whilst resting his head on his arms that were folded behind his head despite the furious speed he was going in.
Bunny too spoke casually as he panted breathlessly with his ears erect "Aw, I dunno. I kinda got some trainin' from an old Pooka."
Jack smiled and knitted his Snow White eye brows together, showing that he was impressed "No kidding?"
Bunnymund nodded. He did feel kind of proud that he was in the guardians and he wouldn't trade them for anything. They were his family.
Bunnymund leaped and whilst he was in midair, he ruffled the teen Winter spirit's white hair and told him with a confident smirk "Go and distract those Suckah's fer me and go 'elp Bluey!"
Jack nodded with a smile before he swooped down and spread some of his 'fun' across the angered Pooka warriors and among them, sure enough, was Bluey and that wasn't all that was surprising. He was also back to normal!
The now normal Bluey looked up and quickly removed his sword from his belt before he prepared to throw it. He yelled to his dad "Dad, catch!"
With that, the Teenage Pooka threw his magical sword and it spun in the air and Bunnymund easily snatched it from the air, he too feeling the huge burst of energy from before, and winked towards his son whom had immediately resumed to fighting the Warrior pooka with some expertly manoeuvred karate. Bunny never felt prouder of his son as he watched over him.
As father watched son, Bunny's heart warmed but then he heard Sophie's loud screams. He knew he had to rescue her! Without another second to waste, he dashed on all fours towards Luther and soon found himself on a smaller building but on the rooftop of a museum and poor Sophie was standing on the edge with Luther glaring in mock sympathy at the little girl.
Sophie tried to back away but they were a long way up and she would fall if she did. Luther stood in front of her and, after a few moments, turned his attention to his in coming son before Bunny demanded with gritted teeth "Let. The ankle-bitah. Go."
Luther didn't seem the least bit intimidated and chuckled with a snarled edge before he glared at Bunny mockingly with his clover eye gleaming in revenge "Oh. Whatevah shall I do?" Luther mocked as he pretended to be afraid, but making it obvious.
Bunnymund just scowled at his biological father before he removed his son's sword from his strap holster, where his boomerang's were, and began fighting without another word. The bluish-grey Easter bunny swung Bluey's sword but only to be dodged by Luther.
Something snapped inside Bunny then. He didn't know what it was or why it had snapped now but it ignited a fire inside Bunny's already darkened heart and he pressed the sword to his father's neck, making him stop what he was doing. Luther gulped before he stuttered calmly "N-now, c-calm down and think 'bout what you're doin."
Bunnymund did not listen and growled deeply as he tried to ignore a raging whisper in his head that demanded him to strike his father where he stood but he didn't wish to do this for two reasons: First, he wasn't about to murder one in front of a little girl. Second: He had something else in mind for him.
"Oh, I think I've dodged a bullet. I'm taking things too far!? You are willing to harm many innocent ankle-Bitahs and Pooka just to covah up your mistake for what happened to my mother! Where were you when you should've protected her!? Where on earth were youse!?" Demanded the Guardian of Hope as he grabbed his father by the wrists and the whites of his eyes begun to turn black whilst his pupils were turning red and a black glow was surrounding Bunny.
Meanwhile, down below, the refuelled Guardians were looking up at this scene along with the rest of the warrior Pooka. They were all doing nothing but watch as Bunny was under going something dark.
"Oh no!" Exclaimed Rosabell in panic "Bunny's being consumed by the same thing that turned Luther evil in the first place!"
The other guardians looked to Rosabell in questioning as they all wondered what she was talking about. Marlin, however, knew what she meant and corrected by telling the guardians, equally panicked "Years ago Bunnymund's mother, Ballalong, died unlocking something in his soul. Bunny's under-going the exact same thing!"
Bluey questioned in both concern and shock as he looked towards the older Pooka "Why didn't dad feel like this when my mum..." He trailed off, not being able to finish that sentence. Ever though it happened when he was born, Bluey could still feel the pain of when his mother had perished.
Marlin guessed with a shrug yet his ears had fallen behind his head in fear "Maybe Bunny was too strong to lose himself at that time but because of his father's cruelty, maybe that unlocked the terrible thing that had been waiting to be awoken."
With that, everyone looked back up to watch the scene. They all felt their hearts pump and North joined hands with Tooth and she joined hands with Jack and Jack held Bluey's paw. They all felt the same feeling as they hoped and prayed that Bunny did not let himself loose to the evil.
Back on the museum roof, Bunnymund growled and was super tempted to attack Luther but he noticed that Sophie looked up at him with large, round frightened eyes and the bottom of her beautiful eyes were rimmed with threatening tears.
Bunny softly stared down at the blonde haired girl and had forgotten all the previous thoughts. They still screamed at him to kill his father but because of Sophie's innocence, they were beginning to push those anger-filled thoughts down and he quickly smacked his father in the face, his eyes returning to normal, but the impact from Luther's fall forwards made Sophie tumble off the roof but, luckily, there was a roof just below this one but it was surprisingly narrow and she could barely stand straight. Plus it was strangely the only house beside the museum for miles.
"Sophie!" Shouted Bunny as he leaped down and landed right behind her but she was too terrified to turn around. The Easter bunny saw this and he bit his bottom lip. He didn't know what to do. That was until he had an idea.
"It's alright, Ankle-Bitah. I ain't gonna let anything hurt you." Comforted Bunnymund as he reached a paw towards her but when Sophie dared to peak over her shoulder, she froze when she looked down at how high she was and shut her tear-filled eyes tight. Bunny was shocked. He should have known that the girl had a fear of heights and honestly, he did too.
"Please, Sheila. You have ta believe in me. I know ya can do this if ya have a little hope." Bunnymund told the frightened girl as he put one big foot in front of he other whilst trying not to look down. Sophie still didn't move as she hugged her shoulders to warm the sudden chill that covered her body and to soothe herself.
The Aussie Easter rabbit asked, totally changing the subject but changed his voice tone to a soft quiet tone of voice "C'mon, Ankle-Bitah. What does a rabbit do to get around?"
Sophie snapped open her eyes as it confused her deeply why Bunny changed the subject but a sentence escaped her lips before she could stop herself as chills ran down her spine "It goes 'Hop, hop, hop?'"
Bunnymund smiled as Sophie looked back at him and he confirmed, retaining the soft nature he had in his voice "Thats right. All it does is this..." Bunnymund gently yet slowly did a few jumps on where he balanced and somehow retained it as Sophie giggled in amusement as she watched her favourite holiday icon wriggle his nose as he laughed right along with her.
Once Bunny stopped laughing, he encouraged as he spread his arms out "All ya need ta do is make some little hops towards me."
"Wh-what!? We'll die!" Sophie exclaimed whilst nearly bursting into tears again. "No. No we won't. I promise ya that, Sophie. You just need to hop a little bit and from what I remember, youse were remarkable at that."
Sophie wiped a sleeve across her eyes and sniffled "Really?"
Bunnymund nodded with a smile full of pride and Sophie closed her eyes and gathered her courage before she slowly yet gently hopped across the narrow edge and as she was slowly edging closer to Bunny, he told her slowly "Thats it...Nice and slow..."
Once the girl was close enough, she leaped into Bunny's arms and the Easter bunny caught her and held her in for a tight, reassuring hug and was never wanting to let go again. "I promise ta never abandon ya again." Promise Bunnymund in a small proud whisper as he heard his friends and the warrior Pooka cheer, much to everyone's surprise.
But, as Tooth flew up to collect Sophie from Bunny's grip, Luther threw one of his Shuriken and this made the fragment Bunnymund stand on begin to break where it was and as Tooth flew away with Sophie, the girl pleaded for the humming bird cross to come back for Bunny but she couldn't carry him since he was 6 foot 1 in size and probably very heavy.
Bunnymund was beginng to fall off the building but he desperately tried to scramble up to a higher platform and he used a thumped his foot to create a tunnel to get away from there (A/N: Yes, Bunny's foot is healed now) and he had burrowed underneath the ground to try and think of a strategy and a plan because now he was beginning to run out of those. He really needed more plans and even though he saved Sophie, it wasn't enough.
A/N: I hope this chapter was good. Sorry it took so long and I hope you all liked it. Yes, Bunny might not kill his father since I have something better in mind. It might also hint for a sequel!
I also had a bright idea for Bunny's and Bethany's origins. I would LOVE to hear your suggestions, though.
Yay, Sophie was saved but Bunny is still in trouble. What will happen!?
We'll find out later!
-Chloemcg