Ch.5: Before The Meteor - Ace
"Alright, today's the big day," said Ace Bunny smiling, as he looked over himself in the mirror, making sure that he appeared alright before heading out to the set.
It had taken quite a while, but he finally found a job as a stunt rabbit working for a little movie that was shooting in town. Even though he would have to disguise himself as the human actor playing the lead, it was still the closest Ace had ever come for putting his family's lineage back on the big screen.
According to his parents, and his martial arts instructor/grandpa, long ago, back when toons were treasured and respected, their biggest success greeted them while performing in movies or on TV.
Ace was inspired by how grand that sounded, and made it his small vow in life that he would at least get some role on the silver screen. Of course, his role would only be recognized for those who were patient enough to sit and read through the credits at the end, and whatever movie goer wanted to read those? Still, it was at least a partial success, right?
Releasing a big sigh, Ace thought about the prejudice oppressing toons and agreed that it wasn't fair. Even now, in this supposed age of peace, anti-toon crime was still a solid issue. His heart broke, thinking about the car bomb that killed his parents last year.
Grandpa had taught him how to defend himself, but instructed to never use his martial arts skills outside the set unless life or death was at stake.
There was a hard instinct to sometimes fight against that rule, but nonetheless, Ace remained loyal and kept to his vow, no matter how much it hurt.
Someday, he would get his chance for payback and be the hero, putting his martial arts skills to good use. For now, it was satisfying just to play pretend, doing stunts, on the movie screen.
Little did the rabbit know, he would soon get the chance to prove his worth and fight.
