Keladry In Wonderland

Dus-Dus Race

Disclaimer: This is sort of like those grapes at the super market that you eat to see if the grapes are good enough to buy. You only eat one but you still don't own it. Well it's not really, but I just felt like talking about grapes. So Tamora Pierce owns the people and Lewis Carroll owns the original wonderland.

We are a queer looking party, thought Kel as she and the animals flopped onto the shore.

The first question they asked themselves after they got to land was how were they going to get dry? They all talked about this for a while until Kel suddenly had a thought.

"Hold on! How come you are all talking?" They all looked at her blankly before Jump finally replied.

"Why, what ever else would we be doing my dear?" Kel just blinked and decided to try not to think about it. "I have an idea on how to get dry!" Jump continued. "I'll tell you all a joke and the water will laugh so much it'll just fall of us! Ok, this person walked into this bar and said could I please have some water and the bar tender said…No, we don't have any!"

"And?"

"That's it."

"Err, right. Well as…. funny as that joke was, it didn't work so I have a better idea." Said Peachblossom. "Lets have a Dus-Dus race! That'll be sure to dry us off!"

Kel glanced around and realised she'd have to be the one to ask because no one else was going to. She took a deep breath and, trying to ignore the fact she was talking to her horse and he was actually talking back, asked. "What is a Dus-Dus race, Peachblossom?"

"It's sort of hard to explain so I'll just set it up and show you." He then proceeded to make a square on the ground out of twigs and rocks (which Kel though was amazing seeing as he had no fingers) and told everyone to stand around the edge.

"Here are the rules. You have to race into the middle of the circle and stomp on everybody's toes then race to every corner of the square. The first person back to their original starting place wins. You have to tread on everybody's toes, no cheating! When I say go, go. Go!" All the animals and Kel then started chasing each other around the circle trying to stomp on each other's toes.

Jump, after realising he was going to have trouble winning the race, simply adopted the strategy of latching his jaws onto the ankle of a person and refused to let go until they let him walk over their foot. Most of the big animals were having no trouble stomping everybody and maiming then in the process.

Kel was not doing well at this game. She was reluctant to tread on the smaller creatures and was getting hurt by the larger ones. Finally she gave up and decided to leave the animals to their merry but painful little game.

She walked out of the square and watch from the side. As she was standing there she heard a sound. The pitter-patter of big feet trying to be little came to her ears. They sounded amazing like the footsteps of someone who had only recently been half turned into a small rodent. Kel looked up and saw none other that Neal The Rabbit Man himself hopping around up the road a bit. She immediately took off after him.

"Neal!" She screamed as she raced towards him "Get back here! The animals are talking to me!"

Authors Note: If you want something to read go and have a look at UnDeadGoat's Alice's Ode to a Mouse. It's madgood! Very strange in that Wonderland sort of way.

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