White Rabbit
Night!
Twilight, really…
Isobel and the White Rabbit
This chapter speeds things up a bit
Just a little bit
The nocturnal girl and her tiger return!
Any wagers on who dies?
Any!
points you! On the other sign of the screen with a shirt on---did I hear you say seven million dollars on someone?
Yes!
Someone dies!
You get a gold star.
Not the money. It is being used to keep me here.
Let us begin.
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White Rabbit
"Do The Worst You Can Do…"
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
All the things she said
Running through my head
Running through my head
All the things she said
This is not enough
"Wake up fairy-boy."
Link slowly opened one eye to see Isobel standing over him. He slowly sat up and rubbed his head. The sun was setting outside his window. Isobel stepped into another room while he got dressed. She held the scribbled paper in her hand and her kusari-gama was fastened around her waist, almost seductively.
"There have been two murders in the time it takes from the sun to pass behind the trees." Isobel said.
"Who?" Link asked.
"I'll show you, but first…"
She pointed to the paper, and she did not look happy.
"If you had this dream, it means that the White Rabbit is going to be after you. Everyone had this exact same dream before they were killed." Isobel said.
"How do you know?"
"They were all girls, and they all kept diaries."
"Okay…now…who died?"
"You'll want to see for yourself."
"Where?"
Isobel simply lead him outside. Link nearly vomited at what he saw.
Zelda's headless body was laying on the path in front of the house. Her head was in fact sitting not too far away. The other victim was Saria, though there was simply one great wound in her back. Her fingers had scratched out WR in the dirt. They had died as guardians, and their blood was splattered everywhere. Link dropped to his knees and began to cry. Isobel hated herself for what she had to do.
She grabbed Link and slammed him into the side of the tree-house. She almost seemed to be on the verge of tears himself.
"Pull it together damnit! The time to grieve for them is not now! If the White Rabbit knows how their deaths affected you, then he will kill more and more!" She shouted at him.
She released him and looked out at the bodies. She nodded to Kokoru. A white light enveloped him. When it receded, a white man with long white hair and stripes (and little clothing) looked up at her. She nodded again and he began to give peaceful rest to the dead.
"Let's go." Isobel said. Link slowly nodded.
They walked. And as they walked, words came.
"This reminds me of the kingdom I was last in." Isobel said.
"hm?" Link asked, barely aware of what was happening.
"They were such a lovely couple too…"
"Who? Where?"
"The kingdom I was last in…I think it was called Termenia." Link was alert now.
"What happened? Was he there?" He asked.
"The only ones he killed were a nice couple…"
"Who? Who did he kill!" Link demanded, grabbing Isobel by the shoulders and looking deep into her gray eyes.
"People named Anju and Kafei."
Link froze. He released Isobel and held his head in his hand. He wasn't crying, but he could at any moment. Isobel said nothing. She didn't need to. She had already yelled at him once this night, she didn't really want to do it a second time. Link seemed to regain his composure and they walked on.
Suddenly, Link threw Isobel to the ground. When she rolled and looked up, the Master Sword had met with a great black ax. The White Rabbit was here, and it was here to kill. Isobel jumped high into the air, sickle of her weapon shooting out and wrapping around the ax. Isobel landed on a branch and tried to disarm the murderer. The white Rabbit pulled on the chain, sending Isobel careening into Link. They both hit the ground with a dull thud. Isobel rolled off of Link and tried her kusari-gama once more.
Link jumped to his feet and stabbed the White Rabbit in the back. There was no blood, but it did seem annoyed. It released its ax and swung its white-gloved fist at Link. It hit him in his left temple. Link collapsed to the ground and struggled to get up. Isobel tried again, landing a grand kick to the head of the White Rabbit. It turned to her, more interested in the prey that jumped around like a grasshopper.
Link forced himself to stand up. His mind whirled and his vision was slightly blurred. He gambled on his senses and swung the Master Sword.
The blade sunk itself into the back of the White Rabbit. A scream, like nothing ever heard by man or beast or plant or spirit split the night air. Then, almost as soon as it had come, the White Rabbit was gone.
"Are you alright?" Isobel asked, checking Link over for injuries. Link blushed faintly and then winced as her finger ghosted over a fresh bruise.
"You should worry about yourself." He said coldly, thought he didn't intend it.
"Yeah, because you didn't notice this bleeding wound on your arm." Isobel said, holding Link's arm, slowly stopping the bleeding.
Link blinked. Had the wound been so deep that he didn't notice? Or had he been so caught up in the heat of the moments that he forgot?
"Thank you." Link said quietly.
"You should be more careful. He's definitely after your blood. I'd be wary if I were you." Isobel said.
"Yes Mom." Link said, trying not to roll his eyes.
Isobel smacked him over the head.
"This is no time to be sarcastic. Sleep with one eye open, Fairy-boy." Isobel said darkly.
Link stared up at his ceiling as the sun came up. He began to drift off, thinking about the White Rabbit.
In the style of the Queen of Hearts…
Link's eyes closed and his mind ran free.
…off with her head…
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Chapter two end!
More to come!