Song: House Party
By: Sam Hunt
The dry ads picked up their things and moved out of the center of the field. The audience began to chat and a great murmuring filled the air.
"We should find Jack and get back." Tooth said. Now that the shock of the festival had worn off, she was itching to get back to the teeth.
Sandy gestured to the multitude of spirits.
"Da, it's like a needle in haystack." North agreed.
The sound of a banjo mixed with a guitar cause the murmuring to die down. In the center four tall men in green button up plaid shirts were turning tuning their instruments. One stepped forward and spoke in a loud voice to the crowd. "This is something with a bit more twang. It's country time!" A cheer rose as 10 gallon hats appeared on each of the men's heads. "Let's all have a party!"
(Start song here)
Clapping to the beat the crowd began to sing and being caught in the crowd the big four were trapped in a sea of sound. The crowd then began to jump to the beat, leaving the guardians the choice of either joining or being trampled underfoot. With lots of "excuse me's" and "sorry" they finally got out of the crowd.
Jack is sitting on a boulder watched from a few feet back.
"That could have gone better."
Jack didn't have to turn around to know who now stood beside him. "Hey Jasper. Yeah I guess the middle of the excited crowd was too much for them."
"How long is it been since they got out?" A small rodent crawled up the rock to sit beside Jack.
"I honestly have no idea." Jack sighed.
"I got an idea." Jasper waved at Jack to lean down so we could whisper his plan in the boy's ear.
"This is nuts!" Bunny hollered over the music, shouting, and clapping.
Sandy put a hand to his ear and made a question mark.
"I SAID THIS IS NUTS!" He raised his foot to slam it in emphasis.
"Hey! Watch it cotton tail!" The voice brought their attention to the ground where a groundhog was standing on his hind legs and had his front arms crossed.
"OH NO! NOT YOU!" Bunny placed his foot back on the ground and covered his face with his hands.
"Bunny! That's not polite." Tooth scolded.
"Da, introduced, don't complain." North chided.
"This is-"
"I'm Jasper. The groundhog!" Jasper interrupted bunny. "So you finally came out of your hole did you?" He questioned the Pooka.
"That's rich coming from a creature who is only known for jumping back underground."
"Ha, ha! I would love to beat you at this little argument, again, but I came here to have fun." The groundhog went back to all fours and began walking away muttering, in a voice he knew would spur bunny on, "that concept and this festival are wasted on the likes of you."
"That's it you yank!" North had to grab bunny before he could pounce on Jasper. "What do you mean 'wasted'?"
"Oh nothing," Jasper said mockingly "just that you wouldn't be able to enjoy this festival if your life depended on it."
"I'm gonna-"
"What? Even if you could beat me in a fight, what would that prove? You want me to change my mind?" Jasper pointed to the excited crowd. "Then get in there and prove me wrong." With that he continued forward, getting lost in the many spirits.
"Oh I'll show him!" Bunny wrestled his way out of North's grip and ran to join in.
Jack had to giggle at Bunny's attempts to at dancing. His big feet kept getting tangled but he did try. And, miracle upon miracle, he started to smile and laugh. He was actually enjoying himself! "Nice work Jasper. One down three to go."