It was a particularly quiet day in the park. The playground was uninhabited, and only a few people were walking about. The loudest noise in the place came from various birds flying, hopping, and perching about.

Over on a bench in the shade of a tree sat a little blonde girl named Alice. Next to her was a doll that she was reading aloud to, as best a six year old could.

"And from that day forward," Alice read, "she would never forget that fateful moment...that she looked...locked eyes with him." She turned to her doll. "You enjoying the story so far?"

"Buh bwaaaah!"

Alice looked up. That was a sound she knew all too well. Running across the playground was one of those strange, bug-eyed rabbit creatures, shouting as it leapt wildly about.

"Bwah bwah bwah! BWAH BWAH BWAH!"

Now, these freakish rabbits, commonly known as "Rabbids", were no strangers to Alice at all. Quite the opposite, in fact; not only did they show up frequently in her neighborhood, but she had been directly involved in a number of their various misadventures. She once unknowingly took one home after mistaking it for a doll, she got locked in a convenience store with a few of them, she even once got a group of them to idolize her thanks to her impressive skills as a magician. She had come to realize that despite how loud and mischievous they could be, they were actually quite friendly, a quality many other people failed to see in them.

What caught Alice's attention about this particular Rabbid was how it was dressed; it was wearing a fancy blue waistcoat and was sporting a pair of glasses. It held a golden pocket watch in one hand and an umbrella beneath the opposite arm.

Alice turned to her doll. "Stay here, okay?" she asked. "I'll be right back." The doll simply gave its usual automated response...

"I love you, Mommy!"

Alice approached the still running Rabbid. It stopped, turning to face her. "DAAAAAAAAAAAH!" it screamed, holding out its pocket watch. Alice was unsure of what to say. The Rabbid leaped over a park bench and tripped, face-planting in the ground behind it. Almost instantly, it got back up and continued running and screaming.

As Alice slowly followed it, she noticed that it had dropped its pocket watch. She picked it up and looked back at the Rabbid, who was running onto the park lawn, getting further by the second.

"Hey! You dropped something!" She called after it. "Wait! Come back!" She took off running and followed the quirky creature. The Rabbid ran behind a large oak tree. It took Alice a few moments to reach the tree, but as soon as she ran around to catch up to it, the Rabbid was gone. Alice only had a few seconds to wonder where it went before looking down. Between the tree's roots was a rather large hole.

Alice looked down at the hole. It was pitch black. She looked at the watch in her hand. Surely she could just leave it beside the hole so the Rabbid could come back and pick it up, right? But...would the Rabbid even know to go back and find it there? What if someone else were to find it first and take it? Well, maybe she could just toss the watch down the hole instead, and...of course not. Alice was a smart girl. She knew much better than to do something like that.

Alice made a decision. She put the watch in her pocket, and carefully placed one leg in the hole, moving it around until she felt solid dirt. She put her other leg inside, and slowly lowered herself down. As she slipped into the hole, her head passing the surface of the ground, she began to wonder how deep it actually was. What if she got stuck several feet below? Would she be able to call for help? What if it just kept going? What if it led to an endless maze of underground tunnels? Would she wind up being lost in said maze of tunnels forever? Would she have to adapt to her surroundings and become the world's first mole person?

She didn't have to wonder about all this for very long, though.

One of Alice's feet made contact with a loose clump of dirt, and it gave way, sending her plummeting down the hole. Alice screamed as she began free falling, no longer feeling the edges of the tunnel. She was soaring now, soaring through total darkness...or was she? There seemed to be some sort of light below her, getting gradually brighter and brighter as she neared it. In a matter of seconds, she fell into the light, and was completely absorbed by it. There was no more darkness now, just pure, blinding light.