Part 4: Setting things right isn't so easy when the Easter bunny is evil...
Let it be known that 'Golden Egg Bearers' can travel fast.
Really, really fast.
In no time at all, riding on Bob's back ("Bessie, not Bob!" -Bessie/Bob) Jenny and Teddy were able to arrived at the Tree of Hope in just 15 minutes, in what would've taken at least 45 minutes to get to on foot.
Let it also be known that the Tree of Hope was huge. As big as a skyscraper, the canopy almost reaching into the clouds. The entrance to the Tree was shaped like an archway and guarded by these cute poisonous mushrooms that released deadly spore darts when an intruder approached. How Jenny knew that, she had no clue.
"We have to find another way in," she whispered to Teddy. Bob was sitting in a shadowy bush and managed not to look so out of place. This was like one of those Bond film break-ins, although Jenny had no experience in break-ins to begin with.
"We'll have to take the tree by climbing. There's no other way in without getting hit by a thousand mushroom spores." Teddy looked downright murderous at the moment, so Jenny couldn't argue.
As they steadily made their way up the tree, a weird noise was growing louder and louder by the minute. A storm was brewing, as large dark clouds left the tree in shadows. The wind started picking up, too.
"Why hellooo there~~" A velvety warm voice called out from above them. From an opening in the trunk popped a soft white head with amused eyes. The Easter bunny.
"WE NEED TO TALK." Teddy roared over the whistling of the wind, now tossing leaves and branches around every which way.
"As if I don't know that already. I am, after all, the leader of this world, and I know everything about everything that happens in this realm. What would happen to Easter if the Easter bunny disappeared? Nothing, because I am Easter." Clara gloated, her voice becoming increasingly shrill and annoying and she went on. She cleared her throat.
"So it was you who set that trap for us? The food in the fridge? It was poisonous wasn't it? So that we'd die before meeting the one remaining witness to your murderous rampage across Easterworld?" Jenny bit the words out through her teeth, offended that such a cute little bunny was capable of such petty things as power.
"If you think you can make me repent for mass-murdering all those stupid chickens; I'll repent! 'I'm so TERRIBLY sorry darling, I never wanted to kill ANYONE, I just needed to expand our trade-and that required some...necessary evil in the process.' See? All done. No harm." Thunder roared in the distance and the Easter bunny chuckled lightly, checking out her nails.
"You are absolutely INSANE."
Jenny hissed through her teeth. She had finally reached the branch where the bunny's head was propped on.
"You think you can just apologize for killing animals just because you needed to clear the way for mass-producing stupid eggs for Easter? Then you can just step down from whatever high horse you've put yourself on and leave Easterworld, because you've ruined everything!" Jenny made to reach for the bunny when all of a sudden the cute poisonous mushrooms sprang from the trunk of the tree and pointed themselves at Jenny's face.
"I wouldn't move if I were you. Threatening my life in my realm is a deadly crime, and you're about to face the consequences-you, and your obese hamster and that depressing gold bird you call Bob, am I right? Now, if you'd so kindly give yourself up, we can be done here." One of Clara's ears flicked and the mushrooms armed themselves.
Jenny looked down at what would probably be the last time she'd see the light of day. Teddy was clinging from a branch by only a paw, a look of petrified horror painted clearly on it's furry face, and right below them was Bob, being corner by more cute poisonous mushrooms. Was everything cute in this world evil? A double-edged sword.
A double-edged sword.
THAT'S IT!
"Alright, go on, kill us. As you said, I do have to pay the consequences." Jenny spoke nonchalantly.
Clara, the "Easter bunny" looked mild surprised. "I didn't think you want to surrender that easily. Might I ask what changed your mind?"
Jenny, now that she was thinking about it, was surprised she hadn't realized sooner. What with a talking hamster, world-jumping, the Easter bunny, and golden chickens-there was only one possible answer to this madness.
She was dreaming.
Let it be known that 'Golden Egg Bearers' can travel fast.
Really, really fast.
In no time at all, riding on Bob's back ("Bessie, not Bob!" -Bessie/Bob) Jenny and Teddy were able to arrived at the Tree of Hope in just 15 minutes, in what would've taken at least 45 minutes to get to on foot.
Let it also be known that the Tree of Hope was huge. As big as a skyscraper, the canopy almost reaching into the clouds. The entrance to the Tree was shaped like an archway and guarded by these cute poisonous mushrooms that released deadly spore darts when an intruder approached. How Jenny knew that, she had no clue.
"We have to find another way in," she whispered to Teddy. Bob was sitting in a shadowy bush and managed not to look so out of place. This was like one of those Bond film break-ins, although Jenny had no experience in break-ins to begin with.
"We'll have to take the tree by climbing. There's no other way in without getting hit by a thousand mushroom spores." Teddy looked downright murderous at the moment, so Jenny couldn't argue.
As they steadily made their way up the tree, a weird noise was growing louder and louder by the minute. A storm was brewing, as large dark clouds left the tree in shadows. The wind started picking up, too.
"Why hellooo there~~" A velvety warm voice called out from above them. From an opening in the trunk popped a soft white head with amused eyes. The Easter bunny.
"WE NEED TO TALK." Teddy roared over the whistling of the wind, now tossing leaves and branches around every which way.
"As if I don't know that already. I am, after all, the leader of this world, and I know everything about everything that happens in this realm. What would happen to Easter if the Easter bunny disappeared? Nothing, because I am Easter." Clara gloated, her voice becoming increasingly shrill and annoying and she went on. She cleared her throat.
"So it was you who set that trap for us? The food in the fridge? It was poisonous wasn't it? So that we'd die before meeting the one remaining witness to your murderous rampage across Easterworld?" Jenny bit the words out through her teeth, offended that such a cute little bunny was capable of such petty things as power.
"If you think you can make me repent for mass-murdering all those stupid chickens; I'll repent! 'I'm so TERRIBLY sorry darling, I never wanted to kill ANYONE, I just needed to expand our trade-and that required some...necessary evil in the process.' See? All done. No harm." Thunder roared in the distance and the Easter bunny chuckled lightly, checking out her nails.
"You are absolutely INSANE."
Jenny hissed through her teeth. She had finally reached the branch where the bunny's head was propped on.
"You think you can just apologize for killing animals just because you needed to clear the way for mass-producing stupid eggs for Easter? Then you can just step down from whatever high horse you've put yourself on and leave Easterworld, because you've ruined everything!" Jenny made to reach for the bunny when all of a sudden the cute poisonous mushrooms sprang from the trunk of the tree and pointed themselves at Jenny's face.
"I wouldn't move if I were you. Threatening my life in my realm is a deadly crime, and you're about to face the consequences-you, and your obese hamster and that depressing gold bird you call Bob, am I right? Now, if you'd so kindly give yourself up, we can be done here." One of Clara's ears flicked and the mushrooms armed themselves.
Jenny looked down at what would probably be the last time she'd see the light of day. Teddy was clinging from a branch by only a paw, a look of petrified horror painted clearly on it's furry face, and right below them was Bob, being corner by more cute poisonous mushrooms. Was everything cute in this world evil? A double-edged sword.
A double-edged sword.
THAT'S IT!
"Alright, go on, kill us. As you said, I do have to pay the consequences." Jenny spoke nonchalantly.
Clara, the "Easter bunny" looked mild surprised. "I didn't think you want to surrender that easily. Might I ask what changed your mind?"
Jenny, now that she was thinking about it, was surprised she hadn't realized sooner. What with a talking hamster, world-jumping, the Easter bunny, and golden chickens-there was only one possible answer to this madness.
She was dreaming.