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Alice wasn't sure what to think of the thing standing there. Covered with grayish fur from head to toe with various markings on it's arms and legs, it was easily over six feet, topped off with two large ears. A boomerang was clutched above his head in his paws.

'A rabbit?'

Alice couldn't see Ava's face but even with her back facing her she feel her could stare.

"This is none of your business. Leave."

"Ha! Uh yea, not happenin' girly." He said with a laugh, his voice heavy with an Australian accent. His greens eyes darted from Ava to Alice before he raised a furry eyebrow.

"Y'alright over there?" He shouted.

"...Uh...yea..its just a scratch." She answered and drew her hand in towards her.

'What kind of glove can't protect you from killer cats.' She thought sourly as she ripped the shredded glove off her bloody hand and threw it aside.

Alice heard a sigh escape Ava and looked up just as black sand began to fall from her clenched hands and slither out onto the ice.

"Well don't that look familiar." The bunny muttered as the two whips took their shape.

Without warning Ava lashed out with lightning speed, her black hair flying forward from the lightning quick movement. The bunny darted to the side, narrowly avoiding the whip, and a high picked crack sharp enough to make Alice wince sliced through the air. As soon as he touched the ground he threw the boomerang and narrowly dodged a second attack. The boomerang came whirling back just as Ava was about to lash out again, slicing right right through it. The top half fell to the ground, it's structure falling apart and dissolving into a useless snake like mound of sand. In an instant the severed whip in her hand distorted and sporadically morphed into massive razor sharp scythe. She lifted the weapon over her shoulder and held it there for a second before swinging it out in front of her, a loud rush of wind splitting through the air. The bunny took a mighty leap into the air, came down onto the scythe, and began to run along the snath straight for Ava. She angrily thrusted a hand out and shot forward a black twisted spike from her palm.

"Woah!" He shouted and moved to the side the best her could as the piercing point narrowly missed his side and whizzed past him. The furry warrior leaped into the air, all the while placing a paw on her head and using it to pivot himself around and landed one the ice behind her. He slid to a stop in front of Alice and stood up boldly between the two females.

"Hop on." He said with a quick glance behind him.

"What?"

"Oh for the love of..." He quickly reached behind him and grabbed her wrist.

"What are you-ah!" She shouted as he quickly yanked her up and onto his back. Not expecting the sudden action, her hand involuntarily shot out and grabbed one of his ears.

"Oi! Watch the ears-ow!" He shouted as he stumbled backwards, almost losing his balance on the slippery ice.

"Sorry!" She yelled back and, much too her injured hands dismay, clutched the fur on his shoulder. He grunted but eventually righted himself and held out his weapon.

"What, leaving so soon?"

A black tendril suddenly shot out towards them and Alice looked up just in time to see it heading straight for her head. Alice ducked behind his shoulder as the black roped whizzed behind her and sharply circled back around.

"Get off!" She yelled as it suddenly wrapped tightly around her wrist, jerking her hand away from it. Just as it began to snap back the boomerang sliced through it, reducing it to dust that fell to the ground. The boomerang whisked out into the air and curved inwards and began to travel on a collision course for Ava's head. Just as the weapon came a foot within her face a black rope blasted out from behind her and stopped it in it's tracks. A sly smile curved onto Ava's lips as she tauntingly waved it from side to side.

"Hey-!" The bunny was cut off as the whip dropped it to the ground. He let out a rather girly cry as the whip came down in a lightning fast motion and split it in two.

"My boomerang!" He yelled angrily. Alice's grip tightened as he reared up and began to run on all fours towards Ava. Barley able to hold on, she almost fell off as he darted to the sides to avoid Ava's swift attacks.

"What are you doing!?" Alice shouted, pretty sure that running towards the maniacal killer wasn't a good idea. He sprung up planted his feet firmly on Ava's middle, slamming her to the ground. she gasped as a sickening crack made it's way through the ice.

"Ha!" He yelled rather victoriously and slammed a fist down into the split ice. The ground beneath them instantly gave out and Alice felt him grab her shoulder and throw her forward. A yelp escaped her as she hit the ice in front of them and she tried to grasp the surface so she wouldn't slide forward. She immediately turned around and crawled towards her distressed savior.

"Bloody hell- it's freezing!" He mumble rather loudly as he clawed at the ice, halfway submerged into the water.

"Well-what did you expect?!" She yelled angrily, grunting as she grasped his arm and tried to pull him up.

"Oh I don't know maybe flowers and sunshine?" He yelled back as she pulled him out onto the ice.

"Haha, very funny. Quit complaining and help!"

"What do ya think I'm doi-!" There argument was cut short as he was suddenly jerked back into the water.

"What the hell was that?!" Alice yelled, trying to keep a grip on him. He kicked his submerged foot in the water a couple times.

"Somethin's got my foot!" Alice tried to dig her boots into the ice as she pulled harder but was unable to get any traction on the slippery surface. Her mind panicked trying to think of something as she slid closer to the water.

"Okay, idea. Hold on." She said quickly and let go.

"Hey-!" He shouted as he immediately slid away from her, cursing under his breath as he dug his nails into the ice with an unpleasant screech and quickly halting his advance towards the water.

Alice scrambled toward the edge and plunged her hand into the freezing water. She promptly gasped and pulled it back out, the cold shocking her arm.

'Tough it out.' She demanded herself and plunged her hand into the water. It was all she could do to make her muscles move as she reached down into the freezing water and tried to find whatever was pulling him down. She barely felt her fingers bump into something and, after some effort, finally wrapped her hand around it. Laying down on her stomach she reached farther down into the water grasped it with both hands and yanked on the steely rope, both arms submerged almost up to her shoulders.

"It wont budge!" She shouted angrily after a couple more yanks. She felt an odd sensation crawling up her arms and tried decided to retreat. Just as she let go the rope traveled up into her sleeves and gripped her arms, slowly starting to pull her down with inhuman strength.

"Uh oh." She muttered, tying to wiggle free.

"Now what!? Whoa-whoa." The bunny yelled back, his nail scraping along the frozen surface before catching again.

Alice's fear began to set in as her face got closer and closer to the water.

"Whats going on back there?"

'Shit, I'm going to drown.' She thought over and over, her heart speeding up with panic. She grunted as tried to grab the edge of the ice but just as she touched it with her finger tip she realized she couldn't reach any farther. 'It's useless.' She thought hopelessly as she squeezed her eyesand tried to pull away with all of her might. The tip of her nose touched the icy water and her eyes shot open.

"Let go!" She screamed.

The shadows under the ice suddenly buzzed with life and a abrupt burst of energy rushed out from beneath the dark surface and turned the exposed water black. In a split second she felt the sensation of a million specks of sand rushing past her arms and before she could react, the sensation on her arms changed into a compressed feeling as something began to squeeze onto the surface of her arms. An odd warmth washed over her arms and almost comforted her, giving her the strength to bend her arms. She felt something give and immediately yanked her self up and out of the water, flying back and sliding to a stop. She sat there wide eyed, not trying to control her frantic breathing as she held up her arms to eye length. They were pitch black. She pulled down her sleeve and stared in horror at the sight in front of her, slowly clenching and opening her right hand before turning it around and examining the back. Just as she began to wrap her mind around what she was seeing, the black layer covering her skin suddenly dissolved and fell to the ground, showering her in a short sand waterfall as it rolled off her arms, falling into her sleeves and onto her pants. Alice jerked away away from the black sand and stilled herself, trying to figure out what just happened.

Looking up, she realized the bunny was staring at her with an equally confused expression.

"How...did you do that..?" He asked suspiciously.

'What...Me? I did that?'

"I-I don't know." She stuttered and realized she was shaking. She gathered her thoughts and tucked them away before she stood up and and walked over to him, grabbing his arm and helping him up out of the water. She noticed the rope that had bound his foot was gone as she staggered backwards out of his way.

"Great, now I can't feel my feet.." He muttered, hopping twice on one leg and kicking the other out a few times.

It was a strange sight, at least that's what Alice thought, watching a 6 foot tall bunny jump up and down like so, one that she wasn't sure how to react to. He paused for a second in mid jump and stood there, one foot out, his right ear twitching slightly.

"Somethin's up."

A streak of black suddenly streaked by with a loud THRISH and hit the ice next to his foot with a thunk and lost its structure a second later, dissolving on the ground.

"That's are cue." He said rather loudly before grabbing her arm and slinging her behind his shoulder again like rag doll.

"Will you warn me!" She snapped irritatedly.

He ignored her complaint and took off across the ice while two more arrows wooshing by and striking the ice. He jumped up onto the frost covered dirt and stopped at the corner of the bridge.

"Your aim sucks!" He yelled back as he dodged another arrow. Alice scowled but didn't have time to complain as he took off into the tree ridden forest with amazing speed. The wind rushed by so fast Alice could hardly catch her breath. She dared to open her eyes as she felt something whiz past her withing inches of her head. The trees flew by in a blur with lightning speed, it almost felt as if they were flying over the ground. His feet swiftly traveled over the bumpy earth, changing directions every few seconds as trees sped towards them. A chilling laugh suddenly seemed to chuckle from the branches all around them.

"Keep running little bunny."

'Deeper, and deeper.'

Alice heard him mutter something incoherent under his breathe. "What?" Alice yelled over the air rushing past them.

"Its getting darker!" He shouted behind his shoulder, although it sounded nothing like what Alice had heard.

"Then turn around! The farther you go in the darker it gets here." She shouted back, suddenly worried by the thought of them getting lost.

"Not enough time."

"Why not?!" Another arrow whizzed by, answering her question. "Oh right. Forgot about that."

"I can't just "turn around" at this speed!" He shouted with an annoyed tone.

The sound of an arrow approaching made her squeeze her eyes shut and she felt him bound to the right as it brushed by her shoulder, a loud ripping sound meeting her ears as it tore through her jacket.

'Okay that was a bit to close for comfort.'

"I think they're getting closer." Alice said worriedly, hoping the next one wouldn't hit her. There was no way they could stop now without getting hit.

"The darker it gets, the more advantage she's got. Well, here's goes nothin'!" He suddenly yelled, speeding up as he approached a thickly built tree.

He leaped up to meet the fast approaching tree and powerfully kicked off, a thunderous crack sounding throughout the dense forest as something deep within the dead tree fractured. Just as he propelled off, Alice heard the thunk of an arrow hit the tree just as they took off in the opposite direction.

"That was amazing!" Alice Yelled, unable to contain her enthusiasm.

"I know right! I thought for sure it would go!" He shouted back with a laugh. "Let's hope our luck is just as good the second time!"

As soon as he said this he stopped in his tracks and stood upright. Before she could question his actions Alice heard a light thump on the dirt beneath her, followed by another rush of an arrow. The bunny shot his hand out with lightning speed and Alice realized he had just caught an arrow inches from his chest.

"Buckle up." He with a low voice and a gleam in his eye.

Alice involuntarily tightened her grip and gasped as the ground beneath them suddenly gave out.

Late Merry Christmas!

It was snowing in my hometown so that was a big plus :D

Dang this was a fun chapter to right. Review review silly readers!

Hope you had an awesome holiday!

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