Alice felt gravity pull them down and she squeezed her eyes shut as the air rushed past them. A light thump followed by an echo of the bunny's feet on the ground drove her to open curious eyes. The first thing she saw was the ground above her head and she instantly ducked her head in fear of hitting the surface that flew by above her.

"Where are we?" She asked quickly and she shrunk down as far as she could.

"Underground. Don't worry, she can't follow us down here and we'll be out before ya know it."

"But how?!" She exclaimed in amazement.

"They don't call me the Easter Bunny for Nothin'." He remarked in a bragging tone.

"Wait, wait, wait-your the Easter Bunny!?" Alice shouted, unable to control the grin of disbelief on her face.

"Does it get any more obvious?" He said with a chuckle.

"You're the Easter Bunny...and you just made a tunnel appear underground." Alice said with awe. "This is amazing!" She exclaimed with a laugh, not caring how crazy it felt even after all that happened to her. The thought of this becoming the norm for her made her light headed an she oddly didn't feel any fear. It was amazing, and she loved it. Her delight was brief though as her smile suddenly faded into a suspicious frown.

"Ya'right back there?" He asked when she suddenly grew quiet.

"Not sure." She answered and strained her eyes to see something in the tunnel of receding darkness. Alice could of sworn she heard something over the echoes.

"There it is again." She murmured softly as she studied the darkness. A small flittering sound, almost like a snakes hiss, emerged in the distance behind them. It faint and short, leaving Alice to question if she was hearing things.

"There it is! Do you here it?" She half shouted when the noise returned. It almost sounded as if it was growing nearer and Alice felt fear start to grip in her chest as she slightly straightened up.

"I don't hear anything. Are you sure you're ok?"

Alice didn't reply for a moment. "...How can you not hear that!?" She yelled when she heard it again.

"Look, we're almost there just sit tight."

Alice scowled, not appreciating being talked down as if she was sick.

"...Stop."

"What?"

"I said stop!"

"No, we're almost there! What is it?!"

"Just stop and I'll show you!"

In an attempt to ignore her he decided not to answer, hoping she would give up..

"If you don't I swear I will jump off." She threatened.

With an irritated groan the bunny slowed to a standstill and Alice dropped off as soon as he stopped, using the wall next to her to support her shaky legs. It was moist and soft under her touch but Alice didn't take the time to admire the scenery of the moss covered tunnels.

"Okay we stopped. Now what are ya on about?" He asked, obviously not happy not happy with her demands.

"Just wait." She said tensely while and watched the darkness carefully.

"I don't see-"

"Just shhh!" She said with an annoyed wave of her hand, not taking her eyes of the blackness.

A few moments passed before the sound appeared again, sending a chilling rush down her spine. Her eyes narrowed as something in the darkness shifted. The bunny immediately stepped forward and pushed her back with his paw.

"There." She whispered. A sleek black shadow slithered out of the darkness and quickly slinked towards them.

"That's weird." He muttered and stepped forward as it neared. "I should'a been able to hear that." The sliver of sand came to a stop in front of him.

"Well ain't that cute." The bunny remarked comically. It was quite small, maybe a foot in length.

It sat for a moment before slithering right up to him without a a seconds hesitation, only stopping as the bunny raised a foot and stomped down on it.

"Hey, what the.." He uttered as it seeped out from under his furry foot and quickly began to slither in circles around him. Alice felt her fear gradually disappear and even found herself chuckling at the sight of the bunny squirming.

"This isn't funny." He snapped, not pleased with how she was handling their situation. "If this little thing was able to get in then she might be able to track us." He abruptly thumped his foot on the ground, making the black sand momentarily back up from him cautiously as the tunnel walls in front of them began to dissolve and close together which eventually sealed off the rest of the tunnel.

"I thought you said she couldn't follow us here." Alice recalled, trying to put on a serious face but utterly failing when the black slither of sand suddenly stood up and took a small slinky-like hop towards him as if it were standing up to him. She tried to stifle her laugh as he warily backed away from it and cleared his throat.

"Well not here she can't but as soon as we get to the top that's a different story. This little bugger must'a managed to squeeze in at the last second." He explained while casting an annoyed glance towards her and crossing his arms. "But before we do that we gotta get rid of this thing." He finished.

At this the the black sand straightened out in a surprised manner and quickly slithered behind Alice's boot.

"I don't know I think it's kinda cute..." Alice remarked as she bent around to look at it, trying to sound as casual as possible.

"Not it's not cute. Did ya forget that that that-that thing was just trying to kill us?" He asked, pausing mid way as he searched for the right words. Alice watched it carefully as it slithered up her leg and made its way to her shoulder and fidgeted around before slouching in a somewhat comfortable position. 'What's his deal?' Alice thought. She didn't know where all this hate was coming from, but it sounded pretty important.

"Will you get that thing off of ya?!" He shouted and reached out to grab it, apparently not fond with her liking towards it. The slither of sand straightened out and swiftly lashed out towards the his paw making him quickly retreat with an agitated grunt.

"It doesn't seem to like you very much." Alice observed with a chuckle and daringly held her hand up to poke it's middle. A hole formed when she touched it and her finger went straight through.

"Well the feelin's neutral." He muttered. She smiled slightly as it backed up and swiftly poked her back.

"Oh come on, look at it. It's not that bad." She cooed.

Yes, it is." He said sternly and crossed his arms again. Alice's smile disappeared and she suddenly felt she was being naive. The term, "A child playing with power tools," crossed her mind and she sighed as she realized she was loosing.

"I'll keep an eye on it, I swear." She bargained. "Besides wouldn't you want this thing to study or something? You know, the whole know your enemy thing."

"I don't want nothin to do with that thing and I sure as hell don't want to know anything about it." He replied, this time with venom in his voice.

"Come on, You're scared of this little thing?" She asked, trying to play into his pride before she gave it a little poke again.

"Better safe then sorry."

Alice searched her mind for the right words.

"Look ya don't know this stuff like I do." He said in a more tender tone. "Trust me, that thing's dangerous."

Her eyes fell to the ground as she considered his words.

"Besides, it's not safe to go around making girly attachment with things like that." He added.

Alice paused for a moment as she took in his words. Without a word she turned and started back down the tunnel.

"Hey-where are ya going!?" He asked with a surprised tone.

"I thought we were in a hurry." She snapped.

"Oh come on! What did I say?" He shouted, hectically throwing his paws out in from of him as he hopped to her side. "Was it the girly thing? If it was then I assure ya, you're not feminine at all." He shouted quickly in a horrible attempt to save himself.

"Ugh!" She groaned and sped up.

He stopped and angrily mumbled something under his breathe about girls before catching up.

"If it does anything to threaten anyone then take it down. Other wise it might be useful." She said coldly although she could hardly think of anything it could do to be useful.

"Fine but this is on you."

"Wouldn't have it any other way. She informed him and stole a glance at the thing on her shoulder. She quickly diverted her eyes as its top half turned towards her. The bunny now in front of her mumbled something about being to slow before she noticed the tunnel starting to slowly curve up. The elevation rose more and more until she was using her hands to aid her climb and noticed the bunny was no longer in sight. Looking back Alice noticed the space behind her was pitch black and nervously continued towards the dull light ahead. She climbed farther up the steep wall and turned a sharp corner as the tunnel grew narrow and was suddenly hit by a blinding light. A huge warm hand suddenly gripped her wrist as she shielded her eyes and pulled her up into a more spacious atmosphere. She squinted at the lumbering figure of red and black in front of her and rubbed her eyes in an attempt to clear her vision.

"Welcome!" A booming voice exclaimed above her, the sound of it very nearly knocking her over.

"What..?" Alice asked dizzily as the glares of light began to shrink. "... Whoa."

I know it's a little short, but this was a pretty fun chapter to write. :D Thanks for the reviews, I really appreciate it! :3