Post by Helia Hawke on May 2, 2005 8:47:36 GMT -5
Fluffy to the rescue…part two…Hephaestus the home wrecker…
The shimmering blue light of the moongate disappeared behind me as Helia looked about her new surroundings. Fluffy had already hopped across the room and “bellying up to the bar”…ok…more like fluffing up to the bar…
“This is my favorite bar” Fluffy said with a smile.
“…and just what do rabbits drink at a bar? Carrot Juice?” Helia asked.
“Nope. My favorite is water.”
Ordering a pitcher of water from the barkeep the pair made their way to a nearby table. Helia looked around at the warm sandstone walls…
“Where are we?”
“Maginicia” came the reply. “I come here all the time. They always treat me very nice.”
Looking down at his drink, a perturbed look crossed Fluffy’s face. Wrinkling his nose as only a rabbit can, fluffy called over his shoulder…
“Hey! Where’s my straw?”
“Sorry Fluffy” came the reply…and no sooner had the words left Fluffy’s lips then a straw was quickly and politely placed in his drink of water.
Both of them took a long drink of cool water. Helia was the first to speak…
“Thanks again for saving my life Fluffy. You know, I have never seen a rabbit kick anyone’s behind like that before…you must be one of those vorpal rabbits I have heard about.”
“Heavens no, came the reply, vorpal rabbits have hard wiry fur. My fur is soft…” Fluffy said, holding up the top of his head toward Helia…here feel”
…and reach down and pet Fluffy Helia did…and found that his fur was so soft that it was like touching a cloud…
“Wow” she said.
After another short pause Fluffy continued. “So…have you ever talked with a rabbit before?”
“Well, Helia said, I must say, I have never actually met a talking rabbit before. I have spoken TO rabbits before, but this is the first time one actually spoke back to me.”
“Not many people want to talk to a rabbit. They are all killing things or making things. The only other person who has spoken with me is Dusti.”
Recognizing the name, Helia said, “I know Dusti, she lives just down the road from me. She does great carpentry work!”
“Yup that’s her, said Fluffy”
It was not long before Fluffy and Helia where deep in conversation about the Town of Zento and some of it’s more prominent members. It turns out that Fluffy and Helia had a mutual acquaintance…the Villous family. At a lull in the conversation Fluffy piped up…
“Say! Have you ever seen where I live?”
“No, came the reply. I would love to.”
No sooner was the offer made, than a familiar shimmering blue oval appeared across the room. Helia followed Fluffy through the oval, only to find him searching around a field with a puzzled look on his face.
“She moved it…” he said, and another blue oval appeared…once again the pair where on the move. Stepping through the second oval, Helia saw a scene she had only pictured in her mind, for she had read about it in her mother’s memoirs….Fluffy’s Den.
“Come on in!” Fluffy said cheerily.
Helia barely heard Fluffy’s invitation. He attention, rather than on the cute little tail, disappearing into a nearby hole…it was mind was fixed on a skeleton hanging shackled to a nearby tree.
“Don’t go down into the hole!” the skeleton warned, “I did and look what happened to me!”
A nearby sign warned of the same outcome. Helia was so distracted she was not watching where she walked. Inadvertently, she had trampled on the well kept garden that stood proudly in front of Fluffy’s home…altogether ruining a young carrot plant. Helia barely had time to notice her error when a large white rabbit came leaping out of the hole, Fluffy had just descended into…an angry rabbit that was altogether to anxious to remind Helia of her error….
…if the damage that Helia had seen Fluffy capable of, she was not about to stick around to find out what his wife would be able to do to her…
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Helia cried out as she ran circles around the little copse of trees, garden and rabbit hole. The grand chase had continued for about two minutes, when billows of smoke filled the area. They cleared to find none other than Hephaestus. He watched the chase for another few minutes…with the absence of Fluffy to contain events, his wife soon caught up to Helia…a few well placed nips reminded Helia to mind her P’s and Q’s…
….but…horror of horrors, on the next lap around the garden area, Hephaestus struck the white rabbit dead. Fluffy came bounding out of the hole to the white rabbits dieing screams which were co-mingled with Helia’s cries of horror. (Yes my friends…as hard as it may seem to believe…Hephaestus actually killed Fluffy’s wife)
“JANE! cried Fluffy. You killed her, he said, casting an angry look at the newcomer Hephaestus.”
“I’m sorry,” Hephaestus stammered, “She surprised me.”
Tears came streaming down Fluffy’s face, dampening his fur. Sadly and slowly he descended into the hole. Concerned, Helia quickly followed after him. Even with all that had come, Fluffy was still concerned with making his new found friend feel at home.
“This is my home” Fluffy said, forcing a smile through his tears.
Helia looked about the rabbit hole, with its smooth hard dirt walls and modest furnishings.
“It’s a wonderful home” she said, trying her best to comfort Fluffy.
Much to the astonishment of both, Hephaestus followed, Helia and Fluffy into the hole. No sooner had he appeared than Fluffy pointed an accusing paw at Hephaestus and screamed…
“HOME WRECKER!”
Fluffy cried some more. Sniffled a bit and excused himself so he could get some rest. What had started out as a daring rescue, and had blossomed into a new friendship, had ended in horror for Fluffy. Climbing out of the hole, Helia bid Fluffy goodnight and turned toward home…
My friends, if you are reading these words, and you happen to come across Fluffy in your travels, please stop to offer him some consoling words for his loss. He could use a bit of cheer right about now…
The shimmering blue light of the moongate disappeared behind me as Helia looked about her new surroundings. Fluffy had already hopped across the room and “bellying up to the bar”…ok…more like fluffing up to the bar…
“This is my favorite bar” Fluffy said with a smile.
“…and just what do rabbits drink at a bar? Carrot Juice?” Helia asked.
“Nope. My favorite is water.”
Ordering a pitcher of water from the barkeep the pair made their way to a nearby table. Helia looked around at the warm sandstone walls…
“Where are we?”
“Maginicia” came the reply. “I come here all the time. They always treat me very nice.”
Looking down at his drink, a perturbed look crossed Fluffy’s face. Wrinkling his nose as only a rabbit can, fluffy called over his shoulder…
“Hey! Where’s my straw?”
“Sorry Fluffy” came the reply…and no sooner had the words left Fluffy’s lips then a straw was quickly and politely placed in his drink of water.
Both of them took a long drink of cool water. Helia was the first to speak…
“Thanks again for saving my life Fluffy. You know, I have never seen a rabbit kick anyone’s behind like that before…you must be one of those vorpal rabbits I have heard about.”
“Heavens no, came the reply, vorpal rabbits have hard wiry fur. My fur is soft…” Fluffy said, holding up the top of his head toward Helia…here feel”
…and reach down and pet Fluffy Helia did…and found that his fur was so soft that it was like touching a cloud…
“Wow” she said.
After another short pause Fluffy continued. “So…have you ever talked with a rabbit before?”
“Well, Helia said, I must say, I have never actually met a talking rabbit before. I have spoken TO rabbits before, but this is the first time one actually spoke back to me.”
“Not many people want to talk to a rabbit. They are all killing things or making things. The only other person who has spoken with me is Dusti.”
Recognizing the name, Helia said, “I know Dusti, she lives just down the road from me. She does great carpentry work!”
“Yup that’s her, said Fluffy”
It was not long before Fluffy and Helia where deep in conversation about the Town of Zento and some of it’s more prominent members. It turns out that Fluffy and Helia had a mutual acquaintance…the Villous family. At a lull in the conversation Fluffy piped up…
“Say! Have you ever seen where I live?”
“No, came the reply. I would love to.”
No sooner was the offer made, than a familiar shimmering blue oval appeared across the room. Helia followed Fluffy through the oval, only to find him searching around a field with a puzzled look on his face.
“She moved it…” he said, and another blue oval appeared…once again the pair where on the move. Stepping through the second oval, Helia saw a scene she had only pictured in her mind, for she had read about it in her mother’s memoirs….Fluffy’s Den.
“Come on in!” Fluffy said cheerily.
Helia barely heard Fluffy’s invitation. He attention, rather than on the cute little tail, disappearing into a nearby hole…it was mind was fixed on a skeleton hanging shackled to a nearby tree.
“Don’t go down into the hole!” the skeleton warned, “I did and look what happened to me!”
A nearby sign warned of the same outcome. Helia was so distracted she was not watching where she walked. Inadvertently, she had trampled on the well kept garden that stood proudly in front of Fluffy’s home…altogether ruining a young carrot plant. Helia barely had time to notice her error when a large white rabbit came leaping out of the hole, Fluffy had just descended into…an angry rabbit that was altogether to anxious to remind Helia of her error….
…if the damage that Helia had seen Fluffy capable of, she was not about to stick around to find out what his wife would be able to do to her…
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Helia cried out as she ran circles around the little copse of trees, garden and rabbit hole. The grand chase had continued for about two minutes, when billows of smoke filled the area. They cleared to find none other than Hephaestus. He watched the chase for another few minutes…with the absence of Fluffy to contain events, his wife soon caught up to Helia…a few well placed nips reminded Helia to mind her P’s and Q’s…
….but…horror of horrors, on the next lap around the garden area, Hephaestus struck the white rabbit dead. Fluffy came bounding out of the hole to the white rabbits dieing screams which were co-mingled with Helia’s cries of horror. (Yes my friends…as hard as it may seem to believe…Hephaestus actually killed Fluffy’s wife)
“JANE! cried Fluffy. You killed her, he said, casting an angry look at the newcomer Hephaestus.”
“I’m sorry,” Hephaestus stammered, “She surprised me.”
Tears came streaming down Fluffy’s face, dampening his fur. Sadly and slowly he descended into the hole. Concerned, Helia quickly followed after him. Even with all that had come, Fluffy was still concerned with making his new found friend feel at home.
“This is my home” Fluffy said, forcing a smile through his tears.
Helia looked about the rabbit hole, with its smooth hard dirt walls and modest furnishings.
“It’s a wonderful home” she said, trying her best to comfort Fluffy.
Much to the astonishment of both, Hephaestus followed, Helia and Fluffy into the hole. No sooner had he appeared than Fluffy pointed an accusing paw at Hephaestus and screamed…
“HOME WRECKER!”
Fluffy cried some more. Sniffled a bit and excused himself so he could get some rest. What had started out as a daring rescue, and had blossomed into a new friendship, had ended in horror for Fluffy. Climbing out of the hole, Helia bid Fluffy goodnight and turned toward home…
My friends, if you are reading these words, and you happen to come across Fluffy in your travels, please stop to offer him some consoling words for his loss. He could use a bit of cheer right about now…
Lovely story.