On a calm sunny evening, on a small hill near the edge of a swamp and a forest was an all-grey rabbit with white paws and bright yellow eyes laying down on a small hill gazing at the clouds above enjoying a nice breeze.
Abruptly his ears twitched as he heard slight footsteps in the grass which was obviously an idiot trying to stealthily jump scare him. He slowly and lazily got up and looked that way with his golden eyes as he said, "hey karma what brings you here" an all-dark green rabbit came out the bushes and spoke "dam that hearing of yours grey, someday some bunny will get you by surprise." karma look disappointed at the lack of care on greys face.
"Fine~ your no fun anyways" he had messy fur and droopy ears with lime eyes. "Anyways~ I asked your mom earlier and she said you can come over to my burrow for the awakening ceremony on moon years night. And before you say no we have our homemade pizza."
The moment he said pizza grey jumped up with drool coming down his face as he walked off as he said "let's gooo!" but karma stopped him for a moment as he asked, "you not gonna say goodbye to your siblings and mom?" As grey looked back he saw his whole family all seven of them waving him goodbye. he could barely hear them saying have fun and before he turned back he briefly glanced at the tree stump with windows he has called home his whole life, He smiled and waved back and walked down the hill with a warm smile.
With a smug look Karma said, "No matter how indifferent you act or how much you say they annoy you, we all know you have a soft spot for them you refuse to admit."
"Especially after you found out the crows messed with that blabber mouth brother of yours their beaks were bent or broken by stones the next day somehow. " He said with a knowing smile.
Grey looked off into the distance to see a small red worm being attacked by two black beetles on a tree branch not too far away. as he continued watching the worm swelled up as they attacked it and exploded into a puddle of acid the greatly wounded the beetles.
grey turned and looked at his village which was mainly farmlands while most of the homes were underground where it was safe from predators while large walls protected the stone and wood buildings on top.
"let's ask Doni for a ride to the 14th burrow from the 11th to go faster before your fat ass eats all my family's blueberry crops." grey said calmly.
The two were hoping around the swamp joking and playing around while the distant sounds of animals dying, mating and just being loud. After a while of talking the mostly safe paths they before what appeared to them as an all-White metallic House floating above the treetops. "I believe that he calls this thing a laboratory. Whatever that means." Grey said as they both took a deep breath and yelled "Demigod of creation and illusion, the prince of all pranks we seek an audience with thee."
A few seconds went by before a pair of green eyes appeared behind them and a large white owl emerged from behind them. As the two young bunnies turned around, they greeted him with a bow.
"Well~ if it isn't my two favorite young tricksters, I hope you haven't come to eat all my food again but to help with my next prank." Grey laughed nervously and stated "unfortunately we can't mess with your pet hoomans because we have our awakening ceremony coming soon and need a ride to the 14th burrows." Then grey gave karma THE look; he nodded and the both gave their puppy dog eyes to get him to agree.
Doni the demigod looked at them for a few seconds before sighing deeply "First off they are not my pets but friends. Second, they are called humans and soon you will know the joys of human stupidity and creativity. And third since it is you younglings big Day, I will help. But Remember this though awakening is just the start. The path ahead is a wide one and not every path is for you to follow."
"Bla bla bla save the old people talk for old people; I will follow the easiest path and lead a good long life full of joy and food. I only care about enjoying myself and just making it to the next day." grey shouted whilst karma just laughed nervously
" ~sigh~ your lucky I like you future tricksters. And I hope you cause as much chaos and headaches as possible." Doni said as he lifted his wing and from the ground the nearby mud clumped together in a grotesque and odd manner formed a clay owl puppet.
"With the power of creation at my side I can take you to the ceremony by morning while I work on my next prank here. And good luck at the awakening ceremony tomorrow night." The big owl said before disappearing like a ghost.
Doni watched the two from his lab with illusion screens showing multiple different areas in total ruin "I hope you boys Rise above everyone else before the fall of everything hit our realm."
behind the owl was a board reading possible irregulars and exceptions. karma was under the exception along with a few names like zinc, Jim swamps and scarlet. While under the irregular board were the names jade fang, cocoa, Ferrum molfram, moqui and finally grey song with a question mark next to his name only.
"The future looks dire but there may be hope yet." he said with a stern face as he looked at a screen that was coved in black rabbits all having the same purple eyes as they trampled land after land.
Karma was already sitting on the puppet said, "Hop on and let's go before we miss dinner because I am hungry" grey hoped on with a smile as he said do you think if we raid other demigods' food storage, they will be nice to us." Whilst the puppet took off flying Karma shook his head "Other demigods would probably have eaten us instead, but that owl is a gentle soul who acts evil on the outside especially when he is pranking some bunny. But the main reason he probably likes us is because you two have similar personalities."
"Nope I don't see it." Grey stated as he got comfortable to enjoy the ride. Kama gave him a judging eye saying "Sure you don't… anyway how is your friend winter blueberry is she ~you know~ seeing some bunny."
With a cheeky smile grey said "you know if you want to get to know her you should try talking to her. And remember this advice is coming from someone who doesn't talk much with other folk unless I know them." They both started joking back and forth while talking about random things for the rest of the ride.
karma looked back at grey "how do you do that.?
grey just gave him confused look "do what?"
"Just everything you act like you don't care and then you do something completely crazy as if you don't have any fear! it has gotten us out of many problems, but still don't you feel any fear?"
grey was quiet at karmas words and thought about it for a bit "Well honestly I'm not as brave as i like to act i usually need to prepare myself mentally and then leap in first because once I'm already in the problem, I might as well do all i can. as for not feeling any fear of course i feel fear but i find it easier to save all my emotions and problems for later."
karma stared at grey with an odd face "that sounds very unhealth and is a risky way to live."
"i know but hey i got this far in life so i must be doing something right." grey said smugly
After a few hours passed the moon was slowly rising into the now darkened sky and they could see a small rabbit village surrounded by mushrooms and cranberries with a lot of burrows leading underground where the real village was. Only visible due to the glowing moss all around illuminating the path a beautiful blue hue while also keeping predators away as they were toxic to any non-rabbit.
As they landed the clay puppet melted and became one with nature again. They started hopping into the village two rabbits in dark green leather armor that seemed to be made from gator skin protecting northern entrance stopped them. After verifying who it was, they went into the burrow to find karma's home for the night.
but on the way grey saw a bakery still open. "WAIT! i must have a snack!" grey said with a very serious face.
grey spent thirty minutes bargaining with the vendor seconds from closing when he finally got his blueberry cookies.
the boys spent a while walking around and eating just enjoying the scenery when karma finally noticed how late it was. "Crap my sister is going to kill us we need to hurry and sneak into my room!"
grey nodded and they started making their way to karmas home.
at the same time a small crack appeared in space that was barely noticeable when a single black drop fell from it and flew to the place with the most amount of murderous intent when it finally stopped above a group of foxes that seemed to be preparing for something big.
the black drop formed a micro eye to watch them as it stayed in the air 'These flesh bags will lead me to a suitable host filled with hate' it thought to itself as it followed them