The Bones of The Rabbit

Chapter 87

Estella found herself running around the castle halls, Aspen following after her and catching her if she was about to fall down. She liked this new place, her mom and dad were mean and yelled at her a lot, but she did miss them. These two people who found her were nice and gave her new things. "Aspen!" Estella called out, the chow-chow running over and giving kisses. "Aspen, look." Estella whispered, pointing to a slightly open door.

What's going on in there?

Estella gently opened the door, Aspen on look out. With bristling excitement, Aspen ran out the door, barking and rolling around. Estella looked out the door, seeing the tall lady, a cowboy, fish-man, and a sad lady with her doll. Estella ran out the door, hands up as she ran to the tall lady, everyone with their eyes locked on her and the dog. "I thought Aspen died." The cowboy spoke, confused. "The girls must've done something." The tall lady grumbled, lifting Estella up and letting her sit on her lap.

"Nevermind the dog, you have a child!?" The doll hissed, confused. "This is Estella, we found her in an alleyway, her parents left her out there as punishment." The tall lady explained. "So you kidnapped a child?" The cowboy grumbled, a deep sigh of annoyance leaving him. The cowboy got a bit closer, looking at the her face. That's when Estella grabbed his hat, putting it on her head. "Yeehaw!" Estella called out, giggling. "She seems to like you, Heisenberg." The fish-man chortled. The cowboy known as Heisenberg gently grabbed his hat, nodding and giving a soft sigh with a smile. "Yeah, yeah. Yeehaw." He agreed, Estella clapping her hands with joy.

Estella looked to the fish-man, waving and then looked at the sad woman. She didn't say much, she just stared and shifted her gaze to the ground.

Why do you look like you're going to cry? Did I do something wrong? Don't cry, sad lady.

Estella climbed down the tall lady's dress, going over to the sad lady and giving her a hug. "Estella, why don't you go find your big sisters? Take Aspen with you, I don't want you getting hurt." The tall lady explained, Estella nodding and giving everyone a hug before leaving, even the fish-man. As she ran off, she lingered behind the door, listening to what was going on. She was curious.

"Where is the child from? Their parents might find out you took her." Heisenberg explained softly, adjusting his hat. "If her parents come out to find her, then they'll learn the hard way to not leave children in alleyways over a simple little mistake." Your words had cut the air loudly, coming in from one of the doors with a suit on. "As far as I'm aware, she's our kid now. The girls love her, the maids love her, and the dog was brought back to life. What else can happen? It's only been like, what, a week?" You spoke, sitting beside the tall lady.

Are you two married? Is that why you two are always around each other?

"And frankly, Heisenberg. For someone who has a soft spot for kids, I thought you'd be happy that she managed to escape what was happening to her. After all, Rosie could have a friend and that little lycan kid you took in. What's his name? Theodore?" You added. Estella watched you with great interest, bouncing up and down with excitement upon the idea of friends. The sad lady occasionally looked over to you, her gaze softening from great pain to guilty desire. Estella felt a hand on her shoulder, turning around to see Big Sister Daniela holding a crown and a well dressed dragon plush. "Would the princess like a tea party?" She whispered. Estella nodded, following her to Daniela's room.

Estella sat beside Bela, a bear, a unicorn, Cassandra, a T-Rex, a dragon, and Daniela. Cassandra and Bela looked as though they didn't want to be there, but remained on Estella's behalf. It wouldn't be a princess tea party if all the princesses weren't there.