Female Reader x Female Monster x Male Monster
Once upon a time, the stars looked down on the land and saw that the grass was tall. The vast plains of the ground were covered and nothing else could be seen; not the forests, not the beaches, not the mountains. Everything was tall green grass as far as the eyes could see. To the stars, this was a travesty. They had no view, no craggy mountains or trees or roses to gaze upon, merely blue oceans and green grasses.
So the stars came down from their perches, running down to earth, where they started feasting on the grass until it was barely an inch high. The perfectly white stars looked around and were pleased with their work, happy that now all of the land could be seen for them to enjoy. There was just one problem - the stars had eaten so much they could no longer return to the sky. They had become plump and soft, as well as used to the ground. They were no longer stars; instead, they became the first White Rabbits.
The former stars were all very saddened by this, and also horribly frightened. The ground was not safe for them. They were small and so white, they could not hide even during the day. They could be hunted! After all, the ground was inhabited by creatures of all sizes, and some would want to keep the Rabbits as prisoners if they didn't want to eat them. The White Rabbits started hopping, hoping they could bounce back into the sky where they belonged. They started to leap higher and higher. Perhaps there was a way they could go back home!
That was when the Moon noticed, and realized they could not allow the White Rabbits to return to being stars. After all, ever since the stars fell to the ground, the Moon had been the truest beauty in the sky. Unwilling to relinquish their new position, the Moon sent down beams to deal with the stars.
These silvery beams walked on the ground as sleek creatures made for hunting. They became the first Cats to grace the land. As the beams started hunting and taking to the ground, they grew fed up with the Moon's constant complaining. They took to their new role as Cats and began to ignore the Moon. They did as they pleased, sleeping during the day when it was warm and cozy, hunting when they felt like it, and knocking over things to have a good laugh about it.
Eventually the paths of the Cats and White Rabbits crossed, and the Moon grew hopeful that the Cats would remember their first and original instinct. Unfortunately for the Moon, all the White Rabbits' hopping only bored the Cats.
"They bounce far too high, and it's not worth it!" the Cats would exclaim, and then they would go about their business.
Angered by this, the Moon turned to its dark side. From the shadows, they sent down something else to take care of the White Rabbits as well as the Cats. The Hare came down as a dark and ominous figure, moving through the shadows undetected and almost completely invisible. It taunted the Cats, keeping them anxious and fidgety. He often bothered them so harshly that during the night, the Cats would panic and race around without provocation.
The Hare also went to the White Rabbits and told them horrible stories about the Cats. He filled the White Rabbits with even greater fear than they had felt before. The White Rabbits grew terrified of what could happen to them and what the Cats would do while they were trying to bounce back into the sky.
"I say we build a fortress!" one White Rabbit announced. "We'll make a castle so that we can remain safe! We can forge a kingdom and build high walls to keep out anyone who wishes us harm."
"Then we shall need a ruler!" another White Rabbit declared. "Someone who can take care of us and lead us!"
The White Rabbits soon gave up on returning to the sky, and focused on keeping themselves safe. The paranoia that the Hare filled them with kept their minds busy, and while they constructed their kingdom, the Cats looked on in curiosity.
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FantasyA collection short stories set in the world of Miror, a land unlike any other, a land of wonder one might say. It's a real trip down the rabbit hole, if you catch my drift. Miror is odd and full of fantastical beings, strange royalty, and wonderful...