Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

Once Upon a Bunny

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He sat curled up, half hidden under a tree, his once pristine white robes were muddy, covered in grass stains, speckles of blood from where the cloth was torn by sharp twigs and he got scratched. He was lost and very much alone right now. He wanted his Xiongzhang, his Shufu, his Fuqin and Muqin! It was pouring rain and the air was thick and hot, the thunder, which had never scared him before sounded like a ravenous monster trying to find him so it could eat him. His hair was messy and try as he might to find his way in this strange land, he could not! He wanted to start crying, but that might attract the monsters! He startles when suddenly some bushes start moving near by and he goes so still he might as well be mud splattered statue. And then a bunny appears. It is black with a pretty red bow carefully tied around its neck in the shape of a flower. It was strange to see a bunny out in the rain, but then suddenly a child appeared, they were dressed in poorly kept clothes, their hair was messy and they had no shoes.

"There you are, Hei Lianhua!" the child chirps. "How did you get out? It's pouring. It's not safe for sweet little bunnies to be playing in... oh..." The child turned and saw him and he blinks. "Did you find this lost fairy, Hei Lianhua? Such a smart bunny." the child carefully sets the bunny down on the ground and comes over. "Pretty Fairy, it's not safe out here and you should never hide under a tree when the Heavens are this angry. sometimes they will strike at the trees and if you are too close, you can be hit and die.... I live close by, you can hide there until the Sun Goddess chases away the angry Heavens."

He blinks, what he said made no sense, but he did not like the sound of being hit by a stray bolt of thunder so he takes the hand and stands up. He is bigger than the other child and the black bunny hops over, seemingly untouched by the rain as the child picks her up and begins walking through the forest. He rambles about nonsense, seeming to talk just to talk and it looks like he talking more to the Bunny than himself.

"Here we are!" He says proudly and it's... He doesn't know what it is. It is a crudely made hutch of some kind, large and thick leaves were twined together with springy vines. Felled saplings were stabbed into the earth with heavy rocks and mud packed around them to keep them upright and a third sapling was tied across them and helped to hold the leaves at an angle that covered a space where two small children could rest in a bit of cramped space, but comfortable for one of them. There was a ring of rocks around a fire that was carefully covered by some kind of thatched roofing as well. The place was close to some trees, just enough that their large branches would help keep most of the rain from drenching the spot, but not directly under them either. He slowly sat down near the fire when the other child urged him to.

"I do not have anything to eat, Pretty Fairy, I'm sorry... I didn't get the promised meat bun the Uncle said he would give me if I delivered a letter for him." the child says sadly. "But I'm use to not always having something to eat. But I don't think you are use to it. As soon as the rain is light enough, I can find you some nice berries to eat! Fairies like berries right?"

The child keeps talking, telling him about forest, the best places to find certain things or some of the people in the town who are very nice and some who like to play mean tricks on him. But that's okay because he always tricks them back! The child talks until he starts to nod off and soon he is curled up sleeping sitting up. He slowly curls up beside him, still cold and scared, but not as much now that there was someone there. He closes his eyes and hopes that when the morning comes, he will be able to see his family again...

He jolts awake when the child touches his head.

"Oh, sorry Pretty Fairy! But you're really hot and your face is very pale. I wanted to check if you had a fever... Mama use to check my temperature before she and Baba got eaten by scary dogs..." The child says softly. "I do not have money or medicine... But... maybe if we go to the town, we can find one of the nice Aunties and she can help us get you better..." He perks up at the thought of the town, that means he would be able to see his family! But... this child was alone...