Chapter 8: No pain, No Gain

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Bryan’s POV:

“What am I going to train with Bunny?” I asked Jack as I looked up to his icy but sparkling blue eyes and walked towards outside.

“Kangaroo is a master of stealth and throwing so I guess he will be teaching you how to run, hide and throw deadly stuff at your opponent like your kunais,” he answered with a smile as he looked down at me.

“I really feel awful with what I almost did to North,” I said as I stared at my feet, feeling guilty about what I just did to him.

“Guess that’s what the training is really about,” he just shrugged off the question like it was a piece of cake, like it was normal to have that kind of situation everyday. I couldn’t blame him, he was a Guardian, obviously he fought off bad creatures of the night everyday.

“Where are we going?” I asked as I didn’t recognize the place we were treading.

“We’re going to Kangaroo’s warren.” He answered as he started floating instead of walking.

“Where’s that?”

“It’s where he makes all of the eggs he hides in Easter.”

“Frost, you go first and make sure the tunnel’s safe before little spark here goes on,” Bunnymund instructed as he turned towards our direction.

“What tunnel?” I wondered aloud as I looked around and searched for the tunnel Bunnymund was talking about.

Bunnymund only smiled at me and tapped his foot two times on the ground. It was as if he made a black hole out of the floor as it slowly warped into existence. It caved into the Earth and looked like a slide that went for miles and miles.

Jack went in and froze the tunnel, making it slippery and safe.

“Okay, now you, squirt,” Bunnymund gestured to the frozen tunnel and smiled.

“I’m going inside?” I asked at I pointed at myself.

“How else will you get there?” he answered as a matter of fact-ly.

“Are you sure it’s safe?” I asked as I peered into the tunnel.

“Hopefully Frost covered every sharp object inside with ice but, I’m sure you’ll be alright,” he answered with a smile.

I peered once more and returned my gaze to Bunnymund. I was super scared of sliding.

“Oh, this is getting tiresome,” Bunnymund exclaimed as he pushed me into the tunnel.

Of course I shouted my throat out, it was a dark and scary tunnel with who knows what is inside. What if there were long branches? Sharp rocks? Without much delay, I popped out to a place that seemed to resemble paradise at spring.

The place was incredible, it was like I died and went to heaven. There were grassy rolling hills that spread as far as the eye can see and on the other side, a forest of thick and ancient trees lush with life. The vines hung from the high trees and the sun peeked through the leaves of the trees.

The roar of waterfalls from somewhere echoed through the silence. I was standing on a patch of different brightly colored flowers, flowers that excreted such mesmerizing aromas. The wind blew against my face and it was kind, cool and comforting. Pollen danced around me, yellow, blue, red and white.

Everything seemed like it was a dream, a dream I would not like to wake up from.

A carrot whizzed in front of my eyes, making the scene seem deadly. The carrot stuck on the tree, it was sharp and deadly.

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