Tales of Peter Rabbit

Benjamin Shares His Tale (Part 1)

Benjamin Shares His Tale

A/n: Before I start my two-shots, I have to admit that I'm relatively new to the Peter Rabbit series, and I have only started showing interest in it since I watched the 2018 movie adaptation (which this one-shot is based on). I'm aware that that there are a few adaptations of the Peter Rabbit classic, such as BBC's The World of Peter Rabbit in 1992, Nickelodeon's Peter Rabbit in 2012 and now the 2018 movie, so I'll just assume that each adaptation is a completely different cannon from one another and so will be sticking to the 2018 Peter Rabbit movie 'universe'. Certain details such as character backstory and relationships will be based on my imagination and not the original classic, so I guess you can consider this as somewhat as an AU. Hope you guys will enjoy my one-shot :)

PS: I've made this first story into a two-part one-shot just to test waters. However, I'll be posting this as a single one-shot under the category of Books > Peter Rabbit Series in fanfiction.net later on. Also, you'd have to watch the Peter Rabbit movie first to understand certain parts of the two-shots.

Another peaceful day had come and passed in the quiet English countryside of Windermere, with gentle whispers of the evening breeze that blew about as the setting Sun was only several minutes away from completely disappearing into the horizon, soon to be replaced by the serene and cool atmosphere of nightfall. While the ambience amongst the baronial houses that make up most of the countryside was rather inanimate and quiet, one particular manor right in the heart of the small village was, in contrast, very much full of life. With loud, booming music rattling its walls and colourful neon lights escaping through the windows that seemed to flash about in the air in sync with the beat of the blaring music, this house certainly stood out from the other houses in the area- this was the McGreggor manor.

A quick look inside and one could see animals of all sorts- rabbits, squirrels, hedgehogs, mice and even a posh-looking pig wearing a light-blue blazer, dancing and partying about in the common area of the house to the beat of the music. 'Carrot-darts' were thrown at a portrait of old Joe McGregor, the previous and late owner of the manor who had made himself the common enemy of all the animals that were now partying on his precious property, a fox named Mr Tod who had stripped off his clothes and shrieking wildly as he scampered about on the floors in an apparent high on caffeine after he had accidentally consumed some raw coffee beans (having mistaking it for jelly beans), and plenty of whoops and cheers from all the partying animals.

"Alright, everyone! Tonight's the last night we have the house to ourselves before Thomas and Bea comes back tomorrow morning, so let's make this night the night of our lives!" A young male rabbit wearing a slight oversized blue jacket named Peter Rabbit proudly announced while he was waltzing about with another young white-furred female bunny in his arms. His declaration was met with roars of cheering and whooping as the other animals were more than happy to oblige him.

"You got it, big brother!" yelled out Cotton-Tail Rabbit, who was standing at the edge of the top landing of the staircase before making her 'leap of faith' towards the sofa placed right below, only to miss her target by inches and causing her to crash onto the floor with a grunt. "I'm okay! I think I've still got seventeen ribs left!" She declared as she picked herself off from the floor before scampering towards the top of the landing again, much to her brother's displeasure.

Eversince the feud between the rabbits and Thomas McGregor concluded with a truce, the young McGregor eventually warmed up to the critters he had previously loathed and even allowed them to freely enter the manor and its vast vegetable-filled garden, albeit after much persuasion from Bea, who had recently moved in with him while waiting for the rennovations to her own house to complete. Of course, while Thomas wouldn't mind having the rabbits around his house, he would certainly have gone 'crackers' again if he saw the current state of his living room and the various animals partying in it.