The Shrink Program

You're going to be late Maddison."

With a startled blink, I looked up to find myself sitting on the Hill. The heat of the sun shone through the leaves of the tree I sat against, casting little pinpricks of light to invade the cool shade.

Feeling like I had just woken up, I searched around for the source of the voice, my eyes landing on a small animal standing beside me.

A white rabbit, dressed in a waistcoat, its arms crossed in impatient irritation. It stood up on its hind legs in a strangely human manner.

Meeting the bespectacled Rabbit's crimson gaze, I tilted my head in confusion.

"Late for what?" I asked dazedly, deciding not to dwell on the fact that I was talking to a rabbit.

...and that it was talking back.

The Rabbit raised a snowy eyebrow at the question. "The tea party."

I stiffened, suspicion hardening my eyes as I glared at the Rabbit.

"What tea party?"

The Rabbit tilted it's head, blinking innocently at me. Like the answer was obvious.

"The one I organised without telling you."

My eye twitched in irritation, and I found myself crossing my own arms defensively. "Well, if you had bothered to tell me that there was going to be a tea party, then I wouldn't be running late for it!"

Before I could even finish The Rabbit waved a dismissive paw.

"But you hate tea, Maddison. If I had told you about my tea party, you would have interfered and ruined everything."

"I might not have!" I protested. "If you had confided in me....told me how important tea was to you, we could have...."

"You wouldn't have listened to me, Maddison..." The Rabbit interrupted bluntly.

"You see, your brain is very small." He held his paws up to demonstrate. "So I had no choice but to show you the true greatness of tea... by stabbing you in the back and manipulating you into going to my secret tea party."

The Rabbit shrugged. "That's why I kept it hidden from you until it was too late."

I could only stare at the Rabbit in shock as it straightened its glasses, meeting my gaze seriously.

"Because you're stupid." It clarified.

I loaded the shotgun that was suddenly in my hands.

"Since I have no choice but to go to this thing, I guess that I better bring something to add to the table. I'm thinking......Rabbit cake."

The Rabbit bolted before I even had a chance to aim.

"Get back here so that I can kill you!" I screamed, jumping to my feet and running after the Rabbit.

For some reason, the Rabbit chose to ignore my request.

So I chased after the Rabbit, occasionally shooting at it.

Unfortunately, the Rabbit happened to live a double life as an evil mastermind and had prepared a trap.

Which should have been kinda obvious at this point.

I was starting to gain on the Rabbit when two hobbit-sized red heads appeared in front of me, blocking my way past.