- I did this as a challenge for the Hyenea Easter Event, I'm sorry if it completely sucks, I was rushing because I had to start late and tried to finish it before the event was over T^T
It's not as great as it could be, and I hope I didn't butcher any personalities but here are the characters:
Violet and Ivy's- Rogue and Ivory
Winkatuck's- Carter and Retro
~Willow's- Swagger and Jerry
Agent Shark's- Aneira
The story is from the POV of Rogue c:
1,041 words total
Was I here for a reason? Of course I was… maybe my reason wasn’t the best, but I guess this whole situation could’ve been worse. Ivory glanced over at me, a somewhat apologetic smile forming on her muzzle; well at least someone knew I didn’t want to be here. An Easter Egg hunt, a traditional act for this holiday, and Ivory invited us all to join; there’s no specific prize to who gets the most amount of eggs, but the smug look on Swagger’s face made it seem like winning would be the best thing in the world. Jerry, who I expected wouldn’t even show up, had a cunning gleam in her eye that I couldn’t quite place. That probably meant trouble. Aneira edged closer to me and I turned my attention towards her, she had a big smile on her face, one of pure joy. Her childish nature was showing, and it warmed my heart; I wouldn’t let her down today, no glaring or grumpy faces… well I can’t always guarantee that, especially because Retro made it to the party. One teasing statement would certainly set me off, and as I continued to stare down the male I realized Ivory had begun to talk. “It seems we’re all here, so as a reminder, there are 30 eggs in total and an hour to find them all. Get your baskets ready… and we can now begin!” Ivory sang with enthusiasm, Swagger was the first to set off; no surprise there. Jerry strolled away, as if she already had a set path to travel… hmm.
Already ten minutes in and Aneira had only found one egg, she seemed keen on keeping her focus on the hunt, but sometimes would pause to look at flowers. I felt a bit passive about the whole thing, I wasn’t completely against it, but this wasn’t really my cup of tea. In the corner of my eye I spotted a blue egg wedged between two tree branches… how did Ivory manage to get an egg up there? Sometimes I wondered if she was part squirrel, the care-free female always surprised me in some way. I glanced at Aneira, who had her back turned to me as she searched near a bush. I carefully snuck over to the bottom of the tree, this would be easy. I stood on my hind legs and began to climb; I pulled myself up onto the closest branch. While crouching to keep my balance, I made my way across until I was sure I could reach out and grab the egg; and I did just that, but as my forepaw gripped the egg I realized I no longer had a firm stance on the branch I was positioned on. I fell forward and towards the ground, I twisted my body and landed hard on my back. My eyesight was a bit blurry and in a daze I watched as the leaves, disturbed by my very clumsy fall, fluttered down and rested on my stomach. “That was a graceful fall, I’d try it but I don’t think I’d be able to top what you did,” the sarcasm that laced Retro’s tone was enough to make me decide I shouldn’t respond, it would most likely just cause some kind of verbal war. I got up, ignored the pain that shot down my spine, and made it back to Aneira then dropped the egg into her basket. I thought I’d make it my goal to help Aneira get as many eggs as she could before the end of the hunt, maybe I could even get more than anyone else. The sudden urge to conquer this egg hunting challenge was strange, I shook my head and followed Aneira as she took the lead; we passed Retro as we went.
The mark has officially made it to 40 minutes. I was still searching with Aneira, and by this time I felt some kind of impending doom. Was I really not used to this much peace? Well, other than the fact that I fell out of a tree not too long ago, I think I’ll just pretend that didn’t happen. “Ma,” I smiled slightly as Aneira spoke, then gestured toward a figure in the distance. Aneira had a knack for spotting someone or something before anyone else, she’s just observant like that. I playfully nudged Aneira with my shoulder. Once we came up behind the figure I recognized it as Ivory, who jumped as if startled and hid her tail behind her; why she always seemed to hide her tail was beyond me. “Hey Ivory, have all the eggs been found yet?” I questioned casually, why did this become so important? I must have a hidden competitive side. “There’s a few left, I see you’ve gotten 5 so far,” she commented, she was still a bit shaken. I was about to reply when I heard a loud crack and a voice raised in distress. I hurried toward the sound with Aneira and Ivory following, Aneira looked confused as much as she looked worried. I wish I could’ve calmed her down. We stepped into a clearing and saw Swagger, he had pink paint covering his face like a mask as it dripped into the grass below his feet. Everyone else had arrived as well. Aneira poked me with her paw gently then silently tilted her head toward a broken egg nearby that had splattered pink paint trailing down the sides of the shell. I could tell she was trying to hold in a laugh. “Who would dare ruin my face? I am royalty! I demand to know who did this!” He was embarrassed before, but now he had turned to become outraged. Jerry grinned from across the clearing, I sighed and sat down as Swagger turned toward Jerry, “I know it was you!” he accused. “What? Me? I would never do such a thing,” Jerry gasped, looking particularly proud yet she pulled off the lie really well. Their arguing soon became background noise as Ivory rushed to try and calm the two down; everyone glanced at each other, some smiling. I guess the peace really doesn’t last long… but somehow I felt like this wasn’t such a bad adventure.
