I know it is risky to go alone to Chivem Land and find this dark purple crystal. But like my mom just told me, only the next Easter Bunny can sense the purple crystal’s presence. I don’t know what she meant, but I’ve got to try.

I run through Carrot Meadow. As I am running into the meadow, my stomach begins to growl. I feel very hungry. I want to take a few carrots with me and eat them to gain some strength. But they are in the ground and I don’t have a green crystal with me to grow them out.

“Oh great, should’ve eaten before I left,” I say.

I gasp and remember that my Rabaca dad said that I can control plants. If they just trust me. Not sure how they can trust me. I don’t know how I can make plants do anything. It’s like talking to an object. Not that I ever talked to a plant before. But I feel so very hungry that I can hear my stomach growling louder. I kneel in the carrot meadow and close my eyes. I am trying to think about the plants. I think of them as being friends.

“I’m probably talkin’ to carrots right now,” I whisper. “But it’s worth it. If you can hear me little carrots, then please listen. My name is Jake Grant and I am hungry. I haven’t eaten anythin’ for a while. And I need you to come out of the ground. I still think it's kinda wired to eat somethin’ that I’m talkin’ to. But I need some carrots. I need my strength so I can find this dark purple crystal and possibly banish the Shadow Rabbits. If I don’t do this, then darkness will take ovah’ everythin’, and wintah’ will nevah’ end in the Human Realm. So please carrots, gain my trust. I am a good friend and I need food,” I say.

I open my eyes and nothing is happening in the meadow. Not one carrot is popping out of the ground. I shake my head and sigh. I stand up and look around to see if any carrots are out of the ground. Still, none have come out. My stomach is growling again.

I cover my stomach with my arms. “So hungry.” I moan.

I walk out of the carrot meadow and look back at it. Nothing is growing. I am disappointed because I can’t summon a single carrot. Then the ground begins to shake a little.

“Oh, Crikey, not anothah’ earthquake!” I panic.

Then, hundreds of orange carrots are popping out of the meadow, one by one. I smile and chuckle. I walk up to the carrots and start picking them out of the ground. I put them in my satchel. I do not pick all the carrots from the meadow. Some are still in the ground.

I kneel and pat one of the carrot tops. “Thank you for trustin’ me,” I say.

I stand up and walk away from the carrot meadow. I pick out a carrot from my satchel and take a bite of it. It tastes so good that I want to eat all six of them. But I need to save them on the way back to Keaple Lake.

“Wow, so much bettah’ than pizza and chocolate, I’ll say,” I say.

After I ate two carrots, I begin to run in the direction of Chivem Land.

A few minutes pass and I am still running. I pass by another orange tree forest and make it to the entrance of Chivem Land. I take a break from running. I know it seems suicide to go into Chivem Land alone. But I want to prove to everyone that I am the son of the Easter Bunny and will be the next Easter Bunny.

I feel a cold wind blowing from the top of the mountains. I shiver from the cold. I look up and notice some dark gray stormy clouds hovering over the mountains. The lightning and thunder clash in the clouds. They cover the top of the mountains. I feel a cold drop on my head. I brush it off. Then I feel another cold drop on my nose. I shake my head and sneeze. I look up and notice little cold snowflakes falling from the dark gray clouds.

“No, it can’t be.” I gasp.

But it can be true. Winter is coming to the Rabbit Realm for the very first time. A cold breeze from the wind is blowing very hard. The snowstorm changes into a rough blizzard. I can barely see ahead of me. I am my wooden staff with the Golden Egg. The egg won’t glow. I shake the staff and grunt angrily.

“Come on! Are you workin’ or not? Make up your mind!” I snap.

Still, the Golden Egg is not glowing. I walk into the entrance of the mountains and make it between them. I’m at the bottom of Chivem Land where the wind is not blowing roughly. Only on the top of the mountains is the wind blowing roughly. I still feel very cold. I shiver and rub my arms. The bottom of Chivem Land is lightly covered with its first snow.

“Oh come on! How am I supposed to find a dark purple crystal in all of this crappy snow?!” I snap.

I look around to see if I can find anything that looks like a dark purple crystal. But everything is covered in snow. I am brushing some snow off of the rocks to see if any of them are crystals. I can’t find anything, only purple rocks. Crystals are supposed to look like glass, but still, there is none in sight. Then a rock begins to glow with a purple dimming light. The light looks like a purple light bulb. I walk up to the purple light and bush the snow off of the rock. It looks like a purple crystal.

“I found it.” I chuckle.

Another purple light catches my eye. I turn to the right and see the other purple light. It is another purple crystal. I turn back to the other dark purple crystal and then back to the other one that I’ve found. I pick both of them up and stare at the. Then another purple light catches my eye, then another and another. About five more purple lights are surrounding me.

Confusion mixes in my mind. “Witch one?” I ask myself.

I have no idea which dark purple crystal is the one that my Rabaca mom used to banish the Shadow Rabbits. I decide to take them all. I pick them up one by one. I have five dark purple crystals in my satchel. I look up at the top of the mountains and it is still snowing a lot. The wind is blowing very hard on top of them.

“No sense jumpin’ on the mountains to get a bettah’ view,” I say.

I walk to the exit of Chivem Land.

Then a Shadow Rabbit blocks my way. I aim my wooden staff with the Golden Egg at the Shadow Rabbit. It still does not glow. I shake the staff and hit it. I look around and there is no sign of other Shadow Rabbits, just one. I back away from the Shadow Rabbit, but it begins to crawl toward me. I run away from the Shadow Rabbit and hide in a cave. I hide from the Shadow Rabbit. But the cave is so dark. Now I know I am not safe in this dark cave. I was about to run out until the same Shadow Rabbit grabs my satchel. I struggle and tug on my satchel. We are tugging. There is only one Shadow Rabbit in the cave with me.

I grunt and tug some more. “Let go!” I shout.

But the Shadow Rabbit is still tugging and so am I. The Shadow Rabbit's grasp slips off of the satchel. I fall onto my back and hold on to my satchel for dear life. I jump onto my feet and run out of the cave. The Shadow Rabbit does not follow me. I look around and there is still no sign of any more Shadow Rabbits. I sigh with relief and walk to the exit. The same Shadow Rabbit is blocking my way again.

I groan and stomp. “Move it!” I shout.

The Shadow Rabbit runs towards me and grabs my ears. I hit the Shadow Rabbit on the head. The Shadow Rabbit won’t let go of my long rabbit ears. I struggle and grab the Shadow Rabbit's ear. It is no use. I pick up a rock and hit the Shadow Rabbit's head. The Shadow Rabbit whimpers loudly. The whimpering hurts my ears.

I cover them to block the terrible whimpering, but it is no use.

I hit the Shadow Rabbit with a dark purple crystal. The Shadow Rabbit stops whimpering and lay flat on the ground. I am the purple crystal at the Shadow Rabbit. It is whimpering in fear. I feel very angry at the Shadow Rabbit. I walk towards it. The Shadow Rabbit crawls away from me. It looks scared of the purple crystal that I am wielding.

“So, you’re afraid of this thing, aren’t you?” I ask.

The Shadow Rabbit is still whimpering. I grin at the Shadow Rabbit and chuckle.

“I don’t know where you dark things came from, but you aint goanna take ovah’ my home Realms!” I shout.

As I walk closer and closer to the Shadow Rabbit it whimpers with tears. I raise the purple crystal and was about to stab the Shadow Rabbit. The Shadow Rabbit whimpers like a scared little kid. I feel a bit sad for the Shadow Rabbit. I even begin to pity. I shake my head to stop feeling pity. But I still feel sad for the Shadow Rabbit.

I lower the purple crystal. “No, I aint a killah’,” I say.

Then I hear some whispering in my ears. It sounds like a little girl.

“Help me. Help me, please.” whispers the voice.

I look around to see who was whispering to me. No one is around. The voice whispers again.

“Help me, please. I’m scared.” It whispers.

I look around and there is still no one here, except for the Shadow Rabbit.

“Where are you?” I ask.

“Help me, please. The darkness, I’m scared.” whispers the same voice.

“I don’t know where you are!” I shout.

“I’m in here.” whispers the voice.

I turn to the Shadow Rabbit and it still looks scared.

I shake my head. “Are you the one that has been whisperin’ to me?” I ask.

The Shadow Rabbit does not answer me.

“Help me, please, help me.” The whispering is coming from the Shadow Rabbit.

“I don’t know what to do,” I say.

“The egg, use the egg.” whispers the voice.

I look at my Golden Egg on the tip of the wooden staff.

“You mean this egg?” I ask.

“Use the egg on me.” whispers the voice.

“I can’t. It’s not workin’ right now. It’s supposed to shine when evah’ the next Eastah Bunny is near. It was shinin’ on me but not anymore. I don’t know what to do,” I say.

“Believe.” whispers the same voice.

“Believe in what?” I ask.

“Believe,” it says again.

I think for a moment. “The reason why I came into this realm it’s because I believed in it. And I believed in the Eastah’ Bunny. But when I found out that I could be next in line, I couldn’t believe it. I was very scared that I had to do all the things that the previous Eastah’ Bunnies did. I have to end wintah’ and bring back spring again. I have to take responsibility for the Spring Equinox. But it just all seems so very hard. I thought that bein’ the Eastah’ Bunny meant that I would just delivah’ eggs all ovah’ the Human Realm. But when I found out that it was more than that, I felt very scared,” I say.

I hit my forehead.

“I can’t believe I’m talkin’ to a Shadow Rabbit. Anyway, I want to believe that I am the son of the Eastah’ Bunny or the next Eastah’ Bunny, but it just seems very hard. But if there is one thing that I do believe in, and that is wintah’ will go way and spring will come again,” I say.

The Golden Egg on my wooden staff begins to glow a bit. The Shadow Rabbit squint’s its green eyes. The light from the Golden Egg is glowing brightly. I figure out how the Golden Egg glows, I think.

“That’s it, belief and hope. Those feelin’s make the Golden Egg glow. I believed that this realm exists and I hoped that my real mom and dad will find me again. And they did. I believe that wintah’ will end and spring will come again. I don’t know when or how, but I do believe that wintah’ will end very soon,” I say.

Then the Golden Egg's golden light glows brighter. The Shadow Rabbit covers its eyes and whimpers. I cover my ears. The golden light shines right onto the Shadow Rabbit's back.

The Shadow Rabbit is squealing loudly from the pain of the light. The black shadow all over the Shadow Rabbit is peeling off. It looks like a snake peeling off its scales. As the dark shadowy skin is peeling off it reveals a light blue furry arm. It looks like a Rabaca’s arm. I watch as the dark shadowy skin peels off some light blue fur. The dark skin peels off of the ears, the legs, and the arms. All of the dark shadowy skin has peeled off to reveal a light blue Rabaca. I feel very surprised that the Shadow Rabbit was a Rabaca. The dark skin that was peeled off slowly vanishes into shadows.

The Rabaca has light blue fur all over its body. Except for the jaw, chest, and tummy, they are white. The light blue Rabaca looks like a female. Her eyes are blue and she has eyelashes like a female. I walk towards the female Rabaca and help her to her feet. She looks tired and weak. She looks into my eyes and I look into hers.

“Who…who are you?” I ask.

“I’m your sort of your sister. My name is Flow,” answers Flow, the female light blue Rabaca.

I gasp. “You are my Rabaca sistah’?” I ask.

Flow nods.

“But how did you become a Shadow Rabbit?” I ask.

“We were taken when we were little rabbits. We were taken from our homes,” answers Flow.

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I shake my fists. “Dronko,” I growl.

“Most of the Shadow Rabbits are your adopted brothers. And some are sons and daughters of the king’s, the queen’s, and other Rabaca’s in this Realm,” says Flow.

“But how did Dronko turn you all into Shadow Rabbits?” I ask.

“He didn’t. We did it ourselves,” answers Flow.

My eyebrows rise and I feel shocked. “What?” I ask.

Then out of nowhere, Dronko jumps from a mountaintop and lands in front of me and Flow.

I feel the urge to punch Dronko’s face. “How could you do this to them!” I shout.

Dronko growls at me. “You changed her back into a weak Rabaca?!” he shouts.

“Why did you do this Dronko?” I shout back.

“They did it to themselves! They wanted to become the Easter Bunny too, but they were not chosen! So they became cruel and angry! That their souls begin to grow black and dark! Just like mine!” shouts Dronko.

I stare at Dronko. “They don’t deserve this! You tricked them! You made them think that bein’ evil is the only way to have powah’!” I shout.

“Don’t put this on me nephew!” shouts Dronko.

“It’s already on you! They were all innocent little rabbits! And you took them and lied to them! Just so you can find me!” I shout.

Dronko pulls out his samurai sword and aims it at my face. I hit the tip of the sword with my staff. Dronko swings his sword at my neck and I duck. I block the sword with my staff. The Golden Egg is still glowing. It is hurting Dronko’s eyes. He won’t stop attacking me with his sword. He swings it at me and I block it with my staff.

Dronko noticed Flow lying on the ground looking very weak. Dronko raise his sword and was about the stab Flow from where she lies. I hit Dronko’s face with my staff. Dronko continues swinging his sword at me but I dodge every move. The sword almost cuts my right rabbit ear. Dronko is ferrous as he continues swinging his sword. Dronko tries to grab me but I dodge his grasp.

I leap up to the top of one of the mountains. Dronko follows me. We are still fighting on the top. The wind is blowing roughly and it feels very cold. The snow on the mountains is up to my feet. It is hard to see anything with all of this snow in the cold wind. Dronko charges right behind me and he roars like an angry gorilla. I leap into the air and land behind Dronko.

I do not have the nerve to attack him anymore.

“I don’t want to fight you uncle!” my voice echoes through the mountains.

Dronko slowly turns around. He is growling and gnashing his teeth.

“You’re a fool for not fighting me,” he whispers.

Dronko tries to grab me but I am too fast for him. He throws a red and black flower at me. I hit them with my staff. The two flowers blow away into the snowy wind.

“I aint goanna fall for that again!” I shout.

Dronko is more ferocious. He swings his sword and I am dodging again.

“We don’t have to do this!” I shout.

Dronko pants and lowers his sword. The tip of his sword touches the snowy ground.

Dronko closes his eyes and lowers his head. “You don’t understand,” he says.

“Undah’ stand what?” I ask.

“You don’t understand what it is like to be treated like a second son. My father always admired my little brother, Edd,” he says.

“My Rabaca fathah’s name is Edd?” I ask.

“He never told you his name when you met him?” asks Dronko.

“No, must have slipped his mind,” I answer.

Dronko shakes his head. “My father always treated me like I was his second son. He was always proud of Edd more than me. No matter how much I tried to please my father, he would always think that I’m just showing off or trying to please him more than my little brother.” Dronko’s voice begins to crack with emotion.

Dronko’s knees fall onto the ground. I feel kind of sorry for him. But I do not want to go near him.

“It’s all in the past now. You need to stop thinkin’ about the bad things in the past and look for the good things in the futah’,” I say.

Dronko lowers his head and shakes it. “You’re right,” he says.

I cannot believe that Dronko said those words. I still feel nervous to go near him. I hold onto my wooden staff with the Golden Egg.

I point it at Dronko. “Don’t try anythin’ stupid,” I say.

Dronko shakes his head and then smiles. He drops his sword. The cold wind is blowing very hard. It feels like ice on my spine.

I am shivering in the cold. “It aint supposed to be cold in the Rabbit Realm,” I say.

Dronko laughs mainly. “Oh, you don’t know what’s going on. Do you my dear nephew?” he chuckles evilly.

“You don’t think you’re worthy enough. Even if you believe in hope and belief,” says Dronko.

I paint in the cold wind. Even my blue jacket cannot support my warmth.

“What are you talkin’ about?” I ask.

Dronko points at the staff with the Golden Egg on it.

“It only shines whenever you feel like you are the next Easter Bunny. The Tree of the Realm only grows whenever the next Easter Bunny brings spring to not only the Human Realm but this Realm too. If you think you can become the next Easter Bunny, then why won’t the Golden Egg glow like before, why is the Tree of the Realm dyeing, and why is winter coming into the Rabbit Realm for the very first time?” asks Dronko.

I begin to doubt myself about believing if I even am or going to be the next Easter Bunny. I lower my head and my staff. I am feeling doubtful about myself. I pant with sadness and kneel in the snow. Dronko walks up to me and looks down.

“Give me your staff and I will restore spring to the Human Realm,” he says.

I stop panting and hit Dronko’s nose. Dronko grunts in pain as his nose is bleeding a little. I jump away from Dronko because I have a feeling that he is mad again. Dronko growls at me.

I pant with anger. “This is my Golden Egg! It called me! It aint for you!” I shout.

Dronko charges at me and lifts his sword. I use my staff to block it. Dronko is pushing his sword toward my face. I block the sword with my staff. The strength of Dronko feels so much stronger than mine. I am bending my knees. I grunt as I try to push Dronko’s sword away from me. But Dronko is much stronger than I am.

He punches my face and I fall flat into the snow. I gasp and shake the snow off of my face. Dronko stomps into my back. I grunt in pain. He grabs my ears and pulls my head up. He smudges two flowers onto my nose. I hold my breath and try not to breathe the red and black flowers. Dronko punches my head and I let out my breath. I choke on the red and black spicy hot pollen. Dronko picks me up by my long ears and throws me off the mountain. I slam onto the ground and on my back.

Flow sees me injured on the ground. She crawls and helps me get on my feet. My legs shake with fear. I begin to pant and then panic.

“He’s right,” I whisper.

“Who is and about what?” asks Flow.

I pant some more and shake my head as if bugs are bothering me. I grab my ears and pull them. I grunt and then scream. Flow has no idea what is wrong with me. She sniffs and gasps loudly.

“You have been infected by the black and red flower. The red makes you feel fearful and the black makes you feel stressed. All you need to do is calm down,” says Flow.

I feel so scared and so stressed like I’m going to explode.

“I can’t calm down! I don’t know how to stop wintah’ and bring spring back! I don’t know how to become the next Eastah’ Bunny! I don’t know what to do! Help me!” I shout.

I grab Flow by her shoulders and shake her.

“Help me! I’m scared of everythin’ now! What if my heart stops beatin’, what if I get sick and die, and what if I can’t mount to anythin’ at all? Help me!” I shout.

Flow puts her paws on my furry chest.

“Calm down. If you don’t, then the feeling of fear and stress will affect your whole life,” says Flow.

“I can’t calm down! Dronko is right! I can’t bring spring back!” I shout.

I feel a kick on the back of my head. The kick hurts a lot. I turn my head and I feel very dizzy. It was Clover who kicked my head. I fall onto the ground and my eyes close very slowly.

I feel very cold and tired. I also feel like there is no hope for me. I feel very stressed and terrified. The stormy clouds are covering the mountains of Chivem Land. Clover and Flow are cold as well. I cannot move in the cold blizzard. I shiver and kneel on my knees.

“I feel so cold. Even my jacket and my fur aint helpin’ me,” I shiver.

Clover and Flow are shivering in the cold. “What is this cold of death?” asks Flow.

I turn to Flow. “It’s called wintah’ and snow, Flow,” I say.

Clover gasps. “Did you say Flow?” she asks me.

“Why don’t you ask her yourself?” I ask.

Clover walks up to Flow and stares into her eyes. Flow stares back. They both are staring for a while. I moan, shiver, and rub my arms.

“Can we please find a warm place?!” I snap.

Clover and Flow nod and separate to find a cave.

I shiver some more. “I can’t feel my feet. I can’t feel my long ears and I can’t feel my nose.” I shiver.

Flow finds a cave nearby. Flow and Clover help me get on my feet and we walk to the cave. Flow, Clover, and I make it. The cave is dark, dry, and very cold. It feels colder in the cave than it is outside. I sit and shiver.

“Bet you wishin’ that we can have a fiah’ now, hu?” I shiver.

Clover runs outside to grab some sticks. She runs back into the cave. Clover drops the wood on the ground, grabs a stick, and starts to wiggle it on a piece of wood. Flow holds the wood while Clover wiggles the stick. Nothing seems to be happening. Flow switches Clover and wiggles the stick while Clover holds the stick.

I still feel very cold. “You girl’s are nevah’ goin’ to make fiah’. I’m gonna freeze to death.” I shiver.

Clover turns to me.

“Don’t tell anyone this, but I know how to make fire,” she says to me.

Flow is very surprised. “You know how to make fire, sis?” she asks.

My rabbit ears rise and I gasp.

“Wait, did you say sis?” I ask.

Flow nods. Clover turns back to the piece of wood. Flow and Clover still can’t make a fire. I am starting to believe that Clover was wrong about making fire.

I sigh and lower drop my head. “Give it up mates, it’s useless,” I say.

Clover picks up two rocks and rubs them together. The two rocks let out a tiny spark and onto the wood. Clover lowers her head and blows onto the sparks on the wood. She blows a few times. The spark sets the wood on fire. Flow puts more wood on the fire to make it bigger. I am still very scared and stressed. Flow and Clover help me walk to the campfire. I feel warm now. But still feel very tired, scared, and stressed.

I sniff and begin to cry softly. “I can’t do anythin’ right. I just feel so stressed.” I cry.

Flow and Clover hug me so we can stay warm. I let out a sob. I am sobbing so much that I cannot stop. Tears are flowing down my face.

“I can’t do this anymore! I can’t! I’m just so scared!” I shout.

I continue to sob. Flow rubs my furry chest to keep me warm.

“Don’t listen to your negative feelings. They have been affected by red and black flowers. And don’t worry. You will find a way,” she says.

“You don’t undah’ stand,” I pant with fear. “My Rabaca mom said that only the Eastah’ Bunny or the next one in line can find this dark purple crystal that has banished the Shadow Rabbit. But I can’t seem to find the right one,” I say.

“Where is it now?” asks Clover.

I point out of the cave.

Clover and Flow nod. “Well, we need to find it,” says Clover.

“Wait a minute!” snaps Flow. “I used to be a Shadow Rabbit. So the other Shadow Rabbits might be Rabaca’s too, right?” she asks.

Clover gasps. “Flow, you used to be a Shadow Rabbit?” she asks.

“Yes. The other Shadow Rabbits are the missing rabbits,” answers Flow.

I pant and sob some more. “It’s all my fault.” I cry.

Flow and Clover roll their eyes. “What now?” asks Clover.

“Dronko took the missin’ Rabaca’s, because he was lookin’ for me when I was a baby rabbit. He wanted to find me and destroy me while I was little,” I answer.

“Look! It’s not your fault that the little ones were kidnapped by Dronko,” says Clover.

I stomp. “It was my fault! If I would have just let Dronko take me away when I was little, we wouldn’t have any Shadow Rabbits!” I shout.

“And you would be dead!” shouts Flow.

I begin to sob loudly. “I want to go home!” I sob.

“You are home,” says Clover.

“I mean back to Minnesota!” I shout.

I pull onto my long ears and grunt. “I…want to…go…home!” I shout.

“Why the sudden change of mind?” asks Clover.

I sigh and let go of my rabbit ears. “I miss my mom and dad.” I sob.

“But your mom and dad live here in this Realm,” says Clover.

I grunt angrily and hit my right leg.

“My real mom and dad are Linda and Bryan! They adopted me when I was a baby! They are my real mom and dad! And this Rabaca form aint my true form!” I burst.

Clover and Flow look at each other with worry in their eyes. I pant and try to calm down myself.

“I’m sorry about that mates. It’s just the flowah’s are affectin’ me,” I say.

Clover and Flow gently pat my back.

“So…how do we get rid of this fear and stress pollen’ in of me?” I ask.

I am hoping that someone will answer right away. Clover and Flow sigh. It looks like they do not know.

“We never had anyone been affected by two flowers before. It’s very deadly. If one was infected by all of the mood flowers then that would be so bad. So we kind of don’t know how to get rid of two,” answers Flow.

I feel even more scared and stressed. I pant like I am about to have a heart attack. I place my paws on my heart. I can feel it beating very fast. I close my eyes and cry softly.

I pant very slowly and try to breathe normally. “So I need to calm myself?” I ask.

“I don’t know if that will help you,” answers Clover.

I nod and breathe normally. I try to think of all the good things in my life.

I think about Linda, Bryan, and the rest of the four boys back at the Foster Care. I think about the happy times I had with them. Like playing with the kids, painting Easter eggs with them, and hiding the eggs for them. I try to think about Candy and how I made her happy by bringing her to Foster Care. I try to think about the time when I found my real mom and dad. I felt so very happy. I could not stop hugging them when I saw them again. I think about the time when I had to spend some time with the kids on Easter day. I made them happy.

My heart pounds very fast like a hummingbird. I feel like I am going to faint. Then it slowly pounds normally. I take a deep breath and let it out with a loud sigh. My heart now feels very calm and my breathing is normal.

“How do you feel?” asks Clover.

I stand and hold onto my Golden Egg staff. I look at the Golden Egg and smile at it. The Golden Egg lights up the cave with its golden glow.

“I feel fine now,” I say.

Flow hugs me and chuckles. I chuckle along with her. Clover smiles and Flow lets go of me.

I turn to Clover. “So, Flow is your sistah’, isn’t she?” I ask.

Clover nods.

I scratch my head. “Then that means, you’re my sistah’ too?” I ask.

Clover shakes her head. “Not really,” she says.

I shake my head. “I’m so bloody confused,” I say.

Flow gasps and looks around my body. “You are not bleeding at all.” she sighs with relief.

“I have an Australian accent. It’s just I figuah’ of speech when I said the word bloody,” I say.

Flow nods. Clover begins to explain.

“Flow was adopted from your Rabaca parents. She was the first daughter that your parents had before you were born. And when Flow was not chosen to be the next Easter Bunny, she felt upset, because only a male Rabaca’s can be the Easter Bunny. Then Flow ran away and I found her. She had no idea I was like a sister to her, even though she was adopted by your parents. She felt like a sister to me when I took care of her,” she finishes.

Flow and Clover hug each other. “She’s still like a sister to me,” says Flow.

I nod. “Is there anothah’ way home?” I ask.

Clover and Flow sigh.

“The same way you entered,” answers Flow.

“You sound like that’s a bad thing,” I say.

“It is. The cave that led you here is blocked,” says Flow.

“By what?!” I ask.

“Shadow Rabbits,” answers Flow.

I grunt and I walk out of the cave.

“What are you doing?” asks Clover.

I look around at the ground. I start to dig in the snow.

“I’m lookin’ for the dark purple crystal that my mom used to banish to Shadow Rabbits. If I can find the dark purple crystal then I can banish the Shadow Rabbits back to Chivem Land,” I answer.

“But most of the Shadow Rabbits are your adopted brothers and sisters, Jake. And they are the sons and daughters of the king’s, the queen’s, and other Rabaca’s too. You can’t banish them,” says Clover.

I stop looking around and turn to Clover.

“If I can just find the dark purple crystal, then it can banish the shadow that is affectin’ them and they might be free from the shadows. Besides they aint my brothah’s and sistah’s. Flow is just an adopted sistah’. I think the othah’s might be the sons and daughtah’s of the seven tribes,” I say.

Clover and Flow understand me. They are looking around and digging in the snow. I jump around and try to find the dark purple crystal.

“Witch one is it? I’ve already had a few in my backpack, but they are not ones that I am lookin’ for,” I say.

I close my eyes and try to remember the purple crystal that my mom used when I was a baby. I remember the screaming and the panicking when the Shadow Rabbits attacked this Realm. I remember my mom holding on to me as she runs into a dark tunnel. I remember a bright silver light that led our way to the end of the tunnel. Then a thought comes into mind about the silver egg that my mom used.

“Wait for a second. The Golden Egg is shaped like an egg. The Silver Egg is shaped like an egg,” I say.

I look around and notice a twinkle light on a dark purple crustal.

“I wondah’ if the dark purple crystal is shaped like an egg too,” I say.

I bend and pick up the purple crystal. It is covered in rock. I pound the rock onto another rock to break the pieces off the purple crystal. I rub the dust off. I make the Golden Egg touch the dark purple crystal. The crystal begins to glow with a purple light. I smile and laugh.

“When evah’ there is darkness, there will always be light,” I say.

I turn to Clover and Flow. They are still looking for the crystal.

“I found it!” I call.

Clover and Flow walk up to me. Flow is very scared of the dark purple crystal that I am holding.

“What is it?” I ask.

Flow shakes with fear. “T-that’s the same crystal that t-turned me into a Sh-shadow Rabbit.” she shutters.

I scream and drop the purple crystal.

“But my mom used this purple crystal to banish the Shadow Rabbits to Chivem Land,” I say.

“I know what your mother did. But Dronko used that same dark purple crystal to change us into Shadow Rabbits,” says Flow.

“But that dark purple crystal is a piece of the dark crystal that changes day into night. How can it change you into a Shadow Rabbit?” I ask.

“I don’t know. But whoever broke the piece of the dark purple crystal that hovers over our Realm, might have used the small piece of it to infect us with dark shadow powers. Those powers changed me into a Shadow Rabbit,” says Flow.

“So that’s why usin’ the powah’ of the shadow crystal is forbidden. Its powah’ can manipulate you with angah’ and hate,” I say.

“Yes, and we all know who used this dark purple crystal for darkness and shadow,” says Flow.

I grunt in anger and kick a rock. “Dronko!” I shout.

I pick up the same dark purple crystal, empty the other ones, and put them in my satchel. I look up and see the huge yellow sun crystal floating over the snowstorm. It is very hard to see because of the storm.

I think for a moment and then a plan comes to mind.

“I think I know how to bring our lost Rabaca’s back to light and get rid of Dronko’s dark powah that he misused with the shadow crystal,” I say.

I look up at a mountain.

“I’ll tell you when we return to the Kings and Queens,” I say.

I jump onto a mountain and head to the east to Keaple Forest. Clover and Flow are following me.