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He was expecting a foal to come bursting out of the trees..what he got was very..much the opposite. He felt something bump into him from the side of the tree and he nearly stumbled backwards...he was not expecting this.. His smile vanished and he started to stare at her with wide eyes. His ears went on end for a brief moment and he was unable to speak. She looked..she looked..like she had came from madness itself..she was stunning even more than stunning..slowly he snapped out of his daze trying his best not to stare at her but having a very hard time keeping his eyes off her. She had ears like his! She always did but now they were longer! and and..her tail! He slowly pushed a teacup near her hoof watching her every move having never acted like this before. He started to smile at her before speaking "What a mare you have become..You are.. a mare now!" he keeps smiling at her "It is much easier to see you to! Your almost as tall as me! And your..a Hare! " he is beaming at her now "You are the first i have ever met like me..Oh dear how fast time flies!" He looks her up and down again noting her eyes and her little hat "You have a nice little hat! Did the hatter make it?" He cant help but keep smiling "Or have you yet to visit madness?" he can still see a hint of the little foal he knew inside of his now grown friend "May we still be friends? Of course you did seek me out..I suppose we are?" he nods and her and back up to give her some space now acting like a gentleman "Please..forgive my behavior..I have never met another like me..Never met one so..stunning.." He is acting very much unlike himself but he always had a hard time controlling the things he said always speaking his mind."Would you like to go on an adventure with me?" his eyes a shining now.


Blinking in surprise at how Edmund acted, Ethanol leaned down to sniff at the teacup. His words however had her head lifting, red eyes sparkling with light as another tiny laugh escaped. " Yes...silly Edmund. Did you think I would stay small forever? Yes..time goes by so quickly.." Smiling along with him, feeling more flustered by his attentions..much different than the attention she had been given as a foal. IT felt strange but, also thrilling. "I have not visited madness..but, perhaps we can go together. We will always be friends..no matter how much time passes. " Stunning? Smile softening she finally moved around Edmund once as she had done many times in her younger days. "T-thank you..you are quite handsome yourself..oh my what kind of adventure?" Back before him again her tail flickered, curious now about what kind of adventure he could mean. "Is it an adventure to madness?"


His eyes no matter how hard he tried always seemed to wander back to Ethanol. He hoped she would not think him strange for being unable to look away no matter how hard he tried. In the end he just shrugged and gave in to himself just being who he was. He noticed then that she seemed to have more than two eyes.. but then again she had those as a foal to he just never really took it in. She was unique as himself and unique as madness he liked her as a friend..perhaps more..No! How could he think such thoughts! But then.. he shook out his mane his tail twitching smiling at her leaving his own thoughts. "No! If you did stay a foal forever something would be very wrong with you" his ears are slightly twitching "Do you still like tea? Tea that tasted like honey?" he grins at her "I bet you can get honey now that your all grown" he eyes the dirt before looking back up "Well of course not it is very hard to find but i thought with your hat you might of come across the hatter somehow.." He nods at her "I hope we can always be friends just like you are saying" he smiles at her and does what he has been wanting to do he lets his ear poke hers and brush on it "I promise with my ears that i wont ever not be your friend" his smile is bright and his eyes twinkling again seeing the joy in her eyes to her red..eyes..of..pretty red eyes. His eyes follow her as she circles him and he nods "You are very welcome..every word i say is true.." he slightly blushes "Umm I've never been told that before..never been told that by anyone not a mare.." his is smiling still and his ears instantly perk up "It can be to wherever you wish to go..Yes yes an adventure to madness sounds quite..fun with a friend like you who im just staring to know"


Smiling this time somewhat sadly she nodded in agreement. "Yes..that would mean something was wrong with me hm." Ethanol had been thinking there might be something wrong with her..despite her kind nature..at times her curiosity became too much..became dark and dangerous. "I've not gotten honey yet..but, you are the only one I'll drink tea with.." The brush of his ear on her own made Ethanol's heart speed up..what could that strange feeling be? She tried to push it away..eyes filling with an odd sort of light. "Just as all I say is true..you are a wonderful..stallion and hare." Beaming she thought over all he spoke of..they could go to madness or she could take him off to explore. "I know of many interesting places..but, I'd like to see all you see. First let us have some tea." Giving him a quick gentle nuzzle she turned back to the teacup on the ground, delicately sipping up the contents. It tasted..sweet again, not quite like honey but, still very delicious. With a pleasant smile her mind shifted..back to being curious.."Edmund..? Have you..ever felt very curious about..what happens inside things? Inside beings bodies?" Surely she couldn't be the only one..surely he wouldn't think of her as a monster..as a strange odd being for what she had done not too long ago.


For a moment he thought he could see her expression darken but then as suddenly it happened it was gone. He shook his mane out deciding it was just a trick of the light and that if it was real he would not care anyways. He could not see her hurting him..No not him just perhaps her enemies yes he could see her dealing with them in her own way. "If something was wrong with you i would still be here..still i would be your friend" he nods "But i am glad we are both normal..in our own ways" he winks at her smiling again "You've not gotten honey?? Well then should we get some??" his ears slightly perk "Well of course I am the only one with a tea pot" he laughs to himself glowing in the sunlight. He wondered if something was happening..something beyond there control if she felt what he did. Of course he would not ask but he could not help but wonder. He watched her a for a moment his life flashed forward and he was imaging her in it. He quickly shook his head to push those images away. What was getting into him?? Why was she in his thoughts now? What was happening? He was still smiling though but now he was staring into her eyes he did not care about anything else is the world at that moment no matter who she was or would be..he would always guard her with his life..his friend yes yes friend "I would love to explore those places with you..Thank you for saying what i am..You are the best friend I've never had" he is beaming at her "And your beyond anything i could ever hope for in a friend" the truth came slipping out like a waterfall and he quickly clams it back in "Tea!" he gently nudges the tea pot and a cup taking time to drink some watching her do the same. "We shall go to madness and you will see my home and perhaps..fall in love with my world" he returns her nuzzle by standing close to her not scared trusting her to stand and not to run from him. "Things on the inside..? I suppose..is something happening?"



Losing herself in thoughts Ethanol jumped a bit when he finally spoke about her last statement. She felt nervous..to be speaking about the little dark flame burning inside her. "No nothing's happening...I do not wish for you to see me as something..bad. I just become too curious sometimes..I never meant to kill it...." Trailing off her many red eyes flickered away, muscles tensing uncomfortably. No one knew about her little..adventures..where she found some small creature that looked curious..a creature that ended up no longer living. Ethanol could never harm anything bigger than some small mammals..or rabbits since, they reminded her of Edmund. "I would like to get honey..if you still wish to be my friend.." What if he thought of her as something evil and dark? Some of her family had that..dark mean side..she had always known but, had never expected to find it enjoyable..to kill things..to see what lay inside.


The day should go on forever and ever. He did not want to leave her he did not want to leave her side. He was starting to realize that something was changing inside of him he was feeling something that should not be felt for her but it was there and he did. his expression was that of wonder and amazement as he slowly drifted back to the words she spoke. "Why would i ever see you as bad?? You are not bad but amazing! Wonderful!" he nods at her smiling before slightly frowning "You can never be to curious it is what makes us..us.." his tail slightly twitches at the world kill "Kill? tell me..i will never run from you you never meant to kill something but you did?" this was only drawing him more into her. He wanted to know why she killed what she did he wanted to know everything about her. He would never run from her and his words could never scare him off not when he was so far in. His ears automatically perk up at her words of honey and his face brightens once more "Well then lets go find some honey!" he turns and starts to walk into the trees stopping to look back at her beckoning for her to follow him. "I hope they don't try to sting..oh dear i know they will" his give an uneasy smile but keeps walking into the unknown "Why would i ever wish to not be your friend? I made a promise and you cant scare me off" he turns and grins at her slowly bowing, bow tie now crooked "Edmund Is my name and Sylvilagus is my last..you know my full name now. i trust you with it" he cocked his head and smiled at her.

Blinking in a bit of surprise when Edmund stole away her precious little top hat..the shock turned to a teasing smile. multiple eyes lighting up with delight the mare rushed after her friend. Someone who did not fear her..who now knew her deep dark secret.
Focusing on the path ahead, ears perked..muscles flexing as air gusted in and out of her lungs. Ethanol had never felt so..alive. However one thing drew her focus from chasing Edmund, the gentle buzzing up above in the branches of a large old tree. "Emund! I hear something, is it a bee?" Curiosity over riding everything the pale mare peered up, squinting her many eyes to try and view the odd shaped 'nest'. That's where honey came from? How would they ever get it down?


He risked glancing out from being his tree and he saw her running his way. He ducked back behind the tree and smiled to himself the hat now lopsided sitting on his head. His ears were doing a little dance and his tail was twitching in excitement he was having the best time of his life. She trusted him and he trusted her what more could there be to want? He peaked out from the tree again when she did not show up and he caught her looking up at the trees. He slowly walked over to her side and gazed with again the hat forgotten.His ears twitched and he nodded "It sounds like a bee..did it go BUZZZZ in your ear?" he catches glimpse of a beehive nestled in the branches a determined look on his face. "We will get honey!!! We will!!" he looks over at her and grins "I promised you to find honey and i will get you some!"