Land of the free



Jamaa was jolly, animals frolicking around and picking flowers from their sweet, sweet smelling gardens. The sun brightly shining down on them as they proceeded to walk to the store and back, jammers on the streets, jammers having a lovely time and Jammers here and there. A small bunny was skipping down the stone path to Mira's statue, she carried a basket of easter eggs as an offering.

It was warm outside, a small breeze blowing in the wind as she grinned happily as the sight of the statue. "Mira.." she spoke in a pant "I have an offering!" the sun shone down, giving everything a yellowish glow. She gently placed down the basket, looking at it's contents. She sighed deeply "Mira, can you protect us from anything?" She asked innocently, waiting for a response.

She breathed a sigh, staring at the Jamaa flag which pridefully wove in the air, she just stared at it. Her ear twitched as a bee buzzed passed her, her eyes lit up when the flag blew again, but unfortunately something flew into the back of it, tearing a hole right in the center of the flag. Suddenly she heard three animals making their way over, the eggs flying out of her basket as the wind blew them forward.

"Have you been throwing eggs at this flag?" one police officer asked spitefully, pulling her up by the ears. He was a massive Dire wolf.

"n-no.." she stammered "I've come to give Mira an offering!"

Her heart was racing, she stared into his stone cold eyes, seeing nothing but a deep, boiling pit of rage. "What, by throwing eggs at her dear flag?!" a Sabertooth snarled, raising an eyebrow. She bit her lip, the Dire wolf stared into her eyes. she looked away from him, shivering as if she had been dunked in freezing water. "answer me." she demanded sternly.

"I-I didn't throw the-"

The was thrown over to the dire wolf, the sabertooth pushed up her dark sunglasses.

-

The prison door was slid shut, the bunny dreaded hearing the sound of the door close. She put her paws over her face, the thought of leaving everything behind made her come to tears, she began to silently cry. "Hey." her cellmate greeted her "whatcha' in for?" She ignored her cellmate, her cellmate sighed, he began to hum in a gloomy tune, which the other prisoners joined along in.

He began to snap in a melody, which the others joined in. "la la la" he began to sing, he sounded as if he were a full-fledged broadway performer. "''dee da dum dum deeee...." ''he sang again, snapping. Soon the chorus of prisoners began to join him, she climbed onto the bed, only to see an Arabian horse, clicking his hooves together, the snapping came from the next cell over.

"dum dum dum deee dooohhhh"

"Hey!" she interrupted him, he opened his eyes and looked over "how did you get in, you sound like a performer."

"For insulting Mira." he replied sarcastically "I swear, I didn't even insult her."

"What did you say?"

"The nasty bird." he replied sharply, she giggled.

Suddenly there was a clang on the bars of the door, the two looked over. "one more insult to Mira and you'll both be punished." a guard snarled furiously.

"it's all just empty threats." the horse stated, seemingly carefree. "bet we could plan an escape and then they won't do anything about it."

"we'll put a bullet in you're skull." the guard fumed.

"yeah.. yeah right." the horse scoffed.

He chuckled, the bunny looked at him. "so whose you're friend?" another cellmate asked curiously.

"Solitary confinement." the horse replied jokingly before chuckling.

He sounded almost like a man from an old-timey American film when they were still in black and white. She just looked at him, he looked back at her and raised an eyebrow. "so you're going to sit there and rot?"

"nope." he replied happily as he got off the bed. "We're gonna get out of here."

It was nighttime, he looked at the other prisoner, who smiled at him before reaching out and shoving a nail into the guard's throat through the bars, he grabbed the key and ran around opening each cell. Half of Jamaa was imprisoned due to insulting Mira when they didn't, millions of innocent animals were trapped behind bars due to insults. "What are you doing?!" The rabbit asked angrily, he turned around and smiled at her as he left the cell.

She bent down and plugged her ears, only to hear muffled gun fire after minutes of silence. She began to hear screaming and running, along with shouting. She hopped off the bed and hopped out, only to see the bodies of the law enforcement hanging around. She walked out, only to see a crowd. She saw her mother, whom she ran over too quickly.

-

It had been twenty years. the rabbit had now had children of her own. She was cooking peacefully, the tv clicked on, only playing the country's propaganda.

"what convinced you to insult Mira in the way you did?" a voice asked, coming from the television.

"I didn't insult Mira!" the other Jammer cried desperately "the alphas wouldn't want this, Mira wouldn't want this--no-no wait what are you doing?!"

There was suddenly a blood-curling scream, followed by silence. She sighed deeply, the law stated that you had to play the television at all times. She looked at the portrait of Zios which hung on the wall. For Mira could take anyone;s land if she wanted it, she could take their money and deplete their finances, she controlled Jamaa with fear. The rabbit continued to wash the dished, if her portrait of Zios was ever seen, she would surely be dead.

She sighed deeply, her two children were hopping through the halls joyfully.

(to be continued)