Bonnie

She is a somewhat major character in *Rivals*. She is an anthropomorphic red kangaroo whom Rowena and Marta make an enemy of.

## Powers

### Other abilities

Boxing, jumping, wrestling, nurturing, kickboxing, building

## **Physical Appearance**

She is a tall kangaroo with short reddish-brown fur (a result of living in a hot, arid climate) a long, powerful tail, and dark brown eyes. Her fur fades to pale buff (a yellowish-beige color) on her limbs, underbelly, chest, and face. She also has buff on the ventral portion of her tail and long, black-tipped ears. Her nose is black and she has a darker reddish-brown stripe on either side of her long muzzle. Her five-fingered hands are brown and fade to a dark brownish-black on the fingers. The ends of her feet are a darker shade of brown and fade to black at the toes. Her sharp claws are a dark grayish-black.

## ***Rivals***

### **Chapter 15: The Kangaroo Problem**

Bonnie is first seen eating with her two joeys when Rowena arrives at their home while on the hunt for Marta, who hid somewhere in the kangaroos' territory. Rowena soon finds her prey hiding in bushes nearby and starts chasing her, startling Bonnie and her children. The fox quickly trips her rival, causing Marta to fall on one of the joeys and injure his tail. An enraged Bonnie beats up Marta for hurting her son, unaware that Rowena is also partly to blame for the accident. Marta finally frees herself from Bonnie's grip and runs off.

Rowena is about to pursue her when Bonnie stops her by telling the fox she looks familiar, believing her to be a kangaroo due to her fur coloring. Confused, Rowena asks what she's talking about. Bonnie is about to answer when her mate Aaron arrives. Seeing both his son (whose name is revealed to be Oliver) with an injured tail, and Rowena in his family's presence, Aaron glares at the fox, believing her to have hurt Oliver. Bonnie tells him what really happened and says she thinks Rowena is a relative of theirs. Rowena tells them she isn't and tries to leave, but more kangaroos arrive on the scene, having spotted her. Bonnie tells Rowena she looks strange for a kangaroo, and Aaron whispers in her ear that something is off. His mate, however, brushes him off, and asks Rowena if she really is a kangaroo. Rowena, having learned from her beating up Marta how dangerous kangaroos can be, nods, and jumps like a kangaroo to show it. Bonnie and the other kangaroos are pleased, and take Rowena into their mob despite her objections. While hopping with them, Rowena mentally notes how sharp their eyes are and they're always watching her and each other, realizing that she might never get a chance to hunt Marta as long as they're around.

The fox later ends up standing next to Bonnie at a kickboxing match, watching Aaron fighting another male. Thinking Bonnie is distracted enough, Rowena tries to sneak away, but Bonnie catches her and encourages her to stay. Rowena reluctantly agrees, and she and Bonnie, along with the other roos, cheer as Aaron defeats the rival male and chases him away from the mob. Bonnie then sees Marta, who came to graze, eating some of the grass in the same clearing not too far away and exclaims that it's the donkey who hurt Oliver. Rowena watches in dismay as Bonnie and some of the other does chase Marta off, prompting the donkey to flee into the woods. However, she sees a chance to escape the mob and goes for it, heading for the human town she sees in the distance. While fleeing, Rowena hears Bonnie's footfalls behind her and realizes she's chasing her. Bonnie asks Rowena where she's going, prompting the fox to continue fleeing. However, Bonnie then leaves Rowena upon hearing her joeys' cries, allowing her to continue her journey. Rowena, knowing that Bonnie has become almost obsessed with her, hatches a plan to get rid of her and the rest of the mob so she can go back to hunting Marta.

### **Chapter 16: Plan Backfired**

Rowena kidnaps human infants and toddlers and plants them in kangaroo territories, including that of Bonnie's mob, to deceive the humans into believing that the kangaroos took them so she can escape. Bonnie is the first kangaroo to be captured when a large group of people, consisting of infuriated parents of the abducted children and seasoned hunters whose help they sought, place nets and leg traps to catch them. Rowena watches as a hunter sedates her and drags her into a large cage with the help of her friends before one of the kidnapped children, a 5-year-old boy, comes running up. He tells his overjoyed parents that the kangaroo who kidnapped him was darker-colored than Bonnie and had a bushy tail. Realizing her plan could backfire, Rowena tries to flee the area, but gets caught in a leg trap. She is then hit with a sedative dart and placed into the same cage alongside the unconscious Bonnie before falling asleep.

### **Chapter 17: Big Reveal**

Rowena, Bonnie, and the other captured kangaroos wake up in a large zoo enclosure. Rowena sees Marta glaring at her with a small human girl on her back and vows vengeance. The fox notices the kangaroos looking confused. Bonnie is starting to worry since her joeys are missing. Rowena hears the angry parents of the kidnapped children..