Okay, so I recently saw the Netflix series of Watership Down. I watched some of the older series, but I always have an AU for these sorts of things, God help me. So, we'll be sticking to the 2018 Watership Down series and see where this takes us.
Also, I have three OCS, because I'm the hoarder of the OCS. Blackbird, Bluebell's older brother, Silverwing, Bluebell's younger sister and Skye, Dandelion's younger sister.
/Dandelion's P.O.V/
"This place sure is beautiful." Skye looked onward, the grass still damp from the rains we had. the sky was filled with gray clouds, the moon hidden. The air was cool, but it wasn't too cold. She was right. It is beautiful.
I looked at my sister as she stared out into the field. Her light brown fur darkened by the night and rain, her blue eyes shine like diamonds compared to my brown ones. Her tuft of fur on her head was blowing back thanks to the light wind coming from the sky. She was the perfect resemblance of our mother. Correction, she's the perfect resemblance of her mother.
Her mother didn't want me because I was the only surviving kit of my litter. Her excuse was she didn't want a weakling and pushed me away, not even acknowledging me as her son. Because she felt sorry for me, Snow, Bluebell's mother, took me in so that I could live. That's why Bluebell and I are so close. And because of that, I feel like I have a brother. And, I'm happy to call Bluebell my brother.
Shaking my head out of my thoughts, I realized that I didn't answer Skye's question. "Of course, it is, it's home, isn't it?" I asked her, and she smiled softly.
"How long until it feels like home?" She asked, and I looked her, confused.
"What do you mean? This is home." I comforted her, leaning on her shoulder and she shook her head in disagreement.
"No, something's wrong. Mainly with Pathun." Skye confessed, and I shook my head.
"Trust me when I say this, but I know Bluebell better than anyone, and he's often got his head in the clouds." I told her, and she shook her head, looking down.
"Be that as it may, I still think somethings wrong, especially with his siblings concerned." I sighed, Skye has a what I like to call a "Fiver Sense" when it came to sensing emotions. She hasn't been wrong so far, so I believe her. Even when I don't see what she sees.
"If you say something's wrong, then something's wrong. You talk to Silverwing, see if you can get something out of her. I'll talk to Bluebell." I told her, she nodded and headed for the thicket, while I went to where the silflay was. That's where Bluebell typically is this time of night.
I hopped towards the silver-pelted buck and sat beside him.
"Hey Dandelion!" Bluebell welcomed, chewing a leaf. "What's new?"
"I could ask you the same thing." I told him, he looked confused by my statement and tilted his head to the side.
"I don't understand, is it something I did?" He asked, and I shook my head.
"Skye had a feeling that something is wrong between you and your siblings." I got straight to the point and he bent his ears back.
"What? Well, um, nothings wrong. And nothings right either, everything's fine, Dandelion, just like always. I-I-I'm fine, like always, and your fine, like always, everything is fine, like always." He confessed, stammering a little. I started into his blue eyes, to see if I could tell if he was telling the truth. He was not.
"Then how come don't I believe you?" I asked him, and she shook for a moment.
"Dandelion, I'm fine. Nothing more, nothing less. I'll see you tomorrow." He bid me farewell and hopped towards the honeycomb. I sighed, closing my eyes, shaking my head and looking down. If I can't get through to him, then nobody can. Besides his immediate family, I'm the only one he trusts to tell secrets to. Skye and I will have to find out another way.
"Anything?" I asked my sister as I joined her at the entrance to the honeycomb.
"No. She just shut me out. And by the looks of it, Pathun did too." She confessed and sighed, looking down. "What are we going to do? I know something's up, I just know it!" She exclaimed, and I shushed her, looking to see if anyone heard her. Luckily, no one did.
"We have tot keep this to ourselves until further notice." I told her, and she narrowed her eyes.
"Why? The more help we have, the more chances we have of getting an answer, right?" She asked, and I shook my head.
"No, if more rabbits know about this, the less likely that Bluebell or Silverwing will tell us anything at all, if anything. We have to keep this between you and me. If and when we find out that's somethings wrong with them and it's bad and it may be life-threatening. We tell Hazel, Clover and Bigwig immediately, not before." I told her, and she nodded.
"If we tell Thlayli and it's bad, aren't you worried that he'll go off on whoever's hurting them?" Skye asked, and I nodded.
"Oh, I'm aware. That's why we need to tell him." I confessed, and she smiled as we walked to our dens.
"Don't forget Blackberry." She commented, and I chuckled, past memories flowing through my head.
"Oh, how could I forget?" I asked, Skye giggling.
"Remember when Blaze shoved Bluebell in a mud puddle when we were kits?" She asked, and I laughed, that memory still fresh in my mind.
"How could I forget? Bluebell was talking to me and Blackberry, he's looking bored as ever, and Blaze comes and shoves him into the mud puddle, hard. Blackberry attacked him and told him to never mess with Bluebell again. He ended up getting in trouble, but he was glad to do it." I relieved that memory. Skye is younger than me by a month, she was the only kit in her litter, incredibly rare. Her mother loved her unconditionally, treating her amazing and loved her to pieces. Skye didn't understand why her mother rejected me. Now she does.
We softly laughed and hugged eachother goodnight.
"Goodnight Del." She commented, using my nickname as she curled up into a ball in our den.
"Goodnight Blue Jay." I curled up next to her, using her nickname. My nickname for her is because when I first met her, her eyes reminded me of a jay's wing. Her nickname for me is just my name, shortened. I mean, how can you work with Dandelion? It just doesn't work like that.
I yawned and fell asleep, memories floating in my head, of our kithood.
"Dandelion!" Skye called out, sounding scared. I got up from where I was and ran towards my younger sister's voice. I growled as I saw what was happening. Blackbird! He was hurting Bluebell. He threw the silver-pelted rabbit in the air and kicked him in the stomach, knocking his head into a tree. Silverwing yelled out this name, and ran towards him, but not taking her eyes off the scene between us.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" I yelled, attacking the much-bigger rabbit, biting at his neck. We tussled around for a while, before he decided that he was taking it slow with me.
"You're finished, kit." Blackbird threatened me. he unexpectedly threw me in the air and he then slammed me to the ground, back first. I heard a crack and I screamed. I couldn't feel my hind legs, it's as if they had just gone cold.
"Dandelion!" Skye screamed, she was crying out with fear. I breathed heavily and tried to get up, but I could not. I collapsed from pain and clawed the ground in anger without moving my paws. Blackbird had really done it now. Hazel is going to kill him.
"HAHEAN!" I saw Hazel, Blackberry and Bigwig run towards us. Hazel looked madder than anything, Blackberry only had eyes for Blueberry and I, and Bigwig looked like he was about to kill him.
"You have attacked two of one of your own, knocked out Bluebell and have hurt Dandelion! have had enough of your recklessness. You are hereby exiled! I never want to see you anywhere near Watership Down for as long as you are alive." Hazel growled, getting in Blackbird's face, he showed no fear. blackberry growled but backed off.
"Very well. Your highness." He mocked and hopped away, hopefully to never be seen again.
"Dandelion! Are you alright?" Blackberry asked, running towards me, and I shook my head, gritting my teeth to try to ignore the pain.
"What hurts?" Hazel asked, kneeling beside me and I sighed, combined with a gasp of pain.
"My hind legs. I can't feel my hind legs. And they feel cold." I confessed, Bigwig went to inspect my hind legs, he lifted them lightly. Nothing. He bit into them, drawing some blood. Nothing. Whatever he did to my hind legs, I could not feel them.
"You can't feel them, can you?" Hazel asked, and I shook my head.
"No, I can't." I expressed, my voice cracking as tears threatened tot spill. I was scared, terrified even. Will I ever run again?
"Blackberry help me get him to his den. Bigwig get Bluebell to Fiver. Girls, go find Clover, Hawkbit and Hyzenthlay. Let them know what's happened, have them wait in front of the medicine den." Hazel ordered, already helping me up.
They got me to my den and laid me down.
"Are you okay?" Blackberry asked, and I shook my head, slowly.
"What's going to happen?" I asked, Blackberry normally hard and unexpressionative eyes were now softened, filled with sorrow. Blackberry was scared. I looked at Hazel and he was scared too. Me? I'm terrified.
"I don't know." Hazel admitted. I looked down, and he put his paw under my chin and had me look at him. "But know this, you will always be one of us. You will always be our ally and our friend, one way or another."
I smiled slightly and thanked Frith that I had such wonderful friends.
"Hazel!" My ears perked up as I saw Fiver. Maybe we'll finally get an answer.
"Fiver! Blackbird threw him down, back first to the ground. He can't feel his hind legs, Bigwig slightly bit into them and he felt nothing." Hazel told him, and Fiver gave him a questionable look.
"I'm not even going to ask." He expressed walking towards me. he felt along my spine, I could only feel his paw on the first half of it.
"You can't feel me touching your hind legs of anything above it to your middle back and no further?" He asked, and I shook my head. I couldn't find my voice. He sighed, sitting between Hazel and Blackberry. He looked at me sadly.
"Your paralyzed, Dandelion. You'll never run again." He told me, and my world crumbled. I can't ever run again! How could that happen? No… five was explaining some things, but I didn't even hear him at all. My ears had tuned out, I was in my own mind. Never run again? This can't happen! Blackbird. He caused this! I bet that Bluebell doesn't even know… How will I tell him? How will I tell my sister?
A growl echoed in the caves, bright blue eyes glowed inside of them. a light brown bunny stepped out, Skye. She had an evil look in her eyes. She unsheathed her claws and growled loudly.
"He. Will. Pay!" She yelled, running out of the cave, clawing the on her way out. She was going to kill him.
I jolted awake, breathing heavily. What was that? Was that a dream? An omen? I thought only Fiver had those, not me. whatever it is. My sister is no killer! Why would I have a dream about that? I looked over at Skye, she was sound asleep, breathing softly. I sighed and smiled at the younger doe. I hope that this not the future. Bluebell said that he's fine. Silverwing says that she's fine. Blackbird may be a little messed up, but he wouldn't harm one of his own, would he?
But I have to think rationally; is Blackbird really capable of paralyzing me?
And scene! I know you guys haven't formally met Blackbird yet, but do you think Dandelion's dream is real or not? Do you think that Blackbird is enemy or foe? Will Dandelion be paralyzed or not? And is Skye really capable of killing him? Stay tuned!