"Come on it'll be dark soon, and mum will tan our hides if she catches us out." I tell them, my younger brothers, Oak and yew. They pretend to chase me all the way home. Our home is in Mossflower woods; it has lots of trees and close by is a stream. When we get into the clearing my fur stands on end, I smell blood, I turn to my brothers but they are already running towards the danger.
"NO, you guys wait" They just turn to me ad smile, and that's when they were grabbed by those vermin. Fox's, rats, ferrets, weasels, stoats, and I see my mother laying there unmoving, my eyes start to sting and I see a rat wiping his blade. Because I am sad I get angry and my natural fighting instincts kick in, I spring. I bawl the rat over and stab him right in the neck. I growl low and deadly as one of them approaches me, I turn on my victim already holding the sword. I can tell that he wasn't expecting me to turn on him. I take a step towards him as if taunting him to come closer. He does what a stupid weasel. We lock blades I feel his strength, he's bigger and stronger than me but I am so enraged I don't feel anything as his sword pierces my side. I raise my blade to kill him but someone yells my name.
"Wolf bane, don't kill him, don't be a killer." My younger brother tells me, I look at him and he almost looks scared. I drop the sword and get of the slain weasel and look at the rat that I previously killed. I feel ropes being tied around my paws, I don't really fight back.
"So you are to tell me that this mere maid killed two of my armed warriors." There leader yells. The ones who are reporting back to him take a step back. He walks towards me. He is a rat, and a very big one. His eyes are black like the darkest nights they are cold, his heart is frozen just like his eyes, and he is filled with to much hate, to feel anything else.
"Maid, what is your name, I am lord shadow." He tells me, I think I know why his name is shadow, its cause of him black eyes.
"I am Wolf bane." I tell him. He nods slightly. He motions two of his vermin to come forward. Behind them are my younger brothers bonded and gagged, He smiles at my look of horror seeing the beating and whipping marks on them.
"If you ever want to see them alive again you will have to join my army, you will be a captain and will only listen to me. Understand." He says, his voice is sort of a low growl.
" I understand, but I only will if you swear an oath on there freedom after." I tell him. He nods and moves his hand they other two drag them away.
"They will be let free if you will, go to a camp north of here and free a rat named bane, he will look sort of like me just smaller and with cold blue eyes. He is my son if you do not succeed your brothers will die and you will become a slave." He informs me.
"I will not fail at that, and when I free him bring him here, then what?" I ask. He seems to know what I mean. I don't want to be in his band my whole life I wanted to visit red wall abbey and I want to have a house.
"After you will be a part of my band for a little while and if you decide to leave you may but if you decide to stay you can." He tells me.