Memoirs: Bane's Story
Disclaimer 1: I do not own the Underland Chronicles. I do not own Ripred, Pearlpelt, Goldshard, Snare, Clawsin, Twirltongue, Reekwell, Gushgore, Ratriff or Gregor. Or any of Suzanne Collin's other brainchildren.
Disclaimer 2: I do however own Terrormaw, Fangsong, Preypounce, and Sinsleek.
Rating Warning: I was unsure exactly what to rate this so I went for T. This story includes disturbing themes (psychosis, cannibalism, war, violence, and death) that may be unsuitable for small children or those who have not yet experienced my demented writing. It also includes harsh language, who knew Bane had such a foul mouth? And suggestive themes. Suggestive. As in, I didn't spell them out just hinted. If you find them, great! If not...that's great too! But seriously, this is the Bane we're talking about, he's twisted and so am I, the combination isn't pretty.
Pearlpelt. The Bane of Underland. He is portrayed as the main villain in the last two books of the Underland Chronicles and many see him as such. But he was my favorite character. Gasp! No, it's true! I thought he was a masterpiece of character development and he was definately a defiantly original villain. But was he a villain? Was he the bad guy? I know that question has been asked over and over, evil vs. misunderstood. The truth is something that only Suzanne Collins can provide, I however, can give you my theories. My version of what happened that the books didn't show.
A friend of mine insists that the big war was all Luxa's fault. No, not because she said the Vow of the Dead over the nibblers. It started before that. Remember cute little Pearlpelt munching on the chocolate bar at the end of Prophecy of Bane? Well, he wanted more chocolate and Luxa refused to let him have some. So then he went to the nibblers who also denied him the sugary chocolatey goodness. This was the beginning of his grudges. Then Twirltongue came in. And then he launched the war.
While that may be an interesting fanfic by anyone's accounts that isn't the story I'm telling. I am going to tell the story of the Bane's life from his own point of view. This is in the same story universe as 'Coming Dark' and so yes it will have Terrormaw in it. If this annoys you because it isn't 'canon' then I suggest you not read chapter 5 or any of the chapters after that because they either have her mentioned or have her in there although it is normally a very small role.
And so, if you want to know exactly what Pearlpelt was thinking during all of those fascinating chapters in the books where he was featured then I suggest that you:
Delve into the demented scrawlings of a fourteen year old girl...