Author's note: I don't own Malachai or any of the other corn kids, but most of the Redwall characters are mine. This was wrote while I was watching COTC and reading a Redwall book on the side of it all, so sorry if it's too weird. Too bad I don't own Malachai.
Malachai of Redwall
Malachai was sitting alone in the corn, or at least he thought he was alone. A cloaked figure walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder; the figure took off running into the cornfield laughing.
"Come back here!" Malachai got up and gave chase.
"Try an' catch me." The cloaked figure chuckled as it ran faster. Malachai lost sight of him as he rounded a turn.
Crack!
Something from under him snapped and he fell into a large hole. He fell for a few minutes then landed with a thud on solid ground, he opened his eyes and saw a forest and it was daylight. The cloaked figure was standing next to a tree it ran off in to the forest.
"Wait!" Malachai got up and gave chase once more. He ran for a long time he stopped suddenly because the bush at his side was rustling, out from nowhere eight tall hares appeared in front of him. Malachai was a whole head taller than them, but they were fully armed.
"Who are you?" The one hare said.
"I'm Malachai." Malachai said, he decided not to get cocky with these hares. Something put its paw on his shoulder; he turned around and was eye to eye with a large badger.
"What kind of beast are you?" The badger said pulling out a large sword.
"Human." Malachai gulped and tried to hide his fear.
"Are you friend or foe?" The badger asked as he swung the great blade.
"F-Friend." He stuttered.
"Friend? He's no friend, fiend more like it wot!' A hare said as he took out a cloak and put it on, reveling that he had been the cloaked figure.
"If he says he's a friend then I believe him." The badger said, he put the sword up and took Malachai's hand and shook it, "My name is Solarblade the Savage."
"I'm Malachai." He winced as Solarblade tightened his grip.
"I bet you're hungry, follow me to our camp." Solarblade showed him to a nice little clearing next to a large stream.
"Where am I?" Malachai asked.
"Mossflower. Where are you heading to Malachai?" Solarblade said as he waved hid paw to some hares that were cooking.
"Nowhere, where are you going?" He said. A few hares came over and served them blueberry scones and mint tea.
"Redwall, you wanna come with us?" Solarblade said as he munched his scone, "we're going there because Deathsong is gonna attack the peaceful place and we need to protect it."
"Okay, but who's Deathsong?" Malachai said as he finished his tea.
"A rat that calls herself queen of her horde." Solarblade leaned back.
"Can I have some more of this tea stuff? It's good." He said as he held up hid beaker.
"Moonpaw, get Malachai some more mint tea." Solarblade said to a pretty haremaid.
"Yes, sire." She said as she looked over at Malachai and fluttered her eyelashes.
"We're leaving tomorrow at dawn's first light." Solarblade said, "we'll be at Redwall in about a day and a halves march."
"Okay." Moonpaw came over and gave Malachai a filled beaker, "Thank you."
"You're welcome, sir." She said as she smiled sweetly.
"Don't call me sir, it makes me sound old." Malachai said, "just call me Malachai."
"Okay, Malachai." Moonpaw left to go eat. Later when it was time for everybeast to go to bed Solarblade walked up to Malachai.
"Don't look but there is a few weasels watching us from those bushes over to your left." He said, "You wanna go deal with them or shall we both?"
"I think we both should, you can teach me what to do." Malachai said as he stood up.
"I think we should go take a walk." Solarblade said loudly, he winked at Malachai.
"That sounds like a good idea." He said and winked back at Solarblade. They went up a little path next to the bushes where the weasels were. Solarblade pulled out his sword and chopped the top of the bushes off, leaving the weasels in the open.
"What are beasts like you doing spying on a good beast's camp?" Solarblade said.
"We were going to ask for some vittles but we realized that the camp be a sleepin'." The tallest weasel said.
"Are you speaking truthfully?" Malachai said drawing his knife.
"Aye" Another weasel said.
"There's about a score circling around us." Solarblade whispered.
"I know." Malachai whispered back.
"I'm going to scare them stiff." Solarblade said he swung his large sword, "Eulaliaaaaaa!"
"I don't think it worked." Malachai said. The weasels sprang out and attacked.
"We're going to have to fight them." Solarblade said as he swung his sword and killed a few. Malachai stabbed one in the side and laid another senseless with the knife handle. The battle was over just as quick as it started, the tallest weasel pointed to them as the others fled.
"You have not seen the last of us Queen Deathsong will kill you both." He ran off.
"You fought like a true warrior." Solarblade said.
"Thanks, but I really need some sleep, fighting wore me out." Malachai said yawning.
"I'll take first watch, I'll wake you when it's your turn." Solarblade said as they walked into camp.
"Okay." Malachai sat down and went to sleep as soon as his eyes were closed. It didn't seem like he had been asleep that long when Solarblade shook him awake, "Is it my turn to watch already?"
"No sleepy chops, it's dawns first light." The badger gave a large smile then stood up, "You'll have to eat breakfast on the go."
They ate on the go and Malachai wondered what Redwall would be like.