YAY! PEOPLE LIKE MY STORY! wOOt! MegaHog14… I LOVE YOU! I give you cookies and a German Chocolate Cake (baked by me, of course.) SabrePaw, I love you too! And many, many thanks to the other FIVE people who reviewed! And also, an additional thanks to the many, MANY people who read my story. I am thoroughly amazed! This is the absolute BEST story I have up! I didn't think people would like this so much! I also just got huge, HUGE (and when I say huge, I mean huge) inspiration for this story.This story will be going down in Redwall Fanfiction history if everything goes as planned. (By the way, if any of you are Eragon fans, I also have a new fic up for that. Check it out, even if you haven't read the books.)


I have a slight request for many of you avid Redwall readers. If you could please message/review me with a list of the many Redwall delicacies that are most commonly known, I'll be able to write about stuff much more fluently. If someone could also give me a bit of mole and/or dibbun speech, I would be eternally grateful. Unfortunately, I just realized that I don't own any of the Redwall books. My personal favorite, The Outcast of Redwall, mainly takes place outside of Redwall; plus, it's been at least a year since I've read it. I know hare speech by heart, donchaknow, and every other creature talks normally, excluding the birds, but there won't be any in this story, methinks. I just need a bit of refreshment on mole and dibbun. And PLEASE, I really need it because, otherwise, it will take a LOT longer to write the next chapter and it will probably end up being very short, too. I'm really sorry if I have things a bit off location wise, but I'm trying to use Wikipedia as much as possible. It actually is quite helpful.

And one last thing… I seem to be having a bit of trouble thinking up names and descriptions for various creatures. If you have ANY suggestions, feel free to send them to me, whether by review, PM, or email. I will give credit to any creature that you suggest. Thank you!


Disclaimer: I, Kialie Jones, aka Kail Everwood, aaka Hailey-Stone, do not, under any circumstances own Redwall and any of its affiliates. Thank you.


Chapter Two: New Faces, New Names, New Species (or, In Which Ryan is Physically Abused by Kialie)

'Ow, ow, ow, ow…' Kialie groaned as she came to. 'Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, OW.' Her entire body ached like nobody's business. 'It feels like Fame all over again… Except that every single practice, along with all four shows, were all at the same time.' She slowly opened her eyes as she felt the warmth of the sun on her face while a soft breeze blew through the trees. 'Wait… Trees?! Sun… wind… HOLD UP! Something is definitely up…' She blinked a few times as her eyes adjusted to the bright light. With a small bit of difficulty, she slowly sat up as her head swam through the Pacific and back again. Kialie swayed a little as her vision quickly grew black and came back again. 'Sheesh, I hate that…'

As she sat on the ground, she decided to ponder her situation. First, the swirly-vortex-thingy: Obviously, it was a portal. So she was right… as usual… or not… Secondly, where in the name of all that is good and reasonable was this place?! That one she couldn't quite figure out. Not yet, anyways… Third… where the heck where her friends?! She could've sworn she had given this long monologue that basically had said Get your happy smurfs up and FOLLOW ME. Strange… that sounded an awful lot like what the J-man had said… excluding the threatening, impolite language part… Anywho, back to her friends… 'Did they follow me? -insert anime teary eyes- Or am I alone in this big, lonesome world?'

Kialie stood up, feeling very awkward for some reason. She scratched her head. 'Holy shitake mushrooms! What the hell happened to my hair?!' For some reason, her braids were gone. As she felt her head, she found that her ears were also missing and there were two, small, soft things on top of her head. 'WTFH?! What is this?!'

Kialie staggered a bit as she slowly walked to the edge of a nicely sized puddle. She looked in and saw a cute, fuzzy animal staring back at her. 'What is that… Hmm… I recognize it… EUREKA! It's an otter!' The otter stared back at her with big, golden brown eyes. 'Weird… It looks like it's wearing the same outfit as me…' Suddenly, Kialie remembered an important fact. 'W-Wait a minute… Isn't this a puddle? Then how…?' A frightening thought slowly crept into her mind. Slowly, she raised her right hand. The otter followed. She waved it in the air. The same thing happened again. Then she allowed herself to realize what was happening. Kialie slowly raised her trembling hands to eye level.

And then she screamed.


Ryan heard the scream. Immediately, he recognized it as Kialie and dashed in the direction of her scream. It felt really weird running for some reason, but Ryan shook that out of his mind and concentrated on finding his best friend. He figured that he had been awake for about fifteen minutes, more or less. He had woken up in the forest near a small dirt road that had been worn down from years of use. Making sure he knew the way back, Ryan approached a small clearing.

"Kialie?" Ryan called hesitantly. "Where are you?" Suddenly, he tripped over a big, brown rock that was strangely fuzzy.

"Ow!" the rock shouted. 'Wait… Rocks can't shout… so how…?'

The thing sat up. It was a huge otter. They made eye contact and everything was silent…

At least it was until they both screamed.


The screaming continued for at least a minute. Finally, Kialie stopped screaming and gaped at the other giant otter-thingy. Looking deep into its eyes, a spark of recognition flittered across her mind.

"R-Ryan…?" she asked cautiously. "Is that you?"

Ryan gasped. "K-Kialie?! Wha…? How…?"

Kialie looked at him with a serious, almost pitying gaze. "I guess you haven't looked at your reflection lately, have you?"

"What? What are you talking about?" She was being very confuddeling again. Kialie stood up and grabbed his arm.

"Come with me." She dragged him over to a puddle that was nearby. "Now look in."

Ryan was still confused. But he obediently looked into the puddle and saw another giant otter. He gasped again, now totally and completely confused.

"What the hell…" he whispered as he brought his hands, now padded paws with an additional thumb and webbing, up to his face. Kialie grabbed his shoulder.

"I know. That's what I said." She looked around. "Any clue where Alexa and Thehya are?" As Ryan shook his head, two ear-shattering screams rang through the forest.

"Never mind," Kialie chuckled darkly.

Ryan smirked in grim amusement. "Guess we have some explaining to do."


After a lot more talking and even more screaming, the four teens were finally back together. The changes of all four were quite… er… interesting, so to speak. While Kialie and Ryan had somehow changed into otters, Thehya had turned into a squirrel and Alexa turned into something that was later identified as a shrew. Very interesting indeed. Ryan led the others back to the dirt road since it was the only way to somewhere. They followed it for a while. It was quite boring. Yeah. Moment of no creativity. Yepperdoodles. Anywho, they eventually reached a very large gate with red bricks surrounding it. There was a ditch nearby.

'Hold up… Why does this seem so familiar for some reason…? I swear, I remember seeing… Maybe even reading about someplace like this…' Kialie looked around, a completely puzzled look on her face. "Maybe we should call and see if anyone is there…?" she suggested after a while.

Alexa nodded. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea… So… who wants to do it?" The friends looked at each other.

"I say Kialie," said Thehya. "She's the loudest."

"No, I'm not! Ryan is!" Kialie denied. "Besides, he's the oldest!"

"And? You're second oldest. You should do it Kialie," said Ryan. "All in favor of Kialie raise your hand."

Everyone raised their hand… Except Kialie, of course. Kialie muttered darkly (something about "treacherous fiends", "cursing souls", "dull butter knives", "lack of pancreases", "purple hair", "toenails", "gargling", and "peanut butter— crunchy style") under her breath as she walked closer to the gate. She sighed as she looked up at the top of the wall. 'Here goes nothin'.'

"OI! ANYONE THERE?"

"AYE. AND WHO MIGHT YOU BE?" The small group gasped as a large hare stuck its head over the wall. Kialie shook it off and continued.

"JUST A FEW YOUNG TRAVELERS WHO'VE LOST THEIR WAY. ANY CHANCE WE COULD COME IN AND REST OUR PAWS?"

The hare turned around to speak to someone that they couldn't see. They spoke for a moment until the hare turned back to the small group.

"WELL, YA DON'T LOOK LIKE A BUNCHA VERMIN IN DISGUISE, SO, AYE, YOU CAN COME IN. JUST WAIT A MINUTE WHILE WE OPEN THE GATE."

"THANK YOU!" Kialie turned back to her friends, rubbing her neck. 'Oi… There has been way too much yelling and screaming today. My throat hurts now.' The group jumped as the large doors slowly started to open. The four teens looked nervously at each other as the hare walked out.

"Well, come on! It's almost time for tea! A chap can't wait forever, donchaknow. Can't live without me scoff, wot wot!" He waved them past the gate. "The Abbess would like to see ya. Can't keep her waiting, wot."

Kialie sniggered at the hare's exuberant manners as he led them through a courtyard while they headed towards the doors of the main building. There were many other types of creatures that they could identify. The group entered the main hall where a mouse in brown robes was waiting for them. She had golden brown fur with some gray streaks. Her eyes were wise and gentle.

"Welcome to Redwall, young travelers." Kialie's eyes widened in sudden recognition and understanding. "I am Abbess Mira," she smiled at the small group. "And what, may I ask, may we call you?"

Ryan started to talk. "I'm Ry-OW!" A stomp on his tail, courtesy of Kialie, cut him off. Hissing in pain, he glared at the other girl. Kialie merely smiled warningly at him as she turned to the Abbess.

"Please excuse him. Allow me to introduce ourselves. I am Kail Everwood." She pointed to Ryan. "This is my twin brother, Rayne. He is my elder by six, maybe seven minutes." She continued on to Alexa. "This is our best friend, Axel Sharptongue. She is the youngest of us, though she sometimes seems the oldest." Finally, it was Thehya's turn. "And this is my best friend, Taye Quickpaw. She could actually be our triplet if she was an otter."

The other teens looked at Kialie with extremely confused glances. She slightly shrugged her shoulders in reply and mouthed 'Later' to them before turning back to the abbess.

"Recently, we had been traveling with our parents to the old Marlfox lake. Everything was perfect. But that all changed when…when…" Kialie began to make her eyes water and her voice break up as she covered her mouth as if to stifle a sob. "When we were attacked by a rogue group of vermin." She leaned into Ryan and slyly dug a claw into his foot, giving him a look that said 'A little help, please!' Finally getting the idea, Ryan joined in.

"It was horrible. They attacked without warning, killing everyone. We were lucky to escape unscathed." Wrapping his furry arms around her, Ryan buried his face into Kialie's head. After a few seconds, Kialie broke apart from the hug and continued with vigor.

"Our mum had just sent me and Rayne to go get some water from a stream that ran into the lake. Axel and Taye came along with us to help. Then, on our way back, that's when we heard the screams begin…" Tears flowed freely down her face as she began to believe her own story. "I was just about to run back to the camp when we heard our Auntie Rosemary yell out, 'Rayne! Kail! RUN!' I yelled out for her and tried to run to her aid, but Rayne kept me back, making me follow them as we ran for safety. 'Kail,' he said in a broken voice, his eyes full of tears, 'What would it show for our loved ones if we were to disobey their dieing wish? We must respect it. They died thinking we were safe. Would you really rather it be otherwise?'" Kialie was fully worked up now, completely wearing the façade of a grief-stricken teen, unable to do anything but keep talking, tears streaming down her face like a waterfall. She continued on, fabricating a tale of how the four of them had journeyed to find Redwall, navigating on nothing but the tales they had heard as dibbuns. Her tale was further exemplified by the group's roughened appearance from their journey through the forest. By the time Kialie finally wrapped up her tale, she was an emotional wreck and everyone else had started to cry too; even Abbess Mira and the hare had sparkling eyes.

After a few minutes of be held by her supposed "twin brother", Kialie finally managed to pull herself together. A flicker of a thought glimmered through her mind. 'Dang it… I forgot to take my Effexor this morning… No wonder I'm so emotional…' Putting the thought aside, she turned back towards the Abbess.

"Thank you for allowing us to stay here. If you don't mind me asking, though, is there anywhere we can rest? We've been walking for such a while and we are in dire need of a good nap." Abbess Mira immediately jumped into action.

"Oh! Of course, you poor dears. I'll have Isa take you to the dormitories. We'll get you all cozy and cleaned up in no time." The elderly mouse turned to the hare. "Monty, be a dear a go get her, would you?" Monty snapped upright and saluted the Abbess.

"Right O, Abbess, Ma'am, Sir! I'll be back quicker than a shake of a rat's tail, wot wot! Tallyho!" With that, the hare spun around and dashed off to find Isa. Kialie stifled a giggle for she still found the hare's odd behavior highly amusing. She immediately had to additionally stifle a yawn, however; all of today's events were finally catching up with her. She tiredly placed her head on Ryan's shoulder, much to his annoyance.

A few minutes later, Monty returned, trailing a huge, black and white creature. The four teens gasped and Ryan, Alexa, and Thehya simultaneously looked over at Kialie inquisitively.

"She's a badger," said-girl whispered in reply to their curious stares. "In all likelihood, she's the Badgermum of Redwall." They didn't have a chance to reply, however, for the badger quickly approached them.

"Abbess, you called?" asked the badger in a deep-ish voice, loud enough to rival Ryan's.

The Abbess nodded. "Yes, thank you, Isa, for coming so quickly." She turned towards the slightly tense quartet. "My dears, this is Isa, the Badgermum of Redwall." Kialie quickly flashed a triumphant smirk over to her friends. "She is going to take you up to some rooms so you can rest and freshen up before dinner." She then waved the half-asleep group off to follow Isa inside.


About Fifteen Minutes Later…

TRAK sat in their room, preparing for the explanation to the previous events. All of them had recently finished taking baths and were dressed in robes not unlike the other inhabitants of Redwall. Finally getting tired of watching Kialie nod off, Ryan sighed in exasperation and poked her in the stomach.

"Ow! What was that for?" Kialie said, looking put out at the abuse. Ryan rolled his eyes and simply said a single word:

"Explain." Kialie's eyes lit up.

"Oooooh... Alrighty then..." Taking a deep breath, she launched into her story. "Okay, then, so, do you guys remember how I was writing that one story about us being sucked into the Redwall universe and turning into animals?" All of them nodded. "Well, I had gotten far enough with it that I had figured out names for all of us. But first, I should probably explain why you guys are what you are." Turning to Ryan, she began.

"Ryan, personally, I don't think you really need an explanation. You're an avid swimmer and you're on at least two swim teams. So, obviously, you're inwardly an otter. Duh." Next, Kialie turned to Thehya.

"T, yours should be pretty obvious too. When you think of a squirrel, I, personally, think of Over the Hedge. You know, Hammy? Dude, I love that squirrel… Hey, remember the part in the movie where he was all—"A whack on the head got her back on track. "Ouchies… Sorry. Anywho, squirrels are usually thought of as hyper and all that shtuff. Moving on with my nonexistent life…" Alexa was next.

"Alexa. You're a… Oh, yeah, a shrew. Now, this may be a bit harder to explain 'cuz you've never read any of the Redwall books. Alrighty, then… Shrews in this world are temperamental, exceedingly sarcastic little critters. It can be reeealy easy to stroke their fur the wrong way. If you meet one, make sure you avoid getting into a discussion with it. There's this one tribe of Mossflower named Guosim. That's G-U-O-S-I-M. It stands for… Let's see if I can remember… Guerilla… um… Union… hmm… Oh, yeah! Of Shrews In Mossflower!" Kialie beamed, thoroughly pleased that she could remember. "Anywho, the chiefs of the shrew tribes are all called Log a Log. Thus, the shrews' war cry is Logalogalogalogalog. Catchy, neh?" She giggled to herself. "Anywho, just like Thehya and Ryan, you turned into an animal that matches your personality. I can't exactly place the exact reason why I'm an otter, but what I do know is that it's not for the same reasons as Ryan."

Kialie paused and took a quick drink from a glass beside her bed before she continued. "Now, since I've given Alexa a bit of info about her animal, I should do the same for you other guys. I'll start with otters. Otters are much simpler than shrews, but they're still cool. Otter tribes are led by their Skipper, usually a guy. I do remember, though, that there's this other tribe who is led by the High Rhulain, but I haven't read that book, so I don't know much about it. I do know that the High Rhulain is always a girl. Anywho, they're really spiffy. I hope we get to meet the local tribe.

"And last, but certainly not least, we have the squirrels. Actually, squirrels really are the simplest of these three… Hmm… Anywho, squirrels don't really have a leader. They're usually the ones sent out on a scouting mission, and they're awesome archers. There are some pretty kick-arse squirrels in Redwall history, like Rakkety Tam, Sam, his mother, Lady somfin-or-the-other, and many more. My personal favorite is the one who fought along side Martin the Warrior's father, Luke. I can't quite remember her name, though... Hmm... Oh, well." Kialie glanced up and noticed the blank faces of her friends. "Oh! Sorry... I'll tell you about them later. I'm tired right now, though, and I assume you guys are too. Sheesh, who knew being transported to another dimension and being turned into anthro-animals would take so much outta ya. Oi... I'm gonna go to sleep now. You know how I am when I don't get enough sleep. Wake me up in time for dinner."

With that, Kialie curled up on her bed and promptly went to sleep, something very unusual for her; usually it would take at least thirty minutes for her to fall asleep for a nap.

Ryan walked over to his bed and sat down, turning to face Alexa and Thehya.

"The whole name thing... She probably forgot to say anything else about it, but I'm going to assume that she'll want us to only call each other by our real names when we're in private." Alexa nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, you're probably right. And, surprisingly, they're pretty easy to remember. I think she used most of the letters from our names and just made new names out of them. Like my new name, 'Axel'. It's basically 'Alexa' mixed up, only it's missing the last 'a'." Thehya chimed in.

"And 'Taye' is made out of letters from 'Thehya'." Alexa nodded while Ryan lay down on his bed.

"We should probably get a bit of sleep, you guys. It wouldn't be very pleasant to end up randomly falling asleep here." Both girls nodded once more, lying down on the beds. As the four teens drifted off to sleep, one single thought simultaneously crossed their minds:

How the hell are we going to get home?