Book 1
Journey Begins
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I don't own MLP: FIM or Redwall. I do own Shooting Star.
A tall male Badger was watching his adopted son Shooting Star from his chambers in Salmandestron. The male badger looked like one who would brook no nonsense from anybeast, from his wild dark eyes and rough, bearded muzzle to the homespun tunic and traveler's cloak her wore. He also had a immense double-hilted battle sword on his back. This badger was none other than the great Lord Brocktree of Brockhall. Lord Brocktree observed his adopted son Shooting Star from his chambers. Today was the day he'd see if Shooting Star was ready to join the Long Patrol or if Shooting Star wanted to leave the mountian to go questing. As the Badger Lord watched he couldn't help but think to himself how he came across the Pegasus. It had been many seasons since he and Dotti had rescued the young Pegasus Colt from a gang of Vermin when he arrived lost and alone with only his father's bow and arrow which he claimed was passed down to him by his father, before his father disappeared to go into a war and was never heard from again. He heard a knock on the door of his chambers "Who is it?"
"It's just me Dotti" a voice behind the door spoke "May I come in sir?"
Brocktree smiled "Of course you can Dotti."
The doors opened and the fatal beauty Hare Maid Dorothea Duckfontein Dillworthy better known as Dotti walked in. The Hare Maid had been with Brocktree since he left to find Salmandestron and by the end of the war Brocktree had with Ungatt Trunn and his humongous Blue Hordes, the Badger Lord had created the famous Long Patrol and made Dotti his Patrol General. The highest ranking official he had on the Long Patrol. She saw him looking out the window "What are you looking at?"
Brocktree turned to her "Shooting Star,"
Dotti blinked "Just to let you know he's been good! He doesn't get into fights with the other hares"
Brocktree chuckled at her statement "You've been like a mother to him Dotti. I know he's been good, it's just that I'm a little worried about him going off to take his battle test."
Dotti smiled at the badger Lord's comment "Well sa'h if I may say so myself you were the one that adopted him to make him your son, if you were the father I'd say it was best he had a motherly figure around even though we're not a couple sah!"
Brocktree smiled nodding as Dotti then looked at him as his words about Shooting Star going to take his battle test "Oh sah, I can assure you he'll pass with flying colours! You personally taught him yourself."
The Badger Lord chuckled a bit "Oh Dotti, like you I know he'll pass the test, however that's not what I'm worried about."
"What are you worried about then sah?"
"Call it a parent thing Dotti, Shooting Star has grown up. Now when he passes the test he can decide to join the Long Patrol for now and perhaps take my place one day as ruler of this mountain, that's a path I'd like him to take however...I've been having weird dreams lately."
"Weird dreams sah? Nightmare types?"
"One can say that Dotti, in my dreams I see something calling and taking him away from us like he's going to go on a quest."
"Questing can be good for him sah! I mean look at you, you left Brockhall to go questing for Salmandestron with me and we both found it!"
"Indeed and I'll agree with you questing is all a part of being a warrior, as a parent though it'll pain me to see him leave. Wouldn't you feel the same way if he has to leave?"
Dotti now understood the Badger Lord's feeling "Deep down, yes!"
Brocktree turned to her "Well time to see him on the field. Do you know whose going to be his testing opponent?"
"That would be good old Stiffener Medick and his grandsons Southpaw and Bobweave sah!"
Brocktree smiled "Good. Those three will certainly keep Shooting Star on his hooves, let's go down to the fields to watch."
"Sure sah!"
The two leave the Badger Lord's chamber.
Shooting Star was indeed older than when Brocktree had first found him. He was fully the size of Big Mac and knew he was being tested. The young Stallion was crouching low t the ground slowly making his way up the path trying to keep himself from being spotted by his opponents. As he got to a check point he could see three Long Patrol Hares taking part in his battle test. They were patrolling an area. In a way this was also a test for the Long Patrol Hares to learn how to act on an emergency like if there was ever another vermin invasion. Carefully Shooting Star grabbed an arrow silently, normally his arrows were sharp enough to kill a villain on sight but seeing that he was in a test and his opponents in the test were good beasts his arrows weren't the lethal type, the arrow tips were covered by a ball to prevent the arrows from killing the hare. He carefully took aim at one of the hares and fired the first arrow at the middle hare. The hare didn't see it coming until it struck him in the chest "Ambush!" the hare shouted then he pretended to have died. The two other hares that were with him turn towards the area where the arrow was fired but by then Shooting Star seemed to have vanished ducking underneath the grass and trees. He thought he was careful enough but one of the hares saw movement in the grass and shouted "He's over there! Capture him!"
Shooting Star heard the two hares coming closer to him then quickly jumped behind a tree just as the second hare tried to cut him off just missing him. The first hare was a lot smarter and nearly had crept on Shooting Star from behind him, but Shooting Star heard him step on a twig. "Oh nuts!" The hare shouted as Shooting Star spreads his wings and with a flying leap caused the hare to miss him and he landed in the tree.
The second hare joined his companion "What happened?"
"I nearly had Brocktree's son!" The first hare replied "But a stupid twig got in the way!"
"Where is he?"
"In the tree!"
The two hares looked at Shooting Star whom was perched in the tree and shouted to him "We got ya surrounded and outnumbered."
Shooting Star smirked remembering Sniffner and his grandson's boxing lessons "Oh really? Then let's test that theory!"
He jumps off the tree directly right at the first hare whom armed himself with a Pike. Shooting Star smirked as he grabbed the Pike with his rear hooves and used his wings to keep him air born. Then without warning he timed it right and tugged the Pike out of the hare's grip and thrown it at the second hare. The second hare barely dodges the pike, then Shooting Star gave the first hare a nice punch to the face. The hare falls back stunned but not out. The second hare advances "Don't worry mate! I got him!"
He charges Shooting Star's back but Shooting Star was ready for him quickly backflipping and grabbing the charging hare's head and tossed him onto his companion. The two hares go down muttering to his companion "I suddenly wish Lord Brocktree and Patrol General Dotti didn't allow Sniffner, Southpaw and Bobweave to teach him boxing lessons..."
"Me too but we can't regret that now! Come on let's get him!"
The two hares get up and arm themselves with swords. Shooting Star prepares himself, not reaching for hoof blades just yet standing on his rear hooves "Come and get me you two! If you can!"
"Very well here we go!" the first hare shouted.
"Eulia!" the two hares shout shouting the warcry of hares and badgers.
Normally any foebeast would've frozen up at this but not Shooting Star. They came at him on both sides but he rolls out of the way right underneath their footpaws. Then before they could regroup, Shooting Star shoots directly upward and gives them two punches to their faces! It was an instant double knock out! He heard the sounds of more footpaws coming his way, spreading his wings he took to the skies silently finding a tree to perch on. He carefully peers down seeing that it was more hares, obviously they heard the warcry and were responding. One of them an officer turned to another Hare "Go to Sniffner, report to him that check point A has been over taken!"
"Yes sah!"
Without being seen, Shooting Star flew from his tree silently and made his way towards the final check point but when he got there he startles seeing the three hares that were badly injured by three Foxes and twelve rats. One of them a vixen was going to close in on a hare to finish him off but Shooting Star shouts the warcry of all warrior hares and badgers. No decision was necessary, the Warrior Pegasus wasn't about to let them get away, his blood was arosed and he shouts "EULIA! Vermin attack!"
The foxes and their rat allies gasp as Shooting Star equipped himself with his bow and breaks off the ball an arrow, took aim and fired! The shaft flew through the air like an angry bee striking the Vixen in the head killing her on the spot. Before the vermin could react, the Warrior Pegasus shot straight towards the wounded hares landing spin kick to the other two remaining foxes sending them flying and crashing into the bushes. Shooting Star turned to the three Hares "You three alright?"
"We are now, thanks to you Shooting Star" a wounded Hare.
The two foxes get up armed with swords themselves and the rats drew their own swords. Shooting Star was unphased by the numbers placing his bow and arrow on his back and reached for his hoof blades. Normally these weapons were wrist blades but Brocktree had made these weapons specifically for his adopted son telling him to use them when it was necessary like what was happening now. These two hoof blades were huge and attached to the Warrior Pegasus's hooves. He brings them out "Come at me you cowardly vermin!"
One rat decides to test Shooting Star's bravery and pays the ultimate price the, Warrior Pegasus side steps the rat's charge then slices out at the rat as he passes the rat. The rat falls to the ground and Shooting Star prepares himself for more when Brocktree and Dotti emerged onto the scene followed by Sniffner, Southpaw, and Bobweave shouting "Eulia!"
The fight didn't last long as Brocktree grabbed one of the foxes by his footpaws and just as if he had done with the Stoat Drigg used the fox as a swatter to swat the other vermin willy-nilly. Three Rats managed to avoid this but found themselves under a constant barrage of fists from Sniffner and his grandsons. Dotti ran over to the wounded hares "Are you three going to be okay."
One of the hares answered her "We will be now. Shooting Star saved us before they could finish us off."
Brocktree turned to his adopted son "Good work Shooting Star, even though it wasn't part of your test. You showed great courage right then."
Shooting Star smiled "Thanks father! I couldn't let them do that to them."
"Correct" Brocktree said he looked at the vermin whom were most likely the cowardly types now that they had been fighting at least five warriors and one mighty Badger Lord, the badger lord spoke to Shooting Star "So Shooting Star, what should we do with these group of cowardly group."
"I'd say finish them off" Shooting Star advised.
Brocktree shook his head "Wrong answer, but understandable coming from you. It's true that you need to kill vermin but not all vermin need to be dealt with in that way...Especially this group...Watch how to deal with these types."
Shooting Star watches as his father go to action to learn what to do in this situation. There was a fearsoome swish as Lord Brocktree drew his great battle sword. It was just as big as Dotti had seen it was almost as tall as the badger himself, with a blade wide as two dock leaves. There was a moan of fear from the remaining vermin. The Badger Lord held the double hilt single pawed, then he swung the hunge weapon making the air thrum like a swan taking off into flight. Shooting Star remembered what it sounded like. Whump! Shooting Star watched as his father buried the point deep in the earth, and his voice dropped into a dangerous growl as he addressed the defeated vermin "I save my sword for proper combat, with real warriors. Scum such as you would only dishonor it's blade. But just like the case of Drigg, I will make exceptions, especially now since you nearly wanted to murder three of my hares, and will do so if you are still within my sight by the time I have counted to three. Remember, I always keep my word...One..."
Dotti shoved Shooting Star out of the way as the two were nearly bowled over in the mad scramble. Before the Badger Lord could count further, the remaining foxes and rats had vanished, none wanting to experience the Badger Lord's wrath. Shooting Star absorbed them closely as the rats and foxes weren't sticking around "Wow..."
Brocktree turned to Shooting Star "That's how you deal with cowardly vermin types...There's no use soaking your blade with their blood if they aren't true warriors. You did kill two of their kind and it was what was needed to let them know you were around. Just remember this in the future."
"Will do" Shooting Star said cleaning off his hoof blades before placing them back on in their scabbard.
Sniffner walked towards Shooting Star "Well young stallion, I say you passed this test. Looks like the Long Patrol need a good lesson on keeping on guard and not to underestimate their opponent."
"Thanks Stinffner!"
"You were great out there!" Southpaw told Shooting Star.
"Yeah!" Bobweave said "Knocking those two hares out with a single spin punch was great! Well not for the hares you knocked out but your move was great!"
Brocktree turned to the wounded hares "Let's get them to sick bay, Shooting Star would you mind getting Ruro for me? Notify her I have three injured hares."
"Sure thing father!" Shooting Star said taking to the skies "I'll be back soon!"
The Warrior Pegasus flew into the skies towards what was known as Jukka's Pine Grove a place where a squirrel queen once lived. As he gets near the area he remembered his adopted father and adopted mother tell him how heroic Jukka Sling was. Jukka was the former queen of the Squrriels before she was slain alongside Fleetscut while attempting to hold of a horde of vermin from Ungatt Trunn due to a mishap. At the end of that Ruro whom was Jukka's healer under Lord Brocktree's orders after the war was named Jukka's successor. The Warrior Pegasus remembered his manners as he came to the Pine groves and knocks on the doors. Two squirrels answered the door and Shooting Star introduces himself "Hello there, I'm Shooting Star, the Warrior Pegasus...I'm here to see if your queen Ruro is around. We had an ambush by vermin on Salmadenstron during my test today and we have three wounded hares. We need her assistance."
The two squirrels nodded taking the Pegasus inside their home to meet Ruro. Mossflower Woods seemed to be peaceful now that Ungatt Trunn was gone. Deep down in his heart, Shooting Star felt as if something would call him to action. For many seasons and years Shooting Star considered his birth place was Salmandestron but something told him he was from a different place. He had to talk to his father Brocktree about this when he went back to Salmadenstron. As he is being lead to Juro he was still thinking on this issue not sure why.
end of chapter
I know this is very short compared to most chapters however just as I mentioned before in the prologue, I'm trying to base this off Brain Jacques's Redwall series of books and his chapters are very short compared to most of my chapters. So in other words this is going to be a book event sort of thing. Now my other fanfics like Digimon Tamers Equestria were treated like an actual episode. I will make my other chapters a bit bigger but not sure how much. Next chapter is going to be introducing us to the villain, Princess Rosethrone and her invasion of Canterlot.
