Chapter 2
Slaygart
Slaygart a fearsome, ruthless fox warlord seeking a creature with tremendous power that could make you live forever and do whatever you want with it. He was searching and destroying villages trying to find that power. So far he has not succeeded. Slaygart has a massive horde by the hundreds that follow his orders and never disobey. They sometimes made mistakes and those mistakes were answered by Slaygart's scimitar that cleaved through their bodies like butter.
Slaygart had destroyed every village except one village that stood in his path. He knew that no one in any village had that gift, but he had heard of a place called Redwall Abbey that was filled with peaceful mice and he suspected that one of those peaceful creatures had that power. Slaygart knew he had to destroy that last village in Mossflower before he could get to Redwall. He had traveled a long way to get here and now he was almost here.
"My warriors," Slaygart said, "We have but one more village standing in our path before Redwall and it shall be destroyed. If you want to leave now before we destroy that village, speak now," some of the vermin started to leave until Slaygart continued with the sentence, "and you'll never speak to plead for mercy. No one leaves Slaygart alive. So are you going to stay or leave without heads?"
Everybeast looked at each other and then raised their weapons shouting, "Slaygart! Slaygart! Destroys all!"
Slaygart smiled at his army and then turned to face the little village just over yonder hill. He pulled out his scimitar and led his army onward toward the village. Little did he know that this village had the power in a beast. Though that beast was young and small he was pretty brave.
Slaygart arrived at the gate of the village and knocked sharply on the front gates. One of the guards looked over the wall and investigated to see who it was.
"Who goes there?"
"I am Slaygart who just wants to talk with you about a simple question."
"What kind of question fox?"
"You need to let me in and talk to your village leader about it."
Then another head poked over and started talking to Slaygart.
"I am the leader of this village what of me do you want?"
"I want to come into your village alone and ask you a simple question."
"You can come in, but you must take out all weapons and leave them outside."
Slaygart took off his scimitar and showed them that he was unarmed.
"Now can you let me in kind mouse?"
"Let him in."
The guards opened the gates and Slaygart came inside following the leader of the village. He looked around and noticed a few mice playing a game and noticed another mouse watching them sadly. Then he was led into the village hall where all elders and council members came to a meeting over anything.
"What is this question that you ask me?"
"I need to know if you have a creature in here that has a power not known to any creature before."
The village leader thought for a moment and guessed that it would be wrong to send the one who possessed a strange power.
"I'm afraid we don't have that here. If we did we certainly wouldn't give him to you."
Slaygart lunged at the leader and began beating him.
"You're a liar I have searched every village in all of Mossflower and know you have him or her now where is he."
Outside Ethias was watching his friends play a game and then he heard a lot of fighting coming from the village hall. He went to investigate and found his village leader being beaten by a fox. Ethias ran inside and tried to pull the fox off his leader, but Slaygart threw him off and continued beating the leader. Then Ethias grew very angry and his eyes grew bright blue. His hands also started glowing blue balls in them. Slaygart turned around and saw the mouse throwing glowing blue balls at him. He tried his best to get out of the hall and ran from the village Ethias pursuing him to get out. Ethias managed to hit him out and told the guards to close the gates and lock them up tight. Then he ran back inside and helped his leader up.
"Are you okay," Ethias asked?
"I'm alright thank you for saving my life, but how did you do it young one?"
"I don't know I think I got really angry, my eyes were glowing blue, I heard voices all around me, and I found myself throwing blue balls at him. What did he want?"
"He wanted you Ethias. Slaygart was looking for a beast with a power so great that he now knows it's you. Everyone in this village will try their best to protect you from them."
"No I don't need protection. Everyone wouldn't do it anyway. They would rather have me leave than they protect me from getting taken and killed. I don't think anyone likes me."
"Don't worry Ethias I'll try my best to get as much help as I can. You just go on back to your hut and get a goodnight sleep."
"Thank you I will."
Ethias ran out of the village hall and headed back to his hut.
Slaygart was out of breath when he ran out of the village that he was angry that a little mouse had the power and chased him out of the village. His horde knew never to get near him when he was in his angry moods. Then once his breath was back he turned around and saw the village.
"I'll get that power from you young one. You won't be able to stop me when I destroy your village. Hahahahaha."