Hi guys. This is chapter 4, I can't really think of anything else to say, so here it is.
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Aranta and Violet let Chibbo in. He was almost too large to fit into the door, being bigger than a mouse. I wonder how many more creatures I can let into my home Wondered Violet. She giggled silently to herself. Chibbo entered. "Nice place you've got here" said Chibbo.
"Uhh, thanks." said Violet. Chibbo sat, or more like lay, in a guinea pig's case, on one of the rush mats on the floor. "Are you hungry?" asked Violet.
"No, I'll eat later, I'm tired now" Chibbo went to sleep on the rush mat almost immediately. Aranta and Violet spent the rest of the day working on fortifying the village. It was evening when they got back to Violet's home. Chibbo was still asleep.
"Chibbo, wake up." said Aranta softly into Chibbo's ear. Chibbo gave no response, except for snoring loudly, and rolling over. Aranta and Violet yelled at the top of their lungs. "Chibbo, wake up!"
"Huh? no! The undead squirrels will never get me! Oh right, sorry. It's you. Hi guys." Aranta chose not to comment on Chibbo's strange dream. Violet didn't comment either.
"I'm hungry." said the guinea pig. Now I am kind of regretting letting this creature in. thought Aranta.Violet seemed to know what Aranta was thinking. "He won't do us any harm Aranta, he seems like a friendly creature." said Violet.
"Um, once again, do you have anything to eat? I am famished!"
Violet left, and came back shortly with three cups of October ale, and three bowls of woodland vegetable stew. "Tell me if you want some more ale or stew Chibbo, you are bigger than us, so I thought you might want a larger portion." said Violet.
"Mmmff! This is the best stew I have ever had!" praised Aranta.
"Yes, I have to agree, it is quite good." said Chibbo.
Violet blushed. "Well, thank you, Aranta and Chibbo."
"Violet, you're blushing!" said Aranta.
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Actually, Violet, even with the bad eyesight of a guinea pig I can tell you are clearly blushing" Chibbo interrupted.
The three of them burst out laughing. They went to sleep soon afterwards, even Chibbo, who had been sleeping all day.
They woke up the next morning to a loud knocking on the door. It was Rurark. "Aranta, do you want to come on the patrol the militia set up? It's okay if you don't, I heard about your wound and all."
"Are you kidding? It's just a scratch! Of course I'll come!" Aranta was out the door before Violet or Chibbo knew it. He took his sword and bow with him. He and Rurark walked over to where there was a gathering of about fifteen mice, moles, and squirrels were gathered, with pitchforks, shovels, heavy candlesticks, and a variety of other makeshift weapons. Aranta, Rurark, and a few others were the only ones that were properly armed. Rurark had a rapier that he had bartered from a tribe of traveling shrews a few seasons back. A few seconds later, the patrol set forth.
After the patrol had been walking for almost an hour and a half, the patrol took a short break. Aranta and Rurark sat down on a fallen tree trunk. They both dug out rations from their packs: hard tack and water. "Yuck, this stuff is as hard as a rock!" said Aranta.
"Try dipping it in the water." Rurark advised. Aranta tried it and found the hard tack slightly more appetizing. "So Aranta, exactly how bad is that wound of yours?" asked Rurark. Aranta took of his tunic and removed his bandages. "Aranta, I had no clue it was that bad! Can you still move you're arm?" Aranta wiggled his shoulder and waved his arm. "Yeah Rurark, I can still move my arm, but it hurts a little." Said Aranta, thinking Rurark was overreacting, although he really wasn't, the wound pained Aranta much more than he would admit. His thoughts were interrupted by a mole who said, "Dangers a' comin', oi feels it in moi diggen' claws!" An arrow twanged into a tree right above Aranta's head. The patrol prepared for a fight.
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And there is the suspenseful ending of chapter four. I hope more people give me reviews………