A/N: And this is where while the spider sisters practice spinning a web, the Efrafans have a plan of their own, courtesy of General Woundwort, although granted it is not much of a plan.

Watership Down 3: The Great Adventure

Chapter 7: Preparations for War

Meanwhile, at the farm, Wilbur was pacing around in fear.

"Hunted. It's just like my nightmare. Soon, there'll be forks and knives chasing me across a table!", Wilbur exclaimed in panic.

"Now, calm down, Wilbur. They're after Woundwort as well.", Captain Holly reminded.

"Hey, better him than me. Now, let's get out of here.", Templeton added.

"No. We're staying here and putting an end to this war.", Hazel responded.

"And I can't leave Cardigan. I promised.", Wilbur added.

"Fine, fine, have it your way. You stay here and whether it's from those farmers or General Woundwort and his whole owsla, you'll be sliced, diced, and served with rice.", Bessie warned.

"But it was Farley and Woundwort who took the hen, not Wilbur.", Fiver responded.

"You all know that and I know that, but who tells Farmer Hirsch that? And he only knows half of the story.", Bessie responded.

Then, that was when Wilbur realized something.

"Wait a minute. I know. Nellie. Nellie, you could do it. You and your sisters.", Wilbur spoke up.

"Of course, we could. No problem. Uh, how?", Nellie asked.

"You could try writing a message in your web like Charlotte used to. In fact, I'll even teach the three of you.", Captain Holly suggested.

"I love it! Do you want handwriting, underlined, italicized?", Nellie asked.

"I say we start small, in a way that everyone can read.", Captain Holly suggested.

"Yeah, I'll settle for legible, thanks.", Wilbur grinned.

"You know what this means, girls.", Nellie spoke as she high-fived Aranea.

"Yeah. We're gonna be up all night.", Joy guessed.

"That's right. As of right now, I'll be your writing instructor.", Captain Holly spoke up.

"And we'll check the area around the barn for any sign of Woundwort and Farley.", Hazel spoke before Hazel and the others while Captain Holly stayed behind.

"Now, I can stay till your wool is shorn.", Wilbur grinned.

"Yeah, that's true. Assuming we don't run into Woundwort and that blasted homba, that is.", Bigwig sighed as he made his way out with the others.

Meanwhile, Nellie wanted to know how it was spelled.

"So, um, anybody know how to spell 'fox'?", Nellie asked.

"Looks like we've got a long way to go.", Captain Holly sighed.

Meanwhile, as the sun sets with day turning to night, at a run-down abandoned house, with numerous livestock in cages, Campion, Orchis, Vervain, and Sainfoin were having a sort of meeting of their own.

"Why are we even chasing down a bunch of outsiders and does that never caused us any harm in the first place?", Sainfoin asked.

"Have you forgotten that they led a dog onto our army at the down?", Vervain responded.

"Regardless, the one rabbit Holly actually seemed like a decent sort.", Campion commented.

"Holly was responsible for what could've been the death of my brother, Campion. Remember that before you run your furry mouth.", Orchis threatened.

"And I'm your rank equal in this warren, Captain Orchis, so, remember that before you run yours.", Campion retorted.

"It's not even about the outsiders. We... we all know why we're here. It's Woundwort and Farley.", Sainfoin spoke.

"What of them?", Orchis asked.

Then, General Woundwort spoke up, surprising the four rabbits.

"Who called this meeting?", Woundwort asked, surprising the rabbits before he asked again, but calmly this time.

"Who... called... this meeting?", Woundwort asked.

"I did, sir. You've been in your burrow all day, and I didn't want to disturb you.", Campion responded.

Then, Woundwort spoke up an order.

"Go and get the officers and the guards and bring them in here.", Woundwort ordered.

Then, Sainfoin nodded before doing just that as he left.

Meanwhile, at the Hirsch farm, Nellie, Aranea, and Joy began singing as they started tryin to spin a web with Captain Holly singing as well, but only a little bit toward the end.

Nellie: Come on, girls, we can do it

We can spin a web the way our mother did

Joy: "Get serious, Nellie."

Nellie: Cone on, girls, nothing to it

After all, each one of us is Charlotte's kid

Aranea: Maybe this will be my chance to finally get it right

I'm gonna try with all my might

Joy: Are you nuts? You know you've never even caught a fly

Aranea: But I can still try

Nellie: Come on, girls, no more fussing

Our friends need our help, there's nowhere he can hide

Joy: "If we have to save him, he's in real trouble."

Aranea: I'm ready, let me at it

We can be a team, a-working side-by-side

Joy: What we need is just a little miracle

"That's all. This is gonna be some ball."

Nellie: Don't give up

If Charlotte did it, we can do it, too

Captain Holly: We've got to see it through

Aranea: We can build it strong

Nellie: We can build it tight

Joy: We'll be spinning through the night

Aranea: What if it's all wrong?

Joy: "Don't look at me."

Nellie: We've got to try now, just us three

You and you and me

Captain Holly: Come on, girls, pull together

You can spin a message just like Charlotte did

Aranea: "You know, I think we can really make it happen."

Nellie, Joy, and Aranea: We're a team now, we can do it

If we put our hearts into it

Captain Holly: You can spin it just like Charlotte did

Nellie, Joy, and Aranea: 'Cause each of us is Charlotte's kid

Captain Holly: Because each of you is Charlotte's kid (in unison)

Then, the spiders sisters hugged and laughed as the song ended.

Meanwhile, at the Efrafa Warren, Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and the other rabbits were watching carefully approaching the warren before Fiver picked up a sound and thumped his foot quietly to alert Hazel and the others over to where Fiver is as Woundwort began speaking to his officers and guards.

"I've called you here to invite you to voice any concerns you may have.", Woundwort spoke.

Then, after a few moments, Sainfoin began speaking up.

"I... I feel like, by sending us to search for the outsiders, we're risking lives. These other rabbits had a bird under their control, and even had two humans and a wild pig with them. I mean, who knows what other kind of elil they might have power over... eh?", Sainfoin responded.

"I met the wild pig myself, and he is no wild pig. Just a clean hog covered in leaves, dirt, dust, and tree bark. Are you really concerned about the lives of your bucks? Or are you concerned about your own life?", Woundwort asked has he hopped off the high spot and then walked over to him.

"Well...", Sainfoin stammered.

"Are you afraid, Sergeant?", Woundwort asked.

Then, after a moment, Sainfoin began to respond.

"Eh... Maybe. Maybe I am afraid.", Sainfoin responded, making Woundwort livid as he then pushed him back and forced him into a thin wooden plank with Farley the Fox smacking his lips and sighing in anticipation as the fox grinned while Woundwort reprimanded him.

"You disgust me! If you expire serving this warren, you should consider yourself fortunate to have the glory of such a death! Those of you not loyal to me invite outsiders to steal our does, men to hunt us, and elil to bring us the white blindness. Those of you not loyal to me hate Efrafa. Are you loyal, sergeant?", asked Woundwort.

"Yes, sir.", Sainfoin spoke before turning to Campion.

"And what about you, Campion?", Woundwort asked.

"I am, General.", Campion assured as he held his head down a bit.

"Good! I don't care whether it takes one Frith or a thousand, you will find the outsiders who stole our does and wiped out half of our army when we last crossed paths. And when you do, we will destroy their warren and leave no trace of them on this earth! And to those of you who tremble in the wake of birds, or foxes, or any of the thousand enemies of rabbits, I say this... In Efrafa, we run from no elil! We are the elil!", Woundwort proclaimed, worrying Hazel and the others far away.

"We're all gonna have to hurry back as quickly as we can.", Hazel urged before they nodded in agreement and hopped away as quickly and quietly as possible.

A/N: Frankly, it's quite similar to how it went from the 2018 version of "Watership Down", because man, I like those scenes. As for Fern and Henry, they're on their way right now, so don't worry. As for what the black Rabbit meant by casting aside her old life in favor of a new one, you'll see for yourself later on.