Upon Watership Down At Fu Inle'
The Warren of Watership Down appeared as white ghostly hill across the English Downs for it was Fu Inle' at the moment,
and Inle was shining upon the Down.
The crickets could be heard orchestrating their loud and continuous chirps with the Occasional spooky hoot of an Owl,
looking down upon the Down as it flew over it looking for any unsuspecting prey that would soon become its meals if left that way.
At the foot of the Down, a Dandy Rabbit was seen idly moving about for he was on Night Patrol for his Warren.
Earlier, the Dandy Rabbit had been told by his Chief to keep a look out for any Elil, but most importantly the five rabbits,
the Seer, the Lion-headed Rabbit, the Raconteur, the Black-tipped Ear Rabbit, and the Hlessi.
He was told to report back to him when the patrol arrived for he had wished to meet the Hlessi personally.
Doing as he was told,
the Dandy rabbit continued his Nightly Patrol upon the Inle' lit grass of Watership Down.
Meanwhile,
a group of Hrair Rabbits was seen making their way through the English Downs and began their approach to the foot of the down.
The rabbits were moving at a slow and steady pace for there was a rabbit amongst them who could only move at this pace, the Hlessi.
Next to the said Hlessi,
was his new friend, the Seer who had become his caretaker upon the Prince Request, and the Black-tipped Ear Rabbit
who had been telling a story to the Hlessi his magic trick with the Floating Piece of wood that had helped his friends,
the escaped Efrahan Does and himself escaped from the General and his Efrahan Owsla away on the River Test, in which the Hlessi had understood what the rabbit was talking about.
Leading the group was both the Lion-headed Rabbit and the Raconteur Rabbit.
The Captain of Owsla at the time,
was not bright on the idea of moving at the careful pace they were making at the moment but had reasoned with himself that it was indeed,
for the Hlessi best interest,
for he was still injured and
had started to feel light-headed halfway on their Journey. As they continued on,
the Raconteur who had been a little to the right of the Captain of Owsla alerted his patrol with a stamp of his right Hind Leg that high above,
an Elil had caught a glimpse of them and was now flying towards them.
With this, they made their way towards a Thick Bush,
right at the foot of Down.
The flying Elil had swooped in with a screech to see if there was indeed any prey that its talons and beak could take for a meal,
yet did not see any and decided to look elsewhere among the English Downs for more potential food and flew away from Watership Down.
Afterward, the Lion-headed Rabbit had announced that it was safe to go out leading the Patrol out of the bush.
The Hlessi, who had hopped out with the Seer and the Black-tipped Ear Rabbit looked towards the leaving Owl in curiosity and understanding for it
had known what the hungry Owl had truly felt.
As they were about to continue on with their journey to Watership Down,
a rabbit was seen quickly approaching them, in which the Raconteur immediately saw.
With this, he told his Captain of Owsla of the incoming rabbit,
in which the Lion-headed responded that it might be one of the Night patrol sentries.
The Raconteur with his Captain of Owsla went towards the rabbit,
with the Hlessi, the Seer,
and the Black-tipped Ear Rabbit Close by.
Once the two rabbits got close enough, they could immediately tell that it was their friend,
the Dandy Rabbit looking back at them.
The Dandy Rabbit was overjoyed of his friend's safe return and had to indistinctively stop himself from his ritual dance for he felt the urge to do it.
He was about to ask his Captain Of Owsla about the flying Elil attacking them until
he set his eyes on the Rabbit both the Seer and the Black-tipped Ear Rabbit were helping up towards them, the Hlessi.
The Dandy Rabbit, was about to make his way towards this strange rabbit until the Lion-headed Rabbit stopped him and told that the Hlessi rabbit was easily frightened by new strangers and
needed to rest for his injuries before anything else were to happen.
The Dandy Rabbit then told the Captain Of Owsla that the Chief Rabbit had ordered him to alert him upon the Hlessi arrival,
for he had wanted to meet the strange rabbit.
The Lion-headed Rabbit had immediately warned against this,
saying that it was not the best time for an interrogation and that he would go and handle the situation with the Chief Rabbit himself
so there would not be a misunderstanding.
The Dandy Rabbit with the Captain Of Owsla on his side,
slowly went up to the three rabbits, causing the Seer to immediately tell the Hlessi that this Rabbit was only a friend,
not an Elil as the Hlessi started to ease his tremble as the Dandy Rabbit approached him.
They inspected one another with the Occasional glance and Sniff and then the Dandy Rabbit spoke first.
"Hello, I've been told that you hurt and tired from your little incident
and your long excursion to our Warren.
First off, you're not alone with the scared prospect of meeting New rabbits in a New warren, I've been there. Also, my name is Strawberry. What is your name, Hlessi? "
The Hlessi was hesitant at first but after an assuring Nudge from Fiver, he decided to respond to Strawberries question.
"Hello, my name is Vesper. Thank you for your sympathy, I truly appreciate it."And with that,
the Hlessi went up to Strawberry and nuzzled him out of courtesy. Strawberry was a bit surprised at the foreign voice and appearance of the rabbit
but had expected something like this from a strange rabbit who was somehow associated with El-ahrairah.
He then had led the Hrair rabbits into the run of the warren
as Fiver was now telling Vesper that this was indeed the Warren he and other rabbits had called home,
in which they called it Watership Down.
Vesper understood perfectly,
yet he did not convey what he truly felt upon being in the warren. The Hrair rabbits then split up around the runs with Dandelion, BlackBerry, and Strawberry saying goodbye to Vesper and then made their ways to the burrows to rest while Strawberry had to return to his post as Night Patrol Sentries; Bigwig, however,
went to the Burrow of HazelRah and Hyzenthlay to tell a report to him about the Hlessi.
Vesper, meanwhile, followed Fiver through the empty runs and made their way towards Fiver Burrow to rest.
Vesper upon looking around at the big size of the burrow but then saw another rabbit sleeping in the Burrow.
Fiver, upon seeing this immediately told Vesper that it was only his mate,Vilthuril who he had said was currently pregnant with his kitten, in which Vesper had congratulated him.
Vesper then stated that out of respect, he would leave to him to rest with his mate and sleep in an empty burrow,
but Fiver refused by saying that he still needed care for his injuries, and after a couple of minutes,
he convinced the reluctant Vesper to come and sleep next to Fiver in his burrow. Fiver entered first and nuzzled his mate gently,
and then motioning Vesper to lay next to him so he could clean his wounds. Vesper entered the burrow and
made himself comfortable before closing his eyes and falling asleep for his head
had been aching for a while now during their excursions. Looking down upon the sleeping Hlessi in his own burrow,
Fiver decided that he would now check and clean Vespers wounds once more before going to sleep himself.
He started to inspect towards the more serious gash on his lower head and neck for it was healing more slowly that the four claw marks on his chest, caused by the Homba.
He started to lick certain parts of the small gash which had seemed high risked in infecting,
which had also caused Vesper to wince in the sudden pain Fiver had involuntarily caused him.
Seeing this, Fiver decided to lick his wounds more carefully, not wanting to cause more pain to his new friend and after a few minutes,
He was finished and laid next to the Sleeping Vesper and his mate,
and adjusted himself where he was cozy and warmed and wished Vesper a Good Night's rest and snuggled his mate who had snuggled back appreciatively before he put his ears behind his head and began his much-needed rest.
Unknowingly to Fiver,
Vesper heard his Fivers wish, for he could not go to sleep at the time,
and nuzzled Fiver appreciatively while also wishing Fiver and his mate a Good Night's Rest before closing his eyes once more,
and continued his attempts towards sleeping in this cozy, little burrow with his cozy, little friend and his friend's mate.
