"How much longer do we have to put up with this?" Bigwig asks as they are riding in a hrududu.
"I wonder if we'll ever reach the big water." Hawkbit says scoffing in disbelieve.
"Ine thing I'll bet now roaring robscuttle never had an adventure quite like this."Dandelion says.
"Strange to think we only left Watership Down this morning and... now it's anyone's guess I suppose." Fiver says.
"O'm sure Lehaar knows. He did say he'd meet us when we got there." Pipkin says.
"I hope so Pipkin. I hope so." Hazel says.
"Fuys for now let's just enjoy the free ride." Alexis says as she lays down.
*Timeskip*
"Now's our chance." Hazel says as a man opens the hrududu.
"Right. This time nobody gets lost." Bigwig says as they hop off the hrududu quickly and get in the grass.
"Now what?" Hawkbit asks as the hrududu drives off and leaves.
"It's certainly not like anything I've ever known." Hazel says as he looks around.
"Agree with you on that. Where in frith are we?" Bigwig asks.
"I think... I think we're there." Pipkin says as they see the big water.
"By Frith.. we made it." Bigwig says surprised.
"So this is the great water." Fiver says.
"Now we look for Kehaar." Hazel says as Dandelion looks and sees all the gulls.
"Down there?" Dandelion asks.
"He might find us better up here... out in the open." Hawkbit says.
"Easy prey for elil. No we got to get moving." Bigwig says seeing the birds.
*Timeskip*
"This might be a way down." Hazel says as they follow him down a narrow rocky path.
"No sign of Kehaar and we've seen the big water. I think it's really time to head back to Watership Down now don't you think?" Hawkbit asks as he stops in front of Alexis.
"Hawkbit either you keep moving or I'll drag you along by the ears or scruff of your neck now get moving." Alexis says causing Hawkbit to get hopping.
"We'll that's an awful long way down." Hawkbit says as he sees they are up really high.
*Timeskip*
"Excuse me. We're just passing through you see." Hazel says as they stop seeing a black and white bird with an orange beak.
"Not terrifically friendly." Hawkbit says as the bird growls.
"Hazel maybe these birds know Kehaar." Alexis says.
"Good idea Alexis. We'll ask them. sorry excuse me but you wouldn't happen to know-" Hazel then gets cut off by the bird growling at him.
"Pipkin maybe you should try. Your better at talking to other creatures." Alexis says as Pipkin nods.
"I'll be right here. Just in case." Bigwig says as Pipkin hops over to the bird.
"Hello. Me Pipkin. Ask you question?" Pipkin asks.
"Keloki. I busy minding nest you see." The bird says as he introduces himself.
"Don't know any buck who'd be caught minding the youngins." Hawkbit says.
"Everybody's different I suppose.. very different." Dandelion says as he laughs nervously.
"We look for friend. Kehaar? You know him?" Pipkin asks only receiving a confused look from the bird.
"Well it was a good try anyways Pipkin." Alexis says as some gulls then come flying over attacking the bird only to get scared off by it.
"What's going on?" Bigwig asks.
"Why the gulls attacking those birds?" Pipkin asks.
"There's a lot we don't know about this place." Hazel says.
"And about seagulls it seems." Bigwig says as the ground then crumbles under Hawkbit sending him falling off the edge.
"Hawkbit!" Dandelion shouts as they run over and see he is on an ledge below them
"Are you alright!?" Hazel asks.
"Nothing's broken if that's what you mean. I really don't like it here." Hawkbit says angrily.
"Hold on Hawkbit. I'll get you off the ledge." Alexis says as she shifts to wolf form jumping on ledges down to Hawkbit before picking him up and jumping back up to the others putting him down and shifting back to rabbit form.
*Thanks Alexis." Hawkbit says receiving a smile from Alexis.
*Timeskip*
"Kehaar! We're down here!" Pipkin shouts trying to get Kehaar's attention as he seems him in the air but has no luck.
"Kehaar! Over here!" Hazel shouts but has no avail.
"He's purposely ignoring us." Dandelion says irritatedly.
"Kehaar!" Fiver shouts.
"See. His seagull friends are more important." Dandelion says as they watch Kehaar fly off.
"Why you calling that gull?" Keloki asks.
"Kehaar is a friend." Hazel says.
"But gulls are enemies. Raid nest. Cause trouble." Keloki says not liking Kehaar.
"Not all gulls are the same." Alexis says defending Kehaar.
"Keloki knows gulls. None of them are good to puffins." Keloki says defending his side.
"Kehaar is different." Hazel says.
"Can we please get down from here? I really don't like being this high up." Hawkbit says.
"You help us please?" Pipkin asks.
"I show you best way down." Keloki says kindly.
"Thank you very very much." Pipkin says happily.
*Timeskip*
"Ah good to be on level ground again. Oye. What's this then." Bigwig asks as his paws sink into the ground.
"Sand. Kehaar talked about it." Pipkin says explaining about the sand.
"By Frith's paws it's hot." Dandelion says as he touches the sand with his paw.
"Let's find Kehaar and get on our way." Bigwig says.
"But what if Kehaar wants to stay for a while?" Pipkin asks.
"I can't think of a single reason anyone would wanna hang about this desolate place." Hawkbit says as he tries to stand on the hot sand.
*Timeskip*
"Careful now Pipkin." Alexis says as she sees Pipkin fall into the water and lifts him out.
"So many new smells here." Fiver says smelling the air.
"I can guarantee what some of them are.. or were." Bigwig says as he finds a dead fish.
"Peeuuu!" Dandelion shouts as he finds a dead jellyfish and covers his nose at the stench.
"It's safer if no one touches anything else. We don't know what's dangerous and what isn't... We mustn't lose track of why we're here." Hazel says.
"Kehaar." Pipkin says.
"Let's move." Bigwig says as they get going.
*Timeskip*
"Which one's Kehaar?" Pipkin asks as he looks up at the gulls.
"Kehaar's not making this easy is he?" Bigwig asks irritatedly.
"Well let's swim after him. We've come this far. Why give up now?" Hawkbit asks sarcastically.
"We live without the sarcasm Hawkbit." Hazel says.
"Are you alright Fiver?" Alexis asks hearing him coughing.
"This water's poisoned." Fiver says.
"The big water's salty. Kehaar told me." Pipkin says explaining about the water.
"More unusual things." Hazel says as he then screams and sees a grab has grabbed a hold of his leg.
"Stand still." Bigwig says laughing watching Hazel trying to shake the grab off his leg.
"We'll get him. Don't worry." Dandelion says as Hazel manages to throw the crab off and it crawls away.
"Frith in inle. What was that?" Bigwig asks.
"That was a crab. You find them near all sorts of salty waters. They aren't usually friendly and they grab hold of anything. Once they grab hold they're hard to get off. We had some back where I lived when I was a puppy." Alexis says.
"We'll have some tales to tell when we get home aye?" Dandelion asks.
"We'll that's if we ever get home."Hawkbit says.
*Timeskip*
"This way." Bigwig says as they start running seeing the gulls are dropping things down at them and take cover before seeing the gulls coming down and eating the things they dropped.
"Now there's a trick." Hazel says.
"Well I can't think what good it would do us." Bigwig says confused.
"Never know." Hazel says.
"Go on ask them. You know how to talk to these creatures." Hawkbit says as Pipkin slowly goes over to two gulls fighting over some food only to result in him getting chased back as he tries to talk to them.
"They didn't hurt you?" Hazel asks as Pipkin shakes his head no.
"Keloki's got a point about those gulls." Hawkbit says.
"This big water's got some major draw backs." Dandelion says nervously as they head back for the sand.
"Is it just me or is this water getting closer?" Alexis says as she feels the water on her paws.
"It wasn't here a while ago but that's impossible." Hazel says as he watches the water wash away some paw prints in the sand.
"But true I think." Bigwig says.
"Come on let's go." Alexis says as they run to get away from the water soon finding themselves trapped between the rocks and the water.
"Bigwig up there. Look." Hazel says as they see a giant rock.
"I think we can make it." Bigwig says as they jump onto the rock getting out of the water's reach momentarily.
*Timeskip*
"Kehaar!" Pipkin shouts as he hears Kehaar calling for them.
"Kehaar is that you?" Hazel asks.
"Kehaar!" Hawkbit shouts as Kehaar comes over and lands next to them.
"Kehaar thank Frith your here." Alexis says happy to see Kehaar.
"We're being swallowed by this poison water." Hawkbit says frightenedly.
"This happen two times I at big water. It's ok move slow." kehaar says.
"Not slow enough for my liking." Hawkbit says nervously as he looks at the water.
"Uh how does it get?" Bigwig asks.
"Uh... that far." Kehaar says pointing above them as Bigwig and Dandelion gasp seeing the water will eventually be above their heads.
"There's a ledge above it. We've got to find a way to get up to it." Hazel says as Fiver tries to jump up to the ledge but slides back down.
"I can't make it." Fiver says.
"Let me try Fiver." Alexis says as she shifts to wolf form and jumping up the ledge managing to grab the edge of the ledge but ends up sliding back down.
"What Kehaar?" Hazel asks seeing Kehaar is thinking of something.
"Kehaar think... don't go away. I be back." Kehaar says as he flies off.
"And just where would we go?" Hawkbit asks.
*Timeskip*
"Oh not again." Hawkbit says as he and the others get splashed by a wave of water.
"I just hope Kehaar hasn't got lost in the dark." Hazel says.
"He knows this place so well. He'll be back. I know it." Pipkin says as Kehaar comes around the corner of the rocks and lands next to Hawkbit.
"Help is on way." Kehaar says.
"Got all your gull friends together did you?" Hawkbit asks.
"Actually no... gulls are...gulls." Kehaar says sadly.
"Hey it's the puffins." Alexis says as Keloki drops a rock in front of them being followed in the action by the rest of his puffin colony.
"I'm beginning to understand. What are you waiting for?" Bigwig asks as he helps Kehaar move the rocks against the ledge so they can use them to climb up. The group then start piling anything they can find against the ledge.
"Brilliant Kehaar brilliant." Pipkin says he is the first to climb up to the ledge with no problem being followed by the others very closely avoiding a giant wave of water.
"Right. Everyone's up now." Bigwig says.
"And not a moment too soon." Hazel says relieved everyone is unharmed.
"We wait. Water will go away soon." Kehaar says as they look at the water.
"You say this water comes and goes twice a day?" Fiver asks.
"Yea. Always." Kehaar says.
"Get me back to dry land. Please." Hawkbit says pleadingly as Keloki lands behind them.
"I really don't know how to thank you Keloki." Hazel says grateful to the puffin.
"Anything Kehaar can do for puffins oh he do. Ok." Kehaar says happily.
"Too bad not more gulls are like you Kehaar. Food for you and your rabbit friends." Keloki says as one of his puffins places some fish in front of the group.
"Uh.. that's very.. kind of you... but uh.." Hazel says not quite knowing what to say.
"Thank you very much Keloki." Pipkin says as he hops over to the fish and picks one up.
"Yea... Very kind... Cheers." Bigwig says.
"Well got to get back to my family." Keloki says as he and his puffins fly off.
"Thanks again Keloki." Hazel says kindly.
"Good old Pipkin." Fiver says as Pipkin spits out the fish and Hawkbit laughs.
"Wouldn't catch me doing that... But he's not a bad soul... for a fellow who stays at home and minds the youngins." Hawkbit says as Kehaar sighs sadly looking at the fish.
"You mind?" Kehaar asks.
"Please their all yours." Hazel says as Kehaar picks up the fish and eats it in one bite grossing Hazel and Alexis out.
*Timeskip*
"It's time we went home... are you coming?" Hazel asks as they stand at the top of the cliff.
"Kehaar miss.. some.. things... But I go home too! To Watership Down!" Kehaar says happily as they all then head home.