Disclaimer: Own nothing 'cept Kelaiah the ferret.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP!!"
Martin the Warrior was still tied up, only this time, since the arena had vanished, he was now tied up in a random place of the forest. And being tied up in an obscure part of a forest, well, that's a bit unsettling.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP!!" Martin screamed again. "KEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL!! ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSEEEE!! GOOOOOOOOONNNFFFFFFFF!! ANYBEEEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSTTT!! I COULD REALLY USE A PAW HEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!!"
Just then a tall, skinny male fox wearing rectangular glasses came running at him.
"Hey mate!" the fox said, waving one paw before he tripped on a protruding root. "AUGH! Whoops! Ugh! Oof, ahem." The fox picked himself up and started his journey towards Martin again, only at a more reasonable pace. "Sorry. Heh, sorry about forgetting about you, but there was a bit of trouble with the arena, and Ferret-Kel wasn't feeling very well, ever since . . . well, yeah. Anyway. . . ."
Martin stared at the fox. "Who the peach shortcake are you?"
"Kelaiah's understudy," the fox replied as he began to untie the mousewarrior.
Martin blinked. "You're . . . what?"
"Kelaiah's understudy. Fox, these knots are tight. really knows how to tie 'em, doesn't he? But then again I suppose that has to do with him not wanting you to see Rose get beat up and attacked like that. . . ."
Martin's mood went from stunned to incredulous to annoyed and then to shocked anger and realization. He had already guessed that he had been tied up because of Rose, but now he realized that Rose could be laying somewhere, hurt and helpless, or worse-!
"Rose is fine," the fox said, seeming to read Martin's thoughts. "She got patched up real good and she doesn't have any hard feelings towards Mariel."
"Mariel? What's Mariel got to do with-" Martin gasped. "Did Mariel hurt-!?"
"Y'know, Martin," the fox said, smiling nervously all of sudden. "These knots are so tight, I can't untie you. I'll go and see if I can get some help." And with that, the fox ran off at top speed.
"Now just wait a minute!" Martin roared after him. "YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!"
Martin's screams were heard all the way to Redwall Abbey. Many of the abbeydwellers were unnerved by the horrible sounds, except for Rose, who was nestled comfortably up in the contestants' private quarters.
Rose sighed. "Oh, there he goes, overreacting as usual."
Dotti sat before the commentary camera.
"I know its flippin' bad sporty an' all, but I can't help but think that Mariel doesn't deserve first place. Iwas the one who used my blinkin' bare paws for fruitcake's sake! She never touched her vermin, wot, she just swung her stupid little rope thingy about like a dibbun at play! Its very frustrating, I'm not doing as well as I'd like, but I can't go on feeling sorry for m'self. I'd best just get on with things and try to do well with the rest of the trials."
In a large, empty room that resembled a fancy club of sorts, Kelaiah the ferret stepped out and smiled at the reviewer.
"Well hello there. I'd like to introduce you to Trial Five of Redwall's Next Top Model. As you all know, this trial is about the contestants disguising themselves as vermin. Well, this trial is going to be handled a bit differently, and this is how its going to go:
"All the contestants are going to come into this room all decked out in their disguises, and there are going to be other females too, only these females are real vermin. And then the judges (I decided to have more judges for this trial too) will come into the room and try to see if they can sniff out the fake vermin from the real.
"And here are our judges," Kelaiah continued as he walked over to a door that opened a room filled with male vermin. "Crosstooth the fox, Stumptooth the ferret, Bluehide the ferret, Fleabane the weasel, Rotnose the weasel, Skalrag the fox, Fangburn the rat, Redtooth the rat, Cheesethief the rat, Scringe the weasel, and Skinpaw the weasel."
All said creatures nodded at the reviewer, except for Stumptooth, who was staring at Kelaiah with wide eyes and an open mouth. (The reviewer might recall that Kel's human alter-ego made Kel look like Stumptooth, minus the stumpy teeth, so in a way Stumptooth has just discovered his twin.)
"Now these creatures will be let into the other room shortly after all the females have been situated, and from then on they will try to find which female is vermin and which female is woodlander."
Celandine sat happily before the commentary camera. "I'm so glad about this trial! Now this is one trial I'm sure to win! True, I should've been third in the Singing Challenge, but hopefully the reviewers will be able to see my acting abilities here! Acting is my specialty, after all!"
Bluefen took her turn with the commentary camera. "Its all a little redundant, this trial . . . I already am a vermin. But I suppose I'll just have to make do, won't I?"