It doesn't mean the story is over yet. No. For the couple of nights, I started to have horrible dreams about my mother's death. I came into my mother's room, she's was wearing tubes that were connected to the oxygen tank. In my latest dream however, she was cradling a something wrapped in soft cloth. I went over to my mother's bedside; she than turned towards me weakly.

"Mom?" I tried to speak to her

She showed me my infant brother. Before she became greatly sick, she give birth to my young baby brother. He didn't live for long, as he became sick and without his mother's affection, comfort and the right treatment to help him heal... he died six days after he was born. My mother's eyes flowed with tears.

"Please help your brother." she tearful pleaded for my help, before she succumbed to her death.

I was than grabbed by the shoulder to see it was Mark. "THIS WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!"


I woke up from my dream and gasped rapidly. I was in my rabbit form, as it was the weekday night. Sweat was coming off of me, as I looked around to see where I am. Finally, realizing that I'm away from California and I'm living in Watership Down. I turned to see my mate, Thethuthinnang asleep. I gently nuzzled her, as she than smiled before she fell back asleep. It was one of the greatest moments of my life of having someone I love and someone loved me in return. Although, I was already given so much of family since I came here. My past isn't fully reconciled yet.

The dream kept me awake that I had to hop outside to relieve myself. As I exited out of our burrow, I could hear snores and breathing in and out from different burrows, as all the rabbits are sleeping. Probably in their burrows alone, while others like Hazel and Clover. I even stopped by at Captain Holly and Hyzenthlay to see the two sleeping. I was very happy to see the two finally together again. I than continued to head down the towards The Honeycomb. However, I than spotted Fiver asleep with a doe named Vilthuril. She was one of the does that escaped from Efrafa. And the doe that silflayed with Fiver. I proceeded on towards The Honeycomb and went through a tunnel that lead me to outside. I headed over at a spot and laid there. I began to feel my mother's presence as I than pictured of seeing her in her death bed.

"I would want you to do great things, Kevin." Mom spoke to me

"I don't want you to leave, I'll be lost without you." I feared.

"You won't dear." She than tried to reach her hand towards my heart. "I'll be here."

I reached towards hand and placed it at on my heart. "I'll be with you son. I love you Kevi-" She than succumbed and died, as her eyes closed without hearing a heart rate monitor going off.

I shook my head, as I try not to picture of seeing my mother's real death or having the dream repeated. I sighed, more of relief because I'm now with a family who loves and cares for me, unlike my two older brothers while growing up. I started to smell from my nose to figure that someone is near me. I resumed smelling for the scent, until I turned over to see Captain Holly at the tunnel's entrance.

"I'm surprised you learned to smell me out on that one." he hopped over towards me.

"Sorry, Dad. I didn't mean to wake you up." I apologized.

"Don't apologize for anything, son. I noticed your scent and you weren't in your burrow." Captain Holly nuzzled me, as I nuzzled back. "You had me worried there." After we shared our nuzzle, my light smile fades. "Kevin, what's wrong?"

I turned away and lie back on the grass. "It was just a dream."

Captain Holly sighed and lied next to me. "You been having those dreams for couple of nights now. Something happening to us?"

I shook my head. "No."

"Than what is it?" he asked.

"I remembered I told you that I had four brothers." I answered.

Captain Holly think for a moment, until he finally remembered back at Sandleford Warren. "You did. However, you never spoke of your fourth brother. Did he passed on?"

I nodded my head. "Yes, but it was days after he was born."

"Kevin... I'm sorry I- I didn't know you lost another brother that young." Captain Holly offered me condolences.

"It was right before my mother got terribly sick with her brain aneurysm. She gave birth to my baby brother. Shortly after he was born, he got sick and without being cuddled in my mother's arms and being treated he died six days later. My brothers and I were distraught of losing our younger brother." I than started wet a few tears.

"Oh here now." Captain Holly comforted me, as he than wrapped his arm around my back and embraced me. He never fails to comfort me at sad or distraught times, alike when we were in Efrafa, a revelation about my murder of Mack and as well admitting the truth to Mark, and finally when he was near death. "You have more brothers now and soon you'll be a uncle."

I chuckled. "And you'll be an uncle, a father, and a grandfather too."

He chuckled as well, before we looked at the stars and the clear skies. "The night is more beautiful now, unlike back in Sandleford."

"I somewhat like it. It did bring me comfort when I spend my first night there. As if it was like at any other night that I was sleeping out in the streets or at a secluded area." I recalled, until a shooting star soars. "Hey, Look! A shooting star!"

Captain Holly looked up and saw the shooting star too. "I remember seeing those things, when I traveled at night to find you and the others. I heard my families' voices telling me that 'they're alright'. I prayed to Frith that he watch over them."

"I'm sure my parents and Dan are alright now too. Along with some of my passed family members. However, I'm sure at struggling times like my brother Mack's-"

"Hush, son." he had his paw covered my mouth. "You don't need to bring that up. I'm sure your family were shaking their heads, but they know you were struggling and they forgive you for it."

"Not Mark though." I added.

He sighed. "I understand that very well. We should return to our burrows in our warren."

"I can't Dad." I spoke to him, as he stopped and turned back around. "I can't sleep back in my burrow, without having to think of that dream. Can you stay out here with me, please?"

He nodded his head with a warming smile. He hopped back and lie next to me. I scooted closer to him. "I just don't want to dream about them again."

"You won't have those dreams again, son." Captain Holly comforted me with his nuzzle and lie near towards his soft side, where I hear his heart pitter-pattered gently like a lullaby. I than started to hear him humming, as it started to feel bit tired and I became peaceful.

"I didn't know you do that." I yawned.

"I used to hum to my little brothers, when they couldn't fall asleep." he told me.

"Please keep going." I asked him.

I than felt his paw rubbing gently on my back, as he continued to hum me to sleep. As he was humming, I could recognize the humming as it was The View From A Hill. It was probably a song that he learned, as other rabbits learned before. The wedding was in a few days, as Thethuthinnang and I couldn't be more happier of us being together. I started to fall asleep, just before he gave me a small lick of a kiss on my head. Even though my head was bit wet, but I still consider it a kiss, because I'm pretty sure that's how rabbits would do it as a way of kissing. As well licking a wound like Clover did to Hazel's wound.


In the early sunrise, I woke up, back to my human form to see Captain Holly gently asleep. His arm was still around me like a blanket and his soft side was a big soft pillow that I longed for since I was little. Back at home, I had small and rough pillows, when I slept in my bed or had no pillows out in the streets.

"Thank you Dad." I thanked him, as I gave him a kiss on his paw, curled back and fell asleep.