Chapter Twelve: ChiChi
The snake was back in his hole. "Guard!" A guard came in. "Get me Sssssplitclaw and Daggertail." The guard left, only to return minutes later with two rats.
"Aye, chife? Ya called?" Daggertail asked the snake.
"I have a great plan. It will only be posssssible with you!"
Addie, Mattimeo, and Matthias had left the abbey for the battlegrounds. Along with the two, Basil Stag Hare, and Jess Squirrel.
"I think there's someone in that bush, ol' chum," Basil said to Matthias who was walking ahead of the others, "I do say, Matthias, will you slow down? You're going too far ahead, wot?" Matthias slowed his pace to the others.
"I'm sorry, Basil, I just feel so rushed these days. You know with that snake almost getting little ol' Matti, here," Matthias chuckled as his son looked very embarrassed.
"I'm not little, and I'm not old!" Mattimeo said.
"It's only an expression, no need to worry about it. So, Addie, how's that poison-curer coming?"
"I'm not sure, I haven't tested it. I can't find any body to test it. I always could, but then no one could continue if I die. It's not that I'm afraid of dieing, I just don't want to leave this subject unstudied."
"We understand completely, Addie, wot, wot?" The hare said to Addie's thoughts. At that second, a voice came from the bush; it sounded scared, "What do you want? I didn't do anything to you! Leave me alone!"
"We don't want to hurt you, now come out, we're armed!" A small weird looking creature came out of the bush. It looked like a rabbit, but it didn't have long ears and big feet.
"What do you what with me? I never did anything bad, honest!" the weird little creature said.
"Who are you, what are you, and what are you doing here?"
"Whoa! One question at a time!"
"OK, OK. First of all, what are you?"
"I'm a chinchilla, sir. I come from the far forests of the east. Forgive me for trespassing in your woods."
"OK, so you're a chinchilla, and you come from the west, am I right?" The chinchilla nodded. "Now, what is your name?"
"I am ChiChi, brave chinchilla warrior. Please, don't think bad of my kind 'cause I trespassed, I didn't know!" The chinchilla was begging for forgiveness.
"OK, ChiChi, first of all, your not trespassing, because this isn't just ours. Anyone is welcome here. Also, what are you doing here?"
"I came to prove that I'm a real warrior. We were supposed to get back in five sunrises, but this is the sixth for me. I'm dreadfully lost, and I wont become a warrior this season." The five animals huddled among themselves to decide what to do with the foreigner.
"You may stay here, if you promise one thing: to help us in our war against the Poisonteeth. Will you help us?"
"I don't know if I'll be much help, 'cause I'm not even a warrior yet, but I'll try, oh, boy, will I try!" The three mice, the hare, the squirrel and the chinchilla walked off into the forest. I t was growing dark, but their eyes soon adjusted.
The snake was back in his hole. "Guard!" A guard came in. "Get me Sssssplitclaw and Daggertail." The guard left, only to return minutes later with two rats.
"Aye, chife? Ya called?" Daggertail asked the snake.
"I have a great plan. It will only be posssssible with you!"
Addie, Mattimeo, and Matthias had left the abbey for the battlegrounds. Along with the two, Basil Stag Hare, and Jess Squirrel.
"I think there's someone in that bush, ol' chum," Basil said to Matthias who was walking ahead of the others, "I do say, Matthias, will you slow down? You're going too far ahead, wot?" Matthias slowed his pace to the others.
"I'm sorry, Basil, I just feel so rushed these days. You know with that snake almost getting little ol' Matti, here," Matthias chuckled as his son looked very embarrassed.
"I'm not little, and I'm not old!" Mattimeo said.
"It's only an expression, no need to worry about it. So, Addie, how's that poison-curer coming?"
"I'm not sure, I haven't tested it. I can't find any body to test it. I always could, but then no one could continue if I die. It's not that I'm afraid of dieing, I just don't want to leave this subject unstudied."
"We understand completely, Addie, wot, wot?" The hare said to Addie's thoughts. At that second, a voice came from the bush; it sounded scared, "What do you want? I didn't do anything to you! Leave me alone!"
"We don't want to hurt you, now come out, we're armed!" A small weird looking creature came out of the bush. It looked like a rabbit, but it didn't have long ears and big feet.
"What do you what with me? I never did anything bad, honest!" the weird little creature said.
"Who are you, what are you, and what are you doing here?"
"Whoa! One question at a time!"
"OK, OK. First of all, what are you?"
"I'm a chinchilla, sir. I come from the far forests of the east. Forgive me for trespassing in your woods."
"OK, so you're a chinchilla, and you come from the west, am I right?" The chinchilla nodded. "Now, what is your name?"
"I am ChiChi, brave chinchilla warrior. Please, don't think bad of my kind 'cause I trespassed, I didn't know!" The chinchilla was begging for forgiveness.
"OK, ChiChi, first of all, your not trespassing, because this isn't just ours. Anyone is welcome here. Also, what are you doing here?"
"I came to prove that I'm a real warrior. We were supposed to get back in five sunrises, but this is the sixth for me. I'm dreadfully lost, and I wont become a warrior this season." The five animals huddled among themselves to decide what to do with the foreigner.
"You may stay here, if you promise one thing: to help us in our war against the Poisonteeth. Will you help us?"
"I don't know if I'll be much help, 'cause I'm not even a warrior yet, but I'll try, oh, boy, will I try!" The three mice, the hare, the squirrel and the chinchilla walked off into the forest. I t was growing dark, but their eyes soon adjusted.