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O ya, I almost 4got: DISCLAIMER: if u think I own Redwall or anything like that, u r seriously messed up in the brain ;) AND I 4got 2 put earlier that this story has major spoilers! If u haven't read all the books, or at least most of them, (as I prolly won't put all of them in it, but u never know) and don't mind me spoiling some of them, skip this story and read something that won't tell u every thing about the books ;) otherwise, read on! Ttyl

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I woke up by Martin shaking me. "Sarah, Brome! Come on, wake up!"

I heard another voice whisper, "Nearly curtain time, chaps. Here we go!"

"Uhhhh," I murmured, "Wutsa Brome?"

"Come on, Sarah. We're going to go get Badrang and his vermin, now!" A gentle paw started lifting me up.

Then my mind registered what the creature had said, and what had obviously happened, and my eyes snapped open. "Ok. I'm up, I'm up."

I scrambled to my feet and looked into the eyes of a very pretty mousemaid. "You must be Rose," I said looking her over.

"What do you mean? Of course I'm Rose, silly!"

"Well. I. um. this is actually the first time I've been here," I said. Before she could say anything else, I said the same thing I had told Martin earlier, "Look, in my future I'll go to your past. I know, it's confusing; but I'll try to explain more, later."

She grabbed my hand and started pulling me to where everyone had started to gather. "Ok. Since you haven't been here before, I'll tell you the plan. Some of us are going to-" I cut her off, saying, "Not to worry, friend. I already know."

"But. if you've never been here before, then how-"

I winked and she stopped. "I have my ways of knowing."

"Um. ok, then. You have to know who everybeast is, so-"

"Rose, it's alright. I think I can manage. I already know who most of them are, anyways."

She gave me a questioning look.

"Don't worry about it," I said, "Let's go see what we're supposed to do, and get a bite to eat while we're at it."

"Alright."

A mole-presumably Grumm- (I knew everyone because of the book, Martin the Warrior, which I had already read) was scooping porridge with his beloved ladle.

"Gudd mornin' to ee miz Rose, miz Sarah. You'd best 'urry, an' eat whilst ye can. 'Tis a wonder Oi wuz able to find any vittles, but Oi've got me best breffist Oi could for ye this mornin'," he said in his odd mole speech, giving us both bowls of steaming porridge.

"Thank you Grumm," Rose and I said, heading off to find the others.
Martin had us, and several others circle around the fortress, going separate ways, surrounding it. Queen Amballa and her group of pigmy shrews climbed the back wall and dropped a large net over the guards that stood on the wall. We did this while Rowanoak (a badger from the traveling performers, the Rambling Rosehip Players) ran and pushed their former performance cart towards the gates of Marshank. This wouldn't have been a problem for Badrang and his horde, if there weren't fire in the cart!

Ballaw, a hare from the same traveling group as Rowanoak, had given me a sling with a pouch of pebbles. I stood, shocked, with them in my hands, realizing that this was the first real battle or war I was going to watch and be in.

*Ok, Sarah.* I thought, *don't be a chicken! You have to do this; they really need you out there. You've done scarier, more dangerous things than this.* I gulped, *maybe. Probably not. no. And if you have to hurt or slay any creatures, just remember to save your pity for the ones that they killed mercilessly.*

"Sarah! Come on! They broke down the front gate! We're going in. Be careful when you go in, though. I'd hate to see such a strong un like yourself get hurt in one of your first battles," an otter said running past me. I guessed this was Keyla, one of the leaders of the runaway slaves from Marshank.

But come on, let's get serious. Strong? Me? Where did that come from? Hmmmmm.

We raced in, battling our way through the melee. I could feel a bit of Warrior-ness rise up inside me. I was very surprised at that. I'd always imagined, and fancied myself a warrior, but I had never had any experience of the sort. How would I ever know how to use the weapons?

I didn't have to worry about that for long, though, for suddenly I just knew how to use them, as if I had been trained to use them. Don't ask me how, I just knew.

The fighting continued (AN: If u have read Martin the Warrior, then u know about the battle and stuff, so I'm not going to type it all; I'm not the greatest at battle scenes *shrugs apologetically*, besides, it would be exactly the same lol)

(Starting from where Martin sees Badrang)

"Badraaaang, I am here!!" Martin cried, battling his way towards the evil tyrant.

I was completely focused on my mission at hand: saving Rose. Martin was depending on me. I knew I was messing with time, that it was meant to be this way. If the author and creator of this universe had meant for it to be this way. he would have written it this way. But this was my time, my turn to be the creator. And. something kept telling me it was somewhat the right thing to do.

I realized I had a total of about 30 seconds before Grumm and Rose would try to attack Badrang. 30 seconds, and a whole lot of stress.

Somehow, though, me being here had altered how some of the things were going. Rose had a bow and arrow, instead of a sling, like it was in the book. I figured that she would get closer, and shoot from a lesser distance, improving her chances of hitting her target.

She ran closer to him, stopped, loaded, and prepared to shoot.

"Rose!" I yelled, "Stop!"

She whirled around, looking confused. "Stop? I have a perfect shot here!"

I was breathing hard, and I shook my head fervently. "No," I gasped, "You have to get out of here."

"Why?!" she aimed again.

"Just listen to me! Please! You're my friend and I care about you! You just need to get yourself out of this danger. Go help with the wounded or whatever. Just get out!"

"Get myself out of danger? All the other have risked their lives, even lost them. I'm not going to just stand on the sidelines and watch like some wimpy, simpering maid!" she said that with such ferocity that I was shocked.

"I do not doubt your bravery! I just-"

She cut me off with a yell. Grumm had just gotten hit with Badrang's sword. She let go of the arrow, but her paw had been shaking so much that she missed her main target, Badrang's heart, and the arrow instead grazed his shoulder.

He let out a snarl of pain, clapping his hand over the wound, which was bleeding.

I thought quickly, and decided on grabbing the bow, shoving Rose out of the way, so the he thought it was I that shot him.

"Go!" I hissed at Rose, and she surprisingly obeyed, looking shocked at my aggressiveness.

Badrang leaped toward me, and I saw that Rose had actually gotten a pretty good shot. It was a bit more than a graze, deep enough for free blood flow, and probably more than just a bit of pain.

Now, I do not pretend to be some brave, not afraid of anything type person. Because I'm not. I'm afraid of quite a few things. And, as much as I hate to admit it, I don't always think of others first. Right then I was actually thinking quite a bit about myself, and I was terrified.

Really, I had the right to be. Badrang was coming towards me, a fury in his eyes, and a sword in hand. I started to run away, but he kept a quick pursuit. People may have thought that was cowardly, but if you think about it, if I had stayed I would have been just plain stupid, going to my death instantly.

I rounded a corner and found myself in a dead-end, and I frantically glanced around, trying to find a way out. Badrang came into the narrow passageway, walking slowly, since there was no need to hurry, as there was no way out, and he was smirking the whole way. "Trapped?" he sneered.

I gulped, still searching, while trying to look as if I wasn't. In the semi- darkness I saw a rope dangling down just behind me. I had one hand behind my back, groping about for it, while Badrang still talked.

"You've got to be the strangest creature I ever saw," he started, and then paused, looking as if he was pondering something. "Ah yes, I remember. You're the one they call Sarah. I've heard quite a bit about you. I don't know if you're aware of it, but the slaves all think very highly of you. They say you're some kind of hero or something, like you're more than a match for me. I've listened to some of their conversations, just for fun."

I certainly wasn't aware of that, but no need to let him know.

He continued, "I won't pretend that wasn't a good shot you got back there," he gestured at his shoulder, "but I also won't pretend that you could match me in a fight. No one has, no one will, especially not some scrawny maid like you." He paused again, "You're not going to say anything?"

During his "speech" I had wrapped the rope around my hand, making sure it was secure, and bracing myself for the right time to climb. I decided on now.

With a grunt of effort I started scaling the wall as fast as I could. Lucky for me, Badrang had been relaxed, letting his sword fall idle. He obviously hadn't expected me to attempt to get away again.

I gritted my teeth, feeling the pain in my hand from rope-burn. You know in movies where the hero has to climb up a wall or something? It is not as easy as it looks. Believe me.

I had been smart enough to pull the rope up with me as I went, so Badrang couldn't use it to follow me. I also had overlooked another one not far from where I was, but Badrang apparently didn't. He climbed not far behind, quickly catching up.

When I finally got to the top of the wall, I was lucky to find that soldiers had deserted this part of the parapet.

I dashed towards a stairway that would lead to the ground floor; the last thing I wanted was to be in the same place as Badrang with no one around.

I reached it, him close behind, and I was going so fast that I tripped and fell the rest of the way down. I scrambled to my feet just as he reached the ground level, body aching and sweating.

Badrang looked past me and saw Martin. Suddenly, he'd rather kill him than me. I got in his way, and he threw me aside.

I flew back with a final scream, hitting my head really hard on the wall, and the world started going dark.

I heard Martin give a shout of fury, running to attack Badrang. The next thing I knew I was falling into icy blackness. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

hehe a cliffie ;) don't worry, I'll let u know wut happered soon (hopefully lol) soooooo... How was it? Good? Bad? Da kewlest? (I wish lol) terrible? PLZ let me know in a review! They keep me going and writing faster! I'll try 2 have the next chapter out soon (at least sooner than last time. lol) cuz I'm almost done writing it. Plz plz plz review!!! Ttyl,

~Vix