Stones of Serg

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own the concept of Redwall, nor any characters created by Brain Jacques. I do own the story's idea as well as the characters Nerum, Sergeant Mushat, Promet Tamer Rentreu, Lord Breekferno, and Fergunn Zlaybeest. The names Lepuswold Whippscut, Bescarum, and Salamandastron are not mine though.

AN: To everyone who reviewed, thank you! Please, I beg of you, tell a friend about this fic if you like it! The more reviews the better for me! I can use all the help I can get! Oh, and if you haven't noticed, in the disclaimer I write all the characters names who appear in that chapter, but I won't in future. I wrote out all the characters in my story and it came out to be about 42 characters appearing in it! Holy cow, that's a lot of characters! And the story will probably be around 17 chapters long, so my story is far from done! But it might take awhile to finish, so bear with me! Anyway, on with the story!

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"Long Patrol! Marching Formation on the double, wot wot!" Sergeant Mushat ordered loudly to the young inexperienced leverets before him. The hares, with much chatter and fuss, moved about, attempting to get in the correct order as quick as possible. The veteran sergeant shook his head unhappily to himself. The mountain hares had gotten lazy, there had not been a Long Patrol set up for seasons. Luckily for them, Sergeant Mushat had come to the mountain for a visit, but only to find Salamandastron in utter chaos.

A season ago, the hares and their Badger Lord Breekferno had been under siege by an evil looking fox, who led an army of ferocious stoats. There were skirmishes here and there, but it was plain that the vermin outnumbered the hares at least 10 to 1. Also, many of the hares were inexperienced in the art of war; most were not more than five seasons old!

Finally, fed up with staying trapped in his own mountain, Lord Breekferno had challenged the fox, Fergunn Zlaybeest, to a one on one combat. Of course, as is common with vermin, they went back on their word, and ambushed the badger as he faced them alone.

Soon after the death of Lord Breekferno, the stoats, led by their vicious captain Fergunn, had left the siege of Salamandastron. They had arrived suddenly a season before, and left just as suddenly.

Sergeant Mushat had been grieved to hear of the death of his good friend the Badger Lord, however he would have the chance to mourn later on, for there was a more pressing business, namely breaking in the new hares, who had the moment were standing at attention.

Sergeant Mushat inspected the double rows of hares. They stood in two even lines, all ready and on their paws. Apparently, they at least were taught how to stand in proper marching formation.

Mushat turned to a young hare at the front of the column. "What is your name, laddie buck?"

"Nerum Lepuswold Whippscut, Sergeant sah!"

"Lepuswold Whippscut did ya say? Not a descendant of Bescarum?"

"Yes sah! He was my grandsire sah! Pa's a direct descendant of him!"

"Is that so? Well Nerum, I'm sure I can expect that the famous Bescarum's grandson will be just as fearsome a fighter, eh? But let's hope you did not inherit his appetite!"

The young hares smiled at this. Nerum, if he wasn't well known for his famous grandsire was indeed well known for his endless appetite. Nerum's friend Promet Tamer Rentreu jumped to his buddy's defense. "Oh no Sergeant Mushat sir, Nerum got it all on his own!"

All the hares burst out laughing, including Sergeant Mushat, but nobody laughed harder than Nerum did. And in that manner, the Long Patrol began.

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And so ends yet another chapter of Stones of Serg. What do you think about it? Good, bad, ugly? Tell me please by reviewing!

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Rowan and Sakura