CHAPTER TEN, MARTIN'S PREDICTION
() Sorry about the cliffy! I just HAD to! wink ()
THUD! THUD! THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUD!
Waterfish dove in front of Odell as arrows rained down to slay the two otters. Three arrows struck Waterfish: one in the tail, one in her shoulder, and the other in her leg. An arrow slid past her and struck the top of Odell's ear, ripping off the tip. Odell screamed with pain. He had never been in a battle.
"Stay back, Odell!" Waterfish cried, pushing Odell in front of her as she raced behind a large sycamore. Odell had tears streaming down his fur but then saw that Waterfish was injured with three arrows.
"Lemme help." Odell grabbed the arrow that was in Waterfish's tail and pulled it out. Waterfish yelped in pain as the arrow came out. She sat, rubbing her rudder. She then pulled out the arrow in her leg. She shuddered and winced. Arrows thudded into the sycamore.
"GO!" roared Kabble Ionaeyes' voice. "CAN'T YOU SEE THAT YOU OUTNUMBER THEM TWENTY-TO-ONE?! CHAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!"
There was a mad scrabbling and yelling, screaming out battle cries and the sound of swords being drawn from scabbards. Waterfish yelled, "Run, Odell, run!"
Waterfish drew her dirk as she and the young otter raced away from the mass of rats. Suddenly, there was a giant screech.
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Waterfish and Odell looked up into the sky to see a huge Great Horned Owl soaring overhead. The owl swooped down and grabbed a rat in her beak and flung it far away. She began to grab two rats at a time and fly them to the top of a tree.
As the rats watched, horrified, as the owl decreased the number of rats in their army, Waterfish leapt towards the horde, yelling, "Reddddddddddddddwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall!"
She gutted a rat before he had known what was happening. Waterfish then turned to another rat, who half raised his dagger before his head slapped another rat's head. The next rat was ready. Waterfish slew that rat in a minute.
Suddenly, there was a howl. A long, low howl.
"AAAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
"It's a wolf!" shrieked a rat.
The rats all began stumbling away. Wolves were almost impossible to kill.
"I CAN KILL IT! GO, YOU IDIOTS!" screamed Kabble. "GO YOU FOOOOOOOOLS! FIGHT THE OWL! KILL THE OTTERS! YOU CAN DO IT!"
Kabble drew Martin's sword. "Go, or I'll kill you!"
Suddenly, something leapt over everybeast's head. No one except for the two otters recognized the light golden fur.
"Riley!" shouted Waterfish joyously. The dog glared deep into Kabble's eyes with hatred and then turned to the other rats. There were only thirty left out of the forty that had been there.
"WHAT!" screeched Kabble. "YOU'RE GOING TO LET YOURSELVES BE KILLED BY A BIRD, A MUTT AND TWO OTTERS?!"
The rats drew their daggers. Fifteen went to the dog, ten to the owl, and five went to Waterfish. A rat leapt in the air and Waterfish tumbled aside, causing the rat to smash into a tree. He fell down, dazed. Waterfish turned to battle with another rat, but suddenly there was a yell of "REDDDDDDDDDDWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL!"
Waterfish turned to see Odell armed with a thick bough with leafy branches at the end slapping a rat with the branch. Waterfish leapt in and killed the rat in its confusion. She then turned to another rat and was lunged. The rat blocked with her dagger. Hilt met hilt, grinding along the blades to meet, as the two completely different beasts, one an otter, the other a rat, battled for both their lives and to please their leaders: one's leader was Kabble Ionaeyes; the other's leader was Abbess Leafswirl of Redwall Abbey.
The rat's dagger went spinning out of her paw. Waterfish spat, "Be grateful that I don't kill weaponless beasts," and turned to the next rat.
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"The only truth lies in you,
You who will be with Leafswirl
When she passes on.
If you dare to stray from this Abbey
Then Kabble
And his rabble
Will get you and Redwall!
In Spring of the Six
You will see
The Six shall come home
(With one leading her perilous beasts)
But only five shall see
And the other
Shall See."
Fryungle the mouse gazed at the mouse who was standing in front of him. He was clad in armor and had Martin's sword...but Log-a-Log had told the Redwallers that it had been lost!
Faces swam in front of him, and he could tell them by name: another Martin, Dandin, Mariel, Triss, Tagg/Deyna, Sarobando, Bragoon, Matthias, Mattimeo, Joseph the Bellmaker, Tammo, Song, Luke the Warrior, Bryony. More came that he couldn't remember. They all swirled around his head and made him dizzy. Squirrels, otters, mice like him, hares, all of the creatures that lived in Redwall were in his dream. What did it mean? What did it mean...?
Fryungle woke up, sweating. He climbed out of his bed and down to where the great tapestry of Martin the Warrior was.
"Martin, that was you who was the armored mouse, wasn't it?" Fryungle asked, speaking quietly. "Why are you showing me this?"
Fryungle gazed at the depicted mouse before losing his quick temper and snapping, "What's the use talking to a picture? All I get is a monotonous smile and no reply!"
Fryungle slumped against the wall, thinking. He then stopped thinking and fell asleep.
() That's chapter ten for you! Sorry if it's kind of...mysterious... ()
() Sorry about the cliffy! I just HAD to! wink ()
THUD! THUD! THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUD!
Waterfish dove in front of Odell as arrows rained down to slay the two otters. Three arrows struck Waterfish: one in the tail, one in her shoulder, and the other in her leg. An arrow slid past her and struck the top of Odell's ear, ripping off the tip. Odell screamed with pain. He had never been in a battle.
"Stay back, Odell!" Waterfish cried, pushing Odell in front of her as she raced behind a large sycamore. Odell had tears streaming down his fur but then saw that Waterfish was injured with three arrows.
"Lemme help." Odell grabbed the arrow that was in Waterfish's tail and pulled it out. Waterfish yelped in pain as the arrow came out. She sat, rubbing her rudder. She then pulled out the arrow in her leg. She shuddered and winced. Arrows thudded into the sycamore.
"GO!" roared Kabble Ionaeyes' voice. "CAN'T YOU SEE THAT YOU OUTNUMBER THEM TWENTY-TO-ONE?! CHAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!"
There was a mad scrabbling and yelling, screaming out battle cries and the sound of swords being drawn from scabbards. Waterfish yelled, "Run, Odell, run!"
Waterfish drew her dirk as she and the young otter raced away from the mass of rats. Suddenly, there was a giant screech.
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Waterfish and Odell looked up into the sky to see a huge Great Horned Owl soaring overhead. The owl swooped down and grabbed a rat in her beak and flung it far away. She began to grab two rats at a time and fly them to the top of a tree.
As the rats watched, horrified, as the owl decreased the number of rats in their army, Waterfish leapt towards the horde, yelling, "Reddddddddddddddwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall!"
She gutted a rat before he had known what was happening. Waterfish then turned to another rat, who half raised his dagger before his head slapped another rat's head. The next rat was ready. Waterfish slew that rat in a minute.
Suddenly, there was a howl. A long, low howl.
"AAAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
"It's a wolf!" shrieked a rat.
The rats all began stumbling away. Wolves were almost impossible to kill.
"I CAN KILL IT! GO, YOU IDIOTS!" screamed Kabble. "GO YOU FOOOOOOOOLS! FIGHT THE OWL! KILL THE OTTERS! YOU CAN DO IT!"
Kabble drew Martin's sword. "Go, or I'll kill you!"
Suddenly, something leapt over everybeast's head. No one except for the two otters recognized the light golden fur.
"Riley!" shouted Waterfish joyously. The dog glared deep into Kabble's eyes with hatred and then turned to the other rats. There were only thirty left out of the forty that had been there.
"WHAT!" screeched Kabble. "YOU'RE GOING TO LET YOURSELVES BE KILLED BY A BIRD, A MUTT AND TWO OTTERS?!"
The rats drew their daggers. Fifteen went to the dog, ten to the owl, and five went to Waterfish. A rat leapt in the air and Waterfish tumbled aside, causing the rat to smash into a tree. He fell down, dazed. Waterfish turned to battle with another rat, but suddenly there was a yell of "REDDDDDDDDDDWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL!"
Waterfish turned to see Odell armed with a thick bough with leafy branches at the end slapping a rat with the branch. Waterfish leapt in and killed the rat in its confusion. She then turned to another rat and was lunged. The rat blocked with her dagger. Hilt met hilt, grinding along the blades to meet, as the two completely different beasts, one an otter, the other a rat, battled for both their lives and to please their leaders: one's leader was Kabble Ionaeyes; the other's leader was Abbess Leafswirl of Redwall Abbey.
The rat's dagger went spinning out of her paw. Waterfish spat, "Be grateful that I don't kill weaponless beasts," and turned to the next rat.
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"The only truth lies in you,
You who will be with Leafswirl
When she passes on.
If you dare to stray from this Abbey
Then Kabble
And his rabble
Will get you and Redwall!
In Spring of the Six
You will see
The Six shall come home
(With one leading her perilous beasts)
But only five shall see
And the other
Shall See."
Fryungle the mouse gazed at the mouse who was standing in front of him. He was clad in armor and had Martin's sword...but Log-a-Log had told the Redwallers that it had been lost!
Faces swam in front of him, and he could tell them by name: another Martin, Dandin, Mariel, Triss, Tagg/Deyna, Sarobando, Bragoon, Matthias, Mattimeo, Joseph the Bellmaker, Tammo, Song, Luke the Warrior, Bryony. More came that he couldn't remember. They all swirled around his head and made him dizzy. Squirrels, otters, mice like him, hares, all of the creatures that lived in Redwall were in his dream. What did it mean? What did it mean...?
Fryungle woke up, sweating. He climbed out of his bed and down to where the great tapestry of Martin the Warrior was.
"Martin, that was you who was the armored mouse, wasn't it?" Fryungle asked, speaking quietly. "Why are you showing me this?"
Fryungle gazed at the depicted mouse before losing his quick temper and snapping, "What's the use talking to a picture? All I get is a monotonous smile and no reply!"
Fryungle slumped against the wall, thinking. He then stopped thinking and fell asleep.
() That's chapter ten for you! Sorry if it's kind of...mysterious... ()