It was not until a few days later when Strider and the rest reached the mountains. Everyone noticed how high they loomed up into the sky and how dangerous they looked. Lucky in particular did not like the situation one bit and backed off a little from the rest.
"Well I think I will head back to the jolly abbey now, it's nice knowing you guys wit," he said.
Strider grabbed him by the ears and stared at him. "And why are you going back?" he asked.
"Because, it's steep, its dangerous, and I can't think of another reason why because I'm scared," said Lucky.
"I think you just gave us another reason," said Nathanial.
Lucky realized this and just gave a whimper. Billy and Milly just laughed at his fearfulness.
"Don't worry Lucky, we will all be right beside you, and if anyone comes to harm any of you, I will just slice them with my sword," said Strider.
"But what if we get caught in a blinkin blizzard and get separated, then I will never get to be your jolly sidekick," said Lucky.
Strider sighed and decided just to keep walking. "If we do get into a blizzard then we will find shelter," he said in annoyed voice.
"Fine then, I guess that will be okay," said Lucky who then followed them up the mountain.
Once the group reached the higher terrain, they found that the snow was much deeper up there and not very easy to walk through. Strider was determined though and was able to make a path with his body to help his friends out. Of course Lucky complained the whole time but after a while, everyone ignored him.
A few days later, they had settled down for lunch when Lucky decided to check out the scenery to see where they were. Lucky went over to the edge of a cliff and stared out, he saw nothing but more mountains.
"Are you bally sure these mountains end soon, I only see more bally mountains wot," said Lucky to Strider.
"That's what Catspaw told me, and Catspaw never lies, perhaps those mountains are blocking the view of the plains," said Strider.
"Well I sure bally hope so, this snow is getting on my bally nerves," said Lucky who jumped up and down in frustration, then kicked some snow over the cliff.
Lucky should not have done that, because once he settled down, he felt the ground shake. Before Lucky could even run back to Strider, the snow eroded and began to fall to the bottom with Lucky.
"Strider, help!" he cried.
Strider looked up just in time to see his friend disappear over the edge.
"Oh on, come on guys we got to save him," said Strider.
"Aww do we have to?" asked Billy.
"Yeah I think the mountain got rid of him for us," said Milly.
Strider growled at them. "No now let's jump down there, it looks like Lucky fell onto an ice slide, see look at him go," he said.
They all looked down to see Lucky sliding behind some trees on an ice slide. Nathanial, Billy and Milly were reluctant to go down though until Strider pushed them.
They all fell right on top of a snow pile and before the three could regain their senses, Strider was already sliding down the ice.
"Maybe we should follow him," said Nathanial.
Billy and Milly nodded and quickly jumped on the ice slide.
Strider meanwhile pushed his arms as hard as he could to reach Lucky who was only a few feet away from him. Once he did get to the hare, Lucky was quite relieved to see him.
"Thanks for saving me, but how are we going to get off?" asked Lucky.
"Oh dear I did not think of that," said Strider.
The two then held on as slid all over in different directions. Once even going underground for a few minutes and then popping right back up.
Finally then came to a lake where the slide led to, and both stopped in the middle of it.
"Thank goodness that's flippin over, wot," said Lucky.
"Yes, that was quite a ride wasn't it," said Strider.
"Yes I felt like a bally otter too, I don't see how they think that is fun," said Lucky.
"Eh it's just their culture," said Strider as he tried to get up. He fell flat on his face instead.
Suddenly the other three came zooming off the slide. Milly saw that she was heading straight for Lucky and tried to slow down but for some reason could not. A second later, Lucky felt himself flying through the lake and landing on another ice slide that was on the other side.
"Bye guys," said Lucky and disappeared.
Strider slapped himself in his striped face. "Well let's go save him again," he said.
"Can we just stay here?" asked Billy.
"No that thing might be ending far off, now come on," said Strider who slid over to the ice slide and went after Lucky. The other three soon followed.
Once Strider got on this next slide he found that, this one was going much faster and almost went upside down once. Strider soon reached Lucky who was looking quite sick from the ordeal.
"You okay?" asked Strider.
"No I think I'm gonna be sick," said Lucky.
"Well don't do it on me if you do," said Strider.
"Hey does this get off somewhere?" asked Nathanial who had finally caught up with the two.
"Yeah, I don't want to be stuck here for ages," said Milly.
"Okay that's it, I'm going to try and stop the ride," said Strider.
Strider then took out the sword of Martin and raised it high in the air, then as hard as he could, dug it into the slide. The sword slid down there with them, sending pieces of ice everywhere until it finally hit a large bump and stayed put.
Strider looked for his comrades and found all of them holding onto his legs. They all smiled at the fact that Strider had finally stopped them.
"Okay everyone off, get on my back and jump to that snow pile over there," said Strider.
Lucky was the first who got on Strider's back. Strider almost got the wind knocked out of him from Lucky's weight and was quite glad to see him land in the snow pile. Billy and Milly were both next, and both landed next to Lucky with ease. It was Nathanial who was a little nervous about it.
"Come on Nathanial, it's only a small jump," said Strider.
"I know but us hedgehogs are not built for jumping," said Nathanial.
"Alright then, lay down on my back and hold onto my shoulders, I'm going to try and get over there," said Strider.
It then turned out that Strider was still too far away for him to reach which caused Lucky to take some action. He grabbed Striders paw and pulled him to safety. It took them a few minutes, but they finally got him to safe ground where everyone fell in exhaustion and relief.
"Next time, watch where everyone steps, because I am not doing that again," said Strider.
"At least we had the sword to save us though," said Nathanial.
"Yeah, this is some sword," said Strider who then put it away.
"Now then, who is up for some bally grub?" asked Lucky.
Strider looked at Lucky. "But you said you were going to be sick," he said.
"I did but that feelings gone, wot" said Lucky.
Strider just rolled his eyes. "Let's just keep moving," he said.
Lucky gave a big huff knowing that food would not be given out until later, so he quickly took a scone out of his sack and ate it as they continued their trek through the mountain.
Sorry if this chapter was lame and short, I tried to make it a little exciting but it just did not come out the way I wanted. Oh well. The next chapter will hopefully be better. Also I'm still thinking about changing the name of the story and Lkrissa Raganoke (sorry if I spelled that wrong) gave me a great name, Two Destinies. So if any one agrees on this please state so in the review. Other than that have a great day.