Erik looked toward the north. "Ok, make sure you have as many weapons as you can. And I will too.", said Erik. He looked at the stuff the they had. Five daggers, three spears, two swords,some cutlasses, a very long dagger, some polearms, and a few axes. They both carried half. and a few clubs. They also had thier current weapons, and Eriks smaller knife."We'll have to give these weapons to the crew to take over the ship.",said Alexander.
"Ok, the shore is north so we'll have to head in that direction. Once there, we'll have to climb the back of the ship. Then, we'll take out the slave master quietly. After we'll free the slaves, and take over the ship. Then we'll scour Mossflower and take out the rest."."Ok, good, we've gone over the plan many times. lets go.", said Alexander. They walked a fast pace for a great distance. At about a few hours past noon they could see the edge of the forest on the horizon.
They were both lost in thier own thoughts. Alexander was excited at the prospect of being in his first major battle. He readied himself. They walked to the edge of the forest and into the sand dunes. Lo and behold, at the edge of the shore was a ship anchored. Across it were the words "Redtide". The ship was called "Redtide". Erik shivered at the grousome name of the large ship. There were vermin milling about, around, and on the ship. They could tell there were oar slaves in the bottom decks.
They slithered across the sand dunes very quietly. Reaching the west side of the sand dunes, they ran silently, slightly crouched, across he sand. Nobeast saw the two silent figures sliding across the setting sun. Reaching the back of the ship, they waded through the water, silent as a mouse.(No pun intended)
" OK, we'll have to scale this back wall untill we reach the deck. Lets sling our weapons in our haversacks and we'll climb up with daggers.", said Erik. "Ok. Wait, let me get a rock.", whispered Alexander. Taking a rock from the shallows, he said,"Ok, good. Let's go!". Erik looked at hime strangely. He just shook his head and started climbing. It was harder than they thought, escpecially with the setting sun and the darkness,and all the equipment they had too carry with them while climbing up. Grunting, he finally made it over the top. So did Alexander, who collapsed from exhaustion of the climb. It was a pretty big ship, and it proved hard to climb.
Erik was about to go down to the bottom, after checking that portion of the deck. "Wait, said Alexander. "Watch this. Get down, and out of sight real quick. Erik ran behind a barrel, and Alexander crawled on one, just around a corner of a large stack of barrels, which they were hidden behind. He took a rock, and threw it out. It made quite alot of noise. They then heard the slave driver walking over, and he tensed. when he came around the corner, Alexander jumped on him and stifled his mouth. Drawing a dagger from the slavedrivers belt, he raised it and silenced him in a flash. Taking the keys from him, he dumped the carcass into the ocean. "Crafty.",said Erik, grinning.
Stealing down into the lower deck, they silently decended down the stairs and entered, where they saw the oarslaves. "Shh, quiet! The Warriors of Alexander are here to help!", said Alexander. Using the key, they freed all the slaves. They were all mice. There were whispers all around, but Erik hushed them. giving them each a weapon, he motioned with his hand. Reaching the tope deck, Alexander shouted, "Onward! AAATTTTAACCKK.
The surprised vermin had little time to react to the score of charging slaves, attacking them. It was over so fast, it was a bloodless victory for the slaves. They slashed with swords, cutlasses, and dagger, swung clubs, pole arms, and axes. they stabbed with spears and other items. After the charge was over, the slaves cheered. They were free! And the all owed it to the two young mice on board.
"Alright men,you are free! We are The Warriors of Alexander! I'm Alexander, and this is Erik.". Introductions were made, and there was lots of glee and cheering. Keeping the weapons from the slain vermin, they scoured the ship by Eriks command to search for food. After they each were equipped with food and weapons, they all loaded off the boat.
They then filed off the plank onto land. They camped near the edge of the woods, with lots of food. The slaves were hungry, and it was great to have proper vittles in so long. They all sang songs, and told stories of old. There was lots of laughter and dancing.
Amid the festivities, Alexander got a brilliant idea. He got everyones attention." I have an announcement. Me and Erik are members of the warriors of Alexander!".
"Then were are the others?"
"Yeah, we should meet them too!"
"Show us!", were some of the wuestions from the crowd.
Alexander chuckled. "WE are the Warriors of Alexander!". This caused an uproar of laughter. "Alright men, all who want to join The Warriors of Alexander, three cheers!", Erik yelled. There was not one person who did not give three cheers. The official Warriors of Alexanderwere born!