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Hey again, its grubswiper! long time no read huh. Well, anyway its a b-e-a-utiful Christmas break and I hope its all the same for you my good readers. Anyway(cough) updates. This is the 8th chapter to thee old ottermaid's tale(how long is her tail anyway?) and I hope this chapter goes over well. I am also goin to post a one-shot called….well… I dont know what I'll call it but I'll think of it.

I hope you guys like this chapter, even though im only having one person review it each chapter, so please give me some comments.

I…uh…hope you enjoy reading.

Disclaimer: I dont own redwall….what?!…ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME?!

(Begin chapter eight)

The three travelers stopped in their tracks, sizing up the weasels. Curry whispered out the side out of mouth to halden.

"This looks like trouble halden, what do we do eh?"

The big nosed weasel pulled out a rusty dagger, shouting again in his rough voice.

"I told ye, drops those packs and beat it!"

Halden decided to match fire with fire, even though he was nervous, he tried not to show it while pulling out and loading his sling.

"Were not dropping these packs vermin, so stand clear of us or else your gonna get a lump the size of an oak on your head!"

One of the weasels apparently thought this was hilarious and started giggling.

"Hehehe, did ye hear that Meeky, lump the size of an oak, hehehaha."

The big nosed weasel, Meeky, kicked out at giggling weasel.

"Shut up, you lazy buffoon, you laugh too much. Lumphead, Flatpaw, Scrawntooth, take the shrew and the moller."

As the three moved forward, curry had already slung away a rock at Lumphead, the giggling weasel. Splat! Lumphead fell to the ground crying like a baby vole, banging his grubby paws on the grass.

"Wahahahaaa! Wha'd e' do that for. I didn' 'urt him, boohoohohoo!"

Earthpaw came running up and cuffed Lumphead hard on the…well…head, proving that it was his name- Lumphead. The weasel soon went out cold much to everybeast relief.

Meeky soon realized that these aren't the country bumpkins he thought they were. He decided a retreat would be good.

"Ya lets git out of here, Scrawntooth, git Lumphead an' lets go."

As they were slipping into the forest, Meeky shook a greasy paw at the three travelers.

"This ain't over yet, we'll be back…"

(Darkhide)

Chaos reigned at the newly constructed fort of Darkhide the warlord, who was in an angry mood. It was now the morning, but it wasn't the sun that woke the hoard up, it was the flaming arrows and lookouts screams that were cut short by otter javelins.

Foam came out of Darkhide mouth as he swore and yelled across the pandemonium.

"Archers, shoot whoever is out there. Bloodback, bring me fifty spearbeast-no, actually bring them to the front gate, and ,make that number one fifty, dont stand there now."

Darkhide grabbed a spear from a passing rat and hurled it over the now mortar wall, and was satisfied to hear a scream.

"See, they die, just like you idiots!"

Quicktail was an edgy mood. He knew Darkhide forces would come out of those gates any second. He soon called up to streamtail.

"Ahoy the mate, we best make a liddle retreat before the enemy comes out of those gates eh?"

Streamtail threw a huge rock off his sling ads he answered.

"Right then mate. You gather yore squirrels up and head back to my holt, and I'll get the others back short behind you ."

but just as he had finished speaking the front gates sprang open and vermin began pouring out, yelling as they waved their spears, with Darkhide in the lead.

"Him…." Quicktail said in whisper to himself. Quickly he strung a arrow to his bow and took and aim. Twang! And off the arrow went. Darn, a rat had run in front of Darkhide in the nick of time, getting the arrow in his heart.

Quicktail soon bobbed through the trees with his squirrels, heading in the direction of the river holt.

Soon after, Streamtail and his otters fired a last salvo of stones before heading back themselves as quick as they could.

Darkhide forces were about to follow when the warlord himself halted them.

"Stop you buffoons, cant ye see we still have a fire to deal with, and tonight I want two guards at each post, and if I catch on sleeping, I will personally put my pike through yore heart.

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Well, thats the last chapter for this year hehe get it. Anyway hope you liked this and please review.

Happy holidays, Grubswiper