ATTENTION: There will be a new redwall book coming out called 'High Rulian'. this book is supposed to be about otters mainly. Please tell me how you think this book will affect the redwall series.
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Happy reading.
Declaimer: I don't own redwall!
It started out as a hot summer days like it had been the past few days for Halden and his slave mates. The slave drivers had spared no beatings on the slaves.
"Come on ye scurvy excuses for creatures, get that wood up there. His lorship wants a new fortress by winter." A rat said, swinging his cane idly at his side.
"He says" Curry muttered to himself out the side of his mouth. Apparently it carried on the wind and traveled to the rats scarred ear. The rat swerved around and started to strike the can at Curry.
"Mutiny eh, I'll teach ya fer that!"
Earthpaw, who was next to Curry, leapt on that rat and bit him hard on the shoulder.
"Yon foul varmint, take thart!"
The rat squealed in pain and jumped back, letting go of the cane he was carrying. He began to shriek to his fellow villains.
"Yar Rucko! Get the moller an slay 'im. He nearly bit me to the bone!"
A tall somber stoat came walking up, pulling out his dagger at the same time. Earthpaw tried to bite him but Rucko tripped him with his foot. Rucko swung the blade up as he hissed.
"Yore days are over, mole!"
As he was about to slash, a hoarse yell rang out with a voice like a baritone.
"Yeeehaaaaww! At em mates!"
Hedgehogs of all sizes came pouring out of the forest. Most were armed with spears, and some had two small axes in each hand. The hedgehogs broke their rage on the cruel vermin that had enslaved their friends with great vengeance.
Timberpaw had already been free from a weasel that had swung his sword at him, but had got his chains instead. The free hedgehog soon gave the weasel a sound knock on the skull. Soon, picking up the blade he sought out his new friend. He soon spotted Halden gallantly fighting off the rat that had hit Curry by kicking him with his paws while he was on the ground.
Timberpaw hurtled himself on the rat and gave him a straight stab through the back. The rat gave a small gurgle and fell to the ground.
"Stand thyself still friend!" Timberpaw ordered Halden, who winced as the blade sliced through the chains.
"Thanks friend, that feel so much better with those chains off."
"Enough gabble .Come thee now mate, git yon weapon." Timberpaw insisted, nodding to the spear a unfortunate hedgehog had dropped.
Halden nodding and grabbed the spear and raced off with his friend.
The battled was slowly turning to the favor of the escaped slaves and hedgehogs. Halden soon found his friends. Curry had armed himself with a rapier and was slashing at a fox with such skill even curry had not known.
Earthpaw had picked up the whip the one rat had once had, and snapping it at anything that tried to attack him.
"Hurr varmint, ow some your own treatmont!"
Soon the three friends formed a square with a young male squirrel who was also a former slave. The tactic soon became very impossible to get through and soon nothing was able to touch them.
Blackfang for the first time did not have anybeast to protect him. He ran scared through the now burning fortress. some beast had thoughtfully set the building to fire with a torch. Where ever Blackfang turned, there was a pack of angry hedgehogs on his tale.
But soon he was caught. A pack of gaunt but vengeful looking slaves were pelting toward as fast as he could. They were possibly the first slave he had caught.
Before he could scream, they were on him. Many watchers had to turn their heads and to not look at the grotesque scene.
When the rats heard the faltering screams of their leader, they immediately set up a wail.
"Blackfang is dead!"
Soon they were fleeing into the forest, with angry pursuers hot on their trail.
Halden, exhausted, looked around at the bloody scene with sadness, seeing many bodies on the ground. But soon the sadness turned to joy when he saw the oldest looking otter he had ever seen raise his paws to the sky and shouted, with tears running down his whiskers.
"Free!"
A/N well that's another chappie, hope you all like it. I know a lot of you are battle scene fans, so please tell me what I could do better!
Grubswiper