Hey everyone, its Grubswiper again! Bring you homemade chapter eighteen, and hopefully it will be as successful as number 17!
Last chapter(like always) I had a question, and was answered very much in detail! Now I have a new question. I had read an article on the best handheld game, and now I want to know what you think is the best handheld gaming device. I think there are five up to date ones, Nintendo DS, PSP, N-Gage to name a few…
Now, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own redwall(sob)I don't own redwall(sob)…..
(begin chapter 18)
"Umm sir….the barracks are on fire."
Darkhide the warlord leapt from his chair and lifted the rat who had given the report by his collar off the floor. "What! How did this happen!" He spat, making spit fly.
The rat gave a barely audible reply "Sgsg….woodlanders!"
Darkhide gave a roar of anger and threw the rat on the ground while bellowing out orders.
"New recruits get water and put the fire out as soon as you can! Screal!"
The rat captain came hurrying up, pushing threw the running soldiers. Before he spoke he gave his salute.
"Yes sire?"
"Get half the hoard out and return fire on those woodlanders. Kill them, take none prisoner!"
"It shall be don milord!"
(woodlanders)
Quicktail was standing with his squirrels on a old sycamore tree.
"Lets give 'em as good as we got lads. Archers fire away!"
A front row of determined squirrels notched arrows to their bows and fired with deadly accuracy.
"First rank kneel and reload! Second rank, up and fire!"
Their tactic was successful, and many of Darkhide soldiers were being cut down by arrows.
On the other end of the fortress, Streamtail and his otter were tearing off rocks from their slings as their leader roared orders.
"That's right mateys, give it all ye got. When their shields are up, be sure to aim for the legs to break them!"
In the fortress, Screal was preparing a charge with two-hundred and fifty soldiers. As the woodlanders shot off their latest salvo of missals, Screal roared at his lungs capacity.
"Charrrge!"
(Halden and travelers)
It proved a much more joyous and exiting trek with the long patrol hares with the traveling army. While both parties were making introductions, Halden, Timberpaw, curry, were telling major Storbriger of their plight.
"You see sir, Darkhide has taken over out village and captured over two score of our friends as slaves. We need more fighters to take back our village and slay our hated enemies, that is why we were traveling to your mountain, to see if you had any warriors to spare and help us with our mission."
The good hare major stroked his soon to be graying bearded in thought.
"Well it has been a while since my hares have been in a bally scrap. I would have to talk to lord Spearmont, our badger ruler. He makes all the orders, and I carry 'em out wot. But I think your in luck. We have been abundant in hare warriors these seasons. Im sure we can spare troops wot."
While this was going on, Tipon the porcupine, had gotten into and argument with a hare who had called her a mutated hedgehog. This had made the enraged female try to tackle the hare, but was soon held back by several hedgehogs. As she struggled, she called out a challenge to the rude hare.
"How bout it floppers! I bet in can take you paw to paw and come out the victor!"
The hare, who's name was whitepaw, laughed openly.
"Ha! Why don't ya wait till you're a bit older wot. I say, isn't it time for your afternoon nap now. Why don't you get some feed from your mother, Haha!"
New fires of hatred came alight in Tipon eyes. "Don't you dare talk about my mother scum! Excuse of a soldier!"
Curry soon came over top calm his friend down. "Easy Tipon, he doesn't know about your mother. Calm down, he's just wants to get your nerves going.
When she settled down, the hedgehogs let her go. While she was walking with curry, she silently selected a dart out of her travel bag and also her blowpipe. The dart was not poison, she would never kill a creature who fought for good. She jut wanted to get back at him.
Without curry seeing her, she put the pipe with the dart in it and blew hard at whitepaw, just a touch left of the scutt. What she heard next satisfied her. She had to struggle to keep a straight face on.
"Yowowowow! Help, a hornet got me! Oh the pain, the pain. Im dying, do ya see any blood wot!"
A/N
Well that was chapter 18, I hoped you like it! Now I want to take the time to thank my reviewers…..
Ebbster: I took your advice, even though I change it a little bit, I hope you will read more of the story, because tipons role has become pretty big!
Ashleg: Thanks for reviewing, and I hope you will fix your comp and everything will turn out fine. I am definitely going to love your story, 'A Seekers Path'.
Agent-D: Whoa, awesome review, yours are some of my personal favorites! I hope you can answer this question just as well!
Narfgirl: Ah, one of my first reviewers for me when I started my account. I will always love your reviews, and I hope your account thrives well.
Well this is Grubswiper reporting out wot!