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P2X-395, or Redwall

Chapter 2-Mysterious Wonders

Candlelight flickered and shadows danced on the stone walls of the Great Hall. All the animals had gathered around the tables. Abbess Germaine, ancient but wise and kind, sat on the throne. Everyone trusted her and Martin the Warrior's judgment. They were all discussing their current predicament of the mysterious glowing podium. The animals shouted out different opinions and suggestions.

"It could help defend us against enemies!"

"What if it helped build the Abbey?"

"What enemies? Martin deals with those!"

"No! It's too dangerous! Did you feel the ground shake, lad? I say we leave it alone."

Martin, Gnoff, and Columbine tried to calm the others, but to no avail. They related to the Abbess what had happened and now awaited her decision. Martin, Gnoff, and the other braver animals wanted to keep examining the object, but many more wanted to stay away.

Finally, the Abbess spoke up. "It seems from your report that this is something dangerous and should not be touched. We cannot, however, live our lives in fear. Let us wait some time to see if it will do anything. If it doesn't, we'll examine it and try something else then."

Then, Dinny the Foremole, unusually reserved during the meeting, spoke.

"When the ground shook, it wasn't earthly and natural." He said it with an edge to his voice.

"What are you saying, Dinny?" Martin asked

"Something else is down there, something that made it move that way. I want to keep digging and searching. I'll do it myself-the other moles don't have to help if they don't want to."

"Dinny, are you sure? Do you know what you're doing? I don't doubt your skills and knowledge; I just don't want anyone to get hurt" Abbess Germaine asked.

"I'm sure," Dinny replied.

"I'll help!" Martin exclaimed.

"Oi, you're not doing anything without me!" Gnoff shouted at them.

"Me too!" Others, emboldened by Martin and Gnoff's enthusiasm, joined in.

"Very well. I can see waiting will do no good with you lot. Any able-body creature who wishes can join Martin and Dinny. As for the rest of you, there is an Abbey that needs building." Abbess concluded the meeting with that. Martin, Dinny, and Gnoff couldn't get out of the room in time.

A digging party formed at the podium. Dinny and the other moles agreed to dig first and explore so that if they found something, they could dig at it right away. There was no point in digging everywhere. About 10 yards from the podium, they hit pay dirt and instructed the others where to dig.

They found a part of a gray object, with one of the strange symbols. This served to encourage the others and they all began digging earnestly. They continued to dig all day, stopping only for moments when Columbine and the other maidens gave them food and drink.

Soon they realized they were going in a giant circle, uncovering a huge ring of some sort. The moles guessed that it didn't appear to be attached to anything else. The whole thing seemed stranger than ever, if that was possible. They finally finished digging and began examining the giant ring.

The moles were right, it didn't attach to anything else. It had the same strange markings, along with dark triangles around the whole thing. What could this thing possibly do? Did it serve a function or did some earlier civilization made it for decoration? That seemed unlikely. Besides, as far as anyone knew, their ancestors were the first here and they wouldn't make anything like this. Shadows lengthened as the animals pondered the mystery that this ring and podium brought.

Martin began walking around inside the rings and thinking out loud.

"Look, the podium and the ring were found together and have the same strange symbols. One controls the other, maybe."

He crossed over the ring to the podium and pressed the big orange dome before anyone could stop him.

The ground immediately began shaking like before, and the objects seemed to groan. Animals scrambled out and away from the ring. Everyone saw the triangles glow! The lights glowed as a wormhole tried to connect, but with no direction, nothing else happened. The animals, of course, didn't know that.

"What strange magic powers this thing?"

There ya go, hope you like it! I tried imitating molespeech, but it sucked so bad that I just decided to let you guys use your imagination! PLEASE REVIEW!