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Chapter 2
The summer sky was nice and clear at Redwall Abbey. A young squirrelmaid walks to the gatehouse where an otter is waiting. "Good morning to you Birch." said the otter.
The squirrel returned the greeting, and asked her next question, "What have you heard so far of the battle pray tell?"
The otter thought about it for a second, and then replied, "Well, so far it seems like we might win. Though it all depends on if they can hold them off or not. Other than that, I haven't heard much at all. I'll let you know if I hear anything else okay?"
The squirrel smiled, knowing her friend was only trying to help her out. "Alright Oak. But for now, lets get to the orchard. They'll be serving afternoon tea soon."
The big otters eyes lit up. He was hungry for some food. "Okay. I wonder what the friar has decided on for the meal?"
The squirrel kept going, aware of her friends hunger. "Probably something edible. But, it'll be all gone if you don't get going and get over to the orchard!"
And with that the two friends set off to the orchard.
Meanwhile there were big things happening in Redwall's Great Hall. The leaders of the group that was fighting earlier were talking to the abbess. Things weren't all looking too great though. "I'm telling you abbess, there was no chance for the vermin! We had them on the ropes and were just about to run them out of Mossflower when we noticed there was a second battle going on." said the
"Oh." said the abbess. A look of concern on her face. "And tell me pray, what was going on?"
Glen, a big battle-scarred otter, hung her head in disbelief, "We saw the strangest looking creature that I've ever clapped eyes on. It must've come out of the woods when we were fighting and."
"And was this creature one of the enemy?" interrupted the abbess.
"That was the strangest thing, it wasn't. That was what stopped the battle. All of the vermin all of a sudden went after this strange creature. We saw it go down under the sheer weight of the vermin. We're not sure if it's even alive or not. Then, the vermin left, dragging along that strange creature as they went. We tried to follow, but they disappeared. However, we did find this."
As she said this, two of her helpers brought up a strange looking bag, and deposited it on the table. The abbess went through the bag, stopping at a strange book. It had a strange handwriting that she couldn't read. The abbess went leafing through the pages. Hoping to find some clue as to the owner's name. Eventually, she got to a page near the back, and stopped. A small smile creeping along her face. "Go and get Oak the gatekeeper. Tell him to bring some of the old records. I think I might have found something to help us translate this strange writing."
And with a slight curtsey to the mother abbess, Glen, and some of her otters went to go find Oak.
Things weren't looking too good for me at the vermin camp. During the battle, when the vermin saw me, they started to attack me for no reason! Before I could do anything, they were on top of me. Then something hit me on the back of the head, and knocked me out. My first thought was that my head hurt, a lot. And my second thought was, what was with this area and hitting me on the head? I reached around my back for the bag I was carrying earlier, and found it missing. "Well, there goes my only chance to get rid of this headache!"
As I said this, a wave of pain swept through my skull. I held my head in my hands and decided to rest. When I awoke the pain was gone, and there was something on my head. I felt it with my hands and found out it was a leaf with something on it. Whatever it was, I left it alone, not knowing what would happen should I take it off. Then I heard a noise, someone was coming near me. I opened one eye, and then closed it! There in front of me, was another of those creatures that I saw during the battle! I had no idea what to expect. So, I got up, hoping there was some way to talk with this creature. Darkslash was a big fox and leader of the vermin horde. He was eyeing the odd creature that they had kidnapped during the battle. He had never seen such a strange creature before. And the oddest of all, it had no tail to speak of! Darkslash had never seen a creature without a tail to help assist it in moving around. How odd was this creature. He wasn't even sure if it was an animal or not. He decided to try to talk with the odd creature. Hoping to know more about it. He tried a simple conversation, hoping that this odd creature would understand. "So, what kind of creature are you eh? I've never seen your kind around before. Where you from?"
The odd creature just stared back. Apparently it couldn't understand him. So he tried a different approach. Taking a piece of parchment and a quill pen with a bottle of ink, Darkslash began to write down what he had already tried to say to the odd creature. After he finished writing he gave the parchment to the creature. Would it understand his handwriting?
I was wondering what this creature wanted. After studying his shape I realized that this was a fox. But, something was wrong. For one it was standing and walking around like a human, and it was considerably a lot bigger than a regular fox would be. I studied the writing on the parchment some more, trying to figure out what the writing meant. Suddenly, I had an idea. Motioning for the quill and ink well, I started to write in my own words the entire alphabet. Motioning for the fox to come take a look. He looked on for a while as if trying to figure out what I wrote down. Then, I saw a strange look in his eye. With that, he took the quill and ink well, and wrote something down as well. When he gave me the parchment back, I was shocked! There, underneath what I wrote, was unmistakably, his version of the alphabet!
Chapter 2
The summer sky was nice and clear at Redwall Abbey. A young squirrelmaid walks to the gatehouse where an otter is waiting. "Good morning to you Birch." said the otter.
The squirrel returned the greeting, and asked her next question, "What have you heard so far of the battle pray tell?"
The otter thought about it for a second, and then replied, "Well, so far it seems like we might win. Though it all depends on if they can hold them off or not. Other than that, I haven't heard much at all. I'll let you know if I hear anything else okay?"
The squirrel smiled, knowing her friend was only trying to help her out. "Alright Oak. But for now, lets get to the orchard. They'll be serving afternoon tea soon."
The big otters eyes lit up. He was hungry for some food. "Okay. I wonder what the friar has decided on for the meal?"
The squirrel kept going, aware of her friends hunger. "Probably something edible. But, it'll be all gone if you don't get going and get over to the orchard!"
And with that the two friends set off to the orchard.
Meanwhile there were big things happening in Redwall's Great Hall. The leaders of the group that was fighting earlier were talking to the abbess. Things weren't all looking too great though. "I'm telling you abbess, there was no chance for the vermin! We had them on the ropes and were just about to run them out of Mossflower when we noticed there was a second battle going on." said the
"Oh." said the abbess. A look of concern on her face. "And tell me pray, what was going on?"
Glen, a big battle-scarred otter, hung her head in disbelief, "We saw the strangest looking creature that I've ever clapped eyes on. It must've come out of the woods when we were fighting and."
"And was this creature one of the enemy?" interrupted the abbess.
"That was the strangest thing, it wasn't. That was what stopped the battle. All of the vermin all of a sudden went after this strange creature. We saw it go down under the sheer weight of the vermin. We're not sure if it's even alive or not. Then, the vermin left, dragging along that strange creature as they went. We tried to follow, but they disappeared. However, we did find this."
As she said this, two of her helpers brought up a strange looking bag, and deposited it on the table. The abbess went through the bag, stopping at a strange book. It had a strange handwriting that she couldn't read. The abbess went leafing through the pages. Hoping to find some clue as to the owner's name. Eventually, she got to a page near the back, and stopped. A small smile creeping along her face. "Go and get Oak the gatekeeper. Tell him to bring some of the old records. I think I might have found something to help us translate this strange writing."
And with a slight curtsey to the mother abbess, Glen, and some of her otters went to go find Oak.
Things weren't looking too good for me at the vermin camp. During the battle, when the vermin saw me, they started to attack me for no reason! Before I could do anything, they were on top of me. Then something hit me on the back of the head, and knocked me out. My first thought was that my head hurt, a lot. And my second thought was, what was with this area and hitting me on the head? I reached around my back for the bag I was carrying earlier, and found it missing. "Well, there goes my only chance to get rid of this headache!"
As I said this, a wave of pain swept through my skull. I held my head in my hands and decided to rest. When I awoke the pain was gone, and there was something on my head. I felt it with my hands and found out it was a leaf with something on it. Whatever it was, I left it alone, not knowing what would happen should I take it off. Then I heard a noise, someone was coming near me. I opened one eye, and then closed it! There in front of me, was another of those creatures that I saw during the battle! I had no idea what to expect. So, I got up, hoping there was some way to talk with this creature. Darkslash was a big fox and leader of the vermin horde. He was eyeing the odd creature that they had kidnapped during the battle. He had never seen such a strange creature before. And the oddest of all, it had no tail to speak of! Darkslash had never seen a creature without a tail to help assist it in moving around. How odd was this creature. He wasn't even sure if it was an animal or not. He decided to try to talk with the odd creature. Hoping to know more about it. He tried a simple conversation, hoping that this odd creature would understand. "So, what kind of creature are you eh? I've never seen your kind around before. Where you from?"
The odd creature just stared back. Apparently it couldn't understand him. So he tried a different approach. Taking a piece of parchment and a quill pen with a bottle of ink, Darkslash began to write down what he had already tried to say to the odd creature. After he finished writing he gave the parchment to the creature. Would it understand his handwriting?
I was wondering what this creature wanted. After studying his shape I realized that this was a fox. But, something was wrong. For one it was standing and walking around like a human, and it was considerably a lot bigger than a regular fox would be. I studied the writing on the parchment some more, trying to figure out what the writing meant. Suddenly, I had an idea. Motioning for the quill and ink well, I started to write in my own words the entire alphabet. Motioning for the fox to come take a look. He looked on for a while as if trying to figure out what I wrote down. Then, I saw a strange look in his eye. With that, he took the quill and ink well, and wrote something down as well. When he gave me the parchment back, I was shocked! There, underneath what I wrote, was unmistakably, his version of the alphabet!