Chapter 2: Home On The Down
As a fog was appearing in the woods that Hazel and the other came from then suddenly two mysterious rabbits one of the them was an old rabbit with beard while the other one was a runt like little black version of him were hopping through the wood nearly out of breath.
Just then an owl then appeared and the two rabbits ran faster then they were before.
The old rabbit then found a tree with a hole in it and they both ran towards it.
They both got in just before the owl got one of them.
They were both out of breath.
"Bigwig!, Hazel!, Fiver!, Where are you!" Yelled/Asked the old rabbit as it echoed.
Meanwhile on the down after the rabbit arrived on Watership Down they decided to rest to get use to it.
The young ones then snuggled next to their fathers, mostly for warmth.
Blaze then woke up and gasped and looked around and at the far end Fiver woke because of a strange noise coming far away from the down.
Hazel then woke up as well as he yawned.
"What the matter, Blaze?" Asked Hazel as he was worried about his son being awake this early.
"I just had a nightmare about Sandleford Warren, Captain Holly and Ash, they did stop us from leaving and captain Holly did killed you." Said Blaze as tears started to form on his eyes.
Hazel then hugged Blaze into comfort.
"Shh, it's okay, it's okay, I'm still here aren't I?" Said/Asked Hazel as sooth Blaze as he was rubbing his paws on his back while Blaze's face was on Hazel's chest while he was crying, while cradling him.
"I guess." Said Blaze as he sniffed and Hazel smiled at him.
"Why don't you go back sleep?" Asked Hazel softly.
"Okay." Said Blaze as he lay down again while Hazel was rubbing his head with his paws and humming and soon Blaze fell asleep again.
"He's not the only one who had that dream." Said Fiver as he hopped to Hazel as he smiled at the sight of his brother and nephew.
Hazel then and smiled at Fiver as he was up to something.
"So you too Fiver?, I guess you like to cry on my chest while I rub my paws on you back too?" Asked Hazel jokingly.
"No, and I am not kitten anymore." Said Fiver.
"No, but you are the runt." Said Hazel seeing as he likes to tease his little brother.
"Besides mine was different, it was sort of like a memory." Said Fiver as shook his head.
"Well, that behind us now cause we're here on Watership Down." Said Hazel.
"And, it's a beautiful morning." Said Hazel.
The owl from earlier then screeched again and the rabbits and young ones woke up and ran as Hazel woke up Blaze and they and Fiver ran too.
Just outside of the down a weasel then tried to what appears to be a spikey ball.
The weasel looked like it tried to open it but failed.
The weasel then growled then walked away from the ball.
The ball turned out to be a hedgehog curled up.
"Not this time you silly old Weasel." Said the hedgehog as he ran off before the weasel came back.
Meanwhile on top of the hill Keehar was then doing a horrible screech.
Hannah then walked up to Keehar.
"Morning Keehar." Said Hannah with rough voice.
"Yeah!" Yelled Keehar, Hannah then walked away from Keehar.
The rabbits the hopped to Keehar.
"Are you off your rocker?!, Screaming like that!" Yelled/Asked Bigwig in anger.
"Keehar say hello to morning, oh boy you should here a whole flock sing, big music." Replied Keehar.
"Oh, is that what you call it?" Asked Dandelion sarcastically.
"I said these two should clear off on our down, and I mean it." Said Bigwig sharply as he turned his head to face Hazel.
"Be fair Bigwig, his wing is hurt." Said Hazel.
"That's not all that'll be hurt if he doesn't watch his beak." Said Hawkbit sharply.
Hannah then walked to Bigwig.
"What's the matter with the rabbit, everyone likes gulls and mice." Said Hannah to Bigwig.
"Not me." Bigwig said sharply at Hannah.
Hannah then walked away from Bigwig.
Hawklaw then walked over to his father.
"Why not?" Said Hawklaw as he wonders why his father doesn't like gulls and mice.
"Eh, I just don't like em, that's all." Said Bigwig.
Bigwig then rubbed Hawklaw's head with his paw.
"Now, why don't you silflay with the others." Bigwig said softly to his son.
Hawklaw then chuckled.
"Okay." Said Hawklaw as he ran off with the others.
Bigwig then smiled as he doesn't want his only son to grow up.
Meanwhile on a pond, a morehen was sleeping until it woke up by a strange sound.
The morehen then turned around and saw the same weasel from earlier.
The weasel then tried to grab the morehen, but the morehen then flew away before the weasel grabbed him.
The weasel then smelled something, he then sniffed at the down's direction.
"Long Ears." Said the weasel as he walked to the down.
The rabbits were then silflaying while Blackberry found a hole in a tree.
"Everyone, over here." Said Blackberry getting the rabbit's attention.
Blackberry then looked at the hole.
"There were rabbits here, once upon a time, long gone now." Said Blackberry as Hazel came over.
Hazel then sniffed at the hole.
"No smell of disease or enemies, it smells safe." Said Hazel as he back away as Blackberry went inside the hole along with Hannah.
Blackberry and Hannah looked around the warren to see if it's in shape.
"Is it good?" Asked Hannah to Blackberry.
"It's very big." Said Hannah as she looks around.
"Yeah, not anywhere near big enough I'm afraid." Said Blackberry to Hannah.
Blackberry then turned her head.
"It's in good shape!" Yelled Blackberry to the rabbits.
"If everyone helps out with the digging, we'll soon have a home down here." Said Blackberry, Bigwig, Hawkbit and Dandelion then looked at each other.
"By everyone, I assume she doesn't mean us." Said Hawkbit.
"Blackberry, in case you've forgotten, bucks don't dig." Said Bigwig to Blackberry.
"Oh, here we go." Said Blackberry as she rolled her eyes.
"What's so good about buck, that they don't dig?" Said/Asked Hannah as Blackberry as she continues to look around.
"Be reasonable." Said Hazel.
"Blackberry's the only doe, we can't expect her to dig the whole warren by herself." Said Hazel.
"Yes, so?" Asked Dandelion.
"So, we're all going to pitch in." Said Hazel.
Bigwig then turned his head to face Hazel.
"Oh, I don't think so." Said Bigwig sharply.
"Look if we and the young ones gonna survive up here, we need new ways of thinking." Said Hazel.
"I've had my fill of new thinking, you've already got us living here with gulls and mice." Said Bigwig, although Hannah heard all of it.
"So mice are no good, eh, you don't want my surrounds?, fine I'm gone." Said Hannah as he ran away from the group.
"Oh, very nice Bigwig, very thoughtful." Said Fiver as Bigwig hopped away as Hawkbit and Dandelion were going in the other direction.
"We got everyone pulling together, or we're finished." Said Hazel to Fiver.
"Maybe, they just need time, to get used to a new place." Said Fiver.
"You might try leading by example Hazel, the digging won't do by itself." Said Blackberry as she went back inside the whole while the little one hopped off.
Pipkin, Hawklaw, Blaze, Warmth, Frost and Thyme then went to silflay with Keehar who then tried to eat some grass but then spit it out.
"Your hungry, aren't you Keehar?" Asked Frost.
"Gulls always hungry, stupid wing." Said Keehar as he shook his hurt wing.
"Maybe, you find some food for Keehar, grubs find stick with grubs." Said Keehar as he hummed at his imagination.
The young ones then looked at a different direction.
"By ourselves?" Asked Hawklaw.
"Yah, sure you big strong rabbits." Said Keehar.
They then puffed their chest out.
"Alright, grubs it is then." Said Pipkin as he and the others went to find food for Keehar.
Meanwhile Hannah was sitting on a stone, still upset about what Bigwig said.
"Who needs mice?" Said Hannah.
"I know who needs mice, everybody needs mice." Said Hannah as she puts her paws in the air.
She then went quiet as she heard something and hid behind a rock.
She then gasped as she saw the weasel.
The weasel then sniffed.
"Long ears." Said the weasel as he went to find the young rabbits.
"Rabbits!" Yelled Hannah hoping to catch up before the weasel can.
The young one later found grubs for Keehar, but they don't how they were going to carry then.
Just then they heard a mysterious voice.
"Bigwig, where are you?" Asked the mysterious voice.
The young ones then gasped.
The weasel then snuck up one them.
"Welcome back to hunting grounds, Long Ears." Said the weasel as he was drooling.
The young ones then turned around to see the weasel and ducked their Heads.
Just then out of nowhere Bigwig appeared and head-butted the weasel.
The weasel then got up and walked over to Bigwig, but was then head-butted by Hawkbit.
The weasel then got up and walked over Hawkbit, but was soon head-butted again by Bigwig and sending him of the hill and sending him running.
The young one then came over to Bigwig and Hawkbit, while Hawklaw, Warmth and Frost hugged their fathers while Pipkin, Blaze and Thyme was still looking at the weasel.
"Are you all right?" Said Bigwig as he and Hawkbit hugged their sons and the others just nodded.
The rabbits later got back to the group and the rest of the young ones except Pipkin then hugged their father, still shaken up by the weasel.
"What do you use, for a brain?" Said Hawkbit while his sons were still hugging him.
"Sending our young ones on their own like that, you nearly got them killed with you selfishness!" Yelled Bigwig while Hawklaw was still hugging him.
"Keehar stupid gull, Keehar sorry." Said Keehar hoping his friends accepted his apology.
"The sooner your gone, the better." Bigwig said sharply at Keehar.
"There's no point, making feel worse then he does." Said Hazel while Blaze was hugging him.
"I told you rabbit weren't meant to mix with gulls and mice, didn't I." Said Bigwig.
"And who warned us about our young ones, Hannah a mouse with her they'd be gone." Said Hazel pointing out.
"Well, it's that gulls fault they were out there." Said Bigwig.
"And now we know there's a weasel on the down, that's what we should be worrying about." Said Hazel as he and everyone else hopped away.
Bigwig then turned to Hawklaw who then let go of his father.
"Right, now there's going to be a lecture: Don't go off on your own anymore, lecture over." Said Bigwig who then hopped away but then saw his son still shaken up.
"Oh, here now, no point letting that little old weasel, shake you up now." Said Bigwig softly to his son.
"It's more than that father, I heard a voice it in the wind, calling your name." Said Hawklaw as his father came back.
"There's no other rabbits around here but us." Said Bigwig as he pointed out.
"I know but what if it was the, the black rabbit of inlé." Said Hawklaw as his father was in shock he then put his paw on his head and shook it.
"If he's looking for me, he knows were to find me." Said Bigwig as he hopped off leaving his son alone with a smile on his face as he saw his father looking unafraid while standing guard.
Meanwhile at the lake were Hazel and the others were the two mysterious rabbit then came onto shore.
The old one was lying down to catch his breath while the young one was nuzzling his face.
The old one then found a bunch of footprints and he sniffed it and recognized the scent.
"Bigwig, where are you?" Asked the old rabbit again.
The old one soon stood up, with the help of the young one and ran towards a hill and they later found Wateship down.
They both later ran down the hill and towards Watership down.
Meanwhile the rabbits were silflaying, the young one were with their fathers seeing as though they don't to be attacked by the weasel again, while Blackberry was digging, while Bigwig got scared due to what his son said, he was later given a fright when a fly came around.
"What's up with your nose, Bigwig?" Asked Hawkbit as Warmth and Frost were next to him.
"Eh, just trying to stay alert, somebody got to you know, dangerous." Said Bigwig nervously.
"Yes, but apart from that, we're really beginning to enjoy it here." Said Dandelion.
"Once Blackberry's done digging the young ones a nice cosy burrow, the happier I'll be." Said Hawkbit as he was concern for his sons, while Blackberry heard all that.
"Thing would be a lot faster if everybody helped out, I'd enjoy that, I really would." Said Blackberry as she looks at the ground.
"Look, there's a weasel about and the sooner we get everyone underground, the better." Said Hazel as he then tried again hoping everyone would change their minds.
"If you want to work like a doe, that's fine, but we have our pride." Said Hawkbit as he then continued chewing on the grass in his mouth.
Just then Blaze came up.
"What pride?" Asked Blaze as Hawkbit, Dandelion and Bigwig stared at him sharply as Blaze stares back at them which shock them seeing how brave he is, while Hazel was shocked at what his son said.
"Blaze, that wasn't nice." Said Hazel as Blaze then looks up at Hazel.
"But back in the old warren, I was told by one of them that you can't be nice all the time, and the way the world works is being bad." Said Blaze as he pointed his paw at the three.
Hazel then looked at them, wondering which one and then looked down at his son.
"And which one?" Asked Hazel as he raised his eyebrow.
"Uncle Bigwig." Blaze replied as he pointed to Bigwig.
"Bigwig!" Yelled Hazel as Bigwig blushed with embarrassment.
Bigwig then chuckled nervously as Hazel was slowly approaching him.
Bigwig then slowly backed away until he reached the tree.
"I think your punishment will be digging." Said Hazel as he winked at Blackberry and Fiver.
"And now all three of you and all the young ones had better get digging." Said Hazel using his anger to his advantage.
"Oh you do?!" Asked/Said/Shouted Bigwig temporary forgetting that Hazel was mad at him.
"You heard me!" Said Hazel as Fiver then jabbed Blackberry in her shoulder and pointed to her and they both saw that Blaze and Hawklaw shivering in fear, cause of both their father's arguing.
"And who's going to make me?!" Asked/Yelled Bigwig as he and Hazel put up their paws looking like their about to have a actual fight.
Hawklaw and Blaze, while Hawkbit and Dandelion covered Warmth's, Frost's and Thyme's, eyes to avoid seeing it.
Hazel and Bigwig then growled at each other.
But as they were about to jump at each other, Fiver stepped in front of them.
"There's no point in fighting." Said Fiver.
"Shows what you know." Said Hawkbit as he let go of Warmth's and Frost's eyes.
"There are other ways to settle things." Said Fiver.
"Such as?" Asked Bigwig.
"Well Bobstones." Said Fiver as his ears went straight up.
"We'll play a game, If I win, everyone has to help out with the digging." Said Fiver as he pointed to himself.
"And when Bigwig wins?" Asked Dandelion as he let go of Thyme's eyes.
Fiver as he was smiling then looked at Hazel.
"If he wins, you can all lie on the grass for the rest of your lives." Said Hazel.
"It's only fair to warn you, I was Bobstones champion at Sandleford three season running." Said Bigwig as he gloated and pointed to himself.
Fiver then gasped and dropped his ears.
"Oh, I didn't know that." Said Fiver.
Later the sun then later went down while Bigwig and Fiver were playing their game.
While the weasel then came up from the bushes.
"Tonight's, the night." Said the weasel as he backed away.
Bigwig who was then turned around then heard Fiver's voice.
"Bobstone guess?" Asked Fiver as Bigwig turned around to face Fiver.
Bigwig was then looking at Fiver's paws.
"Come on, biggy, oh I know you can do it." Said Dandelion.
"Bobstone guess is one." Asked Bigwig.
Fiver then smiled as he revealed two stones.
"Oh, Bad luck, bad luck, come on, come on, I seen you play better." Said Hawkbit.
Bigwig then signalled Fiver to turn around which Fiver does, Bigwig then sniffed.
"Guess this one right and you win." Said Pipkin.
"Bobstone guess?" Said Bigwig getting Fiver's attention as he smirked while holding his paw on the ground.
Fiver then looked at Bigwig's paws and twitched his head.
"Bobstone guess is two." Said Fiver as Bigwig hung his mouth in shock.
Bigwig then revealed two stones.
Fiver's group smiled in victories while Bigwig's group frowned in defeat while Keehar was laughing at them and pointing.
"Now you boys get to dig like does!" Said Keehar as he laughed harder.
Bigwig then cleared his throat and Keehar stopped laughing.
"If you don't clip that beak, I'll kick you off the down whever that wing works or not." Said Bigwig as Hannah came in front of Bigwig.
"Leave Keehar alone, your not a bunny rabbit your a bully rabbit." Said Hannah as Bigwig looks at her.
"I thought you were leaving." Said Bigwig sharply at Hannah wondering why she is still here.
"I was, till I saw you rabbits needed my help, hairy head." Said Hannah as made fun of Bigwig's hair and she puts her paws on her hips and looked away from Bigwig.
Hawkbit then hopped over to Fiver.
"You cheated, didn't you?" Asked Hawkbit as he jabs Fiver's stomach with his paws.
"Those Visionary powers of yours, you didn't even had to guess." Said Hawkbit as he was standing his full height to Fiver.
"First you don't believe I have visions, now I'm using them to cheat, make up your mind will you?" Asked Fiver as he snapped at Hawkbit.
Bigwig then hopped toward them.
"Eh, enough of that." Said Bigwig as he looked at Hawkbit.
"I lost, an Owsla's honor is that I except it, whever it was fair or not." Said Bigwig as he shot Fiver a dirty look.
Bigwig and Hawkbit then hopped away from Fiver as Dandelion joined them.
"Well at least we won." Said Blackberry to Hazel as he looked at the group.
"Did we?" Asked Hazel as Blackberry hopped away from Hazel.
Hazel then layed down with Hannah beside him.
"Aw, things have been a bit rough on the first day on the down, aren't there?" Asked/Said Hannah wondering how their doing.
"We won't survive, if we keep fighting among ourselves." Said Hazel as he looked at Hannah.
"Hannah, I don't know how I can bring us together." Said Hazel.
"That's the problem with two leader, there can only be one." Said Hannah as she puts up her paws.
"I know." Said Hazel as he sighed.
"I guess my job's over, I got us here safely to Watership Down, maybe it's time for Bigwig to take over." Said Hazel as he looks away from Hannah, doubts he could be the leader here.
"No, your the leader." Said Hannah hoping to put some confidence in Hazel.
"Your not listening." Said Hazel as he looks at Hannah again.
"I'm listening fine." Said Hannah as he puts up her paw in her ear.
"You lead them towards Watership Down, that makes you the leader, Fineto." Said Hannah as Hazel looks like he doubts it.
It later became nightfall on Watership Down and everyone was asleep as the young ones except Pipkin snuggled with their fathers, [seeing as though their fathers doesn't want to risk the weasel attacking them at night.], while Pipkin was snuggled with Blackberry.
The weasel was about to attack them from the bushes but then heard a strange sound coming from the other direction.
"Bigwig, Where are you?" Said the voice in the wind.
The weasel was about to attack until suddenly Keehar woke up and saw the weasel.
"Weasel!" Yelled Keehar, loud enough for everyone to wake up.
Bigwig then saw the weasel who was growling at them as he growled back at him and tackled him and they rolled until they stopped.
After they stopped the Weasel was then cornered by all the rabbits and was soon forced to run away.
"Fall back to the burrow." Said Bigwig as he and the others went backwards to the hole in the tree.
"One by one, I get you long ears, one by one." Said the weasel as his voiced echoes.
After the weasel's second attack everyone was then digging.
Although Hawkbit then fell on Bigwig as he gasped.
"Watch it, clumsy." Said Bigwig as he pushed Hawkbit back.
As Dandelion was digging some accidently threw dirt on the back of his head and he cougthed.
"Oi, do you mind?!" Said/Yelled Dandelion.
Bigwig then tried to dig the top.
"We should figure out how to deal with that weasel, instead of doing doe's work, we try our best and what do we get." Said Bigwig as he gasped as the burrow was about to cave in.
After the cave in had everyone then rose from under the dirt.
"Everyone all right?" Asked Blackberry as she wiped the dirt off her.
Hawkbit then groaned and scratched his ear to get some of the dirt out.
"All encounter for." Said Hawkbit as he stopped scratching.
"Have we done enough yet?" Asked Hawkbit seeing as though he doesn't want to continue.
Blackberry then looked around the burrow.
"Actually, you haven't done bad at all." Said Blackberry.
Everyone then looked around the burrow in amazement.
"It was a little burrow, Now it's a great big one." Said Pipkin in excitement.
"And the roots hold up the ceiling, looks like a honeycomb." Said Fiver as he saw the roots.
"Then that's what we'll call this chamber: the Honeycomb." Said Blackberry.
"Once we get it cleared out, there'll be enough room for everyone." Said Hazel.
"Even Keehar?" Asked Hannah as Hawkbit and Bigwig stare at her.
Hawkbit then hummed.
"Not likely." Said Hawkbit.
"Come look at this." Said Pipkin as he got everyone's attention, as he found a small hole.
Pipkin then sniffed the hole.
"Do you think it goes somewhere?" Asked Pipkin as he looked at Hazel.
"Let's see." Hazel Replied as he went inside the hole with his ears down.
"Hello." Said Hazel as his voice echoes.
Hazel then backed away from the hole.
"It's narrow and rocky, and from the echo it goes on forever, and I could smell fresh air coming of it." Said Hazel as he describes the hole.
"So it must come out somewhere." Said Fiver.
"Well I heard stories, me uncles says that he's been to the underworld twice, goes to the far side of the down, it true." Said Hannah.
Dandelion then went to see the hole.
"Not much use to us if you can't turn round in it." Said Dandelion as he looks at Hazel.
"It might do us a lot of good." Said Hazel as he came up with an idea.
"I think I know how we that tackle that weasel." Said Hazel as he and Dandelion looks at the hole.
Later everyone then later went up while Keehar was standing guard to make sure that weasel doesn't give them a surprise attack.
"If we can get the weasel down that rock tunnel, we can seal it behind him." Said Hazel as he explained his plan.
"Yeah, and come up somewhere far away hopefully never to return." Said Bigwig.
"But how do we get him in?, ask him nicely?" Asked Bigwig.
"I'll get him to chase me in, you'll be ready to rush in and seal up the rock tunnel." Said Hazel as Blaze then looked at him with tearful eyes, somehow worrying that he may loose his father, like his mother.
"I think someone should point out the obvious flaw you'll be sealed in there to, Hazel." Said Hawkbit pointing out.
"I know, but if I don't do it the weasel will get us, sooner or later, there's no choice." Said Hazel as Fiver and Dandelion dropped his ears in sadness while Blaze just ran off.
"Let me do it Hazel." Said Bigwig as he was offering.
"Look." Said Hazel but was soon cut off by Bigwig.
"No listen, the black rabbit of inle is coming for me, I heard him calling my name." Said Bigwig.
"But the black rabbit of inle only takes the old and the sick with him, to the land beyond life, it's got to be a mistake." Said Dandelion as he pointed out.
"I don't believe he makes mistakes." Said Bigwig as he points to Hawklaw.
"Hawklaw heard him to." Said Bigwig as Hawklaw nodded.
"He called, Bigwig, Bigwig." Said Hawklaw as Bigwig puts his paws on his shoulders.
"Right, they get the idea." Said Bigwig.
"The point is when the black rabbit comes to carry you off the land beyond your life you go." Said Bigwig as he looks at Hazel.
"Look Hazel, now we had our differences but none of us would be here without you, if Watership Down is going to survive they need you Hazel, with all those new ideas of yours." Said Bigwig as Keehar came down from the rock.
"Let me do this last thing for everyone." Said Bigwig as Hazel nodded.
"Hawkbit, Pipkin, over there, the rest of you hide behind the tall grass behind the tree." Said Bigwig as he turned around to face Keehar.
"Keehar-" Said Bigwig but he was cut off when Keehar hugged him.
"For you, I do anything mister Bigwig, hero bunny, most brave rabbit." Said Keehar as Bigwig pushed off him and Hawklaw giggled.
"When you see the weasel go after me, sound the alarm." Said Bigwig.
Keehar then screeched.
"Like so?" Asked Keehar.
Hannah then walked up to Hazel.
"Come inside, I want to show you something." Said Hannah as she and Hazel went inside the burrow, while Bigwig just stares.
Hazel and Hannah later went back to the hole.
"You watch." Said Hannah as she went inside the hole.
Hazel then poked his head in the hole.
Hannah then came from another yet small hole.
Hannah then walked to Hazel as he was surprised.
Hannah then laughed.
"Good trick, eh" Said Hannah.
Later Bigwig was then finishing off his plans for the weasel.
"Well that's all then, no questions?" Asked Bigwig as everyone shook their heads.
"Um, we decided that I say a few word." Said Hawkbit as he began.
"It's been an honor to know you and-." Said Hawkbit but was soon cut off by Bigwig.
"Look, your a good bunch and you'll all get along without me, now let's get at it." Said Bigwig.
"It's okay Bigwig, you don't have to." Said Hannah as she and Hazel walked up to Bigwig.
"Hannah's going to lead the weasel to the rock tunnels." Said Hazel as he explained.
"I beg your pardon?" Asked Bigwig wondering if it's a joke or not.
"There's a tiny escape hole, just the right size for Hannah, it leads back to the burrow." Said Hazel as he explains to Bigwig.
"You said mice were no good, heh" Said Hannah as she pointed out.
"Yeah, well all well and good, but I am not letting a mouse do a rabbit's job." Said Bigwig.
"Now be sensible, Bigwig." Said Fiver hoping to change his mind.
"Those are two words that don't usually go together." Said Frost as he whispered to Warmth and he laughed.
Bigwig ignored that and shook his head.
"The black rabbit's coming for me." Said Bigwig.
"It doesn't mean to say that you should run up and meet him." Said Hazel.
"I'm going and that is that." Said Bigwig as he hopped off.
"Grab him." Said Hazel to the young ones.
Bigwig then saw Pipkin, Hawkbit, Dandelion, Pipkin, Blaze [Who just came back as he realized that his father wasn't weasel bait.], Hawklaw, Warmth, Frost and Thyme around him.
"You wouldn't dare." Said Bigwig to the others.
They all soon jumped on Bigwig while Hawkbit was on his head.
"You just made Hazel leader, best we follow his commands eh." Said Hawkbit as he smirked.
"All right, all right." Said Bigwig as he finally gave up and then everyone got off him.
Darkness then came along and no one was in sight.
Hannah then came out of the burrow and saw the weasel coming up.
"Smelly Breath!" Said Hannah as she ran inside and thus getting the weasel's attention.
The weasel then smirked and followed Hannah into the burrow.
Hannah then hid behind a rock while the weasel then sniffed for the rabbits.
"No long ear?" Asked/Said Weasel.
Just as the weasel was about to leave Hannah then rose up from the rock and the weasel saw her and chased after Hannah as she ran.
Hannah then went inside the hole.
"Mouse mouth for know, long ear later." Said the weasel as he followed Hannah inside the hole.
Outside of the warren the others were hiding in the grass so the weasel won't find them, Keehar then later gave the signal and everyone then rose from the grass and then went inside the warren.
The weasel then couldn't see Hannah and started to turn back.
Hannah then saw this and put her paws in her mouth to make her louder.
"Smelly breath, smelly breath!" Said Hannah as the weasel heard her and snarled in anger and chased after her again.
Hannah then ducked into the small hole so the weasel won't catch her.
Hannah then turned around to see if the weasel was still there.
The weasel then smirked as he corned Hannah but then heard a strange noise and turned around as everything went dark.
The rabbits then moved the rocks so the weasel wouldn't come out.
Hannah then emerged from the hole in the wall.
"Oh, pretty scary, eh?" Asked/Said Hannah.
"Oh, you wonderful Hannah!" Yelled Hazel.
"Yeah, I suppose, that Gulls and Mice aren't completely useless after all." Said Bigwig finally.
Hannah then gasped.
"Praise indeed, that's the best we're gonna get from you eh, Bigwig?" Asked Hannah.
Bigwig just stares at Hannah in embarrassment.
Everyone soon got out of the warren to celebrate their victory over the weasel.
"Easy as acorns falling off an oak." Said Hazel.
Just then a voice then appeared again.
"Bigwig, where are you?" Asked the voice.
Everyone then looked at the direction where the voice was coming from.
"It's the black rabbit of inle." Said Hawkbit as he covered Warmth and Frost's eyes to avoid seeing it.
Bigwig then rose from where he was lying.
"I'll uh, I'll have to go now." Said Bigwig as he looks at Hawklaw.
"Be good Hawklaw." Said Bigwig as his son hugged him.
"I don't want you to go." Said Hawklaw as he was sobbing while Bigwig rubbed Hawklaw's head with his paws.
"I know, but we always don't have a choice." Said Bigwig as he let go of Hawklaw and ran towards the voice followed by Hazel and Fiver.
"No, get back, if you face the black rabbit, he'll take you too." Said Bigwig hoping his friends would run, but they didn't.
"We're letting you face him alone." Said Hazel.
The voice later got closer to them.
"Bigwig!" Said the voice.
Just then the two rabbits from earlier then came from the bushes to reveal themselves.
Everyone was in shock.
"By Frith, it's captain Holly and his son Ash and, wait were his other one?" Said Hazel seeing as thought he can't remember Holly's other son.
Holly and Ash later fell on the ground as Hazel and Bigwig walked forward to them.
"We've been searching for you, for days." Said Holly as he was exhausted as was the other one who was panting.
Fiver then came up.
"You were right lad, we should all have left when we had the chance." Said Holly.
"Did anyone else get out?" Asked Fiver hoping to have more company.
"Pimpernel and my other son is safe, I had to leave them in another warren, Sandleford's gone, destroyed, we're all that's left, and all the young one's mothers except Blaze's seeing as though she died when he was born are gone to, dead man killed them." Said Holly as everyone turned around to see all the young one's crying except Pipkin seeing as though his parent were dead before they left Sandleford, and Blaze seeing as though his mother died after his birth.
"It's all right, Holly, your safe now, your with us." Said Bigwig.
Fiver then looked at Hazel.
"I saw it all in my head, I saw the fear, but part of me hoped I was wrong." Said Fiver.
"I know." Said Hazel.
"Sandelford's gone and we're all alone, what do we do Hazel?" Asked Fiver
"What our ancestors did before us, we go on Fiver." Hazel replied.