Chapter 2 – A farm raid
Skylar woke to something tapping her shoulder. As she opened her eyes a blurry face slid into view. "Wakey wakey rise and shine, we have traveling to do" Selene sang with a smile on her face. Skylar snapped her eyes shut and mumbled "ugg so you are a morning lover eh?" Skylar shifted onto her side as Selene giggled and tapped her again. Skylar grumbled "I'm not much of a fan of early rising" Selene giggled "I can tell as you seem to have a very sunny personality this morning" Selene then poked Skylar in her ribs which was very effective in getting the light brown doe to sit up and say "okay, okay I'm up now, just give my brain a minuet to catch up to my body, will you?." As Skylar viewed the fields and woodland she could tell it was going to be a hot day as the morning haze was starting to be burnt off by the rising sun.
"Well I am awake now so let's get moving" Skylar said to Selene. As they both travelled through the woods, grabbing small amounts of food as they went, they chatted about mundane things like their favourite seasons, food and weather, leaving out painful topics like Skylar's past life and Selene's loss of her family. At a small stream they drank as Skylar's prediction of the day being hot was right. Just as the sun reached its highest point in the sky they came across a small farm yard. "Well I don't know about you Selene but I could go for a couple of carrots about now" Skylar exclaimed as her stomach rumbled at the thought of a juicy carrot. "Yeah I could go for some broccoli" Selene said as she viewed the farm yard area. "But we have to be careful as there may be cats and dogs around as well as man" Selene warned as she leapt up into a tree to look for any danger.
"But from here I cannot see any signs of anything moving at all, which is a bit strange" Selene pondered out loud. Skylar considered this before answering "well it is rather hot out maybe they are all having a cat nap in the shade" she said with a chuckle. Selene and Skylar went through a hole in the stone wall and looked across the short dash to the vegetable patch. "Are you ready?" Skylar asked as she prepared to make a run for a large carrot. "Yeah lets go" Selene answered before taking off across the grass to the vegetable patch.
They both reached the vegetable patch and they both checked to see if they had been spotted making a dash to the vegetables, "I think we are safe for now but any movement run back to the hole in the wall" Selene said before grabbing a piece of broccoli. Skylar chuckled before saying "unless there is a dog or cat by the hole and if there is make for the barn as we can run around it and find a place to hide until we can move to the other wall" Skylar grabbed a carrot out of the ground and began to eat it. Every few seconds they would both pause to check they were not being watched or in any danger. As they both finished their carrot and broccoli, a cat slinked into view from by the farm house, not noticing the doe and squirrel in the vegetable patch, the cat carried on towards a tree by the hole in the wall, their escape route was now blocked by the cat.
"What now" Selene whispered "well I saw another hole on the opposite wall but it does mean making a dash for it and we may be spotted and chased" Skylar whispered back. The cat, which was still completely oblivious to the pair lay down under the apple tree, which was right by the pairs previous entry route, and fell asleep. "Let's not risk the closer hole, as we would end up being chased around the woods till we got dizzy" Skylar whispered to her friend as they both prepared to run for the other hole, in the further away wall.
"On the count of three" Selene whispered "one, two three" they both chanted as they made a break for the wall. They both focused on reaching the wall, but forgot to slow down, as they both ended up reaching the hole at the same time, and crashing through it together. They both landed in a heap on the other side laughing and panting. "Well, that went well" Skylar chuckled as she looked to see if they were followed. The cat was still asleep by the tree and had made no movement during the pair's mad dash through the wall. "Yeah next time we need to establish breaks or at least an order to fall through the hole" Selene giggled.
Suddenly Skylar stopped as she sniffed the surroundings grass. "There have been other rabbits here, and recently too" she said checking the area of the woods to see if there was any sign of the rabbits she had just scented. "Well we can't go back into the farm yard as we would be surely noticed by the cat if we went back for round two" Selene stated as she looked to the woods. "Let's just hope the other rabbits have moved on by now" Skylar said as she stared to move forward into the woods checking for danger every few steps till she stared to relax.
As they moved deeper into the woods and travelled for more time they realised they had come to the end of the woods and had come to a field where a high hill with a lone tree was situated. "Where do you think we are Selene?" Skylar asked as she looked around. "I believe we are near Hazels warren as this is the area my friend Hannah said it was" Selene said thoughtfully "but I don't see any rabbits around here" she said. Suddenly Skylar stopped and whispered "the reason we can't see them is because they following us and are right behind us".
A deep male voice behind them suddenly said "names, warren and reason for being in our territory". Skylar was so startled she said "Skylar and Selene, no warren and we are lost" before clamping her mouth shut annoyed at herself for giving information out so easily. The pair of friends turned around to see male rabbit's glaring at them. "Well Selene I think we are in trouble now" Skylar said to her friend as the male rabbits surrounded them.