I have no clue what I'm doing but whatever… Meh. Enjoy the chapter!
Also… I do not own Redwall or Juska (they belong/ed to Brian Jacques). I own most of the characters in this story though
Amber: Chapter 1
Marduk Ubel sat in a tree near his camp, watching his horde. The clan of Juskubel was larger than any other two Juska clans combined. Marduk's great-great-grandfather had challenged Ruggan Bor of Juskabor for leadership of his clan and won. As he already owned a rather sizeable clan, his clan almost doubled in size. In addition, the three generations that had passed since then had been very fruitful, adding almost twoscore beasts to the horde. And so it was that Marduk was Chieftain of a fearsome group of just under one thousand beasts.
As Marduk scanned his horde's camp, he realized that a certain creature wasn't there. "Amber" he muttered "Where is that peaceful excuse for a hordebeast?"
Amber giggled as she sprinted through the forest. She had been stuck in the filthy camp of the Juskubel for weeks. She was always pestered by the other vermin, as they could see that she wasn't cruel and bloodthirsty like them. The Taggerung, a wearat called Jude, was the worst of these bullies as he was apparently 'better' than everyone else.
Amber mimicked him, saying in a babyish tone, I'm Jude, and I'm better than all of you!"
She snickered and almost ran into a tree, stopping inches from its rough, damp bark. Amber shot up the tree ads fast as any squirrel, and after a minute, came up through the canopy of the monstrous tree. She stood there for quite some time, watching the smoke curl up from the her clan's camp until a rough voice called to her from below.
"Oi! You! Git down 'ere! You 'ave work ta do!"
Amber shimmied out of the treetop and looked down. An ugly face leered up at her.
"Ugh, Gump, What are you doing here? I thought you were in the fishing group today!" she murmured.
"I was with the fishin' group, but so was you! Yous need ta git down 'ere an' do yer work! Chief's orders!" Gump announced importantly.
"Fine. Tell him I'm coming." Amber shimmied down the trunk of the tree and strode leisurely back to camp.
"Where've you been?" Marduk growled as Amber neared the camp. "You was due out fishing hours ago!"
"Sorry Chief," Amber sighed. "I was taking a break." She winced, because she knew that Marduk did not take kindly to insubordination.
"A break, huh? HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME THIS WAY!?" Marduk Screamed. All eyes were on them now. Marduk's voice became menacingly low. "I wondered whether it was a good idea to take you in all those years ago. I see now that it wasn't! You have proved yourself useless. Akan, tie her to a stake in the middle of the camp. She can stay there awhile.'
The orders were followed immediately, and soon, everything was back to normal except for a lone figure sitting in the open space at the middle of the camp, her paws tied behind her back.
Marduk paced in his tent, muttering to himself about plans and jobs and punishments. A fox poked her head into the tent, and being noticed by the ferret, was beckoned in. She nodded and sat in the middle of the tent, with her master across from her.
"Rei, my most trusted seer, what have you seen?" Marduk inquired. "I am in need of counseling."
"Master, I have seen nothing since we last met. Would you like me to check now?" The vixen chose her words carefully.
"Yes. I enjoy seeing you at work. You have my permission to begin now." Growled the ferret.
"Yes, Master." Rei began to cast stones and feathers onto the floor of the tent. "I do not see anything yet-Oh! See these stones in this group here?" she indicated a group of multicolored pebbles.
"Yes, I see them. But what do they mean?" Marduk asked impatiently. "I don' t understand these signs."
"Of course you don't, you're a warlord not a seer. But to me, ah, it means that your prosperity lies in the village south of here, by the river." Rei explained as she picked up her various fortune-telling instruments before turning to leave.
"Oh, and one more thing," Marduk caught her attention again. "Do you think I was too hard on Amber today?"
Rei looked at him curiously, then her face hardened. "I do not. I think that you were too soft on her in fact. Insubordinate types like her are the very seeds of rebellion."
"That will be all. Thank you, Rei. That was all I needed to know." Marduk growled. "You may go now."
The vixen was happy to comply and left as quickly as she could. Marduk stayed inside and contemplated what his seer had said.
How did I do? I think it sucked but… meh I don't know.
