As Drey was led through the castle and into the warlords chamber the wildcat was setting in his chair."Aah,i have been waiting,do you know why i sent for you,squirrel?" the warlord said calmly."no" the squirrel said cat chukled."the reason i called you is becuase i want to know,why did you stand up for that poor wretch"?.this time Drey laughed." Because mangy-fur no one deserves to be a slave!" he spat just then the cat slashed his face leaving a small cut across his cheek ."Gaurds take him away!"
As they led him out the huge oak doors,and shoved him in the dirt,Riverwind was at his side "Are you alright pal?" she said "il be alright" he said "When,that cat leaves the island!" a smile played on Riverwinds lips "C'mon mate lets go have lunch by the they got to the stream they sat the haversack down full of food they had got there was ,leek onion and cheese pasties',gooseberry tarts,and blackberry cordial."I have to say,Riverwind" his mood instantly changed "the food is pretty good"
Ryke was a pine marten whith light brown fur and a white under had a quiver of arrows on his back and a yew wood bow over his shoulder he was not much older than father Jai was the leader of there tribe,The reason Ryke was out whith a bow was to uphold the tradition to kill another creature to be a member of the then he spotted two creatures,an otter and a squirrel by the look of notched an arrow to his bow and drew back,and then a curlew called and scared him he let go of the string and the arrow burried it's tip in the ground beside Riverwinds and Riverwind looked surpprised and stood ready to fight whoever the shooter of the arrow cursed under his breath,he couldent believe he let some stupid bird scare him into shooting the arrow he sighed well he had better face the stood up from behind the "so sorry i was ugh...er..doin archery yeah archery" Drey looked to Riverwind and sighed "well it was an an accident she sighed to "I guess ,whats your name marten?"" Ryke" he said "you hungry we have some extra food Ryke ,he would rather not eat whith some woodlanders
but the thought of what his father might do if he returned empty pawed,won him over "alright" he said a little shyly.
Ryke ate almost silently,that is until Drey wanted to strike up a not used to having "Vermin" guest
"so" he started "are you eny good at archery?"
"im,alright"he said whithout looking up,"your free to take some of the food home if you want" Riverwind said .the pine marten looked up "thank you" he said maybe these woodlanders arent so bad...
Ok so this chapter was not as long as i hoped it would be...oh and the character Riverwind is not mine.a friend of mine gave me the idea