AUTHOR'S NOTE: thank you TheRanger101 for the review :) Sorry the chapter was rushed; I had a bit of trouble with it.

This week's chapter is rhater short; real life has been rather busy :/

Chapter 40: Results.

"Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before."

-Steven Wright

-"That was the best boat ride I've ever had."

It was late evening. Blackberry and Strawberry had spent most of the afternoon on the "boat" rock, before finally stepping off for silflay.

-"We could do this again tomorrow, if you want," Blackberry suggested.

Gradually, the rabbits made their way underground. Hawkbit, Dandelion and Strawberry were among the first; they looked exhausted. Blackberry and the other Strawberry followed soon afterwards.

Fiver hopped over to the edge of the Down and glanced at the area. Hazel and Bigwig had been away from the warren longer than he had expected. He had no idea where they were, or how they were doing; he didn't even know if they were still alive, although he had no reason to believe they weren't. Kehaar and Hannah had not flown back to the Down with updates; he was not surprised, but he still felt disappointed.

Suddenly, his eyes caught something moving near the bottom of the Down. It did not take him long to realize that this was a rabbit; he made his way towards the bottom to greet her.

The rabbit was a brown-purple doe, larger than Primrose but smaller than Flyairth, who for some reason had a green feather hanging from outside her right ear.

Spartina had been travelling for most of the day, following the scent left behind by Flyairth and the others, until she reached the Down. She stared at Fiver, attempting and failing to recall him. It took a while before he broke the awkward silence:

-"Hello. Have you travelled far?"

-"...yes, I suppose I have. Have we met before?"

-"I can't remember. When did it happen?"

-"No, I didn't think we met before, but I just wanted to make sure." Spartina was disappointed. This rabbit clearly did not know her, she was no closer to discovering her identity or her past. "I have been wandering for a while, do you know of any nearby warren?"

-"There is a warren at the top, and you are free to stay there if you want." This situation reminded Fiver of the arrival of Flyairth's group. "I'm Fiver, temporary Chief Rabbit. What's your name?"

-"I'm Spartina. Could I really stay?"

-"Of course you can. Anyone who wishes to live here is free to do so. Follow me."

The two rabbits slowly made their way to the top. Once there, Flyairth approached them.

-"Fiver-rah, we're all going underground now, and I would like to know what is going to happen about the burrow arrangements. Do we still sleep in that same underground chamber where we slept this morning? And who's that with you?"

-"This is Spartina, she just arrived here and I assume she's going to spend the night here too. Spartina, meet Flyairth."

The two does looked at each other. Flyairth scanned Spartina's body, paying close attention to her paws, while Spartina tried to remember if she had ever met her before; like with Fiver, she could not recall any past meeting.

-"You look like one strong doe," Flyairth said suddenly. "Did you ever serve in an owsla?"

Spartina had no idea what to reply. It was possible she had been a member of an owsla in the past, but she had no memories of it. Should she say she didn't know? That would cause a lot of awkward questions. Or should she lie? That would also be awkward, should she ever regain her memories.

-"It's been a while, I have been wandering and..."

-"What a shame, I'm sure many warrens would be glad to have someone your size and talents in their owsla. Hopefully this warren's owsla captain will be satisfied with you once he comes back. But Fiver, what about the burrows?"

-"Several of the rabbits living here are currently away from the warren, so you will probably find a lot of empty burrows you can use," Fiver explained. "But I'm afraid some of you will have to share."

-"I don't mind," Flyairth replied. "I'll be going underground now."

After a quick silflay, the last few rabbits made their way underground. As Fiver had predicted, there were enough empty burrows for everyone, with two or three rabbits in each burrow.

A while later, Fiver, who was sleeping in Hazel's burrow with Pipkin and the kittens, was woken up by another rabbit. He slowly opened his eyes, and saw Strawberry, Dandelion and Hawkbit near the entrance.

-"What's the matter?" he said as he yawned.

-"Uh, well the thing is, someone is sleeping in our burrow," Strawberry said.

-"That's unfortunate. Are there any other burrows you could use?"

-"All full."

-"Can't you just share the burrow with those who are already there?"

-"I refuse to surrender my dignity like this," Hawkbit said. "I will not sleep with the rabbit who tortured us."

-"Tortured you?" Fiver was visibly confused.

-"Yeah, the big one, Flyairth. She kept forcing us to continue training no matter how tired we were."

-"I'm sorry if she mistreated you, I'll have to do something about it tomorrow. But if you won't sleep with her, I will let you sleep in this burrow, just for tonight. Tomorrow I assume some digging will be done and everyone will have their own burrow. Just...don't wake up the kittens, all right? It took me and Pipkin forever to get them to sleep."

-"We'll be very quiet," Dandelion said, as he glanced at the small nest in the far corner of the burrow.

Fiver nodded, and nudged Pipkin. The two moved closer to the nest, allowing the other three to sleep near the entrance. It was cramped, but it would have to do for the night.

As Fiver looked at the kittens, he felt something unusual, almost as if he wished they were his. For the first time in his life, he wished he had his own kittens. He knew who he wanted to mate with, but would she be interested in a runt like him? He was still thinking about this when he fell back asleep.