Things Don't Always Go As Planed!
--Somewhere In Mossflower Woods, Mid-day--
Rayen walks along the woods and smiles “I like the woods, its calm and peaceful at times it seems and different leaves and such as well we should be able to find a lot of different size and shape of leaves for a centerpiece for the tables.
Thorn nods as she skips along the path, so far she has found maple leaves, oak leaves, birch leaves, and some ash leaves “Look some beech leaves there!” She rushes ahead about 100 feet.
Rayen watches her closely just to make sure things don’t get out of paw “Was there any good colored leaves in the abbey?” She looks at a red and orange leaf and a yellow leaf she has in her paw.
Thorn nods “Yes some apple leaves, peach leaves and some leaves from a walnut and chestnut tree, there is some cherry trees by the river and we could get some cherries for Friar Lacota and some pretty leaves also” She heads to the river after adjusting her knapsack.
Rayen nods as she goes to follow the young rat, “As long as we don’t go too far from the abbey, wouldn’t want to worry any beast.”
A voice is heard before they step out, “Yes that would be not so good, to worry one so” She is a rat maid and snaps her fingers as 5 other rats come and surround the two.
Ryker joins them, his blade out as he smirks “Running would end badly” He studies the vixen “Oh I remember you, didn’t you have a hare as a friend what happen to him?” He chuckles coldly.
Rayen frowns deeply as she looks around; she can’t use her arrow in such tight quarters and lays a paw on her dagger instead.
Thorn gasps, she knows the rat and then glares “What do you want, go away” She says bravely.
Ebony smirks “Why dear is that how you treat your own mother”
Darkflower looks around and back to the vixen and rat dibbun, “So do we like rob them or what Ebony?”
Ryker grins “I am for killing, I didn’t get to kill a beast for the past few days, I need some action”
Rayen glares at the ferret, “You know what happen, your wildcat friend killed him and the wildcat paid for his crimes with his own life”
Thorn folds her arms over her chest, “You’re..you’re not my mother, I don’t care”
Ebony fake frowns “Oh come now Thorn..the abbey life too good for you, it’s changed you dearie but we can fix that and make things all better again can’t we dear?” She nods to the other rats, “Do as you wish with the vixen, Thorn here comes with us unharmed’
Darkflower simply stays close by.
Ryker grins and right away has the five rats attack Rayen and watches as he believes this will be fun to watch.
Rayen gasps and her dagger comes out and stabs into one of the rats and her foot connects with another rat and knocks it unconcious. The rat that has the dagger in them is killed instantly and then there is the other three, one she barley sidesteps and one of the others gets a good cut into her left arm which starts bleeding slowly from its cut.
Thorn quickly takes off and runs back towards the abbey as fast as she can, somewhat fear and somewhat to get help.
Ebony watches as one of her rats die and narrows her eyes as one is also knock out, she hisses low “You..You let the child escape, someone after her!”
Darkflower nods “I will fetch her your grace” And she is then off after the rat maid Thorn.
Ryker stays as he wasn’t sure if he should go after Thorn or not, besides he probably kill her and that seems to not be the plan, least for now.
Kadar is just walking in the woods, trying to have a peaceful day and have nothing brother him.
Thorn picks up speed and gasps as she looks up, unless the beaver moves she will crash right into him
Rayen feels another cut on her shoulder and stabs yet another of the rats, it dies after a shift kick as she pants and gets knocked down by the other two rats.
Ebony walks over and looks down, “Anything she has, take it..of value and then kill her”
Darkflower is not too far behind the young rat as she follows her “Come back here, or your only suffer more!”
Kadar blinks as the young dibbun rat slams into him and looks down at her folding his arms over his chest, his voice is deep “And what may I ask is ya doin’ ere’ in de woods..” He looks and sees the other rat maid and draws his ax, “Ok Ok What this be with..Harming or suffering?”
Rayen manages to slice at one rat when it goes to stab her in the chest, the blade fails just a cm away as she rolls to her side and tries to get up as the stunned rat falls over the dagger still in their neck.
Ebony hisses and looks at Ryker, ”Kill her! Kill you now!”
Thorn starts to back up and then sees Darkflower and instead hides behind the large beaver as she decides that’s the best course of action, hopefully he wouldn’t harm a dibbun.
Ryker grins an evil and insane happy grin “With all haste Ebony, it will be my pleasure” He walks over to the vixen, “Hello, or maybe goodbye in your case dear” He twirls his blade and goes to stab downwards at his target..Rayen!
Darkflower narrows her eyes “Give me the dibbun or you die.”
Kadar looks down at the rat, he lets Thorn hide behind him as he keeps his vision on Darkflower “Oh ? That be a threat thar vermin scum?” He tilts his ax as he stares down at the vermin in front of him.
Darkflower decides to get one of her throwing daggers out and flicks it at the beaver, it’s clean and luckily has no poison on it and she tries her best to get around the beaver.
Kadar narrows his eyes at the dagger when it lands in his leg, he growls and swings his blade downwards at Darkflower, he also makes sure to step forwards a little to further make sure no harm comes to the dibbun rat, she may also be a vermin but she is a dibbun and a dibbun is something he would never harm whether it’s a woodlander or a vermin dibbun.
Rayen goes to roll out of the way and yelps as the blade slices her tail, about 1/5 of the top is suddenly gone as she sends a strong kick at the ferrets chest best she can and manages to rolls to a nearby stream and quickly uses her paw to apply pressure to the injured tail to stop the bleeding as she shivers slightly.
Darkflower has no time to move and the ax cuts deep and true into her chest, she tries to say something and only gurgles blood as she falls backwards and dead to the ground.
Thorn luckily doesn’t see the death happen, she does peer around and her eyes go wide and so she hides her face in the beaver’s fur and starts to cry some.
Ryker is kicked backwards with a stunned look on his face, he then cusses loudly as the vixen escapes.
Ebony also cusses loudly and glares at Ryker “Your worthless!” She then adds “Don’t just lay there dazed find my daughter! Bring her to me!”
Kadar looks at the rat dibbun and scoops her up in his arms and just makes a beeline down the stream, he skits to a halt when he sees the Vixen and starts to narrow his eyes.
Rayen looks up at him and frowns, mud cakes her tail as it only seeps blood now, some other wounds bleed a little more freely “Please…I am a friend..Thorn is my friend, I live at Redwall abbey you can ask..f..Flicktail….” She then passes out.
Thorn frowns “She is a friend she is, please believe me and Flicktail is the champion and you can ask him and he will say so and ask a badger his name is Zork and me and Rayen, the vixen.. both have friends at the abbey and my adopted father Elder Benar is there and right now he probably wanders where I am and..and..” She starts to go on.
Kadar stops that quickly “Take a breath lass..I know de names Benar and Flicktail, were de names..Zork mentioned them and he is a friend of mine, haven’t seen him in like 3 seasons…well first we go ta my den, then we head to your Redwall Abbey” He sits the dibbun down to walk and takes the vixen in his arms “Not to worry it’s not under de water like most beaver dams are..and me mate is a healer”
Thorn nods and follows.
Rayen groans and is carried off by the beaver, she can only hope he is a friend
Meanwhile the rat Ebony and 2 rats still with her try to pinpoint where the vixen and Thorn went, she cusses loudly and tells Ryker “You will find them both, make sure they are both dead and whoever gets in my way, Thorn had her final chance and lost it…and will lose her life as well.
Ryker bows to her and nods “It will be done your grace” He then goes to track Rayen and Thorn and hmmms at a new scent and follows it as well best he can.
Ebony hisses low, she will not be made a fool again, even if it means killing her own child.
