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Chapter 1

 

At last, the rabbits were ready to depart,

 

At the touch of noon, a note had arrived from a badger. It informed the warren that the Gorm were near and to get warriors ready for battle. The younger rabbits should get ready to evacuate.The Bluebell warrens’ walls were built many decades ago so they were unstable and unsafe. It could definitely not withstand a parade of raiders from the Gorm. Any burrow inside would get crushed and the most little, fragile rabbits most likely would get killed.      

 

So it was, the three rabbits Pankin, the smartest one, Pookin,the bravest one, and Pebbles, the hungry one, set off on a quest for safety. To reach this point they would have to find their way in and out of the busy market of Fellance, then onto the small fishing town of Cliffside Claw. Then finally to The Outlanders Warren named Swordwrath.

 

Swordwrath has a magical force within it which the Gorm can not survive. This place can withstand mainland attacks like catapults and ballistas. When Pankin, Pookin and Pebbles left their warren, their mother gave them a mystical map- which can not be wielded by anyone not in their family. Unusually, the map showed trails which they had never seen before. It took them on tracks which they were not visible to passing rabbits on the main roads ways and paths.

 

Unfortunately, on the way to Fellance they had to make their way through the tenacious, pest infested mud. When they got into Fellance,they were welcomed by a crowd of people at stalls buying and selling items. Luckily,they were able to make it through the crowd of buyers to find a rentable tent to stay for the night. The noise and the amount of rabbits in Fellance made it a lot harder for the Gorm to capture them.

 

From the stroke of dusk, the trio of kits had a toothsome meal. They each had the same food: a turnip and radish soup with some dunk bread which filled them up for the night. When they were ready to hit the hay Pankin covered over their compact tent hoping they could not be seen or even watched.   

                                                                  

Trying to rest, the sound of laughter and chatter from the inn near them kept them up for most of the night. Pookin only just realised that they had not paid yet, he quickly woke Pankin and said in a worried voice “Pankin we have not paid,” so they got up and paid for the tent and then went back to sleep. Pookin found it hard to sleep that night. He had threatening visions of the Gorm slicing their father into two pieces then piercing though his skin decapitating him. Could they really reach their safety?

Chapter 3

All of a sudden, there was a scream from downstairs. It was Pipkin, she rushed up the stairs yelling for help. Pookin asked, “What happened?” Though Pipkin was too traumatised by what she had seen. Then without a flash, she grabbed the defeated rabbits’ sword and smashed the window, there was a big boom of thunder. Pipkin snatched Pookin’s hand and with no hesitation, leaped out the window tumbling to the ground. Most of the rabbits hurried out of the Inn. Meanwhile, warriors got ready to battle. 

 

The remaining rabbits inside were also Gorm members and joining them was their squad leader Manky, who was wielding a blood-filled sword, grinded his teeth and roared, “May the battle begin!” So all the warriors ran into battle, half of them being impaled on impact. The entire town was being evacuated and Pipkin, Pookin and Pebbles sprinted out as fast as they could,  but what the town did not know was that the Gorm was waiting for them.

 

With sounds of screams and the horrible sound of clanking metal chasing after them, the band of rabbits fled as fast as they could. After hours and hours of running, they had finally spotted the entrance of a dark and gloomy cave smothered in leaves. Unfortunately, the entrance was blocked by logs. After another few minutes of running, they had eventually reached the entrance, though they could not get in.

 

Eventually, Pipkin found a hole in one of the logs which all three of them were able to fit through, though they had to go in one by one. Pipkin put Pebbles in her tunic and started to walk through. When she got in,there were leaves scattered all over the floor. Then Pookin nervously walked through with some wood he found and the log was shorter than he expected it to be. He saw Pipkin and hurried over to her and laid down the wood on the ground. With a wisp of luck, one piece of the wood set off a lot of traps, which were under the leaves. Pipkin said ”So that’s why there’s so many leaves.” After a few minutes, they started up a fire and began to cook the food that they had brought with them from the inn. After the food had been cooked, they ate which filled them up for the night.

 

The band of rabbits snuggled together for more warmth. They were talking about what happened back at Cliffside Claw and how the Gorm raided it. Pookin was wondering what else was in their sack they brought from home. There was another bagin the sack, so he grabbed it and took the item out of the old, ragged bag. Pookin thought that it was just a hilt to a weapon and the blade had fallen off. Pipkin looked over to see Pookin playing with it and then she recognised it was one of father’s treasures. Pipkin explained to Pookin that it was a powerful weapon and can slice through anything, including iron. There was a small lever on the hilt which ejected a blade  thing which had an interesting glow. Pookin figured out that it was a sabre, which made a humming noise when in use, and when swiping it around it made a whooshing sound. The three were satisfied by the sound of it.  

 

After a good night’s rest, the trio of rabbits set off to get to their last location. They had to climb a few hills and traverse through the witches’ water which ended them up on land. They now have to climb one more hill but once they had made it to the top of the hill they faced a big problem the Gorm, they had somehow survived the force of this place and the Gorm had a GIANT army, bigger than ever before.