Cyrania

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

I'm still here as well. With my Marigold who likely had before suspected that Redwall was a vermin fort before (or was simply so hyperaware of her immediate surroundings as to not realize the fort was right there within running distance...)

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

"A, A hedgehog?!" She frowned, looking closer. Then she notched her bow and arrows away, then started down the large tree. Her jumps were slow at first, until she finally saw them clearly There indeed, was a hedgehog. Along with a mouse with a nick in his ear. She swallowed. Was that her doing? "So I now see..." Then she started jumping quickly from branch to branch before she came to gracefully land beside them. "My apologies. I didn't realize any good beasts were even near here..." She looked back to the sky, towards the raptor going to that fortress that had long been in the distance. She'd thought it must have been some old ruin, but if they were worried about people over there..."Won't they know to hide in your, abbey?"

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

"How'd I know you're fair?!" Marigold cursed herself, then went to clamber higher into the trees. "Stay, stay back! If you're vermin, the next arrow won't miss!" Her heart thudded in her throat. What if they weren't vermin? Oh gosh, had she about killed some goodbeast? But if they were vermin...Though, did vermin even team up with raptors?

...The raptor! She stopped at the next branch and looked up into the sky as she realized she was a good deal nearer to that threat. She skittered back down and behind the tree from it, then readied her bow again. Trapped, she was trapped! Potential vermin below, a raptor above...Whichever tried to take her, she wouldn't go without a fight.

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

Thank you @Fading Memory!

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

inwardly facepalming Why was Marigold accidently shooting towards them too much in character to ignore having her do it?

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

...Bancroft is actually still alive, right?

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

<Snipped quote by Cyrania>

Bancroft is already dead.

@Lord Wraith

Nooo!

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

Made my post. Fortunately, her arrow shouldn't be too well aimed. :)

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

The chill was what she first noticed as she gathered her fill, hugging her tattered, threadbare dress closer. Only then did it strike her that the birds had stopped singing...

Marigold cursed. Were vermin near? She dropped her harvest then picked up and notched her bow, aiming it this way and that. No signs of vermin though...Maybe they were sneaking up on her! She scrambled up higher in the tree, still looking around as she went. They weren't going to get her. Never again! Only then did she spy the black shape overhead.

She paused, then got up on a branch and nocked her bow again. Was that a raptor, here? She'd always been warned about them, but never saw one before. Especially not in Mossflower...If it was on it's way to attack, where would she even-?

"Stop! Stay in the trees!"

At the sound, she jolted, loosening her arrow down towards where it'd come.

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

Sounds good to me too.