p dir="ltr"Chapter 26 - Campion Under Arrest/p
p dir="ltr""What are you three doing here?" snarled Campion before l could say another / Arrow, though still looking confused, stared at Campion. "Parli?" he whispered / Campion stared back, his expression unreadable. I had been moved back to the slaves' quarters so soon after the kits had been born he had barely met / "Why are you here?" I asked, more calmly than Campion / "It was my fault," said Arrow immediately. "Don't blame Swift and Lupin. They didn't want to come. I insisted."br / At least he was taking the blame and admitting / "You broke your promise," l growled, annoyed they had followed. They were in a lot of danger right / "No l didn't," said Arrow cheekily. "You made me promise not to leave Efrafa alone. I emwasn't/em alone. I had Swift and Lupin with me."br / I groaned inwardly. Why did l pick that choice of words?br / "Look, could you work this out later?" said Bigwig. "Right now we need to clear out."br / An old looking rabbit frowned. "I'm not having Redstone wiped out for a second time."br / "That's what we're trying to avoid," said Bigwig / "Tried to avoid a badger once. Clumsy as a stork he was. Bad breath too," replied the old rabbit / "Another time, Captain Broom. We've got too much to do," said / Captain Broom glared at him. "No, l won't let Redstone fall again." He kept on muttering / "Didn't Hazel warn you about Woundwort?" I asked Primrose as we cleared away tracks. br / Primrose shook her head. "I hope he's alright-" Arrow cut her / "Hazel?" he demanded. His eyes widened. "Marli, are these rabbits the OUTSIDERS?!"br / "Not now, Arrow," l / "Marli, are - are they?" whispered Swift. He and Lupin looked equally / I felt like biting myself. "Not now," l repeated sternly. Oh great. Arrow was looking at me half hatefully. The last thing I wanted was to have a fight with / Soon, it was dawn. All the rabbits were evacuating. I was standing beside Campion and Fiver as Bigwig urged everyone along as we left. Arrow, Swift and Lupin were standing away from me, looking / Bigwig glanced up. "Where's Captain Broom?"br / "He was right behind me!" said Fiver in surprise. br / Bigwig groaned. "Old fool. Come on," he said as he began to run back to Redstone. "We'd better find him."br / We hurried back to Redstone, just in time to see Woundwort's army leave. Captain Broom stood in the clearing beside Redstone. br / Hazel and Keehar were arriving too. br / "That was brilliant, Captain Broom!" exclaimed Hazel. "You bluffed an entire army to think this warren was diseased."br / "I was Captain of Owsla, old boy," beamed the old / Hazel looked up and saw us. "It's alright. Woundwort's run off. Now he's Cowslip's problem now."br / "Lovely," grinned Bigwig. "Let's see how Woundwort fares against the shining wires."br / "What wires?" asked Campion. "What are you on about?"br / "Snares," put in Fiver. "Cowslip's warren has snares all around it."br / "Woundwort may get in," laughed the mouse, who was sitting on Bigwig's back. "But with luck, he won't come out."br / "No!" exclaimed Campion in horror. "I've got to warn him!" Campion raced off, as l stared open / "Campion, are you mad?" shouted / "Stay here," ordered Hazel. "I'll go after him." br / "Me too," l said immediately. Hazel and l sped after / Arrow, Lupin and Swift exchanged looks of worry and confusion before following us too. At least, Swift and Lupin were worried and confused when Arrow looked mutinous. But he still followed / We reached Cowslip's warren intime to see Campion knock Woundwort out of the way of stepping in a snare. "General! No!"br / Woundwort fell back, then looked at Campion angrily. br / Campion quickly pulled away some leaves to reveal the snare. "Shining wires. Snares, sir. They're everywhere. This whole place is a death trap."br / Woundwort stared at them, then called to the army. "Retreat! Everyone out. Retreat!"br / "Funny you turn up now, eh Campion?" said Vervain cunningly. "Where were you last night? How did you know where to find us?And how did you know about the snares?"br / "Well, Campion," said Woundwort, frowning. "Let's hear it."br / Campion was silent, unable to think of an / "Arrest him!" Woundwort ordered Vervain. As they left l heard Vervain say viciously, "l'll make him answer, General. One way or another."br / I stared in horror at what l had just seen. Campion under arrest? I wasn't sure what to / "I hope he'll be alright," said Hazel, breaking the silence./p
p dir="ltr" "He will be," l said in a determined voice. "I'll make sure of it."br / Hazel nodded his head to me as turned to go. "Good luck."br / I watched him leave miserably. I was upset and confused. Why had Campion saved Woundwort? It just wasn't fair./p
p dir="ltr" But l knew, really. Campion had the same strong sense of loyalty to his warren as Arrow had. And to his / "Marli?" br / I looked around to see Arrow, Lupin and Swift standing / "Marli?" repeated Lupin. "Will Parli be okay?"br / "Who cares?" growled / "He's our Parli, Arr," Swift reminded him / "Not to me." Arrow's voice was / "Arrowroot!" snapped Lupin / "What?" Arrow / "Don't be like this!" Lupin / "How could you say that Arr?" protested Swift. I didn't say anything, l just tried not to cry./p
p dir="ltr"strongA/N: Sigh. Just let Woundwort get caught next time Campion. /strongemstrongPLEASE/strong/emstrong?/strongbr /strongAnd of course Arrow changes his mind about Efrafa soon. And by the way, Arrow will mainly be called 'Arr' as a nickname in further chapters. Swift was the one who first gave it to him but soon Hope will be calling him Arr too./strongbr /strongOK, so, a lot's been happening recently in my life so I'm sorry I haven't updated in a bit. I don't aim to leave Fanfiction like this often so I really am sorry. Anyway, just FYI, I've adopted a rabbit from the RSPCA! Her name's Marble, she's two years old and a black Netherland Dwarf rabbit. She was found as a stray, so I'm working on litter training her and keeping her occupied at the moment, so I rarely get onto working on this fanfic at the moment. Sorry! (By the way, Marble will appear later in the series as one of the Darkhaven rabbits that Hope befriends and takes to WD! 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I'm glad you liked them. The suggestion on what Primrose could say to the other outsiders is good, thanks for the suggestion, once I've finished posting this story I'll go back and change some of the chapters. So sorry about the formatting issues, I don't know what happened. I use a Notes app to type on which has italics and bold options and I usually just copy-and-paste the chapters and then post. I think there might be a glitch, I did try and replace a chapter a while ago but it made no difference, sorry, I wish I could fix it. /strongbr /strongWith chapter 19 I did think about having Hope help them, but I didn't think there wasn't much she could do without giving away she was watching. With the kits keeping quiet about the outsiders, that won't be easy, especially with Arrow around! But they do learn the importance of it soon enough, but Arrow certainly isn't happy in further chapters with Vervain's treatment of Campion during the time he was arrested.../strongbr /strongAnd I will be introducing a LOT of OCs; they'll add a storyline to the main storyline, telling a story on escapes from Efrafa, possible executions and maybe even hiding secret kits like Cherry, Fernleaf and Chesnut? Maybe even the main character for my threequel to Hope's story - Lucky Chance and her sister Nettle?/strongbr /strongArrow did leave Efrafa without his siblings, but he didn't break his promise! Arrow does become more mature and understanding as he grows up in Efrafa, especially when we get to my version of Winter on Watership Down (Or Efrafa!). But he still has his cheeky side, and begins hating Vervain terribly, resulting in him suggesting hopefully to Hope that he wants to kill Vervain (Frith knows if he even could...) and by those oh-so-innoceent suggestions she is almost constantly being driven insane! From now on Hope is rarely without naughty Arrow at her side and being /strongemstrongso/strong/em emstrongvery /strong/emememstronghelpful/strong/em/emstrong...Not!/strongbr /strongOof, oh Frith, this is a long A/N...I'd better shut up now... ;)/strong/p