User blog:Lordsunflash/Just Another Vermin

This is just the first part of a short story I am putting together, I got a little stuck so I decided to post the beginning of it, so the rest should be coming soon enough.

In the warm afternoon sun near the bank of the River Moss an odd group lay about. A rat, a ferret, and strangely enough, a white hare. While this would seem like a sight to behold for most beasts, to them it seemed completely normal. The two vermin stood throwing knives and shooting arrows at a nearby oak as the hare was paying close attention to an incomplete map.

“Hah, right in the middle o’ the leaf! Told ye I was a better shot.” Said the rat

“What? That merely glanced past it, Yew jus’ keep to your arrows Durb.” Remarked the ferret as he began to aim for his own attempt at hitting the tree. “Now watch me, I’ll snip the leaf right off the branch.”

As he pulled back for the throw he overbalanced and fell upon the hare, almost ripping the map in half with his blade.

“Agh! Vous l'avez arraché le droit le long des montagnes!” Shouted the hare as he pulled out another parchment.

“Sorry ‘bout that Jak, but ye still have the map to make another with.” Stated the ferret as he threw the knife, slicing the leaf cleanly off the branch. “Told ye I could do it.”

“This map was straight from the library of Castle Florlet, Corbus. The king wouldn’t be happy to find out that one of his gifts to us has been ripped in half.” Exclaimed Jak as he began to re-draw the map from the torn one.

“Why Do ye even ‘ave that out. We’re in the north now. It’s useless up ‘ere.” Said Durb

“It’s a map of the east and I wanted to see if this river leads to the eastern coast.”

“Well jus’ get up in a tree an’ look. The ones here are tall and you should be able t’ see for miles ahead. Well stay down here and make sure nobeast tries to knock ye down.”

Jak did not argue this point as it seemed to be a good idea in his mind. He climbed up the nearest tree with a spyglass and his maps as he began to chart the area. Durb, one who was seldom true to his word, merely sat down in the shade and began to sip a flagon he always kept on his person.

“He’ll be up there for hours. I’m jus’ gonna take a wee nap, I doubt anythin’ll happen to ‘im.” He said as he quickly began to dose off. However Corbus stayed at the trunk of the tree Jak climbed up as he began to replace the bandages over his eye. He had gotten the injury a season ago but had never found anything permanent to cover it. While he was putting the last touches on it he heard something rustling in the bushes nearby. He began to reach for the scimitar at his side but was stopped by a sharp blow to the back of his head. As he fell to the ground

Up in the treetops Jak was surveying the land, looking over its bends and bumps with his spyglass.

“There seems to be a small island in the middle of the river up ahead. Seems we have a new destination,” Jak then folded up his spyglass and descended from the tree only to find Durb and Corbus missing.

“Where have they gone? I would expect Durb to wander but where has Corbus gone.” He looked to the ground to find Corbus’s satchel, “He would never leave this, something wrong.” The strange hare then went off into the forest looking for his two companions.