User blog:Brigadier Benchpress/The Unexpected Ally

This is only my first story, so please be critical but not too critical.This also only a sort of an experimental thing, so it migh not be too long. Thank you!

Chapter 1
The wind played with the cloak of Stoneheart the Mighty. He had delivered his ultimatum to the inhabitors of Redwall. He was a fearsome sight, never seen without the bark mask in the figure of a snarling rat or the the long cloak as a rich red as freshly spilled blood. It was a death sentence to see him without either. Once you saw the face of Stoneheart you died. He was feared throughout the land as one of the most vicious killers ever seen. He strode into camp and viciously kicked out at his prisoner, an old squirrel, who was too weak to defend himself.

“So”, he jeered, “you think your precious Redwallers can defend themselves against me? They barely looked strong enough to pick up a spoon, let alone a weapon!”

The squirrel did not reply. A ferret Captain, Redfur, poked him none too gently. The old squirrel made no sign that he had felt it. Redfur then examined the squirrel's vital signs.

“He's dead, chief”, he reported. “ Starvation finished him off probably.”

“Dead”, repeated Stoneheart. “Like those pitiful Redwallers soon will be. Throw that carcass out and hide some archers near it. Tell them to kill any bird that comes near it. We need more supplies anyway.”

Redfur bowed and hurried away to do as he was told. He motioned for two soldiers to pick the body up take it away. Stoneheart moved quietly into his tent to start thinking. He tore at a roasted fish, destroying it until it was unrecoginsable for what it was. He rubbed a piece of it against his fingers several times, then picked it up and stormed outside.

“Who cooked this?” he demanded, angrily.

When he received no reply. He kicked out a few vermin near him.

“Who cooked this?” he demanded again.

A fox hesitantly stepped forward. “I did, yer honour.”

He grabbed the fox's ears and pulled on it hard. The fox began to scream loudly. Stoneheart just kept pulling harder, until the fox collapsed.

“Then learn to cook, mudbrain”, he hissed coldly. “Or next time, you will be my dinner!”

On that happy note, he went back inside his tent, still fuming. “Bunch of fools. I'm the only one in this horde that has a brain.”