After The Battle (Watership Down Fanfiction)

Chapter Four

When Thistle and Thorn arrived at the worren, dusk was arriving. It had been a good day of training, he had won two fights out of three. Bullrush was a hard enemy, it surprised Thistle that his sister had bested him. As the two rabbits walked into the scene, Dew and Daffodil came to greet them. "Hi guys! Wasn't today fun? I only won once, but it was fun!", Daffodil yelped in joy. Dew quietly laughed at the doe's excitement. "Yeah, it was fun.", Thistle replied and Thorn nodded. "Come sit with us! The others found some carrots.", Dew said happily. Thorn nodded and spoke, "Sure, we'll come.", The group headed over to Bullrush and Birch, sitting down to enjoy the carrots. Bullrush picked up a carrot and said, "Birch, you haven't talked at all today, you okay?", before crunching down on it. Birch nodded and his sister, Daffodil, spoke for him, "Birch dosen't talk unless he's badly provoked. You'll get used to it.", and continued eating. Thistle wondered, Why doesn't he talk? Talking is great. Then he spoke up, "Why don't we play truth or dare? It's a game I made up.", He looked around for any answers. Daffodil, ofcourse, was the first to speak, "Sounds like a great idea!", Then Dew said, "How do we play?", Thistle grinned then replied, "You ask someone truth or dare, if they choose truth they have to answer a question truthfully. If they choose dare, whoever asked can dare them to do something. Then the rabbit that did the truth or the dare can ask the same question to someone else.", He pricked his ears and looked around to check for approval. Bullrush nodded and Thorn dipped her head once in approval. "I'll go first!", Daffodil laughed in excitement. "Dew! Truth or dare?", She asked the grey buck. "Dare.", He replied. "I dare you to go and get us some dry grass. It tastes nice this time of year.", Daffodil said, smirking mischievously. Dew huffed and got up, heading over to a patch of dry grass. When he came back with a pile of yellow-tan grass, he sat down and spoke, "Bullrush, Truth or dare?", Bullrush thought for a moment, then replied, "Dare. I fear no command. That's why I'll get into the owsla easily.", He turned with a glare when Thorn laughed rudely. "I dare you to go sniff keehar's burrow.", Dew told Bullrush. Bullrush went and sniffed it, grimaced, then returned with a dark look on his face. Thistle burst out laughing. He actually did it?! He thought. "Truth or dare, Thorn?", Bullrush's dark voice broke through his thoughts. He had a small smile on his face now that made Thistle anxious. "Err- I- uh- truth.", Thorn replied. He could see how nervous she was by the look on her face. Thistle felt bad. I shouldn't have suggested this game- Bullrush looks like he's up to something, he thought. "Answer this question. Why are you so weird? With your.. different coloured eyes and weird fang things?", Bullrush asked. His smile had disappeared, and was replaced by a somewhat angry expression. Thistle swallowed. How would his sister react to this question?