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Silver Chase ran over to the now grown-up Oak Hide and hugged him, "I thought you died!" She said with relief,

"What little faith, you have in me, sis. Shark Heart gave me my warrior name. I will now be known as Oak Heart" laughed Oak Heart.

Silver Chase looked down at Shark Heart, "I brought back up..." whispered Shark Heart.

Ten rabbits came out the bushes, battered and bruised.

Bigwig, Hawkbit and Dandelion saw Silver Chase talking to what looked like some of the rabbits from that other place. The three of them came over to her,

"Silver?... Who are they?" Asked Bigwig,

"My brother, Shark Heart and Berry Cove's Owsla" sighed Silver Chase in relief,

"A bigger Owsla... Fully trained" sang Bigwig excitedly,

"Oi, their mine you, I'll have to be dead for you to take charge" laughed Shark Heart.

Bigwig laughed a little and whispered something to Hawkbit.

He agreed, "Say Silver, Heart, you wanna play a game?" Asked Hawkbit, his ears still droopy,

"Ok" replied Oak Heart,

"Good, come along then" sniffed Hawkbit.

Once the siblings, Hawkbit and Dandelion went away. Bigwig turned to Shark Heart who lay on the ground,

"You, are not going to survive, much longer... Are you?" Asked Bigwig.

Shark Heart looked at Bigwig, his legs shaking and now dull eyes seemed to agree, "I don't know... Maybe not" replied Shark Heart weakly.

Bigwig sat beside him when Oak Heart came back, "Shark!... I need help, I think Hawkbit is cheating!" laughed Oak Heart.

Shark Heart took a deep breath in, "let's go sort this cheater out" croaked Shark Heart.

(Efrafa) Deep in the meandering, enemy, Warren, Vervain, Campion and Woundwort all laughed and celebrated their success,

"Ha, did you see the white rabbit's face!" Chuckled Captain Vervain, "

"Don't make sport of it" warned Campion, depressed with the moral crime that he had committed.

"It was glorious!" Marvelled Woundwort as he strolled into his chamber.

An officer trotted into Woundwort's warren, "Wait!... The two kids got away!" Yelled Moss,

"What?!" Snarled Woundwort as he turned around to head back out,

"I tried to catch him, but one of the enemies captains ambushed me, then I tried to catch the doe... She was, let's say difficult" mumbled Moss.

"Find the bunnies!... Don't let them live!" roared Woundwort.

The three bowed and went to find them.

(Watership down) "Right, now who is cheating?" Asked Shark Heart with a joking growl,

"Not me!... It's... It's, sorry. I can't remember your name" admitted Hawkbit, Oak Heart laughed,

"I am Oak Heart" he muttered.

"Bob stones?... Ha, the biggest cheat, I very went against was, Nightshade" chuckled Shark Heart as he recalled the burry memories,

"Yeah, now he was as sly as a fox" agreed Oak Heart.

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