RWL: The Battle for Emperor

[RazorClaw]

 Yeah, and I'm the Wizard of Oz. No, just kidding, but I want to be Faramir, he's cool.

[Holby]

 No worries, Holby can be cast as a tree or sheep.
Either's fine, as long as I get my pay cheque...

[Abby The Rat]

 ~Gives Holbs her pay~

[Holby]

 *Accepts his pay* (Ragefur did the same thing, ya know.)

[Abby The Rat]

 Did you now Ragefur.  ~He wondered~

[calria]

 Holbs could be the bag of mushrooms that I chunked at that ring wraith...

[Holby]

 No! Mushrooms make my mouth itchy! Anything but the mushrooms!

[TR Shadow]

 Act 3: Scene 1

(We see our heroes trekking across this barran grassland. All around them are huge boulders that faintly resemble monolithes of a dead civilization. Raine suddenly pauses and climbs atop a boulder to get a better view of this big mesa (or is it a plateau?).)

Raine: (wistfully) This was once the great watch tower of Amun Soon (sp?) (To the voles) We will rest here for the night.

(The voles stagger into this cave around the midpoint of Weathertop, utterly exausted. They spare only seconds to shrug off their bags before collapsing onto the ground. Raine smiles sardonically before going outside of the cave to see the setting sun. We see a beatiful shot of Weathertop against a crimson sky, Raine's profile shadowed against the fading colors of the sun. Raine sighs for a moment before stepping back inside the cave. He pulls out four small bundles from a satchel, tossing one to each vole. The voles unwrap their bundles in curiosity, revealing slightly worn squirrelish knives. )

Raine: These are for you. Keep them close. (He looks over at the cave entrance) I'm going to have a look around. Stay here. (exits)

(We see Mena sleeping somewhat fitfully as hushed whispers are heard in the background. Mena groans and opens her eyes, determined to see the cause of the disturbance. We see the other voles sitting around a small campfire cooking something and laughing.)

Mena:(panicked) What the h***are you doing?!!

Bluemoon: (happily) Fresh biscuits and crispy bacon!

Austin: We saved some for you, Ms. Menatus.

Mena: (close to bursting an artery) Put it out you fools, put it out!

(Mena steps on the fire vigoriously, spreading sparks everywhere as the voles protest. We see another shot of the outside of Weathertop with the cave faintly glowing. Suddenly, the silence of the night is broken by an unearthly scream. The voles pile out of the cave immediately to investigate. 4 ferrets are seen moving towards the base of the hill. Each of the voles draw their blades nervously, completely terrified of the creatures below. )

Mena: Go! (pushes the other voles up the path.)

(At the top of the mesa/plateau is what remains of the watchtower--a stonehenge-like arrangement of worn pillars and monolithes. The voles anxiously back away from the path they arrived from as the black hoods of the four approaching wraiths. Each of the wraiths draws their sword, forming a sort of V shape with Ashyra and Mark in the middle, Rough Raiders and Hunny Bunny flanking either side. All are in no hurry as they know they have their prey conered.)

Aus: Back you devils!! (He rushes at Ash head on, not caring about what happens to him, only wishing to save his friend. Ash defeats him in two moves, causing the vole to fly about eight feet. Calria and Bluemoon step forward in front of Mena nervously, deciding to act as more of a wall than actual combatants.  Rough Raiders and Hunny Bunny push them aside as Mark steps towards Mena. Mena backs up in fear, then trips over her foot again and falls. She continues to scramble away from Mark until his back touches the solid stone of a pillar. Mena hears the blade whisper to her and pulls it out of her pocket. Mark hisses and draws a knife, continuing to minimize the distance between himself and the vole. Mena takes a deep breath as she is overcome by that weird trance again, grabbing ahold of the bar. Immediately she's immersed in that weird windy/shadowy world of invisibility and notices all the ferrets in white robes. Each's face is visible as well as the crowns and jewelry they wore as kings of their respective lands. Mark raises his hand, and Mena notices that the hand holding the blade is slowly drawn to the ferret's. Gritting her teeth, she yanks the blade back to herself, clutching it protectively against his chest. Mark hisses angrily and stabs Mena near her collarbone with the knife. Mena screams in pain, yet then Raine dashes forward brandishing a flaming torch in one paw and his sword in the other, pushing the ferrets away from the fallen vole. Mena relaxes her hold on the blade as she loses consciousness. As soon as she reappears, Aus dashes to her side from where he was crouched behind a rock.)

Aus: Menatus!!! (wipes sweat off his brow.)

(In the meantime, a tremendous 4 on 1 battle between Raine and the ferrets is going on. Raine manages to set Hunny Bunny on fire who then runs around and accidently crashes into Mark whose robes quickly catch fire as well. Both ferrets jump off over the edge. Raine evades swipes from the blade of Rough raider's sword as Ash quietly edges towards the voles. Raine ducks to avoid a blow, returning it with his torch. Rough is quickly set aflame and follows his shadow bretheren off the edge. Raine pauses, then whips the torch at Ash. The torch nails the ferret right in the face, whereby she jumps off the edge)

Mena: (wearily) Austin....

Aus: (scared) RAINE!!!!!!!!!!

Raine: (rushes foward to kneel by Mena's side. He picks up the knife that stabbed the poor vole in disgust.) She's been stabbed by a Salamandastron blade (blade turns to dust, leaving only the hilt. He tosses it aside angrily) This is beyond my skill to heal...She needs Squirrelish medicine.

(We see Raine carrying Mena over his shoulder as the party quickly makes their way through a darkened forest.)

Raine: C'mon now, hurry!

Aus: But we're six days from Mossflower-She'll never make it!

Raine: Hang on Menatus...

Mena: (delerious moan) Bloodrath...

(Switch to Salamandastron. We see it now looks more like a militry fortress than the peaceful haven earlier in the film. Sweep camera along in an overview of the pit before spiraling upward to the top of the tower. We see a little bat-moth fluttering delicately towards Bloodrath who gently catches it in midair. He whispers a message in another language before letting it fly off. Camera dives down into the pit where we see rats manufacturing weapons and armor in the typical assembly line fashion as Stormclaw walks around inspecting the progress. We see other rats tending to eggs of slime and filth where more rats are being born. Stormy pauses at the scene of one being hatched while his rat companions eye the sac containing the beast nervously. We see the face of this new rat press against the membrane of the filth sac before ripping through it with his hands. Stormy looks on in fascination as Master In Training Will rips out of the sac and strangles the rat who was tending to him. Stormy smiles evilly before this scene fades out.)

[~>John<~]

 *loves the word squirrelish*

[The Beatles]

 

Aragorn: Bloodwake
Bilbo: Ad
Boromir: Kilk
Frodo: Menatus
Gandalf: Bloodrath
Gimli: Wickedclaw
Gollum: Wolf Bite
Isildur: Beatles
Legolas: Shael
Merry: Calria
Pippin: Bluemoon
Sam: Aust
Saruman: Fenix
Sauron: Stormclaw
Strider: Raine
Theoden: John

I SEIOUSLY hope this is not dead.... Above is the casting as it now stands.

[Mark]

 *reading post before mine*


I don't see my name in there ;)  

[RazorClaw]

 There goes the topic....

[Menatus]

 Well, TR hasn't written anything in quite some time...

[TR Shadow]

 I kinda thought I made it clear that I quit...

[RazorClaw]

 Well, there was the big thing about your friend, but you made yourself sound caught up in the moment, like you were saying it out of depression. Darkness (if he's still here, he's a psychologist) will back me up on this. I hope. :unsure:  ^ I'm With Stupid