" Why Cera?"

In the Grasslands close to Abbey

Leon is on his way back from gathering herbs and to make sure his father was alright, he had not planned on talking that long but he finally sees Redwall in the distance and smiles, "Good, should be in plenty of time for lunch" He has with him a healers pack and some other knapsack over his shoulders.

Cera has been sitting on a tree limb and looks down at the mouse her eyes widen in surprise as she knows him and rolls her eyes as she has one of those blow dart things, she finds a dart and loads it and slides the slides it under her sleeve carefully like she learned and precedes to watch him.

Leon looks around as he thought he heard noise and sighs, he walks through the wooded area by the grasslands and sees the abbey, "Good, now to get on to the abbey"

Cera jumps down and speaks, "Ello Brother Leon, long time no see or something." She looks different and is a slight bit taller now, maybe it’s the boots, she walks up closer, "Collecting herbs, ya know I DID find a healer for that..what’s in the other pack?"

Leon spins around and blinks, "Cera?..where have you been, you disappeared after you left and..its stuff from my father and the other pack is herbs, why?" He looks her over and frowns, "What did you do to yourself?"

Cera smirks, "Made myself better and I am NOT going to the abbey if that’s the next question"

Leon sighs, “It wasn’t, I don’t plan to make you go anywhere and who is teaching you healing?”

Cera smiles, “His name is Seth, he is a rat and he is even teaching me to use a whip and dagger, and he knows how to use other interesting things, do you?”

Leon frowns “Fighting is wrong and as a brother in the order I frown on fighting and never will do it, even as a last resort. It would have to be a very last resort and then just knock them out, not kill”

Cera glares “I have not killed anyone sir, robed maybe not killed, I don’t kill..Seth would but I don’t” She glares some more.

Leon steps closer “Whoa whoa Cera calm down will you, I didn’t say you killed anyone and I believe you wouldn’t kill anyone, you’re a friend.”

Cera watches him, “Good..now give me what’s in the pack if we are…friends and then walk away, don’t wish to hurt you” sounds like she truly means the not hurt part.

Leon frowns “Cera, I can’t do that and stealing is wrong, I am going to the abbey.”

Cera acts quickly and pulls out the dart and blows, a dart would go towards the mouse, it’s not poison or knock out, and it’s a sort of temporary Paralyzing thing.

Leon tenses up and holds his shoulder where it hit, he looks back to Cera, “What was…” He gets a little shaky in the knees and falls.

Cera rushes forwards and oddly gently lays him down, “Its temporary paralyze you, wears off in an hour”

Leon frowns, “It..what!” He starts to sit up and frowns, ok legs and arms..footpaws and paws, he frowns, “Cera?”

Cera watches him quietly.

Leon looks up at Cera in shock, he tries to move but fails at it as it dawns on him what she said is true, "Temporary?" He asks, "Like..how temporary and why? Where you did that thing from Cera?" He attempts to move again and fear comes over him.

Cera looks threw the pack, "Temporary..you can move again in an hour it won’t kill you..ok"

Leon looks over at the ferret best he can, "Put..it..down" He frowns, great what else does the dart do.

Cera looks at the jeweled hair piece, "Pretty....oh?" She looks back at him, "Oh yeah it prevents the victim from speaking too loud, Seth is good with poisons, some kill...some don’t..some knock out, some make it impossible to move at all for short while, like this one.." She frowns at the herbs, "No.." She sees the pouch, "Really just two coppers and a silver...living the dream of Redwall huh?"

Lee had already arrived, but was keeping hidden nearby, watching the proceedings. He waited for a good moment to reveal himself.

Leon can't move or speak to loud as he lies on his back, he frowns at Cera.."Why?" He whispers

Cera pulls out the picture of the mice and looks at it, "Who this?" She looks at Leon as she stands, "None of your business" she mutters and tosses the picture, she keeps the jeweled hair piece and necklace and small coins and starts to leave.

Lee draws his sword and emerges from his hiding place. "I'd drop the items you stole, if I were you..."

Leon speaks softly, "My...family before here, sister mom dad...me when was real young." He hears Lee but can't see him from where he is, he can move his head some and does a little.

Cera does listen, "That’s nice.." She locks eyes with the otter and narrows her eyes as she pockets the stolen things and pulls off her whip, "Back off!..I have darts and can do the same to you or..or worse." She is bluffing some on the worse but he wouldn't know that, "I am going now, you can help him..he will be ok in an hour or so, don't make me hurt you otter"

Lee scoffs. "Hurt me? Don't make me laugh. Do ye wanna who this sword once belonged to? A weasel...that I stabbed...in the back." He bluffs the last part, but again, the ferret wouldn't know that.

Leon tries to move, even a little and sighs, "Lee..." He gets out and frowns, well guess he will just lay here and...hope nothing else happens.

Cera cracks the whip towards the otter as she stays clear of the sharp blade, "So, how wrong ta stab in the back, sounds like a coward's work" She looks to the trees at the edge of the grasslands and to Lee, "You have a nice day and so will I, that sound nice otter huh?"

Lee smiles, but not in a friendly way. "Lissen darlin', just give Leon back the hairpiece, an' we'll agree ye can keep the coins..."

Leon lays there and listens, not much else he can really do at this point, he sighs and closes his eyes, he just wants to get back before someone worries and comes looking for him.

Cera glares, "Put the sharp blade away." She keeps a good grip on her whip, "I rather not harm any beast, I am not a fool like some, I don’t go around killing beasts, I steal from them...they live, never killed any beast, they have tried to kill me..Seth kills, not me and he is not here, lucky for you."

Lee smiles again. "Good choice." He tosses the coins down, backing up as he grabs the hairpiece.

Leon looks between them, yeah he still can't move and talking hurts a little right now so he watches, mainly Cera.

Chud drifts up through the grass, merely observing for now as is his duty as Camp Willow Otterscout. He keeps his dirk and sling tucked away and hunches over, watching.

Cera careful and quickly grabs the coins and backs off, her whip still in her paws as she backs up and watches the otter, "Ok..you otter, you stay back and you don’t try and follow me" Whip in one paw and coin pouch in the other she backs up, "I am going now..DON'T FOLLOW" The last part she yells, she don’t see Chud, she waits till she is in the tree line and darts quickly away and into a tree and heads who knows where in the thicker trees of the woods.

Lee rushes over to Leon. "Leon! Are ye alright? I am glad I got yer hairpiece back...It was yer sister's, wasn't it?"

Leon frowns, "I..am fine.." He tries to move but for now can only manage a paw some, "Cera...the ferret." He tenses a little, hurts some.." Said the dart temporary Paralyzed for an..hour." He frowns as he clears his throat some, "Yeah..father gave me..some things before he left on his boat, was on way back..hairpiece was sisters..I can't move too well right now"

Chud bursts out of the grass and dashes over to Leon. "Leon--" He picked the healer's name up--"Are ye all right? I'm Chud, I'm an Otterscout, want me to track the ferret?"

Lee looks up. "If ye do, Chud, be very careful. She be carryin' paralyzin' darts." He tries to move Leon. "I'm really glad I got it back for ye, then."

Leon is startled when Chud comes out of nowhere, he sighs disliking being carried, " Temporary.." He moves his paw a little more and his other and sighs, "Still...could be dangerous" His voice is low still, and frowns, "Cera..use to be at the abbey, not sure why would..do this..she ..she never.."

The younger otter spits. "Darts! I hate darts." He draws his dirk and gestures for Lee to move to Leon. "You! Stay here and guard in case the ferret comes back. I'm going after her."

Lee draws his sword again. "Chud, be careful, ok?'

Leon sighs, he is hating this not moving thing, well he can move his paws and feet now, "We should..-clears his throat- get to the abbey hard to tell where she went to." He slowly moves a shaky paw to his shoulder where the dart hit and rubs it, "Ouch..."

"That's why I'm a Scout," Chud says fiercely. "I'll find her, an' take 'er out," He snaps his claws, "like /that/."

Lee frowns. "Not if she gets ye with a dart. Like I said, be careful, please." He hands Leon the hairpiece. "I woulda hated meself I hadn't gotten this back from 'er."

DoraRose comes from the ditch, looking nervous and ticked off. Her sword is drawn, and her skirt is wet and muddy about 3 or 4 inches from the hem. Great. Just what she /always/ wanted. She sees her husband laying on the ground and nearly has a coronary, but manages to compose herself enough to keep from bawling. Rushing up, she kneels beside him, looking around, alert and ready for battle. "Leon? What's going on here? Why are you laying down? Are you alright?"

Leon frowns, "D..Don't...kill." He frowns more as he hears Dorarose, great..wonderful, he smiles softly. "I am ok" His voice is low but getting stronger now, he tries to sit up and falls backwards as he sighs.

Lee grabs Leon to keep him from falling all the way. "Do ye feel dizzy?"

Chud looks to DoraRose, wondering if she'll aid him in hunting the ferret. "Good, another sword," He says aloud.

DoraRose goes to get her arm under Leon's shoulders and bring him onto her lap. "You can't sit up, and you say you're okay? Why don't I believe you?" She sniffs slightly, worry creasing her brow. "What happened?"

Lee says, "He was robbed, marm. I came along while it were happenin'."

Leon answers after a short while, "temporary. Couldn’t move or speak to well, slowly getting feeling back in legs and arms now..tinglely some...and she hit me with some sort of dart"

Lee looks up. "I will go with ye if ye need."

Leon frowns, he can sit up a little better now, "It was..c.." He clears his throat and tries again "Cera..use to know her, all she got was some shells and..copper coins, not sure why she..did this, I was on my way back from my dad's boat he..he is gonna be on the boat now. "

"Good idea, both of ye," Chud says. What was he thinking? 'course he can't very well ask DoraRose to leave and ditch Leon temporarily into the care of a relative stranger (to her). "Okay. Now what?"

DoraRose frowns. "Cera? Why would she do something like this?" she strokes her husbands' ears. "Why is your father living on a boat? Is he sick?"

Lee asks, "Did ye tell yer dad I said good bye?"

Leon shrugs. “Maybe he will..visit and..sort of said bye as for why Cera did this don't know" He goes to try and stand and his legs are still weak, but least he has most of the feeling back now and his voice is a lot better too.

"We need to get you back to Redwall," Chud says immediately. "Lee, you and I can support him, miz Rose, go find a stick to use as a crutch and get back here quick."

Lee nods, going to help Leon stand. "I got ye. I miss yer dad."

Leon lets the others help, "Dart effects are wearing off, should be better soon enough but yeah, still can't walk...hey could of been worse, could of gotten killed or...could of been a bad poison not just some sort of temporary muscle paralyzer dart..find Cera if want but..not kill her..she wasn’t always a thief"

DoraRose nods and runs off, coming back with a large branch that she attacked with her sword, so it looks kinds crummy. She hands it to whomever, then stands back, feeling worried and useless.

Chud hands the branch to Leon to support himself with and wraps his arms around the mouse Healer's shoulders. "All right, let's get you home, Healer," He grunts.

Leon uses the branch and the help of the others and makes his way back to the abbey safely and takes the rest of the day off!