They shimmer in the dark: the Oddity episode 1

[signasul]

Signasul walked from out of the hazy night mist, it was cold even though it was the summer.
"Important" he said to him self as the weasel began to run through the forest "Cant wait! must find Redwall!"

[sekraktaa]

"Hm?" Sek-Raktaa, a monitor lizard and travelling mage, turned around to find the source of the sound. Nothing. Narrowing his eye ridges, he walked to where the sounds came and could have sworn for one moment to see a shadow darting through the night.

Silently casting a small spell on himself, his vision started to alter to the low setting of light and his eyes adjusted themselves magically to the darkness of the night. Although he saw everything in bluish light, he saw his surroundings as clear as though it was daytime.

There it was again. The shadow, who seemed to be somebeast running throughout the night. Who was that? And why was he running as though he was being chased by Seth the dark god himself?

In the end, curiousity got the better of him and he decided to cast yet another spell on himself. Detect life, a rather useful spell for it enabled one to see life as shimmering purple shapes across large distances, no matter of walls or barriers.

With both spells active, he started to silently follow the unknown beast. He was indeed, quite curious.

[Redstripe the Strong]

Ripfang sat in the dark, the only light was the faint glow of the runes that covered his body. He sat without his cloak on, so all the runes on his torso were visible."Now." He leaped up and lashed out his arm sending a line of fire into a tree ignighting it instantly. He flicked his other wrist sending a white beam frezing the tree and fire in place."I get better every da..." He looked into the trees,"Magic user, close...and somthing else...running."

[signasul]

The Oddity was oblivious to all things around him as he ran.
"Distance 89.76 miles, ES Time 9 days" he said to him self.

[sekraktaa]

Sek-Raktaa had to admit, however he was following, he was fast. He, or she, moved with great speed and agility and Sek-Raktaa had certainly a tough job to keep up. Now however, he was especially curious about what this all was about.

[Redstripe the Strong]

Ripfang put his gear on and took off into the trees,"I can sniff them out." He ran through the foilage appearing as no more than a blur. His runes were slightly visable, blue against the night sky.

[signasul]

"STOP" said the oddity as he came to a halt.
there was a buzzing, a wissizing.... arrows going by his head! Signasul toke cover behind a tree as a half crazed fox strung his bow and fired again.
"Git! Weasel! Git!" he screamed as he fired again.
"slow 1 to1000" whispered the oddity.
the arrows went from whizzing through the air to moving sluggishly, as if through water. the foxes screaming seemed to slow into something hardly audible.
Signasul walked passed to now slowly moving fox, and his feet pushed up leafs hitch seemed to float in the time warp.
by the time that things had become normal again Signasul had put a mile between himself and the fox.

[Redstripe the Strong]

Ripfang walked by the fox who was blabbering he turned to shot Ripfang, but in that instant the fox was sliced cleanly in half."Time slowing, interesting."

[signasul]

Signasul stoped, he had to rest.