Rabbit Warriors

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

## Summary

Orphans Berry, Spider and Hazel are forced to leave the only home they've ever known after rogue rabbits attack and kill their families. When they are approached by a rabbit named Deep Ravine who is forming his own colony, the trio join...but are they truly safe?

## Chronology

### Followed by

Rabbit Warriors: The Lost Burrow

***Rabbit Warriors*** is the first book in the Rabbit Warriors series. Berrystar is featured on the cover.

## Summary

Leap into the world of the Rabbit Warriors with three young rabbits...

When orphans Berry, Spider, and Hazel are offered hospitality by an old, strong rabbit, it's almost a godsend. But by accepting his offer, they are writing themselves into the history of a new age...

...the age of the burrows.

Soon the trio realise that there is more to burrow life than just shelter. If they want to keep their new home, they will have to fight for it, no matter the cost.

## Plot description

The prologue begins with a meeting between three rabbits: Deep Ravine, Bracken Song, and Windswept Branches. They discuss the matter of forming strong new groups of rabbits.

After this, the story starts with Berry, Spider, and Hazel trying to settle somewhere for the night. It is revealed that their parents were murdered by a hostile group of rogues. Spider is constantly on edge and startles at every little sound he hears. Hazel is attempting to be more level-headed, but her underlying fear is obvious. Berry tries to take charge of them both, insisting that he is brave and will protect them. Eventually they find an empty hollow and attempt to shelter in it. However it is not long before they pick up the sounds of a larger animal scuffling nearby: they realise it is a badger. Hurriedly they escape, but only just.

The next day, having not gotten any rest, the trio are exhausted and are wandering aimlessly. They are just beginning to give up when they feel another large presence close by to them, and suddenly they bump into a stocky black and white rabbit who introduces himself as Deep Ravine. He offers them shelter after they explain their plight. They accept, and Deep Ravine takes them back to what will become their new camp.

A few days pass and the trio are sufficiently rested. It is then that Deep Ravine approaches them about finding ways to protect themselves, and says that he can teach them how to fight and swim. Berry and Hazel accept and Spider, although apprehensive, eventually follows suit. They begin training and Berry excels in fighting. Hazel is more well-rounded, whilst Spider doesn't perform as well as either of them.

## Trivia

* The entire *Rabbit Warriors* series is based off of a *Minecraft* singleplayer world of the same name. There was no overarching plot laid out, instead plot was determined by random game events.
	+ As such, there was no indication of a backstory for the original trio.
	+ Characters who would join later such as Streamfall and Frostfoot were also just wandering rabbits that happened to be in the area.
	+ Rogues did not play a major part in the gameplay.
	+ It is hard to determine what the eventual plot and resulting character relationships were as there are no records of early gameplay.
* In the original *Rabbit Warriors*, Berry, Spider and Hazel were simply wanderers who stumbled upon Deep Ravine and his mission.
	+ In addition, this version also had Deep Ravine die by falling from the Streamrock.