Redwall Abbey- Prequel (PRIVATE)

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    "Of course, you three." Starflower said, passing out bowls to each of them. To Cringe, particularly, she stopped and winked. "No need to be so nervous. Would your friend like some?" She glanced at Drizzle and smiled gently.

    Drizzle shook his head. "Thanks, but I'm all set." He'd eaten a lot of dried fish, and the thought of forcing down a warm bowl of soup didn't bode well. He couldn't wait to be heading out. There wasn't a rush, not entirely, but he didn't want to stay inside all day.

    "All right," said the Abbess as she removed her apron and slung it over the back of a chair.

    "I will be up on the battlements with an eye out for Eliza if anybeast needs me."


    Rosa giggled as she watched her leave, then took a loud slurp of her soup.

    "H'Abbess won't see El'izzy."

    "Why not, Rosa?" Capper said, shuffling a few sunflower seeds forward and nudging them with her beak into her soup. "Are you saying the Abbess is blind?" If she had to hear about Eliza being a ghost one more time...

    "That's it!" Capper grabbed a few seeds in her talons, then flew up to the ceiling before throwing the seeds at Rosa. Attacking the other dibbun directly would be easier, but why risk being batted to the floor when she could stay safely in the air while hurling seeds at Rosa?

    "Eeeeeeeeeeeek! H'Abbess!" Rosa screamed, bailing it out the door.


    She bumped into the Abbess as she was walking up the stairs.


    "Sta'flower," the little hare panted. "Cappa's coming. Cappa's bullying me."

    Drizzle laid down on the floor and hid his face with his forepaws. He couldn't stop himself from laughing, but he didn't want the tiny bird to see him laughing. She would probably start hurtling seeds his way next, unless she really had it out for Rosa.

    "Bullying you?" the Abbess echoed, swishing her tail. "Now, why would she do that?"


    "I'm gonna hide!" said Rosa indiscreetly, high tailing it up the stairs. The Abbess scratched her chin.

    Unlike Drizzle, Cringe... was less than able to hide his laughter, nor to stop it from coming out loudly and brashly. The stoat plopped against the wall, hooting hysterically.

    "I've never seen somebeast run that fast from a little bird! Pf-bwhahahaha!"

    "Shut up before she starts throwing seeds at you!" Drizzle said, biting his tongue and crawling over to a cabinet that he could hide behind in the meantime. It was a little bird, but it had an endless supply of seeds to fire at them if it wanted to.

    "I bet she would." Drizzle said, scampering backward and bumping into the wall. "Oh no, back off, I don't want those seeds raining down on my head if she decides to start aiming for you while you're coming at me."

    Capper chirped and swung a few seeds at the door where Rosa had taken her leave, only to have her attention drawn elsewhere at Cringe's voice. Hadn't Cringe said he believed in ghosts? That didn't help her cause, but it did help Rosa's. "Yes." She said, retreating to her soup bowl and grabbing several more seeds to throw at Cringe.


    Drizzle hissed, about to batter the stoat on the head but pausing when the chickadee ceased fire. "I blame you if I get hit!" He said, looking for a different place in the kitchen to hide.

    "Then I guess I'll have to chase after Rosa, and tell her I just saw the ghost of Eliza come to reckon with us!" Cringe sneered. Before Capper knew it, the stoat abandoned Drizzle and dashed towards the door, still chuckling.

    Drizzle finally lost it and started laughing, because Capper dove straight for Cringe with seeds in both her talons and her beak. "You say one word to Rosa and I'll turn you into a ghost myself!" She said, throwing a couple of seeds down at Cringe's head.

    "You, wildcat, open the door for me and I'll spare your friend." Capper said, landing on the counter top closest to the door and waiting for Drizzle to help her out. "It's Rosa I want, honest."


    Drizzle's fur puffed up and his ears swiveled forward as the door slammed shut. Cringe had asked for it, but if the bird really only wanted Rosa...