Hey I'm Tiger64. I'm not new to but this is my first Redwall story. If you ever are interested I encourage you to check out my other story, Star Fox Adventures: the team with Clay Claws. It's a pretty good fic; my reviews have only been good ones. Anyway, about this story, I was inspired to write this after I finished reading Martin the Warrior. The love story between Martin and Rose was so rare to find in one of Jacque's books that I needed to write something on it. While I'm not nearly as good as Brian I have an A in English so I hope you can rest easy now :). This story is about what happens after the events of The legend of Luke. It's only been a couple seasons since then so Martin, Gonff, and Dinny are still quite young. I haven't read The legend of Luke yet so if I miss a crucial character please tell me and I'll edit the chapter! Anyway, in this story Martin has been having reoccurring dreams about his lost love, Rose. So he tricks his friends into coming with him and making them think that he's only going to search his old caves for anything that might be left from his life there. However, he is only leading them to the one place that he swore he would never talk about again. Martin only does this because he wants to see if looking over the place of painful memories would help him coax through his tough times without Rose. However, Martin is very wrong. Ok! Enough said about the rest of the story shall we begin? Oh! By the way, I have placed one of my own characters in this story. His name is Landon and he's a mouse like Martin. He followed Martin down from the northlands so basically he's the only one in Mossflower who knows about Martins "true" past. Ok, enjoy the story! (All characters in Redwall/Mossflower are owned by Brian Jacques…Landon is owned by me!)
Redwall Abbey, a safe haven for many woodlanders alike. Redwall Abbey, where many wars have been fought, and have yet to be fought. Redwall Abbey, the large red bricked building in which a young mouse is having yet another unmerciful nightmare.
The sun shone down on a large, grass green field. Flowers were everywhere, daisies, violets, sunflowers, geraniums, and…roses. Trees could be seen off in the distance, all of them blooming with apple, cherry, and peach blossoms. The fragrant smell of those delicate buds hovered over Martin as he stood right in the middle of this vast, heavenly field. He could feel the comforting warmth of the sun and the joyous chorus that the birds let loose on the world. However, over the birds' melodious chirps and tweets he could hear an even sweeter sound. It was like a beautiful ringing of hundreds of blue bells. No sound Martin had ever heard could compare to this calming one…well…one sound could. Martin recognized this sound immediately and, as he had done many times before, ran towards the source of it. As he ran he could see the serene features of the landscape around him, but he was focused on what was in the middle. Straight ahead of him Martin could see a beautiful mousemaid twirling in the field of flowers. Her eyes were hazel pools of moonlight and love. Martin felt happy and safe when he saw that lovely pair looking at him. He knew who this was as he had only thought of her since…well…since they met. He began calling her name as he began to near her.
"Rose! Rose, I'm coming!"
The mousemaid stopped twirling and smiled as she began to run towards him as well.
"Martin! Oh, Martin my darling! I'm here!"
Martin couldn't believe she was back. He knew that nothing could ruin this happy and special moment for him and Rose. But, something could. Martin spread his arms wide as he and Rose got within a hairs length of each other. Right before they could embrace there was a flash from above and instead of looking into the gentle hazel eyes that he loved, Martin was staring into his own reflection from his father's sword. Rose petals went flying as the gentle singing stopped and Martin was left staring up at the colossal blade as it began to tip over. Martin didn't make a sound as he was crushed under the sword's immense weight.
"ROSE!"
A clap of thunder boomed overhead as Martin the Warrior, guardian of Redwall, bolted upright in his bed with tears streaming down his face.
Yes it was a short chapter. But I left you wondering now didn't I? Don't worry, most chapters won't be this short. You'll learn this easily if you read my other story. Well, that's all for now…see ya!
