The young mouse maid held her sword lightly in her paws, the tip pointed towards the ground.. She shook her head, then knocked on the huge door.
"Who is it?" came a muffled voice from the other side.
"A weary wondered. A traveling knight, be of good, and fair, and I'll protect you, for nought but a serving of vittles, and a roof for the night." The mouse maid said. The door was opened and out raced a little mouse, the mouse maid immediately sheathed her sword.
"Mattimeo leave the poor traveler alone." the person that opened the door said.
"My name is Rain Lily Katema, what is yours?" she said picking up Mattimeo.
"My name is Cornflower, and that is Mattimeo." Cornflower said.
"Ah, it's a pleasure to meet you both." Rain Lily said. "You don't run this huge place by your self do you?"
"Oh dear me where are my manners, please come in." Cornflower lead the way to the main Abby.
"What is this?" Mattimeo asked playing with a streak of blue colored hair. Rain Lily laughed, witch sounded like light rainfall. Cornflower looked at the guest. She had a light green tunic. She wore breeches, that where so dark green they appeared black. They tucked into a pair of knee high boots. She had a small sack on her back, with a sword under it, the hilt of the sword above her right shoulder. She was a cream colered except for a blue streak that started above her left eye and travailed past her left ear.
"Oh that. That is my mark, all who are evil fear that." Rain Lily smiled as she saw more little ones, she sat Mattimeo down, "go play with you friends, and later I'll you a story."
"What kinda story?" Mattimeo asked.
"Well I could tell you the one about the spirt ghost, or the one about a warrior, or even one about this very abby. But instead I will tell you one that has all three." Rain Lily smiled as the little ones ran of with Mattimeo in the lead.
"Will you tell us the story as well?" a new voice asked, Rain Lily spun her hand reaching for the sword. She stopped when she saw a new mouse standing next to Cornflower.
"Yes but first I'd like some vittles, if you have some to share."
"We always have some to share, my name is Matthias." He said.
Rain Lily looked around at all the food, she had never beheld so much in all of her seasons. There where several Dibbuns around her. She just smiled and shared her food with them. After she thought most had gotten there fill she stood up. A hush filled,
"I have traveled, this a way and that, met shrews, foxes, seers, and hermit. I fight for those who cannot fight for them self, I defend the weak and young. I am tracker, forger, warrior, and huntress. But am cursed to never find a home. But welcome were every I go. It has been that a way since this abby was created. I will now weave you a tale of history. As it has been told to me, and my mother, and her mother, and so on back to the time that this abby was being built. Back when there was a mouse maid, with her sword..."
(I don't own the charaghters in this story, but Rain Lily, is mine. Please R and R. I realy have other stuf I need to work on. And should be, but this has bean buging me, so I had to at least start it. Jelfia)
