Prologue:

I've spent my entire life compiling the story and the history of two very strange friends. Each once lived in our abbey, though when they found the home of the eldest, they decided to live with his family.

It is a story unlike others of Redwall. There were no large hordes, or power-obsessed leaders. The story is of two unlikely friends and their quest to discover their families, and where they come from. So, if you're willing, come hither to Cavern Hole, and I promise you a story with excitement and adventure, and beasts you thought were only myths.

Our story starts, as most stories do, in the middle of a rather cool summer. The sun was just rising over the abbey walls, and the two friends sat with their backs to it. Each had been in a discussion since late the night before, and were warming their backs from the chill each felt……