Okay this is my first story up so be nice please.
He walked though the town. It was slowly falling apart. A maids voice cut though the screaming. She was singing a rhyme. She sounded desperate
"Come to the place that slowly dies,
Then they're shall be no more lies,
Creatures waiting help from you,
While slowly they turn blue.
Warrior with sword,
Prince who wouldn't like to be a lord,
Maid who travel far and wide,
Look for the creature that has died.
Friend who would rather dig,
Babe who loves to jig,
Two otter tribes of the leader's nephews and aunt,
You can't forget any of the creatures you can't.
Queen who is red yet she is not,
Leader with who has friends a lot,
Look for the cherry trees dead,
I will wait for you now awake from your bed."
Martin awoke with a jolt. The dream was still there. Everyone in the abbey was getting them and no one had had a good night sleep for about half a season. Only a season before, Martin had returned from finding out about his father. Leaving the empty room he went to the great hall were every other creature of the abbey was. Abbess Germaine saw him come in and beckoned him over.
"Warrior I can tell by the look on your face you have decided to go, am I right?" Martin nodded, "then let me get the some of the creatures of the abbey working on this rhyme with you."
Within an hour Martin was sitting in the shade of a large apple tree. With him was Gonff the mousethief, Trimp the Rover, Foremole Dinny, Folgrim and Chugger the baby squirrel. Between them sat on of the many copies of the rhyme.
"Let's work on the ones this maid wants to go, Warrior with sword can only be Martin and I bet I know who Prince who wouldn't like to be lord is." Trimp said with a smile. Martin laughed,
"I think we all know that's Gonff and I bet a pound of nuts that Friend who would rather dig is Dinny." The mole nodded,
"'at be true, oi woiuld rather doig, oi no whoi maoid whoi travel far an woide, that ee miz Trimp." Folgrim laughed.
"This isn't so hard, I've just figured who the two otter tribes are, me and Tungro are the nephews and I wager Aunty Garraway is the Aunt." Martin smiled,
"Don't let her hear you call her aunt, look at that babe, Chugger he's started jigging again." Realization dawned on Gonff.
"Martin matey Chugger must be Babe who loves to jig. That just leaves Queen who is red yet she is not and Leader who has friends a lot. Any ideas?" Everyone shook their heads.
"Well then I think we should try to work on the first verse. Come to the place that slowly dies/Then they're shall be no more lies/Creatures waiting help from you/While slowly turning blue. Well the first three lines are obvious, we have to go to a place that is collapsing, sort out some creatures lies and help the rest of them but how someone can turn blue I don't now." Two young otters that had been carrying chairs in from the gatehouse laughed. Gonff looked at them.
"Well if it isn't Skipper's granddaughters Mayberry and Catkin, and what is so funny may I ask." Mayberry smiled at the group as Catkin bust into laughter,
"It's not talking about creatures turning blue it means creatures getting sad, like red means angry." Catkin read another verse then continued where her sister left off,
"Lady Amber for example she is a red squirrel but she isn't angry." Martin looked at the two otters,
"I don't suppose you know who Leader who had friends a lot is?"
"Easy Granddad."
"Yes and he'll also be the creature who'll tan your backsides if you don't have a reason for stopping your chores." Skipper said as he and Lady Amber came over. They were both holding the end of a large table.
"Maybe we should explain you see…" Gonff started.
"Hold it!" Lady Amber quickly said and put her half of the table making Skipper drop his. "Thank you." Gonff and Martin explained what was going on. Skipper smiled,
"Well done you lot, but you forgot a small detail. The line Look for the creature that has died, how does that work."
"We don't know but as soon as we can get Tungro and Garraway here, we can go." Martin replied. Lady Amber quickly whispered something to Martin and Skipper. Both agreed with her. Skipper went over and spoke quietly to Mayberry and Catkin who both looked over the moon at what he was saying. Martin explained what Skipper was saying to them,
"He's asking them if they want to join his tribe to come with us." Trimp looked at them "I'm guessing they said yes."
Four figures stood at the base of the fountain. The first was an elderly male, the seconded an elderly female, the fourth a young male and the fourth wore a cape over there face and was in a weal-chair.
"We've got to go now," The younger male said, "This place is in ruins! We can't stay."
The older male looked mad. "Something will turn up. We're not leaving."
The female looked up at the fountain,"If after the feast nothing's turned up we leave. If it's getting better we stay." The creatures all left but the capped one. A faint whisper came from under the cape."Were are you."
"We have been travailing for half a season and your brother still hasn't met up with us yet Folgrim, when is he going to get here." Gonff complained as they sat around a small camp fire. Martin winked at his friends. Most of them had noticed the movements around the trees and could tell it was Tungro and Gallaway's tribes.
"Why don't our lovely otter maids sing them in?" Everyone turned to the two blushing otter maids who, after a lot of convincing, starting singing a song.
"The house Martin flies,
His home awaits,
The one he loves sighs,
And sits on some crates,
She sings to him,
"Fly quickly from harm,
Come home to me away from the dim,
To the place that is calm,
The place that you'll see,
Were it is always Noon,
A vale that hides me,"
He then arrived in the light of the moon."
A sob came from behind a bush. Without looking up Folgrim said
"Hello Tungro and Aunty Garraway." The two otters came out from behind the bushes. After introductions the group settled down for some rest, all except Mayberry, Catkin, Folgrim and Trimp. Trimp was clearly unsettled and finally asked the question that was bothering her.
"Can you two just sing the words that you sang slightly louder in the song?" The two maids nodded and sang
"Martin quickly come to Noon vale." The group exchanged a look.
The group had been travaling for almost a season and had no food. After finding a small spot by a river they lay down for some rest. Lady Amber and Skipper decided to find out if there were any enemies in the area. Walking up river they came across some dead cherry trees. Lady Amber looked at Skipper
"Look for the cherry trees dead Skipper we've found it!" The two started celebrating.
Hope you liked it.