A Strange Case of Chasing Stars
Hello! Species Unknown here, once again! This time with the start of a new story! Whoooooo! Anyway, I'm just going to do A SINGLE DISCLAIMER throughout the whole story. I. DO. NOT. OWN. REDWALL. If you missed that, you sir (or mam) are blind, or just not registering it. But yeah, I've had these plot bunnies for a while and am now (finally) getting them down on paper! ….or whatever the heck it is when typing on the computer. Anyway, enjoy. (and don't forget to review!)
Prologue
A massive, old badger eased herself into a large backed, deep cushion chair with a sigh of relief as mice, squirrels, hedgehogs, moles, and even a few shrews, both young and old, sat around her in a semicircle.
"Will you tell us a story, Badgermum?" asks a small squirrelmaid at the front.
"Well Trixie, what do you wish to hear about?" Asks the badger.
"How about one about the Ghost creature I've heard the elders talking about?" asks a young mouse further back.
"Now then Young Timothy, Isabella asked Trixie the question, not you." Reprimands a Hedgehog with a bung mallet in his belt.
"I wanna hear about the Star Chaser!" Trixie replies to Isabella's question, obviously not have paid attention to Timothy's interruption. Isabella chuckles and says "Well, Timothy, your Ghost and Trixie's Star Chaser are one and the same." Several of the beasts in the room look at their neighbors and some whispered conversations start. Isabella lifts a large paw and waits until the room quiets before starting again. "Yes, they are the same creature. I am one of the few to have heard his story from his mouth, and am the only one living. He is a strange beast, from a far different land than ours, across a sea of space and time…"