The squirrel hummed a little tune to herself as she created her master piece on a piece of scrap paper the abbey recorder had given her after she fetched his pen for him, doodling away with a small piece of charcoal that he had provided to her as well. Sitting comfortably under the tapestry of Martin the squirrel drew under the watchful eyes of the mighty warrior Martin, giggling as she drew a ferret with a red six fingered paw, standing out in what appeared to be a forest holding hands with a small pink squirrel. The squirrel was excitedly conversing with herself as she put the final touches on her picture.
"... and and he'll be a nice ferret! He'll be my fwend and we'll go on adventures! And, and, and We'll go on picynics! And eat scones..."
And as the little dibbun finished her master piece, she was completely unaware of a ferret and his two rat cronies as they snuck up behind her, snickering silently to each other as they tip toed closer... and closer... aand cloooser... unttiiiil...
"BAH!" The ferret barked out loud right over the small kit, making her scream and jump up into the air about a foot before she zipped behind the tapestry of Martin in her fright, causing the three vermin bullies to fall on their backs laughing like mad men.
The squirrel realized it was only the three Codger brothers and came out from hiding to confront them, snatching up her picture as she did, her anger rising steadily as she walked up to them.
"You... YOU...YOU POOPY FACED COTTEN MOUTHED NINNY!" The squirrel blurted out in her anger, stamping her little footpaws on the floor.
"Oooh! Here that boys? She called us poopy face!" That only made the three erupt into an even grander amount of laughter as they rolled on the floor. One of the rats noticed the piece of paper clutched in the squirrels paws and grinned, asking,
"What's that ye got there?" The squirrel squeaked and hid the paper behind her back, blushing as she replying quickly,
"Nothing." He growled and shot up to his feet, jabbing an accusing finger out at the squirrel.
"No it ain't! I saw something!" The rat went to grab the paper put the squirrel took a step back. Growling the vermin tried to snatch it a second time, but again the squirrel skipped out of reach.
"Hold still!" The rat yelled as he leaped at her, but only found himself grabbing nothing but air once again as the squirrel jumped back. He began to get agitated.
"EERRG!" He charged the squirrel with a roar, and naturally the squirrel nimbly jumped out of the way, causing the rat to smash snout first into the wall. "OW! owowowowowoooow!"
The rat hopped around, tears spilling from his eyes as he clutched his throbbing snout, whining pitifully,
"ME SNIFFER! OOOH! IT HUUUURTS!"
The ferret and the other rat chuckled at their moaning brother and turned to the squirrel, who was now backing away slowly towards the closet.
"Get er' Fina!" The rat, Fina, nodded and charged the squirrel with a growl, who in turn squeaked in fear and bolted into the closet and slammed the door in the rats face. The rat snickered evilly as he realized his prey was trapped, and turning the handle he pushed at the door, but it didn't move. He pulled a confused face and shoved at it with his whole body, and it still wouldn't budge!
The ferret snorted angrily, crossing his arms and tapping his footpaw in an agitated manner the ferret asked his younger brother,
"What's the matter Fina?" The rat looked back at his companion, worry and confusion on his face as he replied,
"She's locked erself' in the closet Dran!" The ferret kit growled, and not wanting to except defeat he pondered his next move with gusto, pacing back and forth in the hall. The ferret was so intent on thinking that he did not notice the large otter behind him, and when he did it was too late.
With a squeak of fright the mustelid bumped into the adults knee and leaped about a foot in the air, and before he could run off the otter had him by the scruff.
"Now what do ye think yar doin'?" The otter asked the ferret sternly, who looked for his two brothers but found them no where to be seen. Truth be told the two cowards had bolted as soon as they had seen the Skipper round the corner near them!
The ferret kept his black beady eyes on the floor beneath him, and the otter growled and asked one again,
"I'll ask again mate, what are ye doin' ere'?!" The otter yelled, which made the finally ferret blurt out in a babbling rant,
"We were tryin' tah see Rola's picture and then she locked herself in and then we couldn't ge er' and then I was thinkin' and then you snuck up on me and now I'm scared and I don't like being this high and-" The otter stopped the ferret from continuing by gently pinching his mouth closed with his thumb and index finger.
"Okay. Okay. That's all I needed to ere' mate!" The otter set the ferret down, who then continued to stare at the floor sheepishly and shuffle his footpaws. Shaking his head in disappointment the Skipper of Otters walked up to the closet and tried to push it open, but a squeaking voice yelled at him.
"No! Ge' away you meanies!" The voice sobbed.
"It's only me Rola, they won't bother you anymore!" There was a rustling sound as the squirrel removed the broom from the door and the otter smiled as the squirrel kit came out, wiping a tear from her eye. The otter bent down and picked the little dibbun up, who sniffled and hugged the otter, remarking,
"It's dark in there." The otter patted the little one on the back reassuringly, saying,
"Well its a closet. They are rather dark when you have the door closed." The otters warm chuckle was enough to make the squirrel giggle and stop sniffling, and with the squirrel perched on his shoulder the otter turned to the older ferret. Crossing his arms and looking down at the pup with a serious and disapproving look in his eyes the otter asked,
"So this is the one whose been bothering you?" The squirrel nodded. "Well then I shall in form the friar that three certain brothers aren't going to be having pudding tonight!"
The ferrets jaw dropped and his two brothers came running out from the nearby curtains to plead for their delicious desserts. If there was one thing that the three Codger brothers couldn't live without, it was pudding.
Martin watched from dark forest as the three vermin stomped off to their dorms, leaving the squirrel and the otter alone in the halls. Focusing on the three vermin kits as they grumbled off to their rooms, he listened intently to the ferret as he got grumpily snuggled into his bed.
"We'll get er'!" The ferret said with a snarl, "No one embarrasses Rin Codger and gets away with it!"
The mouse shook his head in despair at the mustelid kit who was planning revenge. It was hard enough that he was orphaned to a rat family, his family slaughtered when the Flitcheye swarmed Mossflower, but now he was planning vengeance for such a small little thing like pudding! The mouse groaned. He really wasn't in the mood for this, it was too late in the day for an intervention!
His humble eyes glanced over at the several members of the Dark Forest that specialize in interventions like this, but he was pretty sure that the ferret didn't want to see a woodlander after what just happened...
His gaze suddenly fell on the small squirrel perched on the otter's shoulder, and the picture in clutched in her paws. He sighed as he realized what he had to do. That vermin wasn't the kindest beast in the Dark Forest, but he was a ferret like Rin, and sadly Romsca wasn't available for a vermin to vermin intervention. She was busy conducting an intervention with some corsairs who were planning their first raid to the south, trying her best to convince them to change before it was too late. Before the Long Patrol stopped them and, well...
He didn't like to think about those kinds of things.
Well, he thought, look on the bright side! Maybe seeing another ferret as grumpy as him will give him a change in heart!
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