Lost and Found
Mariel rested her head against the living room window in Ben's house, she pulled her knees up to her chest as she watched the snow fall outside, it had been nearly a month since Ben had found her half frozen body. He had treated her wounds and taught her about farm life as her wounds healed. On the outside she was her old self again, smiling, laughing, and goofing around, but on the inside she still hurt, her heart craved for something, something she could not have. Dandin. She sighed softly, her mind wandering, quickly, she blinked away her tears, She had decided to say with the hermit-otter throughout the winter, keeping him company. As she saw it, there was no sense in wandering around the woodland and getting more lost than she already was, a tear ran silently down her cheek, she quickly brushed it away, only to have more replacing it when she realized she may never see Dandin again. Hearing footsteps behind her, she quickly scrubbed at her eyes and face to hide the fact that she was crying, she sniffed slightly, turning to the beast behind her. "Ben, do you ever think I'll see him again?" she almost instantly stiffened, why was she acting so weak? Dandin was just her friend, a friend she missed a great deal. Ben put a comforting paw on the mouse maid's shoulder patting it gently "only time will tell young'un, then we shall see..."
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It wasn't until early spring when Dandin stumbled across Ben's cabin, Ben looked up from his garden, watching Dandin's approach before calling out to him "Ahoy there traveler! What can I do for ye?" Dandin's head jerked toward Ben "I'm looking for a place to spend the night, do you know where I could find a place like that?" Ben chuckled as he stuck out his paw "then ye're in the right place mate, ye can spend the night here. Oh by t'way, I'm Benjamin, Ben for short, and you are?" Dandin shook the otter's paw heartily " The name's Dandin"
"ahhh, so ye're the one young Mariel is waiting for..." Dandin dropped his haversack "s-she's here? Now??" Ben laughed at Dandin's eagerness "aye young'un, though not right now, she's gone to bring in the net for today." He shook his head in amazement as Dandin was once again sidetracked on watching the woodland fringe for his companion's approach, Ben went back to tending his garden, muttering to himself "two beasts, best friends, completely faithful to each other, though thick and thin, yet they're just friends..." he shrugged "...go figure." A cry from Dandin caused him to look up, only to see him running full speed toward Mariel.
Dandin pounced on Mariel, knocking her to the ground in a tight hug, the two companions hugged and wrestled around on the ground, both extremely happy to see the other alive and well, Dandin pinned Mariel to the ground, looking down at her "Mariel, I'm so sorry for snapping at you like that. When you didn't show up that night-By the seasons, I've been so worried about you" Dandin frantically searched her blue-green, looking for some sign of forgiveness "I-I-thought you where dead...I-I-" Mariel merely smiled, hugging him tightly, without another thought on the manner, she sat up slightly, kissing him softly. Dandin's eyes widened at the sudden display of affection from his friend, willingly, he returned the kiss, supporting himself above her. Slowly, Dandin broke the kiss, once again, he looked at her, entwining his free paw with one of hers, he smiled lopsidedly, finishing what he was about to say before "-love you..." Mariel laughed gleefully "....and I you Dandin." She hugged Dandin again before squirming out from under him, Dandin stood, helping Mariel to her feet, she grinned and picked up the net "thanks" Dandin readily returned the grin "no prob."
Together the two mice made their way back to the otter's cabin, paw in paw, their hearts singing with joy, glad that their devotion and affection to each other no longer had to be hidden from each other, because truly, love, friendship and kindness can be taken for granted, for truly, You never know what you had, until you lose it...
Author's notes: hmmm....turned out pretty good, whatcha guys think? Love it? Like it? Hate it? Wanna condemn it to hell? Well I wanna know...
This is like a first draft, I have tons of ways on how to end it in my head...want more for the story so there can be a sequel? Do you want a sequel? Do you want it set up with a Prologue and Epilogue? Do you want them to marry and have kids or something like that? Let me know! I wanna know!! I need to know!!!
Mariel rested her head against the living room window in Ben's house, she pulled her knees up to her chest as she watched the snow fall outside, it had been nearly a month since Ben had found her half frozen body. He had treated her wounds and taught her about farm life as her wounds healed. On the outside she was her old self again, smiling, laughing, and goofing around, but on the inside she still hurt, her heart craved for something, something she could not have. Dandin. She sighed softly, her mind wandering, quickly, she blinked away her tears, She had decided to say with the hermit-otter throughout the winter, keeping him company. As she saw it, there was no sense in wandering around the woodland and getting more lost than she already was, a tear ran silently down her cheek, she quickly brushed it away, only to have more replacing it when she realized she may never see Dandin again. Hearing footsteps behind her, she quickly scrubbed at her eyes and face to hide the fact that she was crying, she sniffed slightly, turning to the beast behind her. "Ben, do you ever think I'll see him again?" she almost instantly stiffened, why was she acting so weak? Dandin was just her friend, a friend she missed a great deal. Ben put a comforting paw on the mouse maid's shoulder patting it gently "only time will tell young'un, then we shall see..."
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It wasn't until early spring when Dandin stumbled across Ben's cabin, Ben looked up from his garden, watching Dandin's approach before calling out to him "Ahoy there traveler! What can I do for ye?" Dandin's head jerked toward Ben "I'm looking for a place to spend the night, do you know where I could find a place like that?" Ben chuckled as he stuck out his paw "then ye're in the right place mate, ye can spend the night here. Oh by t'way, I'm Benjamin, Ben for short, and you are?" Dandin shook the otter's paw heartily " The name's Dandin"
"ahhh, so ye're the one young Mariel is waiting for..." Dandin dropped his haversack "s-she's here? Now??" Ben laughed at Dandin's eagerness "aye young'un, though not right now, she's gone to bring in the net for today." He shook his head in amazement as Dandin was once again sidetracked on watching the woodland fringe for his companion's approach, Ben went back to tending his garden, muttering to himself "two beasts, best friends, completely faithful to each other, though thick and thin, yet they're just friends..." he shrugged "...go figure." A cry from Dandin caused him to look up, only to see him running full speed toward Mariel.
Dandin pounced on Mariel, knocking her to the ground in a tight hug, the two companions hugged and wrestled around on the ground, both extremely happy to see the other alive and well, Dandin pinned Mariel to the ground, looking down at her "Mariel, I'm so sorry for snapping at you like that. When you didn't show up that night-By the seasons, I've been so worried about you" Dandin frantically searched her blue-green, looking for some sign of forgiveness "I-I-thought you where dead...I-I-" Mariel merely smiled, hugging him tightly, without another thought on the manner, she sat up slightly, kissing him softly. Dandin's eyes widened at the sudden display of affection from his friend, willingly, he returned the kiss, supporting himself above her. Slowly, Dandin broke the kiss, once again, he looked at her, entwining his free paw with one of hers, he smiled lopsidedly, finishing what he was about to say before "-love you..." Mariel laughed gleefully "....and I you Dandin." She hugged Dandin again before squirming out from under him, Dandin stood, helping Mariel to her feet, she grinned and picked up the net "thanks" Dandin readily returned the grin "no prob."
Together the two mice made their way back to the otter's cabin, paw in paw, their hearts singing with joy, glad that their devotion and affection to each other no longer had to be hidden from each other, because truly, love, friendship and kindness can be taken for granted, for truly, You never know what you had, until you lose it...
Author's notes: hmmm....turned out pretty good, whatcha guys think? Love it? Like it? Hate it? Wanna condemn it to hell? Well I wanna know...
This is like a first draft, I have tons of ways on how to end it in my head...want more for the story so there can be a sequel? Do you want a sequel? Do you want it set up with a Prologue and Epilogue? Do you want them to marry and have kids or something like that? Let me know! I wanna know!! I need to know!!!