Young Warriors' Quest: The Runaways
Part 1: The Princesses Skyrun stood on the windowsill, leaning out from Castle Floret with a squirrel's sure balance, peering out to the north. Suddenly a prissy- looking mouse entered the room, chattering to herself discontentedly. "Always it's do this, do that, with never a moment to rest! I'm getting nasty rough paws from doing all that washing, I am, but do those princesses care? They do get into trouble every other day, they do, and forever tearing their dresses, they are!" Suddenly she noticed the aquablue smocked squirrel princess at the window and squeaked in a bizarre mixture of fright and anger. "Do you get down from there at once, young squirrel, before you do fall!" Reluctantly Skyrun leapt lightly down and stood in front of the irate nursemaid as Sohreeni lectured. "And never a care for my job, you haven't, young miss squirrel! What if you were to go a-falling, eh, and you a princess too!" Skyrun looked sulky. "That's all it is, day an' night, it's princess this and princess that! Well, I don't want to be a stupid princess any longer, and nor do 'Chase and 'Leap! We just want to be warriors like Amber!" Lady Amber, the SquirrelQueen, was a distant ancestor of Southsward's Royal Family. Tales of her bravery and daring were often told to the castle's inhabitants on the long winter nights and the three young princesses had eagerly drunk them all in- how she had run away from Southsward as a young creature, discontented with her position as princess, and founded her own colony of squirrels who banded together with a crew of otters to save the far off woodlands named Mossflower from an evil wildcat queen, how she had fearlessly defied the wildcat right from the very start, and how Amber and her squirrels were the greatest archers in all of Mossflower. She was their idol, but being a princess did not allow much leeway for promising young warriors. It had been a struggle even to persuade their father, King Sundance, to allow them to be trained as archers. The three had taken to it like ducks to water, but even so they were not allowed to cross the drawbridge and so leave the castle walls without several otter escorts. Naturally the young squirrel triplets rebelled at this- they were forever thinking up new ways of leaving the castle, becoming slyer at their task as time passed and they grew up. Now the terrible trio were nearly fifteen seasons old and even more impatient to leave the castle than ever. Their three great friends were the hare siblings, a young male named Moonfleet and two maids named Sunspeed and Starswift. Of these three, Moonfleet was the eldest, followed by Sunspeed, then their youngest sister, Starswift. The princesses' other great friend was a young, female otter named Tohree. Their friendship was frowned upon by the SquirrelKing and Queen as being 'not suitable'- in other words, as the triplets were quick to find out, the three hares and otter were simply not of a good enough class. This, of course, made Skyrun, Skychase and Skyleap (to give them their full names, which they hated) even more determined to continue with their friendship. With absolutely no warning Skyrun dashed over to the window and hurled herself out of it. Sohreeni squeaked in fright, then saw the rapidly falling princess grab hold of a dangling twine rope and swing herself up to the very tallest tower to join Skychase and Skyleap. As Sohreeni heaved a sigh of relief, her head and shoulders sticking well out of the window, the bucket full of dirty pond water that Skychase was holding abruptly turned upside down and emptied, catching the nursemaid unawares. She was absolutely drenched. As the three princesses swung off well out of scolding range, their giggling could be heard. Mingled with the sound was the barking of an otter and the chuckling of three young hares. Part 2: A Whole New Dream As the three young squirrels tossed and turned in their beds that night, in each of their minds they saw clouds, mists, parting to reveal two creatures- a red squirrel with one ear missing and a tall young mouse with the warrior's look in his eye. Something told the three princesses their names: Martin the Warrior and Lady Amber. They halted about ten paces from the still swirling mists of blue and grey from whence they had emerged, with Amber just in front of Martin.
Moonfleet Sunspeed Starswift Cometquick Meteodash
Universrun Starleap
Tohree Skyrun Skychase Skyleap
band_camp_boy@msn.com
Seven Fugitives
It's a whole new world And a whole new start It's come alive with the beating Of so many young hearts.
Yes, it's a whole new world It's a whole new dream But in this new world Things aren't always what they seem
But trust in us, Let us be your guides In your dreams we'll stay Always at your side.
Part 1: The Princesses Skyrun stood on the windowsill, leaning out from Castle Floret with a squirrel's sure balance, peering out to the north. Suddenly a prissy- looking mouse entered the room, chattering to herself discontentedly. "Always it's do this, do that, with never a moment to rest! I'm getting nasty rough paws from doing all that washing, I am, but do those princesses care? They do get into trouble every other day, they do, and forever tearing their dresses, they are!" Suddenly she noticed the aquablue smocked squirrel princess at the window and squeaked in a bizarre mixture of fright and anger. "Do you get down from there at once, young squirrel, before you do fall!" Reluctantly Skyrun leapt lightly down and stood in front of the irate nursemaid as Sohreeni lectured. "And never a care for my job, you haven't, young miss squirrel! What if you were to go a-falling, eh, and you a princess too!" Skyrun looked sulky. "That's all it is, day an' night, it's princess this and princess that! Well, I don't want to be a stupid princess any longer, and nor do 'Chase and 'Leap! We just want to be warriors like Amber!" Lady Amber, the SquirrelQueen, was a distant ancestor of Southsward's Royal Family. Tales of her bravery and daring were often told to the castle's inhabitants on the long winter nights and the three young princesses had eagerly drunk them all in- how she had run away from Southsward as a young creature, discontented with her position as princess, and founded her own colony of squirrels who banded together with a crew of otters to save the far off woodlands named Mossflower from an evil wildcat queen, how she had fearlessly defied the wildcat right from the very start, and how Amber and her squirrels were the greatest archers in all of Mossflower. She was their idol, but being a princess did not allow much leeway for promising young warriors. It had been a struggle even to persuade their father, King Sundance, to allow them to be trained as archers. The three had taken to it like ducks to water, but even so they were not allowed to cross the drawbridge and so leave the castle walls without several otter escorts. Naturally the young squirrel triplets rebelled at this- they were forever thinking up new ways of leaving the castle, becoming slyer at their task as time passed and they grew up. Now the terrible trio were nearly fifteen seasons old and even more impatient to leave the castle than ever. Their three great friends were the hare siblings, a young male named Moonfleet and two maids named Sunspeed and Starswift. Of these three, Moonfleet was the eldest, followed by Sunspeed, then their youngest sister, Starswift. The princesses' other great friend was a young, female otter named Tohree. Their friendship was frowned upon by the SquirrelKing and Queen as being 'not suitable'- in other words, as the triplets were quick to find out, the three hares and otter were simply not of a good enough class. This, of course, made Skyrun, Skychase and Skyleap (to give them their full names, which they hated) even more determined to continue with their friendship. With absolutely no warning Skyrun dashed over to the window and hurled herself out of it. Sohreeni squeaked in fright, then saw the rapidly falling princess grab hold of a dangling twine rope and swing herself up to the very tallest tower to join Skychase and Skyleap. As Sohreeni heaved a sigh of relief, her head and shoulders sticking well out of the window, the bucket full of dirty pond water that Skychase was holding abruptly turned upside down and emptied, catching the nursemaid unawares. She was absolutely drenched. As the three princesses swung off well out of scolding range, their giggling could be heard. Mingled with the sound was the barking of an otter and the chuckling of three young hares. Part 2: A Whole New Dream As the three young squirrels tossed and turned in their beds that night, in each of their minds they saw clouds, mists, parting to reveal two creatures- a red squirrel with one ear missing and a tall young mouse with the warrior's look in his eye. Something told the three princesses their names: Martin the Warrior and Lady Amber. They halted about ten paces from the still swirling mists of blue and grey from whence they had emerged, with Amber just in front of Martin.
Moonfleet Sunspeed Starswift Cometquick Meteodash
Universrun Starleap
Tohree Skyrun Skychase Skyleap
band_camp_boy@msn.com
Seven Fugitives
It's a whole new world And a whole new start It's come alive with the beating Of so many young hearts.
Yes, it's a whole new world It's a whole new dream But in this new world Things aren't always what they seem
But trust in us, Let us be your guides In your dreams we'll stay Always at your side.