A/N: Four things real quick, about stuff in the reviews (by the way I
looove the review alert thingy. I finally got it to work *throws up hands
in victory*)
The underlined thing- THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! I think it would have driven me crazy if you hadn't told me how to fix it, Sparkers.
The formal thing- Thanks for pointing this out, I'll try and work on it
The skirt thing- Two reviewers hit me on this (not literally, of course). Sorry. I know she's not supposed to wear skirts, but I just can't picture Mariel out of skirts. I guess that's influenced by the cover of the book. (She's shown in a sea green dress.) But from now on I wont get over specific about her clothes unless I MEAN for it to be a skirt. For example, since it was a feast celebrating her and Dandin's return, she dressed up nicer then normal. Hope this makes more sense, let me know if it doesn't.
The Out of character thing- yea, Mariel is extremely out of character. I did this on purpose. You find out why in more detail in chappie 18. But the short and short of it is that she's very disturbed about her father's death (among other things) and hasn't been usual self since.
Thnx to Starose and Lyriam for pointing those things out.
Anyway...
Mariel and Dandin
Chappie 2- The Feast
The feast turned out to be a joyous occasion for all. Mariel sat with Dandin, Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel, his wife Rosie, Saxtus, Durry Quill, and another young mouse named Mikey.
"Tarquin told me that you are the both the abbey warriors," Mikey said to Dandin.
Dandin took a sip of this pear cordial and nodded. "Aye, I followed Mariel on an adventure one time and we've been traveling together ever since, checking in here at Redwall every few seasons. Though between you 'n me 'n the cordial, I'm not sure what I was thinking when I followed her," he said, grinning. The comment brought a slap on the arm, compliments of Mariel.
Mikey laughed at the two. "What weapons do you carry, Miss Mariel?"
"Call me Mariel. I use my Gullwhacker and Dan uses his sword."
"Gullwhacker?" inquired Mikey.
"It's a knotted rope swung 'round used to hit the opponent. I originally used it on seagulls, that's where the name came from."
They carried on with the meal happily. Dandin and Mariel were enjoying the great Redwall food, feeling spoiled after two seasons of foraging. Mariel eventually went to tell stories of their adventures to the dibbuns, and when she did Mikey started asking Dandin about Mariel.
"So you and Mariel travel alone?" questioned Mikey.
"Most of the time. Sometimes we pick up other beasts on the way, but otherwise it's just us," explained Dandin.
"Is she your mate?"
Dandin looked at him for a second, almost seeming surprised by the questioned. It had never occurred to him that those who didn't know them would assume such things..... "No, we're just very close friends."
A tiny voice in his head started arguing with him. "That's what you think. Hmph! 'Just very close friends' Don't even try to lie."
"We are just close friends," Dandin retorted to his mental 'friend'. "Now go away," he finished.
Just then Mariel walked up, panting. "Free advice- never say you'll dance with dibbuns. They never stop," she said chuckling, while sitting and taking a sip of her drink. "Where are Tarquin and Rosie?" she asked, noticing that they weren't there.
"They went to dance together. Look, over there. They're the ones with two tail lengths around them," responded Dandin, watching the two hares do what they considered dancing. It was more spinning in a circle until they fell to the ground, but none of them had the heart to tell them how silly they looked.
A new set was starting up; one entitled the Sweets of May. A few hopeful dibbuns approached them, and dragged Mariel away to go and dance with them. A few minutes later, Dandin was also dragged away by a few dibbun mousemaids. They took him to near where Mariel was, and he too was forced to dance along with them. In the middle of the song, they changed partners, and Mariel was paired with Dandin. They gave each other he same look; an amused but sympathetic one.
To the warrior's pleasure, the song finally ended. They dashed off before the dibbuns had a chance to beg another dance from them.
"Wanna go say hi to Mellus?" suggested Mariel.
"Sure, just as long as she doesn't find some reason to spank me," Dandin said, chuckling. They made their way over to the huge badger mother of Redwall and stood by her chair until she noticed them
"Oh! Here you two are! I thought I saw you dancing with the dibbuns, but I wasn't sure. Stand there side by side, let me get a look at you." The two mice obeyed, letting the kindly old badger see them.
"Goodness! Dandin, you've grown so much! You're taller, more fit, hmm, I would say you should watch out. You'll have mousemaids flocking around you if you let yourself be seen by them, you're very handsome."
Dandin blushed lightly at the praise. "Uhh, thanks, I think," he said modestly.
Mellus chuckled, turning to Mariel. "Stop holding down those giggles, missie, it's your turn. Lesse. hmm. You're a bit taller, though not anywhere near Dandin's height. Pretty as always, too. Nice soft features, pretty smile, deep blue eyes.I would bet you've had young mice chasing you!"
Mariel, like Dandin, blushed. "No, not really. Only mice I've been chased by was Dandin, and that was only because I threw snow at him," she said, her eyes twinkling merrily. The three laughed at the joke. Mariel and Dandin stayed and talked a few minutes longer, but then Mother Mellus got distracted by somebeast else, so they went back to their seats. Each took turns making fun of the other about what the badger had said.
"Oh Dandin, you're so tall, I bet you'll have maids near you all the time," teased Mariel. They all laughed at him, for he was a bright shade of red. Tarquin joined in the fun, pretending to be a ditzy maid who was interested in him.
"Oooohhh, look Dandin, I've hurt my paw. Would y'mind kissing it and putting me out of my horrid pain?" Tarquin fluttered his eyelashes, put on a look of pleading, and held out his "injured" paw to Dandin.
Dandin wasn't going to let Mariel get away with this. He started pulling fun on her, pretending to be a mouse that was lusting after her. "What's that you say, Mariel? A strawberry for your thoughts? I can think of something I'd much rather have then a strawberry," he teased, putting on a kissy face and nudging her.
This time it was Mariel's turn to blush, though it didn't stop her, or any of the others, from laughing.
About an hour later, Saxtus stood to make an announcement. "Excuse me, can I have your attention?" The creatures in the Great Hall immediately silenced themselves. "Thank you. I would like to welcome home our warriors, and I propose as one last celebration before we turn in for the night that we have a snowball fight." The idea was greeted with cheers. No other abbot had ever called a snow fight, and it sounded fun to the creatures of the abbey. There was a mad rush to the door. Nobeast bothered wrapping up, they were too busy getting ready to bombard their friends with wet snow.
The second creatures went outside, snow started flying heavy and thick. They all chased each other around the abbey, laughing and screaming with delight. Some beasts started piling and packing up the snow as protection, like their own little fort. It was well after midnight before the last abbeybeast went inside to go to bed.
The underlined thing- THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! I think it would have driven me crazy if you hadn't told me how to fix it, Sparkers.
The formal thing- Thanks for pointing this out, I'll try and work on it
The skirt thing- Two reviewers hit me on this (not literally, of course). Sorry. I know she's not supposed to wear skirts, but I just can't picture Mariel out of skirts. I guess that's influenced by the cover of the book. (She's shown in a sea green dress.) But from now on I wont get over specific about her clothes unless I MEAN for it to be a skirt. For example, since it was a feast celebrating her and Dandin's return, she dressed up nicer then normal. Hope this makes more sense, let me know if it doesn't.
The Out of character thing- yea, Mariel is extremely out of character. I did this on purpose. You find out why in more detail in chappie 18. But the short and short of it is that she's very disturbed about her father's death (among other things) and hasn't been usual self since.
Thnx to Starose and Lyriam for pointing those things out.
Anyway...
Mariel and Dandin
Chappie 2- The Feast
The feast turned out to be a joyous occasion for all. Mariel sat with Dandin, Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel, his wife Rosie, Saxtus, Durry Quill, and another young mouse named Mikey.
"Tarquin told me that you are the both the abbey warriors," Mikey said to Dandin.
Dandin took a sip of this pear cordial and nodded. "Aye, I followed Mariel on an adventure one time and we've been traveling together ever since, checking in here at Redwall every few seasons. Though between you 'n me 'n the cordial, I'm not sure what I was thinking when I followed her," he said, grinning. The comment brought a slap on the arm, compliments of Mariel.
Mikey laughed at the two. "What weapons do you carry, Miss Mariel?"
"Call me Mariel. I use my Gullwhacker and Dan uses his sword."
"Gullwhacker?" inquired Mikey.
"It's a knotted rope swung 'round used to hit the opponent. I originally used it on seagulls, that's where the name came from."
They carried on with the meal happily. Dandin and Mariel were enjoying the great Redwall food, feeling spoiled after two seasons of foraging. Mariel eventually went to tell stories of their adventures to the dibbuns, and when she did Mikey started asking Dandin about Mariel.
"So you and Mariel travel alone?" questioned Mikey.
"Most of the time. Sometimes we pick up other beasts on the way, but otherwise it's just us," explained Dandin.
"Is she your mate?"
Dandin looked at him for a second, almost seeming surprised by the questioned. It had never occurred to him that those who didn't know them would assume such things..... "No, we're just very close friends."
A tiny voice in his head started arguing with him. "That's what you think. Hmph! 'Just very close friends' Don't even try to lie."
"We are just close friends," Dandin retorted to his mental 'friend'. "Now go away," he finished.
Just then Mariel walked up, panting. "Free advice- never say you'll dance with dibbuns. They never stop," she said chuckling, while sitting and taking a sip of her drink. "Where are Tarquin and Rosie?" she asked, noticing that they weren't there.
"They went to dance together. Look, over there. They're the ones with two tail lengths around them," responded Dandin, watching the two hares do what they considered dancing. It was more spinning in a circle until they fell to the ground, but none of them had the heart to tell them how silly they looked.
A new set was starting up; one entitled the Sweets of May. A few hopeful dibbuns approached them, and dragged Mariel away to go and dance with them. A few minutes later, Dandin was also dragged away by a few dibbun mousemaids. They took him to near where Mariel was, and he too was forced to dance along with them. In the middle of the song, they changed partners, and Mariel was paired with Dandin. They gave each other he same look; an amused but sympathetic one.
To the warrior's pleasure, the song finally ended. They dashed off before the dibbuns had a chance to beg another dance from them.
"Wanna go say hi to Mellus?" suggested Mariel.
"Sure, just as long as she doesn't find some reason to spank me," Dandin said, chuckling. They made their way over to the huge badger mother of Redwall and stood by her chair until she noticed them
"Oh! Here you two are! I thought I saw you dancing with the dibbuns, but I wasn't sure. Stand there side by side, let me get a look at you." The two mice obeyed, letting the kindly old badger see them.
"Goodness! Dandin, you've grown so much! You're taller, more fit, hmm, I would say you should watch out. You'll have mousemaids flocking around you if you let yourself be seen by them, you're very handsome."
Dandin blushed lightly at the praise. "Uhh, thanks, I think," he said modestly.
Mellus chuckled, turning to Mariel. "Stop holding down those giggles, missie, it's your turn. Lesse. hmm. You're a bit taller, though not anywhere near Dandin's height. Pretty as always, too. Nice soft features, pretty smile, deep blue eyes.I would bet you've had young mice chasing you!"
Mariel, like Dandin, blushed. "No, not really. Only mice I've been chased by was Dandin, and that was only because I threw snow at him," she said, her eyes twinkling merrily. The three laughed at the joke. Mariel and Dandin stayed and talked a few minutes longer, but then Mother Mellus got distracted by somebeast else, so they went back to their seats. Each took turns making fun of the other about what the badger had said.
"Oh Dandin, you're so tall, I bet you'll have maids near you all the time," teased Mariel. They all laughed at him, for he was a bright shade of red. Tarquin joined in the fun, pretending to be a ditzy maid who was interested in him.
"Oooohhh, look Dandin, I've hurt my paw. Would y'mind kissing it and putting me out of my horrid pain?" Tarquin fluttered his eyelashes, put on a look of pleading, and held out his "injured" paw to Dandin.
Dandin wasn't going to let Mariel get away with this. He started pulling fun on her, pretending to be a mouse that was lusting after her. "What's that you say, Mariel? A strawberry for your thoughts? I can think of something I'd much rather have then a strawberry," he teased, putting on a kissy face and nudging her.
This time it was Mariel's turn to blush, though it didn't stop her, or any of the others, from laughing.
About an hour later, Saxtus stood to make an announcement. "Excuse me, can I have your attention?" The creatures in the Great Hall immediately silenced themselves. "Thank you. I would like to welcome home our warriors, and I propose as one last celebration before we turn in for the night that we have a snowball fight." The idea was greeted with cheers. No other abbot had ever called a snow fight, and it sounded fun to the creatures of the abbey. There was a mad rush to the door. Nobeast bothered wrapping up, they were too busy getting ready to bombard their friends with wet snow.
The second creatures went outside, snow started flying heavy and thick. They all chased each other around the abbey, laughing and screaming with delight. Some beasts started piling and packing up the snow as protection, like their own little fort. It was well after midnight before the last abbeybeast went inside to go to bed.