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Author's note-Ah, hello again friends! 'Tis great to be back writing chapters, I have a lot to update on my stories ^_^; Oh, well. Thanks to Rachel for getting me to start writing again. I did this chapter during church today ^_^; Please Read and Review!
Trouble at the Abbey chapter 3
"Come on, mate! We need to be going faster!" Grath said running even faster than their already fast pace. Martin had never felt so tired. They had been running since dawn, and it was almost sundown now.
"Can we take a breather?" Martin asked, slowing down.
"There's no time for that, matey!" Grath said, still running.
Martin thought to himself, "She's acting odd. She wasn't like this before."
Grath stopped suddenly. "Thank you, phew, I was about to…" Martin was cut short by Grath's paw.
"Shh!" Grath said ducking. Martin wanted to question her action, but decided to just go along with it.
"Okay, false alarm, I thought I heard vermin." Grath said, now sitting with Martin.
"Vermin? This far north? They don't usually come up this way." Martin replied, now getting food out of their harvestsack.
"Aye, but, you never know with those vermin." Grath said.
"Hey, Grath, don't take this personally, but you seem different. Is something wrong?" Martin asked.
"Nah, I'm okay. Why do I seem odd to you?" Grath asked back.
"Oh, I don't know, you just seem different." Martin said, now gathering wood for a fire.
"No fire right now, mate, too dangerous." Grath said.
"I suppose you know these parts more than I do, friend." Martin replied as they ate some vittles and October ale. When they were done eating and drinking Martin said to Grath, "Why don't you go ahead and sleep. I'll be lookout for first shift. I'll wake you in a couple of hours."
"Nah, really, let me take first shift. I'll wake you in a couple of hours. Please, it'll be my pleasure." Grath said gracefully.
"Okay then, friend, see you in a couple of hours." Martin said, fixing his little blanket.
As soon as Grath saw that Martin was asleep, she left, running into the night.
"Foremole, really, don't encourage those Dibbuns!" Abbess Tansy said scoldingly at the 3 moles, all covered in flour.
"Burr aye, we'm just havin' sum fun." Foremole replied in his mole lingo.
"Well, I say, it's time for bed Dibbuns! But there's no way you can go to bed now…" Abbess Tansy stopped as she saw all the Dibbun's eyes fill with excitement at the fact of no bed time.
"Because your too dirty! Before you go to bed, you'll have to take a bath. Each and everyone of you!" Abbess Tansy completed, now seeing the eyes of the Dibbuns fill with fear.
"No, no, marm! We'm be clean!"
"Burr aye, no bath fur me!"
The Dibbuns ran up the stairs into their bedroom, knocking flour off them as they ran.
"Oi wouldn't mind takin' a noice, long bath!" Foremole said.
Abbess Tansy chuckled, "Well, it's nice to know someone in this Abbey likes to keep clean!"
As Abbess Tansy completed her sentence, Wulliger the Gatekeeper came into the Great Hall to make his report to the Abbess.
"Marm, Martin and Grath are out of my seeing range now."
"Well, they sure were traveling fast. Thanks for your report, sir. There was just something that struck me odd about that Grath otter." The Abbess replied.
"Aye, agreed, but she might have been for a different Holt than most. Otters tend to take after their tribes." Wulliger said.
"Well, I can see that you must have come from a wonderful Holt. Now, I think it's about time we all be going to bed. Good night." Abbess Tansy said, and at those last words, all the friends went to their rooms.
Martin woke up that next day with a throbbing headache. "Grath, I thought you were going to wake me up in a…" Martin stopped speaking, for when he opened his eyes, he saw a most horrid sight.
End for now.
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~Ayame Kenoshi
