EPILOGUE
Extract from the writing of Kaikura Red Squirrel
It has been nine seasons since the Spring of the Six. It's also been eight seasons since our Abbey Warrior, Songtamer Swordslash, came back from Salamandastron with this mysterious otter that she loves. It turned out to be Tyrossa, the otter who met the traitor Galea, the only beast that our Father Abbot ever slew. It was hard, really, to imagine quick-tempered, runty, foolish Fryungle as an Abbot, but then it was always hard to image cold, spiteful, dead-like "Waterfish" as our Abbey Warrior, also.
Song and Tyrossa have been married for some while now. They have a daughter and a son, and are expecting a third kit soon! The daughter is the eldest and is named Honeyflower Egua Varsha Tiponya Riley Alyssa Lilyblossom Quidjill Songtamer, but they just call her Evtral. Their son is named Bowfire Eyshine Riley Odell Fshio Majjit Mateo Orruman Korufylo Tyrossa, but everybeast calls him Berofmok. The kits will be trained to wield a sword and some weapons of course, but I heard Song telling Odell, our new Gate-Keeper, that she hopes that Evtral and Berofmok never have to see the horrors of war as we all did. Odell and Song seemed to have been friends ever since before I even was aware of this strange ottermaid that had arrived at our Abbey so long ago.
All has been well in Mossflower Woods. Fshio, Chieftain of the Zeespike Caverns, has happily told us that he has not seen any vermin wandering around. Log-a-Log Quiodia has told us that there are no vermin in the waters, as she and the shrews have been watching them. Kella – I mean, Skipper – has been checking the rivers with Log-a-Log.
It is so hard to remember to say "Skipper" instead of "Kella"! In my mind, the kindly otter who has taken stead of her husband will always be Kella, nothing more, nothing less.
The new Foremole, our little Fawn, the molemaid who I used to play with, has just told me that Abbot Fryungle has found a name for this season: "the Zummer o' th' Cabbilt Skoiy". I translated that to "the Summer of the Cobalt Sky". The sky has been a cobalt color for a long time. It's very beautiful.
Oh, I can hear the Matthias and the Methuselah Bells ringing! I guess that means that Song has had her otterkit, and that I should head up to the Abbey to congratulate her. She did save my life from those adders many seasons ago.
Many young ones can be heard, chattering about war and about battle and slaying. They believe that it is what true warriors do and that that is the exciting life.
They can take the exciting life. I'd rather sit back and live in peace in Redwall.
Kaikura Red Squirrel, Recorder of Redwall Abbey in Mossflower Country
() Hm. I finished this fic. Next fic...I don't have the name of it, but I'll find a name as soon I as finish the prologue and a few chapters, then a title might form.
HINT: It may just be called "Before Martin" or "When He Was a Child". I already have the summary planned out. Look out for it soon! ()
)( I am in a very happy mood. Don't ruin it by flaming me. )(
Extract from the writing of Kaikura Red Squirrel
It has been nine seasons since the Spring of the Six. It's also been eight seasons since our Abbey Warrior, Songtamer Swordslash, came back from Salamandastron with this mysterious otter that she loves. It turned out to be Tyrossa, the otter who met the traitor Galea, the only beast that our Father Abbot ever slew. It was hard, really, to imagine quick-tempered, runty, foolish Fryungle as an Abbot, but then it was always hard to image cold, spiteful, dead-like "Waterfish" as our Abbey Warrior, also.
Song and Tyrossa have been married for some while now. They have a daughter and a son, and are expecting a third kit soon! The daughter is the eldest and is named Honeyflower Egua Varsha Tiponya Riley Alyssa Lilyblossom Quidjill Songtamer, but they just call her Evtral. Their son is named Bowfire Eyshine Riley Odell Fshio Majjit Mateo Orruman Korufylo Tyrossa, but everybeast calls him Berofmok. The kits will be trained to wield a sword and some weapons of course, but I heard Song telling Odell, our new Gate-Keeper, that she hopes that Evtral and Berofmok never have to see the horrors of war as we all did. Odell and Song seemed to have been friends ever since before I even was aware of this strange ottermaid that had arrived at our Abbey so long ago.
All has been well in Mossflower Woods. Fshio, Chieftain of the Zeespike Caverns, has happily told us that he has not seen any vermin wandering around. Log-a-Log Quiodia has told us that there are no vermin in the waters, as she and the shrews have been watching them. Kella – I mean, Skipper – has been checking the rivers with Log-a-Log.
It is so hard to remember to say "Skipper" instead of "Kella"! In my mind, the kindly otter who has taken stead of her husband will always be Kella, nothing more, nothing less.
The new Foremole, our little Fawn, the molemaid who I used to play with, has just told me that Abbot Fryungle has found a name for this season: "the Zummer o' th' Cabbilt Skoiy". I translated that to "the Summer of the Cobalt Sky". The sky has been a cobalt color for a long time. It's very beautiful.
Oh, I can hear the Matthias and the Methuselah Bells ringing! I guess that means that Song has had her otterkit, and that I should head up to the Abbey to congratulate her. She did save my life from those adders many seasons ago.
Many young ones can be heard, chattering about war and about battle and slaying. They believe that it is what true warriors do and that that is the exciting life.
They can take the exciting life. I'd rather sit back and live in peace in Redwall.
Kaikura Red Squirrel, Recorder of Redwall Abbey in Mossflower Country
() Hm. I finished this fic. Next fic...I don't have the name of it, but I'll find a name as soon I as finish the prologue and a few chapters, then a title might form.
HINT: It may just be called "Before Martin" or "When He Was a Child". I already have the summary planned out. Look out for it soon! ()
)( I am in a very happy mood. Don't ruin it by flaming me. )(