As I awoke this morning I realized that pine needles from the tree was not over my head. In the place of the pine needles was a roof. I wasn't the only one in this building; there were other mice or critters that looked like they were injured or sick. I thought that this must be the hospital. A mouse came over to me and said, "Glad your awake Sir Mathias. Do you need any service at all?" I wanted to know where I was so I asked her and she said that I was at Redwall Abbey. I was shocked, so shocked that I was speechless. "Is there a problem Sir Mathias?" she asked me. There wasn't a problem, I was just happy, she said she understood, but that I wasn't going to be so thrilled in a couple of minutes. I had no clue what she was talking about. It was then I noticed that Mary wasn't there. Where was she? Maybe she was helping in the kitchen, because she loved to cook. I saw Father Abbot heading for me. I thought though that he couldn't be coming to talk to me. I wasn't an important mouse. I was a peasant mouse. Yet he still came to my bed. He introduced himself and the mouse that was helping me (her name is Cornflower). Sorrow filled both of there eyes for some strange reason. I couldn't figure out why they were so sad. It frustrated me. I couldn't handle it, since I'm such a curious mouse. Finally I had to ask what was going on. Father Abbot took a deep breath and out spilled the problem. He said that Mary was, was, dead. Again I was speechless. All of a sudden it was as if I had lost the ability to talk and think. The only thing I could do was cry. Cornflower must have had to change the sheets on the bed five times, and each one she changed was soaked with salty tears. My parents are gone and now Mary is gone, I have no one left. My eyes were red and swollen (not that I could see the redness because of my fur); I had to go to sleep.
I awoke with a start. This room I was in was different. I was lying on a bed made of nicely polished redwood sticks from Mossflower Woods. There was a table made from the to of an acorn that had been sanded down. It had to be a dream it just had to. I never would've thought that Father Abbot would let me stay in a room so beautiful. I looked at the table once more and saw two things: a journal (Cornflower of Father Abbot must have seen my writing from yesterday and decided to give me a journal) the other thing was a letter. The letter said to Mathias on the front. I thought for a second that maybe it was from those terrible rats but how would they get in here? I opened the letter. It was from Mary! I said:
Dearest Mathias,
By the time you get this letter I most likely will be in heaven. You probably want to know why this is so. Well, I awoke to a "loud there they are", it was the critters from Redwall. They said that a mole had spotted a house up in flames and he saw a badger and a mouse escaping from the house full of rats. The mole reported this to Redwall and Constance the badger (she's really nice if you haven't met her) and a couple other warriors went to look for us. Right as they picked you up and started taking you to Redwall the rats appeared over the horizon. They charged and attacked. Constance and I kept them back only until you were out of sight. We then let them passed us only they beat me up until they thought I was dead. Ha ha, but they didn't kill me I survived and wrote you this note. I hope you got it.
Love,
Mary
I took a lot of energy to process this. Mary saved my life and gave her life in the process. This tiered me too much. I 'm sorry but I have to go to sleep. I'll write tomorrow.
---Mathias