Sister Cascadia shepherded her flock of rowdy dibbuns back to the abbey building after a day out in the woodlands. Covered with mud and dirt, the abbeybabes groaned as they came back into the abbeygrounds.
"Sista Casc'da! I wanna go back 't play!"
"Yurr, ah wanta play summurr!"
"You naughty dibbuns! Go and bathe this instant!"
"Nono sista I dowanna be baffed!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Miguel. You're so dirty! You have to be scrubbed clean!"
"Nono sista I dowanna be swubbed! Miguel is clean, see?"
Sister Cascadia was already exhausted without having to cope with the likes of disobedient dibbuns. Looking around for someone reliable to help her, she saw Dannver, a young squirrel, tall and lithe, walking towards them. "Dannvy! Could you give me some help 'ere?"
Dannvy walked over laughing. He still remembered his own childhood. He had been the noisiest and most rebellious. "First one to bathe will get a honey scone!" He was nearly knocked off his feet by the horde of dibbuns rushing off to the abbey pond.
"Thanks Dannvy. You're still better at handling them." The old vole sat down on the grass and heaved a great sigh of relief.
"Nah. Its just that I haven't grown up myself yet. Dannvy chuckled before joining sister Cascadia on the grass. Dannvy was barely a dibbun himself. He was only about a season older than the other dibbuns. "Tis a nice spring this year, isn't it?" he mentioned, looking at the little sprigs of wildflowers here and there.
"Ah yes tis beautiful." Said a voice. Looking up, Dannvy saw a hedgehog, the quirky gatekeeper Lorenzo. He was old and could barely see without glasses.
"Morning Lorenzo!" Dannvy and the sister greeted him cheerfully.
"Why art thou sitting on the grass like dibbuns?" Lorenzo questioned.
"Oh. Erm… I uh, felt like it…"
Just then the mousebabe Miguel came running back to the group. "I'm afinished baffing!" He exclaimed proudly and spinned around to show them how clean he was. Turning to Dannvy, he stretched out his palms. "Naow where's mah scone?"
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Reeger balanced a tray of freshly baked scones and a loaf a bread on his arm. The small mouse neatly dodged friar Corelli and a flock of dibbuns begging for scones to place the food on the window sill to cool. Turning around, he found himself face to face with his childhood friend Dannvy.
"Hey Reeger!"He said. " Can I have a scone?"
Slapping away his friend's arm, Reeger regarded his friend with a mock glare. "You greedy gluttony squirrel! You just had breakfast not two hours ago!"
"No! its not for me. I promised the first dibbun to bathe a scone…"
"Since when did you start making promises at my expense?" The kitchen helper demanded.
Dannvy assumed a pleading look, knowing Reeger was only acting. "Oh come on, you great and generous mouse. Won't you share your delumptious scones with an innocent little dibbun?"
"Innocent? What innocent? You call these rascals innocent?"
Dannvy smiled and took a scone. "Oh, and I'll take one for myself too, thanks." He grabbed another scone from the tray and bit into it.
"Owww! Dannvy screamed, scone tumbling out from his mouth into his hand. "You could have told me that they had just come out of the oven!" He scolded Reeger.
The kitchen mouse looked at him innocently. "You never asked! Besides, you were so eager to eat I couldn't bear to spoil you appetite.
Dannvy gave him a stern glare before exiting the kitchen, fanning his scorched mouth.
How is it? Is it okay so far? This is still the introduction-ish part, getting to know the main characters.:) please review! Thankyou!