(A/N: Wow, it's been a while...huh...well I'm glad to say that school is now over...ugh it was horrible...anyways in this chapter, we get to meet Dan and Bryana's Families. Yay! They are big and dysfunctional (at least to me, haha) Oh, and thank you to Ala Cye for reviewing! Hopefully I can get more reviews (ahem, hint, hint) ANYWAYS! Without further ado, here is chappy numero 3!)
Chapter Three: Meet the Rasakaro and Sarmana Families
Jesse Rasakaro paced back and forth in the large living room of his mansion-like house. Recently finding out that his oldest son was missing, the elderly father mouse was worried to the end of his whiskers. The door to the house opened and he turned abruptly, almost anxiously towards it. Two mice, one male and the other female, walked into the house, laughing and joking, not knowing the serious situation that had occurred in the family. An elderly mousemaid followed, smiling and shaking her head at the young mice. The young mousemaid was the first one to see Jesse.
"Hi Daddy!" she exclaimed, running towards him and hugging him.
Jesse managed a small smile, "Hello, my dear, what were the lot of you up to?" he asked.
The elderly mousemaid smiled, "Oh, we all just decided to go shopping. Will, go help Eric with the bags. Go on, off with you!"
Will saluted smartly, "Yes, Marm!"
He raced out of the house quickly to go help his younger brother with the bags. Jesse started pacing again, not able to control himself. His wife, Linsey and daughter, Tara exchanged glances and then looked at Jesse again.
"Is something the matter, dear?" Linsey asked.
Jesse turned to look at the maids and sighed, "I have bad news. Linsey, but I will tell everyone at the same time."
At this time, four mice walked through the open door. Will and Eric carried large bags and then set them down on the floor next to a table. Two mousemaids, Esme and Arti, followed the mice, giggling with their arms locked together. Jesse cleared his throat for attention.
"Everyone needs to have a sear at this moment," he said, "I have some bad news..."
All the mice exchanged confused glances and sat down on the couches around the table. Jesse paced back and forth yet again.
"Dad," Eric said, "What's going on?"
"Wait," Tara said, "Dan isn't here yet. You said to wait for everyone..."
"This news concerns him, Tara," Jesse said, gravely.
Linsey stood up abruptly, "What happened to him? Is he okay? Is he hurt? Where is he?"
Jesse walked over to her and placed his paws on her shoulders, "Take a breath, Linsey. Please calm down..."
"Calm down? Don't tell me to calm down! Tell me what happened to my son!"
"He..He..."
"Oh, oh my goodness! He's dead, isn't he?" Linsey cried, in horror.
"No. Well, actually we don't know..."
"Don't know? What do you mean you don't know?" She exclaimed.
"He's missing. No beast has seen him since the last battle this morning. We're positive that the Langis don't have him because we all know Matthew would brag like there was no return. We just don't know where he is or if...if he's alive.."
Linsey sat down hard, stunned by the news. Will stood up and walked over to his mother and held her tight.
"Don't worry, Mum, I'm..I'm sure bro is all right. You know he can handle himself. He wasn't named General for nothing, you know. I...I bet he will walk through the door any moment now and laugh at us for worrying so much. C...Come on, Mum, cheer up..It'll be okay..."
Linsey sobbed quietly as Will tried to comfort her, "Shhh, it's okay, it's okay..."
Despite Will's comforting words, Jesse, Linsey, Esme, Eric, Tara, and Arti couldn't help but worry. They didn't know that Dan was actually safe in a hut outside both Langi and Tanger territory, safe and sound asleep.
TWO MONTHS LATER
Bryana walked briskly through the Langi Marketplace. She glanced around, worriedly, not sure if she should have left Dan alone in the hut. He was still unconscious, but according to her calculations, he should wake up any day now. She didn't notice a handsome hazel-eyed mouse strolling up net to her until he spoke.
"Hello, Bry, lovely day, isn't it?"
She turned, slightly startled, "Uh, hi, Aaron, um, yeah, lovely day..."
"Are you feeling alright, Bry?"
"I'm fine..."
"Sure?"
"Yep, just in a hurry..."
"Okay..."
"Got to go, bye!"
Aaron stopped walking as she rushed off, "Uh, bye..."
'Okay, what the heck was that? Was it something I said?'
Bryana kept on walking in her brisk stroll until she reached a huge house,. She took out her keys and unlocked the door. She then walked in the house and closed the door behind her.
"Sis!"
As soon as Bryana turned a younger mousemaid tackled her.
"Uff, Emma! What the hell?"
"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Little Kevin said his first word!"
Bryana smiled brightly, "What, he did? What did he say? Oh, tell me, please!" she exclaimed.
"He said 'Mama,'" she gushed, "Aww it was sooo cute! Sis, you missed it! Come on, maybe he'll say it again!"
Emma pulled Bryana into a living room area where a mousemaid sat with a little mousebabe. She smiled at Bryana and Emma when they entered the room.
"Rika! Did he really talk?" Bryana gushed.
Rika, her sister-in-law, smiled, "Yes, he did. He called out to me."
"Mama!" the mousebabe held his small paws out to Rika.
"Aww, so cute!"
"I told you, didn't I?"
Rika picked up the mousebabe and began rocking him gently. He fell asleep soon after.
Bryana chuckled, "Hmm, reminds me of Kevin when we were little..."
"How would you know?" Emma asked, playfully shoving her, "You were probably being rocked with him. Twins, hello?"
"Shut up! There are pictures of us when we were babes so I saw them and he looks exactly like Kevin."
"Like Father, like son. Same name, same habits!"
"Shh...you'll wake him."
"Sorry."
"Yeah Emma, shut up!"
"You."
"You."
"You."
"What are you two arguing about this time?"
They both turned to see an elder mousemaid and Matthew walking at her side. Rika stood and carried Kevin, gently rocking him.
"I'm going to put him in his cradle."
Matthew nodded and she walked off. When they were out of sight, Bryana and Emma started wrestling again.
"You're annoying!"
"Oww...Mommy, Sis punched me...!"
"Tattle Tale!"
"Bryana, be nice."
Bryana scoffed and stood up, "Don't tell me what to do! You're not my mother, so stop pretending that you are!"
"Bryana!" Matthew exclaimed, "Mind your manners!"
Bryana sent a frosty glare at them and stormed off, slamming her bedroom door behind her. Matthew put a paw on her wife's shoulder.
"Kat..."
"No, it's okay...Bryana never accepted me as her mother. She's most definitely not going to start now..."
"Kat..." Matthew started but she had already walked off, away from hearing distance.
Emma and Matthew were the only two remaining in the room. Emma walked up to her father, "Daddy, why does Sis hate Mom so much?" she asked, innocently.
"She thinks that your mom was trying to take her mom's place," Matthew said, "Only Kat never tried to do that...Bryana and Kevin's mother died when they were only three. They still have some memories of her. Hmm, You would've liked Sun though, dear...she was a great mother, beautiful, kind-hearted. Until she was killed by those damn Tangers...(sigh)"
"I thought there was an agreement never to kill the healers..."
"There is. They claim it was an accident but I know better. They killed her because of me..."
Bryana paced irritably and then stopped abruptly.
"Hmm," she said softly to herself, "Maybe I should go check on Dan. Just in case...ugh I need to get out of here anyways!"
She locked her room door from inside and climbed out her window, carefully. She climbed down the side of the house and grabbed the tree branch that stuck out. It was connected to a huge, strong oak tree. She climbed down it carefully, since she was no squirrel of course. Finally, she jumped off when she was closer to the ground. She went bush to bush.
"Damn, I just got home, too. Ugh, I'll just take the back way instead of going through the market place..."
She walked behind the houses and cut through the woods, crossing over the Langi border just entering Tanger Territory. She walked carefully and quietly as possible. It would be bad news if she was ever caught there. She was so focused on not getting caught that she didn't even notice a shadow following her as she tredded through the forest. She finally reached a clearing but the stalker stayed in the woods so they would not be caught. She spotted her small hut and walked towards it. Bryana heard a small crunch behind her. The figure hid behind a bush quickly as she turned around, dagger in paw. When she saw nothing there she sighed and kept on walking towards the hut. She took out her keys yet again and unlocked the hut. She took one more look around before entering the hut quietly.
(A/N: And that's a wrap! I'm glad that I have a chance to get back to this story! :) I'm also working on Love and Trouble as well since many people seemed to have liked it so far. Redwall's Redemption is also being worked on and should be updated soon. So yeah as long as people R&R, then these stories will be updated a.s.a.p. so you see that green button below? Well, click it! ;) hehehe)