Babies in the kitchen...

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Redwall Abbey

Friends: DoraRose, LilyMoore and Caleb, who are mice. Oz the badger. Emyuil the mouse.

The kitchens are busy, like usual. There are scones and pies and things cooling on a windowsill, DoraRose twirling a pizza crust dough in the air, and the cradleboard holding her babies leaning against a wall, far away from both the heat of the ovens and the hustle and bustle of hurrying beasts, but close to their mother. The 2 dibbuns are wide awake and happily watching the rushing grown-ups all around them.

Oz walks in muttering a little, he has decided to take a break from the dibbuns for an hour it seems, he places something in his robe pocket and nods to varies beasts in the kitchen.

LilyMoore chortles at the sight of Oz, and DoraRose sets the dough on the floured counter, smiling. "Good day, Oz. How are you? Would you like to hold the Dibbuns? Lily seems to like you."

Oz smiles "I am doing fairly well, just needed a break from reading, was making my eyes hurt some"

DoraRose starts to spread tomato sauce over the pizza-in-progress...just a little. "I'm sorry to hear that...so your eyes haven't healed from...uh..." maybe she shouldn't mention Stormfeather...

Oz frowns, yeah he knows who she means, "I only have vision problems at night or if read too long..I do have glasses but dislike wearing them alot, I will when I read and it helps some, and I can still see...maybe not far distances now but.." He shrugs.

DoraRose nods, then spread cheese on the pizza. "I'm sorry...here, would you mind holding the babies? They can support their own heads now, and they're trying to learn how to sit up, but so far it's not working very well." She pulls them out of their cradleboard and holds them out to Oz.

Oz smiles and goes to hold them" They will sit up soon, and crawl and then walk, give them time and also they will start saying a word here or there as well"

DoraRose washes her paws again and goes back to her pizza, putting spinach, tomato slices, zuccinni and broccoli on top of the cheese. "I think it's wonderful how healthy they are. Do you think they'll grow up normally?" LilyMoore reaches for Oz's nose, laughing.

Oz smiles as he answers rocking the dibbuns slightly "They should and you can make sure they have regular check ups in the infirm to make sure also"

DoraRose smiles happily, and eventualy gets the pizza in the oven, and feeds her babies, and is soon playing with them on a blanket on the floor out of the way. The kitchen is filled the smell of awe-inspiring food, the sound of hurrying beasts, and the laughter of two little dibbuns.

Emyuil walks in and sniffs appreciatively at the delicious scents in the air. "Hey 'rose, Lily, Caleb," he says as he squats down next to his niece and nephew and sister, stroking first Caleb then Lily's ears, one at a time.

DoraRose ruffles her brother's ears as her children laugh and wave thier paws in the air. "Well, hello. I was wondering when you'd smell the pizza baking. You can hold them. They can now hold thier heads up on their own."

Emyuil picks up each of his kinbeasts (except DoraRose, of course, but he could pull it off if he tried) and holds each in one arm, grinning and closing his eyes as he listens to their breathing, their laughter..."DoraRose," he says, "I had an idea...and a dream."

DoraRose smiles brightly at her children and pokes their tummies, making them laugh more. "Tell me about them...I'm listening. Hppppp!" she rubs her face on the Dibbun's bellies and they laugh histericaly.

"I've been having dreams about Tuscani," Emyuil whispers for fear he'll disturb the Dibbuns at their play as he offers them to DoraRose after hugging each tightly. "Dreams of trouble there. A mouse in armor warned me of danger at home."

DoraRose quickly takes the babies and sets them on a blanket, waving over a kitchen helper who's been begging to play witht he Dibbuns since the warrior mother brought them in here hours ago. She grabs hold of Emyuil's shoulder unwittingly hard. "A mouse in armour? Describe him!"

"Tall, brown fur strong, had a shining sword," Emyuil says. "Guy on the tapestry." He closes his eyes and focuses. "Eyes like sunbeams, warm feeling when he looks at ye...Oh Zeus, I've gone mystic, eh?" he laughs self-consciously.

DoraRose is shaking, and she looks slightly sick, and yet, awestruck. "Martin. You've been visited by the spirit of Martin the Warrior. This is serious." She sits down and stares at the wall, and yet, nothing at all.

"What do we do," Emyuil whispers, his face going a bit pale. "I don't like ghosts in my head, 'rose...natural things I can deal with, but this...? We need to go, 'rose..."

"We listen." DoraRose Strongheart peeks into the oven, her own face a little pale. She takes th epizza out and sets it on the counter. "He get's in creature's heads only if he has something important to say..." she gathers up her babies and starts to put them back in their cradleboard. "Don't worry about it. I...need to think for a little while..."

"Okay...okay," Emyuil says with a shaky deep breath. "But couldn't he just send a letter or something instead of messing with my rest? I need me sleep." His joke is halfhearted.

DoraRose shrugs. "He sometimes talks thrugh other creatures....I...I'm sorry, I....need to think....good day, I love you." she kisses him lightly on the cheek (in front of everybody! How embarrassing! Did he really want to be kissed by his sister?) then vanishes out the door, carrying her Dibbuns with her.

Emyuil smiles at the kiss and closes his eyes. You sure as heck bet he did. Everyone else can go soak their heads if they think it's funny. Considering how they USED to be, it's not funny at all.

Thanks for reading!