User blog:Ailavyn Siniyash/Noonvale

Prologue

Lord Russano the Wise of Salamandastron was surrounded by more than twoscore Dibbuns. It was their bedtime and they wanted the kind Badger Lord to tell them a story. The mob was mainly composed of leverets, but it also included his young daughter Melanius and some visiting hedgehog babes.

Russano sighed, and said exasperatedly, "Couldn't you get somebeast else to tell you a story for once? I've got things to attend to!"

Melanius knew that her father couldn't resist her when she begged. Pleading accordingly, in babytalk of course, she said,"Pweeze, Faver? Pweeze tell us a a story?"

Sighing again, Russano relented, "All right, but what what tale should I tell you?"

His wife, Lady Rosalaun, came to his rescue. She had been listening outside the door to her husband's inevitable demise and was chuckling softly to herself as she came in. "Into your beds, you rogues! You're worse than searats!" she said, shooing them off. "How about you tell them of Noonvale and the badger Dexna?" Rosalaun added as she made sure they were all tucked in.

"But they're so young! And it's such a long story!" Russano exclaimed, shocked.

"Then use several evenings," she said dismissively, "and they are old enough to hear it. It will do them good, especially our Melanius. Besides, you're a good storyteller." She left Russano to begin his tale...