Hi all! This idea has been rattling around in my head ever since High Rhulain, but I'll leave you to figure out what it is.
Disclaimer- I do not, have never, and most likely never will, own any part of Redwall. It belongs to Brian Jacques. Don't sue.
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Two seasons before this writing, a sea otter captain by the name of Lyfo Seaseek gathered a crew and set sail in his ship, the Seaseeker, to search for new lands beyond the sunset. This is the record of what happened…
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Procy Onida watched the ship coming ever closer. He couldn't tell from this distance if it was a pirate ship or not. Few ships ever came near his home, and the ones that did were mostly unfriendly.
He gathered the fish he had caught so far, and headed back to the den and his mate, Vora and their four kits. If it was pirates, woe betide them if they came on his territory!
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Kithkin grabbed the bow rail and leaned forward, willing the ship to go faster. As the land mass grew steadily closer. Kith didn't want 'steadily' Kith wanted fast!
Six months at sea does that to a squirrel. She wanted the rolling beneath her footpaws to be windblown trees, instead of a ship's deck. And she was very tired of rationed water and no fruit.
Pawsteps coming up behind her shook her out of her almost sulky thoughts. Captain Lyfo Seaseek, a tough sea otter with a large sword slung over his back, rested his paw on Kith's shoulder.
"'Ere now, wot's all this grumpy face for? Ya' ain't eager to get off me ol' Seaseeker yet, are ya'?"
Grinning impudently at the captain, of whom she had become very fond during the long two-season voyage, Kith replied;
"Eager? Me? Stars forbid! After all, you've only sailed us through five storms, had us land on three uncharted islands, one of which had natives with cannibalistic tendencies, and also…"
Lyfo roared with laughter.
"Oh be off with ya', impudent rogue! You wouldn't 'ave missed it for anythin!
Ya' can't fool me, I know ya' too well."
Kith was saved face by the ship sailing toward the high cliffs, and Lyfo striding off, shouting orders to turn to starboard and look for a safe port.
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Procy's mate, Vora, watched as the Seaseeker sailed into the cove. Her ear twitched as Procy came up behind her.
"Think you they be pirates, Vora?" Procy churred in question.
"They be not pirates, Procy. See you there? An otter and squirrel there be. Never have I seen an otter or squirrel pirate."
Procy nodded.
"You be right, Vora. Think I that these be merchants. It has been long seasons since the last merchant ship."
Vora watched closely as Kith began to gather a foraging party.
"Think I that these be travelers from far across the Big Water. See you? The squirrel looks not like the squirrels here."
Procy pondered this, as Kith's party came quite near them to fill their water casks. They both drew back into better hiding.
"Think you, Procy, our kits should stay hidden till we know more of these strangebeasts?"
Procy nodded and pulled her toward the den.
"Think I that you are right."
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Chocolate to those who guess what Procy and Vora are! Hint- it's Latin
Edit- I hope this fixes what was wrong before, my computer wouldn't let me enter any documents on for the longest time.