I don't own Redwall but I do own Opalfyre, Ashryn, Brae, and anybeast else in this fanfic that is not regular t'Redwall. Ok? Ok. Mwaha!
The Rising
Dawn came pearly gray, with shafts of aquamarine and dusty pink as the sun broke the horizon. The sea was a oily turqouise, with snow white caps breaking and rolling along the shoreline. A ship sailed away into the horizon, straight into the yellow-orange sun. A rat of monstrous perportions stood on the back of his ship, the Tempest Eye, watching another rat waving to him. The big rat sniffed back a tear and turned away, unable to look back. The rat felt a tap on his shoulder. He whirled around. It was a scraggly weasel. "Are yew alright, Cap'n?" He wondered why he couldn't stop laughing.
The female rat stood on the shore, arm in the air, waving a paw to the ever-disappering ship. She felt a cold, damp tear run down her cheek as she watched the ship. She brought her paw down and stroaked the baby she was cradling in one arm. She looked out one more time and whispered in a choaked voice,"Good fortune be with you, Cluny the Scrouge."
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The female rat, who's name was Brae, was the infamous mate of Cluny the Scoruge. She was a lanky, middle-aged rat. Her fur was brownish-gold and she had warm green eyes. She was small in size, almost a mouse's size. She was the total oppisite of her mate. Cluny was a huge rat. He had mottled gray fur and a whip-like tail with a poison-barb attached to it. His right eye was covered with an eyepatch, he had lost it in a duel. Brae walked slowly back to her longhouse and went in. She sat on a chair and let out a ragged sigh. Brae smiled at the Dibbun in her arms and stroaked its head softly. "Oh, Cluny...I wish...I wish you could stay 'ere an' help me raise our little un. How is he going to grow up without a father? Why...Why did you leave me, Cluny? I need you...." Another tear trickled down her cheek and she started sobbing.
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The sea heaved the Tempest Eye up and down on the restless waves. A storm could be seen brewing towards the North. Cluny was shouting orders while the crew was scrambling madly to follow orders. "Ragear, yew mangy jellyfish, get up that crow's nest and look out fer land. Hell's guts! Cheesetheif, stop goofin' around like some mouseymaid! Hop t'it!" Cluny cursed under his breath and shouted even more orders to his crew.
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A lithe, small mouse came up to Brae, put it paws over its heart and bowed. Brae looked up with puffy eyes. "Wot d'you want, Ashryn?" The mouse looked up and smiled wryly. "Mistress, I simply wanted to check on you. Since Master Cluny left, I thought you might want a companion...." Brae's eyes became ablaze with anger. "Cluny did not leave me! And even if he did, it's none of yew're business! Gerroutta my sight right now before I run yew through!" Brae drew her wave-bladed knife and brandished it menacingly. The mouse scrambled for the door and rushed out. Brae muttered to herself. Her baby cooed and giggled. Brae smiled at the baby boy. "Oh, Opalfyre, I will raise you so you will be jus' like your father.." She rocked the baby gently as she keep telling herself to deny the fact that Cluny had left her. She just wouldn't accept it....
The Rising
Dawn came pearly gray, with shafts of aquamarine and dusty pink as the sun broke the horizon. The sea was a oily turqouise, with snow white caps breaking and rolling along the shoreline. A ship sailed away into the horizon, straight into the yellow-orange sun. A rat of monstrous perportions stood on the back of his ship, the Tempest Eye, watching another rat waving to him. The big rat sniffed back a tear and turned away, unable to look back. The rat felt a tap on his shoulder. He whirled around. It was a scraggly weasel. "Are yew alright, Cap'n?" He wondered why he couldn't stop laughing.
The female rat stood on the shore, arm in the air, waving a paw to the ever-disappering ship. She felt a cold, damp tear run down her cheek as she watched the ship. She brought her paw down and stroaked the baby she was cradling in one arm. She looked out one more time and whispered in a choaked voice,"Good fortune be with you, Cluny the Scrouge."
***
The female rat, who's name was Brae, was the infamous mate of Cluny the Scoruge. She was a lanky, middle-aged rat. Her fur was brownish-gold and she had warm green eyes. She was small in size, almost a mouse's size. She was the total oppisite of her mate. Cluny was a huge rat. He had mottled gray fur and a whip-like tail with a poison-barb attached to it. His right eye was covered with an eyepatch, he had lost it in a duel. Brae walked slowly back to her longhouse and went in. She sat on a chair and let out a ragged sigh. Brae smiled at the Dibbun in her arms and stroaked its head softly. "Oh, Cluny...I wish...I wish you could stay 'ere an' help me raise our little un. How is he going to grow up without a father? Why...Why did you leave me, Cluny? I need you...." Another tear trickled down her cheek and she started sobbing.
***
The sea heaved the Tempest Eye up and down on the restless waves. A storm could be seen brewing towards the North. Cluny was shouting orders while the crew was scrambling madly to follow orders. "Ragear, yew mangy jellyfish, get up that crow's nest and look out fer land. Hell's guts! Cheesetheif, stop goofin' around like some mouseymaid! Hop t'it!" Cluny cursed under his breath and shouted even more orders to his crew.
***
A lithe, small mouse came up to Brae, put it paws over its heart and bowed. Brae looked up with puffy eyes. "Wot d'you want, Ashryn?" The mouse looked up and smiled wryly. "Mistress, I simply wanted to check on you. Since Master Cluny left, I thought you might want a companion...." Brae's eyes became ablaze with anger. "Cluny did not leave me! And even if he did, it's none of yew're business! Gerroutta my sight right now before I run yew through!" Brae drew her wave-bladed knife and brandished it menacingly. The mouse scrambled for the door and rushed out. Brae muttered to herself. Her baby cooed and giggled. Brae smiled at the baby boy. "Oh, Opalfyre, I will raise you so you will be jus' like your father.." She rocked the baby gently as she keep telling herself to deny the fact that Cluny had left her. She just wouldn't accept it....