Disclaimer: I do not own Redwall or anything related to it. The only thing I own are my characters and my plot/story line
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Cold air embraced the trees in Mossflower country. A huddled form lay hidden in the lee of a small one-sided hill. It shuddered in the cold, drawing the blankets closer in the cold mid-winter night.
The mouse was unused to the cold, having lived most of his life in a warm island off the coast of the southern lands beyond Mossflower. His name was Trigg, but that was all he could remember about himself, that and he was from the south.
He was in the verge of conciousness, staring at the snow that was slowly pilling outside his small shelter. His eyelids started to drop, his mind wandered into the darkness that was his memory. He took one last look before slumber took him, sending him into a land of warm seas and pleasant weather.
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"When will 'e wake up?"
"soon, it's been two weeks, he could wake anytime soon"
"I think 'e's stirrin'... good mornin'!"
Trigg's eyes flickered open to find himself in a cave. He noticed he was in a fern bed, staring into the eyes of a young squirrel maid. On the other side of the bed was an ancient-looking squirrel with silver-gray fur. He tried to sit up and was handed a small bowl of vegetable soup by the squirrel maid. He drank it slowly, enjoying the warm feeling it brought to him.
"My name is Trigg, I come from the south, who are you?" He asked after finishing the soup.
The squirrel got up and curtsied, than introduced herself. "My name's Sione, this is my granddad Touse. I've lived in these woods all of my life, but my granddad used to travel, went many places, eh?" The old squirrel nodded, looking at Trigg with dark silver eyes.
"How'd I end up here?" Trigg asked.
"We found you unconscious in a storm, so we took you to our home. You better stay here a while, until the weather gets a bit warmer so you can travel again. Are traveling anywhere in particular?" Sione moved around the cave as she talked, seemingly looking for something.
"Well... actually I am. Last season I met an odd looking hare. He told me about this place near the woods of Mossflower. It was called... er... Redwall! Yes, Redwall. Do you know about it?"
"You're going to Redwall? Why of course I know about it! It's a little far from 'ere, but I could show you the way to Redwall. I've been meaning to go travelling myself for some time." She finally stopped looking around and turned to face him. "But as I mentioned before, we'd best stay 'ere for a while, at least 'till the weather clears up a little."