Amidst the blowing snow being thrown left and right by the ever howling wind, among the dark bruised clouds slowly gliding over the landscape, a traveler comes down the path and stops to behold the sight she see's. A darkened red stoned structure old beyond belief, and empty with the chill whisper of loneliness. She goes through the mighty gates that are almost off their rusty hinges and goes inside the buildings' ground. She sees a pond frozen, trees willy nilly all over in their winter sleep, and a another building which she goes into.
As she explores, she senses that another creature is following her and tenses herself to turn and confront the sneaky follower. Then she stops suddenly, turn, and pounces. As she lands, she suddenly panics as the creature that was following her was only a dormouse, an old one at that, but with battle scars tracing his frame. She gets up and starts to check to make sure that the dormouse wasn't hurt. As the old one stirs, the traveler makes a fire out of random pieces of wood she finds here and there. When the dormouse is fully awake, the traveler than takes off her pack and makes a meal for both of them.
As she is cooking, the traveler asks,
"Who are you and why do you
stay in this deserted place?"
The dormouse takes a bit to
find his words,
"My name is Taegan and I stay at this
deserted place because I was once Abbot of it."
"Abbot
of what?"
"Redwall Abbey"
The traveler's jaw dropped visually
"You're telling me that this old
ruin was once the famous Abbey of Redwall?"
"That is
correct"
"What happened to it?"
The dormouse smiled sadly,
"That is a story I am well acquainted with, so prepare some food and drinks, it's a long story"