* Disclaimer *
None of these places are actually mine, but all the characters are. All the places, like Salamandastron and Redwall, come from Brian Jacques own brilliant mind. I'm just creating my own story out of what he's created.
Seabreeze's Tale
Chapter 1
The soft summer breeze whispered through Mossflower Wood's shaded depth, traveling westward toward the sea. This same wind passed by Salamandastron's towering peak and on across the sea. If it had stopped, it would have seen a small force of beasts gathering near the base of Salamandastron, but it went across the great sea to watch a different occurrence. It went nigh the corsair ship, the Swift Death, as the oar slaves labored over their oars.
Seabreeze, a young hare, looked up as the cooling breeze swept by her to fill the sails. Though she was only seven seasons old, she knew what it meant when the wind came. Rest time! She glanced sideways to see Bloodstench, the sea rat overseer, look questionably to the captain, Captain Overkill. Captain Overkill nodded, and Bloodstench's bellowing voice boomed in all beasts' ears.
"Alright, ya lazy, gud for nuthin' beasts! The wind's back, so it's break time for ya'll! Ya know the precedure! Pull in the oars and march ta the slave pens! Hop ta it!" he raged at the oar slaves.
Seabreeze, and the four creatures that she was chained to, pulled in their oar at the same time as the others. There were twenty oars on the ship with five beasts per oar, and there were different kinds of creatures. Seabreeze was chained to two mice and two squirrels, and it had been that way since she was two seasons old. All the creatures stood up at the same time, and they hurried to where the crowded slave pens were before Bloodstench whipped them for moving too "slow". It was there where they got to rest and visit friends and family, and it was also where they planned and dreamed their escape. The only problem was that nobeast has ever escaped and lived to tell about it. They were caught, brought back, and killed, right in front of the other slaves as a "lesson". Seabreeze's own parents, Seashell and Nightshade, had been some of those beasts just this last season.
Seabreeze was a very unusual hare. She was dark and light gray with lavender eyes. Her long ears added to the fact that she was a hare, not a rabbit. Most of the corsairs and sea rats called her rabbit or bunny rabbit, but that was not true. She was a hare, not a rabbit!
Seabreeze sat down and relaxed. This had been the only life she remembered. She couldn't even remember the two seasons that she had live in complete freedom when she was a young one. Her family had been taken when the Swift Death had raided their community of hares. She couldn't even remember what it had felt to be free.
Seabreeze tuned into the conversations that were happening around her. It was then that she noticed Nightstorm, her squirrel friend, beckoning for her to come over to where he was. She got up and walked to where he was. When she got there, she noticed that a gathering of mice, squirrels, moles, voles, hares, shrews, and all sorts of other types of creatures had gathered in a circle where Nightstorm was standing.
"I think that Seabreeze should be our leader," Nightstorm said as she stood next to him. "She knows the corsairs better than most of us do, and her parents were admired by most of the slaves." The other creatures murmured in agreement to the proposal. Seabreeze was confused. What did Nightstorm mean by "leader"?
"Seabreeze, we have just decided that you will be the leader of our escape from our imprisonment. We trust you will accept?" Nightstorm asked hopefully. As Seabreeze looked at the pitiful faces that were turned toward her, she knew what her answer would be instantly.
"Of course I'll accept! Are you crazy?" Seabreeze answered. The gathered creatures cheered silently.
Suddenly, a paw clamped upon Seabreeze's shoulder. "Harr, harr, harr! What's goin' on here? I'm sure the Captain would be vury intersted in what ya have ta say," said a deep rumble that came from behind her.
* AN: I did a clean up job on some of it.Might do some more later. ^_^ *
None of these places are actually mine, but all the characters are. All the places, like Salamandastron and Redwall, come from Brian Jacques own brilliant mind. I'm just creating my own story out of what he's created.
Seabreeze's Tale
Chapter 1
The soft summer breeze whispered through Mossflower Wood's shaded depth, traveling westward toward the sea. This same wind passed by Salamandastron's towering peak and on across the sea. If it had stopped, it would have seen a small force of beasts gathering near the base of Salamandastron, but it went across the great sea to watch a different occurrence. It went nigh the corsair ship, the Swift Death, as the oar slaves labored over their oars.
Seabreeze, a young hare, looked up as the cooling breeze swept by her to fill the sails. Though she was only seven seasons old, she knew what it meant when the wind came. Rest time! She glanced sideways to see Bloodstench, the sea rat overseer, look questionably to the captain, Captain Overkill. Captain Overkill nodded, and Bloodstench's bellowing voice boomed in all beasts' ears.
"Alright, ya lazy, gud for nuthin' beasts! The wind's back, so it's break time for ya'll! Ya know the precedure! Pull in the oars and march ta the slave pens! Hop ta it!" he raged at the oar slaves.
Seabreeze, and the four creatures that she was chained to, pulled in their oar at the same time as the others. There were twenty oars on the ship with five beasts per oar, and there were different kinds of creatures. Seabreeze was chained to two mice and two squirrels, and it had been that way since she was two seasons old. All the creatures stood up at the same time, and they hurried to where the crowded slave pens were before Bloodstench whipped them for moving too "slow". It was there where they got to rest and visit friends and family, and it was also where they planned and dreamed their escape. The only problem was that nobeast has ever escaped and lived to tell about it. They were caught, brought back, and killed, right in front of the other slaves as a "lesson". Seabreeze's own parents, Seashell and Nightshade, had been some of those beasts just this last season.
Seabreeze was a very unusual hare. She was dark and light gray with lavender eyes. Her long ears added to the fact that she was a hare, not a rabbit. Most of the corsairs and sea rats called her rabbit or bunny rabbit, but that was not true. She was a hare, not a rabbit!
Seabreeze sat down and relaxed. This had been the only life she remembered. She couldn't even remember the two seasons that she had live in complete freedom when she was a young one. Her family had been taken when the Swift Death had raided their community of hares. She couldn't even remember what it had felt to be free.
Seabreeze tuned into the conversations that were happening around her. It was then that she noticed Nightstorm, her squirrel friend, beckoning for her to come over to where he was. She got up and walked to where he was. When she got there, she noticed that a gathering of mice, squirrels, moles, voles, hares, shrews, and all sorts of other types of creatures had gathered in a circle where Nightstorm was standing.
"I think that Seabreeze should be our leader," Nightstorm said as she stood next to him. "She knows the corsairs better than most of us do, and her parents were admired by most of the slaves." The other creatures murmured in agreement to the proposal. Seabreeze was confused. What did Nightstorm mean by "leader"?
"Seabreeze, we have just decided that you will be the leader of our escape from our imprisonment. We trust you will accept?" Nightstorm asked hopefully. As Seabreeze looked at the pitiful faces that were turned toward her, she knew what her answer would be instantly.
"Of course I'll accept! Are you crazy?" Seabreeze answered. The gathered creatures cheered silently.
Suddenly, a paw clamped upon Seabreeze's shoulder. "Harr, harr, harr! What's goin' on here? I'm sure the Captain would be vury intersted in what ya have ta say," said a deep rumble that came from behind her.
* AN: I did a clean up job on some of it.Might do some more later. ^_^ *