Lost and Alone, (Takes place before Disappeared)

[phrostphyre]

*This takes place before Disappeared...Again. In this, Convel is 16 1/2 seasons old, his family had been killed two weeks ago and this is after he buried them.*



Convel MacTire was lost. The wolf was not slightly lost, nor kind of lost. He was completely, totally, and utterly lost. Now that's not to throw any slights at his sense of direction, no sir. Convel had been deliberately misled by a bird that had said it would show him the pass out of the Northlands, but had instead shown him to this fortress. Convel thought to himself; Dammit. Where the hell am I? I know I'm not any near the old castle... Shrugging and groaning, he walked towards the gate even more, but not before checking to see that he was presentable. Kilt, check. Claymore, check. Broadsword, check. Dirk, check. Sgian dubh, check. Shirt, slightly holey, but oh well. Longbow, check. Sporran, check. I'm ready as I'll ever be. Let's go!
"Halllllloooo! Hallo the fortress! Please dinnae turn me intae a wee pincushion! Ai'll nae kill anybeast, unless they try tae kill me fairst!"

[Malum]

Squidge was on guard duty...And was just drifting off when he heard a yell from below!

"Halllllloooo! Hallo the fortress! Please dinnae turn me intae a wee pincushion! Ai'll nae kill anybeast, unless they try tae kill me fairst!"

Squidge peered over, and almost yelled when he saw the huge wolf standing there. He yelled out the alarm.

"STRANGER! STRANGER AT THE GATES!" He ran down the steps, and into the fort. He burst into Amor's Room as she was having her lunch. He fidgeted, and bowed to her.

"Regina Amor, to interupt your lunch is very un-humble of me, yet I felt compelled to tell you that there is a huge wolf standing at our gates." Amor stood up, and walked over to Squidge. She bent over, and stood him up.

"I told you, you don't need to bow down to me! Just talk to me as your equal...Well, not REALLY, but don't treat me like a killer who'll kill you if you make one mistake! Now, let's go see that Wolf!" She said, placing her arm around his shoulders, and walking towards the walll tops. She stood on top, and stared down at the wolf.

"Well, Wolf, I am the Queen of this fortress, What do you wish to have? If you lay your weapons aside, I will open the gates, and send someone down to retrieve your them." She looked at squidge, who nodded, and walked down the stairs. He gulped, and opened the gates, looking up at the wolf. He bowed, and held his hands out for the weapons, shaking in fear. Amor held her dagger ready under her cloak.

Squidge has been a loyal subject since I was first born, and he was my "playmate", if that vermin hurts him, I'll throw him in the dungeons, and slowly kill him. Hmmm....The dungeons have never been used....Soo..They'll probably be clean, and shiny....I gotta get someone to dirty it up, for visual purposes. Just in case a horde comes here, and I have to use hostages... She thought.

[phrostphyre]

"Be verra careful with mai blades and longbow!" Convel figured that this place would have dungeons. Slinging the bow and claymore off of his shoulders, he took the plaid from around the other one and wrapped them in it. Unattaching the sheath of his broadsword from his belt, Convel put that in his plaid too. Wrapping them carefully, he set the bundle in the quivering arms of Squidge.
"Ye'll nae take mai dirk or Sgian dubh off of me. Ai'm only keeping them for self-defense purposes, Ai assure ye." Convel watched the pure-white fox carefully, searching for signs of anger, hate, and distrust. All of which were showing. If yon wee foxy doesnae like wolves, weel, tough luck for her. She probable thinks I'm vermin....

[Malum]

Regina Amor walked gracefully down the stairs, her royal purple cloak flailing out behind her. She stopped before the wolf. Squidge handed his weapons to her, and she moved her hand across it.

"I approve your desicion to still carry weapons, but if you use them on any of my friends, I will make sure you can never use another weapon again... Yet, as long as you don't, you will be free to keep them."

Squidge wrung his hands out, waiting for the wolf to strike Amor down. He prepared to grab his saber, and kill the wolf if he made the strike. Of course, he would first block the killing blow, and then deal with him...

[phrostphyre]

"Verra weel. Here's mai Sgian dubh. Ai respect your respect for mai decision." Reaching down, Convel pulled the Sgian dubh from out of his sock, and handed it to Squidge.

"Ai'll nae harm any beast unless they try tae harm me fairst. Ai have seen enough battle for a long while. Mai name is Convel MacTire. Last MacTire wolf alive. The claymore was mai father's, as was the broadsword." Switching the dirk from the right side of his belt to the left, Convel swished his tail un-happily and stroked his left ear. Stepping a pace forward, he switched his gaze from the white fox to th sky beyond Fort Amor. Ha, this lassie must dislike vermin a fair bit. Good thing I'm to hungry to do anything, even had I wanted to entertain such thoughts.

[Malum]

Squidge bowed.

"Dear Mr. MacTire, I shall show you to your room if you wish to stay for a while..."

Regina nodded.

"Show him to the "Wolf" suite, the one overlooking the forest, and everything else..."

Squidge bowed, and headed up the stairs.

[phrostphyre]

"Mr.?! Ai'm nae a mister. Call me Wolf, Convel, Mac, or MacTire. Hey, wolf! works just as well. Do ye have any food? Ai'm fair starved."

Convel followed Squidge(ooc:What species is he?) up the stairs to the 'Wolf' suite.

[Malum]

OOC: Fox, Brown fox.
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Squidge replied.

"Oh, I apologize Convel, I will not make the mistake of calling you Mr. ever again..." He walked all the way up the stairs, until he came to a door. The door had an emblem of a howling wolf carved into it. Squidge creaked open the door to reveal a huge room. In the corner was a fireplace, and there was windows surrounding the rooms. You could see the ocean, the forest, and even the Fort Grounds. Squidge bowed, and held his hand out towards the room.

"Welcome, to the Wolf Suite.

[phrostphyre]

"Verra nice. Will ye tell your leddie that Ai thank her fair her hospitality?" As Convel looked out at the forest, he felt deep pangs of longing stirring in his heart. Not knowing what they were, he ignored them. Peering at the fireplace, he started a fire, withdrew a piece of stale bread from his sporran, and started toasting it.

[Malum]

Squidge bowed.

"Very well, I shall give your thanks to Regina Amor." He walked out, and shut the door behind him. Next, he walked down the stairs, stopping in front of Amor's door, and knocking.

"Come in!" Amor replied. Squidge opened the door, and bowed. Amor rolled her eyes.

"You don't have to bow to me! But, what did he say?"

"He told me to tell you Thank you, and he liked the room... Right when he walked in, he started roatsting a piece of stale bread over the fireplace... Oh, and sorry about bowing to you....Maybe....you..should..just...get...rid...of..me...."

Squidge said. Regina Amor got up off of her throne, and walked over to Squidge. He flinched, waiting for her to kill him. But it never came. He looked up to see Amor smiling.

"You actually think I would kill you?"

"Mayyyybbbeeee..." Squidge said shaking.

Amor pulled him up and hugged him.

"You've been faithfull to me since I was a tiny, mewling kit...I could NEVER hurt you!"

Squidge smiled.

"Soo....You..LIKE me?"

"Yeah."

Suddenly the door burst open to reveal Vihata. Squidge shot upright, and bowed. Vihata smiled.

"Sooo, sister...I hear we have a visitor... A wolf?"

"Yes, he's in the Wolf Suite..."

"Why don't we just kill him?! Or we can tame him into a great warrior! He can kill all of our enemies!"

"We don't have any enemies!" Amor said, shaking her head.

"Yes, but imagine what we could do with him! We could take down Redwall, and even Salamandastron!"

Vihata said. Squidge gulped, backing away from her. Yet, she noticed, and grabbed him, lifting him up in the air.

"Shall I kill him for you?"

She asked, grabbing her sword, and twirling it. Amor screamed at her.

"PUT HIM DOWN! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! AND IF YOU HARM ONE LITTLE HAIR ON HIS BODY, I WILL PERSONALLY KILL YOU!"

Vihata smirked, and let him fall onto the ground gasping.

"Fine, but if I catch him not bowing to me, and not calling me Queen, I WILL kill him next time."

Amor growled, and stood up sharply.

"You're not the Queen! I am, and I intend to make it STAY that way!"

Vihata bowed.

"Yes, dear Queen, I was just thinking that I could get a little respect from your subjects, and maybe we could be equals..."

"Uggggghhhhh......We are no talking about this any further! I will tell my subjects to respect you, but you will NOT be the Queen!"

Vihata stopped smiling.

"Fine, but they had better respect me!"

Suddenly the door opened, and Kallis walked in.
(like Squidge is to Amor, but to Vihata.. She is a red fox.)

"Dear Vihata, I heard one rat outside talk about how stupid you are, Which you aren't of course, my dear..."

Vihata hufffed and walked outside. Amor looked out the window, to see a rat walking along, chatting with his friend. Vihata walked up, and spoke to the rat, The rat smiled, and came with her. Suddenly, the door opened, and she walked in with him. She spoke to Kallis.

"Is this him?"

"Yes, ma'm."

The rat gulped.

"what did I do?"

"You called me stupid..." Vihata said, grinning (that's a bad thing). The rat gulped, and screamed, as she cut his leg. He fell onto the ground, and Vihata stood over top of him.

"Please, Amor! Don't let her kill me! I didn't mean it! I was just making small talk!"

Amor shook her head.

"I can't help you...I only deal with anyone who talks about ME...I just can't...."

Vihata grinned, and pulled him up.

"I won't kill you-"

"-OH THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"

"Yet. But, for now...You will be my slave!"

Vihata grabbed a peice of rope, and tied it around his neck.

"Now I can lead you around on this!" She said.

"But-" The rat said.

"Unless you had rather me kill you right now..."

The rat shut up. Amor shook her head, feeling bad for the rat, knowing that he would be killed if or if he didn't make a mistake. Either way, Vihata would kill him in the end. Vihata and her friends left, leaving Amor, and Squidge. They looked at each other and sighed, knowing what would happen to the poor, poor rat...