[Closed To LadyAnette]

[Baya]

Francis chuckled darkly, as he wrapped his arm around Slimetooth's shoulders. "Listen to me my friend. I am not loyal to the king, nor do I really care about how this place is run. As long as I've got the gold, I am content." Francis said with a grin. "Speak your mind, but make sure you don't let it spill in front of loyalists." Francis warned.


Amadeus looked to Sardy, to see if she was doing alright. He grunted in surprise as one of Greenfang's horde picked him up by the collar and began to carry him outside. He was dropped into the cart outside with Sardy, and looked at the horrified faces of the other captured creatures. They were all wearing rags, and all of them looked frightened. There were mice, otters, squirrels, shrews, moles and even a porcupine. "Ok. Here are the rules new comers. No talking while the cart is moving, and don't struggle around either! There will come times where you will be taken off the cart, and there will be times where some of you will be pulling the cart. Understood?" The cart driver said with a growl.

Amadeus said nothing but he nodded. The cart began to move, and several of the creatures were whispering quietly. Amadeus looked to Sardy.

"Well isn't this a bother?" Amadeus whispered to Sardy with a small smile, knowing that this was definitely the worst time to smile.

[LadyAnette]

Yes, indeed it is. Keep quite though. It'll only make it worse. She turned to Lilac. Are you okay Lilac? She said under her breath. Oi'm foine, are you foine? Lilac said putting her digging paw on Sardy's paw. I'm fine. Now we must be quite. I suggest we rest. She said as she laid down.

[Baya]

Amadeus looked to Sardy, and then around the cart at several of the other creatures. The moon shone on his fur, sort of making him stand out amongst the others. He sighed as he looked forward now, and felt his eyes get droopy. After being knocked out, he'd expect himself not to be as tired. For reasons he could not explain his eyes were begging for sleep. He gave into the embrace of sleep, and closed his eyes for a good rest.

After several hours the cart creaked to a stop making Amadeus jump awake. He looked at where they were. In front of them was a gate to a huge fortress made of wood. The rider was standing in front of the gate, knocking on it.

"Come on you dolts! Flesh delivery of workers!" The rat snarled. The gate was slowly opened and the rat snorted. "About darn time!" The rat grumbled as he sat back down in the cart and began to drive it into the fortress.

As they entered, Amadeus looked at the horrific atmosphere of the fortress. The sun was high in the sky now illuminating everything in the fortress. The floor was made of dirt, and all around the fortress were small rock formations. It was there that many creatures that were chained to one another were mining the rocks for ores. There were guards all over, whipping the miners to get them to work harder. Amadeus was getting sick to his stomach, not because this was his fate, but because of the terrible conditions these prisoners were forced to live in.

The cart stopped again at another gate, smaller than the first one. This one was opened and the cart driver pulled into a large dark stone room. Several camp guards were with a rather sleek looking fox.

"Hallo ladies und gentlemen. This is my prison camp, and I am your varden! This room is where you will be living the rest of your life. If you cause me any problems at all...well...you won't be living very long..." The fox said with a grin. The fox's eyes were a dark brown, his fur a variant of red and orange, he wore black boots, gloves and a strange black coat.

"Unload them, and line them up." The fox said quickly to the guards. The rat guards nodded and quickly made their way to the cart, roughly grabbing the terrified creatures, as well as Amadeus, Sardy and Lilac. Amadeus stood in the line up with the rest of the prisoners.

"My guards will untie you, one by one and chain you to one another. Should you resist you will be killed. This place is not for rebels! Note that should you ever try to be a hero, you will be fed to my pet." The fox said with a chuckle. He took out a whip from his built, and cracked the air with it, making several of the creatures whimper. "This is what I like to call, an enforcer. If you aren't doing what you are told to do, then I'm afraid I'll have to use it." The fox growled. The warden made his way up and down the line looking at the creatures that were going to be working for him.

The warden stopped at a squirrel that was giving him an extremely dirty look. "What is with that look boy? Do you fear me?" The warden asked the squirrel. The squirrel snorted.

"Only thing that scares me is your atrocious breath." The squirrel murmured. Judging by the tone of his voice, he seemed to be an adolescent like Amadeus. His fur was black, and his eyes were amber. He wore a torn brown vest. The warden chuckled as he back handed the squirrel across the face. The squirrel fell to the ground, with a grunt.

"Idiot boy." The warden growled. "Latch them up boys!" The warden ordered as he made his way out of the exit in the front of the room, that was opposite to the way they entered with the cart. The guards began their work by first latching the shackle's around each of the creature's legs.

[LadyAnette]

Sardy woke to the clanking of wood. Let's just say having an evil looking fox tie you up was not the best thing to wake up to. She jumped back in fright. Sardy took a peek at how Amadeus and Lilac were doing. She sighed. The young mouse felt her spine shudder as she quivered. Not wanting to cause herself more trouble and feel all the scariness of the situation, she banged her head on the hard floor and knocked herself out.

[Baya]

The guards shackled everyone who was standing, or sitting by the wrists and ankles. The guards then left the room. "We are going to go get your meal. None of you better cause trouble..." The larger rat guard said as it left with the smaller one. Amadeus quickly made his way towards Sardy, straightening her up against the wall. He really didn't understand why she would've done something so foolish.

"Peh. Distance yourself from her. From tomorrow on you won't see much of her..." The black squirrel said from where he was sitting against the wall, rubbing his face. Amadeus turned to the squirrel, with a look of confusion. "You think they make the maidens work the mines? Nah, they work in the warden's happy little manor." The squirrel murmured.

"Why is he doing this? We may be prisoners, but even prisoners deserve better treatment than this..." Amadeus said quietly. The squirrel laughed.

"Fair treatment? Do you not see who we are ruled by? A stupid self conceited king! If several of his slaves die in the making of his weapons, and gathering of his resources he doesn't care, as long as there are resources in the end." The squirrel said as he spat over his shoulder, onto the floor. He then looked to Amadeus again. "You got a name?" The squirrel asked.

"Amadeus. This unconscious mouse maiden is Sardy, and this mole is Lilac." Amadeus explained.

"My name's Raulf. No last name really. Never had a mum, or a dad. Can't say I ever wanted those things anyways." The squirrel said with a small chuckle.

[LadyAnette]

Sardy eventually woke up. "Huh, huh? Ooo look a black squrrel! I've never met a BLACK one! Hi, my name is Sardy! Then she noticed she was back where she was. With all the others. Sooooooo......are we waiting for the gaurds? She asked Amadeus. Sardy's breath was taken away. A shadow passed by the wall and disappeared quickly. Sardy shivered. "Sigh...I fear a dungeon is not a very good place for scared mousemaids like me. We get to scared doncha know? I'm a fatal beauty." Lilac looked at Sardy quizzicly. "You ain't no fertl booty moi luv until thatn bump on ur head gos down. Hurr aye! Sardy chuckled. Lilac leaned on Sardy and took a nap. Eventually Sardy's head fell on her's. And they were fast asleep.

[Baya]

"Ain't she pleasant?" Raulf said sarcastically with a raised eyebrow. "Very frilly. Glad she didn't break down in tears." Raulf murmured. Amadeus frowned slightly, and glared at the squirrel.

"She isn't usually like this. She bumped her head fairly hard, and got knocked out. I'm sure when she wakes up she'll be just fine." Amadeus said quietly. Raulf grinned.

"Like I said, don't get too attached. She's going to be taken away tomorrow." Raulf pointed out. Amadeus looked at his sleeping friend, then down to the stone floor.

"I told her I'd figure out a way out of this. I will. She's my responsibility." Amadeus murmured. Raulf laughed now, and everyone turned their heads to him wondering what was so funny about the situation. "That's amusing to you?" Amadeus growled.

"R-Responsibility? Bahahah!" Raulf laughed louder and was gripping at his sides now. "Ok. Ok. I'm done laughing." Raulf said wiping a tear from his eye. "Not only do you want to escape, but save this delicate mouse maiden? Did you get hit on the head too?" Raulf asked with a snort. Amadeus remained silent, and continued looking to the dungeon floor. "All I'm saying is, in these times you can't afford to be responsible for the lives of others."

"A very wise mouse I knew gave his life so that she and I could get away. If he can put his life on the line for others, so can I." Amadeus said in monotone. "Creatures that put their lives on the line for others, those kinds of creatures are what strikes fear in that stupid beast king's empty heart." Amadeus pointed out. When he finished that line, the door opened and in came the rats with stale loafs of bread. They weren't handing them out, but throwing them at the creatures. Amadeus got hit on the head with a loaf, and so did Raulf.

"If you had better aim, maybe you wouldn't be working at this prison camp!" Raulf snapped at the guard. The guard snorted and continued throwing the bread to the creatures.

[LadyAnette]

Sardy woke up and shouted at the squrrel. "Oi slimebrain! I ain't no damsel in distress! Come to me while you still have your life!" Sardy thought to herself what she had said and calmed down a bit. "I'm sorry sir. I suppose I WAS acting like I was scared. It's just....there was this shadow that passe across the wall. It looked familear..... She patted Raulf's back. "Amadeus is right. You ARE wise. But foolish at the same time. You must stop taunting other animals. It hurts there feelings. And you musn't talk in front of little ones either. They could hear you and get terribly scared.It's your choice though. She said as she painfully pulled her paw back. After been in those chains for a while, it was starting to hurt a lot. She crazily grabbed at a piece of bread and started munching on it.

[Baya]

"Ah. Good actress then is she?" Raulf said with a chuckle. He then listened to her little speech and looked around the room at some of the younger prisoners. They were separated from their parents, and did look very sad as well as scared. Raulf looked down, ashamed of himself for a moment. "I'm sorry. I just came here alone, and figured that everyone else did too." Raulf said quietly.

"We don't need to escape." Amadeus murmured as he put a paw on Raulf's shoulder. "We need to just get out of these chains, and we can over power the guards here. The only way we can do that, is if you throw your ideology of being alone away. You see all those scared little ones? They want their mothers, and fathers. They want to be taken care of." Amadeus said gently.

"What do you want Amadeus? Why do you want to escape? What is there on the other side for you?" Raulf asked. Amadeus smiled slightly.

"I don't know. I just know for sure that it's alot better than what's in here." Amadeus pointed out. Raulf nodded.

"I might not have anything on the outside, but you got a point field mouse." Raulf responded quietly as he began to take rough tears out of his bread."Can't let these young ones down now can I?" Raulf said with a grin.

"You'll be a hero if you help Sardy, Lilac, and I overthrow the warden." Amadeus murmured. Raulf chuckled, and rubbed his chin.

"Raulf the hero eh? Rolls off my tongue like honey." Raulf said as he stretched slightly.

"So you'll help?" Amadeus asked.

"O'course Amadeus." Raulf said with a nod.

[LadyAnette]

"I don't need help. I'll help you Raulf with taking care of Lilac." She said as she grinned. "But like I said...I'm a fatal beauty. You know what that means? My enemys won't live to see my beauty." The mouse looked at the scared little ones. "Ahh don't ye fret your wee tails of my little buckos. We'll have ye out here in a jiffy." She looked back at Amadeus and Raulf. "Well now the first thing we need to accomplish is getting out of these chains. Any ideas?"