Redwall - Dirthaven, Part 1
#49 of 1998-2019 Stories
A tale of a virmen controlled port town as ships come in and out, virmen head out for more conquest. This chapter centers around two sea rats that are lovers and spend one night together before one heads off for treasure to help pay off debts that he had acquired.
Far away from the land of Mossflower and its famous red Abbey that shines for justice for all woodlanders, there lies another place that has stood tall for countless generations, hidden from the world and was the place for where, most vermin would come from eventually. The port rested on the western side of the continent as thick wisps of smoke rose from the opened holes on the roofs of the buildings, the vast ships that rested as they moved with the tide, strong ropes that kept them in place as sometimes they bumped against the wooden planks with a gentle thud.
"So you're signing up for this then?" Blackpaw said as the fox looked at the rat in front of him. "You know we're heading to Mossflower right? The boss won't take to having his time wasted." In front of Blackpaw was a rat that stood before he looked about between the two ships that had been docked at the port as he shifted his right paw about along the wooden planks as his claws made a scraping sound. Scratch nodded his long snout as he replied back. "Of course I'm interested; I got my reasons why I want to sign up for this. You're sure there's treasure to be made on this though?" Scratch lifted up a hand paw as he gave the side of his neck a scratch as he messed up the left side of his neck fur a bit more than usual.
Blackpaw frowned as he watched the rat scratch. "You don't have fleas do you?" The fox took a step backwards away from the rat as he continued. "We can't have that on the ship, so you get yourself bathed will you?"
Slowly Scratch stopped with his scratching the side of his neck and looked at his claws for a moment and then shrugged. "I don't have fleas but whatever you say to get on this mission. When do we leave?" The rat took a step forwards and grinned as he saw the fox take another step backwards as he gave a toothy grin. "Hey, matey I wouldn't take another step back unless you want a bath yourself. You're right at the edge right now."
As he turned his head around, Blackpaw blinked at the black water with only the white sphere of the moon that gave light to the fact that the sea was there. As he was doing that, Scratch had quickly reached and snipped off the coin purse with his claws and quickly, silently he placed it away before the fox could turn his head back again and nodded. "Phew, thanks mate. We leave in the morning but remember to take a bath, okay?"
With a dip of his head, Scratch replied. "Of course, I'll be here tomorrow first light sir." The rodent quickly turned around and then marched off down the wooden planks as he nodded to a stoat that was walking down towards the fox. "You took your time, didn't you?" Scratched smiled at the stoat and replied just before they both passed each other. "He's quite scared of those that scratch themselves, think he's scared of fleas." The stoat nodded and then vanished behind the rat as he heard him walk onwards along the wooden planks.
Scratch reached the end of the pier and then looked about as he stood on the stone ground and looked thoughtful, he reached down to pat the fat coin purse he had managed to obtain and smiled as he felt his stomach rumble and then turned to go up the dark path that was only lit by various torches. He gave a nod to the guards, in full armour that walked past him. "Evening lads, nice night to be out isn't it?" Scratch smiled as one of the rats grunted back at him. "Don't you have some place to go?" Scratch nodded his head as he quickly heard the guard speak again. "Then I suggest you get to it before I decide to search you."
'So much for being nice then...' Scratch thought as he quickly hurried off, he didn't want to be found with a stolen coin purse, not until he spent it of course. The rat slowly slinked around the corner and smiled as he saw his favourite inn not that far away now and he quickly made his way across the stone path until he reached the door and quickly opened it and slinked inside before he closed it again. The Roasted Inn was just that, a place to get the best roasted food all around town. And that was the first thing that hit Scratch as he took a deep breath in and smelled the freshly cooked seagull that was being roasted on various fires about the big room. Then the thick smoke hit him, the place didn't have the best ventilation and as such there was always the greyish fog that hung about as he waved his paw about in front of his face to get some of it away before he made his way deeper into the room and away from the door.
"Hey Scratch! Over here!" A loud voice came as Scratch turned his head and smiled at another rat that was waving towards him. Scratch made his way over and sat down onto a stool with a grin. "Hello Darkfang, was hoping I would see you." Scratch reached over and slowly brushed his fingers over the other rat's paw and smiled. "I think I have my debts sorted out, got a job." Darkfang looked at the rodent on the other side of the table and frowned. "You didn't? Seriously, you took that job that crazy fox is planning?" Darkfang pulled his hand away from Scratch and folded his arms about his chest. "You do know they're going to Mossflower, don't you? That place is cursed." Scratch sighed as he looked at Darkfang. "You know I don't have a choice, I have debts to pay off." Scratch held up a paw before Darkfang could speak. "And yes I know it was my fault for getting too far into betting. How did I know that I was being played by the Master's lot? Either way I pay my debts or I get killed, you know that." Scratch paused and then reached to where he got the coin purse earlier and slid it over the table. "Look, see how much that can pay if off, but I doubt it touch the amount I owe but it's something."
Darkfang looked down and quickly snatched the coin purse away as he hid it onto himself. "I don't want to know where you got that." The rat sighed as he reached out again across the table, palm upwards. "I just worry, no one has managed to succeed in that part of the world and I don't know what I do if you were harmed."
Scratch slowly placed his paw on top of the other rat's paw and both smiled at each other as Scratch slowly replied back. "I'll be careful; I've not been caught so far. But we do leave tomorrow so could we enjoy our time together this evening?" Darkfang nodded as he smiled. "So, are you hungry?" The nod that Darkfang saw made him smile and he turned around and yelled out. "How about some meat and drink at this table!"
A short male mouse came over as he looked at the two rats, his eyes were blood red from the stinging smoke in the room and he coughed, his small hands held onto a metal tray that rested against the thin body as he spoke. "What would you like this evening?" The voice was timid with hints of being terrified as Scratch smirked as he lifted his hand paw from Darkfang and turned his attention to the mouse fully now.
"You see, me and my friend here are quite hungry and I've been sitting here for a short while now without any service and I'm sure my friend here has been sitting far longer and yet... What is wrong with this picture?" Scratch said as he looked at the table briefly and then back to the mouse.
Darkfang grinned as he saw the tiny hand paws of the mouse move about around the rim of the metal tray and spoke back the answer. "You have no food or drink, I'm so sorry sirs. Please don't report me." Scratch quickly reached out and grabbed the mouse by the neck as he lifted him up to his snout; the mouse quickly reeled back as he turned his head away from the foul stench of the other rodent's breath. "Look at me..." Scratch commanded as he saw the small mouse slowly force his face to look at him again. "Good, now listen very carefully. You're lucky to be working here and not as a slave or worse. So why don't you go and get us some bird, some drinks and you'll be quick about it or I'll request roasted mouse instead. Do you understand?"
The mouse swallowed and nodded his head. "Yes sir, can I go get your food now?" Scratch nodded and dropped the mouse onto the floor as he heard the small rodent yelp and the clatter of the metal tray clanked about on the cold stone floor. The rest of the room stopped with their talking, turned to look at the noise and laughed as the mouse with bright red cheeks, grabbed the tray and hurried off back towards the area where the food and drink were being prepared. Darkfang took Scratch by the hand again and smiled into the other rodent's eyes. "Have I told you, I love you?" Scratch smiled and slowly he squeezed the other warm rodent hand into his.
The mouse reached a wooden table and dropped the metal tray with a loud bang as an otter turned around with a shock. "What the... Oh you gave me such a fright Ben, what's the matter?" Ben gave a sigh as he looked at the otter. "Oh Thruk I don't know. Well, actually I do know, why do they have to be so cruel?" The mouse turned his head to look back to two rats that had both of their hand paws holding onto the other as they looked into each other eyes and were talking. Ben turned his head back and rubbed his eyes again with his own paws. "They want bird and drink, quickly or they're going to ask for the owner here to cook me instead."
Thruk turned to look at the two rats and gave a snort, he turned around and placed two plates down as he dropped bird on them and he made a gurgle sound and spat on both of the steaming birds. "Well, then. Since they're so nasty to you, they deserve the special don't they?" Thruk smiled at Ben and nodded his head as he placed two mugs of ale down and spat into one of them. "Why don't you spit into one, fight back without them knowing, eh?"
The otter watched as he looked at Ben who turned around in fear. Thruk smiled. "Don't worry, they're far too busy eating at the moment, even the boss is too busy chatting so just spit into it." Thruk turned to look at the large rat at the other end of the bar who was chatting up a female rat who laughed to what he had just said.
Ben quickly lent forwards and spat into the tankard that had not been spat in and smiled at Thruk, picked up the tray and made his way through the thick smoke in the room as the otter turned around again as the large rat shouted out. "Hey, you're supposed to be working, get cooking!"
Darkfang grinned at Scratch as he listened to what the other rat had to say and replied back. "Sounds like a plan, want to do that after we've eaten?" Scratch nodded his head. "Yeah, it be a long time until I'll meet you again and all, hopefully I have all the treasure from..." Scratch went quiet as he saw Ben come up once again with the tray and placed it onto the table. "It's about time, we're starving here." Scratch growled as he took his tankard and plate, Darkfang did the same and dropped a few coins on the tray. "Those best get to the owner if you know what is good for you; now get out of my sight."
Ben quickly took the coins, then the tray and turned around as he left the two rats to eat and drink. Darkfang watched as he saw the small mouse go over to the owner and pointed to them before he handed over the coins. Darkfang saw the large rat look at him and he lifted his hand paw up and lifted up the digits on how many coins he paid. Ben looked back and forth as he turned his head to the large rat in the distance and then relaxed as the large rat nodded back to Darkfang who then turned his attention back to Scratch again.
"You do know they spit into our meals, right?" Darkfang said as he saw Scratch tug and pull a fair bit of meat from the bird. "I know, it's pathetic isn't it, they don't know what we do." Scratch smiled back as he spoke between chewing the meat and then swallowed. "But as long as it keeps them in line. Who really cares, right?"
Darkfang lifted up the tankard with a smile. "Ah you're right after all." The rat took a long swig of the muddy ale and wiped some of the froth from his snout with the dirty sleeve. "But I'll have a word with the owner later at any rate. Can't have them gain more confidence and do more harm to us innocent folks." Scratched laughed as he spat out some half chewed meat and picked it up from the plate as he stuffed it back into his mouth again and swallowed. "Ah, yes we're so innocent. All we want is to be living as fine as they do, borrow some of their things and they go all war like on us, killing us poor beasts." Scratched watched as Darkfang bit into his cooked bird and pulled a large chunk from the carcass.
"It is a problem isn't it?" Darkfang said as he turned to look at the otter and mouse at the other side of the room. "They always just go and kill us, never wanting to accept we're just as good as them." Scratch turned his head to look as well and shrugged his shoulders. "They do that a lot, lying by saying there's no treasure. All those that tried to get their share of it ended up being killed. They don't want us about do they?" Scratch frowned as he tossed a bone onto the plate and picked more meat off from the cooked seagull now than biting into it. "I mean, they find even an unarmed rat and think they're so dangerous and go murder them for no reason at all and call it justice."
As he lifted his tankard again, Darkfang gave a worried look. "You know, this is going to go back to discussing about what you're about to do so want us to change the subject again or discuss that?" The rat swallowed more ale as it dribbled down his snout and darkened the front of his vest.
"No, so how was your day?" Scratch asked as he changed the subject and picked a bit more meat from the cooked seagull and held it in his greased up paw. Darkfang smiled as he spoke back. "Helped out with the slave pens, seems one of them died the night before so had to get the others to go bury him." Scratch nodded. "Was it that old squirrel?" Scratch saw Darkfang nod his head. "Yes, left behind a younger squirrel that could be a problem, kept frowning. We've been told to keep a closer eye on that one, but thankfully I'm not on duty until sometime tomorrow afternoon."
Scratch nodded. "Think you get promoted any time soon?"
Darkfang rolled his shoulders as he pushed the finished meal out of the way, only the bones were left behind covered in tiny bits of grease and meat. "I hope so but there's this weasel, Sharpclaw that wants it as well. I don't trust him at all." Darkfang quickly downed the rest of his ale as he then let out a loud belch. "Ah that touched the spot."
Scratch pushed his plate to the side as well as it scraped on the wooden table top. "You'd have to keep a very close eye on him. He might try and stab you in the back or blame you for something." Scratch lent back and picked some meat from his own vest and popped it into his mouth. "Been known to happen as you know?"
Darkfang lent forwards as he pressed his belly against the table and gave a toothy grin. "Next you will be telling me that the sky is blue and the sea is wet, of course I know that. What do you think I am? That I'm a dumb ferret?"
Scratch finished his ale and gave a belch himself now. "Me and you, always making sure we know what comes our way. Just be careful, okay?" Darkfang nodded his head. "Always, just like you will won't you?" Scratch nodded back with a smile. "So shall we head back to our place then?"
With a scrape on the floor, Darkfang pushed his stool backwards and got up, he nodded his head as he heard the scrape once more as Scratch got up and slowly they made their way through the crowd until Darkfang paused and spoke. "Wait for me outside, I need a word with the owner." Scratch nodded and watched as the other rat moved over towards where the large rat was still entertaining the female rat. As soon as Scratch opened the door and stood outside, he felt his fur bristle and stick up as he felt the cold, long gone was the warmth of the inn and he shifted about a few times before he moved to the side out of the way of two foxes that nodded and walked into the inn. Scratch leant against the stone wall and exhaled as he watched the mist float about in front of him before it vanished.
Two large stoats walked past, clad in full armour as one held a lit torch as the spoke quietly to each other as they slowly continued down the path. Scratch smiled, he felt safe or as safe as he could in this place. As safe as it was from woodlanders, Scratch really didn't trust many other vermin at all and those that he did he was suspicious, it was only Darkfang that he did trust.
As Scratch thought about Darkfang, his right ear twitched and he quickly turned to the right as he saw the exact rat he was thinking of come out from the door he had just opened and looked about. "Ah there you are. Did you finish what you needed to do?" Scratch smiled as Darkfang came up to him and nodded back. "Yeah, the owner knows about their spitting so I think they will get punished tonight." Darkfang slowly wrapped an arm about Scratch neck and nodded. "Let's get going, it's a bit cold now and rather get a fire going and all." Slowly both rats walked down the path that led up the hill.
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The door creaked as it was pushed open as Darkfang and Scratch squeezed in together before they pushed the door closed behind them. Scratch moved about the room as he kicked various bits of rubbish out of the way as a clay container rattled as it slid across the room. Darkfang made his way to where the piles of fur were and rubbed his hand paws as he watched as Scratch slowly piled some logs onto the fire place and quickly blew as he worked to light it. Slowly the dark room began to shimmer with various red, orange and yellow light that danced about the walls and ceiling. Scratch got up as he pulled off his vest and dropped it to the dirty floor. "Wasn't bad this evening was it?" Slowly he pulled on the rope that held up his pants and allowed them to drop down as he stepped out from them naked.
Darkfang smiled as he pulled his own shirt off and nodded his head. "Think that otter is getting better at cooking, yes. About time though, remember when he first started?" He tossed his shirt to the floor and removed his pants as he stepped onto the pile of furs and knelt down before he slowly settled to lying on top of them as he smiled up at Scratch. "I never heard so many different types of threats in my life before."
Scratch slowly came down next to Darkfang and sighed happily. "Glad to get off my feet, been a long day." The rat slowly placed a hand paw on the other rat's chest and rubbed it gently. "Yeah, he made a killing in buying that cheap otter. No cooking skills but ended up being very profitable for him in the end. No wonder he's so fat." Scratch went and gently nuzzled into the side of Darkfang's neck. "So how is Gruff anyways?"
A happy sound came up from deep within Darkfang as he closed his eyes halfway and spoke back. "Gruff, he's as he's always been. Large, rich and very hung. I'm sure he wears tight pants to show just how hung he is." Scratch smirked and gave a small nip which made Darkfang tense up briefly, then relaxed again. "I can see him being too much for that female he's chatting up though." Scratch lifted his head and grinned. "He's too much for anyone really. I'm not sure who has survived a night with him." Slowly Scratch moved his hand paw down to rub at his lovers belly, the fur getting most of the dirt and grease from the day's activities.
A soft moan as an armed reached around Scratch as Darkfang gently kissed the other rat on the lips and then slowly both opened their mouths as they kissed deeply with no more words to say. Scratch moved his hand paw down as he gently wrapped his long fingers about the limp cock and held it as it began to warm up, the shaft thickened and pressed against the palm and then slowly the rodent felt the wetness form up against his thumb as Darkfang gave a soft grunt and leant forwards as his hips lifted upwards. Slowly the thickening rat shaft began to shift and slide in between the fleshy fingers and palm as the foreskin pulled backwards as the skin stretched and popped around the head as Scratch smiled while still kissing deeply and began to rub his thumb around the exposed head. Scratch broke away from the kiss and smiled, then slowly moved as he slid down the pile of furs until he had his face near to the leaking rat cock that throbbed in his hand paw.
Darkfang splayed out his toes as he allowed his legs to spread apart as he gave a happy sigh. "You sure you have to leave? I'll have balls the size of mountains by the time you get back." Scratch chuckled. "Oh I doubt that, you just find someone else to relief yourself." Darkfang smirked as he rested his head against the back of his folded up arms and looked down at the other rodent. "Oh so you're going away with other horny horde sailors are we? Then leave me for someone else?"
Scratch continued to slide his slick paw up and down the thick rat cock as he watched the foreskin slip back and forth over the thick dark purple head. "Oh never my love, I'll just fuck them and leave them where they are. And fight woodlanders, may fuck a few to teach them a lesson and then come home victorious and into your arms again." Scratch smiled as he licked his lips. "Besides, your cock is the best rat cock I can suckle on." And with that, Scratch pulled the cock in his hand paw towards his mouth and slowly slipped it inside as he heard Darkfang give a loud groan.
The strong taste of cooked seagull grease, dirt, rat cock with salty rat pre filled Scratch's mouth as his taste buds exploded inside of his head, the rodent reached back to stroke at his own leaking member that dripped pre onto the fur bed, smearing the hairs as they stuck together as he slowly kept hold of the base while his tongue rolled around the shaft as it smeared the dirt around before slowly being cleaned away as it went down the throbbing throat.
With another loud moan, Darkfang gripped some of the fur he laid on above his head and grunted as he jerked his hips upwards to fuck into that warm, moist rat mouth that had engulfed around his aroused shaft. The rodent gritted his teeth as he felt the tongue give his cock a clean, the sensation of the mouth sucking out his pre made the rodent groan happily. Scratch rubbed his cock about until he felt his hand paw all slick with his pre and slowly he lifted it back up so that he felt around underneath the large balls and began to work a dirty, greasy finger up into the back passage. There he began to slowly push in and out as he felt more hot pre squirt against the roof of his mouth as his tongue continued to lap around the head, drinking in the rich salty fluids that Darkfang was producing.
As he added another finger, Scratch continued to stretch the tight anus of the rodent as he slowly dug his long fingers deeper into the rat anus until he found what he was looking for and began to rub against the harder area. Darkfang cried out. "Fuck!" The rodent buckled upwards as Scratch smiled with the cock now pressed at the roof of his mouth and then a thick stream of sticky rat cum squirted out as he began to taste the full flavour of the fluids the quickly pulsating tube of meat was pushing out.
Scratch swallowed the substance as he drank the fluids from his lover; the rodent gave a soft moan of pleasure as he felt the thick cum slide down his throat and left a warm feeling deep down in his belly. Darkfang gasped as he panted heavily and then he shivered as he felt the warm embrace around his shaft end as Scratch opened his mouth and slowly allowed the still erect but spent cock slipped out before it jerked upwards again and slapped Scratch against the nose as it left a line of cum to drip downwards. "Well, tasty as always, that will remind me to return." Scratch said as his tongue slid out to lick around his mouth that still tasted of rat cock. He slowly slid up alongside Darkfang as the other rodent turned over onto his side. "I'm glad I am so tasty." The rodent gave a toothy grin as he felt Scratch slide up against him as his front pressed up against his back and then felt a hand paw brush over his round buttock. "I'm ready..." Darkfang said as he felt movement behind him, Scratch took hold of his shaft and aimed his cock to go up against the smeared anus and slowly he nodded his head and pressed his hips forwards until his thick rat cock started to spread the small ring muscle open and slowly slid in as the foreskin remained outside before that too, popped in after the head. Darkfang grunted as he felt his cock jump about again as pre started to leak outwards, thick from some of the rat cum that remained as it dribbled onto the furs in front of him.
With hot breath behind his head, Darkfang reached up and slowly began to feel around until his long fingers found the nearest ear on Scratch's head and began to rub it gently as he gave a soft smile, then a moan as he felt Scratch reach around and wrap his hand paw around the shaft and began to stroke it as it made wet squelching sounds in the room. "I love you Scratch, matey..." Darkfang gasped out as both rodents moved back and forth on the pile of furs as he felt that thick cock slip in and out of his anus, his own enjoying the sensation of rat hand jerking his leaking cock as pre squirted out as it sprayed all around and Darkfang gave the ear a gently pinch that made Scratch moan loudly before he leant downwards.
Beads of pre sparkled amongst the light of the fire, dark shadows that moved about the room with the scent of male arousal, the sound of slurping as a cock pushed air in and out of a tight and wet anus, the slapping of the large balls that swung back and forth and the wet slurps that came from the very wet rat hand paw that slid up and down the moist rodent penis that squirted pre outwards, before the loud moans as Darkfang felt Scratch begin to playfully nibble along the side of his neck as he bit and kissed it while he quickly thrust his dick in deeper. Each thrust got harder and faster as the rodent moaned loudly as Scratch continued to pump the other rat's penis in his hand quicker and tighter, he used a thumb to rub against the already sensitive head which made Darkfang tense up and the back passage became tighter as it squeezed around Scratch's shaft tightly.
Darkfang let go of the ear and groaned, his hand paw groped about until he found Scratch's hand paw and he grabbed it, wrapped his fingers to go in between the other paw and both held on tightly as they moaned together until Scratch pushed all the way in and gave a loud moan against the side of Darkfang's head, the hot feeling of rat spunk pumped into the tight rodent passage as Darkfang panted and cried out as he felt his own cock spurt thick ropes of rat spunk outwards as it lined the furs in long white ropes of shiny lines. Most of the spunk flowed down as Scratch shuddered and felt the cum around his fingers as he rubbed it around the pulsating shaft he was holding as it made more wet lewd sounds.
Slowly, both rodents began to settle down as they felt their climax die out as Scratch kept his penis rammed deep inside of Darkfang's rear and licked the side of the neck as he kissed it. "I love you..." The rat said as he gave a glance to his rat spunk covered hand paw that still held onto the wet spent penis and smiled with a yawn. Darkfang gave a soft smile and spoke quietly back. "I love you too..." Slowly as they laid there on the furs, both rats started to drift off to sleep while they laid there pressed up together while they continued to squeeze their hand paw together and with Scratch not removing his dick from the used anus, Darkfang's dick never went limp as both rodents fell asleep as Scratch kept hold of it in his hand.
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The waters were calm as the ship slowly pushed away from the port, Scratch leant up against the wall at the stern of the ship and looked out at Darkfang who stood there and he waved to him before he called out to the rat that stood on the pier. "Don't you worry; I'll be back as soon as I can. Tell Silverback that I'll pay him all that I owe him."
Darkfang waved back as he called back. "I will, be careful and watch your back!" The rat watched as the ship moved out of range as he gave a sigh, the confident smile he had given all day had changed to a worried look as he heard someone come up behind him as another rat stopped beside him and coughed. "Boss wants to see you, he's given you enough time to say goodbye to your lover." With a sigh, Darkfang nodded his head as he turned around and walked off with the other rodent, it was time to see what the rest of the day would bring him.