{"sf1_id":577558,"sf2_id":"bebQgkw1","title":"Captain Earring: Chapter Three","author":"Simplified","words":2095,"posted_at":"2013-08-17T08:06:00.000Z","tags":["Character Development","Cheating","Drama","Female","Ferret","Fox","Hyena","Male","Mouse","Otter","Redwall","Squirrel","Story Series","Straight","Tragedy","cliffhanger","grave"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/577558-captain-earring-chapter-three","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/bebQgkw1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/48/db/48db8143-f7b8-43cb-80f2-28088b5e4bdb","description":"#4 of Captain Earring\n\nGabriel and his traveling companions go to the ferret, Faro's house to bury his brother. Meanwhile, Earring arrives in Mossflower.","content":"Chapter Three\n\nThe morning sun rose as an elder ferret male was chopping wood in front of his house. His wife and future daughter-in-law were inside cooking breakfast. His chest swelled with pride as he thought on how at last one of his sons would pass on the family line. His eldest never seemed lucky enough to have found himself a ferretmaid to share his bed with. He wiped sweat from his brow as he saw a familiar figure enter from the woods surrounding his home. The tobacco stick he had been smoking fell from his mouth when he saw his youngest son being carried by his oldest.\n\nFaro disheartened greatly at his father's reaction.\n\nThe elder ferret dropped his ax then ran toward his sons. \"What happened?\"\n\nFaro turned his gaze the small mouse behind him. \"Ask him.\"\n\nGabe gulped then fell to his knees. \"I am sorry. It is my fault.\"\n\nThe ferret held his slain child. \"Donaldo...\" Tears formed in the old man's eyes. \"Why?\"\n\nFaro touched his father's shoulder. \"Dad...\"\n\nThe old ferret growled. \"You! You led him astray didn't you? Why else would a mouse of Redwall have attacked him?\"\n\nFaro bit his lip. \"Yes... We had intended to make off with the otter there.\"\n\nThe ferret slapped his son. \"You would have led him to infidelity when you knew already he was to be married?\"\n\nFaro's lip quivered. \"I would have... We were just walking; it wasn't even in our minds until we saw her.\"\n\nLiz blushed at the ferret speaking of her.\n\nDerry comforted her.\n\nThe father growled a curse under his breath. \"Come, it seems now our planned wedding will be a funeral.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe ferretmaiden,\u0026nbsp;Rita\u0026nbsp;fell to her hands and knees on seeing the body of her betrothed.\n\nFaro held her as she wept over his brother's corpse.\n\nThe mother wept as well.\n\nGabriel felt increasingly worse as the day went on.\n\nFaro's father held back his tears as he dressed his young son into the last clothes he would ever wear. When he was finished, he nodded to Faro. The son and the father both worked to carry Donnie's body to a small graveyard where the father's own parents had been interred in the past.\n\nThe whole family stood around the fresh dug plot.\n\nGabriel, Derry and Liz all watched in silence as the family prayed in a foreign language unfamiliar to them.\n\n\"Donaldo... may Heaven welcome you with open arms.\" The father spoke before he began the terrible task of burying his youngest child.\n\nLiz shed tears. Derry held her then Gabriel. The mouse relented. He hugged his two traveling companions.\n\nThe father looked to them as he finished. \"I am grateful that you paid your respects as well. I apologize for Faro's sacrilegious behavior. I am his father. I should have been stricter.\"\n\nFaro turned his eyes to the soil, not feeling he could look at his father anymore. \"They killed him.\"\n\n\"But you led him there in the first place! Do you deny that?\"\n\nFaro sniffed. \"No...\"\n\nThe father threw down his shovel then held his wayward elder son. Then he looked back to the trio of Redwallers. \"I don't suppose you three would care to have supper. My mother always said eating with friends and family was a good remedy for tragedy.\"\n\nGabriel spoke for his friends, \"We would be honored.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEarring awoke to Flower at his bedside. Crafty girl, he thought. He did not even hear her come in. He lifted the blanket and saw that she was bare, as was he. He must have been hard asleep, he thought. He nuzzled the lovely ferretmaid.\n\nShe stirred then opened her pretty blue eyes. \"Good morning, Cap.\" She cooed rubbing his muscular chest.\n\nEarring ran his paws through her brown headfur. \"Did we do anything last night that I missed?\"\n\nFlower giggled. \"You didn't have to do much. But since you're awake, you can do more.\"\n\nHe pushed the blanket aside then sat Flower on his chest as he sucked on her nipples. The ferret pushed herself back across the hyena's body, moaned as her crotch slid over his rough belly fur. She laid out on top of him as they kissed.\n\nThe cabin door opened at that time. \"Will! We've found land.\" Dan shouted.\n\nEarring stood at the prow of the ship. He saw much trees of vibrant green colors. \"Rich land which means rich people.\" He grinned.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGabriel and his friends sat around the dinner table with the ferret family. Gabriel felt a thought come to his mind. \"I beg your pardon, Mister...\"\n\n\"Malachi...\" The old ferret spoke. \"I am Malachi.\"\n\nGabriel nodded. \"Malachi, how did you know we were from Redwall?\"\n\nThe ferret let a weak smile show. \"Well for one, you three are far too clean to be travelers. Another, I recognized your sword.\" He pointed his cane to the Martin Sword which rested against a wall. \"I saw it myself when I was once at Redwall.\"\n\nDerry blinked. \"You were in Redwall?\"\n\nThe ferret nodded. \"My wife and I had made the trek from our home country to this land. We felt it would be safer from the crime in the southern lands we came from. In the time we traveled however...\" He looked to his wife. She nodded with a mischievous smile. \"Well, it was Spring when we got here, so you can guess for yourselves. And well, by the time we'd made it to these woods, our son, Faro was weighing heavy in his mother's womb. She fell crossing the River Moss. Otters from Redwall found us; they offered to escort us to the Abbey for shelter.\"\n\nThe son was beginning to blush from being reminded of this.\n\nMalachi patted Faro on his shoulder. \"Yes, my Faro was born a Redwaller.\" He laughed. He calmed himself then he looked at Gabriel. \"Tell me, young warrior. Is Bruce still at Redwall?\"\n\nGabe nodded. \"He is the abbot there.\"\n\nMalachi laughed again, stroking his whiskers. \"Really? Well, that is good to know. We became friends during those first few years we'd lived there before Carol and I decided to leave and build our own home.\" He decided to change the subject. \"What were you three doing in the woods, then?\"\n\nGabe spoke, \"We were on our way to Salamandastron.\"\n\n\"Ah, what for?\"\n\nThe mouse politely nodded. \"If you don't mind, I'd rather keep that private.\"\n\nMalachi cocked an eyebrow. \"I see...\" He suddenly stood up. \"Well, it's already late. I'm happy to offer you three a place to rest before you continued on.\"\n\nThe mouse laughed. \"You're sure we won't be a bother?\"\n\nThe elder ferret smiled. \"Not at all.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat night, Gabe found himself unable to sleep. He heard pawsteps. He followed them as quietly as he could and found Faro kneeling by his brother's fresh grave.\n\nThe ferret looked up as the mouse joined him. \"Hey...\"\n\nGabriel nodded. \"Hey.\" The mouse sat with the ferret.\n\nFaro sighed. \"I don't blame you anymore. I realize my brother would still be here if I weren't so hardheaded.\"\n\nGabriel snickered. \"Thank you, but that wasn't my question. How old are you, Faro?\"\n\nThe ferret looked up to the smaller male. \"Um, I've just recently turned 24.\"\n\nGabe nodded. \"Ah, we're two years apart. I was asking because, I was born in Redwall, I spent my whole life there, I never remembered seeing ferrets in the abbey.\"\n\nFaro scoffed. \"Yes, well, I'm sure you've heard of the _gallant_ reputation of ferrets in Mossflower.\"\n\nGabe shrugged. \"You can't judge a whole race on the actions of the few.\"\n\nThe ferret smiled. \"That's a good one.\" He stood up. \"Thank you for this talk but, I'm turning in.\"\n\nThe mouse stayed seated. \"Alright, I'll be in shortly. Good night, Faro.\"\n\nThe ferret stopped briefly, then walked in with a smile. Faro walked past his brother's room when the door opened. His brother's fiancée was there.\n\n\"Faro...\"\n\nHe hesitated.\n\nShe stood there with her arm resting against the doorframe. \"You can have me to yourself now, Faro.\" She whispered.\n\nHe sighed. \"Rita, I told you, that was only one time. I didn't want to hurt Donnie.\"\n\nRita spoke matter-of-factly, \"You can't hurt him now.\" She leaned on his shoulder to let him feel her. \"I always loved Donnie. I would have married him. I wanted to so much.\" She kissed his cheek. \"But if anyone was to sire my first child, I'd prefer someone wilder.\" She held his waist.\n\nFaro groaned. He bit his lip as he could feel himself become aroused from her forwardness. He remembered the last time he had let her seduce him. The previous month when his brother was at market with his father, he was bathing in the tub when she walked in. With nary a word, she locked the door, disrobed then joined him in the tub. She was his for that moment.\n\nNo sooner had his mind returned to the present did he find himself locked in embrace with his dead brother's fiancée. This was so wrong, he thought. Here he was in his brother's bedroom being undressed by his betrothed. He was glad at least that he'd remembered to close the door before she threw him on the bed.\n\nGabriel was walking by when his ears picked up noises from the previously empty room. With a glance to check if anyone was around, the mouse opened the door partway.\n\nFaro had Rita on her back now as he mated furiously with her. He never noticed the mouse watching his strong haunches flexing on each thrust.\n\nThe mouse blushed dark from seeing the ferrets. He bit his finger, he could feel his undergarment tightening.\n\nRita dug her nails into his backside as she felt her climax, biting her lip to prevent waking his parents.\n\nFaro was not so reserved. He leaned in close, uttering a deep guttural growl of lust as his own climax hit.\n\nRita delighted at Faro's seed warming her belly.\n\nFaro did not feel as good. He felt guilty in fact. \"This is the last time.\" He said before getting up.\n\nThe ferretmaid waved him off as she whispered to herself, \"He'll be back.\"\n\nFaro stepped into the hall naked, his clothes held in front of him. He hurried back to his own room, praying no one would see him.\n\nGabe was in the guest room he'd had to share with Derry since Malachi would not allow \"unwed lovers\" to sleep together under his roof. He knew he would have trouble sleeping now.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe following morning, Gabriel, Derry and Liz were treated to a fine breakfast of robin eggs. Soon, the trio was ready to go on their way.\n\nMalachi's whole family were outside to see them off.\n\nFaro felt his father's paw on his shoulder. \"Dad?\"\n\nMalachi smiled. \"Go with them, Faro.\"\n\nThe young ferret gulped from his father's words. \"You mean it? You want me to go?\"\n\nThe elder ferret whispered, \"You are very much wild at heart my son. Maybe if I let you see the world you'll decide for yourself if you're ready to be a man. Either way, I'm still proud of you.\"\n\nGabriel heard what Malachi said. \"Don't worry, sir. I'll make sure your son comes back not too banged up.\"\n\nThe mother wagged a finger. \"You do so.\"\n\nSoon Faro was packed and ready to leave as well. He hugged both of his parents.\n\nThe newly formed quartet\u0026nbsp;began their journey when Rita ran out to stop him.\n\nShe struck him on the chest. \"So that's it? You're just leaving?\"\n\nFaro sighed. He held her shoulders. He leaned in and said, \"Bugger off.\"\n\nShe blushed at his swearing at her. \"But what about us?\"\n\nHe threw her off. \"There is no us! I don't want you! Now go!\"\n\nRita fell to her knees as the quartet walked away. She cried into her paws.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEarring led the expedition from the ship to check for any indigenous beasts. On his group were Dan, Flower, Marko, Dewclaw and two stoats.\n\nWill looked about the dense forest. \"It seems very thick.\"\n\nDan slashed his way through any low branches. \"We should at least check for food.\" The fox stepped wrong on a hill. \"Oh shit!\" He slipped and fell. He rolled to a stop at the bottom. \"Damn, that could've been better.\" He looked up and found himself staring into a spear point.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Captain Earring","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/572792-captain-earring-chapter-two.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/597888-captain-earring-chapter-four.json"}}