"For the crimes of Piracy, theft, attempted murder, and illegal aviation in Storm Airspace, You and your crew are sentenced to forty years in Prison!"
Those words she heard three months ago were the nail in the coffin that was her Fate.
"Captain Celaeno, How nice of you to join us," A hyena with a missing ear smiled hungrily at her as she entered the mess hall of her Prison.
To call it a prison would be an overstatement, What she was in was a labor camp.
When she asked a guard why the prison was like this, she frowned at the answer she got.
"Jailhouses are expensive to build, And this city is still new, So until a proper prison can be built, your prison will be the quarry,"
The Quarry, What was once the hideout of a local bandit group was slowly transformed into an open-air prison, Fences surrounded the entire area.
Nobody but the prisoners and guards come in.
And only the guards walk out.
Digging into the mountain, Carrying heavy rocks, turning those same rocks into bricks to send outside the prison.
Each day, over and over, the prisoners will work until their arms shake and their knees buckle. Only to end the day eating tasteless slop, sleeping on hard mattresses, and covering themselves with the thinnest of blankets.
Celaeno scowled at the Hyena with the missing ear, "Zubafu the Earless, How horrid of you to invade my eyesight,"
"Ha! Only the worst for the dumbest bitch in the prison!" Zubafu yelled with a smile, his greasy face scarred from years of banditry.
"He might be a horrible piece of shit," Celaeno thought to herself, "But he's not as stupid as he seems," She glared at the inmate.
It was during her stay at Storm Quarry Prison Camp that Zubafu the Earless took over his old gang as the new leader after their previous boss ran away.
"She's not coming to get us!" He yelled months ago, the bruised body of a fellow inmate dangling in his arms, "She's a coward, always been one always will be!"
"I'm the new boss! Me!" Celaeno had to give him credit, he kept his idiots in line.
"Psst, captain!" Celaeno paused eating her slop when one of her own crew-mates tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention.
And as she listened to him whisper in her ear, her beak turned upwards in a smile.
"Get the gang ready," Celaeno whispered to him, "We're leaving tomorrow,"
The Storm Quarry Prison Camp had as tight of security as it could, Each transport was double and then triple-checked before it could be allowed anywhere near the Quarry.
Guards patrolled the fences, watchtowers saw everything that happened inside and out.
And most importantly, every small change had to go through Him.
The Warden.
A White-Quilled Hedgehog held The Quarry in an iron grip.
"The Warden is leaving the prison for a meeting with officials in Kings Landing today, this is our chance to get out of here," Celaeno whispered to her fellow Parrots.
"But how will we get out?" One of them asked, his eyes surveying the fences high above the quarry, Turtles and Hedgehogs walking around as guards.
"It's simple," Celaeno smiled as she pointed a talon at an airship, "Food is being supplied today, with the Warden gone the security will be lower than usual, we'll take that chance to sneak onboard, and while the ship is in the air, we'll take over and fly away," Her crewmates clapped and nodded at her brilliant plan.
And Just like that, They escaped.
"Sir! Sir!" A Storm Creature called out to a short white hedgehog as he ran down the brick corridors of the Storm Base.
"What is it?" The white Hedgehog, The Warden, asked as he sneered at the Creature wasting his time. Does he not know he has important matters to attend to?
"Captain Celaeno and her crew escaped," The Storm Creature breathed out.
"EXCUSE ME?!" The Warden screamed at the Storm Creature, "HOW?!"
"I- I don't know! I'm just the messenger," The Storm Creature answered quickly, his Ape-like face covered in sweat as he stammered at the Warden.
"Well tell the guards to CATCH THEM!" The Warden screamed at the messenger who nodded his head meekly to the smaller creature before turning tail and running back to the Prison.
"Grrrr You!" The Warden yelled at a nearby guard, their face covered by a standard Storm Army Mask, "Take me to the communications room! I need to contact His Majesty!"
The Storm Guard saluted the Hedgehog and picked him up in his arms, running over to the communications room.
"I give you permission to shoot down the airship," The Face on the crystal screen spoke, and The Warden saluted to it and nodded his tiny head.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I'll make sure that nothing like this ever happens again to our Great Empire!" The Warden said with conviction, his arm over his heart as he swore to The Storm King.
"Good," The Storm King nodded on the screen, "I'll be looking forward to your update once you're done. Dismissed." And with those words, the glowing screen of magic crystal turned off, and The Warden stared at his reflection on the empty screen.
"Take me to the Acting Commander," The Warden told the guard who saluted at him before he carried the Hedgehog off.
The Warden had some pirates to shoot down.
"That crazy Bitch actually did it," Zubafu the Earless laughed loudly as he watched the Storm Guards being pushed off the airship by the crew of green Parrots.
"Should we follow after them?" A Bulldog asked him and Zubafu answered by kicking at him, punting him like a soccer ball.
"And get killed by the Storm King? Hell No!" The New Hyena yelled, "We're going to work our sentence off, and then we're out of here!" His gang cheered at his conviction.
"Boss! I made pretzels!" A Dog yelled as he ran over, a platter of salty pretzels in his paws.
"Yoink!" Zubafu sounded as he grabbed the platter of Pretzels from the Dog's hands, "Hey Everyone! I made Pretzels!" Zubafu yelled, earning cheers for his totally not stolen pretzels.