After telling her sister Scabmona goodbye, Fleabee escapes with Ambrose to the world above where she plans to start a new life.Fleabee gazed into the golden eyes of Mabb and her own gentle brown eyes blinked away a single tear.

'Orace Baldmony's ghost appears and informs Fleabee that she must leave the sewers as soon as possible. She refuses, stating that she wouldn't kill for Jupiter and she won't for Mabb either. Fleabee realises that Mabb intends for her to sacrifice Ambrose on the altar. He was captured that night for the purpose of being a victim for the juvenile rats, and managed to escape from them.

A young grey squirrel named Ambrose is hiding there. Behind the altar of Mabb, Fleabee suddenly hears frightened sobs. In it are three altars dedicated to the deities Hobb, Mabb, and Bauchan. Then a light appears on the enchanted dagger, and she is led to an ancient temple of the Raith Sidhe hidden deep within the sewers. When she wakes up, Fleabee finds an amethyst-encrusted dagger on her pillow, a gift from the goddess.Īt the Festival of the First Blood, Fleabee keeps wondering what Mabb is going to do to help save her. But Fleabee cannot see another way out of her predicament and agrees to become Mabb's new high priestess. Baldmony tells Fleabee she has a good heart and should resist the evil Mabb. That night, not only does Mabb appear but also 'Orace Baldmony, the ghost of a rat who defected from Jupiter and converted to the religion of the benevolent Green Mouse. Akkikuyu gives Fleabee a Mabb Rest, a special pillow used to summon her in dreams. Klakkweena surreptitiously takes Fleabee to the fortune-teller Madame Akkikuyu, who agrees that Fleabee should consult Mabb, the goddess of the Raith Sidhe. She wonders if Fleabee is not meant to follow Jupiter but the Raith Sidhe, the three ancient usurped gods of the rats. Though rat culture requires that they be cold and uncaring, Fleabee's mother Klakkweena is secretly concerned for her daughter's safety. Even the dark magic of Jupiter, lord of the rats, cannot instill bloodlust in Fleabee. If they fail to do so, they will be killed themselves. However, the Festival of the First Blood is approaching, a coming-of-age tradition for the rats when they must commit their first murder. She is good-natured and doesn't wish to harm anything.

2.6 Chapter 6: Trespassers in the Cellarįleabee, a young rat living in the sewers of Deptford, is unlike others of her kind.

2.4 Chapter 4: The Tale of 'Orace Baldmony.

2.2 Chapter 2: With Rancid Alf and his Cronies.

Fleabee's Fortune by Robin Jarvis