A/N: Hey! So this is an SYOC based story. I'll be accepting 4 OC's as main characters and others may be featured as side characters. More on this at the bottom!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pirate101, so don't sue me!
"Run!" Shouts Thorn. I comply and attempt to run away from the battle. I can see the longboat waiting for me. Freedom is so close I can taste it. I'll go home and see my brother. I'll continue studying magic. Everything will go back to normal. All I have to do is make it. I don't make it. I trip and fall, breaking my nose on the rough deck. Blood runs down my face, and the troops are on me in an instant, pressing the barrel of a gun against the base of my neck. Damn! I was so close! Lying here, I realize that this was likely my last chance to escape before execution. Execution, the thought makes me shudder.
"Now now Mr. Brown, you're being awfully naughty." I hear a mechanical voice above me. Phule. I hate that bastard for keeping me imprisoned for three years. He'll pay someday.
"Did you really think you could escape Mr. Brown?" He uses my cover name mockingly. He knows my name isn't Aiden Brown. They beat my real name out of me a month ago.
"Yeah, why would I have tried it otherwise?" I growl.
Phule just lets out the clockwork equivalent of a laugh.
"You know we're going to have to make sure you cannot escape." He's serious again.
"Yes"
"Servus Semptimus." The name of a solder.
They move my right arm out to the side. I know what they plan to do.
...
(2 months later from the perspective of a young witchdoctor named Patrick Andrews)
"Cap'n why are we goin' ta trade with water moles?"
"I need a new amulet. Water moles make the best ones."
"Could I look for somethin' ta polish my gun with when we get there?"
"Of course Bonnie."
I look out across the open sky. There aren't usually many ships near rapa nui, but I see one heading towards the island a few leagues behind us. Hopefully it's not Crimson Jake, or anyone else I owe money to.
"Land ho captain!"
...
(Aiden's pov)
"Captain you really should-"
"Shut up."
"But-"
"Shut. Up."
Damn it! I can't believe I lost my enchanted feather earring in a fight! That thing had cost me a fortune's worth of spider silk cloth!
"Captain your blood pressure-"
"To hell with my goddamn blood pressure!"
Damn Thorn. He's been treating me with kids gloves since that little incident with my arm a few months ago.
"Have taken your dosage your-"
"It's Captain, and no..."
"I apologize Captain, I'll go fetch your dosage."
Thorn leaves the deck to go get my meds from my cabin. They help with my... uh... issues. Thorn is ridiculously loyal to me. He's a good first mate. He was assigned to guard me when I was five. He was ten at the time. The first time he killed for me he was twelve. Thorn is awesome, when he's not treating me like I'm a delicate newborn.
Thorn returns with five pills and a glass of water. Bastard thinks of everything...
"Thanks..." I take the pills grudgingly. I hate pills.
"Raven has informed me that we're approaching land your-"
"Captain."
"Right. Captain. I'll have to continue practicing that title."
…
(Patrick's pov)
When the other ship docks I watch it closely from the market. The flag has a pink and silver background and an emerald spider with lavender eyes as the crest. It's not a flag I recognize. The first person to step off the ship's deck is who I assume is the captain. He wears a pink bowler hat decorated with a green ribbon and lavender feathers. His coat is pink with green trim and ornate silver embroidery, and he wears tight grey pants and knee high lace up green boots. His hair is long and red and hangs in his face. He carries a wooden staff with leaves and vines growing from it that has a large crystal embedded in the top with one gloved hand. The other hangs near a jagged edged dagger. This guy is a witchdoctor. He's also short. Really short. Probably less than five feet. A tall man with jet black hair follows him carrying a large bag that is likely filled with some kind of tradable good. The captain immediately heads to the merchant that specializes in obscure enchanted items. That particular merchant asks a high price for most of his wares, but if you can pay then the price is worth it.
The Captain speaks to the merchant for a good two minutes, and the black haired man shows him what's in the bag. The merchant shakes his head.
"What do you mean it isn't enough?!" Shouts the captain.
"Not enough. Silk's market value go down."
The Captain clenches his fists and turns around and stomps a few feet away. He stops, yells something I'd rather not repeat, and then continues bartering with the merchant, completely composed once again.
Eventually the merchant hands the Captain a small velvet pouch, and the black haired man gives the merchant the bag. The Captain looks inside the pouch, grins, and gets back on his ship along with the black haired man. They depart moments later.
"Those fellas were awfully strange Cap'n," Murmurs Bonnie coming up behind me.
"The Captain was a Witchdoctor. Witchdoctors are strange."
"Ye got what ye need Cap'n?"
"Yes. Let's go back to skull island."
"Aye Cap'n"
…
(Aiden's pov)
"Vadima you were expecting me?"
"Yes Pine. I was."
I flinch at her use of my real name, but there's never been a chance that she'd call me Aiden.
"What do you want then?"
"We must wait for the others. Have patience your-"
"You know I don't go by my formal title."
"I still feel obligated to call you by it, you are a prince after all."
I sigh.
Vadima turns her attention to the door.
"They will be here soon."
A/N: So The next chapter is the form. I'll tell you everything you need to know there!