THE PIRATE SONG
Welcome
It stank of dead fish. And rotten fruit. The disgusting smell was dancing through the air all over the loud and busy square of the sea port town Southampton. The once worshiped town for his greatness and trade was now just a shadow of its past.
The year 1679 was written on all Newspaper front pages, which were offered by a small and dirty boy in the middle of the square. The boy with his too-big hat was shouting his voice out, announcing the latest news that happened a day ago. His clothes were too small for him and dust and mud could easily be seen all over the fabric; his bare feet were muddy and his nails were as black as night.
But no one really cared.
There was a group of people in the centre of the square that wore unusual colourful clothes. Those were the traveling singers that attracted quite a lot attention; especially the singer – a young black-haired woman with a strong voice and a face that had no origins in England.
Welcome to the greatest show
Greatest show on earth
You've never seen before
Here the fairytale unfolds
The girl was beautiful; slim figure wrapped in short red fabric, showing off all her perfect curves. She moved around and smiled at her audience.
In the meantime the newspaper boy was too busy to do his work.
People were walking past him or stopping to buy the huge, black-printed newspaper with sheets white due the boy's dirty hands.
What's behind the smoke and glass?
Painted faces, everybody wears a mask
Are you selling them your soul?
Well you'll be left out in the cold
The beauty with her creamy-coloured skin continued with her song, not carrying about the crush of people at the square that tried to be louder as her with no avail.
''News! News! Buy the latest News!'' the newspaper boy shouted with his still girly voice that did not suited his tall and thin figure. He moved here and there but mostly remained on his favourite spot because the newspaper sheets were too heavy to be carried around. He had a great number of the paper next to him for people to buy.
Is it all blue skies
Fun and games untill you fall
Then you're left without anyone at all
You're riding on a shooting star
With a smile upon your face
But soon the shine fades
The singer sang into the sky, her co-workers singing lightly back-up. They walked in circles around the Spanish beauty and called for people to come and listen to the song.
''Pirates seen near the coast! Beware people! Beware!'' the newspaper boy screamed and made a lot of people become interested in the newspaper. A gentleman stopped and gave him a coin, receiving one of the newspapers. Then he made his way through the square that was crowded by people carrying baskets of vegetables, fruits and meat; there were many stands behind which were standing costers, screaming their throats out.
''Fresh tomatoes! Fresh tomatoes! Right from the new land across the sea!'' a woman with a dirty face was shouting and while doing that she arranged the tomatoes each time someone bought one.
''Fish! Buy fresh fish!'' an old man with a long beard called, but his voice was weak and poor as well as were his fish. They stank and were most probably not fresh at all. But it seemed that no one cared about the smell. Not even about the fact that the fish was not good. A very young girl with a dirty legless puppet in her arms came shuffled by the stand of fishes and walked past it. The finger of her free hand was firmly in her mouth, while her innocent eyes looked around her. Her bare feet were small and fragile, but she walked fast with them.
And you're left out all alone
Wondering where did they all go?
The Latina looked around her with a theatrically sad face and watched the dirty orphan girl move around.
When the girl walked past the stand with carrots and red peppers, the old lady kindly smiled at the girl and waved her hand. The little orphan smiled back, showing her mouth that lacked quite a few teeth and walked to the old lady.
The stand was too big for her and she could hardly see over it, but that did not stop the old lady to give the small girl a couple of carrots. The girl happily took the carrots with her free hand that she pulled out of her mouth and giggled as a thank you. The old lady giggled back but had to turn away when a customer asked for the vegetables. If she watched the girl a bit longer, she would have seen that those small and cute hands were expertly stealing a large amount of carrots and red peppers; and then running away as fast as possible.
Oooh
Been jaded, hated,
Who'll be around when the limelight's faded?
Been shut down, pushed out
Made to smile when I wanted to frown
The singer smiled to herself when she saw the orphan do her job and continued with her performance.
The orphan ran past the newspaper boy and smirked at him. He just glanced at her with annoyance and shouted the second news in the newspaper.
Always taking a bow
''The other news! The other news! Lady Quinn Elizabeth Fabrey and Sir Finn Conroy Hudson celebrate their engagement! Tonight!''
Always working the crowd
That awoke the attention of an old man who was sitting on the ground his back leaned to the wall of a building. He was most probably a homeless bastard with no money and future. However, one could not be so sure. His face was hidden by the hood of his dirty clothing, but his hands that caught the arm of another homeless child who was running around was pretty fast and strong. The boy looked at the man in fear, but smiled at him soon after the man gave him some coins to buy him the newspaper and keep the change.
Always breaking new ground
The smith's son ran to the newspaper boy and bought the newspaper. He ran back to the man sitting on the ground and gave him what he wanted. Then he ran away as fast as possible, happy to get some money.
Always playing the clown
The man with the hoody opened the newspaper and read it through.
Who'll be sticking it out?
He smirked at the front page that screamed Pirates, but he frowned at the next page that had the name Quinn, Finn and engagement printed on. His mouth was the only part of his face that could be seen under his hoody.
Who'll be staying around
He suddenly stood up, looked around for any witnesses; but when he noticed that no one was looking at him, he turned around, walked through a dirty passage between two buildings and disappeared in the dark.
When the lights go down?