TheSilverPheonix: Hello fellow Fanfictioniers, welcome to my new story. I hope you enjoy it.
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Mysteries of the Heart
1: Losing Yourself
Allie's POV
It's funny what happens when you lose both of your parents in the same day. You slowly start to deteriorate and you lose sight of what's really going on around you, you lose yourself in the misery and pain.
That's what happened to my brother and I. We woke up and they were gone, naught a note nor any evidence of where they went or what happened. We had thought, at the moment, that they might've just gone for a walk. So we waited until they got back, but soon those minutes and hours turned into hours. It was then we realized they weren't coming back anytime soon. So trust me when I say that we weren't too happy about that, not one bit. But that's obvious isn't it?
Now, I was the closest to my parents so I had a bit more faith that they would return or had a good reason for being gone for so long. But my brother, on the other hand, had problems with them and was a little less than faithful in them. At that point we had begun to go over the possibilities of what had happened. There was a chance that they were taken, but there was no evidence of a struggle, so that was out. Unless they were taken quietly of course, but what are the chances of that?
Anyways, after that day my brother and I decided it'd be best we leave our home, just in case someone came back for us. Besides, since we were young, we could afford to stay there any longer nevertheless take care of the place on our own.
So, we gathered some necessary materials and strode right on out of the home we may never see again. We did know what to do, or where to go, so we just bartered off some passage to a place called Tortuga. Where did we get the money? We found it around the house of course.
So, back to Tortuga, let's just say that it was a horrible place to be. All you could see were men galloping everywhere, or should I say falling everywhere? You could also see women doing things I had prayed to never see again. And the smell, god, don't get me started…
And guess what? The first thing we encountered there were two men, who were looking a little bit too friendly at me for my taste. They had started to talk to us, more specifically me, and we hesitated to tell them the truth so we told them lies instead. I had never really lied before so I kind of felt bad at the moment. But all that went away once they asked if we would like to stay at their place. We told them no immediately and that made them angry, of course, so they started to advance upon us. My brother, as protective as he was, he stepped in front of me telling them to leave us alone. The men had laughed and knocked him out the way…unconscious.
Gulping a bit, I had ignored their hungry looks and ran off down the walkway. I knew they were chasing me but I didn't look back. After running for quite a bit of time, I turned to finally look back, but bumped into someone along the way. I had landed with an "Oomph!" and almost knocked myself out. It was a luck day for me then, no?
Anyways, looking up a bit irritable, I had laid my eyes upon a boy. Small, dark brown, dreadlocks came down his face, a trifold hat covering the top, and clothes that had probably seen better days. He had stared at me for a bit before offering his hand. I had stared at it for a moment before taking it thus letting him help me up. Once I was up, I remembered the men who were chasing me, and hid behind the boy. It was a bad move at the time but I wasn't thinking. Nevertheless the men had finally caught up and glared at me and the boy, who was looking between me and them. I think he seemed to understand the situation because he started to take out a sword. At that moment I had silently prayed that he knew how to use it.
After that I started to listen to the conversation between the boy and the men. The boy, who had seemed angry, asked them what they wanted with me. The men gave each other looks before taking out their own swords. I bit my lip and slowly started to back up, hoping to escape. But then again I hadn't wanted to leave the boy there with those men. So, for some reason, I had decided to stay…
Let's just say that I'm glad I did…
For in those next few minutes, with the boy and men yelling at each other, another man had come up and asked what was going on. I had turned and looked at him and then at the boy, their resemblance was noticeable. So I figured they must've been related, and I was right, for I had soon learned that the man was the boy's father, Captain Teague was his name. And the boy, whose name I had finally learned, was Jack.
Captain Teague, who was nice enough, told the men to go unless they desired to go missing, and that no one would find their bodies. He even took out his own sword for emphasis. I stood there between him and Jack, who had moved next to me, and watched what had happened. The men had given me one look, probably decided I wasn't worth it, and ran off. After that I had immediately turned around and thanked the two of them. Captain Teague then had asked me what was I doing out in a place like that (Tortuga). I don't know why, and I still don't till this day, but I had started to tell them my story.
Captain Teague had then looked at his son, who looked at him, and then they both looked at me. I had stared at them wondering what they were thinking. Jack then spoke up first questioning the whereabouts of my brother.
I don't think I had ever run so fast before….
I had run all the way to where my brother, thankfully, was still lying. He was still unconscious though and I didn't have any experience dealing with unconscious people. So basically I hadn't know what to do.
Then I heard footsteps nearby and stood up, ready to defend myself. But all was calm when I saw that it was Jack instead of another drunken man. He had taken one look at my brother and told me to follow him. And again, trusting him, he and I carried my brother to a ship on the docks. Once we were aboard Jack had called for help. A couple of men rushed over and immediately took my brother from our hands. I gave them a look and Jack reassured me that they wouldn't harm him, that they were just going to take him to a room to rest for a day or so. I nodded before a thought had come to mind. I told Jack what I was thinking and he told me that his father told him to go find me and my brother to offer a place on his ship.
I stared at him.
Then I looked off somewhere.
Then I gave him a smile and thanked him. He nodded and told me that I could stay with my brother until he had woken up. I nodded and we both headed towards the place the men had taken him.
Who knew this one day would turn out the way it did?
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