It had been four weeks already on the ship. Clarke had snuck on it to be away from her problems, but now she's got a bigger one. She was ill. Her gums had begun bleeding and her limbs were aching and stiff. As someone who knew quite a few thing about medics, she knew what it was. It was scurvy. Of course it had been inevitable, she didn't have much vitamins in the last few weeks. Hell, she barely had gotten anything to eat. She was starting to think that maybe sneaking on a ship that belonged to a pirate had been a bad idea. Had it all been really worth it? Of course, now she was away from her problems, but were these problems worth dying for on the middle of the ocean. She should have thought this through. Her life was not that bad before. It had been bad, but not this bad.

As a woman she had not been able to go into medical school like she wanted, nor do anything else of any usage. All she could do was marry a nice rich man and give birth to lots of children. She did not want to do this, she wanted to do something important and not be the property of some man. Her parents thought otherwise, they had a high status and their daughter could not cause a scandal. So after she put up a fight her father decided that she could at least choose her own husband. She choose Finn after over many other suitors. He was kind and open minded, she fell in love with him. Clarke and he already set a date for the marriage, what Finn forgot to mention was that he was already engaged to another.

Clarke just could not handle it anymore. When she had finally decided to play by the rules of society, it had turned against her. Out of options, she just ran away. And that was how she got in this mess. She had kept hidden in the cargo hold. She had of course been stealing food, but only a few times. She did not dare to go farout of her hiding spot. Water was luckily kept close by her. The lack of decent food and vitamins had gotten her in this situation. She knew something had to change quickly, because otherwise she would not survive. She just hoped the ship got to its destination soon so she could get off it.