Lias Adventures with Captain

CH.1 CASTAWAYS

"All hands on deck!" the Captain of the 'Calypsos Anger' yelled. Lia opened her eyes and heard the crew runing on deck. She got up and walked slowly towards her mistress' quarters.

Lia was a maid in Lord Becketts household. She was in charge of his sister, Susie and her child, Emma. Lia is 22 years old, she has long black hair and big green eyes. Her father was a fisherman before he was killed by pirates. After his death, her mother got sick and died a year later. So, Lia was left on the streets since when she was 14 years old.

She walked quietly into Susies cabin and picked up Emma who just woke up. Emma was a beautiful little girl, around 3 years old, she had blonde curly hair and blue eyes, she already knew how to walk, talk and she would run around all day without shuting up.

The ship made a strange movement and almost threw Lia down. She quickly found her balance, took Emma by the hand and ran onto the deck.

It was raining, the crew was running around like crazy and the Captain was on the wheel steering the ship. She went towards him.

"Captain Jones! What is going on?" she asked.

"Can't ye see, lass? Were in a storm! I'm afraid we wont make it. Wake your mistress and her brother up and tell them to get ready." He ordered, Lia nodded and ran to Susies quarters. She started shaking the young woman to wake her up.

"Miss, get up. We are abandoning the ship!" she said. Susies eyes flew open and she held Emma in her arms. She looked at Lia with worried eyes and nodded.

"Okay, I will get our things ready. Go and wake Cutler up."

Lia ran to Becketts quarters, he was lying shirtless on his king sized bed and was sleeping peacefully. His pale face was so calm she hardly recognised him. She moved closer and started shaking him.

"Mister Beckett. Mister Beckett please wake up!" she said over and over. He opened one eye and looked at her curiously. Then, he snuggled up on his warm pillow and hugged it.

"Five more minutes." He growled. Lia sighed and shook him harder.

"Mister Beckett we really-" she started saying but he got up and grabbed her wrist.

"I heard you. What's the problem? Why did you wake me up?" he asked angrily. She looked at him with wide eyes, this was the first time he was aggressive towards her.

"I-I-I…the ship is…and…" he shook her.

"Tell me!"

"We have to abandon the ship." She finally said. He nodded and quickly put his shirt and boots on. He took her by the arm and they went on deck. Susie and Emma were already on the boats. Beckett pushed her in it and then sat next to her. Emma left her mothers embrace and ran towards Lia.

"Lia! I'm scared." She whined and Lia held her tightly. Lia smiled at her reassuringly.

"Don't worry dear. Everything will be just fine." She said and pattered her back.

Two crew men started rowing, everyone was quiet, Susie was lost in thought, Emma was fast asleep, Beckett was looking at the sea and Lia was shivering next to him. The Captains eyes widened.

"Hold on! There's a big wave coming!" he yelled. Lia went to hold on her seat but she couldn't hold it tightly, she took hold of Becketts shirt and closed her eyes. She felt a hand slap hers off Becketts shirt, before she could do anything a huge wave went over them.

She held Emma tightly but she lost her balance and they both fell into the cold water. Lia paniced, she didn't know how to swim and ther heavy dress wasn't helping her. She tried to keep Emmas head up and desperatly looked for something to grab on. She saw a piece of wood, she waited 'till it came closer and she grabbed it. When she was sure that Emma was safe and that she wouldn't fall down, she relaxed her head on the wood and closed her eyes…

Someone was shaking her. Lias eyes flew open and she saw Emma sitting over her playing with a shell. She looked around and saw that they were on a beach. The sun was warm over their heads and the sand looked like gold.

"Goodmorning Emma." She said, the little girl looked at her with a big smile.

"Good moning Lia. Look a shell fish!" she said and started jumping up and down. Lia smiled at her and got up.

"How about we look around, eh?" she asked the little girl who nodded happily. She took her by the hand and they walked towards the jungle that was behind them. Emma looked fascinated with all the colours around her.

"Look a bird! Hello birdy." She said and pointed at a parrot that was sitting on a tree.

"Don't eat me! Don't eat me!" the parrot said and flew away. Emmas face fell.

"I didn't want to eat him. Why did he go?" she asked.

"Don't worry, he might've went to his mummy because it's food time." She said to make the little girl happy "Speaking of food, I'm hungry. Come, lets find something to eat." She said and the walked further into the forest.

They found some banana trees and eat as many bananas as they could. After their 'meal' Emma started to feel sleepy so Lia went to find a place to sleep. They walked back to the beach and found a little boat.

"That's weird." Lia said "I didn't know anyone lived here." She lifted Emma and walked closer. Nothing was in it and it looked confortable "I guess we can sleep here, eh?" Emma rubbed her eyes in response. They made their selves confy and relaxed.

Half an hour later, they were both asleep and they didn't notice a small figure coming closer to them, thinking they looked tasty…