The Other Side of the Line
What a most entertainin' day it's turned out ta be! I tell ya ah didn't see this one comin'. One minute ah'm on top of the world and the next ah'm watchin' it all crash down around me. The worst part is ah have no one else ta blame but me'self. Ah danced on both sides an' this is jus' a way of payin' me back…
It's been awhile since ah've been alone like this. Ah always did have the bes' kind of company. Whether it was me boisterous crew retellin' stories of glorious adventures er the most enchantin' females ah ever set eyes on, there was never a lonely moment with this ol' captain. Ta think that one like him managed ta change all that.
Right…Him…Ah! 'Ere he comes now, the little mouse boy playin' hero…Well, ah guess "playin'" is a poor choice of words. One hardly slays me bes' shipmates an' sets ablaze all ah have by jus' playin'. No…He's done playin' an' ah can't help but laugh...
Ah don't jus' laugh at him. Ah laugh at us both. 'Ere we are, two beast of such great potential an' we're wastin' it all on the same ol' tired story. A story ah could've stopped at any moment too. One simple thrus' of me sword an' that would've been the end of it, but no. Ah sparred his life, even asked em ta join me crew.
HAH! He graciously declined ma offer by spittin' in me face. What spirit he had an' spirit is somethin' ah hold in high regard, which is why instead of strapin' him ta the sides of me ship, ah decided ta just maroon the little runt on some island.
Ah ask you, how is one beast ta know that when ya leave a youngin' fer dead he'll come back as a champion of all that is right an' jus'?
…Ah knew. Ah knew cause ah've heard it a hundred times before from silly little tales, tales of heroes an' villains. Tales that tell of a world with only two sides an' if ya weren't on one ya were on the other. That didn't sit well with this ol' pirate. So, ah tried ta not chose ah side an' stay out of those stories by dancin' on both sides of the line…An' oh what a wonderful dance it was…
This isn't right, this is downright unfair! Ah'm not the one who chose a side, this mouse did! What? Are ya sayin' jus' because ah'm not on his side ah'm on the other? If ah'm not one fer a life of helpin' thy fellow beast an' protectin' things like friendship an' love then ah'm a dastardly villain with a lustin' fer destruction an' sufferin', is that it?
...Very well…If this is the way our world is, then all those on the other side better pray ma story ends 'ere. Fer if this mouse is not the hero who brings about me ruin then ah'll make sure that the world an' everybeast in it truly knows what ma side is capable of!
Come 'ere "hero" an' let's turn the page!