Here it is finally. This story is a prequel to the already written Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea. The Name of the story derives from a song called Rolling The Woodpile Down which is an incredily awesome and catchy song, Its sung the best by Santiano. All seven sailors feature in this story and I wanted to put them all together and have them in funny situations. The end of the story has an interest twist that is actually linked to the Tintin universe, I thought it would better to do that so it flowed more as a story. This story is set ten years prior to Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea and is set and least a year and a half before the Crab With Golden Claws.

Title: Rollin' The Waves Down

Catergory: Adventures Of Tintin

Characthers: Captain Haddock, Captain Chester ( 5 OC'S; Captain Abel, Captain Farrell, Captain O'Rielly, Captain O'Hannon, Captain Morgan)

Genre: Friendship & Humor

Language: English

Rating: T

Themes: Drinking and being Merry!

Summary: The Seven Sailors at thier best. When they all remeet at Brixham they end up in some funny situations inculding a drinking incident and an unfortunate incident on Farrell's ship.

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Brixham was busteling with life, in particualry the harbour. Many fisherman were returning from a hard nights work and many sailors were busy repairing thier ships before going back into the open sea. One of these sailors was Captain Farrell whom was busy repairing the deck of his ship, the Orion.

Today was proberly the worst time to complete ship repairs. It was the middle of June and the sun was beating down heavily on the sea captain's back despite the fact that he was wearing a thin white short sleeved shirt and light blue jean. Upon finishing the work he pulled his hand across his sweating brow and let himself collapse onto the upper deck of the Orion. The next thing he heard was a call so unique that only he knew what to reply.

"Yo" Called a voice, a voice that in reconised.

"Ho" Farrell called pulling himself off the deck. Captain Abel's face came into view as Farrell pulled himself onto his feet. As Abel reached the ship he looked down at the Orion and the sea faring occupant.

"Permission to come aboard" Abel asked cheekily. Farrell sighed and shot him an exasperated look.

"You don't need permission, you are always welcome on my ship" Farrell replied. Abel couldn't help but smile at that comment.

"Is it four already?" Farrell questioned.

"Actually it's half four" Abel replied "They're all at the Crown and Anchor waiting for us"

"Its just six of us then" Farrell stated, clambering up the ladders to dry land where Abel was standing. Farrell's statement caused a smile to spread arcoss his face.

"Actually it's all seven of us" Abel replied, unable to prevent the chuckle as he finished the sentence. Farrell stared at Abel for a moment and then realisation dawned on him.

"Wait, Sev...Haddock came!?" Farrell exclaimed unable to prevent the smile that was currrently spreading across his face.

"I told you he would"

"But he's been so busy, I never thought that he would turn up this time"

"He's at the Crown and Anchor with Morgan and company"

Farrell was about to climb up the ladder rungs to see Abel when he realised just how sweat soaked his white shirt was.

"I erm.. may need to change first" Farrell muttered.

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At the Crown and Anchor, Haddock, Morgan, O'Rielly, O'Hannon and Chester where enjoying a little banter whilst waiting for Abel and Farrell. The Crown And Anchor was a delightful public house that looked out into the harbour and was opposite the staute of Sir William of Orange. It was cosy inside with friendly staff and a burning hearth at the back of the pub. That was where the sea captains were sitting, slowly enjoying a drink and enjoying each others company for the first time in a good few years.

"I'm suprised you managed to get here with you being so busy" O'Hannon exclaimed to Haddock, who was sitting opposite him.

"I've got some time to spare at the moment that I didn't have before. Plus I need to hire some new crew before I get back on the open sea" Haddock replied.

"Finally! What took you so long?" Morgan stated loudly as Farrell and Abel finally walked through the door.

"Well my ship won't fix itself" Farrell replied. As Abel sat down at the far end of the table, Farrell couldn't help but smile as Captain Haddock rose from his seat. It had been far too long since they had worked together let alone seen each other so to finally see him again was a pure miracle. Farrell instantly pulled him into a hug.

"It's good to see you Haddock"

"Likewise, It's been too long" Haddock happily replied.

The pair sat down and soon the entire group was immersed in chatter and doing what was usual during thier mini reunions. Abel didn't drink, never had done actually so all he drank was orange juice, or sometimes lemonade to mix it up so the rest were left to drink the poison of their choice weather it was whiskey or Rum and enjoy a hearty meal. However sometimes alchohol could cause hilarious results for the group especailly with O'Hannon. O'Hannon was a pest for drinking a little too much now and then and being Irish didn't help. It just made it even funnier when he was drunk as he had a tendancy to sing Irish songs; the Wild Rover was a favourite.

As they came out of the pub at about seven pm, Abel walked out as sober as a pint of water along with O'Rielly, Morgan, Chester and Haddock. O'Hannon however staggered out behind them and wrapped one of his arms around Abel's neck. Abel kept ahold of him just in case he staggered again and that was when the song started.

"And its no ney never"

"Oh for gods sake" Abel laughed.

"At least he's a happy drunk" Farrell chuckled.

With it being June it wasn't even starting to get dark and it was still rather hot, much to Farrell's discontent. Being regulars no one really bothered them even when O'Hannon had his moments. After a moments dicussion Farrell suggested they could head back to his ship and they all agreed. They had barely stood up when an almighty splash broke the chatter. As they spun around Abel and O'Hannon where nowhere to be seen.

"Little help please" Abel called, seemingly out of nowhere.

The Captain's rushed to the railings and burst into laughter at what they saw. Abel was up to his neck in water and was trying his best to keep himself above the water as it was rather deep.

"Thundering thypoons! How on earth did you manage that?!" Haddock laughed.

"Ask him!" Abel shouted pointing to O'Rielly, who was clinging onto Abel's neck with an iron clad grip.

"Well this is a first for us" Morgan exclaimed.

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Thanks for reading. I'm not even sure if this story is even remotely funny but if anyone does like this please feel free to review. It took a while to get this kickstartered as I've been feeling down in the dumps recently. Please review if you like it. More chapters will be coming shortly.