Adam's POV
"Hey, Captain! Wake up! There's an island over there!" Cam suddenly yelled, waking me up.
"Where, Cam?" I asked, not lifting my hat or even opening my eyes.
"Well..." She went silent for a while. "Over there!" She said, probably pointing at whatever direction the island was in. She has never been good with directions and if she was the captain, we'd be totally lost.
I just chuckled quietly as I opened my eyes and lifted my hat, which had been covering my face. Then I looked at Cam, who was, as I had guessed, pointing towards south. Or at least I think it's south. Can't be sure, 'cause I just woke up.
"And you're telling me this because...?" I asked, raising one eyebrow questionally.
"Well, you told me to tell you if I see anything else but water or birds. So I did." She said with a smile.
I honestly don't remember telling her to do that. Oh well. I probably was half-asleep when I told it to her, so that's probably why I don't remember it.
"Okay. Thanks, Cam. Go take a break and go get something to eat. Michael should have some sort of dinner ready soon." I said to her as I stood up. She smiled and then disappeared under the deck with a "Thanks, Captain". I then turned to look at Isaac, who was behind the helm. Just as he was supposed to be.
"Hey, Isaac! You see that island in south?" I asked while putting my hat on.
"Yeah. Sure I do. So we'll go there?" Isaac asked while already turning the ship.
"Yep. I want some dry land under my feet for a change. And besides, our food stock is starting to get way too small to feed a crew like this for long. We also have to go to some city soon. Gotta buy food and other stuff. More gunpowder too. Most of it got wet during the last storm." I said and stretched a bit, since I had been sleeping on the deck with only a bag of wheat or something as a pillow.
"Okay, Captain. I'll get us there." Isaac said and then concentrated on getting us to the island.
It took about half an hour for us to get to the island and then me, Tommy and Isaac got into a smaller boat and started our way to shore to get some fresh water and to explore the island. I had two buckets and four glass bottles for getting the water and Tommy had three bottles and one bucket. Soon we got to the shore and Isaac stayed there to make sure that someone wouldn't steal our boat.
"Come on, Mouse Trap. Let's go." I said to Tommy with a slightly evil grin. I knew how he hated that nickname.
"Shut up, Adam! I'm not Mouse Trap!" Tommy yelled as he caught up with me and almost managed hit me with one of the bottles, but I dodged the attack and just chuckled.
"Yeah. Whatever, Kitty. Let's just go to see if we can find any fresh water from here." I said, waving one of the buckets in the air.
"Fine. But don't call me "Mouse Trap" again." Tommy growled while we walked deeper into the small forest. After a while, we got out from the forest to some rocky area in the middle of the island. We stopped there for a while to look around, trying to find a pond or something. But instead of seeing water, I saw someone moving behind the bushes not far from me. I then just stood there, trying to see what or who was there. And I didn't have to wait for long, because soon I saw a blonde woman walking further from us and then disappearing behind the rocks and the bushes. I thought that no one lived here. And who would leave a woman alone in a place like this? I thought while staring to where the woman had been.
Then, after a short while, I turned to look at Tommy.
"Hey, Tommy. I thought I saw some blonde woman over there. Let's go and see." I said to Tommy and he nodded. He probably saw the woman too. Then we headed to where we had seen the woman and soon saw her again. She was sitting in a shallow pond now. The water was only up to her waist and she didn't look happy. We walked a bit closer to her and then stopped to the edge of the pond.
"Hey, Miss. What are you doing here? Why are you sitting in there?" As soon as I got a single word out from my mouth, the woman looked up at me with her bright-blue eyes and then glared at me.
"Mitä te teette täällä!? Menkää pois!" (What are you doing here!? Go away!) She yelled to me and Tommy and I didn't understand a word of what she was saying.
"What...? Miss, do you speak engl-" I was going to ask if she spoke English, but she again started yelling before I could finish my sentence.
"Ettekö te ymmärrä?! Menkää pois! Te ette voi auttaa minua!" (Don't you understand?! Go away! You can't help me!) She yelled and stood up, splashing water around her. And of course, since I and Tommy were there, so close to the pond, we got our fair share of the water too.
"Menkää pois älkääkä ikinä tulko takaisin!" (Go away and never come back!) She yelled again and then, she clenched her hands to fists and somehow, some of the water in the pond started to float in the air around her. And that really freaked me and Tommy out.
"Whatever she's saying, I think we should go. This is freaking me out..." Tommy said quietly, as if not to make the woman even more angry.
"I think you're right. Let's do what we pirates do best and run away!" I said and then we both started to run back to the shore and to the boat.
"Let's get the hell away from here! There's some freaky water lady in there and she's not happy!" Tommy yelled to Isaac as we got to the shore.
"Water lady? I wanna see her." Isaac said, sounding very curious.
"No! you don't want to see her! Let's just get into the ship and get the hell away from here!" I yelled while climbing into the boat.
"Fine. Let's go then." Isaac said, sounding disappointed as he too got into the boat. Tommy was already sitting there and was shivering a bit as the cold wind suddenly blew from somewhere and hit us. And it felt even colder as our clothes were a bit wet.
As we got to the ship, I walked straight under the deck and into my room to get a blanket. And Tommy of course followed me, wanting to get a blanket too.
"There." I said and gave him a blanket as he walked into the room.
"Thanks." He said and wrapped it around himself. "But that water lady was really creepy. I wonder who or what it was and what language was it speaking. Because I didn't understand a word."
"I have no clue what she said to us. All I know is that she wasn't happy for some reason." I said and wrapped another blanket around myself.
"Yeah, I figured that from all the yelling. It just was really weird that she was sitting in the pond." Tommy said and then sneezed.
"Yeah. It was weird. Maybe we should start asking people if they know anything about some water lady when we get to the next city." I suggested and sat down to my bed.
"Sounds like a good idea. And I think I'll go to get some food now. I'm hungry. See ya later, Captain." Tommy said and started to walk out from the room, the blanket still wrapped around him.
"See ya later, Mouse Trap." I said with a chuckle.
"I'm not a fucking mousetrap!" Tommy's voice could be heard echoing in the ship. I just chuckled and sat down to my chair, curling up a bit to try and stay warm. For some reason, the temperature seems to have dropped a lot since we left that island. I wonder if the mysterious water lady has something to do with the cold wind and temperature dropping so much so quickly... I leaned back on the chair and closed my eyes. Time for another nap... I thought and soon I fell to sleep again.
And, after about an hour, I woke up to the sound of someone running towards my room. And just as I opened my eyes, Sasha barged into the room.
"Captain! We're almost in the city already! ...Captain? Why are you on the floor?" She then asked, looking at me with a confused expression.
"Huh? Oh, I probably fell down from the chair and didn't wake up to it." I said and sat up, running my fingers through my hair a few times. "So, what did you say? We'll be in the city soon?" I asked and Sasha nodded.
"Okay. We'll stay there until we've filled our food and water stocks and bought other stuff we need. Tell that to the others, would you?" I said, not fully awake yet.
"Yeah. Sure. I will." Sasha said and then left the room, leaving me to fully wake up. I then just sat there, on the floor for a while before getting up and putting the blanket away. Then I headed to the deck to see how close to the city we already were. Seems like we'll be there pretty soon. I should go and get the money we have. I then walked back under the deck and into my room again and got a silky bag and put it into my pocket. I hope that we have enough money... Because otherwise I would have to steal or not buy something. Like the rum from the pub. It would probably be good if I didn't go into the pub at all. Good, but impossible. Because I just can't pass it without going in. I sighed while walking back to the deck.
And soon, after getting a bit closer to the city, I got into the boat with Cam and Isaac this time. And Isaac's always the one who rows the boat, because he's the strongest one of the whole crew. And soon, we got to the dock and I got out from the boat with Cam. And then, after taking only a few steps towards the city, I got stopped by a middle-aged man and a young boy.
"Hey. It costs one shilling to leave your boat here. And we need your name too." The man said and the boy just looked at me. Cam had already walked past me and away from the dock like she didn't even know me. Thanks a lot, Cam. I sighed and took the silk bag from my pocket.
"Two shillings and forget about the name." I then said and placed two coins on the paper the man was holding.
"Okay. Welcome to Sunset Harbour, Mr. Smith." The man then said before he walked away. The little boy still stood there and looked at me with a curious smile.
"Are you a pirate?" The boy then asked, clearly hoping that I would be.
"Oh, I am. The scariest pirate of all. See this?" I asked and showed the boy a tooth necklace I had. The boy nodded and looked more curious now.
"What is it?" He then asked.
"It's Kretia's tooth. Do you know who Kretia is?" I asked with a smile.
"Yes. She's the sea monster, isn't she?" The boy answered while still looking at the tooth. "And how did you get that?"
"Yep. She is. And I got this several years ago as I was sailing in the northern seas. Kretia just appeared out of nowhere and attacked my ship. I managed to make her leave us alone by blinding one of her eyes with my sword. But before she swam away, she managed to bite my arm. And then one of her teeth got stuck in the wound after she let go. And that's how I got this."
"You survived Kretia's attack?! That's so cool!" The boy looked at me with awe.
"Yep. But now, this pirate has some business to do." I said to the boy with a smile.
"Okay! Bye, Mr. Pirate!" The boy said before he ran after the man, who probably was his father. I chuckled and then turned to look at the city. And now, where the hell did Cam go? I thought while looking around and trying to find her. But no, I just couldn't see her anywhere. She probably went to see the shops or something. Maybe I'll see her somewhere a bit later. I thought while I walked away from the dock and then went to buy some food.
Then, after a few hours and three trips back to the boat, I had finally managed to buy enough food and water and then the gunpowder and I still had some money left. And now, to the pub. I though with a smile as I then went to find the pub.
And after some searching, I finally found the pub and so I walked in there and then straight to the counter where a blonde man was cleaning some glasses.
"Excuse me? Could I get some rum?" I asked from the man as he didn't seem to notice me. And as I the first word out from my mouth, the man looked up at me with his bright-blue eyes and then a smile made it's way to his face.
"Of course. So, rum, was it?" He then asked as he took a glass from one of the shelves.
"Yep. Rum." I said and leaned to the counter a bit.
"Okay. Just a moment." The man said and then turned around and started to fill the glass with rum. And once it was full, he handed it to me. But I somehow couldn't get a good grip of it and so it started to fall to the hard stone floor. But right before it hit the floor, a few stones around it turned to sand and so nothing happened to the glass or even to the rum inside of it. I just stared at the glass and the pile of sand with wide eyes.
"What...? How did that happen?" I then asked, saying my thoughts out loud.
"Oh, that. Just a small trick I did. Didn't want that glass to break." The man said with a smile.
"Okay.. What are you? A wizard?" I then asked as I picked the glass up and then watched the pile of sand turn back to the stones it had been before I dropped the glass.
"Nope. Not a wizard. Just a bar owner with a secret." The man smiled.
"So you won't tell me what you actually are." I said as I took a sip of the rum glass.
"Nope. It wouldn't be a secret anymore if I told it to you or to everyone who ask it." The man said, sounding slightly bored, like people had asked the same question from him thousands of times before I did.
"Okay. Oh. And by the way, do you happen to know anything of a scary blonde water lady?" I then asked, because I suddenly remembered the water lady again. And now that I think about it, that guy's eyes are exactly the same color as the lady's were.
"Nope. Never heard. Where did you even see her?"
"On some small island not far from here. Why?"
"Oh. And I was just wondering. And so, I haven't heard of her, so could you be so kind and go to talk to someone else? I have work to do." The man then said and picked up another glass and started to wash it.
"Okay. I'll go." I said and then took my rum glass and went to sit down to one of the tables.
"Do you want to know what people think he is?" The woman who was sitting on the same table as I was asked from me after a while.
"Who?" I asked, not quite understanding who she was talking about.
"Sauli. The bar owner." The woman said like it was obvious that she was talking about him.
"Oh. Why not." I then said and took a sip from the rum glass.
"Okay. Come closer. I don't want him to hear us." The woman said and leaned a bit closer to me. I did the same.
"So, people say that he's the land god. And that his sister's the sea god." The woman whispered so that only I could hear it.
"Wha...? He's the land god? Why's he keeping a bar in this small city then? I mean, he could have a lot of money and a huge castle somewhere."
"Hey, no one's sure if he's the land god or not. They're just rumours. But one thing I'm sure of is that he can only do his tricks with things that have something to do with earth. Rocks, sand, plants, dirt. Anything. As long as it has something to do with the earth."
"Really? Well, that's kinda cool." I said with a smile as I emptied my rum glass.
"It is. Many people say that. Though you don't want to see what he is capable of when he's angry. He can even cause earthquakes." The woman whispered the last sentence very quietly.
"Well, then I hope I won't be here when that happens. I don't like earthquak-" As I tried to finish my sentence, some guys started to yell on the table next to mine.
"Shit. I suggest you to get out from here now if you don't want to see him when he's angry. He doesn't like it when people fight in his pub." The woman said as she got up and then hurried out from the pub. And as I tried to get up, some random guy punched me on the face and I fell down on the table. And soon there was a real bar fight going on. I didn't even try to get up from the table until a saw a big guy fall towards me and so I instinctively rolled down to the floor and then stood up. And just as I was starting to walk towards the door, the ground started to shake a bit. Oh, shit. Just as was about to walk out from here.
"Can't you people fucking read?! That sign clearly says No Fighting! Why can't you just get it?!" The bar owner, or Sauli, yelled angrily and the ground started to shake more. I had to take hold of the bar counter so that I'd even have a chance at not falling down. But, no matter how much I tried to keep my balance, I eventually fell down anyway. And so did everybody else too. Everybody else expect Sauli.
"No fighting in my bar! Do you people get that now?!" Sauli then asked as the earthquake was over. Several people just nodded and then got up and started to walk out from the pub. Most of them had bruises on their faces and some peoples' noses were bleeding too. I tried to get up too, but as I did, my head hurt and I felt a bit dizzy. But still, I stood up and groaned a bit as my head just hurt even more.
"Hey? Are you okay?" I heard someone ask from behind me as I started to slowly make my way to the door while ignoring the feeling that I was gonna fall down any second now.
"No.. My head is killing me." I said as I took hold of the nearby table and then turned around to look at whoever was speaking to me. And of course it just had to be Sauli. Like I wasn't scared of him enough already.
"Here, let me give you something that'll make the pain go away faster. And we need to do something to your nose too. It's bleeding. Come here and sit down." He said kindly and then led me behind the counter and into a separate room in there. He then made me sit down to a soft armchair before going to get some ugly-colored liquid and a towel. He then pulled a chair next to the armchair and sat down on it before handing the ugly-colored liquid to me.
"Drink that. It'll make you feel better." He then said before he started to softly clean my face from the blood. I stared at the bottle a bit warily before I opened it and sniffed the liquid. And that was a big mistake. It smelled absolutely disgusting. So disgusting that I felt that I would throw up just because of it.
"Don't smell it. Just drink. No matter how bad it tastes like." Sauli then said as he probably saw that I felt like throwing up. I looked at him and then eyed the bottle for a while longer before I brought it to my lips and then started to drink it. And god, it tasted horrible. I had to stop drinking it because otherwise I would've surely thrown up. I started to cough on instinct and then tried to find something else to drink to get the horrible taste out from my mouth.
"Just drink, okay? I know it tastes really bad, but it'll make you feel better." Sauli said softly as he stroked my cheek soothingly.
I looked at him and blushed a bit, because he was looking straight into my eyes with his bright-blue eyes. Then, after a short while, I nodded and brought the bottle to my lips again. I could already taste the horrible liquid, but I wouldn't give up again. I eventually managed to drink the whole bottle, because I didn't allow myself to stop drinking until the bottle was empty. And then, as I finally set the bottle down, I started coughing again because of the horrible taste.
"Here. Have some milk. It'll make the horrible taste go away." Sauli said and offered me a glass of milk.
"Thanks." I managed to say between all the coughing and then I took the glass and emptied it very quickly. And it really helped. The horrible taste was almost gone. I then looked at Sauli with a smile. "Thanks."
"You're welcome. I don't want my costumers to pass out on some dark alleys where anyone could steal all their stuff them and then just leave them there." Sauli said with a kind smile.
"I'm glad you don't. Because I'm sure that I would've passed out before getting to the boat."
"So, are you okay now or should I walk you to your boat?"
"I don't think I'm perfectly okay just yet. So if you could walk me there, it'd be great." I smiled.
"Okay. Let's go then. I was thinking about going for a walk tonight anyway." Sauli said as he got up and then helped me up too. We then walked out from the pub and started to walk towards the dock.
"So... I heard from some random woman that there are rumours about you being the land god going around. Is it true?" I asked just out of pure curiosity.
"People really think that I am a god? Well, they're pretty damn good then. 'Cause I really am the land god. But you can't tell anyone about this, okay?" Sauli whispered with a serious expression.
"I won't tell. I promise." I said with a kind smile. "But if you're the land god, do you then know something about the water lady I asked about earlier?"
"I do. Quite a lot, actually. And by the way, since you know where she is, could you take me there to see her? I have to ask her something."
"Sure I can. One more person in the ship is never a bad thing." I smiled.
"Okay. Thanks." Sauli then said. And soon, we got to the dock where both Isaac and Cam were waiting for me.
"What took you so long, Captain? We already got a bit worried with the earthquake and all. and who's he?" Cam asked and pointed at Sauli.
"He's Sauli. The local bar owner. He's going to come to travel with us for a while. I promised that I'd take him to see the scary water lady." I said with a smile as I helped Sauli to get into the boat before climbing in too.
"Okay. So we'll go back to the island before starting to look for more treasures?" Isaac asked.
"Exactly. But now, let's go. I feel tired and I want to go to sleep." I said with a yawn.
"Okay, Captain." Isaac said and started to row the boat back towards the ship.
And soon, as we got to the ship, I went to show Sauli where he could sleep.
"You can sleep here. I hope it's okay for you to sleep on wheat bags." I said as I opened the food storage's door.
"Sure. It's fine. This is better than just the floor anyway." Sauli smiled.
"That's true. So, good night and see you in the morning. And if you need anything, I'll be sleeping over there." I said and pointed at my room's door.
"Okay. Good night." Sauli said with a smile as he sat down on the wheat bags that would be his bed for some time now. I smiled back to him and then headed into my room. And as I got there, I walked straight to my bed and then laid down. I was feeling so exhausted. And as soon as my head touched the pillow, I fell to deep sleep. I slept so well all night that I didn't even wake up to someone walking into my room and then laying down next to me on the bed.