HOTC Chap 1: Family matters
You looked up to the stars and held the lemon jade stone around your neck; remembering, you tried to identify the stars that your brother had taught you. You were so close in finding him, but now you had friends, and perhaps more on this blasted ship. If you were to find Gilbert now, how were you to decide what path to choose? You held your breath as you heard steps come closer, and closer still. You held your breath turning from the window, and then the door opened…
"Excuse me everyone!" You called tapping your glass in the bar. "I would like to propose a toast to Gilbert for running this place with me for five years!" Everyone in the bar cheered and raised their glass. Your brother smiled and raised his glass with a toothy smirk; you did so as well, and then continued your speech. "After that horrible Pillage…we lost our parents in the crossfire between pirates and military. We took over the bar, and Blacksmith since then. It was tough for a couple of sixteen year olds back then, and even was surprised to see us take over."
"That's right, dearie!" you heard a plump woman cry from the back.
You earned yet another chuckle from the Bar and you smiled finishing off your speech.
"Yes, well…We overcame the obstacles put in front of us, and now look at us, five years later, and still we are dreaming young ones. Thank you for giving us a wonderful life so far, all of you. It's all thanks to you that will still thrive!" You raised your glass above your head and with a toothy smile you began to say your father's and mother's signature saying; they would always say at the end of each toast. "Life, alas is very drear,"
"Up with the glass," Gilbert cried from the back continuing.
Everyone raised their glasses mimicking your pose and the whole bar chanted the last part of the quote.
"AND DOWN WITH THE BEER!" The crowd erupted into scattered chuckles and you chuckled as well, drinking up your glass in one gulp.
Gilbert smiled at you, and you smiled back, walking over to your brother.
"Well, you like that, Gil?" you asked hugging your brother from behind giving him a slight kiss on the cheek.
"Yep, that speech was awesome!" Gilbert said as he pulled up a chair for you to sit down in.
"Thanks.." you said thoughtfully, sitting down in the chair. You began to stare back at the crowd of people celebrating the free ale's and drinks for this annual session.
"You miss them, don't you?" your brother mumbled under his breath looking at you. He put his hand on your shoulder, turning you around.
"I do…they used to be pirates…" you sighed and then sat up again, "that's the only reason they died. They were being looked for…but.."
"but?" Gilbert asked.
"but I would love to sail the sea's, and be a pirate like they were, perhaps, just to make me feel closer to them, y'know?" you smiled at your brother.
He laughed and pat your back roughly, making you jump in your seat.
"That would be awesome!" he put the drink to his lips and drank it at a pace that you could never match. "Not as awesome as me though. If you want to be a pirate, you can be...but to be the same as the people who killed our parents? Kesesese."
You frowned at this. 'they were pirates in the first place' you thought. 'they enjoyed it, they told me stories of the sea's and how beautiful it was, how the water would splash on their face, and how father would walk up on deck and kiss mother. He loved her so much, as did she, but they were both different captains, and that's when mutiny fell into play. Their crew hated each other, and they ran away, now…..we were alone because their crew found them, and that new woman that led them.'
"Oi! _!" Gilbert called to you snapping you out of your trance.
"Y-yes?" you asked getting up from your chair.
"Can you get me another beer sis, then I can train you at the blacksmith after we close up shop." He looked at you holding up the cup, you took it and nodded happily. You had never seen your brother ever get drunk, but that was him.
The party was long, and you and your brother just sat there, talking about pirates and how much Gilbert would protect you if they came for you guy's.
"pfft!" you laughed covering your mouth. "I'm pretty sure that would happen, if you do that I will have to rescue you!" you laughed slamming your hand on the table.
"Hey!" Gilbert sounded annoyed. "Then tell me what you would do if I got captured then, eh? Kesesese~"
You looked into his eye's that dared you to speak. You smirked and spoke all the while the people in the bar left.
"Well," you began, "I would dress up like one of 'em! Speak pirate, make friends, and then I would find you myself if that did not work!"
You looked at each other and then erupted into laughter.
"Kesesese! Kesese!" Your brother calmed down and looked at you getting up. "Let's go to the smithy, the pub is empty now so we can close up shop!" He said running to place the Cup in the sink as he left. You followed behind him with a smile on your face, and then you looked behind you and the pub. You smiled seeing memories of your younger self, learning to walk and running up to your father and Gilbert tried to trip you. You turned off the light's making the memory vanish, and you went out the door and began to walk towards the smithy.
"Kesese~ Better get your Pirate clothes!" Gilbert said with a laugh as he peeped out of the smithy and called to you.
"And why is that?" you asked with a smirk. He smirked back at you.
"So when you lose you can wear them! Kesesese."
You only chuckled at your brother's foolishness, you ran into the smithy and climbed up to your bunk on the loft above. You pushed some clothes aside and pulled out your pirate bodice, and your pirate boot's. You yourself dressed like a pirate at all times, all you needed was a sword to complete it all. You jumped down off the loft, your blood red long skirt hanging just above your toes of your boots. Your poofy long sleeve off shoulder shirt accented with the Bodice you wore, and you smiled as the feather in your hat flopped down to one side.
"kesesese, you look like an idiot!" Your brother laughed. You smirked the way a Pirate would, pushing your curly bangs out of your face you stared at him grabbing a sword from one of the racks.
"Aye?" you asked speaking like a pirate. "well, me thinks ye be foolish to say that to a pirate." You positioned yourself as he collided the sword against yours.
You sliced at him, dodging his attacks and blocking his sword. He did the same, you got faster at attacking him, then suddenly he hit your sword roughly, sending a shock up your arm, you gasped as your hand let go of the sword.
"kesese~" was all you heard as he pushed you up against a wall and aimed the sword at your neck.
"Still better than me brother." You said out of breath.
He nodded and then you heard a big boom coming from outside.
"What the hell is that?" you yelled, your ear's picked up a woman's scream in the background, which seemed to echo your mom's scream. You gasped closing your eyes and putting your hands over your ears.
"_-_!" you heard your brother yell, you snapped your eyes open and saw his back against a door that was being pounded on from the outside.
You looked at Gilbert in horror. "Go get the box in my loft, there is a present for you, when you find it, I want you to run away!" He said pushing his back up against the door. You could see the strain in his eyes.
You nodded and climbed up to his loft and grabbed a green box. You opened it and saw a green lemon jade stone, with a black cord. You put it over your head and thanked him mentally. Lemon jade was meant to give luck, and wisdom. You also grabbed the sword near his bed was about to jump out the window when you heard a bang.
You looked over the side of his loft and saw three pirates, beating your brother up with their fists. You began to tear up.
"G-gilbert!" you whispered frantically then covered your mouth as a woman with long golden hair began to walk through the door.
"Well, well…" she spoke "look what we have here, a man who seems strong and proud. That's odd…" she said looking around. "This place seems familiar….OH! That's right…this is the place where I killed your parents wasn't it? Hmmhmhmhm!" She began to laugh evilly and your brother spat on her feet, which earned him a smack on the back of his head by one of the pirates.
"Don't do that to the Captain!" on of them spat. You felt rage build up in your stomach as you watched.
"It's alright men, I will see to it that this one learns his lesson by working for me on my ship." She laughed again as her men began to drag Gilbert out of the room.
You slammed your fist on the hay in the loft, tears rolled down your cheek.
"No…my plan…I can save 'im!" you growled as you jumped through the window landing outside of the smithy in an alley. A pirate saw you and you fought him off with your sword. You turned around and saw a shadowy figure standing before you, you gasped. He was taller than you and his eyes gleamed like emeralds, you were shocked and looked behind you but it seemed like you were trapped.
'There are two different pirate captains on the Island!' you thought seeing as this pirate also had a hat, a sign of authority on a ship. You backed away aiming your sword in all directions, then a seductive voice seemed to kiss your ear.
"Don't worry poppet, you'll be safe with us." He growled, and you knew this was the captain. "Capture this woman, and then the other crew will fall to pieces. This is an order men." The captain said not taking his eyes off you.
You growled and tried giving them all a dirty look. 'they think I'm that lady that captured my brother!' you thought with a snarl. You jumped on a roof beside you and used it to catapult you to the roof of the smithy.
You began to run on the roof tops, running for your life, you saw a ship in the distance, and decided that you were going to be a stowaway. You ran, panting hard, reaching the end of the roof top you jumped down, and headed for the ship. You tossed your hat off, as your ponytail swayed in the wind. You ran on board the empty ship and prayed that this was the one your brother was on. You found the crews quarters and found a red pair of breeches and swiftly replaced your skirt with that. You then grabbed a red scarf and wrapped it around your head; you found a mirror and looked at yourself. You replaced your bodice with a red vest and found that you looked like a convincing young boy. You then grabbed your skirt and bodice and ran to the deck, tossing the items overboard so that they had no way of knowing there was a woman on the ship.
You smirked inwardly as you saw that the crew was quickly filling the ship you were on. You were about to set sail, you knew, and you were going to be a stowaway. Your heart raced with anxiety, you took a good look at all the men that filled the ship…none of them looked like the couple that stole your brother. Your heart suddenly sank.
'this is not the right ship' you thought frantically as you began to run over to the side of the ship you saw that they were receding from the dock's. You gasped, trying to gather your thoughts.
"Timothy!" someone yelled. You turned to see the captain you met in the alleyway. His emerald eyes reflecting the lust for the treasure you assumed he wanted.
"Timothy!" he yelled again staring you straight in the eyes, you matched his gaze and looked him straight in the eyes. You assumed you looked like a boy named Timothy.
'What luck!' you thought grinning inwardly. 'Perhaps this can be used to my advantage, if this man has a hate for that woman pirate, I could definitely use it to my advantage'
"Yes sir?" you yelled turning to him as you saw a young boy dressed in your same clothing waving from the docks and shouting out something in a panic.
"Timothy, you did a good job today," he spoke much more gently than he did in the alleyway, "next time we need to catch that woman, I will call on you."
You grinned and nodded. "Thank ye captain!" you said bowing slightly. He looked at you oddly then turned away, walking to the helm of the ship.
You sighed and looked all around yourself; you realized something as you wrapped your hand around your necklace.
"I-I'm on a pirate ship…" you smiled and looked at the masts, admiring the view of the night stars, and the working men all around you. "I am a pirate, on an adventure to save my brother!" you whispered all this to yourself in shock as the Captain yelled orders. You smiled grandly; you were off on your first real adventure, becoming a pirate, and a stowaway.
"Not bad for a dreamer" You smirked looking up at the constellations and they sparkled down on you. You looked toward the helm of the ship and smiled as determination sparked in your eyes. "I'm coming for you bro."
People in the story:
You: _ _
Prussia: Gilbert (ur bro)
Hungary: Elizabeta
England: Captain Kirkland
America: Alfred F. Jones
Canada: Matthew Williams
Morgan: friend you met on board
France: Francis
: Lovino: Vargas
Italy: Feliciano Vargas
Antonio: spain
Author's note: Okay so please tell me what you think of it! ^^ I hope you enjoyed it! This is an old piece that I posted on Deviantart but I wanted to let Anonymous people tell me how they feel about it (becuase sometimes when you can be found you can't troll as hard, and you can't be as mean as you want to be!) ^^ So be harsh but not TOOO harsh! XD I do accept praise too!