Chapter one~
Hetalia belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya.
Prince Yao leaned against the railing of the ship, staring off into the ocean. The sunlight danced playfully amongst the waves, creating undulating patterns that never seemed to end or repeat. Quite annoying actually, but what can one do? It was the ocean. He turned his eyes away from the dark green water crashing against the ship to the two other ships beside them. His father was on the one to the right, and his mother to the left. They traveled in different ships due to law. Each royalty had their own crew and were their own captain.
Yao sighed. He never really liked being out at sea.
"Prince Yao! What are you doing out here? It's dangerous!"
Yao turned to see his top servant, who he called HK for short, bowing before him.
"I'll be fine HK. I know how to take care of myself, aru." Yao replied.
"But your hi-"
"No buts, HK!" Yao lowered his voice. "I'll be fine."
HK nodded and bowed as he quickly disappeared out of sight.
Sighing once again, Yao turned and that's when he noticed that there was something half hidden behind the waves of the ocean. Curious, he walked closer to get a better view. He stopped. What was this? He watched as a stranger's ship came into view. The ship's outline were visible in the growing darkness. He closed his eyes, steadying himself.
"Pirates." he whispered.
These were strangers. Strangers approaching royal ships. Yao was not about to let this happen. When no one was in the watch tower, it was his protocol to alert his crew of danger. If they were friendly, then no harm done. But if they were enemies, it would be important to his crew to have the warning. Yao closed his eyes and thought of his parents beside him. The king and queen. Didn't they have people in watch towers? Why hadn't they seen the intruder already? Opening his eyes, he tucked the book that he had under his arm and stuck his pinkies in his mouth. He wanted to let out the ear-splitting whistle that was taught to all the crew members. It could be heard even by his parent's crew and nobody would fail to come and see what he wanted. He was just about to whistle when he suddenly heard a voice behind him.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that," something hard and cold pressed against his neck. After a moment of its pressure, he realized what it was, a knife. He froze.
"Hands out of your mouth, your highness." the voice said mockingly. He dropped his hands, careful not to hit the man who controlled his life, presently. "Well, well, well, not so much in control anymore, are we?"
The man turned Yao back around and he saw his crew had all been captured. "I thought all you westerns were pretty good at fighting, I guess I was wrong." he let out a laugh.
Yao tried to fight from behind but that only resulted to the knife to his neck to be pushed harder. Yao yelped in pain as he watched a very small amount of his blood trickle down his neck.
"Prince Yao!" HK called in fear only to be pushed down by another pirate among the ship.
"Shut your trap."
Yao watched as the strangers took things from his ship. His. Lost in thought and anger, Yao did not notice that he had been tied with rope around his wrists.
"How can we have been defeated so easily?" he thought to himself. They have fought off many intruders before, but, that was only because people in the watch towers alerted them.
"What do you want?" Yao was able to ask even under pain. The pirate laughed.
"To kill you and your crew of course. Oh, and not to forget the wonderful king and queen." the pirated chuckled.
Yao grew worried. He could not let this happen to his crew. His crew was like his family. Especially HK.
"You can't do that!" Yao finally replied.
"We must, your highness. Orders from our captain."
"And who is this excuse for a captain?" Yao questioned.
"Him."
Yao looked beyond his crew and saw a man stepped onto the ship.
"Captain! We have captured the prince and the queen. The king was thrown overboard and is being fished out now."
The captain sighed. "Very well. Is this the king's ship I stand upon?"
"No cap'n. This be the prince's ship. And this here be the prince."
The pirate pushed Yao forward and made him stand before his captain.
The captain grabbed Yao's chin and made him look up so he was looking him straight in the eyes.
"Well, aren't you a beauty? More like a princess then a prince." he said. "Kill him, and his crew." he said harshly.
Yao's eyes widen. "Wait!" he called. "Y-you can take me. J-just leave my crew, aru."
The captain laughed. "And what makes you think I'm going to take that offer?"
Yao looked down. He didn't know how to reply.
The captain scratched his chin for a moment. "Hmm, I wonder how much your beloved parents would pay to get you back, my dear."
Yao stared at him and tried to figure out what he was thinking. He only laughed.
"Well, quite a lot because you are the prince." the captain thought some more. "Okay. We'll leave your crew and your king and queen. Only if you come with us and become our hostage."
"No!" HK called as he heard what the captain said. "I said shut your trap!" the pirate called again.
Yao shook his head in defeat. He had no other choice.
"Wonderful." he turned to his crew. "Wrap it up! We're boarding back to our ships. Long live the queen!"
The captain's crew yelled in victory as Yao watched them leave his ship, stealing almost everything valuable; including him.
"Captain Arthur, are you sure you want to do this?" the pirate that still held a knife to Yao's neck asked.
"Of course I do. Now let's go."
The pirate nodded and pushed Yao forward.
"Prince Yao!" he heard HK call from behind.
"I'm sorry I let this happen." he whispered.
oOoOo
Yao was pushed all the way into a dark room. All his limbs got chained to a wall. The captain came in and hovered only inches away from Yao. Yao spat in his face.
"Ugh! You worthless git!" Arthur slapped him across his face. "Never treat a captain like that. I could kill you in a heartbeat."
Yao just kept his head down.
"So now it's the silent treatment?"
No answer.
Arthur slapped him across the face again and laughed. "You're lucky your highness! You are staying in the best cabin here. Mine."
Yao looked around. The room was hardly see-able and was only lit by a dim candle.
"Enjoy your stay. I hope it's worth your troubles." Arthur laughed as he walked out of the room.
A/N: First time writing something like this, so please go easy on me. Hope you enjoyed.
