It was a foggy, unexpectant day which the Susan Constant was going to sail into. Sitting in its port in London she was awaiting the many crew which had signed up to go to a new world in search for gold. Most of the crew was already aboard the ship doing their stationed duties; the rest of the crew was saying goodbyes to their loved ones. Aboard the ship was a young Native American Indian boy; his name was Ben Tennyson. He looked around the ship staring at the new people around him. Many of the people were his age or older. He sighed to himself; he had been told where they were sailing to. They were going to sail to Virginia; a land that had not been discovered by any man from this part of the world. It was also his homeland from which he had been kidnapped from around ten years ago.

On the dock a young blond haired man was giving his mother one last hug before going onto the ship.

"Cooper please don't go" his mother sobbed.

"Violet, the boy needs to become a man. Going on this voyage is his only chance!" his father said trying to reason with the sobbing woman.

Cooper rolled his eyes. He was only eighteen after all. He didn't see the point of even going on this voyage. He wasn't courting any ladies at the moment and he had just got into a job which he loved; metal welding. It had only been the other night when the two of them broke into argument; it was always about Cooper and when he would start becoming a man; His father's definition of a man was finding a nice girl, getting married to her, having kids and have a decent job to bring in the money. His father signed him up to go on a voyage. Cooper was furious at his father but despite what he did, Cooper was still going.

His mother pulled away from him looking at him one last time. Cooper had blonde shoulder length hair, blue eyes and freckles all over his face. Smiling at her son she let him go.

"Godspeed son" his father said.

With everything all said and done Cooper turned towards the Susan Constant and walked on board. Two men greeted him at the entrance; Cooper recognized them from days that he'd been at school. It was Pierce and Manny, his two best friends.

"Pierce look who it is!" Manny said with excitement in his voice.

"Hello Pierce and Manny" Cooper said dully

"Is that any way to treat old friends?" Pierce asked jokingly

Cooper gave him one look and Pierce knew why he was here.

"Your father signed you up eh? Don't worry my father signed both of us up too." Pierce said trying to make Cooper feel better. Cooper smiled at his friends but his smiled dropped when he noticed Ben staring at them.

He felt entranced and intimidated at the same time by Ben. His skin was darker than his own; he had brown ruffled hair, emerald green eyes which made girls weak in the knees just after one look. Everything about Ben was so different but he looked no different to anyone else. He completed zoned out everything that was around.

"Hello? Anyone there?" Pierce said with a confused look on his face

"Coop? Coooooperrrrr?" Manny yelled in his ear

"What?" Cooper yelled back at both of them

"You totally zoned out on us! What were you looking at?" Manny asked

"Well… Who's that?" Cooper asked pointing a finger in Ben's direction. Pierce and Manny turned around to see Ben doing his tasks. Both them had no clue who he was. Both of them shrugged their shoulders.

"That would be Ben." Another voice said behind all three of them making them jump.

They turned around to see a man dressed in black pants and a dark green shirt with a bag slung over his shoulder. He had black hair and equally dark eyes. He was well built and had the attitude of "I don't care what you think". Somehow both Pierce and Manny knew who it was however Cooper had no idea who the stranger was.

"Captain Kevin Levin!" Pierce and Manny said together

"The famous explorer?" Cooper asked

Kevin looked at the blond haired boy. It was clear to Kevin that this boy had no clue who he was or what he had done and had no experience at sea.

"Yeah that's me" Kevin said smugly.

Suddenly a carriage pulled up to the ship. Everyone on the ship stopped doing their duties and run over to the other side of the ship to see who was in the carriage. Kevin however walked over to Ben who had gone back to doing his duties.

"Hey there Ben. What's wrong? Why the long face?" Kevin asked

Ben looked at him. He sighed and then spoke.

"We're going to Virginia."

"So?"

"So I'm going back home. To my homeland and I won't be able to stay!"

Kevin looked at Ben. Kevin met Ben when he was ten and Kevin had been eleven. They hated each other at first but over the many years and adventures they had together; they had become the best of friends. Ben was now the age of 20 and Kevin had just turned 21.

"Bummer man. Hey maybe I can help you escape or something!"

Ben looked at his friend. He knew Kevin could pull it off, it was just a matter how they would do it. Ben looked away from his friend to see two new people standing before everyone. Kevin turned to see who had caused all the excitement. It Governor Hex with his niece Charmcaster and Charm Charmcaster's snobby pug dog.

"Is everyone ready to set sail?" Hex said in a booming voice

"Aye" the crew shouted

Hex turned to the captain of the Susan Constant. "Let's get a move on shall we?"

Hex turned away from the captain, paused for a moment then turned back to the captain.

"Has my niece got her own room? She has a very sensitive stomach… No one should disturb her at all for any reason during the voyage. Do you understand?" Hex said with venom in every word.

"Aye Governor. What about food?"

"She has her own food that will help with her illness" Hex replied.

Without another word the captain lead Hex and Charmcaster to their private quarters.

The crew however had whispering amongst themselves

"Don't he know that its bad luck to bring a woman on board?"

"I suppose he doesn't but she's the only family he's got."

Kevin rolled his eyes in annoyance; he knew why Charmcaster was coming on the voyage. For when the voyage was to end and everyone returned England, he and Charmcaster where to be married. He was to be tied down with her.

The captain returned from the private quarters.

"Alright let's get underway. All hands to your stations" the captain yelled.

The crew slipped the ropes off at the dock which was holding the Susan Constant. Set free from the ropes that were holding her the Susan Constant started floating downriver. The crew went to wave goodbye to citizens of London one last time however Kevin and Ben just stared into the open ocean.