ON A DEEP BLUE SEA Chapter 1 By Physalie 00

Hi this is my first fanfic I hope you like it…

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Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot and Captain Richards.

CHAPTER 1 – CLARY POV

"Izzy!" I laughed. Lady Maia Roberts nodded her head in agreement.

Lady Isabelle Lightwood was grinning from ear to ear. "Come on, Clary. You have to admit that Lord Sebastian Verlac was hot. You're sixteen, Clary. You have to marry someday." Izzy pointed out. The smile fell from my face. That struck a nerve and Izzy knew it. I never, ever wanted to marry. Look what happened to my mother – after having two children with King Valentine Morgenstern, she was executed because she supposedly committed adultery.

"Izzy, I know. The right person just hasn't come along yet."

"Well, ok. At least you don't sleep around like your brother, Prince Jonathan." I opened my mouth to reply when Captain Richards burst through my door.

"Princess Clarissa, Lady Roberts, Lady Lightwood. There has been an attack. There are Pirates rapidly approaching on starboard side." With that, he left to deal with the crew. Sure enough, when I looked out of the window on starboard side, a sleek black ship with tattered skull-and-cross-bones flags was gliding towards us. About twenty men hung from the riggings, sabres flashing in the morning sunlight, ready to jump aboard our ship. As soon as the black ship was parallel to ours, the pirates jumped onto our ship and were lost from my sight.

"Oh my God," Maia breathed.

"What do we do?" Izzy asked softly.

"We wait here and be quiet. If they find us, we do not tell them of our nobility, no matter what. From now on, we are maids." I whispered.

We waited for a few minutes. It felt like forever until the door was flung open with a crash and three young men strolled in with silver blades at their sides. The first, a blonde, came over to me and bound my hands behind my back with a strong rope, "accidentally" touching my butt while doing so.

"Watch it, Blondie," I growled. He raised an eyebrow and smirked at me.

"'Watch it'? I'm the one with the sword, little girl." His voice was deep and smooth. If he hadn't said the words 'little girl', I would have blushed.

"My name is not 'little girl'," I snarled, looking him in the eye. His eyes – what colour were his eyes? – Gold. Bright gold.

"Care to tell me what your name is?" He asked. I stayed silent. "Little girl it is then." He decided. He pulled me up and held a small, bone-handled knife to my throat. His companions did the same to Izzy and Maia. "Another word and you die." He said softly in my ear. It used all my willpower to not snap at him, but I obediently kept my mouth shut.

Blondie lead me out the door, down the corridor and onto the deck. All of my crew were dead. It looked like most of them had pretty gruesome deaths, too. I watched a black-haired boy with sky blue eyes throw Captain Richards overboard. I turned to see a boy with brown hair and brown eyes lead Isabelle onto the deck, shortly followed by Maia and her male captor with brown hair and green eyes.

"Alec!" Blondie called. The boy with black hair and blue eyes turned and saw us.

"Jace. Simon. Jordan. More maids?" Alec asked.

Blondie – Jace – replied, "Hopefully. Let's go, we'll interrogate them back on the ship." Jace lead me to the starboard side of our ship and removed the dagger that was at my throat, only to pick me up bridal style and jump off the ship.