A girl sits in her room, staring at her father's book. It has been almost
four years since his death, and she has still not been able to find it in
herself to open it. She hears a loud bang downstairs. She gets up and looks
out her window. A ship with black sails sits silently in the shore of
Moonstone Bay.
"Bloody Pirates." She picks up her father's book and heads slowly down the stairs.
A dark man with a drunken swagger begins rummaging through an old chest that sits below the window in the front room. The girl watches as he tosses old dresses and clothing from the chest.
"Nice," he whispers as he pulls a sword from the chest. It has a silver blade, and a gold handle. The handle has a dragon that wraps around the base of the sword. Diamonds are embedded in the dragon, and two rubies mark the dragon's eyes.
"Father's sword," the girl hisses angrily. The man grins as he inspects the sword in the moonlight. He digs a bit more in the trunk, and finds the rum that was stashed at the bottom. He grins and pockets every bottle.
"Not the rum too," the girl sighs angrily.
The man takes one last look about the room and then dashes out of the old house.
"Bloody Pirate." The girl looks about her house one last time before running out the door.
She walks silently in the shadows behind him, glaring each step of the way. She watches as he opens one of the bottles and chugs from it happily. She watches her father's sword glistening in the moonlight as it dangles from his belt.
The girl watches from behind a tree as the man, as well as a few others, start back towards the ship. She waits until they are almost to the ship before diving into the water to follow them. She was determined to get her father's sword back, even if it meant leaving the only place she knew.
"Bloody Pirates." She picks up her father's book and heads slowly down the stairs.
A dark man with a drunken swagger begins rummaging through an old chest that sits below the window in the front room. The girl watches as he tosses old dresses and clothing from the chest.
"Nice," he whispers as he pulls a sword from the chest. It has a silver blade, and a gold handle. The handle has a dragon that wraps around the base of the sword. Diamonds are embedded in the dragon, and two rubies mark the dragon's eyes.
"Father's sword," the girl hisses angrily. The man grins as he inspects the sword in the moonlight. He digs a bit more in the trunk, and finds the rum that was stashed at the bottom. He grins and pockets every bottle.
"Not the rum too," the girl sighs angrily.
The man takes one last look about the room and then dashes out of the old house.
"Bloody Pirate." The girl looks about her house one last time before running out the door.
She walks silently in the shadows behind him, glaring each step of the way. She watches as he opens one of the bottles and chugs from it happily. She watches her father's sword glistening in the moonlight as it dangles from his belt.
The girl watches from behind a tree as the man, as well as a few others, start back towards the ship. She waits until they are almost to the ship before diving into the water to follow them. She was determined to get her father's sword back, even if it meant leaving the only place she knew.