Elizabeth sighed as she left her lighthouse. She went to the shed, getting out two oars and bundling them in her arms as she went down the hill.
"It's only one week, Elizabeth." she muttered to herself as she walked down to the dock. It had been over a year since Henry had broken Will's curse, but she could tell something troubled him, and he was going to find out what.
But of course, that meant she had to be left behind again. At least it was only a week rather than 20 years. She had gotten used to having time to herself, but she just had to kill it until the men of the house returned.
She pushed the rowboat out of the dock before leaping into it with the oars. As she floated from the shore she began humming to herself.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
She continued singing quietly, her voice echoing softly across the large mountains above her. As she heard the creaking of her oars against the edges of the boat, she heard two other oars moving out of sync with hers.
She stopped rowing and listened, as the creaking grew louder and louder. She continued listening, but all of a sudden... SNAP! SPLASH!
"Bloody hell!" Elizabeth said as the other boat rammed into her's from behind, struggling to stand straight as the two boats were sucked up towards the shore. The master of the boat dropped their hat and said "be careful!" as they stood up and reached for Elizabeth.
Their effort was for naught, as Elizabeth fell back shrieking into the water. SPLASH! CRACK!
Elizabeth coughed, spitting out water as she reemerged from under the surface. She looked to the shore, seeing the rocks sending splinters up into the air.
"For goodness sake!" Elizabeth spluttered as she crawled out of the water. She looked at her boat, which was rammed against the rock. As she cursed loudly, she failed to notice the other boat reach the port behind her.
"Do you need a hand, señorita?"
"Ready?" Elizabeth said as the brunette woman nodded, both of them standing in the water and holding the boat up. "One! Two! Push!"
They pushed the boat out of the rocks, heaving it up onto the beach as they both groaned. Elizabeth then said "right! That's it, we've done it! Ha ha!"
They tied Elizabeth's boat up to the dock, as she said to the woman "I can't thank you enough. My name's Elizabeth Turner."
The woman's eyes widened at the mention of this name, as she shook Elizabeth's hand and said "Angelica. Angelica Teach."
"So, what brings you to this island?"
"Oh, I was performing, how do you say, ornitología? Oh yes. Bird watching. It's a hobby. In fact, I'd better be off for my next location."
"Well, surely I could show my appreciation with a decent meal? My house isn't very far from here."
Angelica thought for a moment, before saying "oh... that would be maravilloso. Gracias, señorita."