Harlock stood by the window in the captains room looking out at the sea of stars. He held a glass of wind in his hand looking grim as usual. he was dressed in his captains suit a black cape with the red brim covered the rest of his black suit. His hazel brown left eye looked at the stars out there as the hazel brown hair of his covered the black patch over his right eye. A scar covering his left cheek and going up over the nose bone made his face look even grimmer.
A sound made him turn his head to his left. By one of the corners of the round next to a window there was a sort of dog bed. The bed was shaded kinda like Harlocks chair with the skull and cross bones decorating its top. A black shadow moved in the bed as the animal resting there stretched his body. A pair of dark blue eyes looked back at him and a white scar shaded in a line from over his right eye to under his left eye seemed to shine up in the black face. The animal got up and came towards Harlock. As he moved past the window the shine from a moon lighted up the wolf seemed almost like a living shadow, his black fur and his lighter black areas on his under side. His thick long fur made the collar on his neck disappear in the fur but you could see the medallion handing down from it. Shaped like the captains trade mark skull hand cross bones the white silver medallion dangled as he walked.
"Is every thing aright? You seem troubled." the wolf suddenly spoke. Coming to a stop not far from the captain, he turned his head a little looking a bit curious.
"It's okay." Harlock said and walked over to his chair next to a small table. He sat down and looked as the wolf came up to him, sitting down next to him the wolf rested his head in Harlocks lap. Harlock smiled as the wolf had his eyes closed, he gently petted his head.
"You know what day it is, don't you, Lighting?" Harlock said looking at him with a faint smile. The wolf smiled and lifted his head.
"Like I would ever forget." he said turning his ears slightly towards the door before turning his head around.
In thorough the door Tochiro and Mimee walked. Tochiro had his brown cape over his short body and Tori-san were sitting on his shoulder. His thick glasses covered his eyes but you could still see that he looked confused. Mimee, a beauty full woman with sightly blue skin, yellow eyes that had no pupils, and long blue hair going down her back. What really was special with Mimee was that she had no visible mouth, he was holing her harp in her hands.
"What day is it, Harlock?" Tochiro asked smiling. Harlock smiled back.
"the day when you met Ligthingtooth right?" Mimee smiled with her eyes. Harlock nodded smiling as he met Ligthings eyes. The wolf waved his tail and looked back at him.
"That is a story you never really have told me, Harlock." Tochiro grinned sitting down on the chair next to Harlock. Mimee sat down on Harlocks bed and gently started to play a petty full melody.
"It's a long story old friend." Harlock sighed and took a sip from the glass, before he started to tell. Lighting was resting next to his bed as the memories came back to him.
A kind wind was blowing through the grass. It was a beauty full day in Arcadia, a small area in German. On a little road a young boy was walking alone. He could not have been more than nine years old. dressed in a dark blue suit that one could see was expensive. His hazel brown hair were laying down in front of his face kinda just showing his left eye but sometimes you could see his right as the wind made his hair move. He was on his way back to his family's mansion. He had been with his friend Maya at their favourite spot not far from the lake. He was walking calmly like always looking up at the sky, thinking about the stars behind the blue sky he could see. His father was a pioneer pilot and were up there somewhere and exploring the sea of stars.
Some day I'll be up there and I'll explore it all. He thought as he was walking. The sun were setting and the stars were soon to be seen. He looked around on both sides of the road there was a flower covered field. Some small houses here and there were lying there silently as the night were falling.
As he came up a small hill the road spilt in two, he could either take the road the led west and took a long way around back to the mansion or he could take the road east through a fur farm. He drew out an old pocket watch that had the Harlock pirate clan's mark of the skull and crossbones on it. Flipping up the lid he looked at the clock and sighed.
I am already very late for dinner as it is. It cant be helped then. He thought as he closed the watch and put it back in his pocket. If grandfather is not to yell my skin full for being late again I have to go through the farm. He grinned to himself as he set his pace up, making his way east. The road there was not long at all and he climbed over the fence at the first rays of the sun were turning red. He could hear the wolfs barking from their fenced areas. The boy bit his teeth together as he heard the long mooring howl from one of the wolfs.
Log ago there had been a great pack of wolfs living free in the forest that belonged to his family. They had been the caretakers of the wolfs as long ago the first Harlock how set out to be a pirate had once saved one of the wolfs life, and the wolf had been forever grateful following his master around always ready to risk his life for his master. As they had returned to Arcadia he had declared that the wolfs of that forest were to be protected, and the wolfs had over the years protected members of the Harlock clan with their life. It was said the they were much smarter than normal wolfs and even some said that they could speak the words of men when needed. Still some men had set out a killer gas in the forest killing of the wolfs. The men that had done it paid with their life but it was to late all the wolfs of the forest were dead. Years had gone by and the only wolfs that lived here now were those in the pens in the fur farm, that were to be killed so that some one could have a fur cote.
he growled to himself. Even a animals life should be worth more that the fur it wears. As he quickly made his way through the farm to the other side he suddenly heard a voice.
"Don't please! Help me, someone! Anyone! don't let him take me!" the boy stopped hearing this voice. The voice seemed like it was in his head.
"Please anyone! Help me! He is gonna kill me!" the voice was begging for his life. The boy looked around he could not see anyone but as the light dimmed as the sun was setting down behind the tall mountains he saw the caretaker of the farm in one of the open windows. He was bent down getting something. The boys eyes narrowed, as he slowing crept closer to see. The caretaker took up a wolf cub by the neck. The cubs fur were black as night with some black but lighter markings on his under side.
"you are lucky little one, you get to be a mitten for some rich lady." he laughed to himself as he took the struggling wolf with him.
"I don't want be be a mitten what ever that is. You are not gonna kill me that simply." the voice in the boys head suddenly spoke and the cub bit his fangs into his left hand that were close to him.
"Damm it. You little..." the caretaker cursed and took hold of the cubs neck with is right as he pulled his left hand free. The cub was struggling in his grip gasping for air.
"Damm it. I... cant... give up.." the voice gasped before it went silent. The boys blood were boiling and he jumped through the open window.
"Let him go!" he called out, looking at the big man's back. The caretaker turned around holding the black cubs head in his right hand.
"Heh? What do you want kid? This is of limits to anyone." the man growled and walked towards him.
"I want that cub. Alive." the boy said not even looking scared as the grown man stood over him.
"Hehehe you know some rich lady paid me a lot of money to make is little fur ball into a mitten and that is what I am gonna do." the man laughed. The boy took his hand down in his pocked and drew up a bundle of cash. He had been saving them for a gun he had wanted but still threw them down on the floor.
"And now I have paid you a lot of money to give me that cub." he said as the man's eyes winded as he saw the money. The caretaker drooped the cub and picked up the money. The cub moved quicly away from him and over to the young boy.
"who are you? To be walking around with this much money?" he asked looking shocked at the boy. The boy picked up the cub that was lying still in his arms looking at him with his dark blue eyes.
"Harlock." the boy said turning around and left holding the cub in his arms.
"Harlock, the son of the great Harlock family." the man shivered in fear for a moment as the some of the story's went trough his head.
Harlock had finally gotten back on the road towards his home still holding the cub in his arms. The cub lay still had looked at him with a curios look.
"Now I am really late, I got dirty from crawling around there, and I have a wolf cub with me. How on earth am I gonna explain this?" he asked out to himself. The cub turned his head little to the left and wined one time, before carefully licking Harlock once on his cheek. Harlock smiled and went in to the house that was his home. He knew at a scolding was coming his way.
In the small forest on the road that went west three men growled as they suddenly saw that Harlock was back home and had not taken the road they had hoped.
"Still we'll get him. We just need time." one of them said and the three men left.
Author'sNote
okay so I wanted to do another Harlock story. I requested Gemini to draw me an picture in fan art central to draw Harlock and my wolf character Ligthingtooth (hence my Authorname). she drew a perfect picture of them where Ligthingtooth seems to be standing in front of Harlock, ready to protect him at any cost. You should really take a look at her art at fan art central as she can draw the most amazing fan art ever.
Anyway so I have had this kinda story in my head playing around with it and I desisted to see if I can make this story seem possible. Hope I don't wreck any Harlock fans worlds with this but feel free to tell he how I did on this one.
Ligthingtooth