Chapter 2

Kaden told the kings of Moira's story and how she got here. He had to admit that when Captain Oliver left the ship to his niece he was indeed a bit jealous. Ever since Moira came to the ship they've been good friends, yet he felt a bit betrayed by the Captain for leaving the ship to her instead of himself. He was the captain's best mate and advisor, yet after a while he accepted the Captains decision. Now he continued his place as best mate and advisor to the new Captain.

"That explains how she became Captain." Peter said as the three of them sat drinking their wine.

"A few men left when the news from our former Captain was brought out. Moira had to prove herself to the rest of us, and she did." Kaden said and looked over to Moira who was just arriving with her meal.

"Good-day Captain" Kaden said as she took a seat next to them. He could see the rings under her eyes clearly now that the sun was coming out. It was clear to him that she hadn't been able to sleep lately, which is why she appeared so tired.

"Rough night?" he asked. She just nodded as she took a bite of her fish.

"I can take over if you would like to rest after." He offered.

"I think I just might take you up on your offer today, Kaden." She said and sipped her wine.

"I'll go check on the crew, see if they're ready." Kaden said as he got up, Peter followed his lead.

"I'll come too if that's alright." Kaden just nodded his head and before they were gone Peter gave Edmund a look as if he knew something he didn't. 'What was that all about?' Edmund wondered. He just shrugged it off and turned to Moira again. They were both near the railing looking out to the sea.

"How long do you figure until we reach Terebinthia?" he asked.

"If the weather is nice, I figure we should be there in about a week." She estimated. Yet there was no way of telling, the sea is very unpredictable.

"King Edmund, if you don't mind my asking, why is it that in Narnia both you and your brother are kings? Can there really be more than one king?" Moira asked as she looked at Edmund. He smiled and looked at her, it was then that she really noticed his brown eyes.

"My siblings and I were all crowned Kings and Queens by Aslan, I suppose he thought it fair seeing as we all took part in defeating the white witch. Have you ever heard of her?" he asked, trying not to confuse the Captain. 'She's probably not familiar with Narnia's history.' He thought. Moira furrowed her brows and tried to think of a white witch, but she had never heard of her.

"No, I don't believe I have. When was she defeated?" she asked.

"In the year 1000."

"That must be why I never heard of her. You see, I started traveling at sixteen and was only but nine years old then." She explained.

"Kaden told us you started traveling at sixteen, I asked him, well, ahh…" Edmund said but couldn't finish his sentence because he didn't want her to know that he at first found it odd how she was Captain. He didn't want her to take it the wrong way or anything.

"Asked what?" Moira said a bit curious to hear that he asked about her.

"Well it's just, I asked why you were Captain, seeing as you're a lady." He said a bit uneasy.

"Oh." Moira said and looked away. She hated it when men judged her because she was a lady and was not wearing silly dresses and acting ladylike.

"No, there's nothing wrong with that, it's just I never heard of any lady Captains." Edmund said trying to make things better, he knew by the tone of Moira's voice that she was a bit offended.

"Lady Captains?" Moira said giving him a stern look. "What's so different about me? Am I not as worthy as the other captains?" she said clearly offended now with a bit of sarcasm in the word worthy.

"No! There's nothing wrong with being a lady." Edmund said trying to defend himself.

"Sure, but only if I was more ladylike, right?"

"That's not what I said! You're twisting my words and taking it the wrong way."

"It's what you were thinking though, was it not."

"Not at all. Sorry if I found it a bit queer to see a lady as Captain, I'm not accustomed to it." He said but Moira just shook her head and gave him a look of discussed before she left for her chambers. She walked below deck and opened the door beside the strategy room, which was her chamber. She slammed the door and went to her bed, she tried to get some rest but all she could think about was the fight with the King. 'How dare he say that! Just because I am a lady it does not give him the right to treat me as though I am not a good Captain. I'm eighteen for goodness sake, perhaps a little young compared to other captains but I'm just as good-no better!' she thought. The more she thought about what happened, the more she realized how wrong she was. 'I suppose he really didn't say that, and I suppose it is a bit queer to see a lady captain.' She thought. 'Who am I kidding? Of course it's queer, ladies aren't meant to be at sea let alone captain. That's why I've been hiding my identity every time we visit a country.' She thought feeling even guiltier about what happened. She knew that she jumped to conclusions about many things, yet she had to make things right. 'I need to apologize to him; it's the right thing to do. No matter how much I hate apologizing.' She thought and soon drifted off to sleep.

When Moira woke up she felt hungry, she didn't know how long she was sleeping but she sure felt more awake now. She went up to the main deck only to see that it was dark outside. She walked up to Kaden who was at the ship's steering wheel.

"You seem to be doing a good job." Moira said as she walked up to him.

"Good Evening Moira, did you have a nice rest?" he asked.

"Yes, thank you for taking care of everything for me while I rested. Did I really sleep all day?" she asked and Kaden smirked at this.

"Yes you did" he said and heard Moira's stomach rumble.

"Go and get some supper, I got everything under control here." He added.

"You seem to be forgetting who the Captain here is." She said sternly but then smiled and thanked him once more. She came back on the deck later once she had some leftover food and sat near the edge of the boat looking out to sea. Once she finished her food she could hear footsteps coming towards her and thought it was Kaden.

"You know just because your older doesn't make you that much more experienced than me." She said, as this was a subject they both liked to tease each other about because Kaden started sailing at sea before she but Moira ended up captain.

Moira didn't hear him respond so she turned around to find a confused looking Edmund.

"King Edmund!" she said surprised, he could tell by her voice. "I'm sorry, I thought you were Kaden." She said turning around again mentally yelling at herself for making a fool of herself. He didn't say anything; he just went to sit beside her.

"What brings you here?" she asked.

"What? I'm not aloud to be here? Would you like me to leave because I can." He said

"That's not what I meant-"

"Well it's what it sounded like." He said interrupting her.

"What's wrong with you? I didn't say that!" she said getting very upset by his behavior.

"But it's what you meant, right?" he asked. She was shocked at the way he was acting. Moira was thinking of what to say and then she realized what he was doing and smirked 'Clever' she thought.

"Alright, I get it. If it makes you feel better I was about to say sorry." She replied. He was doing exactly what she did to him before in order to make her understand; yet she already knew she was wrong before.

"Really?" Edmund asked not quite believing her.

"Yes. I over reacted, you're right. I don't know why, I guess I was tired." She said

"That's no excuse for accusing me for something and storming off."

"I know! I'm sorry! What more do you want me to say? I screwed up and I realize that now." She said and looked down into the water.

"It's alright. As long as you realize it, sorry for being so hard, but-"

"It's alright, I needed it. I shouldn't have just accused you like that." She interrupted. Edmund smiled at her and she returned it, she was glad that they weren't fighting anymore.

"I was going to the kitchen with some other men for a drink, would you care to join us?" Edmund asked.

"Umm.." Moira looked over to see Kaden still at the wheel and thought it be best if she didn't, he really did help her a lot. She should let him have a break. Edmund followed her gaze and understood.

"Can't he take care of it for tonight?" he asked. She thought about it for a moment, 'Kaden is my best mate. He loves sailing and does have a lot more experience.' She thought.

"Alright, just this once." She said and they got up to go to the kitchen. Down below the deck most of the men were drinking in the sleeping quarters and they joined them for most of the night. Moira had fun talking with the men, even if a lot were already drunk. She casually would talk to them and order them, but this was different. She had fun laughing at their jokes and stories. They all drank a lot but she had to watch it a bit, seeing that she is still Captain and will need to be fully awake tomorrow. Every time she turned down another drink a few would groan or say something like: "Come on" or "One more can't hurt."

She did however drink more than she hoped and was now feeling very giggly. She would giggle at nearly everything, soon Edmund (who also happened to be drinking quite a bit) brought her up to the deck for some fresh air. They both sat at the previous spot looking over the railing, Kaden was gone to retire for the night seeing as the water was now much smoother.

Edmund laughed at her since she was giggling, they both sat there gazing at the stars and he decided to wrap his arm around her. Edmund wasn't sure why but he just kept thinking about how good she looked just then under the moonlight. He leaned in and whispered in her ear.

"Moira." He whispered softly in her ear, she loved the way it tickled when he whispered. She could feel something touch her neck and when she turned towards him she saw him kissing her neck. The feeling was amazing and her heart kept pounding, she giggled when he kissed her lower to her chest. She wrapped her arms around him and laughed as he kept on kissing her.

"Edmund" she said and he looked up to her. They both leaned in to meet each other's lips and she could feel his tongue making his way into her mouth. They were kissing each other with passion and he slowly got up and she followed without having to break the kiss. He placed his hands around her waist and led her bellow the deck. Of course they had to break the kiss as they went down but they soon kept on kissing just as passionately. No one saw their Captain or the king kissing since they were either drunk or sleeping. There were one or two men on deck to keep watch tonight but they hardly paid any attention to the couple. After a while they broke apart to breathe and Edmund went to kiss her again but she pulled away.

"Come." She whispered and smiled at him, he grinned at her as she led him to her chamber. Once she closed the door Edmund pushed her gently against the wall and kissed her some more. They both enjoyed the feeling and rush yet neither of them realized exactly what they were doing because of the wine.

Moira started to take off Edmund's tunic as he made to take hers off. Once they succeeded at taking off each other's clothes they went under the blankets of the bed and kept on kissing, even more passionately. They needed to feed their desire and made love that night.

When they were finished, Moira rested her head on his chest as he held her, they were both breathing heavily.

"I love you" Edmund whispered in her ear right before she drifted off to sleep. He soon fell asleep after but neither knew what was in store for them tomorrow morning. If only they weren't drunk then perhaps this would of never happened and neither of them would have to experience tomorrow mornings big surprise.

Yet I am here to tell you the story as it happened and I am sorry to say that Edmund did not love her, he did not fall madly in love at first sight like all those other silly stories you here about love. He only considered her as a friend and nothing more. As for Moira, she was already in love with someone else, someone who didn't love her back. Neither of them had planned this to happen which just makes it all the worse

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