A: Hey ho to all! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and alerted and favorite! I love you all!
SO! I wanna specify some stuff!
First, sorry I didn't specify where the ship was, since Ayuthay does not have a port. Now, it is at the beach and they will transport materials from Ayuthay to the ship. Thank you Llama Power for helping me with that.
Also sorry for my bad grammar, I'll try and do better on this chapter. :)
On to the second chapter
Yo Ho, Here We Go!
Chapter 2
Amiti breathed in slowly and steadily as to not get angry right at the start of the day. There where things that he could at least tolerate when it came that barbaric pirate, but this, was definitely going too far!
"What are you doing in my room?" The prince articulated every single word in his repressed anger.
He couldn't believe that the first thing he had to see when he woke up in the morning was this man's face staring at him from across the room.
"Entertaining myself, you seem so calm while your sleeping instead of scowling at me like you always do." Eoleo answered with a shrug. "I needed that since soon I have to go help with the materials. Since you guys don't have a harbor, we need to transport the materials ourselves."
"Well then, you should go do that instead of bothering me." Amiti retorted as he climbed out of bed in his long white nightgown. "I need to get dressed, so my earlier comment was not a suggestion, it was a very calmly stated command."
Eoleo threw his arms up in a defensive position as he stood up. "Whoa, alright, alright, don't get your panties in a twist." He laughed. "I'll go, I'll go. If you wanna stop by the ship, you're more then welcome." The red-head smirked before completely leaving.
Amiti groaned loudly at his last remark. As if he was going to visit him while he was working, not going to happen! As the prince clothed himself for the day, he thought about his duties, and the things he was supposed to take care of as a leader. Obviously it was not much due to the fact that his uncle was king and took over most of what the royal family had to do, but he needed to be prepared for when he was going to be king. After the prince was done getting dressed, he exited his room and proceeded to the thrown room. As he walked in, he noticed that his uncle was not in the room. "Uncle?" He called out, but got only silence. Suddenly a woman came from around the corner.
"Oh, Prince Amiti!" She said in a surprised voice. "I'm glad you're here, the King told me to hand this to you." The woman handed him a small stack of papers with a letter at the top of it.
"Thank you." The aqua haired boy replied, before the woman bowed slightly and took her leave since she probably had things to attend to.
Amiti walked back to his room and wandered what his uncle could have wanted. The teen set the papers down on the desk in his room before opening the letter, careful not to rip anything important.
Good morning Amiti,
I was hoping to see you awake and dressed before I headed out with the group of sailors, but since I did not, I left you with a few papers that need to be looked over and signed. Do not worry, I trust your judgment, and your signature is just as good as mine. When you are finished with those, please come out to the ship and help me discuss some details with Mr. Eoleo. I'm sure you'll want to get of feel of how we negotiate and do business.
Love, Uncle
The prince groaned at the letter after he read it. He didn't really mind having to go threw all the documents because he was used to that. That's actually what he usually did, go over the simple documents and sit in meetings, and since that's what he always did his uncle just assumed that he would sit in on this one too. Sometimes he wished he wasn't royalty, but only in moments like this. He sighed, now he had to go visit that...that...jerk at his boat. Amiti rolled his eyes, he probably would have to play the good child and be nice in front of his uncle. This was going to be difficult.
The teen finally resolved himself to starting on the documents, since he knew that his uncle would be disappointed in his if he didn't show up. They were the usual budget negotiating papers, and such, so it didn't take very long for him to approve or disapprove of what each paper entailed. As he finished the last document he organized the stack and dropped them off in the thrown room, where they could be sent off. After that he kind of just stood for a few minutes, trying to gather his thoughts before having to ask the guards to escort him out. Another thing that annoyed him about being royal, having to constantly be led around or watched by a guard when he was leaving the city. He didn't want to have that on him all the time!
Amiti sighed, and climbed up the ladder to the front entrance, where there were two men standing guard. "I was summoned buy my uncle to aid him in negotiations at Mr. Eoleo's ship." He said in a proud voice, but accidentally let some bitterness slip when he said the red-head's name.
"Of course, Prince." The two guards bowed and opened the door for him. "The guard outside will escort you there."
Amiti suppressed his groan as he exited and met up with the man outside. "You are my guide for today?" he asked to make sure.
The man nodded. "Yes sir, I will be with you while we cross the water and across the valley to the beach." He explained as he led Amiti onto a raft and maneuvered them around the lily pads to the other side. The prince then took the lead as the exited the city, but then the guard stepped in front, informing the prince that he knew exactly the right path to get to the ship without any complications.
After his adventure with his friends, the monsters had slowly diminished, and if you were careful, you may not encounter any at all. Thus, when the soldier had told him that he knew the way, he did not object because he wasn't about to argue with a man who could keep them away from monsters. They walked in silence, since the guard was paying more attention to his surroundings, and Amiti was trying to get himself emotionally prepared for when he had to face both someone he hated and his uncle. The prince was so distracted by his thought that he didn't even hear the guard trying to get his attention.
"Prince Amiti?" The guard asked worried that he had done something to his leader.
Amiti blinked in surprise, and shook his head to regain his focus. "Yes?" He answered, composed.
"We're here." The man signaled at the coast, where the teen looked over at noticed and amazing ship. He could even see it over the horizon. He had to give Eoleo props for his ship...it was beautiful, and it made Amiti a little sad that it had received the damage it had. As they moved closer onto the ship, the prince noticed that it needed a lot of repairs. The prince almost wanted to help in the endeavor of fixing it, but when he thought of the captain's knowing smirk, he gave up on the idea.
"Oh, Amiti! There you are, I thought you would never get here." The prince looked up to see his uncle talking to him, he wore his work clothes and he seemed to be helping the crew, along with some of the men from Ayuthay. "I was just listening to Eoleo tell of some of your adventures!" The ruler said as he placed an arm around his nephew's shoulder and guided him toward the front of the ship where the steering wheel was. Standing there was the one and only captain of the ship.
"Well, there's the prince!" Eoleo said as he walked toward the teen and bowed before pressing a small kiss to the back of Amiti's hand, causing the teen to blush. "I'm glad you could join us, we where just about to start the negotiations." Seems like he was being polite in front of his uncle too, he's smart enough not to look like a complete barbarian.
"That's good, I thought I may have missed it." The prince forced a political smile, rewarding Eoleo for his good nature for now. "Uncle said I should be here for it." Although he really didn't want to be.
"And since you're here, we can go ahead and get started." His uncle interrupted, and told everyone to keep working while they went below deck and sat at the table that was set up. They began talking about everything that needed to be discussed. Which included, what Eoleo required, expenses, actual time estimation, and finally signed document with a written version of what they agreed upon. When everything was completed, the three of them looked outside and noticed that it was starting to get dark. "I think that's all that needs to be discussed, and I think it is time to head back. I will be taking my soldiers with me. Amiti, let's go." The prince nodded and was about to leave with his uncle, when Eoleo interjected.
"Sir, would you mind if I took Amiti back? I want to talk to him, and catch-up." The red head gave an innocent smile, and the prince wished he could just reject him right there, but he knew he couldn't.
"Well why not! It seems like a great idea!" Amiti controlled his groan as his uncle agreed. "Amiti, I shall see you back at the palace for dinner." And with that the king left the ship with all his guards.
As soon as the king was completely gone, the teen turned to glare at the captain. "What are your intentions now?" He forced, trying to get passed the red heads smirk.
"Nothing really, just wanted to talk." He said before walking back up on deck, and telling his men that they were done for today. The men cheered and were glad to be done. Most of them were screaming about food, they must have been hungry. Although most of them were leaving promptly after hearing they were done, only one stopped to look at him. Farook, was that one. He showed Eoleo a face saying: 'I know what you're doing here' before following his crew mates off the ship.
Amiti assumed that now they were all going to leave together, but then the red head came back down the stairs, and sat back down at the table while placing his feet on top of it in a relaxed position. "Are you not going to take me home?" The prince growled slightly. He wanted to know why this man was so attached to him, yet behaved like such a...a...a dumb pirate!
"I will." Eoleo responded simply, but did not move except to place his feet back on the ground and place his hands on the table. "After you answer my questions truthfully." The serious tone in the captains voice and his facial expression made Amiti slightly fearful, but more willing to sit down. Thus, he complied at took a seat at the table, placing his hands down nervously.
"Alright. I will answer you truthfully." This time Amiti didn't have any fake happiness, or plain hatred, he looked at the man as if he that's all he was: a normal everyday man.
"Cool." Eoleo grinned, but it was honest, not like when he was insulting the teen. "So, let's start our game of twenty questions!"
A: BUM BUM BA DUMMMMM! Kind of a cliff hanger here, I guess XD. I'm sorry it took me so long to post this, been busy and stuff, but I'm glad that I had so much support from all my reviewers and TheMysticalQ who messaged me. Thanks so much everyone, and hope that I'll be able to get the next chapter up here soon.
