So my Madre recently bought myself and my Hermana tickets to Sea World, I got the inspiration to use Pirates and a whole bunch of other different Sea creatures for my scurvy crew! Like I said, I'll try not to make it the same as Ice Age 4, with the bunny, sea cow, kangaroo, badger, big ape, saber toothed tiger, and a boar, but I'll try my best. And I'm going to stop naming chapters after miles. And lastly, do you to meet Hunter's love interest?

8523 Miles

Chapter 4

Pirates!

The ghostly ship closed in on the young recruit, Private was shaking in the water at the fact that he was being closed in on by a large pirate ship that was made of actually wood, sort of like an actual ship. The ship's starboard side pulled up against Private, and he heard a very cold, yet feminine voice call down to him.

"Hey down there…! Need some help?" The She-Voice called. Private swam back away from what he was certain was just a trick.

"Not from a dirty, dirty pirate like you!" He yelled back at her.

"Pirate…? Ha…!" The air above him was foggy due to the heat off the coast, and the storm that had just been generated, he couldn't tell who he was talking to, or what she looked like. "I'm no pirate, I'm just a humble sailor like yourself!" She kept trying to convince Private she wasn't a pirate, which she clearly was.

"Oh really…? Then explain that animal skull with cross bones on your flag?" Private demanded to know from her.

"Oh that…? That's just a little antique we picked up when he docked in Somalia." The woman tried to sell.

"Yeah right…! I'd never believe that you coward nave!" Private isn't easily angered, but when it came to clear threats like pirates, he wasn't about fall for that. "I'm not getting on board that ship, not even if…"

"Okay, okay, you've made your point…" The lady began to say, "But I'll you know that this section the seas is very shark infested."

"No it's not! I've been floating here in the water for a while and I haven't seen a single fin!" Private kept defending his position, even though the pirates had the obvious advantage.

"Okay, suit yourself, but the sharks around here tend to watch their prey for a while before striking!"

Private huffed at her last remark and began to swim away from the side of the boat. He admitted he needed help to survive this, but a pirate, or a shark for that matter would kill or hurt him for sure. Of course, the fact that Hunter was a leopard seal and didn't eat him reminded him not to judge a predator by what he was taught they eat. Perhaps if a shark came along and told him he was a strict cod eater or tuna eater, he'd have the heart, or the most naïve of minds to believe him, but the situation wasn't playing in his favor. Private continued to swim away from the boat and into the mist when he heard a small splash behind him. He looked to see nothing, on that the boat was no longer in sight, after that, he turned around and saw something in the mist. It was a very thin and slanted looking silhouette, it made a swift sound as it came at him, and then apparently went underwater.

The rain and the storm had halted, and the fact that they were still off the coast of North America made the new temperature very warm and humid, causing the dense air around Private and where Hunter was to turn into very thick fog and/or mist. This obscured Private's vision, and it made him squint when he saw the strange shape reappear.

"Hello…?" He tried saying, but no response. "Hunter…?" The name echoed through the low laying blinder.

A fraction of water was sliced, and Private could now clearly tell what it was, it was nothing less than a dorsal fin of a shark. Private began to shake in the waters causing more vibrations. This would normally attract more sharks, but Private couldn't think about that right now, all he could think about how big the monster beneath him was, and how fast that fin was coming at him. It was about a meter away when Private's paranoia got the best of him, and he did nothing but cover his head with his flippers. A dark figure rose out of the water, and Private was still just shaking,

"Private…?" It was Hunter. Private recognized her voice, and he uncovered his head and sighed with more relief than he had in a long time.

"Oh my goodness Hunter, I am so glad to see you I thought you were a…" Private was stopped when he saw Hunter's eyes widen.

"SHARK…!" Hunter screamed, and swam away in the opposite direction. Private turned around, and cutting through the fog was a real dorsal fin of what was probably a Great White.

"Ahhhhh…!" Private bellowed out and quickened his pace after her.

Together they swam in a straight line through the mist that was still hanging right above the surface of the water, and they couldn't see where they were going, all they knew was that the storm was over, and they had a shark chasing them. Before Hunter knew it, she had slammed her head into something hard, it stunned her for a moment and saw that it was some kind of wood surface, and it realizing it was a boat, she wasted no time.

"Help…somebody up there!" Private didn't notice that it was the same boat form before, but in this moment, he was surely better off dealing with pirates than a shark.

Private grabbed onto Hunter's back and held on hoping that there would be a line to grab, instead, nothing was heard, and the shark got closer and closer. Both of them were quivering in the water right behind the side of the port, but just as the shark got close enough to chomp from under the water, Hunter felt a large and hairy hand grab the end of her tail and yank her up with Private holding on to her back by the tips of his flippers. It was then that the surface of the water disappeared, and all they saw was a colossal mouth leap up and close, grabbing nothing and hearing a splash back under them. The hairy feeling stopped and they both fell onto the surface of the ship.

Hunter looked up to see a big chimpanzee standing over them, he had very large hands, he then turned to his superior and asked, "What now…Captain?" He had a very deep voice, almost like he'd been yelling too much. Hunter and Private looked over to see a large polar bear walked towards them, she then stood up on two legs and looked down on the two, she had bulky shoulders, and was very big for a female, she was also missing a claw on her right front paw. After she analyzed them with her eyes, and nose, she turned her head back and yelled,

"Peepee…!" It was the same female voice from before, Private recognized it, and then a male teenaged leopard seal crawled over to her, and in a very aggravated voice responded,

"Yes…Captain?"

"Take these two to the brig…" She then turned to the chimp, "Jervis, you come with me." The polar bear then walked off on all for legs to the head of the boat with the huge chimp following her, and the leopard seal nudged Private to get moving.

"Come on move it!" He told him, he then turned to Hunter, and their eyes accidently locked, "Uh…" He didn't know what to say, but he broke away from the gaze, "You too, get moving!" He raised his voice at her. She scoffed and along right behind Private.

The leopard seal then sighed and took a deep and realized what had just happened to him, he inhaled and tried to calm down. "Damn…" He said to himself and came up behind them to ensure they got to their cell.

What do you think? I'm trying my best to make this different than Ice Age. The basic rundown of the pirates so far…? The Captain is a woman, and she's a polar bear, the First Mate is that male Chimp you saw, the leopard seal teen you saw isn't named Peepee, that's what his crew-mates call him. All their names will be in the next chapter, and I'm trying really hard to avoid copyrighting the concept, can have some props for that? But I'll need your help, GIVE ME A FEW ANIMALS THAT WILL BE PART OF THEIR CREW THAT WASN'T IN ICE AGE, it'll be much appreciated. Review or PM your suggestions.

Captain-Polar Bear

First Mate-Chimpanzee

Cabin Boy-Leopard Seal

The rest are up to you!