It only took me three hours to read the book Daniel gave me, but I had been in my room for much longer, I avoided dinner as did everyone else getting served in our separate rooms.
I sigh laying on top of the blankets in my bedroom. As Tris comes in she refuses to look at me and walks to the bathroom closing the door. I jump up and rush to the door "Tris?" I knock
I hear the sink "Tris I know you can hear me, I'm sorry I didn't mean what I said, I was just angry, you know what I'm like, please forgive me? I love you sooooo much" I say to the door
I heard the sink turn off, and the shower start. "ugh" I flop back down onto my bed.
I wait twenty minutes before the shower is turned off and Tris emerges from the room in nothing but a towel. "I know you and mother were hurt" she says quietly
I sit up "I was seven Kaya, you were ten I don't know I was young and assumed you and mother could handle yourselves I didn't know what to do,I lost my dad and best friend" she said putting on pajamas shorts and a button up shirt.
What she said was true I, Our dad, and her were incredibly close when he died it was like losing a best friend. We weren't and still aren't that close to our mother because she has always worked non stop for as long as I can remember.
"I thought you understood that" she states
"don't you get it I was just as close to him, I loved him too" I cross my legs
"I know" she says walking over to my bed "and I am sorry about that, but I was too young at the time"
She laid down beside me patting the blankets for me to join. We lay shoulder to shoulder her hand in mine. "I'm sorry" I whisper
"me too" she whispers back
"how mad is mother about Daniel telling me?" I question
"pretty mad, the vein in her neck was popping out and everything" she laughs a little
"Daniels in for an earful" I laugh
"I know" she whispers quietly her voice fading and eyes closing.
I get up out of bed and take the blanket off of her bed putting it over top of her. I quietly leave the room, and walk down the hall wondering around trying to find my mother or Daniel.
"Helen she had to know" I hear from one of the living rooms I put my ear up to the door.
"she told her sister, you have filled both their heads with your nonsense!"
"it is not nonsense and you know that"
"do i?" she exclaims "because I waited Daniel, I waited until I was twenty one and nothing happened!"
"I know, I am unsure of why he didn't come for you maybe he has passed on"
"no, he didn't come because he is not real! I will not be having you getting my children's hopes up simply to crush them."
"they are not getting their hopes up, I simply told them the truth is that such a bad thing?"
"we are leaving in the morning" she says quietly
"Helen please" he pleads "despite the ulterior motives I am truly sick"
"with what?" her voice is now slightly raised
"cancer in my blood, it's terminal" he says sadness ridden in his voice
My mother sighed "nevertheless Daniel you lied to me to get us here, we are leaving in the morning"
I can't resist I open the door. "mother no!"
"Kaya how long have you been there?" she questions
"long enough, we can just abandon him" I try
"he is filling your head with stories"
"yeah so what? That's all they are, stories" I reply
"you don't believe me?" Daniel asks
I look down playing with the bottom of my shirt "no why would I, they're just silly stories faith, trust, pixie dust just stupid words." I say quietly
"oh thank god" my mother embraces me "I am so lucky to have strong children" she scowls at Daniel "but I stand by my word we will leave as soon as we can, Daniel we will stay for three more days okay?"
No sooner had the words left her mouth did the room long window of the living room crash down the glass shattering everywhere. Ropes fell down and people climbed down on them I looked at the top of the window, what looks like the bottom of a ship is peeking down past the ceiling.
"HOOK!" Daniel shouts
"Run Kaya!" my mother yells at me pushing me out of the room and closing the door as the men, pirates enter the room through the window.
"get her!" I hear a man yell
I run down the hall turning the corner so hard that I fall down onto my side but my legs keep moving and I get up quickly, and keep running. I run into the bedroom and close the door behind me. "what's going on?" Tris asks
"no time for questions get in the closet and stay there be quiet" I say quickly
"but-" she starts as I shove her into the closet
"no shut up" I tell her
I look around the room seeing it there is anything I can defend myself with, above the bookshelf is a sword.
"fencing lessons don't fail me now" I say under my breath I fall to my stomach and shimmy under the bed as the door creaks open and three men walk in.
"did you see her come in here?" questions one I peer out from under the bed one has gray hair and an eye patch, his teeth decaying.
"yes, they have to be in here somewhere" says another much younger than the other two his eyes a piercing green and his hair much shorter than the others.
"come out girly we don't want to hurt you" say the third his hair is graying and his teeth in an even worse state than the oldest. I can smell them from under the bed.
The oldest one steps near the bed "come here little pretty" I cover my mouth as his feet reach just slightly under the bed.
"frizz check the closet!" the eldest says to the younger boy he nods, no no no no stay hidden Tris please I think.
He opens the closet, Tris screams. "found her!" he shouts grabbing her by the arm she struggles hitting the boy "let me go!" she yells
"we're under strict orders" he smirks
"let her go!" I say loud putting on the toughest voice I can as I shimmy back out from under the bed.
"there's two of them!" exclaims the oldest one "seize her!" he yells pointing to me
I bring the sword out from behind my back "stay away" I say my voice a little shaky.
"oh look little girl's got a sword, now we must back off!" the older men laugh while the youngest looks uneasy.
The middle aged man pulls out his sword and holds it in front of him swinging it towards me I block it, stumbling back a little. Then I swing towards him missing by a long shot, "you're going to have to do better than that!" he shouts swinging towards me I try to dodge it but he cuts my arm.
I scream in pain, but swing the sword with one arm this time he needs to block it. He swings his sword and a small battle is under way, swinging at each other and blocking the sharp swords from hitting us.
"enough!" Cries the eldest we both stop and look at him he is now holding onto my sister, sword at her throat "our instructions are for one, it would not be much of a loss if I cut her throat now" he laughs
I drop my sword "no Kaya!" Tris shouts
"shut her up" says the eldest throwing my sister to 'frizz' he takes a cloth and ties her mouth. As the middle aged man grabs me. he ties my mouth, and grabs me lifting me over his shoulder i struggles as best I can but he is much stronger than I am.
We are taken back to the living room, Daniel and my mother are bound with cloth "Kaya, Tris!" she shouts I look at her and Daniel in desperation.
A man in a red jacket with long curly black hair and a captains hat approaches me and my sister. He touches my sisters face "there's two of them" I struggle and scream at him his head whips around to look at me.
"I see you've raised a fighter Daniel" the Captain says
"they are not my children, let them go!" he shouts
"then who's children are they?" he questions
"mine!" my mother shouts
He turns to look at her "I don't suppose we've met" he says holding out a hook for a hand "captain James Hook at your service" he retracts his hook realizing my mother is bound
Idiot I think
"let my children go!" she yells at him
"I'm sorry ma'am but I'm afraid I can't do that, you see I need them in order to capture a certain friend of Daniels" he smirks
"Hook you've been trying for a hundred years aren't you growing tired of this endless game?" Daniel questions him obviously buying time
The youngest of the pirates tied me and my sister up.
"it is not a game! He has something that belongs to me!" Hook yells
"doesn't he always" Daniel sighs
"enough of this!" Hook yells "lower the boat!"
The boat lowers so that it is level with the window, "bring the girls on board leave the adults they are useless to me"
"no!" my mother screams loud as they pick me and my sister up throwing us aboard. I struggle but it is to no prevail as I hit the wood of the deck.
"hoist anchor!" Hook yells as he jumps aboard. The crew members start spinning a giant wheel and the anchor begins to rise and the boat lifts off flying through the air.
Second star to the right straight on 'till morning.