Chapter 7: The Enemy

The ocean waves crashed against the side of the boat while the crew sailed it. On the boat, a stair case led down to a room with prison cells in it. And in those cells are: the missing Webkinz. They had been captured and thrown in them over night, and hadn't found a way out since then. To spend their time, Dots and Doug were still trying to figure out a plan to escape, while the others were talking about how long they were trapped, about the people on the ship, and what day it was. "We have been here for only a day and a half, and I want someone to get me out of here!" Hazzel had gone crazy after she had been put in her cell, but even worse that she got put with Ponytail and Buster. "The floor is damp, there's dirt everywhere, and I am smashed in this tiny space by these two!"

Hazzel kept on complaining. The other cells were occupied, one of them includes Dots, Doug, and Louis and the last one had Carisol and Ginger. After about ten minutes, Louis snapped. He stood up on his hind legs and shouted, "Hazzel, will you be quiet already!"

The dachshund stopped, glared at Louis, and held the rusty iron bars with her front paws. "Well, excuse me for wanting to get out of this prison. If you want me to stop then I shall repeat what I have been saying for the last hour. Get me out of here." She let go of the bars, walked to the back of her cell and lied down.

Carisol and Ginger have been quiet for the entire time they were trapped. Carisol had just sat quietly at the back of the cell, while Ginger had been looking around. She had noticed tiny things that she could hook with her long tail that could get them out, but thought the people on the ship would catch her at that moment. Dots and Doug's cell had been quiet, too, after a long time of plotting. Now the couple just had been curled up together and tried to sleep the whole time. Louis kept on checking the window in their imprisonment from time to time to see if his friends were coming to rescue them. Ponytail had just been swimming in her thoughts while Buster could not do anything but sleep, too.

The sun had very soon reached the top point of the sky, when all of a sudden; they heard someone coming down the stairs. The Webkinz sat up anxiously to see who it was. The person's footsteps came very slow, and then emerged as a shadow. It stopped. Others came down, but faster, and were hauling something, or someone. The first one stood aside and let the two others pass by. The two were Webkinz dogs, one snowflake stitched and the other tie-dye; they were also wearing pirate attire. They were both holding the front legs of an elephant that was holding a bright rainbow-colored diamond the size of a Webkinz head with its trunk.

The first person moved slowly and calmly out of the shadows. The figure was a Webkinz red panda; he was also wearing a pirate outfit, but had a tricorn hat with a red feather, an eye patch, and a hook for a hand. With a scruffy voice, he talked to the elephant. "You left me no choice, but to have me throw you in here like I did for the rest of these pitiful excuses for a Webkinz."

He walked to the elephant and grabbed hold of the diamond, but the elephant gripped tighter around it. The pirate let go, and brought out a sword from a case on the side of his body. He pointed it close to the elephant's hind leg and quickly stabbed through it. The stuffed animal shrieked, which proved the elephant as a girl. "Ow!" She lost her hold on the diamond and it fell right at the pirate's feet. "Please, don't take the diamond. You can't hold that much power."

He didn't listen. He picked up the diamond and looked at his crew members. "Throw her in with the mouse and the cat."

The two pirates dragged the elephant over to Carisol and Ginger's cell. The snowflake one opened the cell, while Carisol and Ginger were huddled on the other side of it, and half threw, half pushed her into it. They shut the cell door, locked it with a key, and put it on a hook near the cell. The two pirates ran back to the first one and stood behind him. The first one spoke. "Before I go back to my office," he said in an evil tone, "I would like to introduce myself and my crew. I am Captain Black Fur, and this one," he pointed to the snowflake one, "is Scarlet. She is in charge of watching for any stowaways or intruders. The other is Splash, he is co-captain. You should all know that I am the only Webkinz pirate in the world, and the fiercest Webkinz, too. My crew members and I have had miserable lives as house pets, being called soft names, and stayed locked up in houses most of every year." He paused and then continued angrily. "Do you know the worst thing that could happen to a stuffed animal? No? Your owner might not care about you; you always eventually get thrown away. And that's what is going to happen to all of you, today!"

He walked away, steamed, and his crew members followed. When they were gone, everyone started to stare at the elephant. She sat up and stood quiet for a moment. She finally sighed, then spoke. "Let me guess, Snowball sent you, didn't she?"

Shocked, everyone just stared at her, waiting for her to explain how she knew that. Ponytail decided to talk first, and pushed past Hazzel and Buster. "How did you know that? Wait, who are you? And can you explain everything that's been going on?" She paused, remembering her question. "And yes, we did get sent by Snowball, how do you even know her?"

The elephant just explained herself. "My name is Ella. I got kidnapped by Captain Black Fur because he was trying to get his hands on that diamond. I will explain that later, but all we need to do is get that diamond, and get out of here."

"What do you mean by, 'we'?" said Louis

Ella was about to answer when Ponytail interrupted. "Ella? I can't believe it's you! We were sent here to rescue you."

Before she continued, Louis glared at Ponytail and said, "Um, I had a question."

Ponytail had an apologetic face on her. "Oh, sorry. Continue."

Both turned their heads toward Ella as she answered the lion's question. "We are the only ones who can stop him. And as I said, I'll explain the diamond as soon as we get back to my owner's house in California. In the meantime, we need to get out of here. Anyone got any ideas?"

Ginger immediately jumped up and down with excitement. "I know, I know! I was waiting until the scary pirates were gone so I can do it."

The Webkinz stared at Ginger with anxiety. "Well," prompted Ella, "go do it, then."

Ginger then went to the corner of the cell and stopped at the rusty, iron bars. She turned around, back facing the bars, and stretched her tail to try to reach the near by keys. The keys were not far from the cell Ginger was in, and thought to be too far for a Webkinz with a shorter tail to be able to reach it. But Ginger's plan worked; she got her tail far enough to hook around the key, and brought it back toward her slowly so it wouldn't create a noise. She got it through the bars, and walked over to Ella to give it to her.

Ella was delighted that they were getting out right away. She wrapped her trunk around Ginger, meant to be a hug, and walked over to the bars to unlock it. She put the key in the key hole; they were free. She threw the keys to Buster, and he caught it through the bars. Soon enough, all of the Webkinz were free, but stayed in their cells because they didn't have a plan. They lied down and thought for a few minutes, and then Ella came up with an idea.

Ella stood up on all fours, and told her plan. "Ok, this is what we are going to do." The Webkinz looked up to her to listen to her plan. "We will send Ginger out to find the captains office. If she finds the diamond she will run back here as soon as possible. I'll then hide the diamond, and then right after we will fight all the pirates and go back to California! Any questions?"

Everyone stared at her as if she had two Webkinz symbols stitch onto her. "You can't do that!" Ponytail exclaimed, "Ginger won't be able to do it! And we aren't all together; we still have more friends at Niihau. But last of all, we are all going to die because we never thought anyone in our lives!"

Ella seemed a little surprised, but stayed calm-looking. "We can take a detour to the island and pick up the rest," she continued, "I can take down the first few pirates that come down here and give the swords to some of you guys. For Ginger, isn't she brave enough to sneak herself around the boat without anyone noticing?"

Carisol, and some of the others, just looked stunned. "For your information, if she was a human, she'd only be about six or seven years old; there's a reason she's a lil' kinz. More importantly, we are not sending her out there."

Ella sighed, and looked at Ginger. The poor mouse was as frightened as if she were surrounded by dogs. Ella stepped forward, hoping to reason with her, but only to have Ginger run behind Carisol for protection. "Come on, you can be brave enough." As she talked, her voice was soft and comforting, with a hint of seriousness. "You're the only one here that can pull it off. Besides, you're the smart one who got us out of here; wouldn't you like to finish off this part of the plan by returning back what's valuable to me? You would be a hero to me, and to us."

Ginger still wasn't sure whether to do this, but felt a bit of confidence cover her at the thought of getting back a prized possession. She walked, slowly and calmly, over to Ella, her eyes filled with uncertainty. "Am I really going to be a hero?"

Ella nodded. "Yes, yes you will. I know you can do it."

Ginger took a deep breath, and nervously walked out of her cell. She reached the exit, and made sure that no one was coming down. She walked up the stairs, and out of the prison-like place to find a wooden area, which was known as the captain's ship deck. She looked at her surroundings, but luckily no one was anywhere. She snuck behind a wall of barrels, and began to search where the diamond could have been taken.