HOTC chap 10: The final chapter…part 1
A few weeks had past, since you stole Antonio's ship with your brother. You kept looking behind you as you sailed. You wanted to make sure someone was following you, but …Arthur's ship never appeared.
"oi!" Your brother called from the helm, "Get over here _!" You sighed and turned back to the ocean one last time looking at it wistfully.
"I miss you guys…" you whispered, letting a stray tear fall down your face.
"_!" your brother yelled for you.
"Coming!" you shouted back.
-meanwhile—
Arthur rolled the bottle in his hand slightly and paced about his room.
"Why the bloody hell would she go?" Arthur questioned aloud, not directing it to anyone in particular, and –even though it was asked- he knew the answer to that question already. You found your brother! Why would you choose him over your big brother anyway? Nothing should come between family, and he knew this better than anyone.
A knock came from the door, jolting him out of his thoughts.
"May I come in?"
Arthur sneered….it was Elizabeta's voice, probably followed by Antonio. Why he offered them to stay on the ship was because they all had one common goal now. They wanted to get the treasure of Atlantis…well…Arthur wanted something much different but none the less…it was all basically a common goal.
"Enter." Arthur grumbled.
"How are we going to get to the island without the map?" Spain asked coming in as England expected. "Tell me again amigo, porfavor?"
England gave a sigh and tossed the bottle onto his bed. He pushed all thoughts of you out of his head…..why was he thinking about you? No…No…he knew exactly why…but he did not want to admit it…not until he knew if you felt the same….or if you would ever meet again for that matter. What if-?
"Did you hear me captain!" Elizabeta's sharp voice jolted Arthur once again from his train of thought. "I said that one of my crew members made a copy of the map when we had it on board!"
"Si!" Antonio yelped happily. "Que bueno!"
Arthur just nodded solemnly and looked out the big window, walking towards it with long prideful strides. He could practically see your eyes in the waves of the ocean….they both sparkled with cunning knowledge, and strength unseen. No! Stop! A captain was not to have such thoughts about any wench or woman! What kind of captain would he be? No…who cared anymore….his heart was broken, he wanted to see you again, and that map was the key to doing that.
"That's it!" Arthur shouted slamming one of his hands onto the window and it shook from the force. Elizabeta and Antonio both looked at him with surprised faces and he started to give orders once again. "Now….we will follow these markings on the map your crew drew and it will take us to the island, correct? So let's follow it and try to travel in the straightest line possible. Give the coordinates to Alfred. He's steering the ship for now." He turned back to face Antonio and Elizabeta. They stood there stuck in place…it was a while since they had seen Arthur in such a good mood. "well?" He spoke tilting his head a little. "Get moving!" He pushed them out of his room and shut the door behind them. Alone again…just him and the letter of good bye from you to him, he kept it in that bottle you had it in….boy…his heart ached to see your smile.
-in the middle of the ocean…somewhere-
"Land ho captain brother!" You yelled happily. You really could not believe that you were looking at an island (then again you had seen many but that's not the point!)…this was a TREASURE filled one. Gosh your skin tingled with anticipation. That or the salt water was really starting to burn your skin now.
"kesese~ very good mien schwester!" He yelled up to you from the deck. You looked down….you had to say he made a pretty good pirate. He was clad in a red pirate coat (probably Antonio's) and a black pirate hat with a huuuuuge feather stuck in it…not only that but his position at the mast…reminded you of someone.
Who were they again?
You closed your eyes trying to picture them in your mind again. Your heart ached as you started to see blond hair and green eyes. Oh, those wonderful mossy green eyes, you could picture their stare….their oh, so gentle stare. They would glaze over you with that strange look yet it made you feel so grown up.
"Arthur." You mumbled his name dreaming of meeting him again somehow. Who cared about your promise not to love anymore…holding things in…holding ANY emotion in was bad for your health…and god if that was true then denying your love for this pirate was only a death wish. You giggled…finally accepting your fate. "I love Arthur Kirkland." You spoke your words aloud making them true to your ears. You allowed yourself a simple smirk, then you realized you might never see Arthur again. That's right…for all you know he might have never gotten your letter inside that bottle! Not only that but if you DID see him again…would he be mad about you leaving him behind? Would he even ACCEPT and LOVE YOU! What if he—
CRASH!
You felt the ship hit something….hard. You looked up brushing some of your hair from your face.
"YOU OKAY SCHWESTER!" Gilbert called to you obvious panic in his voice.
"Y-yeah!" You took in the scene below you….if Antonio was looking to get his ship back he was too late to save it by now. According to the whale sized hole in the stern of the ship….it was totaled. "Forgive me Antonio."
"Sister come down here! There are these sexy women in the water! Kesese~ See how awesome I am?"
'what?' you deadpanned. 'wh-what the hell is he talking about?'
You had to admit you thought that gilbert must have had a bit of seawater to drink on the boat over to this island. But you were still curious so you slid down the broken and bent mast to meet your brother down on deck….and you saw that there WERE 'sexy women' (as he called them) in the water. But they were Mermaids!
"Gilbert….they're mermaids!" You said in awe…they were amazing! Their seaweed and seashell tank tops that showed their tummies and their hair was decorated in sea life! What was most awe inspiring was their tails! Many combinations of colors! From the color and decoration of coy fish to rainbow, and then there was this one tail that seemed golden, oh they were so beautiful you never thought such magical creatures could exist!
"Kesesese~ So I'm awesome enough for mermaids, eh?" Gilbert asked not really to anyone. He was just gloating as usual. One mermaid with beautiful blue eyes, long orange hair and pale, pale skin from being so deep underwater came up to meet with Gilbert's crimson eyes. On closer inspection of her skin it was the same texture as a dolphin's.
"Kesesese. Does this one want a kiss?" he coyly asked the mermaid.
"Be careful Gil, they are not all human…they are above us in a way." You spoke as if the mermaids were gods…which they could be. "They are more evolved than us…what do we do to creatures lower than us Gil? Think about it!"
"We eat the-"
With that the mermaid was grabbing onto your brothers arm, hissing and screeching at you as you tried to grab him from what you now mentally called a 'creature'.
"Get the hell off of my brother!" You screamed kicking it's face. "You wench! GET OFF!" And with all the strength you could muster you kicked that mermaid off of your brother, flinging the two of you back on board, panting hard to catch your breath. Your brother's left arm was cut up and badly bloodied.
"Kesese." Your brother laughed still breathing hard from the struggle as many angry creatures hissed and screeched around the ship. "All the ladies love me."
You shook your head and took the scarf that you had and tied up his arm with it. "Shut up you idiot…and don't get so close to women…or I'll have to save you again."
Gilbert only laughed at you remembering a certain captor of his for a moment, and you could have sworn you saw blush forming over his cheeks but then it faded. "you should have seen me handle my captor then Kesesese!" he laughed. This left you confused and also affirmed the belief he drank salt water on the way over here.
Authors Note: Last chapter I'm posting for now! ;w; I hope I can finish chapter 10 pt 2 soon! I Have a couple sentences down but y'know. ^^ I hope you are awaiting chapter 10 pt 2! :D Please review if you can….. because I haveonly gotten one review! (thank you chupacabrabeliever18…..I know I'm late with the thanks but It only seems that way to you because I posted from chapter 4-10pt2 all at the same time! XD *still shot for being slow* OW! *rubs arm* W-well….hope you guy's review because I am really low on morale and story for this so any idea's and inspirational words tell em to me! ^^)
People in the story:
You: _ _
Prussia: Gilbert (ur bro)
Hungary: Elizabeta
England: Captain Kirkland
America: Alfred F. Jones
Canada: Matthew Williams
Morgan: friend you met on board
France: Francis
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South Italy : Lovino Vargas
Italy: Feliciano Vargas
Antonio: spain