CHAPTER 10: The final chapter…Pt 2:
"Land ho, captain Kirkland!" Mathew called from the crow's nest.
All the captains on board were at the helm, looking out at the island that was growing ever nearer. Each had their own goal on this island and each was prepared to fight to get to it.
"Amigos…." Captain Antonio spoke, breaking the silence in the air. "…from what I heard, the island has magical creatures. I even heard about bellesas como mermaids!"
Elizabeta scoffed. "Mermaids will only be a distraction towards the real goal we have set!" she turned her back towards the men and walked towards the door leading below deck.
Kirkland just shrugged a bit and looked back towards the island. Whatever was going to happen there, he had one goal, and he could feel his stomach jump with anticipation.
-on the island—
"Are we thereeeee yeeeeeeeeeeeet!" You whined behind Gilbert as he continued stomping his way through the leafy forest. Your feet were wet and your clothes were torn. "Stupid Mermaids." You mumbled. How dare they ruin the clothes that Arthur bought you! As long as you just kept your brother from being eaten alive…..or drowned….or both...it was okay.
"Just ahead schwester!" Gilbert laughed. He still seemed so full of life and was swishing around his damaged arm like it never endured the trauma earlier.
You sighed and continued walking…this island was so full of life. Looking up to the sky's you could see little sparks of energy. They looked like balls of energy, to be exact. They were so bright and vivid. Were you dehydrated? What was going on? So many of the light orb's surrounded you, they poked at you and others caressed you. The little light's seemed to flicker with other's as if they spoke to one another. Soon all you were focusing on were the lights and where they were taking you, that is, until you tripped on a vine that sent you tumbling down a sandy hill.
"GYaaahhh!" You heard yourself screech and land on something with an 'ooof!'. Wait a minute, that wasn't YOUR 'Ooof'…..that voice, was not yours.
"Oh my god!" You yelped, getting off who you assumed to be your brother. "I'm sorry Gilbert! Is your arm okay?" You got off of his back and saw his hat in the distance near a palm tree. "I'll get your hat!"
"Ugnnn." You heard him moan behind you.
"Not so peppy now, are we?" You said with a chuckle as you dusted his hat off and turned to him again. "…Y-you!" You saw a man with blond hair slowly look up at you, holding his head in pain as a bit of blood dripped from it. His pain twisted face, looked at you with wide, emerald eyes.
"_-_!" Arthur cried out in disbelief.
"What are you doing here?" You scolded him, though the sentence was supposed to come out more like: 'why didn't you come sooner! And, how did you find me!'
Arthur got up and coughed out his nervousness. "W-well…Elizabeta's crew drew copies of the map your brother stole…and well, we followed it here for the treasure of course! I needed to come along to make sure they did not harm the most precious treasure in the world. They are such rookie's after all." He grabbed his hat from your hands and put it back on.
You stared at Arthur. He really was a pirate. All he cared about was the stupid treasure to Atlantis. You had to admit your heart felt like it had been stomped on.
"Treasure, Treasure, Treasure, is all you Pirates think about." You said.
"Yes, it's true…" He said walking closer to you. "but, you really don't understand the beauty of this treasure." His lips turned upwards like a bow, and curled into a gentle smile.
"Yeah? Then what treasure is it then, hn?" you asked.
His forehead dripped a crimson liquid that sparkled as it mixed with his sweat. You felt yourself shake off the urge to fix that small gash on the side of his head. Your adventurous orbs stared into the dead center of his emerald jewels. He pulled you into a hug and you felt a puff of his breath near your ear as he opened his mouth. It took all your will power to suppress that shiver you felt.
"My most valuable treasure, is something that decides for herself weather to stay with me or not." He backed away from you and smiled. You shook your head unable to believe what he was saying. He looked at your face and you saw red spread across his cheeks. "I-I'm sorry, th-that was not as a respectable way to say things now was it." He asked and questioned himself getting flustered. You began to giggle at him. His red face, his funny expression, oh goodness you forgot how much you missed that face.
"Wh-what's so funny then?" He questioned pretending to be annoyed.
"Nothing…pfft!" You had to say, he was the most adorable thing ever. Ironic, from the fact that he was a 'ruff and gruff' pirate. "Let's patch you up. Gilbert brought some extra bandages."
"Gilbert?" Arthur asked.
"Yes, Gilbert. I was following him when these pretty orbs came around and that's when I bumped into yo-!" That's when it hit you. You were so caught up in the moment of reuniting with Arthur that you forgot about your brother! "Bloody hell! I lost him with those cursed lights!"
Arthur chuckled and 'tsk'ed at you.
"That's no way for a lady, such as yourself, to speak."
"Arthur, you're dapper and all but you really must learn to time things!" You whined as you searched around hurriedly for a noise, anything that would signal your brother. "GILBERT! GILLLLLLLLLLL! GILLY! GI-"
"Shut UP I hear you!" Gilbert yelled as he ran towards you with two other pirates, Elizabeta, and Antonio . Gilbert's face seemed exasperated and you knew not why until you took a glimpse of the many colored orbs chasing after him. "Now take your boyfriend and RUN!" You wasted no time telling him that he was in-fact, at the moment (or so you hoped) correct about Arthur. Instead, you hastily grabbed Arthurs arm and ran.
"What happened to get those things chasing after us!" You yelled angrily at Gilbert. Obviously the cause of this whole mess was him.
"He smacked one of them!" Elizabeta answered for him.
"Kesesese! I only flicked it away! It was grabbing at mien awesome sword!" He said unsheathing a pure golden sword.
"QUE! Th-that's Atlantian gold, amigo!" Antionio yelped jumping over a tree root.
"WOW! That's great and all but LOOK AHEAD!" You screeched pointing at the beach ahead of you. "Too bad we can't get on the ships with these BUGGERS chasing us!" You glared at Gilbert and he simply shrugged in reply.
"Wait! Listen! Those are fairies! Pixies!" Arthur yelped out. You all would have stopped to glare at him if you were not running for your lives. "Trust me! D-Don't ask how I know but….they just want that sword back!"
You looked at Gilbert's red eyes….and he looked into yours.
"Give them the sword Gil." You pleaded with puppy dog eyes. He glared at you, broke, and gave his sword a kiss before he tossed it in the direction of the 'faries'. You watched as the light's grabbed the sword and flew upward into the jungle….and disappeared somewhere in the middle. You were all able to finally catch your breath.
…
"WE'RE ALIVE!" You all yelled in unison, except for the Hispanic who yelled 'stoy vivo!'. You all burst into joyful cheering and hugging, and not surprisingly- kissing.
"I love you Arthur." You whispered as the both of you broke.
"I love you too _." He rubbed his nose against yours, then pressed your foreheads together. "But I need you to change something about yourself first~." He chuckled and you rolled your eyes.
"Am I not good enough?" You questioned as he slowly lowered himself onto one knee. He took out an emerald ring and smiled.
"Just change your last name, Mrs. Kirkland." You gasped and felt tears form in your eyes.
"YES!" You yelled happily tackling him to the sand. You heard a happy, giddy shout from above as you did so. You looked up and saw Morgan on the ships helm, sheepishly hiding from your sight….and the rest of the crew laughing up a storm. Arthur blushed a shade that matched yours but smiled at you anyway.
Gilbert also cheered and Antonio smiled at you.
"Well then schwester seem's like we are both getting married!"
You cocked a brow at your brother, and he laughed grabbing Elizabeta by the waist and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
You whistled at the couple beside you. "Wow Gilbert! What a fish you hooked yourself there!" You and Arthur laughed at the couple. Elizabeta turned red and so did your brother, but he showed himself off proudly with a toothy grin. Everyone around you laughed heartily and you could feel weeks of adventure catching up to you, and passing you by.
"Kesesesese~ Tis a pirates life for me!"
Authors Note: Bonus Story comming up NEXT WEEEK! :D XD Hopefully on monday night because I am POOOPED! Lemmie tell you the story of my life behind this chapter... I get home and I am DONE with all my homework (RARE MOMENT!) and then I go on the CPU to draw and then I realise... "HEY I should finish the story! :D" and I start typing and my friend txt's me and it read's. "Soooo...have time to RP?" and I am kinda sad at this point...I wanted to finish the story! So I tell her (since she reads it) "I was gonna finish the HOTC chapter!"...the response? ... "...Go finish that!" XD So I did! Sorry it the final chapter was a butt let down! ;w; I am no good with conclusions and endings...so...I will make a bonus chapter if you beg enough (XD JKJK Imma make it anyway) HOPE YOU LIKED IT!
SPECAL THANKS TO:
neva-chanluvsmonsters101 (Yes I tried to make it epic! XD I hope you liked it! OwO)
chupacabrabeliever18 (Thankies! x3)
The Green Eyed Greek (Prussia says: KEsesese~ I AM awesome! don't forget it!)
AND anon! (Glad to help there partner! ^^)
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
South Italy : Lovino Vargas
Italy: Feliciano Vargas
Antonio: spain