Hey everyone! Finally! I finished Part 3 of Chloe's Birthday Party! Sheesh...this whole birthday party scene took over 2 years to write...I'm not kidding. Actually the inspiration for this chapter was from an idea someone at my high school had. He and his friends were gonna dress up like pirates, get a big truck and designed it like a ship, and then they were gonna drive all around Wal-Mart while playing music from 'Pirates of the Caribbean' as they fought each other with swords. Unfortunately it didn't go through...but it was still a hilarious idea.

Anyways I can't believe the amount of reviews, favorites, alerts and views. The numbers were so high this month! I was sooo excited to get all of these alerts from you guys! Thank you sooo much guys! Keep them up! I love hearing your funny reviews and comments! They always make me laugh! I also love hearing your feedback, it definitely helps me out! I honestly thought that you guys wouldn't like the whole pirate thing, but I guess I was wrong lols. That was quite a shocker for me. I hope that you all enjoy reading the conclusion to Chloe's birthday party! Please review and message me! Enjoy!

NOTE: I do not own Harvest Moon, I only own my OC Ayame. Also this story was originally called 'I'm Stuck Between a Hyperactive Prankster and a Pompous Rich Boy, Great' I had to shorten the title to fit. Sorry.

Review Responses: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! You guys are amazing! I love hearing your thoughts! All of your responces made me smile. I'm glad that you liked the last chapter! I hope that you'll enjoy the next one!

CAPJHMPAgirl: Aww it is a really sweet romance to write. I love those kinds of stories where two different kinds of people (especially enemies) can find love. I know it was cheesy but I thought it would make more sense to a bunch of kids. I loved writing the funny sarcasm that Chloe says, she's kind of like Ayame. That's why she likes her so much; they're almost alike.

ShermanTheWorm: Hahahaha they're my favorite parts to write! Taylor is hilarious to work with! He's like the annoying little brother that you have to laugh at when he acts that way. Awwwww that's soooo cute! I love those things that you believe when you're younger. I used to pretend that I was a pirate that went on adventures all the time. It's a fun thing to imagine! You'll just have to wait and see. ;)

Jocie hm lover: Indeed they are, love those moments! Aww the cute little pretty eyes!

CrazedAuthor17: Awwww! THANK YOU! There now I'm screaming too lols. I'm glad that you loved it! Ah the cliffhangers…you gotta love em!

DiamondRainbows: Lols Trust me…it took forever to write…ugh…2 years of writing…hardest chapter I've written so far. That and the chapter where Gill tells what happened to him and Luke. But hey, it's a challenge for me. XD

Guest: Not gonna say….but maaaaaaybeeeee lols

"Captain Owen?! You're alive!"

He smiled as he hopped onto the deck. "That I am, Chloe."

By now Cook was just spitting out random words. "But…how…you…what…I…" Then he whirled his head towards Toby, who was pale as a ghost. "You said you killed him!"

Toby began to tremble. "I did!"

"Then why is he standing here at this moment and he's perfectly unharmed?!"

Toby began to panic. "I-I don't know! I shot him right in the chest and he fell!"

Then to lighten the tension, Owen began to laugh. "He did shoot me in the chest, but I survived it."

Cook narrowed his eyes. "How?"

Owen shrugged. "Not really sure; maybe it was a miracle."

"Then how did you get here?"

Owen smiled. "Well since my ship was almost destroyed, we all got one of the smaller life boats and sailed out after your ship."

Cook raised an eyebrow. "We?"

As soon as Cook asked that, the rest of Captain Owen's crew climbed over the side. Everyone was alive and none of them were injured; I guess it is a miracle.

Owen smirked. "You see, as we grew closer towards your ship we could see the princess standing near the plank. So we hid underneath the plank and waited for her to fall where we caught her before she could hit the water. And here we are." He said as he gestured towards the crew.

"So how is this gonna go Captain Cook? Are you going to surrender quietly or is this going to get ugly?"

A large smirk appeared on Cook's face. "Surrender? Ha! You must be joking!"

"Does it look like I'm laughing?"

Cook laughed. "You know, I've wanted to meet you for some time. I've heard all about you; the brave captain who has defeated some of the biggest criminals to ever sail the seven seas. A captain who works with some of the greatest rulers in every port. And who has one of the greatest shipmates ever." He explained as he walked around them, pulling me along.

Owen smirked. "You've done your research, I'm impressed."

"Thank you." Suddenly Cook stopped pacing. "But there is…one little detail that you've managed to keep hidden from the world, and probably from your very own crew."

That comment caused Captain Owen to drop his smirk. "And what would that be?"

Cook's smirk widened. "You became captain of this crew about…oh…five years ago, am I right?"

"Yes."

"So…what exactly were you doing before you became a captain?"

Owen's body tensed for a second and then relaxed as he answered. "I said the seas with another crew."

Cook nodded slowly. "Mm-hm, and what did your crew do out on the ocean?"

Kathy took a step forward. "What does this have to do with anything? What does it matter if Captain Owen was with another crew? We're not interested in what he did in the past. We're more interested in taking you guys out."

Cook smirked at her. "All in good time, my dear. All in good time."

Owen looked at Kathy and gestured her to move back.

She listened to his words and rejoined the rest of her crew.

"So I ask again, what were you doing out on the ocean with your old crew, Captain?"

"We imported cargo to other ports."

Cook nodded. "Yes, but that was just your 'cover', wasn't it? You were really smuggling jewels and other valuable items for other ships, weren't you?"
The whole crew stood there in shock, staring at Owen, who stood there with a serious, but reluctant look.

"Oh yes, you were part of the infamous Captain Black's crew."

"The Captain Black?!" Bo exclaimed.

"The famous smuggler?" Anissa asked.

Even Cook's crew looked shocked.

"Is he serious?" Phoebe asked.

"But I thought that he was dead?" Toby said.

Cook glanced over at him. "For once, you're right Toby. About five years ago Black's ship mysteriously sank to the bottom of the ocean, killing everyone on board. Or so we thought." Cook's expression turned darker as he continued. "It turns out that one crew member was able to survive the incident and was able to swim back to port on part of the wreckage." He paused as he stared down Captain Owen. "And he's standing right there…Captain Owen Black, son of Captain Black himself."

The ship erupted with gasps.

"You're so called 'Captain Owen' is really the son of one of the most infamous smugglers of the whole seven seas."

The whole crew stared at Captain Owen in shock.

Kathy looked heartbroken. "Captain…is this true?"

Owen lowered his head slightly. "Yes, it's true." Then he looked back at his crew. "My father was the infamous smuggler that you all know. I was raised on his ship and was his first mate when I became old enough. But when our ship was attacked my father was able to tell me to save myself and to star at crew of my own, whether if I wanted to continue smuggling or not, it was my choice. So I was able to swim back to port and began to assemble a crew. A crew that was going to do good instead of bad."

His crew stared at him with blank expressions. "If any of you wish to leave the crew, I wouldn't blame you. I've lied to all of you for years…I don't deserve to be your captain." He said as he turned away from them.

Then Kathy stepped forward. "Of course you deserve to be captain."

Owen looked back at her.

"So what if you're the son of Captain Black; you are nothing like him. He was a smuggler and you aren't. You've completely changed and you've stopped smuggling. And you've done so much good in the last few years." She waked closer to him. "I'll stand with you."

Then she looked back at the rest of the crew. "What about you guys?"

Bo took a step forward. "I don't care either; you're our captain and you'll always be our captain. I stand with your guys too."

"And me." Renee spoke.

"And me." Anissa agreed.

"Me t-too." Candace stuttered.

"We all stand with you Captain Owen." Said Jin.

Ayame smiled at Owen. "I'll even forgive you too."

"We do do Captain Owen!" Taylor and Palo shouted.

Owen smiled at everyone. "Thanks everyone." Then his gaze fell on Cook. "You see Cook, even my own crew still stands by me after finding out the truth. So do you think that you'll surrender now?"

Cook pondered for a moment. "Well that does sound tempting, but I never surrender." Then he looked around at his crew. "And neither do we, right maties?"

His crew cheered in agreement.

Owen smirked. "Well we're always ready for battle. Right maties?"

"Yeah!" they shouted.
"So make your move Cook."

Cook smirked. "Oh I will." And with those words, he yanked me towards him and held his sword to my neck.

Everyone held their breath as they stared in horror at us.

Owen's breathing grew shallow as well as my own. "Let her go."

Cook gave him an innocent look. "But if I did that, then this wouldn't be any fun for me anymore."

"She's not involved with this; this is between me and you."

"And my crew and your crew. And this little one is part of your crew, is she not?"

I glared up at him. "I'm not little!"

His grip tightened. "Quiet you!" he hissed.

Owen stared Cook down. "This doesn't need to get ugly. Just let Chloe go."

Cook smirked. "No, I don't think so. As long as I have her captive, you won't attack. You could never do that to your precious little crew mate. Besides, she belongs with my crew. We'll treat her better than you and your crew ever will. She doesn't need to be led by the son of a criminal."

That did it.

With all of my might I managed to stomp my foot very hard on Cook's foot. Cook screamed in pain and I could feel his grip loosen. Ripping away from him I ran to Captain Owen's side. I smirked at his pain. "There's just one problems with that, I don't want to be led by a pirate who is a criminal himself." I told him.

While Cook was still in pain, it was Owen's turn to lead. "Charge!" he shouted to his crew.

With those final words the battle between good and evil was on. Swords clashed and punches flew. I tried to stand away from the battle so I could try and find Palo and Taylor. I mean I'd really love to join in, but I had to make sure my best friends were fine.

"Chloe!" I heard Taylor shout.

I looked in the direction of his voice to see him running towards me. "Are you okay?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Where's Palo?"

"I thought he was you."

"He was, but when we broke free we went in opposite directions."

"Well where is-"

"Take that!"

We both swung around to find Palo kicking Calvin in the shin.

"Ouch! You little brat!" Calvin shouted as he held his foot, dropping his sword in the process.

Palo scooped it up. "Ah ha!"

Calvin dropped his foot and held up his hands. "Easy matie! Take it easy."

"Who's the weak pirate now?"

Calvin didn't respond as he reluctantly took a few steps back.

"Alright Palo!" Taylor shouted.

I punched my fist into the air. "Whoo-hoo! Go Palo!"

Palo glanced over his shoulder and his brave expression turned into horror. "Look out! Behind you!"

We both looked behind us to see Phoebe holding her sword above her head. As she brought her sword down, Taylor and I managed to roll away in opposite directions before she could slice us right down the middle. She glared at Taylor. "Stay still you!"

Taylor stuck his tongue out at her and took off running with Phoebe close on his tail.

"Chloe!" a voice shouted.

I turned around to see Princess Ayame making her way through the battlefield. "Princess!"

She ran to my side and hugged me tightly. "Thank goodness I found you, are you okay?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I can't believe that's you're alive!"

She smiled. "I know, I thought I was dead for sure. If it weren't for Captain Owen and his crew, I'd probably be at the bottom of the sea for sure."

"And that's where you'll be in just a few moments." A voice interrupted beside us.

We both turn out attention to the evil pirate, Toby, standing above us.

He gave us a lazy smirk. "Sorry to ruin your little 'reunion', but I think it's time to repay my debt to Captain Cook for letting Owen live." He spoke as he held his sword above hi head. "Say goodbye!"

Ayame and I clutched onto each other as we waited for the final blow. But before it was over for us, someone came out of nowhere and knocked Toby out of the way, knocking him out in the process. "Good-bye." The figure spoke as he looked at Toby. Then he looked back at us with a smile.

Ayame stood up, smiling and hugged her savior. "Luke!" she squealed.

Luke wrapped his arms around her in the process. "Oh Ayame, I'm so glad that you're okay. I was afraid that I lost the only woman that I loved."

She pulled back to stare into his eyes. "I know, I'm so happy that Owen was there to catch me." She placed a hand on his face. "Oh Luke, I'm still shocked that you confessed your feelings like that and resigned from your crew. You didn't have to do that for me."

He smiled softly. "I didn't have to, I wanted to. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever met and it's true that I'm in love with you. I'm willing to leave the crew just to be with you. I love you, Ayame."

Her eyes began to water. "I love you too, Luke."

With that, they kissed.

I smiled at them. 'Aww…that's too sweet.'

When they pulled away, Luke looked down at me. "I'm sorry for putting you and your friends through all of that. I didn't think that Cook would take it this far, will you forgive me?"

I pondered for a second and then nodded my head in response. "Yes, I forgive you."

Luke smiled. "Thanks Squirt." Then he began to look at the battle going on around us. "How do you think all of this will end? What will happen to me?" He met her eyes. "To us?"

Ayame sighed. "I don't know, since you were just part of Cook's crew, you might be arrested." Her eyes began to water. "I don't want to lose you like that."

I cleared my throat before Ayame could cry. "But you resigned from his crew; technically, you're not a bad guy anymore. I'm sure Captain Owen and his crew will understand."

Luke sighed. "I hope you're right. But if worse comes to worse, I'll be willing to run away with you."

Ayame wiped her tears away and smiled. "And I'll be willing to do the same."

"Not if I can help it!" a voice erupted behind us.

We spun around just in time to see Cook raising his sword above his head. Before he could bring it down onto Ayame, another sword clashed with his own. Cook stared in shock as Luke stood there holding the other sword. "Stay away from her. This is between you and me now."

Cook smirked. "Fine."

Luke shoved him away from Ayame and began their battle.

Ayame hugged me close.

"Go Luke!" I shouted. "Kick his butt!"

Ayame smiled. "Come on Luke! You can do it!"

Luke blocked Cook from cutting him in the knee. "You're not gonna win this Cook."

"Humph! We'll see about that."

Then Cook clashed with Luke until they were almost chest to chest. "You think you can just defeat me and walk away from us? Ha! They'll never accept you, even after you said that you quit my crew, you'll still be known as the evil notorious pirate Luke. You'll be shunned by everyone."

Luke's eyes narrowed. "You're wrong! Chloe forgave me after I captured her and her friends. And Ayame forgave me too. She's forgiven me for everything I've done and she's confessed her love for me. Even if I'm shunned by everyone else, she'll still be by my side as we sail off together."

Cook smirked. "Hmm…you say that now, but what happens if I win?"

Luke struggled to keep his balance as Cook tried to push him back.

"You'll lose your life, you'll put Chloe and the other's lives in jeopardy, and most importantly," he leaned in closer towards Luke's face. "You'll be handing over Ayame's life to me. Because you know exactly what I'll do when she's back on that plank. Oh and don't worry, I'll do it nice and quick; she won't feel a thing as I push her off to her watery grave. And it will be all your fault."

Suddenly Luke snapped and with all of his might, he shoved Cook back a few feet. "You won't lay a finger on her! That watery grave will be your own!" he screamed as he charge at him with his sword held high.

Cook blocked him and pushed himself away from Luke.

"Chloe!" a voice shouted.

I looked over my shoulder to see Palo and Taylor running towards us, holding little swords in their hands.

"Oh man, thank goodness that you guys are okay. Where are Phoebe and Calvin at?" I asked, noticing that the two evil pirates weren't fighting them anymore.

"We had some held capturing them and defeating them." Taylor responded as he looked over his shoulder to see Kathy and Bo running towards us.

"Are you guys okay?" Kathy asked.

Ayame and I nodded. "Thanks to Luke." I responded as I looked at Luke and Cook's fight.

"But isn't he Cook's first mate?" Bo asked.

"He was, but he's renounced his title and quit the crew." I explained.

"But why would I do that?" Kathy asked.

"Because he's in love with me." Ayame spoke as she continued to watch the battle.

Kathy and Bo's eyes grew the size of quarters.

"Wow, didn't see that one coming." Bo responded.

"Yeah, that's crazy." Kathy agreed.

I looked up at them. "You aren't gonna arrest him are you? I mean, technically, he's on our side."

Kathy sighed. "Well that may be true, but-"

"Please don't arrest me! I can't bare to see him in prison. He saved my life and saved the children from being thrown off the ship. He stood up for us and I know he's good. Please, please don't arrest him." Ayame begged.

Kathy looked at her solemnly. "I'm not sure what will happen, but I'll try to talk to Captain Owen about it."

Ayame sighed in relief. "Thank you."

Suddenly Palo gasped. "Oh no!"

We turned our attention back to the battle to find Luke on the ground staring up at Captain Cook, who smirked right back.

"What was it you were saying about beating me? How I'm not going to hurt your little friends and…oh what was it? Oh yes, push your little girlfriend off the plank."

Luke glared up at him.

"Humph! I guess I was wrong about you."

"Wrong about what?" Luke sneered.

"I thought that you had great potential when I let you join my crew. I thought that you were strong, cunning, and brave; but I was wrong. You're just another pathetic weakling."

Luke growled as he tried to get back up, but fell backwards when Cook's sword got closer to his chest.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, remember who has the sword now." Cook reminded him.

I growled under my breath. "Hey! Leave him alone!"

Cook stopped and then looked towards me. "Oh yeah, my dear? Who's gonna stop me?"

"That would be me." A voice spoke behind him.

Cook slowly turned his head to meet face to face with a sword, held by Captain Owen.

He smirked. "So Cook, how does it feel to be defeated by your greatest enemy?"

Cook laughed dryly. "Defeated? Ha! It's not over yet."

While Cook had his back turned, Luke quickly grabbed his fallen sword and knocked Cook's sword out of his hand. "Oh I think it is over."

Cook looked down at Luke in disbelief. "Impossible."

"Oh it's possible. Now surrender Cook, it's all over now."

Cook held up his hands in surrender. "Fine, I surrender." He growled.

All of us cheered with excitement. We had won! Captain Cook and his crew had lost and we have saved the day! Along with Luke's help that is.

Owen looked towards his crew. "Bo and Jin, help me lock this scoundrel in the brig with the others."

Bo and Jin nodded in response as they walked over and grabbed each of Cook's arms.

As he was being led away, Ayame ran over to Luke as he was getting to his feet and threw her arms around him. "Luke, thank goodness you're okay."

Luke hugged her. "I'm glad that you're okay too. I'll never let Cook or anyone else ever hurt you."

Ayame smiled as she hugged him tighter.

"Ahem!"

They both let go of each other to face Captain Owen.

"Captain Owen, please don't arrest Luke. I know that he worked for Captain Cook, but he's changed. He's already resigned from his crew and he's quitting piracy. Please!" Ayame pleaded.

Owen rubbed his chin, pondering. "Well you did do that and you did held rescue the princess…"

I looked up at Owen. "Please Captain, don't send him to jail."

Owen hesitated. "Well…I-"

"Look out!" Taylor shouted, causing everyone to pause.

Suddenly everything seemed to travel in slow motion as we turned our heads to see Cook breaking loose from Bo and Jin, drawing his sword as he charged towards Luke and Ayame. Luke quickly drew his sword and blocked Cook from hurting Ayame. As Luke held Cook back he growled at him. "Stay away from her!" he shouted as he pushed Cook away.

Cook stumbled but then charged at Luke. Luke stopped his sword and pushed against him.

"You're not gonna win this you traitor! You're going down for treason! You'll die alone and you'll always be a traitor!" Cook shouted in his face.

Luke growled. "No! It will be you!" He shoved him back harder, making his back hit the side of the ship. Luke walked towards him pointing the sword right at him.

Cook smirked at him. "Go ahead, kill me. Kill the only person who taught you everything and took you in when you had nobody. You would betray your family for a girl and our greatest enemy?"

Luke stood there, staring at his ex captain.

"What are you waiting for? Do it already."

Taking in a sharp breath, Luke lowered his sword and took a step back. "No."

Cook raised a brow. "No?"

"I'm not gonna kill you, not like this. You aren't worth it even though you've put us through all of this. And you call us a 'family'? A dysfunctional family is the better description. Ever since you became obsessed with power and greed, you've changed and I don't thin you'll ever become the captain that I met when I first joined." Then he glanced over his shoulder with a small smile. "Besides, I'm not alone. I've got a few people who accept me for who I am. I've got Chloe and I've got Ayame; they both have forgiven me and they trust me."

I smiled back at him, knowing he was definitely on his side.

His expression turned serious again as he looked back at Cook, who had not moved from his spot. "It's gonna be you who's gonna be all alone. You'll lose everyone who's ever tried to respect your authority and none of them will want to stick up for you anymore. That's how you will go out; alone. We're done."

With that Luke spun on his heel and walked away.

Cook gritted his teeth with rage as he stood up straight, tightening his grip on his sword.

"Luke!" I screamed out, knowing exactly what Cook was gonna do.

Luke whirled around and stopped Cook's blow again.

'Geez, does this guy ever give up?'

"I will not be defeated by some weak-less traitor!" Cook shouted commencing another fight.

Taylor leaned over. "Wow, how awesome is this? Five epic battles in one day; this is the best day ever!"

Palo looked over at him. "Yeah, it's awesome and all, but how do you think it's all gonna end?"

I gave them a small smile. "Luke is strong. I believe he can defeat Captain Cook."

Palo and Taylor nodded in agreement.

I pumped my fist into the air. "Go Luke! You can do this!"

"Whoo! Go Luke!" Palo shouted.

"Yeah! Take him down!" Taylor whooped.

Luke smirked at Cook who was staggering back. "Ya hear that Cook? That's the sound of my new family cheering me on! You're gonna lose Cook!"

Cook growled. "No I won't!" he screamed as he charged at Luke.

As the two clashed into each other, they both suddenly froze.

Cook stared at us in horror as his face turned pale. He let out a strangled moan as he pulled back from Luke. My stomach churned as I saw a sword sticking out of Cook's jacket. He pulled it out slowly and dropped it onto the deck; it was slightly colored red. Then he quickly unbuttoned his captain's coat and pulled it open.

We all gasped as we discovered that Cook's clean white undershirt was now covered in crimson red blood.

"Whoa." I awed.

Cook's breathing grew shallow as he stared at his injury. "N-no…i-it…can't be." He whispered as he stumbled backwards towards the edge of the ship; specifically where the plank was. "H-how could I lose…to you?" he asked as he looked directly at Luke. "How?!" he strained out.

Luke stared back at him, not saying a word.

Cook stepped onto the plank and moved backwards. "This is impossible…I never lose…how did this happen?"

Luke didn't respond.

Cook was losing patience. "Say something you scalawag!"

Luke held his head up high. "Never underestimate a pirate."

With those last few words, Cook met the end of the plank and fell backwards to his watery grave. A splash echoed throughout the ship.
Luke stared at the plank, motionless.

Ayame slowly walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's over."

Luke glanced over at her and pulled her into a hug.

I smiled. Ayame was right; it was over and we had won the war.

They looked towards us and smiled.

Suddenly the entire crew burst into cheers of victory. We had defeated the evil Captain Cook and his crew and we even saved Princess Ayame. Also, I think we gained another crew member.

Captain Owen walked over to the new couple. "Well, I don't know what to say. You have definitely proved yourself worthy to us and you've also gained forgiveness from your friends. But the question now is, what to do with you now?"

I looked up at him, hoping that he wouldn't arrest Luke after everything he has done.

He smiled. "How would you like to join my crew?"

Luke's eyes widened. "Really?"

Owen nodded. "With your skills, I could definitely use you in my crew. So what do you say?"

Luke smiled. "What do you think? Of course I'll join!" he yelled as he shook Owen's outstretched hand.

The crew cheered with excitement.

Ayame kissed Luke and held him close. "Thank you Captain Owen."

Owen nodded in response and then he looked towards the crew. "Argh! Where do we set course for now maties?"

Kathy smiled. "Set course back home to Waffle Island!"

The crew cheered in agreement.

"Wait!" Luke shouted, halting everyone's movement. "I just remembered." He said as he pulled out an old piece of paper out of his pocket. "Captain Cook buried his treasure somewhere on Waffle Island."

Captain Owen took it from Luke and opened it up. "Maties, are you up for a treasure hunt?"

Within an hour we finally reached the Waffle Island docks.

"Land ho!" Owen shouted to the crew. "Lower the plank!"

Bo and Jin grabbed a hold of the plank and lowered it until it touched the dock's surface.

Captain Owen looked down at me. "Are you ready to find some treasure?"

I grinned up at him. "Yeah!"

He placed a hand on my shoulder and led me off the ship.

'Ah it feels good to be back on solid land.'

Taylor ran off the ship and fell to his knees. "Land! Glorious land! I missed you!"

I rolled my eyes at him. 'What a drama queen.'

Palo walked over to him and tapped his spiky blonde hair. "Knock it off Taylor, we've got treasure to find."

Taylor stood up and glared at him. "Fine."

Eventually the rest of the crew joined us and waited for Owen's orders.

"Okay maties, according to the map, we need to go to the right for about one hundred paces." He announced as he started walking in the direction the map instructed.

We passed the 'On the Hook' bait shop and walked along the long beach.

"Ninety eight, ninety nine, one hundred!" Owen announced as he stopped suddenly. "Here it is! 'X' marks the spot!"

I glanced around Owen's side to find a big 'X' mark drawn in the sand. "Wow! There's really treasure buried here!"

Owen smiled. "You're right Chloe. And now you and your friends have the honor in digging out the treasure." He said as he motioned Bo and Kathy to present us with three small shovels.

Taylor took a shovel and stared at it in awe. "Whoa! This is gonna be so cool!"

Palo smiled as he received his shovel. "Yeah, I hope we can find it."

I took my shovel and looked at Owen. "Can we start?"

Owen nodded. "Yes! Start digging maties!"

With those words we began frantically digging through the sand. Even though the sand was hard to do, I was too excited to even care.
Suddenly all of our shovels hit something hard. We all looked at each other with excitement and then dropped to our knees to begin using our hands to dig the rest of the way.

Finally we uncovered a large wooden treasure chest.

"Whoa!" he all shouted with awe.

"We found it!" I yelled as we pulled it out of the hole and at it in front of the crew.

Kathy smiled. "Well what are you waiting for? Open it!"

On the count of three we all pushed the lid open. Inside of the chest were dozens of coins and jewels that shined brightly in the sunlight. On top of everything lay three brightly colored packages. Each of them had our names written on them.

Taylor grabbed the red package and pulled the paper off, revealing a toy sword and an eye patch. "Awesome!" he yelled as he put the eye patch over his left eye.

Palo picked up the green one and gently opened it to find a red bandanna with white spots all over it and a sword for himself. "This is cool!" he said as he tied the bandanna over his baseball hat.

I looked down at the bright yellow present with my name written on it in big letter. I pulled it out of the chest and felt for an opening. As soon as I found a place to start I began to pull the paper off. My eyes widened as I stared down at a dark navy blue captain's hat and a sword that had my name engraved into the handle.

This was the best thing ever!

"Wow!" Palo exclaimed.

"That's awesome Chloe! Put it on!" Taylor told me.

I took the hat out of the paper and put it on my head. "How do I look?"

Taylor and Palo gave me a thumbs up.

I stood to my feet and held my sword up high. "Argh maties! Shiver me timbers and a yo-ho-ho!"

The whole crew and my friends laughed and cheered for me.

Taylor stood to his feet and held up his sword. "Argh! I be Taylor, the roughest and toughest pirate that ever sailed the seven seas!"

Then Palo stood and thrust his sword into the air. "Argh! I'm Palo! The bravest pirate in the whole ocean!"

The rest of the crew cheered for them.

I looked over at my friends. "I can't believe it, we're real pirates!"

They smiled back.

"Could this day get any better?"

"Oh it will Chloe." A voice announced behind me.

I turned around to find the entire crew, including Cook's crew, standing together in a huge group. They all had suspicious expressions on their faces.

"What's going on here?"

Kathy smiled. "Well this day is gonna be even better for you."

"So we have one more surprise for you." Bo added.

The entire crew parted down the middle to reveal Captain Owen standing in front of something.

"Captain Owen?"

He smiled and stepped off to the side to reveal a large cake with candles all over it. "Happy Birthday Chloe."

My eyes widened and my mouth dropped. 'My birthday? Oh my gosh! I forgot my own birthday was today! I guess I was so excited about this entire pirate quest, that I forgot what today was. This day just got even better.'

I walked up to the cake to look at it. It was a giant cake that was painted just like a treasure chest and it had ten candles surrounding the words 'Happy 10th Birthday Chloe'.

My smile couldn't get any bigger than it could right now. I can't believe everyone did this for me.

I looked behind me to see everyone watching me, even Palo and Taylor were smiling. "Oh my gosh! Did you guys do all of this for me?"

Owen nodded. "Yeah we did."

"We all wanted your tenth birthday to be the best one ever; one that you'd never forget." Kathy added.

"So we all worked together to create this awesome party for you." Bo said with a smile.

"And we were in on it too, Chloe." Palo admitted.

I looked over at Palo and Taylor. "You guys too?"

"Yeah, your cousin asked the both of us if we wanted to help out and of course we said 'yes'." Taylor responded.

I smiled at everyone around me. "Thanks for everything you guys. This is the best day ever!"

Luke wrapped and arm around Ayame. "Well we can't take all of the credit. Ayame was the one who came up with this whole idea."

My eyebrows rose as I looked at Ayame as she smiled back at me. "You did all of this?"

She nodded. "I just wanted you to have the best birthday ever and I remembered that you wanted to be a pirate when you grew up so I wanted your dream to come true today."

I broke into a run at her and hugged her tightly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Ayame!"

She laughed as she hugged back. "You're welcome Chloe. I'm glad you liked it."

"Hey Chloe! Come on and blow out the candles already, I want some cake!" Taylor shouted.

I let go of Ayame and glared at him. "Okay okay, keep your shirt on."

Palo snickered as Taylor tugged down his t-shirt.

I couldn't help but laugh at Taylor too. 'He is such a dunce.'

I made my way over to the table where my cake sat, ready to have the candles blown out.

"Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Chloe. Happy birthday to you." Everyone sang.

I smiled at all of them. "Thanks everyone."

Owen laughed. "Don't forget to make a wish and blow out the candles."

"Okay Owen."

I closed my eyes and began to think. 'What should I wish for? My biggest wish already came true. I actually got to be a pirate for a day. What more could I wish for? I pretty much had everything I could ask for already.' Finally a thought came to my mind and then I quickly blew out the candles. Everyone cheered for me as I was able to blow out all ten candles.

Owen patted me on the shoulder. "What did you wish for?"

I zipped my lips with a pretend zipper. "If I tell you then my wish won't come true."

Owen laughed. "Yeah, I guess that's true."

"Can we have cake now?" Taylor whined.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, you'd better give Taylor a piece of cake before he has a heart attack."

Owen nodded to me and pulled out a knife to begin cutting the cake.

Palo smiled. "Well besides Taylor's whining, what did you think of your birthday party?"

I gave him a big smile. "It was the best birthday ever! I loved everything and this day couldn't get any better than this!"

"You're wrong!" a voice yelled out.

Everyone turned their attention towards the shoreline.

My eyes widened in shock and my mouth dropped.

Standing there, soaking wet, was Captain Cook himself.

'How is he still alive? I thought he fell off the ship; I mean there was a splash that time. Also he was stabbed in the side. How is that possible?'

"What are you doing here Cook? Come to steal the treasure back?" Owen asked as he handed Taylor his piece of cake and pulled out his sword.

"Argh! You bet I am. And I'm gonna fight till it's mine to claim."

"Well you'll have to fight us all to get to it." Owen gestured to his crew.

Cook held up his hand. "I don't wanna fight any of you scalawags. I wanna fight her." He said as his finger pointed towards me. Me?! "I never got to fight the great Chloe while we were on my ship. So what do you say Chloe? Will you accept my challenge?"

I stared back at him, trying to decide.

"Come on Chloe! You can take him!" Palo encouraged.

Taylor, who was stuffing his face full of cake, nodded his head furiously.

When I faced Cook again I shot him a smirk and gripped my sword. "For once, I'm actually gonna say 'yes' to your offer."

Cook smirked back. "I was hoping you'd say that."

As I walked towards him I began to think back to my wish. I don't really think it will come completely true but I can still look back on this day and believe that every day will be like this. I can still be a pirate forever.

I smiled to myself as I held my sword up.

This is it; my time has come to finally fight like a pirate.

I pulled my captain's hat down and smirked. "You ready to lose Captain Cook?"

Cook laughed. "Not a chance." He said as he held up his sword towards me. "Have at thee demon!" he shouted as he charged.

This was gonna be good.

~ End of Chloe's P.O.V. ~

Kathy groaned next to me. "I told him not to say that line. I told him." She looked at me. "Didn't you hear me tell him?"

I laughed softly. "Yeah, I heard you; but I don't think Chloe will mind at all." I responded as I continued to watch Chloe fight 'Captain Cook'.

Palo was jumping up and down, whooping and hollering for Chloe. "Go Chloe!"

Taylor, who was eating his cake, joined in cheering for Chloe too. "Mmf-can-mmf-do it!" he tried to yell with a mouthful of cake.

I laughed at them.

I was still kind of shocked how they were able to play along with all of the directions I gave them when I was alone with them. They were naturals at it.
Julius looked over at me. "You know Ayame, I really liked how you used that ruined shirt for the stabbing scene. For once, I'm actually not mad that it was ruined by paint."

I smiled. "Thanks Julius."

Luke slid an arm around my shoulders. "See? My girl is a genius. She definitely knows what she's doing."

I smiled and kissed him. "Aw thanks Babe. I'm just glad that Chloe liked it."

Owen smiled and laughed. "Of course she liked it! You let her live her dream and she's never been so happy. Thanks a lot Ayame."

"Aw you're welcome Owen. I'm glad to help."

Luke laughed. "Yeah, but it's too bad that we didn't get to see you play the damsel in distress."

Owen glared at him. "What?"

"Yeah, remember the other day when we talked about your hourglass like figure being in a dress. No offense Ayame, but I think Owen would have looked so pretty in that dress."

I rolled my eyes and snickered. "Surrrre. Don't think I'm gonna be so nice to you when we get home, you can forget about staying for dinner."

Suddenly Luke's face was covered in brown and gold icing.

My eyes widened as I stared at Owen, who's hand was covered in icing. He had scooped up some icing from Chloe's cake and threw it at Luke.

Kathy gasped. "Owen!"

Luke blinked at him and then scooped up some icing. "So it's gonna be like that huh?" he asked as he wound up his arm, ready to throw.

But as that ball of icing went flying, Owen ducked out of the way and the icing hit Bo in the face.

Bo wiped the residue off and then grabbed some cake. "Oh you're gonna get it!" he yelled as he chucked it at him and it actually hit me this time.

Everything stopped. Everyone's eyes were on me. Even Chloe and Chase stopped fighting.

Despite my thoughts about ruining Chloe's cake, I picked up some cake and threw it at Bo.

Suddenly it erupted into a huge cake fight. Pieces of cake and icing were flying in all directions.

Julius screamed in agony. "My work! It's ruined! Those stains will never come out!"

Suddenly his face was impaled with a clump of icing. Well at least that got him to shut up.

Palo laughed as he grabbed some cake and threw it at Taylor. "Take that!"

Taylor dropped his cake in the sand and growled at Palo. "My cake! Nobody destroys my cake and gets away with it!" he shouted as he grabbed the rest of his fallen cake and threw it back at Palo.

Chloe ran past me and threw a handful of cake in my face. "I got you!"

I threw some back at her. "Oh yeah? Take this!" I was able to hit her in the chest.

She laughed at me. "Thanks for everything Ayame! This is the best birthday ever!"

I smiled at her. "Even for the cake fight?"

She laughed. "Of course! I've always wanted to have a food fight! This is awesome!"

Then Taylor threw a clump of icing at Chloe. "Ha ha!"

Chloe smirked and then chased after him. "You're gonna get it Taylor!"

I laughed at the people around me.

I felt like I was responsible for bringing everyone together like this. It really felt rewarding to accomplish all of this. This indeed was the best day ever.

In the distance I could hear a horn being blown. Captain Pascal's boat was coming back into port. Looks like he made it back safely from his trip.

At the end of ship I could someone standing at the front.

'I wonder who that could be?'

I could see the figure waving at me, so I thought it would be nice to wave back.

My thoughts were interrupted when someone grabbed me from behind, spinning me around.

Luke was completely covered in frosting and cake bits.

I laughed. "Nice look."

"Same goes for you. Doesn't this remind you of the spaghetti fight we had?"

I nodded. "Or the mud fight we had awhile back?"

He laughed. "Yeah, and as I recall it ended with this." He responded as he pulled me into a sweet and passionate kiss.

I kissed back, tasting the flavors of chocolate and butter-cream. 'Well at least the cake is good. This day couldn't get any better than this. I wonder what will happen next for me?'

~ Unknown P.O.V. ~

I smiled as we neared the island. 'This is it.'

I can't wait any longer. I've been waiting for this for too long now.

Can't we just speed this boat up a little more? Come on, come on. I just wanna get there already!

"Excuse me, Miss?"

I turned around to see the captain of the ship standing behind me. "We are just about to arrive at Waffle Island. Be sure to be ready to go ashore."

'Finally.' I nodded to him. "I will. Thanks for letting me know."

He smiled as he removed the pipe from his mouth and went back into the ship.

I turned my attention back to the place where I was gonna start my new life. 'I hope I'll meet a lot of new people here; hopefully, I'll even meet a cute guy.'

The guys from where I came from weren't attractive enough and they weren't the kind of guys that I would go for. Maybe this place has better guys. 'Oh well I guess I'll just have to find out for myself.'

The captain blew the boat horn to let us know that we were nearing the docks.

The island looked beautiful from where I was standing. Large green fields, dozens of trees, and a few houses scattered along the white sandy beaches of the island. 'Yep, this is definitely gonna be a nice place to live.'

In the far distance I could see a group of people running along the beach. 'Wonder what's going on over there?'

One of the islanders stopped and stared straight towards the boat.

'Well at least someone noticed that I've arrived.' I lifted my arm up and began waving frantically.

The figure waved back before they were tackled by another islander.

'Whoa, talk about crazy people. I hope none of these people come after me like that. The last thing I need is to be tackled by some stranger. I don't wanna have to move back to my crappy life back home. This is my home now and I intend on staying here.'

The boat slowly started to creep along the water as we neared the island.

I smirked as we grew closer and closer to the dock. "Waffle Island, here I come."

Weren't expecting that were you? I had to end this chapter with a cliffhanger, thought it could be a nice shocker for you guys lol. I'm currently writing the next chapter as we speak (since I write before I type and edit them on here). It may be a little longer than usual because finals are next week…ugh…I don't wanna take them. But I have to so I can try and get my associate's degree in teaching next year. But on the bright side, next week is my last week of school until August! Yays! Anyways I'll try to get the next chapter out soon…I hope. I'll have all summer to work on this story and I hope to get really far since I'm finally done writing Chloe's birthday party. I'm on a pretty good roll right now (lols Call me butter, cause I'm on a roll! Sorry couldn't resist a cheesy pun!) and it sounds like I should have a few chapters written soon! I hope that all of you guys have a great last few weeks you guys that are still in school! Summer is coming, just think about that! Lols Please review and message me! Thanks again guys!