Chapter 29: The Voyage Back Home

A half hour later after the jury announced the sentence, Pocahontas and friends were back inside Thomas's house for a safe night of rest. With the bad guys locked up, none of them had anything to fear of assassins. Still the windows and doors were to remain secured before they went to bed. It was better to be safe than sorry.

"I can't believe Ratcliffe is finally convicted," Nakoma said with a yawn, stretching her arms in the air. "I was almost worried he would never be exposed."

"I told you David knew what he was doing," John reminded. He was helped by Pocahontas to move faster due to his wounds still in pain, despite the medicine from the guards. "Getting into the tower was a dangerous mission for us, but there was no other way to get Pocahontas out. But I wonder if David will still keep his job as a guard. Of course, that's entirely up to him I suppose; if he still plans on quitting."

"We'll know of that before we leave John," Thomas said, helping Pocahontas lead John upstairs to the one extra bed in his room that remained unused. "Right now we all need to rest from this tiring mission. And once we return to Virginia, perhaps its time we were to celebrate our victory at the village."

"Father will be so happy to see me," said Pocahontas proudly. "It's been so long since I last saw him. I wonder how he'll take seeing me again."

"I'm sure he won't take it too hard," John assured. "I know your father Pocahontas. He wouldn't give up on the hope of ever seeing you again, no matter how long it's been since you were taken in chains."

"I know we haven't been here too long," stated Nakoma. "But I too can't wait till we return home to the village. I've missed everyone already." She entered the room in which she would share with Pocahontas to sleep.

Thomas and Pocahontas helped wrap John's chest in some extra bandages for better precaution and laid him down to sleep comfortably on the bed.

"Good night Pocahontas," said John, smiling warmly. "Sleep well so we won't be too tired when we hop aboard the next ship back to Virginia."

"I will John," Pocahontas said softly, grasping John's hand. "I also want to thank you, Thomas, Nakoma, and David for doing everything to save my life and exposing Ratcliffe for the monster he is. I don't know what I could've done myself."

"You've helped trick and capture those two rogues who tried to kill you that night," John said for a reminder. If you hadn't looked out that window, you would have never known of their plan and I might not be in this bed right now."

"That's true," Pocahontas agreed. "But I guess it doesn't matter anymore what might've happened. It's all over now and I'll be more than happy when I see my father again."

"Think nothing of it."

Pocahontas finally left the room to let John rest for the rest of the night. With those scars ready to recover, she did not want to tire him out with anything else in her mind and decided to leave the rest for tomorrow. All of her friends had been through so much to help clear her name and open the king's eyes to understand all that has ever happened from the very beginning. And she was not the only one to suffer behind the bars at the cold dismal tower where Ratcliffe and his henchmen were now prepared to spend the rest of their nights possibly. That's where he belonged, especially after all the lies he spread about her and that false conspiracy she never intended to do.

"Good night John," Pocahontas whispered behind the closed door. "Thanks for everything."


One week later

At seven in the morning, Pocahontas and Nakoma were awakened by Thomas to get everything ready in time so that they'll be able to make it to the ship at the docks. Even if they were still a little tired, the two friends were happy that the day of boarding back home had finally arrived. In a hurry, they grabbed whatever items they held and stuffed them into the traveling bags to rush downstairs where Thomas and John were waiting for them. Flit landed on her shoulder, Meeko jumped into her arms, and Percy was being held by John in his arms. He was half asleep still which made Pocahontas giggle.

"I guess our little animal friends are ready to go home as we are," she said, giggling.

The travelers said their goodbyes to Thomas's family for helping and letting them stay for a couple of nights until everything had already been settled with the king. Thomas promised his mother that he would keep on writing to her from time to time. And there may be other days when he would return to London whether on business or for a visit. He would try his best to do so. Thomas's mother and little sister were a little sad to see him leave, but were relieved by his promises. Everyone stayed until after breakfast as soon as they all left and headed for the docks where the whole crew awaited.

"Hey, John wait up!"

John turned around to see David come running up to him, still wearing his armor outfit. He hadn't expected his old friend to show up, but was glad to see him before leaving.

"David, I was wondering if you were ever going to show up," said John. "Are you coming along on this voyage?"

"I wish I could John," said David. "But I wanted to tell you that the king and queen have appointed me as captain of the guards. And I accepted it. King James saw me as more honest and loyal than Ratcliffe; especially when he thought of those words I mentioned to him. Maybe I'll have enough gold to provide for my family after all."

"You know what David, I think you're right," John agreed. "I think you'd make a great captain of the guards instead of wandering around waiting for an order. That's what I always thought. But I'm sure going to miss you."

"So will I John," David shook his friend's hand. "Perhaps we'll meet again someday. I just wanted to wish you good luck before you leave. It wouldn't be honest of me to not say goodbye to an old friend, after all we've been through for the past couple of days. Then what kind of friend would I be now?"

"I guess we'll never know," John laughed, shrugging his shoulders. "I hope being captain won't be too much pressure on you."

"I'm sure I can handle it John," David assured. "I even have other friends to help me out with it if I don't know what to do."

"Thanks David. And don't worry; I'm sure you'll do fine."

After their goodbyes, John boarded and looked over to see his old friend as he saw the townspeople grow smaller as the ship started sailing into the sea. Although it felt sad to leave him behind, the bright side was that the enemy was finally locked up and they were returning home to the village. And John figured that David knew when to keep a close eye on Ratcliffe if anything were to happen.

AN: The last chapter is on the way. I know it's sad to see a story end whether you're watching a movie or reading a good book. But even fanfictions have endings sometimes. But I hate to leave my stories ending on a cliffhanger as most other writers have done. I'm afraid I don't have any other Pocahontas stories in my mind at the moment, so I don't know when's the next time I'll ever be able to write another one. But for those who have enjoyed my story here, if you're ever interested in borrowing my fanfiction characters that don't appear in the movie for their Pocahontas stories, ask my permission first. Let's see those reviews.