Hello, my viewers. This is an epilogue of sorts to one of my favorite movies, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. This is a requested story by 93MANIAC, and the author himself or herself came up with the story ideas. I'm only editing them alongside, making it better. I hope you all enjoy it! -Traveler.
-Somewhere in the 8th Century B.C.-
In the Mediterranean Sea, in the west, laid an island whose name is unknown, yet in the modern world, it's known as Cabera Island. Right now, a rustic, good-made, high-quality ship is anchored in the shallows, resting near the shore, for the crew is taking a long-deserved vacation, thanks to many opinions of people in the crew including Marina's.
The island had been somewhat explored, and the captain whose name is Sinbad, he's relieved for it as no mythical creatures had been seen anywhere on the island, which is why Marina's exploring more of the jungle that hasn't been visited yet, though Sinbad asked her to take Spike with her.
He isn't taking any chances to risk his wife or his unborn child's lives in danger. Indeed, Marina is expecting, almost 8 months pregnant, to be exact.
Since the whole dramatic incident with the Book of Peace, Marina and Sinbad officially became lovers, and 8 months in, they got eloped, witnessed by the whole crew somewhere in a seaside city. Of course, Spike was part of it, being both the flower girl and the ringbearer boy, and he tolerated it happily for he respects his master and mistress.
The newlywed couple had a honeymoon for a month on one side of the island of Fiji, with the crew on the other side of the island having a vacation of sorts, and naturally, while sailing for more adventures, 3 months in, it was announced that the couple are to be parents.
And after Marina became five months along, she and many of the crew wanted peace and safety, especially in the fact that the couple knew that their child is going to have adoptive uncles in most of the crew, along with a pseudo-grandfather in Lucas, and a godfather in Kale.
Marina is finally happy to have some time alone, even if she isn't technically alone, thanks to having Spike for company. The crew and Sinbad have been overbearing and overprotective as of late since they had landed almost three months ago on Cabera Island. Marina truly needed peace and quiet badly, indeed.
A couple hundred yards in, Marina is enjoying the sounds of the birds and the breeze through the trees, humming in tune as she strolled on as best as she could, with her baby bump so active.
Marina laughed softly, "Finally some mother-child time, eh? I don't blame ya for the excitement, but please take it easy on my bladder, darling.", rubbing her baby bump fondly. Spike yipped nearby, looking jealous momentarily, whining.
She smiled, and cooed to the dog, "Spike, it's okay. You're one of my favorites, nothing's gonna change that, I promise.", and Spike padded over to her, and Marina petted him on the head heartily, "Good boy. She or he's gonna love you, Spike. After all, you are getting a new friend, hmm? And you can play when the baby gets older.".
Spike perked up with an excited bark, wagging his tail, and Marina laughed warmly, "That's the spirit, big boy.", before sighing tiredly. "Okay, I think Sinbad has a point. You're sure getting heavy.", rubbing her baby bump with a raised eyebrow and a loving smile, "Let's take a break before we head back. Spike, how about finding a log to sit on?".
The dog chuffed, and pranced on, sniffing with Marina following behind. A minute later, Marina heard Spike give out a startled yelp, whining, sounding like he's confused, and the woman turned around a corner, "What's wrong, Spike? What do you-Oh!".
Before her, halfway claimed by the jungle, with vines and such, is an abandoned temple, yet it clearly looks like it had been magnificent back in its day, from what Marina can see. Marina raised an eyebrow, "Wow, what do you make of that?", smiling at Spike who whined lightly.
"Well, let's check it out.", Marina grinned, "I'm sure Sinbad wouldn't mind waiting a bit longer.", walking on to the temple, gingerly walking up the intact steps though the vines have been eating away at the edges, and Spike followed her closely before yelping out as Marina fully stepped into the temple.
Marina looked back, "Aw, don't worry, Spike, nothing's gonna happen. Okay, I won't take long. I just want to look.", and Spike whined, watching Marina intentionally, knowing that his master's gonna be out of his mind if his mate and child gets hurt.
Marina looked around, humming, "Huh, can't tell much from the pictures up there. Been here a long time, that's for sure.", and touched upon a pedestal, "Even the statue's crumbled too much to tell if it was a god or goddess.".
She glanced back at Spike who whined, and she smiled reassuringly, "See, nothing's happening. A prayer wouldn't hurt. It would be nice to do it since it has been a long while since I had done it back in Syracuse.", slowly sitting down on a fallen stone column, and folded her hands into a praying pose.
"To Olympus, I pray for many things I don't need, but rather for other people. To Proteus, a life of prosperity and happiness, and I hope he has found someone he'd rule together with, to love all his life. To King Dymas, a life of good health and happiness, and I hope he has found a place to retire peacefully until his time to pass on to the heavens. To the crew of the Chimera, a life of adventure, wonder, and happiness, and I hope they will find a way to make their dreams come true when they're retired from sailing on the seas. To Spike, a life of adventure and fun, and I hope he becomes great friends with my child when the time comes. To my husband, a life of adventure, parenthood, and happiness, and I hope he enjoys having a life with me and our child. And to my child, I hope when he or she is older, they will have a life of a wonderful childhood, adventures when they reach teenagerhood, and love when they become adults.", Marina spoke reverently and carefully, having a content smile.
Unfortunately, she, unknowingly, is in the temple of a very infamous goddess, someone she had met before, someone who had framed her husband, and nearly caused the fall of Syracuse; Eris, the goddess of Chaos herself. And Eris is to find out who has been in one of her abandoned temples thus this very minute.