Arrgh by cappyandpashy4ever
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Arrgh Chapter 3: Gleamjaw and Boss's Past
Welcome back, reader. If I remember correctly, we just uncovered some rather shocking news about Boss. I know you are hungry for more tales of Boss's tragic past, but your questions will have to wait. Right now, we need to pay a visit to a certain green hat, and the hamster who was wearing it…
Reader, what do you do too comfort yourself? Do you curl up in bed with a steaming mug of warm milk? Do you snuggle with your favorite stuffed animal? Reader, I can tell you that Cappy did none of these. He used his favorite scent to calm himself down as the gentle rockings of the boat shook him. Tell me, reader, what is your favorite scent? Ask anyone you know and I guarantee you will receive an answer like lavender, vanilla or ocean breeze. But what was Cappy's favorite scent, you may ask. Well, Cappy's favorite smell was not chamomile or cookie dough. It was the smell of his hat. A truly enchanting aroma of sweetness and tartness. It was an indescribable feeling of joy and laughter. It was all the smells of the clubhouse.
It was around midday and Cappy could feel the light of the sun warming his fur. He wasn't in a cage, but what could he do? He was stranded on a ship that was in the middle of the ocean, none the less crawling with pirates. As he stared at the horizon, high above the turquoise waters, he could not have felt more out of place. More far away from home. Without thinking, he swiped his hat off of his ears and pressed it to his nose. All the scents of the clubhouse came back to him. There were smells of Bijou's fancy French perfume and of Panda's wood glue. He could sniff Stan's sweat after he arrived home after a long day of skateboarding, and the stench of newsprint wafting from Maxwell's new issue of the Ham-ham times. For a glimmering, shining moment, when Cappy closed his eyes, he could see the clubhouse. He saw Boss, digging yet another tunnel to expand the clubhouse, and Sandy, forever twirling her vivid red ribbon. He could see Hamtaro, leading the hamsters in what was sure to be another breathtaking adventure. And he saw Pashmina's dainty paws, stroking Penelope's ear as though she was her own. But then, Cappy opened his eyes. The images of happier days at the clubhouse were gone. All that sat before him was a dusty cabin room, a few rusted fishing poles, and an old oak chest in which a bloodstained axe was lodged. With a rush of realization, Cappy remembered where he was, and he started to cry.
"Now, now, what's wrong?" said a calming voice. A hamster in his early twenties stepped out of the shadows. Cappy's first impression was to scoot as far away from this strange new figure as possible. But as he stared into this unfamiliar hamster's eyes, he knew that here was a hamster he could talk to.
"I-I miss my friends." Cappy groaned, letting a salty tear slide down his face.
"I know how you feel." Replied the guest. "I was taken from my family at a young age too. But now…"
"You-you're with them, aren't you!" Cappy stated with an accusatory glance.
"With the pirates? No, not at all. I was kidnapped too, a long time ago. Of course, there is one major difference."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you were taken as ransom. That means your friends will rescue you. But I, well, I was taken to serve the captain. And this is where I must stay." Cappy felt a twinge of pity, staring up into the wide face of this person.
"You-you mean my friends will come and save me?" he asked with wonder.
"Yes. If the pirates get what they want in return from them."
"But what do they want?"
"I'm sorry to say I don't know. As I said before, my only purpose is to serve the captain. No one tells me anything."
"Boy!" Cappy heard a gruff voice yell from down below. "Get yer scurvy legs down 'ere and whip us up some grub!" The new hamster leapt to his feet.
"That's the captain calling. Keep this safe for me will ya?" the man tosses a gold chain with a heart on the end to Cappy. Just as he crossed the doorway, Cappy yelled to him.
"By the way, I'm Cappy!"
"Nice to meet ya, Cappy. You can call me Gleamjaw." And he scurried out of the room.
"Gleamjaw." Cappy said out loud to himself. He stared down at the glint of gold he clutched in his paw. On the little golden heat, a large W was engraved. Cappy sat their, wondering what the captain wanted from the ham-hams. But now, Cappy knew the journey to wherever he may be going would be a lot easier now. For he had something more valuable then the shiniest treasure. He had a friend.
And now, reader, I take you back to the clubhouse, where Boss has just let loose a very odd piece of information…
"You can't be serious." Stan stared at Boss. "You told us you were a field hamster. That you had no family."
"I, I thought you might be ashamed." Boss mumbled.
"But Boss," Hamtaro started. "There are still some things I don't understand."
"It's a horrible story." Boss stated. "I don't think you really-"
"Boss," Sandy stared into his eyes. "We've had it with this mystery routine. It's time for you to spill it." Boss looked up into the many staring faces of the ham-hams, and he knew that this time, there would be no escape.
"Alright. I'll tell you. When I was little, my dad was head of the Navy. You should have heard him rant about me when I grew up. He wanted me to become a Navy heir. He wanted me to take his place. But I didn't want to work with the Navy. I wanted to dig holes. But my dad wouldn't hear it. He said "You're going to be a Navy general if it kills you." So that's what I did."
"What do you mean?" Hamtaro asked, clueless.
"I killed myself." Boss uttered. All the hamsters gasped. "No, not like that. Around the time my brother was born, I ran away from home. They looked for me, but never found me. But it was risky. I had to make sure that my dad never found me, and could never turn me into a Navy ham. So I cut off a piece of my fur and dropped it into the water. I watched as my dad discovered it, floating gently away form the shore. He didn't even shed a tear. Without the risk of detection, everyone believing I had drowned, I could live freely in the forest. But the weather grew wild, and during a particularly bad storm, the wind blew me into the water. I felt like I was done for. I was slowly sinking lower and lower, and my lungs were filling with water. I couldn't breath. But then I felt a warm paw pulling me up, and I fainted."
"What happened after that?" Pashmina asked.
"I woke up a few hours earlier. I was warm and dry and everything. I looked around me, and I discovered I was on a pirate ship! I snatched up my shovel and got ready to run, but then I remembered. The pirates saved me. So I was christened Silvershovel, and I lived with the pirates for four years. I was happy as could be, digging holes and burying treasure and such. I was asked to fight in the war, and I accepted. But when I found out that Captain Hambone killed my father, I knew I had to go. I never liked my father, and he never fancied me very much either. But I still held a grudge. I would have stayed have the pirates not found out that I was Walnut's son. I knew that just being related to the captain's killer was too great a crime to let me stay. They had plans to kill me, but I managed to escape with my life. I used a life boat and rowed to shore, where I began life as a new hamster. That's when I met you guys."
A long silence continued after Boss's speech. Finally, Hamtaro broke the silence.
"Have you seen your family since?" he asked.
"No." Boss said grimly. "I'm too big a traitor to face them again."
"So what do they want with you?" Sandy wondered aloud.
"They want my life." He stated. "They fear me. They knew that escaping from a pirate ship is no easy feat. They are afraid that I'll fight against them."
"So that's why they took Cappy. To lure you away." Maxwell figured.
"Yes."
"So what are you going to do about it." asked Bijou.
"I'm gonna save Cappy." Boss stated.
"Then we're coming with you!" a chorus of agreement followed Hamtaro's idea.
"No. This is my battle. You'll just get in the way." Boss walked out the door, and out of sight.
"So what do we do now, Hamtaro?" Pashmina asked him.
"We're gonna follow him." Hamtaro stated. With many nods from the ham-hams, he led them outside and into the darkness.
Well? Tell me watcha think! The pirates and the ham-hams meet in the next chap so be sure to review and keep reading Arrgh!