As Moana, Maui and April set off, Tamatoa let out a huff. Should he have trusted these people who gave him hell with coming back? Either way, whether he did or not he still needed to get out of the spot he was stuck in so he could be more free. He then decided to pass the time by thinking about what he'd do to the three if they really did leave him abandoned.
While sailing to a nearby island – Lalotai being half its size in the distance – April looked up at the mast to see Maui at the top of it, hanging on to it. She felt she wanted to join him but as she looked at the distance between the top of the mast and the water – or the top of the mast and the deck – she couldn't help but feel kind of scared about falling. Though she was a demigoddess, she still had her doubts. If she fell from the mast into the water, she could always swim back up to the surface. If she fell on the deck, she could get back up again. Despite those facts, she was still uneasy as if she could get harmed by falling.
"Any islands up ahead?" She heard Moana ask as she looked in her direction.
"There is one, but currently we're not close enough." Maui replied to her question, quickly changing direction to face her as he now held on to the mast with his other hand, "If we use the wind to our advantage though, we should get there within a few minutes."
April smiled at the idea, actually having a love for speeding across the ocean in a canoe since she and Maui did it all the time before the day he took Tamatoa's leg. She was honestly excited to be doing that again as Maui smiled down at her.
"You wanna come up here?" He asked before seeing the unsure expression making its way onto her face. "Aww, c'mon! You can't still have that childish fear, can you?" He then asked, "Besides, I don't wanna have to relate you to a chicken!"
April knew that was his way of encouraging her, but she was still a little doubtful. That is, until she saw a smirk appear on his face before he imitated the clucking sound of a chicken before calling, "Chicken!" Then she glared up at him.
Oh, he's gonna regret doing that... She thought as she began climbing up the mast. She then saw Maui's smile as she focused on him.
"Oh I see..." He said, realizing something, "If I make you angry enough you won't be afraid anymore."
April finally reached to where he was on the mast but on the opposite side from him before smirking. "Nah, you actually helped me."
Maui looked confused. "Wha–?"
"You drove me to come up here on the mast." She said, "So I guess you teasing me helped." Maui smirked.
"Well maybe I should do it more often." He joked. April smiled and rolled her eyes just as Moana straightened the sails.
"Hold on tight!" He then told April as she did as she was told before a big gust of wind blew, causing the boat to sail towards the island faster, April enjoying the feeling of the wind through her long, wavy hair, a big smile stretched across her face. Maui laughed at her.
"This is fun, right?" He asked, grinning, "And you were scared by it." April playfully rolled her eyes before hugging onto the mast with one arm and giving him a gentle, playful shove with her free hand, still afraid to move her body away from the mast.
"Shut up." She said jokingly with a giggle.
As they sailed on, Moana watched them with a smile. When Maui decided to lean out and reach his hand out to feel the air on his fingers, April copied before immediately clinging back onto the mast. She then tried again as if trying to get over her childish fear of falling down, since she was a demigoddess and couldn't get hurt by a fall to the deck or into the water.
"C'mon, you can do it!" Maui encouraged, still grinning.
Finally April took a deep breath and leaned out before reaching her hand out, her smile as big as it can possibly get as she closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling even more.
"We're here!" She then heard Moana call as the wind slowed, causing her to open her eyes and frown. Maui laughed at her reaction as they climbed down from the mast.
"Hey, we can do this again on the way back to ol' Crab Cake if ya like!" He said cheerfully, "Your choice!"
"I wanna do it again!" She said excitedly, bouncing up and down a little, her feet not leaving the ground. Besides, that was too fun to not go again! She then thought, grinning from ear to ear. Maui chuckled.
"Okay, on the way back we'll do it again." Maui said with a smile, scanning the area. April then quickly hugged him.
"Thanks Maui!" She then said, her hug being one of those tight, almost bone-crushing hugs. Maui rolled his eyes with a chuckle.
"You're welcome." He said softly as he hugged her back.
"Awww..." Moana cooed, "You big softie." Maui and April both glanced at her, seeing she was smiling as Maui blushed a bit.
"Well, we better get to work then if we're bringing a canoe to Tamatoa before it gets dark." He said as he and April gently pulled away from the hug, "We don't wanna leave him hangin'."
Two hours later, their project was done as they viewed the canoe they had made.
"Not bad." Maui said, going over to the canoe, "Now to bring it to Tamatoa."
After he had said that, April went over to help push the big canoe into the water. They then tied it to their canoe's mast with a long vine before hopping aboard their canoe and sailing back to Lalotai.
April and Maui both then climbed up the opposite sides of the mast before gazing at the sky that already had stars dimly lit in the sky due to the sunset. Maui then smiled at April.
"You ready?" He asked, a grin creeping up on his face. April grinned back.
"Ready when you are!" She replied as Maui started up the winds so they could get to Lalotai faster.
"Whoa!" They then heard Moana shout before turning to face her and looking down at her, getting an annoyed look from her in return, "I wasn't ready!" Maui chuckled as she sighed, April giggling at what just happened.
"Sorry, sorry." He apologized, holding his free hand up, "That won't happen again." April nodded in agreement.
It better not. Moana thought before playfully smirking at him, If it does I've got the ocean on my side that's not afraid to drench him.
"I...have a feeling that smirk can't mean anything good." Maui said, looking slightly worried, "Are you gonna try to pull something if I do that again?" Moana smiled.
"No, but the ocean might." Moana said with a shrug. Just then the ocean sprayed a small stream of water at him, getting him in the face as April giggled.
"Really?" Maui asked, unimpressed. The ocean just came up and nodded as Moana and April laughed, Maui only rolling his eyes.
"Off to Lalotai!" April then said enthusiastically, pointing ahead in the direction of Lalotai. Maui couldn't help but smile at her behavior, finding it to be sort of like a child's – either that or she was really happy. He then guessed it was the latter.
"Yeah Maui," Moana said, "now you can go." Maui smiled at April as he glanced at her before making the winds blow so they could speed off to Lalotai.
April grinned from ear to ear again as she closed her eyes, enjoying the cool night wind in her hair. She also enjoyed the slightly cool night air on her very lightly tanned skin.
She wasn't necessarily Polynesian but living on the islands made her skin lightly tanned from all the sunlight. Also Maui and the gods knew she didn't come from an island so they named her April instead.
She had actually come from a boat that was sailing through the Pacific Islands, but unknown to her, she was accidentally dropped into the ocean during a heavy storm. The gods found her, knowing her situation, and told her – when she was old enough to understand – that she was abandoned just like Maui was, not wanting her to suffer from missing her family and wanting to find them to go back home, the gods also knowing she would most likely never be able to find them. Unfortunately she, like Maui, didn't take the news about being abandoned too well, but quickly decided there had to be a reason. Thankfully it helped her cope with what she was told but Maui had his doubts, thinking they were unloved.
But here they were now, carefree and enjoying the ride back to Lalotai, having the ride of their lives. The boat sailing quickly through the water causing their hair to fly behind them was one thing they both missed, and Moana could sense that with how much fun they were having and how happy they were. She couldn't help but smile as she watched them. Knowing they had gone through the same thing as babies – as far as she knew from what Maui had told her the night before – she was glad to see them this happy.
After arriving back to where they had left Tamatoa earlier, they saw the giant crab was asleep. Moana and April both hesitated to wake him up, fearing what he might do if they had given him a rude awakening. Maui, on the other hand, walked straight up to the giant crustacean.
"Hey sleeping beauty, your canoe is done!" He called to the crab, causing Tamatoa to wake up and open one of his eyes, the eye he opened being narrowed as if he didn't appreciate the nickname.
"Please don't call me that." Tamatoa muttered, opening his other eye before rolling them both at Maui. Maui chuckled.
"Why not, Crab Cake?" He asked, twirling his hook, "You were asleep so I decided it was fitting." Tamatoa glared at him before quickly bringing a claw down on Maui in an attempt to crush him.
Maui, sensing what Tamatoa was going to do, quickly rolled out of the way just before the claw quickly hit the ground. Moana sighed.
"Can't we all just get along?" She asked, looking at the two. April just watched.
Yeah... It's gonna be hard to get these two to get along. She thought before glaring at Maui, Especially since he beat Tamatoa before taking his leg.
"Well you try getting along with someone who beat you before taking your leg!" Tamatoa spat, glaring at her. Moana looked shocked as she glanced at Maui, her shocked expression not leaving her face.
"You did what?!" She asked, eyes wide-open as she stared at the demigod. April watched, not knowing whether she should smirk or get worried.
"Well uh, it was about the Heart of Te Fiti..." Maui said, folding his hands behind his back as if trying to look innocent, "I wanted it for the humans so they could create life, but ol' Greedy-Claws here wanted it for himself. We couldn't agree so my anger rose to the point where I couldn't control it and I ended up hurting him. All I knew was that I took his leg, but I didn't know I'd beat him before doing it until April yelled at me for it." April smiled nervously.
"Yeah... This is why to never make Maui too angry..." She said slowly, her nervous smile not leaving her face, "Same with me, but...he's a bit more destructive when his temper gets too high." She then let out a nervous chuckle as Tamatoa rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, it's like you were made for each other..." He said sarcastically, "You two have almost the same personality. It's like you're a Mary-Sue in a story." Maui and Moana both looked confused, but April got what he meant.
"Well I'm not." She said, rubbing her arm, "I mean, I'm not completely like Maui. We do have our differences... It's just...we were born with lots of similarities." Maui rolled his eyes.
"Look, right now that doesn't matter." Maui said, crossing his arms, "Right now what matters is getting sleep for the night and heading off who-knows-where for a while to help with our relationships so we can get along better. Because I know April hates me for taking Tamatoa's leg still." April just stared at him and blinked.
"I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive you for that." She said, looking down, "I mean, even though Tamatoa hates me now, I still feel bad for him... Honestly he didn't deserve that extra pain he went through, you guys just had a disagreement. I mean, I can forgive you but you have to try not to hurt him over some stupid disagreement." Maui huffed.
"Look, do you know what he could've done with the Heart?" He questioned her, looking her in the eyes, "He could've used it for something bad, even against the mortals! Or, heck, even me! You saw how much he liked my hook!"
"It creates life, it's not some war weapon!" April explained, holding her arms out. Maui just looked at her as if he didn't believe her.
"If it fell into the wrong hands it could be!" Maui argued, "You never know!" April sighed, rolling her eyes.
"How could it–" She began before interrupting herself, "You know what? I'll ask that later. For now, let's just get some sleep." Maui sighed.
"Yeah, then hopefully I'll be able to talk to you easier." He said before they both got on the canoe and lay down, "Besides, if I can't talk to you now– Agh!" April smirked, her elbow having met its target: his stomach.
"As you were saying, pretty boy?" She asked before sticking her tongue out playfully. Maui just glared at her.
"Never mind..." He grumbled, "Goodnight." April smiled.
"Night!" She said as she rolled over, her back facing him.
Moana sighed, knowing it could take a while for April, Maui and Tamatoa to get along again. She had no idea how long, but she had the feeling it could take days, maybe even a month or so. She sighed, hoping they could get along soon. For now, she just had to wait and try to help whenever she could, or just let them do it themselves if they wanted to.