4 weeks later, Kaden has been transferred between many ships and has finally arrived at Queen Hera secret dungeon for dangerous criminals.

Luke's Pov:

Sitting on the cement of my cold cell, I wondered how much longer I would be stuck here for. Two years ago, when I was 13, I had tried to help Thalia escape from the castle. She was the queen's daughter and my father was a duke, we saw each other often and soon, realized we didn't want the pampered life of royalty, just a normal life. Along with my best friends, Colin and Teddy, we ran away, but, being four thirteen year olds who, their whole life had been looked after by servants. Were easily caught by a squad of ordinary guards. Colin, Teddy and I were stuck in the dungeon, and Thalia, well she had four guards looking after her every minute of the day. Although she visited me, we had no idea how to escape. Suddenly, I heard a commotion in the far end of the cell block. Colin jumped up and pressed his face to the door of his cell as well. Two guards were struggling to keep a small boy under control. He was dressed funny, unlike my clothes. He had black trousers that were tucked into knee high boots, his white shirt had a dark blue vest over top and a scarf type thing was around his waist. He was young, about 11 or 12 and had the look of a street kid, but when I looked at his face, I realized what he was. a pirate. His left eye was covered by an eye patch, and when I looked closer, I saw it bore the mark of the pirate king. I stared at him, and when he met my eyes, I didn't see a young boy, I saw the face of someone who had faced terrible things. The lead guard took out is ring of keys and unlocked my cell door, my heart leaped, maybe, I would be let out. But instead, they shoved the pirate boy into my cell. He collapsed on the ground, groaning in pain. When the guards left the boy dragged himself to his feet, I saw that his ankle was at a weird angle, he had probably broken it.

"Are you okay?"I asked anxiously "My name's Luke"

" I'm good" he said "My name's Kaden James" I gasped

" Your dad's the.."

"Pirate king yes" Kaden interrupted "evil, bloodthirsty, terrible blah, blah, blah, I know. I'm not like my dad, I assure you."

" Sorry" I said, inwardly wincing, I always spoke before I thought

"S'okay" said Kaden "what is this place anyhow?"

" It's the Queen's personal dungeon, dangerous criminals come here." Kaden snorted

" How are you a dangerous criminal?" he asked

" Uh, it's kinda embarrassing" I said, not wanting to tell him. Kaden gave me a pointed look

"Okay fine" I said " I'm in love with the Queen's daughter Thalia" Kaden's eyes widened

" And, uhh, I tried to run away with her"

"Geez Luke, that's.."

"I know right" I said shamefully, I guess that Kaden noticed that because he limped over to where I was standing and put his skinny arm around me."

" It's nothing to be embarrassed of, my story's worse" he walked me over to the bed and as he wrapped his ankle with his scarf thing he started talking.

" When I was born, my older brother was 7, my dad trained us both. We learned how to swordfight, how to sail, everything a pirate would need to know. But when I was 6, I was tossed upon Benno Anderson's ship, it was scary, alone on that ship. No one liked me, they had all heard the terrifying tales of my dad. Every night, i'd lie awake and listen to the water splash against the hull. I wondered, when I would get back to my dad. 3 years later, I changed ships to Jon Green's, the same thing, no one wanted me. I spent nights crying, one day, soldiers took our ship and I got stuck with Octavian Boylov, a capitan in the queen's navy. That ship was captured by a crew of pirates and I joined them. They were different." Kaden paused " the thing was, the captain was a woman and no one wanted to join them. They accepted anyone, even me. a year later, my brother shows up out of the blue and says that dad's dying and he wants me to see him" he looked at the floor, like he regretted the decision he made

"But why?" I asked "he didn't want you before, then why…." my voice trailed off

" I'm not sure, at that moment, I felt confused, I mean, I wanted to stay with my new friends, but at the same time.."

"He is your dad"

"Exactly, although I wasn't sure it was the right decision at the time, I went with my brother." Kaden sighed "I wish I hadn't"

" Kaden, I don't know why God choose your life to mess up, but you made the decisions you did. You got to live with it, I know its hard, but together, we can get through." he raised his eyes to mine and smiled