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Chapter 5-

Port Herman

"Captain, can you see their ship?" Jake asked. The captain shook his head. Jake sighed and looked down at the map. "We have to make port soon and the nearest one is… Port Herman."

"Prince, that'd be one of the many pirates ports." The Captain said. Jake smiled.

"All the more reason to go there." He said.

"Aye! Men, change of plan!" The Captain barked out orders to his crew as they scurried along the deck, making sure the ship would be set to get to the pirate port before sunset.

'And then I'll save Miley from those pirates and she'll have to agree to marry me then.' Jake thought smiling to himself.

"Urgh, no wonder she ran off. But it's my job to bring down those pirates and I'm going to need the Prince." Elicpto said, from her domain. She was preparing the next sea monster to attack Oliver's ship.

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Miley felt her feet leave the ground and felt the rush of wind. Before she knew it, she was engulfed in freezing cold water, darkness surrounding her. She struggled to swim back to the surface, but the current pulled her down. Her heart started to beat faster, this was it, this was the end.

She stopped trying to swim and just floated there, waiting to drown, but she didn't. She saw movement to her left and looked there were the sea monster emerged. The eel's eyes were dark blue and it just looked scary. It swam closer to her, but stopped.

Protector of water. It hissed and swam closer to her. Save you. Miley frowned, but then found herself panicking again. She tried to move, but she couldn't. She swallowed some water and the eel cam closer to her. Sleep.

Miley slowly closed her eyes and stopped struggling. She then felt what was happening in her surroundings, the ship that had just passed above her, someone diving into the water. She tried to concentrate on that person and discovered it was Oliver. She felt him swim towards her, the eel swimming away. She felt Oliver grab her around the waist and swam towards the surface.

Once she surfaced, her world went dark and this time she was really unconscious…

Miley woke up from the memory of what happened in the water the day before. She could talk to the eel; she could feel what was happening in her surroundings. What was happening to her?

Miley shifted in the bed and found someone had their arm around her waist. Miley froze; she couldn't remember anything that happened the night before. Just that Oliver helped her out of the ocean and then…

Miley sat up, wrapping the blankets around her tighter. She looked to see Oliver sleeping next to her, except he was no longer sleeping. Miley's sudden movements had woken him up and he sat up, rubbing his eyes.

"Are you ok?" He asked. Miley got off the bed, blankets still wrapped around her.

"You… you…" She tried to find the right words, but couldn't find any. So she slapped him. "How dare you!"

"Hey, what was that for?" He asked, getting off the bed.

"Well, let's see. I wake up this morning wearing nothing and I find you sleeping next to me! I don't even know what happened last night!" Miley screamed. Oliver took a step towards her, but Miley took a step back.

"Ok, nothing happened. Your clothes were wet and you had to get out of them or else you would've died of the cold. You were still shivering when we fell asleep so I slept on your bed, holding you. Nothing happened." Oliver explained.

"Ok, nothing happened?" Miley asked.

"Does it look like it? Do I even look like a guy who would do that?" Oliver asked.

"I don't know, I've only known you for a day and you're a pirate, you tell me." Miley said. Oliver sighed and picked up Miley's still damp clothes.

"I guess you can't wear this. Lilly might have extra clothes, I'm not sure. We don't exactly buy new clothes, only once in a while." Oliver said, taking her clothes and heading towards the door. "I'll send Lilly in."

Miley sighed and sat down on the bed, trying to calm down. It was kind of scary, waking up with a guy in your bed. Especially if you aren't wearing anything.Oliver is a genuinely nice guy then. But why is he a pirate?

The door opened again and in came Lilly, grinning. "I saw you two last night." She said jokingly.

"Ha ha." Miley said as Lilly handed her some clothes. "How did you see us?"

"I didn't stay up all night, I came back here. I slept in Oliver's bed thought." She said and shuddered. "It was really weird and I never want to do that again. Now hurry up and get dressed, I'm thinking we are going to need your help around the ship. Plus Oliver might get worried if he doesn't see you." Lilly said, grinning.

Miley waited until Lilly closed the door before she got changed. She put on Lilly's clothes and pulled on her own boots, before she left the cabin. She looked around and saw Jackson standing at the one edge, looking at the land that was coming closer.

"Are you getting off once we make port?" He asked as Miley stood next to him.

"I don't know, it's a pirates port, isn't it?"

"Yeah, but where else is a pirate safe to go?" Jackson asked. Miley sighed, she really didn't want to leave this ship, but if Jackson left, could she really stay? "If you come with me, we can catch a ride and travel back to the castle inland. Dad's going to be worried about us."

"Yeah, but Jackson… I don't know what to do. I barely know these people, yet Oliver saved my life. I owe him, so I can't leave right now."

"But Miles, you're the princess. You have to marry Jake." Jackson said softly.

"You're the Prince, next ruler. You go back, I don't have to be there." Miley said.

"What are you two talking about?" Lilly asked.

"Nothing." The two said together.

"Ok. Anyway, we should reach Port Herman soon and then you two are free to leave, if you wish." Lilly said and leaned in towards Miley. "Oliver would be heartbroken if you left."

"Stop that, he doesn't like me like that." Miley said.

"Ok, whatever you say Hannah." Lilly said and looked at Jackson. "What are your plans?" Lilly asked. Jackson looked at Miley, who turned her face down.

"I'm leaving, I don't really belong on the ocean." He said and walked away. Miley looked at Lilly and saw the smile that was previously on her face disappear.

"Hey, are you ok?" Miley asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Lilly said, putting on a fake smile. "I'm going to go make sure Matt knows what he is doing." Miley watched as Lilly walked across the deck towards the other boy. Miley looked at where Jackson had walked off to and saw him watching Lilly. Something was going on…

"So Hannah, are you ready to leave The Satyr?" Oliver asked as he came to stand next to her.

"Yeah, I'm really going to miss this ship, after everything that happened here." She said jokingly.

"If you're still talking about what happened this morning, I told you, nothing happened." Oliver said. Miley started laughing and then Oliver realized that she was joking. "Ha ha, very funny."

"Yeah, I will miss you." Miley said, turning to look, as dock was just mere meters away.

"So you are leaving?" Oliver asked. Miley sighed and nodded.

"I don't belong on the sea, I have to go back to the castle or else everyone is going to start worrying about me." Miley said and smiled at him before she walked towards Jackson. Oliver took out his compass and it started to spin crazy until it pointed towards Port Herman.

'It's there?' He thought. He looked at his crew; maybe a few days off the sea would do them good. He closed the compass and walked over to Lilly.

"Change in plans, we'll be docked here for a little while longer."

"What, it is here?" Lilly asked. Oliver nodded and Lilly grinned. "This will be so cool, we'll be rich and won't have to be pirates anymore!"

"Yeah, that'd be great." Oliver said, looking over at Miley.

"Hey, cheer up. We were only doing this to get away from our terrible life back at home, it's not like you wanted to be a pirate because, I'm sorry, but you suck at it." Lilly said, putting a hand on his should.

"Gee, thanks Lilly." He said sarcastically.

"Your welcome." She said, walking off. Oliver just stood and watched as his crew readied the ship to make port. Hannah helped out and he kept and eye on her. Once they finally docked the ship and they anchored the anchor, everyone ran off the ship quickly, leaving Oliver, Lilly, Miley and Jackson at the docks.

"We'll help you find a cart to take you back to your castle." Oliver said. "It's tricky with all the pirates here and everything."

The four then trekked to the town square where you found men who didn't have enough money to buy their own drinks in the pubs. Their clothes were filthy and they sat down in the mud, playing a game of chance to score rum or any alcohol from their opponents.

"This is why I hate coming here." Oliver said to Lilly.

"Yeah, yeah, now look to see which direction we have to go to find what we are looking for." Lilly said. Oliver took out the compass and it spun, stopping at west again.

"We have our heading." Oliver said, looking to his right. There was a road that led out of the town but it then led into a forest. He closed his compass and turned to Miley and Jackson. "In that house over there is an old lady, she should have an extra cart for you. Just tell her that Oliver sent you to settle the debt."

"Ok, thanks." Miley said, looking at the house. It was run down, it looked like it could collapse at any second. How could anyone live there? Miley thought. She turned to Oliver to ask him this, but stopped.

"No way." She said. There, walking towards her was Jake. Jake Ryan. The Prince Jake Ryan. The guy who is in love with himself and doesn't even care about anyone else. But it looked like he did care for her, why else would he come and rescue her?

"Jackson, we have to go now!" Miley said, running towards the house. Oliver and Lilly had already left them. Miley pulled open the door and ran inside, closing it and looking out the window. Jake stood in the town square, looking for her.

"Do you want something?" Asked a voice. Miley turned around and saw an old lady, sitting in a rocking chair. She looked as if she didn't have any hair at all, it was so light and she looked tired.

"Yes, we came on the behalf of Oliver, so settle your debt." Miley said. The old lady nodded and looked to her right.

"The cart is out there, the horses are in the stable at the back. Take it, it's of no use to me. And if you're hiding from someone, use the back door." She said, looking at Miley hard. She nodded and the she ran out the back, Jackson following.

"Miles, don't you want Jake to find you so we get a free ride back to the castle?" Jackson asked.

"No, not if it means I have to marry him. I'm following Oliver and Lilly, are you coming with me?" Miley asked. Jackson opened his mouth, and then closed it. He sighed and nodded. "Great, now I'll get the horses and can you get the cart ready for us."

Miley ran towards the barn and saw the two horses. They looked un-kept, but there was nothing she could do about that now. She took the two reins down from the wall and ran towards the first horse, a tall white stallion. Miley slowly approached it as it watched her from its one eye.

"It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you." She said as she put on the harness. The horse let her do this and she moved onto the other horse, a chocolate brown mare. This one was harder then the stallion, but Miley managed to get the reins on and led both horses to the side, where Jackson was.

"What took you so long?" He asked, fastening the horses onto the cart.

"Chocolate was giving me a hard time." She responded, getting on the cart. Jackson joined her.

"You named them already?" He asked.

"Yep, now hold on tight!" Miley said as the horses started to gallop out and into the town square.

"MILEY?!" She heard Jake shout after her, but she didn't look back to make sure. She turned the cart to go down the path that Lilly and Oliver had taken, leading her towards the forest. They saw both of them just entering the forest and Miley slowed the horses down into a trot.

"You two wondering travelers look like you need a ride." Miley said, smiling at Oliver.

"Hannah? What are you doing, aren't you going back to the castle?" Oliver asked.

"Not right now, I want to help you in your quest for whatever it is you're looking for." She said and looked behind her where she saw Jake running towards them.

"Ok, it beats walking." Lilly said climbing in the back. Miley looked at Oliver who just smiled up at her.

"Sure, you can join us." He said, getting in as well. Miley grinned and got the horses galloping again, Jake's shouts dying down slowly.

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Jake couldn't believe it, he was so sure that it was Miley, but then why did she run away? She looked so much like her, so it had to be…

"Sire, was that her?" Asked one of the soldiers who joined him.

"I think so. Gather the men, we'll go after them." Jake said. The soldier nodded and walked towards the troops. Jake just looked into the forest where the cart disappeared.

So, what do you think? I can't have them on the sea all the time, plus some things that need to be cleared up will be cleared up in following chapter (like Oliver's past and why they have their powers). And do you guys get that part with Miley in the water with the Sea creature? If not, then it's her elemental power, water. She can survive longer then a normal person, but she can still drown.