Updating twice this weekend! It's coz I love you guys so much!
Chapter 9-
Wrath of Fire
"Will you be quiet!" Miley hissed at Donny and Danny.
"Sorry." Danny mouthed. Miley glared at Donny and turned back to face the front. The five of them were in a small boat, rowing around the forest. The hut was near the end of the forest, so that would mean it would be better to start the other side. Plus it would help them if they lost Jake now.
"Hannah, how do you know that they're still alive?" Matt asked as he stopped rowing for a while.
"I just do." Miley said and looked at the shoreline. It was pretty dark now and they only had a lantern to help them see. "What is that up ahead?"
"The mouth of a river." Dex said. Him and Matt continued rowing until they neared it. "It goes through the forest."
"Then that's the way we're going." Miley said. Matt and Dex nodded at her and rowed towards it while Donny sighed. "Donny, you didn't have to come."
"Yeah, well what was I supposed to do while the rest of you went off to save Oliver and Lilly?" He said and then looked over the side of the boat. "It's too late to abandon this rescue mission."
"Then quit complaining!" Miley shouted.
"Ok, ok!" He said and sat back in the boat. Miley just sighed and held the lantern up as they rowed down the river.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Danny said.
"Scaredy cat." Donny said.
"Shut up Donny!" Dex said.
"Why don't you?" Donny said back.
"All of you shut up!" Miley shouted. "If you want to help me, don't talk and follow my orders."
"Fine!" Donny said. For about 10 minutes, none of them said anything. Miley smiled, she was finally gaining control over them.
"What is that up ahead?" Dex asked.
"It looks like…" Miley leaned forwards a bit. "A bonfire?"
"Maybe Oliver and Lilly are there." Matt said.
"It's worth a shot." Miley said. They continued rowing until they were close enough to notice the mountain that had smoke coming out from the peak.
"Ok, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that we are heading towards the foot of an active volcano that looks ready to explode." Donny said.
"I think you're guess is correct." Miley said and looked down back at the shore that was coming closer. There sat an empty boat.
"You think they ended up in that boat?" Matt asked.
"Maybe, we at least know that there are people there, maybe they know where the others are." Miley said.
"Or they could be natives and eat us!" Donny said.
"Shut up Donny!" Everyone said. Donny closed his mouth and sat quietly, while looking scared.
Miley jumped out of the boat as it came closer to shallow water and pulled it closer to shore. Matt and Dex got out to help her while Danny went to look at the other boat.
"Someone was tied up in here." Danny said and held up cut ropes. Miley ran over to him and looked at them.
"As hostages." She said and then looked back at where the bonfire was. It wasn't that far, they could see the tents. "That's a village."
"Which means natives." Danny said.
"Which means Hannah led us into a trap!" Donny added. Everyone glared at him and he took a step back towards the boat.
"Ok, so whether or not they are Lilly, Jackson or Oliver, we have to help those hostages." Miley said. She looked at everyone. "Are you going to help me?"
"Yes." All but Donny said.
"Donny, stay with the boat." Miley said. He nodded quickly and scrambled back onto the boat.
"Ok, follow me." Miley said and crept towards the nearest tent. The tents had formed a circle around the fire, the natives dancing around it or forming a circle. On the other side of the fire, Miley could see chairs and someone sitting in one of them.
"What is going on?" Danny whispered.
"Some sort of celebration." Matt said.
The tent that they were standing behind moved and they hid behind another one. They saw two natives exit the tent they were just standing behind, dragging someone behind them.
"Let me go! I'm not going through with this!" Lilly said, trying to fight the natives off.
"Lilly!" Matt said. Miley held him back; they couldn't save her right now. Miley looked at her friend, at least she was alive, just that her shirt was torn and the natives had painted something on her skin.
"If Lilly is here, then Jackson and Oliver should be here too." Miley said. She was right, out of another tent came Oliver and Jackson, both had their wrists bound. The natives pushed them close to the fire and made them kneel down by it.
"Jackson! Oliver! Please help me!" Lilly screamed at them as she was picked up and thrown into the chair. Miley then moved around the tents until she was near the two chairs. In the one next to Lilly's sat a small guy, who didn't look too pleased with what was happening either.
"Let go of her!" Jackson shouted and struggled against the ropes, but the natives pointed a spear at his neck and Jackson stopped moving.
"Jackson, they're going to eat you and Oliver!" Lilly shouted back. Miley gasped, but put a hand over her mouth. No one heard it, except for the boy who sat in the seat next to Lilly's.
"So we have an intruder." He said.
"Don't say anything! Please!" Miley said.
"Don't worry, I won't. If you're here to save your friends, I'll help you if you help me." He said.
"And that will be?"
"I go with you, I'm also a prisoner." He said and grinned.
"Sure. Now what am I supposed to do?" Miley asked.
"What was your original plan?"
"I didn't have one."
"Oh great." Rico said and looked to Lilly who was crying now, watching as they tried to move Jackson towards the flames.
"No! Let go of him!" She shouted, but they didn't listen to her. Lilly closed her eyes tight, crying. Then something happened with the flames. The fire started swirling until it formed a giant hand. The natives all looked scared as the hand reached for them. They dropped their spears and ran, some inside the tents and others away from their camp all together.
Miley took this chance and ran towards Lilly, untying the bounds on her wrists. She opened her eyes and hugged Miley when she saw her.
"I thought I wasn't going to make it!" Lilly said.
"It's ok, we're leaving now." Miley said and helped Lilly.
"Hello? Forgot our agreement already?" Rico said.
"Oh, sorry." Miley said and ran towards him, untying his bounds and then running over to Oliver and Jackson.
"Are you two alright?" Miley asked, looking at Oliver.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jackson said. "I'm surprised that I didn't get burnt. How did the fire become a hand anyway?"
Miley wasn't listening to her brother; she was looking at Oliver, waiting for his answer. He wasn't looking at her; he was fixated on something on the ground.
"Oliver?" She asked. He looked up and looked her right in the eyes. He was angry at her.
"Yeah, fine." He said and looked away. "We should get a move on if we don't want them to come after us."
He spoke too soon, some of the natives were on their way back, waving spears and pointing them at them.
"Run!" Dex shouted and they all turned and ran towards the boats. Miley, Lilly, Jackson and Oliver took the empty boat while the rest of them ran towards the boat now occupied by Donny. They managed to start rowing away just as the natives made it back to the shore.
"Matt, row ahead of us and get the ship ready to set sail, we're leaving as soon as we can." Oliver said.
"But what about the treasure?" Lilly asked.
Oliver took out his compass and looked down at it. "It's not here, we're going to have to look somewhere else."
"We'll come with you." Miley said. Oliver looked up from the compass and at Miley.
"No, you and your brother will not board the ship with us, you are going back to the castle where your duties lie." Oliver said.
"But… I'm just a maid!" Miley said.
"Oh really… Miley?" Oliver said. Lilly gasped and looked at Miley.
"I knew you were the princess!" She said.
"You lied to me." Oliver said.
"You're a pirate, I thought if you knew I was the princess then you would kill me." Miley said.
"Kill you? I'm not that kind of guy."
"Well, I didn't know that before! And besides, what would happen if any of your crew found out I was the princess? What do you think would've happened?" Miley said.
"If I knew you were the princess, I wouldn't have taken you with me! Now probably the whole army of your castle is out looking for you! I'm a fugitive now!" Oliver said and looked at Jackson. "If she's the princess, that makes you the future king!"
"F-Future king?" Lilly said, looking at Jackson. How could he rule the kingdom his father ruled? He just didn't seem like that sort of a guy.
"Let Jackson go back, he's the one who doesn't want to be here!" Miley said.
"No! Both of you are leaving once we get back to Port Herman and that's final." Oliver said. Miley felt her eyes water, but blinked back the tears. She was just so frustrated with this guy now!
"I hate you!" She shouted at him. Oliver felt as if his heart broke when she said those words, but he didn't let it show. He couldn't associate with her, she was born to nobility and he was just a pirate.
"I don't care." Oliver said and continued rowing. None of them said anything to one another nor look at the other. It was about an hour before they made it back to the harbour. Oliver stopped at the nearest jetty and got out. He turned to offer his hand to Miley, but she swatted it away.
"To you I may be a princess, but that will not mean you have to help me." Miley said and walked off. Jackson got out and helped Lilly out of the boat, who looked really sad now.
"I guess this would be good bye then." Jackson said. Lilly nodded sadly as he hugged her. Jackson turned around, ignoring Oliver. He knew the guy hurt his sister and just couldn't bring himself to actually be nice to him.
He walked down the jetty until he felt someone pull him behind some crates. "What…"
"Shut up Jackson." Miley said.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"We're boarding Oliver's ship, there is no way I'm going home with Jake or go home and marry Jake." Miley said.
"But Miles…" Jackson started, but Miley shook her head.
"We are doing this, feel free to stay and chase me with Jake or find your own way back home."
"No, I'm coming with you." Jackson said.
"You're just saying that because you like Lilly." Miley said and grinned.
"What?!"
"Denial, that's not good Jackson." Miley said and shook her head. "Now be quiet and follow me."
Miley looked around the corner of the crate and saw that Oliver and Lilly were talking to Matt, Dex and them. She then ran down the end of the jetty, Jackson following close behind her. They walked along the docks until they came across the place where The Satyr was docked.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Jackson asked.
"Positive. Now come on." Miley said and dragged her brother aboard and below deck. They wouldn't get caught until it was too late to turn the ship around.
Oh goody, no more getting confused with this Miley/Hannah stuff unless the other crew members talk to her. Anyway, I'm dumping Rico, for now. He might come back later on and Mikayla will make an appearance later on. So, we've seen Lilly's power, sorta seen Oliver's and Miley's. So next up would be Jackson, right? Maybe, maybe not.