It was another clear night at sea. Rongar was at the crow's nest. Firouz already slept since he was really tired. Sinbad was sitting at his favourite place, near the bow and was watching the moon. Doubar and Bryn stood at the tiller and they were talking.

"What do you think about all this?" the first mate asked his friend.

"Doubar, I don't know what I shall think" Bryn answered and added " Everything seems to be really strange"

"Aya! And my little brother seems to be overjoyed. I am afraid that in end he might be disappointed again" Doubar avowed to Bryn.

"It's the third day that we are looking for that island, following the moon and still … nothing" The big man heaved a sigh.

Bryn just nodded. She was still watching her captain with sadness in her eyes. She loved that man but his heart had always belonged to the other woman. The woman which she never got to know. Her rival was invisible, just a part of his memory. The brunette subconsciously did not want to find the woman who had won the captain's heart but on the other hand she wanted to know some more about her - she wanted to meet this woman.

"What was she like?" Bryn asked the big man. At first, Doubar did not immediately get her question.

"Who?" he lifted his eyebrows.

"That…Maeve? She always was like a taboo on the Nomad she instead explained her question to the first mate.

Doubar had expected this question from Bryn. He could see how she looked at his little brother and he knew what she felt towards him. He understood her curiosity.
„Well…" He started „Maeve was… I mean she probably still is a strong, independent and beautiful woman." He continued "She is also a sorceress apprentice…" here Bryn cut in "and who was she for Sinbad?" Doubar had known this question would come. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He wanted to be honest with his friend and tell her whole the truth, even if this would be painful for her.

"They were always very close to each other but they had not admitted it. However, just before Maeve's disappearance their relationship had changed" the big man started " My brother finally confessed his feelings to her and after that even if they did not promenade with it, we all could see how their love blossomed…" Doubar stopped when he saw Bryn's reaction to these words.

It was like a dagger was striking through her heart. He did not know what to say then. The brunette with watery eyes also did not say anything. They both stayed in silence and watched the lead of their journey: the moon.


The same moon was being watched from the other place by someone else. The whole island seemed to be dormant. Everything and everyone seemed to sleep. Everyone except one person. Master Dim-Dim felt that something was going to happen and he took a little stroll across the beach. The old sage was wandering for hours - always watching the moon which slowly started to vanish on the horizon.

Sinbad who had never lost sight of the moon for hours also watched how the silver giant slowly disappeared. Along with the moon the captain's hope started to dwindle. He wiped his tired eyes and took a deep breath. He was about to leave and get some rest when suddenly he saw something on the horizon. It looked like an island but Sinbad did not believe his own eyes. He wiped them again and quickly took a magnoscope and looked through it. It was really an island and it must be Alkida.

Someone from the crew called out loud two magical words that everyone had been waiting to hear for the few last days -" Land Ho!"