So I am very sorry people for the late update! I read the reviews and it made me so happy to see that people liked my very short first chapter. I'm thinking about writing an after story for the anime movie Spirited Away. If you haven't seen it, you need to watch it. like right now. Shoo! Anyway, enjoy!

Quick warning: The first chapters' POV (Point of View for those of you who don't know) was in third. The POV in this chapter is going to be in first. the person telling the story will differentiate too.

Aida-1st

When I woke up, the first thing I felt was warmth. The warmth was all over my body. I opened my eyes to find myself staring at a wall with a deep red stain. 'Oh what a lovely thing to wake up to.' Hopefully the mysterious stain was just wine and not blood.

Then again, there was barely any light in the cabin room. For all I knew the stain was purple and not red at all. It was only the wee hours of the morning.

My body stiffened when I felt air on the back of my neck. I slowly turned my head, wondering who was behind me. I exhaled when I saw Zander sleeping peacefully. Turning my head back to the wall, I closed my eyes; trying to fall back asleep.

Ugh. I hate days that are like this.

Deciding that I wasn't going to be able to fall asleep, (after tossing and turning for ten minuets) I carefully got out of bed. I quietly padded over to the dresser and grabbed my brown leather shirt with belts going down my stomach and the red in the chest area. It was my favorite shirt.

I put on my shirt and pulled on some black jeans. My boots were the next thing on my body. Lastly, I put my twin daggers onto their sheathes. I may be on a ship in the middle of the ocean, but hey, you never know.

I carefully walked across the bedroom floor, hoping Zander wouldn't wake up. After all, he had traveled all the way from Ildis. He must be exhausted.

Finally reaching the door I opened it as quietly as I could and silently stepped out.

The cold air was like a slap to the face after being in the warm cabin, but the fresh air felt good. I wrapped my arms around myself in attempt to stay warm. The sun was just barely coming up which meant that it was going to be awhile before it was warm again.

I walked across the main deck, past the pole with the ladder leading to the crows' nest, and onto the bow of Nina's ship. The whole bow was raised about two feet off of the main part.

I stepped up onto the raised part and walked to the very front of the ship. I rested my cold arms on the slightly damp wood and closed my eyes. It wasn't long before I heard a door open then close. I turned around and saw Zander appear from the doorway, looking confused. I placed my elbows on the wood where my forearms had just been resting.

"Mornin' sunshine!" I called to him.

"There you are Aida! You weren't in the bed when I woke up. It scared me." Zander said with a worried look on his face.

"I'm sorry Zander. I couldn't fall back asleep and I didn't want to wake you from my tossing and turning. I would have left you a note, but I couldn't find any paper." I replied.

Zander stretched and walked over to me. He put one arm on either side of me; pinning me to the wood.

"Just make sure you don't do it again and I'll forgive you." He whispered.

"I wont."

Zander looked at my lips for a brief second before leaning down and kissing me. He moved his hand from the wood to my lower back, pulling me against him causing the kiss to deepen. Zander picked me up and set me down on the rail. That way I didn't have to stand on my toes.

Zander pulled away, breathing hard.

"Why don't we go back inside Aida?"

"Sounds great."

I moved my hand to push myself off of the wood. Sadly the wood was damper than I thought and I slipped and fell off of the edge.

"Aida!" Zander screamed. He caught my foot just in time. "Hold on I'll pull you up!"

I just hung there in shock; my voice wouldn't work for some reason. I looked at the water several feet below my head. If my eyes weren't deceiving me, I think I just saw a mermaid's face.