Chapter 7

The ship set sail and cast off from the docks. Mikkel stood on the deck leaning against the railing puffing on his pipe. He had never been on a ship before and personally the thought of being in the middle of the ocean kind of scared him. If the ship went down they would be stuck on lifeboats for weeks! He shook these thoughts from his head as a salty breeze blew into his face. Arendelle shrunk as the ship sailed farther and farther away. He stumbled a bit as the sea rocked the ship back and forth. He was not used to this and he felt like he was going to be sick. He put out his pipe and went to the mess to get something to eat. He walked the steps and headed to the mess. He went and grabbed some bread and meat which he put on his plate. He went and sat in a nearby chair, the mess was mostly empty at this hour so he had the whole table to himself. He went to bite the bread and found it to be very salty and hard. He grunted as he tried to chew the hard food enough times so he could swallow it. He then moved onto the meat which was very tasteless and chewy. He savagely tore at it grunting and growling as he tried to bite off a chunk. After he finished eating he headed down to his hammock and jumped on. He took his shirt off and used it to cover his eyes as he snuggled into his bed. The rocking of the ship soon rocked him off to sleep.

"AHHH!" Mikkel screamed as ice struck his chest. He looked down to see ice covering his chest, it was so cold it froze his very soul. He slowly looked up to see Elsa staring at him maliciously.

"I hate you!" She screamed as she fired more ice at him. Mikkel tried to move but the ice in his chest had frozen his body. The ice struck his arms and legs and he screamed out in pain.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Mikkel yelled as the ice burned his skin. Elsa walked up and aimed her hand right at his face.

"Die." She said as an icicle shot out of her hand right to his face.

"AHHH!" Mikkel screamed as he shut his eyes. He slowly opened his eyes and saw he was surrounded by darkness. He blinked again and he was able to make out his surroundings.

"Just a bad dream." He said waking up. He grabbed his shirt and headed to the deck. There was no way he was going back to sleep after that. He grabbed his pipe and tobacco and came up to the deck where the moon was shining brightly across the night sky. The sea was calm almost as if it was a mirror. Mikkel quickly lit his pipe and took a puff, the smoke filled his mouth as he blew out again. He sighed as he ran his hand through his hair.

"Can't sleep?" Mikkel jumped and almost dropped it into the water as he turned to see Aksel leaning against the main mast smoking on his own pipe.

"You really need to stop doing that!" Mikkel said annoyed.

"All part of the training lad." Aksel said. "What are you doin up at this hour?"

"First time on a ship, don't sleep very well." Mikkel lied.

"Then what was that infernal scream I heard a few minutes ago?" Aksel asked raising his eyebrow.

"Oh I uh- stubbed my toe on the wall." Mikkel lied again.

"If you say so lad." Aksel said. "You know I can tell yer lying to me right?"

"Why would you ever think that?" Mikkel asked nervously.

"Your father always gulped loudly when he would lie, the trait has been passed on I see." Aksel said.

"Fine you got me." Mikkel said.

"Whats troublling you?" Aksel asked. Mikkel explained to Aksel the whole incident with Elsa in the castle.

"You broke into the castle?" Aksel yelled.

"Listen, I was just-" Mikkel said annoyed.

"And didn't get caught? I'm impressed!" Aksel said laughing smacking Mikkel on the shoulder. "Seriously though, you risked your life to see her again?"

"I didn't really risk my life." Mikkel said.

"Lad, if a guard saw you sneaking around on the rooftops he would have shot then and asked questions later. You could have slipped and fallen, one of the hounds might have sniffed you out and ripped you to shreds. You took a very big risk and all just to see her?"

"She was my friend." Mikkel said emphasizing the word was.

"Oh come on lad, yer acting like a sore lady." Aksel said.

"No I am not, she could have killed me." Mikkel said. "Damn her and her parents to hell."

"Mikkel!" Aksel yelled.. "What yer sayin is treason!"

"Her parents kicked me and my mother out without any good reason after my father defended them for twenty years! Elsa then hits me in the chest with her-"Mikkel said before realizing Aksel didn't know of her powers. "Fist!"

"Oh come on? A teenage girl managed to almost kill you? I thought you were tougher than that!" Aksel said.

"You know why am I even talking to you?"" Mikkel said throwing his arms up. "It's always something wrong I do-

"Quiet." Aksel said.

"No, don't you tell me to be-" Mikkel said as Aksel moved his massive hand over Mikkel's mouth so that all was heard was a series of muffles.

"No I'm serious." Aksel said as he squinted his eyes into the distance. He could see another ship under the moonlight. He quickly pulled out his scope and took a closer look. The ship looked relatively normal other than the fact it was headed straight for them. Aksel rose his scope to the mast expecting an Arendelle or Corona flag. But instead he saw...

"Pirates." Aksel whispered.

"What the hell is going on?" Mikkel asked.

"Get your weapons ready and wake the hold!" Aksel yelled. "I'll get the captain!"

"Aksel what the hell is going on?" MIkkel asked.

"Pirates." Aksel said not turning as he sprinted to the captains quarters.

""So you mean to tell me nobody saw him?" Agdar asked this captain of the guard.

"No your highness." The guard said. "There is no trace he was ever even here. No footprints, no tools left behiind or nothing."

"He's his fathers son alright." Agdar said.

"Should we go get him?" The captain asked.

"No." Agdar said.

"Your highness, breaking into the castle, especially the room of a princess is a serious crime." The captian said.

"I am am well aware of that captain." Agdar said. "Mikkel would never hurt my daughter, the only reason he broke in was to see her again. They were very good friends as children." Around the corner, a young slender woman of only fifteen listened closely to her fathers conversation.

"Mikkel was here? And no one told me?" Anna said to herself. She had a crush on Mikkel when she was younger. She could only imagine how he looked now. Strong, tall, fair, with broad shoulders and big muscles with dreamy eyes. She brushed her forearm on her head as she closed her eyes and imagined him riding on a horse and carrying her off into the distance. Well to be fair, she thought that about every guy she saw. She was so tire of living like this, isolated with no friends. Her two closest friends, Elsa and Mikkel, no longer came to see her anymore.

"Anna?" Anna quickly snapped out of her trance and turned to see her mother behind her.

"Oh mama!" Anna said. "I didn't see you there!"

"Anna were you spying on your father again?" Idun asked.

"I'm sorry mama I'm just so bored!" Anna cried. "I have no one to talk to! You and papa are always working, Elsa never comes out anymore and Mikkel is gone!" Idun felt sorry that her daughter had to live like this. "And I heard Mikkel was here last night and NO ONE told me!"

"Anna he broke into Elsa's room and scared her." Idun said. "It's not like we invited him in."

"He broke into Elsas room?" Anna said. "Couldn't he get arrested for that?"

"Yes, he was not very mature on that part." Idun said.

"He broke in here and risked his life just to see her?" Anna said. "That is the sweetest thing I have ever heard! I wish some handsome prince would do that for me!"

"Oh dear the gates won't be closed forever." Idun said.

"You've been saying that for ten years now." Anna said starting to cry.. "I'll be an ugly old lady by the time the gates open and no man will want me!"

"Anna-" Idun said reaching for her daughter who just turned and ran away. Idun felt her heart breaking. This was't fair to Elsa or Anna, this was no way for a child to live. They had to open up the gates, she couldn't stand to see her daughters so miserable anymore. She would open up the gates.

No matter what.

"General quarters! All hands on deck!" Captain Josef yelled as the cannons on the decks were armed and aimed. Dozens of sailors ran to get muskets and pistols as the pirate ship got closer and closer. Mikkel and Aksel were below deck grabbing their armor and weapons

"Time to see if you paid attention to what I taught you." Aksel said loading his pistol. The two ran above deck as Captain Josef watched the enemy ship. Once it was in range he gave the order.

"FIRE!" He yelled. All fifteen cannons on the port side fired creating a ripple in the calm water beneath them. The cannons zipped across the water and made contact with the pirate ship resulting in an explosion of wood and bodies. No sooner as they fired the pirates retaliated with their own cannons. The deck exploded into a shower of splinters and shrapnel as several men were shredded apart from the debris and three more were blown in half. Mikkel was knocked to the deck as the explosions rocked the ships. The pirates used this to their advantage as they pulled up beside the ship and began to board. The pirates swung across on ropes with pistols firing and swords swinging as royal sailors were killed. Mikkel got up to see a pirate with a long red beard run at him like a wild animal. The pirate swung his blade down as Mikkel blocked it. The two exchanged swords as the pirate delivered a hook to Mikkel's face and sent the boy to the floor. Mikkel looked up to see the pirate raising his sword for the final blow. Mikkel cursed as his life as about to end till he was the right side of the pirates face light up in a bloody explosion. He looked to see Aksel with his smoking pistol raised.

"Get up lad!" Aksel yelled as he drove his sword through another pirate. Mikkel got up and ran to Aksel and stood back to back with him as they cut down enemies. Mikkel was in locomotive mode as his instinct told him kill or be killed. Blood and bodies covered the deck as the pirates continued their assault. A large pirate with dual swords ran at Mikkel. Mikkel quickly rolled to the side as the giant swung. Mikkel used his momentum to bring himself back up and kicked the back of the giant's knees causing the pirate to fall to his knees. Mikkel the swung with all his might at the giant's neck. His neck was so thick the blade got stuck halfway through and Mikkel had to kick the man off his sword. The man fell to the ground choking on his own blood and his head fell to the side. The battle was going poorly, half the men on the ship were dead or dying and the savage pirates continued their onslaught showing no mercy. The smell of gunpowder and dead bodies filled the air as screams and explosions filled the night sky. Captain Josef had been killed and his head was being held by the pirate captain who let out a savage barbaric roar. Mikkel looked down the deck to see a pirate with a large flaming torch heading for the stairwell below deck. Mikkel realized he was heading for the gunpowder! If it got lit up the entire ship would be destroyed. Mikkel pulled out his pistol and fired and hit the pirate in the arm. The pirate yelled but continued on to the hold. Mikkel reloaded and fired again and this time struck the pirate right in the chest. The man stumbled back and used whatever strength he had to hurl himself into the hold in a suicidal kamikaze like attack. Mikkel's eyes widened as time seemed to slow down. The ship began to glow bright as the wood on the deck expanded and exploded sending thousands of splinters into the men causing them to shred to pieces. The explosion engulfed the middle of the ship and made its way towards the stern and bow.

"RUN!" Aksel screamed as he and Mikkel ran to the bow as fast as they could. The mast blew in half and came crashing down on the deck smashing a dozen men. Mikkel jumped just as the explosion engulfed the rest of the ship. He closed his eyes as he felt the cold water splash around him.

The last thing he remembered was the seawater filling his lungs.

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