Hi everybody! Okay, once again, I would like to thank my beta Shadowhunter4life. They make this story a whole lot better than it was before they got it. Thanks!
Um, I don't have much to say execpt that I don't own Vampirates.
"Did you say Madiline Furey?" Grace asked, caught off guard. She blinked in utter awe. Furey? That couldn't be right, that would mean… no it was too much of a coincidence.
"Yes, but you can call me Madi," Madi said, wondering what the problem was. Grace confusion did not cease, growing and forming into a mass of questions. Madi looked at Grace, her own questions forming.
"Like, F-U-R-E-Y?" Grace asked, more insistent than before.
"Uh huh," Madi said, beginning to be peeved.
"As in Lorcan Furey," Grace asked. Madi stopped cold. She gasped, stepping back, and looking at Grace as though through a filmy glass. Had she heard wrong, no, Grace had said Lorcan Furey clear as crystal.
"How do you know my brother?" Madi whispered shaken.
"Lorcan's your brother?" Grace asked equally shaken. Why hadn't Lorcan informed her of this, didn't he trust her enough to know that he had a sister?
"Please answer my question," Madi begged.
"He's on The Nocturne," Grace said, dully sorting out her thoughts.
"Oh my god, he's alive. I thought… I thought he was dead," Madi said choking on bittersweet tears. Grace opened her mouth as if to say something, but just then there was a loud knock on the door. The two girls froze, heads snapping at the sudden sound.
"Who is it?" Madi asked after a minute.
"Johnny and Stukeley," A man, Johnny, responded gruffly.
"What do you want?" Madi said darkly, wiping away fresh tears, urging Grace to move, but she did. Grace stared at the door with a surge of fury, clenching her fists, containing her rage.
"Madi, we need to come in," Johnny said forcefully. Madi looked at Grace.
"Go under the bed," Madi mouthed to Grace. Reluctantly Grace hid. The door opened.
"What do you want?" Madi asked again.
"We're looking for someone," Johnny said, "A certain someone who caused us much grief."
"Really? And what makes you think this someone is here?" Madi asked with malice. Johnny smiled.
"We had a little help," he said, then pulled a guilty-looking Nicki into sight. Nicki stared guiltily at the ship floor, not being able to look into the furious gaze of her friend.
"Nicki, how… how could you?" Madi asked feeling betrayed.
"Madi, I'm so, so sorry. When they came to search my cabin, I told them what you had said. I am really sorry, but I couldn't betray Sidorio. He sired me, and is like a father to me," Nicki explained.
"So what? Sidorio is my father, and you don't see me worshiping the ground he walks on," Madi said callously, ignoring the angry glares of the two deputies. Johnny released Nicki and she ran away, tears pouring from her eyes.
"Where is she?" Stukeley asked.
"Grace, come on out, we lost this one," Madi said. Grace unwillingly got out of her hiding place because she knew if she didn't she would be found anyways, and then she would be in a whole world of hurt. Johnny jumped behind Grace and pinned her arms behind her.
"Stukeley, get Little Miss Traitor and we'll bring them to Sidorio," Johnny said. When Madi and Grace were next to each other, Grace asked, "Sidorio is your father?"
"Forgot to mention it," Madi trying to sound for casual, but more for her sake than Grace's.
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Darcy went onto Grace's cabin to see Lorcan lying on the bed. His blue eyes stared the ceiling, and if he'd been human, Darcy would have seen him shaking.
"What's wrong Lorcan?" Darcy asked her voice full of concern. Slowly, ever so slowly, his gaze fell on her.
"Darcy, my sister is on board The Blood Captain," Lorcan said. He was about to cry for the first time Darcy had ever seen in her time of knowing him.
"You have a sister?" Darcy asked. Lorcan had never told her that. But then again, Lorcan didn't tell her many things about his past. Most Vampirates didn't like others being privy to their past, even if the other Vampirate was deathly close to them.
"Yes," Lorcan said, although he didn't sound enthusiastic. He sighed, which to Darcy, was a peculiar thing to do.
"So what's the problem? She can come live with us on The Nocturne," Darcy said.
"The problem is that she has been influenced by Sidorio," Lorcan said, "And I- I mean- we don't know how much."
"Well, it won't hurt to try, now will it, Mister Furey?" Darcy said charmingly. Darcy's words and her cocky manner brought a slight smile to Lorcan's face.
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Connor was in Sidorio's cabin. Fortunately, he wasn't tied up. Unfortunately, his ankle was very swollen, so he couldn't escape even if he wanted to –which he did. Connor looked up as the door opened preparing for the worse. He was expecting it to be Sidorio, but instead it was a girl about twenty or twenty-one.
She had long blonde hair, and deep brown eyes. The girl was carrying a tray. She set it next to Connor, and started walking to the door. Before exiting, she looked at Connor, flashed him a smile and said, "My name's Tammy," then, she left.
Connor looked at the tray. There was a sandwich and some water. Connor took up the sandwich, and saw a note fall underneath it. He pulled it out and read it. The note said: 'We are coming -L'.
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