-January 11th, 1665-
-Plymouth port, Devon, England-
Plymouth port, where people landed their ships filled up with either fishes or trades from other continent. One man, who came very far from Norway, landed here to have a break, and smell the smell of the dirt, after breathing sea's air in the whole sailing.
Hiccup Haddock was his name, a person who wanted to explore the world. He had collected the right crews for his ship, so commanding people wasn't his problem. He always loved the smell of the new dirt of a land that hasn't been discovered. Not just the dirt, the mysteries it saved were also very attractive for him. He had this one map he always kept with him all the time. He determined to expand it as much as he can. This map was like his girl, he loved it so much that he ignored every hooker that tried to hook up with him.
That day, he was saving up suplies for his other journey; into the Caribbean. Legends said that discoveries were waiting to be discovered at that land, little did he know that Caribbean was located on the other side of the earth, with obstacles between him and that land. But he cared none, he's got the right crews that would obey his command anytime.
Hiccup walked up to his ship; the Discovery, he named it. He inspected every crew, and the supplies they'd be bringing. He noticed one of his crew was trying to find something on the deck floor.
"Eret, son of Eret. What are you doing?" Hiccup walked up to him.
"Captain. I lost my watch, h-have you seen it?" Eret answered, and looked back again to the floor, trying to find his watch.
Hiccup did nothing, except fixing up his pirate hat. He looked up, and noticed his all-black parrot, flying towards him, with a weird-sparkling object on its beak.
"Ah Toothless. What do you got here?" Hiccup lifted up his arm, and the bird; Toothless landed on it. Hiccup grabbed up the object, and it was a silver watch.
"Eret. You're looking for this?" He called, showing the watch to him.
Eret looked up to him, and gasped. "Y-yes captain! Thank you!" Hiccup handed over the watch to the happy Eret. "What's so special about it, anyways?" Hiccup asked, pointing at the watch. "Ah. It's a long story, maybe I can tell you later, sir." Eret answered, lifting up a box full of bottles of wine. "Okay. Make sure to bring up those fruits that I've bought.", "Yes sir. Will do."
-One hour later-
The ship was now fully stocked with supplies for the next journey. But since it was night already, and the water was very calm, the Captain decided to call it a day for the crew. He said them to sleep on the ship, so they did. But what Hiccup did in the night, was completely the opposite. He brought up some books from the nearby town in Plymouth port to his room on the ship. He dropped it on his table. The books title were about geographic stuffs, and some of them were about old folks or legends. He picked up one of them and laid down on the bed. He put on his reading glasses and started reading.
Toothless, came into the room from the window. Hiccup paid no attention to him, until Toothless decided to mess around with him. The bird landed near the man, and used its beak to pull Hiccup's shirt.
"What is it Toothless?" Hiccup jerked off, and rolled himself to the right.
The bird flew up to the window, and hung on it. Hiccup curiously looked up to the bird, who seemed to be enjoying a view. Hiccup marked up the page he was reading, and walked up to the window. There, he found a full moon lighting up the sea. He found peace while seeing the view, and discoveries waiting to be discovered.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh!..."
An echo of woman's shriek was heard by Hiccup's ear, far away from across the sea. Hiccup frowned, and hit his ear several times to make sure that his ears were working perfectly fine.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh!..."
This time, the shriek was clearer. Hiccup could tell that that was a woman's shriek. Hiccup grabbed up his compas from his pocket, and pointed it to the shriek's direction.
"South west, huh? Same direction where I'll be going. " Hiccup said to himself.
He closed his compass, and heard the shriek for the third time. It sounded so scary, that Hiccup closed the window away, making Toothless to flew inside the room.
-The next morning-
"Anchors!" Hiccup commanded while walking in the middle of the working crew on the deck. His ship was about to depart to Caribbean, south west from his current location. The wind was blowing perfectly, perfect for a calm cruise.
"Anchors up sir!" A crew exclaimed. "Very well. Sails!" Hiccup commanded. The crew immediately opened up the sails, and the ship moved slowly because of the wind. "Make 20 degrees turn to the right, Eret!" Hiccup said as he turned around, looking at Eret, who had the steering. "Yes sir!" He replied. The ship moved to the right, Hiccup walked up to the front deck, and opened his compass.
"South west..." he murmured, uncovering his map with his hands. With some calculation with his fingers, and some calculation again to the wind speed with his finger, he declared that the ship was going into the right direction.
"Gents! We and The Discovery are now heading to Caribbean!" Hiccup exclaimed, raising his hand to the air. The crew cheered back. Toothless, Hiccup's parrot, landed on Hiccup's left shoulder in rush.
"Woman's shriek! Woman's shriek!" the bird said, flapping its wings several times.
"The woman's shriek? What do you mean—"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh!..."
the whole crew's attention, including Hiccup's, turned to the sea on their front. Little did they know about what they're about to face.
Okay, time to explain a few things.
The plymouth port is located at the southern end of England island, and a bit western. At the 1600, it was used by the fishermans to land their fishes, or foreign people to land their goods as a trading. Why did I use that? Because it seems that going to Carribbean from that point seems far enough for the storyline. So, yeah.
Also, I put the setting at 1665 because it was the golden age for the pirates in the Caribbean. And where pirates appearead, legends also started to be appearing. Such as the sea monsters legends. And why 11th january? Well, it's my birthday date c: