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The water was calm and carrying the Black Pearl quickly and safely across the ocean. Merlin stood proudly by the crow's nest, watching everyone below working hard. The sea wasn't stirring and Merlin guessed that it wouldn't for a while. However, it was grey and cloudy up above his head, and Merlin didn't like that fact that it was so grey and miserable, but yet so calm. It was odd to see it like this. It was as if Mother Nature was mixing Uther and magic together, a combo that shouldn't be mixed. Merlin looked down to see Arthur leaning over the side along with some other knights, being sick. The young pirate Warlock smiled at this, remembering when he had been first out at sea.
When he had met Fire-Wing.
A painful memory flashed before Merlin's eyes and was then gone quicker than it had arrived. He breathed deeply for a moment, recovering from the shock. He thought he had locked that memory away in the very depths, in the very corners of his mind, splitting it into four so it could never be fully remembered.
Monkey leaped onto Merlin's shoulder, causing him to jump slightly. He smiled at his soul monkey and then looked out to sea. He froze.
Sinking Waters...
The air suddenly turned nastily cold and whipped around Merlin's face. It blew at him hard, almost making him loose his footing. The waters started to go rough, as if it wanted them to turn back, warning them to go no further. However, no matter how hard Mother Nature pressured them to turn around, they would not. In front of them was a giant crack, a split in a giant rock that they had to go through. It was quicker to go through than to go around it. To go round the whole thing it would take them about three – four days, to go through only a couple of hours. Moreover, if they went around, there was a big chance of them crashing into the rock and all dying. On the other hand, going through was twice as dangerous as going round...Either way, to go through was quicker.
Merlin looked down to see everyone rushing about. He jumped off of the crow's nest, grabbed a rope and slid down it until his feet reached the deck. He scurried up towards Jack who was by the wheel.
"Do you even know what is waiting for us when we go through there?" he questioned, looking at Sinking Waters.
"No... Kind of because no one really knows what they get attacked by... And about 99% of the people who enter, die," he said plainly. Merlin nodded then looked at the crack again. It was close. They were ready to go through. Arthur walked up to join Merlin and Jack. Merlin noticed that he came and stood by his side, instead of Jack's. He would have thought that Arthur would have preferred to be standing by Jack's side instead of his.
The crew hushed down as they entered the crack. A shadow passed over the ship and the temperature dropped dramatically. The light from above wasn't much, but it bounced off the water, making patterns on the rocky walls. The gap was not that big and could just about fit the ship through, leaving about a foot or two of space either side. Mr Gibbs looked down into the water from the front of the boat. He could see clearly down to the bottom where ships lay broken, along with treasure and many other shiny objects that reflected in the small amount of light. The boat slowly came to a big pathway. It opened up to about five – seven meters either side of the ship and it was easier for Jack to steer the ship. However, he could not go any faster as there were ships sunk on top of other sunken ships and the tops of their mast threatened to scrape the bottom of the Black Pearl and leave a hole, sinking the ship.
"What was that?" Merlin questioned, looking around trying to find where the noise had come from.
"What was what?" Jack asked, not taking his eyes off the waters ahead.
"It sounds like... Singing," he said, walking down the steps towards deck, face hypnotised. Mr Gibbs ears picked up slightly.
"I hear it too," he said, his face turning like Merlin's. One by one, everyone on the ship started to go into a trance. Jack let go of the wheel and the whole ship smashed into the rocky wall, only to then be pulled away.
Alex wasn't impressed.
Typical bloody men. They all had to go and get themselves into another mess that only she could get them out of. The so-called singing sounded like a million wasps buzzing in her ears. It was horrid. Alex tried to stir the ship straight, but it wasn't easy. It was like something was pushing the ship towards the wall...
Then she saw it. If she wasn't sailing through one of the most dangerous waters in all the seven seas, she would have thought it was a trick of the light, but it wasn't. The water moved like a fish swimming, but it wasn't a fish, it looked mainly human. Alex grabbed Jack and flung him onto the wheel so it was fixed in place. She ran down to the deck and looked over the ship. The creature swam round the edge. It was defiantly a person, but see through like the water – it looked just like it was part of the water, but it couldn't be. It was recognisably a woman. She turned up at Alex and waved harmlessly. However, then she flashed her razor teeth at her in a wickedly evil smile then swam off under the boat, 'singing' sweetly. Alex turned and went to run up to the wheel, but stopped. She ran towards Merlin and Monkey. She sat Monkey on the back of Merlin's neck and stuck his small hands into his ears and then his small feet into Merlin's ears. As soon as the Monkey snapped back into reality, he used his elbows to hold onto the side of Merlin's head. Both boys were back with her... however, they unable to hear her. Therefore, Alex used sign language.
'We are being attack by... Sirens, I think. Don't let Monkey's feet come out of your ears.' Merlin's expression changed from confused to shock.
'Monkey's feet are in MY ears! Gross!' he sighed. Alex rolled her eyes.
'He's ya Soul Monkey, it's not that bad,' she signed. She then ran towards the wheel as the whole boat knocked to the side against the wall. Alex shoved Jack off the wheel and took hold. She tried to hold it, but she wasn't strong enough. Merlin came up beside her and gave her a hand, even though she would have said that she didn't need it.
The Sirens knocked the boat about, scratching at the wood trying to make a hole, pushing it left, pushing it right, pushing it up and pushing it down. Nothing worked. Alex and Merlin had a good grip on the wheel and were able to hold it tightly in place. Water splashed up onto the deck, whisking some of the men off their feet. They were completely still... almost. Merlin knew that the ship was scratched up and that Jack wouldn't be pleased with that.
He could deal with Jack later.
Suddenly, Merlin saw a big chunk of light. He then looked past it and saw the open sea. He pointed to the gap and Alex nodded. They turned the ship in that direction, forcing it against the Sirens power. They charged through the gap and out onto the open sea, bright sunshine blinding them. The sea was calm and the Black Pearl could drift on its own. The crew slowly started to snap out of the trance as the singing had stopped. Merlin took Monkey's feet out of his ears. He turned round...
... Jack stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, looking more than angry.
"What happened to my bloody ship!"
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