Chapter 2: Captain Crux
The old man eyed the girl with a hint of suspicion on his face before it cracked into a grin. "That would be me, how may I be of service malady." The man said surprising the blonde. "Well I was wondering if your ship was for sale." Captain Crux looked shocked and was silent. Lucy decided to break the silence by asking him "What's the matter?" "Well you see I'm just surprised that anyone came." Captain Crux answered truthfully.
"How come?" the blonde pried eager to find out. "You must be new to Hargeon" the man paused before continuing "You see The Celestial Star has a warrant above her head, you see she's being hunted." "Hunted, what do you mean?" the blonde asked worry filling her very being. The man sighed before explaining "You see when The Celestial Star was built the captain was a women. She had built the ship in hopes of becoming one of the best pirate hunters in the world.
She was tough and fearsome and feared by many pirates, she took them out one after another until she met her maker the captain of the Black Dragon, Igneel Dragneel." "Wait you mean The Igneel Dragneel!" the blonde interrupted. "Yes and don't interrupt." Captain Crux scolded before resuming the story. "Our captain fell head over heels for him and made an alliance with him. Together they took over the seas and were unstoppable.
Until one day our captain Grandine tricked him and had him captured. It had been a trick, a delusion all this time. We were all shocked, Igneel most of all. At the time 13 years had passed and they had already had a son and a daughter. After that Grandine left and Igneel had been taken away. Her son had been hurt most out of everyone and he changed. His heart became dark and he took his fathers place as the new captain of The Black Dragon."
He stopped for a moment letting the blonde absorb the information. He then took a deep breath before continuing "Ever since that day he has sworn vengeance on The Celestial Star and on his mother." Lucy was silent for a moment processing what she had just heard. "What happened to her?" Lucy whispered. "After that day she was never the same again." Captain Crux said "She left a week later handing me the position seeing as I was her first mate."
Lucy glanced at the sad captain, his eyes held pain and misery. Lucy knew there was more to the story but decided to leave it at that, at least for now anyways. "So" Lucy started, changing the topic "How come you're selling the ship?" The captain was silent for a moment before answering "She deserves to be happy." He answered with a serious look on his face. "What do you mean?" the blonde asked.
"They say a ship without a captain isn't a ship at all." Captain Crux answered staring off into the horizon. Lucy looked to were the captain was looking but all she saw was blue seas. The very confused blonde asked "I thought you were the captain?" Captain Crux smiled and looked at her. Moments passed before the captain replied not looking at her
"I was but now she needs someone, someone like you who can turn the page to the next chapter. Who can start a new, and bring The Celestial Star to its former glory." Captain Crux then took off his blue captains' hat and placed it on the surprised blonde's head. He then stood up and saluted the new captain saying "Aye captain, reporting for duty!"
End of Flashback: Back to present day
Lucy smiled touching that hat that was placed on her head. She then looked out to the horizon again except this time she didn't like what she saw.
Hey guys I finally uploaded the next chapter. I made this one a little longer but originally Chapters 1 and 2 were suppose to be just one chapter. Anyway until next time this is the ScarletRoseAngel signing out.