Pirate101 III- To Monquista
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Chapter 6- The Legend of The Monkey's Paw
"You're back! Oh thank heavens!" Queen Eleanor shouted as soon as we got back, "And I see you brought new recruits!" Eleanor looked around the crowd, "Where's Gato?"
James looked down at the floor ashamed and sad. Everyone's faces dropped.
"Well, do ye know who killed the cat, Captain?" Ratbeard asked.
James nodded, "It was Fernando. He did it."
The Opposition gasped. Eleanor nodded.
"We will give him a memorial stone to remember him by," the female monkey said sadly.
Zenobia and Emma walked over to James, "Our crew is dead and our fleet of ships have sunk. We wish to join your crew if you'll have us."
"Finally, the entire crews of the Fleet Admiral and his sister are here," Eleanor began.
James saw that Oscar Duarte and Romba had joined Rebecca's crew.
"There is an ancient relic that can help turn the tide of this war," Eleanor continued, "This relic was found by a knight from La Mancha, an island that is owned by me, ever since Don Ferdinand de Mascar was killed in the Battle of the Paw. I want you to go to La Mancha and find this knight, Monkey Hotay, and find out where this relic is. Find The Monkey's Paw."
La Mancha was in a sorry state. This 'Battle of the Paw' must have devastated this isle. The pirates walked to the castle at the back of the island, where they saw a donkey standing next to a monkey squire.
"Excuse me," James said to the squire, "Do you know where I can find Monkey Hotay?"
"Si, he this is what he turned out to be like after... The Monkey's Paw," he replied gesturing to the donkey, "Why do you ask?"
"We need to find The Monkey's Paw," Bonnie Anne explained.
"I see," the squire replied, "Well now I, Pancho Stanza, will tell you the tale of The Monkey's Paw. A long time ago, there lived a greatly religious man, blessed by the First Banana Tree. His name was Saint Bonzo the Unfortunate. Because of the First Banana Tree, he worked many miracles by raising his left hand. However, he could not prevent death. When he did die, his left hand was fixed to the end of a golden sceptre and still grants wishes by raising the staff when a Monquistan raises it with his or her left hand. However, the wish must be pure, otherwise it is edited to the disadvantage of the user. As it was, with Monkey Hotay. He was tasked, three months ago, to find The Monkey's Paw and bring it to Don Ferdinand. However, Monkey became greedy and made two wishes. The first wish was pure- he wished for one million bananas solely because he was hungry. The second wish was different, however. Monkey wished for power- he wanted to become a Don. He wished to become Don Kehotay. This happened in a way- the Paw killed Don Ferdinand and made Monkey the lord of La Mancha, but he didn't quite become Don Kehotay. He became Donkey Hotay, transformed from a monkey into a donkey," Pancho gestured to the donkey prancing about on his toy horse, "This was only the beginning of La Mancha's troubles. This town had one million bananas, a very big horde. Every lord of La Mancha came to steal the bananas. One Monquistador took away The Monkey's Paw, but we don't know which warrior took it. There is a way you can find out, though. A journalist wanted to make a news article for The Isle of Dogs, in Marleybone. He brought with him a dog that could notice anything- Sherlock Bones. He also wrote a more accurate account of the Battle of the Paw. There is only one copy left- in Monquista Library. That's in Monquista City."
Ratbeard shook his head, "We can't go there Cap'n- we're enemies of the Crown!"
Rebecca said sadly, "He's right. There's no way we can get the books if they're in Monquista City."
James shook his head, "There is one way. You know the answer too, don't you Zenobia?"
Zenobia nodded, "We better go and steal a Monquistan Ship."
"Why can't we just go to Zenda and get the ones that are docked there?" Emmett asked.
"Because we're gonna kill two birds with one stone," James said slyly, "I know it's gonna be disgusting but we need to eat a hair of a Monquistan. That'll change how we look."
"What?" most of the crew cried.
"We need to enter Monquista City as five monkeys, to avoid suspicion," James said, "Me, Louis and Gaspard."
"Why us?" Louis and Gaspard shouted sadly.
"Because you two are the people I naturally feel like getting on the nerves of today," James said plainly.
"Wait..." Alfonso said, "That makes three. We need five don't we?"
James nodded, "We already have two Monquistans."
Alfonso and Oscar looked at each other. They preferred to stay on the ship, but there is no way you can disagree with Captain Hawkins.
"Capitán!" Alfonso cried as he held onto the rigging, "I see a ship, starboard!"
James turned starboard and saw the Monquistan Ship and nodded, "Alfonso, turn the fore and aft sails! We need to get over to the boat you spotted! Ratbeard, wheel- now! Emmett, send a flash message to Bex saying that we're attacking the ship starboard! Gaspard, pull the main sail! Nanu Nanu, get ready to throw the grappling hook onto the ship! Anne, Zenobia- take the cannons! Scratch, get up to the crow's nest and prepare to send mojo streams down to surprise the monkeys! Emma, you fight them in face-to-face combat."
"Aye!" the crew shouted and rushed to their stations.
As they neared the ship, James called out for Zenobia and Anne to fire the cannons to attack the ship. Louis, aboard The Silent Folly, fired their cannons at the Monquistan Ships too. James called out to stop the firing, as the ship could only barely sail to Monquista City. Nanu Nanu threw the grappling hook and lodged it on the deck of the Monquistan Ship, which said 'Dona Angela' on the back. James called out an attack and James and Emma immediately slid down the rope and boarded Santa Elena. Nanu Nanu lowered the anchor and did the same. Anne and Zenobia rushed from the inside of The Dashing Fortune and Ratbeard scurried from the wheel. Alfonso soon jumped from the rigging and joined them. Romba grappled the hooks from Bex's ship and attacked too, along with the rest of The Silent Folly's crew. One by one, corpses of monkeys fell to the ground. Monkeys and pirates fighting with all their might, but the pirates eventually won. James took the bottle off the waistcoat of a monkey captain and tied it to his waist. James had commandeered Dona Angela.
"Fix the ship," James said to the others, "Louis, Gaspard- you two come with me."
James led them to a corridor and gave each of them a monkey hair and a suit of monkey armour.
"Go into different rooms and strip completely naked. You must not be touching your own clothes. Then, eat the hair. Once you transform into a monkey, put on the Monquistador clothes and meet me back in here. Your Valencian accents should be able to pass off as weird Monquistan accents."
They all entered different rooms and did as James said. When they came out, they saw the other pirates staring at them.
"That should trick the li'l blighters!" Bonnie Anne said proudly.
"Yep, good job bro," Bex added.
"Right," Monkey-James said, "Is the ship almost done?"
"What do you think, you idiot?" Emma replied, "We've only had twenty minutes!"
"It be enough to get to Monquista City, though Cap'n," Ratbeard said, "We can continue to repair on the way."
James nodded and threw two sets of Monquistador clothes at Alfonso and Oscar, "Get changed."
As the partly fixed Dona Angela neared Monquista City, Monkey-James cried, "All non-monkeys get down inside and fix those parts of the ship. We're coming into land!"
Most of the crew rushed downstairs to the bottom of the ship and continued fixing. Dona Angela docked at Monquista City and Alfonso dropped the anchor. Monkey-James, Monkey-Gaspard, Monkey-Louis, Alfonso and Oscar hopped off the ship and started to walk into the library. Then, they saw a clockwork enter Monquista Palace. James told Alfonso to spy on Fernando and see what was going on, while the other four went to the library. James walked up to the counter.
"Hola!" a monkey said, "How can I help you?"
"We would like to borrow the copy of Sherlock Bones' book on the Battle of the Paw," James explained in a perfect Monquistan accent.
The librarian nodded, "Let me check the records. Aha! We have it in stock! How long do you need it for?"
"About two hours," James replied and the librarian smiled.
"Brilliant!" he said, "Each day you keep it starting in two hours time will cost you ten bronze coins. Have a nice day!"
The librarian gave James the book and he took the other three to a table. James read the book and found that the one who took the Paw away was Moresco Valvida- the oldest of the Valvida brothers. James then returned the book and went outside to see Alfonso.
Meanwhile, Alfonso watched from the window what was happening between Fernando and Deacon. He could hear them too.
"You want to catch the pirates?" Fernando asked.
Deacon nodded, "Kane has told me that that is the only fee of our alliance in the war against The Opposition. I have already signed my name on Kane's behalf."
Deacon passed Fernando a contract and the Monquistan king read it. At the bottom, Fernando signed his name. Alfonso gasped in horror. Valencia was now at war with The Opposition.