Pirate101 Fanfic Story Chapter 5
A thieving rat and his ghostly crew
Danny heard chirping outside the Bunkhouse and opened his eyes to see that his crew had already left for the Kraken Skulls and they packed the sleeping bags back in his knapsack, but Queen Gummy came in through the crack in the door with Bonnie right behind her, carrying a tray with pancakes, a bottle of syrup and a bottle of orange juice on it. Bonnie is already dressed in her usual uniform and she was smiling at Danny and said "Good morning Captain. I hope you had a good sleep last night." Danny smiled back at Bonnie and replied sluggishly "Yes… and no. These things happen to the best of us." Bonnie passed over the tray to Danny and he ate his breakfast quite pleasantly, which Bonnie is happy to see him smiling about. After his delicious meal, Danny got out of the hammock and told Bonnie he's going to have a bit of a shower, which made her blush slightly when she thinks of her captain in the shower, but didn't noticed that Danny told her he always took a shower with his boxers on, so Danny went upstairs with towel and another set of clothes under his arm, pondering why Bonnie is blushing when he mentioned he was going to have a shower. He then went inside shower cell A and undressed down to his boxers, revealing his long, dark brown hair and having a faint 6 pack.
He then went inside the shower and turned it on to have the shower's hot and cold taps on an even position, then he hummed to the tune of 'Cooler than Me' by Mike Posner as he lathered his hair with shampoo and washed it under the shower; then he used conditioner and repeated the process, as he got a bar of soap and washed under his arms then he turned off the shower and got out of the cubicle to wash himself with the towel and got dressed in his casual wear, with his wet boxers and towel and his yesterday clothing under his arm. He then went back downstairs to see Bonnie sitting on the hammock petting Queen Gummy, who (Bonnie) saw him coming from upstairs and told him that a courier came by and asked her to tell him (Danny) that the expedition crew just came and are meeting in the cellar in the Kraken Skulls. Danny then made a gentle smile and said "Well, let's get going then. That crew will be going sometime later." Bonnie then nodded her head as Queen Gummy leapt from Bonnie's lap and into Danny's arms and affectionately licked him then nuzzled its head on Danny's nose. Danny responded by gently hugging his faithful pet and stroking its back, then he, Queen Gummy and Bonnie went out of the Bunkhouse and down the stair back into the market and went inside the Kraken Skulls to see Wing and Chantal sitting at a table near the cellar, who noticed Danny coming in along with his pet chameleon and, to Chantal's somewhat reluctance, Bonnie Anne.
Danny then went down to the cellar first to see a crew of 4 wharf rats – 1 of them wearing captain clothing – a female mouse swashbuckler named Sarah Steele, an otter with officer's clothing named Ensign Emmet, a burly sloth wearing heavy armor and wielding a greataxe named Barnabus, a water mole witchdoctor named Mormo and the Crab Harpooner with what seemed like casual French clothing that Danny correctly assumed is Louis Lebisque, who said to the rat in captain's clothing "Listen here, you scoundrel, I got the Will. We need your ship and you will get to sail it, but the Will is with me!" The rat in captain's clothing then responded with a sneer "So I'm to be merely a lowly knave, 'ey? Phsaw! How do we even know you have the Will?" Louis rolled his eyes and pulled out a scroll whilst saying "Of course I have it, you pest! I have it right here… Hey!" A wharf rat snuck up Louis from behind and swatted the Will right out of his pincher and the rat in captain's clothing caught it with his right paw and said "I've got the Will! You lads stall them and we'll meet back at the hideout!" Just like that, the rat who took the Will escaped by 'porting out of the cellar as the 3 wharf rats knocked out the otter, the mouse, the sloth and the water mole, but Louis Lebisque pinned a wharf rat to the wall with a harpoon. The other two wharf rats then noticed Danny and his crew, so they responded with Wing sliding towards the rats and knocking them into the air as Chantal shot 3 accurate sparks on the farther rat as Danny ran and jumped up to the last rat and forced him to the ground by using both his feet to slam him to the ground, which made a floor board pushed Bonnie into the air and she shot two critical shots to the laid wharf rat and landed perfectly on her two hind feet.
Louis is impressed with the teamwork that Danny and his crew did in front of his eyes and said "Quite magnifique Captain! I don't suppose you have another spot on your crew then? We both know we can't let that thieving Ratbeard take all the treasure for himself!" Danny nodded and replied "Of course you can join, Louis. There's always room for one more in my crew. Now, let's go after Ratbeard." Louis nodded and he and Danny's crew followed their captain back up the ladder to tail Ratbeard, as the prospecter said when Danny and his crew came from the cellar "Ya looking fer Ratbeard? He came barrelling out through here like a greyhound with its tail on fire! He just ran through the front door, go get him!" Danny thanked the prospector and exited the Kraken Skulls, when to their right a young frog said "You chasing Ratbeard? He just ran that way towards the docks." Danny thanked the young frog and he ran towards the docks with his crew behind him, only to be stopped with someone making a loud *psst*. Danny noticed that Blind Mew is getting his attention, so he walked towards him along with his crew and his pet chameleon and Blind Mew said "You looking for Ratbeard? I can help you out with that. I may not see, but I DO have acute hearing and sense of smell. And not but a minute ago, I distinctly heard the pattering of footprints and the smell of sewage and knew in an instant that they were precisely wharf rats. As for where Ratbeard is going, it is well-known that Ratbeard and his crew have their hideout inside Traitor's Cave at Blood Shoals. You must get onboard on that deathtrap – I mean 'boat'. I wish you luck on chasing Ratbeard." Danny nodded and he went up on the dock as Dockmaster Dan told him that the raft should make at least the travel to Blood Shoals. Danny nodded and when he approached the raft, it magically shrunk and was put in a bottle (also magically).
Danny then uncorked the bottle and the raft grew back to regular size, with the mast having his chosen flag icon applied to it. Danny then said "C'mon guys! All aboard The Groaning Trap!" His crew, save for Bonnie Anne, snickered at the name Danny gave his 'ship' and they boarded The Groaning Trap. Danny and his crew then set off with Danny being the helmsman towards Blood Shoals, commenting that the raft is more sturdier than anticipated. When they arrived at the port of Blood Shoals, they got off The Groaning Trap and followed a trail of footprints to the mouth of Traitors Cave, where Danny and his crew noticed that there are footprints going in the cave, but none came out, which Louis finds rather disturbing, so Danny advised his crew to be on their guard in the cave. When they entered Traitors Cave, Danny, Bonnie, Chantal and Louis wielded their weapons and kept a look out for any overhead traps. They then went through a tunnel that is sloping up and what they saw at the end of it is 4 wharf rats lying dead on the table, apparently poisoned and saw that Ratbeard is nowhere in the room. Danny then noticed white wisps coming from the bodies of the dead rats and they shifted into the ethereal spirits of those same ghosts, which one closest to Danny and his crew said "You! One who still breathes, stay and hear our tale of woe." Danny nodded and he holstered his rifle, as well with his crew and the ghost continued "My name is Lasko and before my unknowing demise, I helped Ratbeard get the Will. We then returned to Blood Shoals to celebrate and he said before me and my shipmates died from poisoning 'We'll soon be rich, boys!' But the scoundrel betrayed us! He'll have all the treasure to himself… unless you stop him, that is."
Danny felt pity for Lasko and his mates and felt that somehow there's more to this that meets the eye, so he said "Is there anything I can do to help you and your mates?" Lasko's spirit nodded his head and replied "You can grant me eternal rest by making sure that Ratbeard never gets Gunn's Treasure, but that won't help my shipmates Manny, Moe and Jack."