Chapter 6

OH BOY OH BOY! It's finally here! ISLA ALMAAAAAA... *Clears throat* AHEM sorry... .

I was just so excited to write this one... and kinda bummed at the same time. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I loved writing it. So many things ran through my head, my fingers were not going fast enough to type them either.

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(I do not own any of the original characters or the movies)- *Sigh* it kinda sucks having to write this every time. Dang people... hehe

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The sun was about to set and everyone dispersed. I Sat down by the main mast and relaxed for a bit. It was getting foggy. Soon clouds seemed to have crashed down upon us. It was pretty cool. Although it was kind of scary. How can you see what was in front of the ship? After a while of pondering, I decided to take a visit to Alvis. I was still kind of hesitant to visit up there because Hook was always at the wheel.

I managed to walk past Hook and reach the back of the ship. "So where are we?" I said as I stared at the map that was sitting on the table. Alvis stood up and glided his fingers across the map.

"We are about right here. Our destination is here." He said as he moved his finger to an island. It still seemed like a long ways away. We have already been sailing for five days. "It usually takes us only a week to get there." He stated.

Someone whistled and Alvis walked away. There were islands everywhere on the map. It still looked like it could go on. Half of it was still rolled up and other rolls were stacked on the far side of the table. Only a week? That seems so far. How could it take only a week? My eyes were boring down on the space between land masses.

"The Jolly Roger is one of the fastest ships around these waters. Any normal ship would take… maybe two and a half weeks."

I turned around only to find green eyes boring into mine. Hook walked to my side peering down at the map.

"It should take us about two more days to get there." He measured something on the map and then checked his compass.

Hook didn't seem like he was bothered by me. After not talking to me for so long, why is he suddenly speaking up now? Not that I don't like his good side, but every time we had a conversation, we ended up fighting over something. He does have a shady past. I feel bad for him but then again, he did take something away from me…

"We will be spending quite some time on the island." Hook stated tearing me away from my thoughts. "The crew needs some free time now and again. And I finally get some peace from that blasted boy."

I didn't really have anything to say back. It stayed quiet as we both stood there peering down at the map.

"So how do you see through all this fog? Do you use the sun as a point of direction?" I broke the silence.

"Well usually Alvis and I here use a telescope and the crow's nest makes the call when there is fog. But when there is no hope with that, yes, I do use the sun."

"Hmmm." I hummed in understanding.

I slid onto the empty chair that was sitting next to the table and leaned on the table. Hook leaned back on the railing and peered out on the deck with his arms crossed.

"So, Rick said that you were in the Navy." I stated quietly.

Hook's lips pressed into a straight line and he took a breath in. He seemed to not want to answer "Yes I was. But not anymore." He replied bluntly. "Now why bring that up?"

"Just for the sake of a conversation I guess."

"That's one conversation that I will not continue." Hook replied instantly almost cutting me off.

"Alright…" I sighed.

The sun started to set and Skye walked around the ship lighting all of the lanterns and candles. Out of boredom I picked up the map compass and adjusted it to the map's scale then started measuring island to island. I moved the compass a bit to match what I was measuring. Most of them measured from 500 to 5000 miles. Not including going around reefs or other small masses of land. I can't imagine how much more land and water there was when this map was rolled out all of the way.

"What are you doing?"

I jumped a little letting the compass fumble out of my hand and land in the middle of the table. "I… uh. Nothing… Sorry." I clumsily grabbed the compass and then rotated it back to its original position.

Hook peered down at me with a blank expression. "How'd you learn to do that?"

"R.O.T.C…" I replied softly. Hook's eyebrow furrowed in confusion. "Reserve, officer, training, corps." I said slower. He still didn't respond. "When I was in High school, I was in Army ROTC. The military."

"Hm. You might actually be useful." He said bluntly.

"And I wasn't useful before?"

"No not really." He replied in his usual un impressed accent.

"So you call settling the problem with my father and my people not being useful?" I sat up in my chair.

"Not at all." He said proudly. "You haven't done anything about that damned boy!" He said angrily.

"At least I am trying to sort something out! Besides, we are miles away from him right now. You should be worrying about running into the Navy." I said raising my voice.

"Stay out of that! You don't know anything! You're just a silly little savage girl!"

"I do know. I know that when you were just old enough to join the navy, it didn't take you that long to become an officer. I know that you did something to get you and your crew into trouble and had to run away. I know that you found Neverland first and that Peter Pan kicked you out, cut off your hand, and managed to kill some of the crew! And I know that you will never forgive him for it!"

"That's not even the half of it!" Hook yelled as he bumped into the table to face me.

The lantern slid on the table and hit the side of my hand. I winced and hissed in pain, holding my hand to try to get the pain to stop. I looked back up at Hook's piercing eyes.

"You're not the only one who has lived a hard life…" I said softly and then walked down to the tween deck doors.

My hand still felt like it was burning. I continued down and immediately headed for the bed not bothering to look at my hand. I flopped onto the bed and stared at the boards of the bed above me. Letting out a long sigh, I decided to get some rest. I could hear a slam noise above all of the calamity going on in the tween deck.

Ugh. Why does he always have to be so difficult? Where is that Naval etiquette of his? I don't know what to do… I just wish I were by myself again living my normal life at home. I feel terrible.

I covered myself with a blanket and curled up into a ball. My hand felt worse. It was still stinging. I stuck my hand out of the covers and over the bed side, then slowly drifted to sleep.

The swaying of the ship slowly woke me. A soft glow from the tween deck doors graced my partially cracked eyes. The waves have gotten stronger. A big thud had completely woken me up.

"Curse these damned waves." A voice called from beside my bunk.

I rolled over and peered at the person on the floor.

Rick was sprawled out on the floor rubbing his elbow. His blanket was covering his face and his pillow suddenly flopped from the top bunk down beside him.

Chuckling a little I sat up and braided my hair into a ponytail.

"LAAANNNDDD HOOOOOO!"

In less than two seconds, everyone was up and getting ready. Rick threw his stuff back on the bunk and rushed up the stairs. Suddenly it was all quiet and no one was left in the tween deck.

Being the last one to be out, I strapped my sword around my waist and skipped up the stairs. Massive vegetated mountains stood in the distance along with more than a dozen or so ships docked at the fiord. As we got closer, the Island grew and all sorts of people were everywhere. The Jolly Roger started docking and Rick pulled me aside.

"I've got something for you to wear. Going out wearing….this….clothing will surely make people suspicious." He said as he pulled me back down into the ship.

As we reached the storage room he had a bundle of clothing and a pair of boots waiting for me.

"Thanks!" I said as I took the clothing. I found a nice place to change and put my other clothes in a safe place. Gosh I do long for a nice shower. I feel absolutely disgusting…

I wore Black pants, Dark calf high boots, a dark blue long sleeve shirt that laced up at the neck, black leather greaves around my forearms, and a maroon sash with a black belt. I buckled my sword around my belt and tied my coin sack to my side. With a deep breath I headed back up to the deck. I immediately smelled food and heard dozens of voices. The sun bore down on me and I put a hand up to shield the sun. A huge city lay before my eyes. People were shopping in markets, people wearing fancy clothing walked around, horses and carriages ran through the stone streets, and kids ran and played. As my eyes adjusted to the brightness, the vast mountain range revealed itself. It was dang hot.

Hook gathered everyone on the deck and gave a little speech.

"Depending on how you boys feel; we can stay here as long as you want. There is also the Elements Festival going on. I do want to take part in the drink so you all will know where I will be." Hook ended with a cheerful voice and started walking off the ship.

Everyone dispersed and I slowly went my own way and walked around the markets. Different colored banners strung from building to building. Music played on various wind and string instruments filled the air. Languages of all sorts were being spoken and all sorts of foods were being sold. I stopped by a black smith and browsed the weaponry.

"I recommend getting dual swords with your skill."

I turned to see Skye standing there purchasing a stiletto.

"Which ones do you think are good?" I asked as I looked over the swords.

"Boy, bring me a pair of your best." He replied. A boy about the age of sixteen entered the small building and came back seconds later with four swords.

Skye picked one with bronze hilts inspecting it. He balanced one on his two fingers and then flicked it making a nice ringing noise, then picked up another one with silver carvings on the blade. "What kind of steel is used in this one?" Skye asked as he weighed them both in his hands. "Lisquenter." He replied.

"Hmm. I do recommend these ones." Skye said as me held them up. "your winnings on the ship should get you these."

I paid the boy about half of what I had in my coin bag and then took the swords. Skye then walked of and disappeared into the crowd.

"'l can buy your extra one off of you if you'd like! The boy stated as he pointed at the one strapped to my waist.

With a smile I gave it to him and he returned the smile with some coin. Moments later I strapped the swords to my belt and explored the market some more. People were giving me some weird looks as they passed me by. It was kind of making me uncomfortable. Was there someone behind me? Then again I haven't seen any other women carrying any weapons. That might be it. Suddenly someone bumped their way from behind me and kept on walking. Well that was kind of rude. They turned a little revealing the bottom half of their face, although their hood covered the rest. His facial hair was well groomed. I wonder why he covered his head for? It was surely too hot and it was a nice sunny day…wait. I felt for my coin purse and paused. Oh no. Right as l looked up for the man, he had disappeared. Great. Now what am I going to do? Maybe I'll run into one of the guys. I'm sure they would help.

I twisted and turned through the streets and searched as many corners as I could. This is impossible. It's going to take forever to find anyone in such a big city. Just as my mood was going to be bad people tossed colored powder into the air. All sorts of Colors flew through the air and upbeat music filled the area.

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OOOOOKKKKKAAAAAAYYYY. ugh now that I got that out .

What do you think about this chapter? I would LOVE to read what you guys imagined the festival was like, what you heard, and all that jazz. Is it just me or does this place have something weird about it? HA no spoilers coming from me. ya just gonna have to wait :p

jk I'm not that mean. not gonna make you wait for that long. You should know me by now... if you read my other chapters...yeah oh no you didn't read them? That's ok...

. LOL sorry my humor is mean. :3

I should have a next chapter for you guys up in idk maybe 3-4 days. I've been super busy im sorry :O

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