Piratetalia von Elaine_Eden ================================================================================ Kapitel 1: ----------- Piratetalia She was kind of irritated when seeing the huge ship in these waters. Around here humans were rarely seen. She didn’t know much about the human’s world. But one thing she knew by narrations was that humans used these swimming islands –as she went to call them- to cross the ocean because they weren’t able to survive there otherwise. In contrast to her humans couldn’t breathe in water. That’s what she knew. How would a world without water be? It was a long time ago since she last saw a ship. Back then she was still just a little child and all which remained was a blurry memory. Her curiosity grew. Her fellow friend, a sword fish, had a bad feeling. “Don’t swim near it!” he said. He was afraid of humans. They’d probably want to catch and eat him. So he usually avoided being near them. But Sey, like the young lively mermaid was called, didn’t listen. She was too fascinated. By looking at the huge black flag which was decorated by a skull head they could tell it was a pirate’s ship. Bad people were not able to see virtuous creatures like mermaids anyway. So at least for her there was nothing to be afraid of. She touched the moving timber she knew ships were made of. This plant didn’t grow in the ocean. It was foreign to her. How could people live on things like this? She kind of climbed above to be able to peek on deck. There were two men, one who appeared to be older and one who seemed to be just in his 20s. The mermaid was not able to look in the old man's face because she was facing his back. But she could take a look right into the younger ones. He seemed to have just one eye left because one of his eyes was covered by a patch. His hair had a smutty blonde tone. “Kwon, the blonde guy must be of higher rank, I suppose. Look at his clothes!” she pointed out to the sumptuous ornaments which decorated the blonde guy’s clothing. But all the sword fish did was complaining, “That they can’t see you doesn’t mean they can’t see me! I bet I’ll end as their dish if they recognize me! Let’s get away from here, please!” But the mermaid shook her long brown hair. She didn’t really care, “Don’t be such a coward.” “The treasure must be hidden somewhere in these bays.” The younger man who wore the embellished clothing went on commanding, “Steer the course, henchman!” “Aye!” he answered and showed a map to his captain. The got long in the tooth navigator stroke his finger over the paper and hint at the dangers on the path they had chosen, “We would have to pass this path but I’ve heard of legends where ships burst into pieces at these coasts. It might be too dangerous, Captain.” The still so young captain folded his arms before his chest and wholeheartedly said, “That happened because of the seductive singing voices of the sirens. They can drive seaman insane.” The elder navigator answered irritated, “You are joking, aren’t you, Captain?” But he shook his head, “I’m never joking!” Then he went on commanding, “It might get dangerous but I don’t care. The treasure is said to be a big one, so I want to make it our possession before someone else does.” Right when he wanted to go back to his cabin the young captain caught sight of the mermaid who was peeking on the deck. He made an exerted face and a pointing move with his head, “Look, there’s one of them.” The navigator turned around but couldn’t see her, so he turned back and asked his captain, “Don’t you feel well? First you were talking about a flying bunny you pretended to have seen and now a siren appears to you…” But the captain of the ship didn’t really listen. Instead he approximated the creature he just discovered by a few steps. “She is so beautiful…” he said. Sey recognized that this young man really seemed to be able to see her. She got nervous, “Kwon, does he actually look at me?” The fish began to panic, “No. He’s a filthy pirate. Only humans with a pure heart can see creatures like you. He probably has seen ME. So I better shall leave or I’ll end as his dish…” And these were the last words he spoke before diving back into the ocean. So Sey was left behind alone while the young man was coming closer and closer. She considered to follow her fishy friend but for some unknown reason hesitated. Instead she couldn't resist risking a closer look at this young man. What would he do now if he really was able to see her? He might have just one eye left though his gaze was very vigorous, it's green colour so intensive. For a short time they just stared at each other in silence, only talking through their eyes. It was like her breath broke off for a minute. But then the pirate moved forward stretching out his hand to her. This made her startle. She immediately took flight into the ocean before he could reach her. When she put her hands on her chest she could feel her heart pounding like hell. She simmered with excitement, “Oh my God, he was so close..!” Only now she realized how dangerous the situation was she found herself in a few seconds ago. She felt dizzy. Maybe she better shouldn't tell anyone about what has happened. That would just make unnecessary waves… literally. From a save place she observed the pirate's reaction. He was turning around like he was searching something... or someone. Her! This was proof, “He REALLY was able to see me!” Sey pondered, “How can this be? He's a filthy pirate, someone who does bad things. How can someone like that have a heart pure enough to be able to see me?” She really wanted to know. The navigator tapped his captain's shoulder. “It's nothing but the sea out there. You probably just lack vitamins. That's a common illness here on deck and sometimes makes the mind fool around.” “But I've seen her, honestly!” the captain assured. “She's hiding in the ocean for sure. Mermaids are timid.” he went on. The elder man encompassed his shoulders intending to guide him back to deck. “You should take a nap. You'll need your spirit to seek for the treasure.” But the young man hit away his navigator's hands roughly, “So you want to say I am just fantasizing?” Without losing following words he left the deck and went back to the interior of the ship. End of Chapter One ----- Danke fürs Lesen. Ich hoffe, dass die ff auf English ist, ist kein allzu großes Problem. Den ganzen Text (das wird ja mehr) ins Deutsche zu übertragen, darauf hätte ich allerdings keine Lust. Außerdem ist das ne Geschichte über nen englischen Piraten (Arthur), also wäre Deutsch sowieso irgendwie fehl am Platz. Das ist allerdings meine erste ff auf Englisch und ich hab keinen muttersprachlichen Betaleser... OTL Allerdings hatte eine englischsprechende Person auf ff.net mein Englisch gelobt, also wird es wohl lesbar sein... .3. Lasst mich doch wissen, wie euch die Geschichte bis hier hin gefällt (oder nicht gefällt, wie auch immer). Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)