Misty Waters

“Escaped...what do you mean, escaped, can’t you even watch a small brat...? The wedding is in a week, make sure that rascal is found and brought back by then..!” yelled the Duke of Aubrey as he stared out onto the sea, commending his men to find that troublesome child he has been left to look after.

The bell strikes twelve, the beginning of a new day, what some call, “ the witching hour”. It is said that spirits roam around at this time, many people are indoors, before midnight strikes. This is the perfect opportunity to escape, as no one would dare to chase you in case they met an evil spirit, in the hunt searching for lost souls.

At this time, an old ship leaves the harbor and sets sail through the misty waters on an important voyage, not knowing what awaits them.

Beyond the bay a ship full of bloodthirsty murderers and plunderers lie in wait for their prey. Their Captain, standing above deck, waiting to give the orders.

The mist gets thicker and there is a spooky aura lurking in the dark ocean waters, the feeling of danger hangs in the atmosphere.

The sailors freeze as they hear a creaking in the distance and they all fall silent, it is said that ghosts and evil spirits haunt these waters and can be seen in the mist, looking for their next victims...but that silence is not to last.

Cannons fire and the ship is under attack and the crew think only one thing... PIRATES...

A sailors worst nightmare, besides been sent to visit Davy Jones or meeting a Kraken, or been lured by sirens, towards treacherous rocks, where they would devour the ships crew.

The ship’s mast has been hit and fallen, creating a hole in the ship thus masking it impossible to try and escape, leaving the crew to their ill fated deaths. The ship is taken and the battle of life and death begins. The sound of swords crashing, guns firing and the screams of sailors been murdered, is all you can hear.

When the mist lifts, all you can see are the bodies of the crew scattered on deck, the wood soaked with blood and the smell of death lingering in the air. The pirates claim their prize, just as they had been promised, a ships worth of loot. More gold, diamonds and jewels than any pirate could ever dream of in his entire life,

...BUT oh what’s this, there is a survivor, no... two, the cook and the cabin boy, what to do now?

The pirates seize them and drag them aboard the hell bound vessel. They take the cook below deck shouting that they would at least get a good meal, for a change. They then push the cabin boy towards the Captain, for him to decide what they should do with this little brat, but oh what they don’t realize...

Is that this little brat is hiding a huge secret...

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