Sweeping Sails

Green Eyes

Green eyes. Thats what I dreamt of last night, beautiful sea green eyes. I don't know whom they belonged too but its all I dreamt of.  I opened my eyes to the roof of my hut. I got up and got ready for the day then I walked into the main area to be soon obvious to the fact that my older brother Philip had gone out for his work, he is a missionary and probably gone to convince the people how 'they can be saved'.  I grabbed a coat and sat outside on the beach. I loved it here, it was so much better than England. I was never super close to my brother. But he saved me from our parents I am only 15 and they were going to get me married off to some lords son and Philip was about to leave for the Caribbean but when he realized our parents plan he took me with him. I have honestly never been more content. As I watched the sea come in I looked at the colour of it. It reminded me of the eyes I saw in my dream. My dream befuddled me so, I really wanted to know who those eyes belonged to but alas I will most likely never know. As I looked onto the horizon I saw a ship...... not just any ship a pirate ship. I ran back to my hut I wasn't stupid I knew what I have to do I grabbed the cutlass under my bed I know what your thinking what is a girl like me a Lord's daughter doing with a cutlass, well lets just say don't judge a book from its cover. I am stronger than most people think or at least more than the average person would care to admit. I grabbed my bag with all my essentials and ran across the beach I needed to find Philip I looked to my right and saw the ship it was getting closer. I was running faster than I think I have ever ran before in my life, across the beach, through the forest, into the village "Pirates! Pirates!" I shouted well screamed more like, warning everyone. I was starting to get anxious I knew this small island and its people wouldn't stand a chance if the pirates wanted to raid this island. "Clover!" I heard my name being called from behind me. I realized it was Philip I ran to him and got swallowed in a hug. "Philip we have to go, now!" I grabbed his hand and started to pull him. "Which way are they coming?" He looked down at me. "They're coming in from the East," He stopped and thought for a moment. "My ship is at the South west dock it won't take long to get there gather as many as people as you can." I nodded and knocked on peoples doors warning them and telling them to follow me, gathered people who were panicking in the town square. It was a small inhabitance so gathering people wasn't too hard, once we knew we had everyone we ran to Philip's ship. We sailed as fast as we could. When we left, the other ship was no where to be seen but it caught on and was now following us. I looked at Philip and saw the desperation in his eyes he was thinking what I was thinking. We wouldn't survive. I looked down at the panicking villagers. This all happened so fast and the ship was coming in so close. That's when they started firing cannons. BOOM! BOOM! One after the other. BOOM! We knew if we kept moving they would keep firing and we would all drown so we stopped. Everyone got there weapons out ready to fight. I grabbed my cutlass and Philip grabbed his sword out. The ship behind us stopped as well, the crew started to come aboard. But they weren't any normal crew. They were all zombies. Well except for the captain.  We started to battle. The number of villagers kept dropping. I have now realised it was Blackbeard's crew. I kept an eye on Philip he seemed to be doing okay. But I knew when it came to it he would never kill anyone. I started fighting one of the Zombie Officers. I was actually doing pretty well. But I then looked around and realized all the villagers were dead. It was only me and Philip left. "Please, for the sake of the Lord above stop this, we are no threat, no one on this ship ever was, please leave my sister."  Blackbeard laughed and shook his head and was about to strike him. "NOOO!" But I wasn't the only one screaming. A new person came aboard the ship, a woman with long brown hair and deep brown eyes. "Father don't, he is a Godly man, your soul would be ruined if you committed such an act, please leave them be!" Blackbeard looked at her, then at Philip and then finally at me. "Fine, take them aboard" Blackbeard sighed. A zombie grabbed me by the arms and pulled me onto the other ship. "Quartermaster Lash the boy to the mast, Gunner chuck the girl in the dungeons,"  The dark skinned zombie Gunner pushed me down the stairs and chucked me into a cell. It was freezing once Gunner left and let out all the torches. I'm pretty sure this is something I am definitely going to have to get used too. I crawled up into a ball in the corner of the cell and did my best to fall asleep. I tried to focus on the green eyes.