This is an AU world similar to our own, set in the distant past during the times of privateers and pirates. Hope you enjoy!A young male crouched, hidden in the corner, listening to the merchants as they took turns telling stories to the female that sat among them. Her bright (e/c) eyes were wide with wonder as she listened to the man and his friends as they weaved tales of wonder and mystery for her enjoyment.
It had been like this ever since they had found her as a child, half starved and not knowing where her parents were, the town decimated by war. It hadn't taken long back then for them to decide on bringing her with them, her wide eyes looking up at them with innocence.In the years since then, they had come to see her as a symbol of blessed luck, their travel usually smooth and without a single sign of pirates or privateers.
The female began entering into the conversation once the males began winding down and that is when the young man was truly caught, her almost musical sounding voice enchanting him on the spot. He was captured by how much the room seemed to brighten when she began laughing after one particular tale of her mischievous deeds. He'd almost gasped aloud when she talked about how close she had come to not making it back to the ship in one piece, his heart racing in time to what he was sure her own must have been beating at the time of the event.
When they finally finished their tales and went upstairs, he crept out of his hidden corner and wandered back to his own ship, his mind still spinning from the tales he'd heard her tell. It would be several months before he ever saw that group of merchants again, months that his mind spent thinking about the female who told such wonderous stories while laughing so easily at how often she had teased fate and survived. Months spent wondering what it would be like to hear her telling him stories every night, as well as create new ones if she was by his side in his travels instead of with those foreign merchants.
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It was almost like a sign to him when he was given a note of commission to become a privateer for his country, the target being any and all ships he saw that flew the flag of their enemy. The very same flag he had seen flying from the merchant ship the young lady had boarded in the company of those men from that night in the inn.
She deserved far better than anything they offered her, obvious by how much danger she was always in. They didn't protect her like he would. They couldn't protect her like he wanted to. Sure, he had only been in her presence for a few hours one night but he felt like he had known her for months, years even! He felt like they had a connection, tales of soulmates spinning around in his mind as he'd begun seeing her as such a person for him.
And he was determined not to let anyone get in the way of him claiming what was meant to be his.
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I watched the waves moving across the ocean as the ship slowly made its way back home, the ships cargo hold filled with a variety of rare spices and herbs, rolls of silk cloth, barrels of strange spirits and even a few exotic animals to give to our king as a gift. He was known for enjoying the keeping of animals from foreign lands.
Reminding myself of my task, I left the deck and went blow, ready to feed the animals. It was hard not to grow attached to them, especially the small furry one with the large brown eyes and soft red fur, it's long tail stretching out behind it.
It would be a long trip back home. I hope the strange pole-like plants they had sent with us would survive the small amounts of water we were able to give them since the leaves of these plants were supposed to be the red-furred creature's main food supply.
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