The Dragon Lady was a large ship. It must have been 100 feet long and it"s deck was 20 feet above the water. It had a dragon"s head carved into the bow of the ship. The sails were spread wide and shaped like wings. The rudder was even carved to look like a tail wrapped around itself in a coil. It was a beautiful ship. (That"s a beauty) I thought from my pack on Sam"s back. "This"ll be fun." I whispered to Sam."What is a girl doing here!?" A manly voice shouted. "This is no place for a woman!" A big burly man wobbled over toward us. He looked Sam up and down in a disgusting manner. He reeked of alcohol. " If you want to be entertained by something like a boat I"ll entertain you with a rocking bed" He reached out for Sam. Sam reached for her sword at her left side with her left hand. Grabbing the hilt so the blade faced away from her thumb. Then something odd happened. Before the man could reach her his hand fell to the ground. But his arm didn"t go with it.
" Ahhhhhhhhh!" He screamed as he fell to his knees. " My hand! MY HAND!" Blood began to steadily come from his wound as he clenched his wrist stump.
A very gruff feminine voice was heard over his screams. " Anybody who says a woman doesn"t belong here isn"t afraid to deal with me or hasn"t met me." My head turned to look. It was indeed a woman with every aspect of a pirate captain. The only thing she was missing was a skull and cross bones somewhere. And somewhere a Spaniard was missing his favorite broad rimmed hat with a feather in it. She held a long thin blade. One I would know anywhere. My eyes widened. ( What"s that doing here?!) It was a long katana with blue scales that went halfway up the back of the blade. (And there"s not even a speck of blood on it.) I thought in shock.
She sheathed her blade with calm gusto. She was a decent looking woman with tanned skin. Her eyes were ocean green with deep brown hair. Despite her slightly slimmer build, she exuded power. ( She makes me nervous) I thought. She walked over to the man and grabbed him off the ground.
" Go see a doctor. I don"t want to see your drunken face around here anymore. I"ve already given you two warnings with this. There will be no third one." She growled.
The man was dropped to the ground and quickly scrambled to grab his hand before running away. The woman walked toward us.
" What"s a lady doing around these parts anyway? No lady comes here without reason." She pulled out a curly pipe that people use for smoking. After lighting a match she puffed a couple times before looking at us.
" Vorst sent us to board a ship called the dragon lady. Do you know where the captain is so we can talk about a voyage to the west country?" The womans eyes glittered a little. "The dragon lady captain.... I know"em. If vorst sent you then where"s proof? Vorst doesn"t just send anybody to meet with the captain." I felt something by my claws and looked down.
" Sam! The note!" I grabbed it in my mouth and handed it to Sam from my pouch.The womans gaze flicked to me as I did so.
( What is that thing?) she thought.
Sam slowly handed over the note. " Vorst gave it to us to hand to the captain. " Sam"s gaze flicked over the woman again. " Judging from how you"re acting and the way you"re talking... I would say that that would be you." The woman smirked and opened the note. She read it quickly, sighed, then folded it and put it in her coat.
"d.a.m.ned coot is calling in his favor for a n.o.ble.... figures." She heaved an even bigger sigh. She turned and called over her shoulder.
" Follow me if you want board my boat. If not you can stay ash.o.r.e."
Sam quickly picked up the pace and followed her up a long plank onto the boat. It wasn"t long before we were shown to our quarters. Everyone had a small room aboard the ship. around the size of a small storage shack. A hammock and a desk were all the room had within. " Certainly better than nothing." I stated.
Sam put down her pack and I got out of my pouch. She rubbed her back a little. " You must be getting heavier. I could"ve sworn you were lighter when I bought that thing." I walked around the room a bit before we went back up to the deck to see how things worked before we set off.
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A few minutes later we were on our voyage. The boat rocked gently against the calm waves. As I went up to the front of the boat with Sam we pa.s.sed a sailor who looked at me and paled before quickening his pace. I saw him talking with the captain a couple minutes later. He whispered something to her. She looked at him in disbelief and shook her head saying something back before he pointed at me. She finally got a good look at me and went white and stiff.
It was later when the captain came and talked to Sam. " You didn"t tell me that you were bringing a bad omen on my ship." She paced back and forth in our quarters.
I looked at her in slight agitation and spoke up. " I am not a bad omen woman. And it"s not my fault I evolved into this form. If anything it"s a good omen to you I"m friend rather than foe." She snapped around and glared at me.
" Your kind have been nothing but trouble. wreaking destruction wherever you go. If it wasn"t for me owning a favor neither of you would be on my vessel."
" Are your kind much different?!" I refuted.
" Humans have robbed nests of eggs. Young of their mothers. Humans are often a bad omen to monsters. The only difference between our stances is that humans help strengthen their weak ones. My kind aren"t as kind. Its eat or starve. Kill or be Eaten." I bristled slightly.
She remained silent for a time clenching her fists.
" d.a.m.ned familiar. You really don"t realize how little you know." She looked at me. " I take you two to the west and your on your own." She turned to storm out. Before she got to the door The ship rocked violently. We heard a m.u.f.fled scream.
" KRACKEN!!!!!!!!!!! AGH!"
We started running to the deck. There were what looked to be long thick ropes everywhere. The only thing different was that these moved. They had large hooks on the ends dragging across the planks of the deck leaving long scratches. There must have been 10 of them. As I looked around I noticed the man in the crowd nest was gone. Not just the man. The whole crowd nest was gone! And where the crowsnest was, a icy blue dragon head was staring at me.