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Sorry at the incredibly slow rate, but school keeps jumping on me.... Also, you'll notice I don't use the same way I usually do the talking, I'm putting them in quotes now.
Chapter 18
The Legend
As I flee to the shores, I realize that I left Captain Del all the way back at the ship.
When I sight the shores, I see the familiar captain with his whole entire crew around him, leaving me just flabbergasted.
When I swim up to the shores, I see the whole entire crew leave the captain, and then the whole entire crew sprinting to engulf me.
I get a swarm of questions at the same time, like, "What happened?!" I also got a few "Are you OK?" and then a few "Did you get the daggers?!"
As the mess of rambling questions continue, Captain Del runs over and breaks up the entire crowd away from me, so I can have some breathing space. I was quite glad as I was feeling quite claustrophobic.
Then Captain Del speaks "so Dog, what did I miss when I was knocked out on the ground?.."
I replied with, "well.... you just missed me fight a pirate demon that was a girl that had an ultrapowerful sword that can kill nearly anybody in one touch, but I bravely repelled her and saved your life Oh yeah, and I also got Jolly Roger to leave without taking the daggers."
Captain Del replies with "alright then, did the pirate demon tell you anything of importance?"
"Yes she did, she said for me to go to Romany Bev, to learn about the Legend of Dragons."
As I said the last word, Captain Del's face turned dark and cold, it was like a white piece of snow being covered by dark pieces of dirt, gradually collecting and collecting until it showed fear and hopelessness.
"Dog, into my Captain's Quarters, NOW!"
As Captain Del walks to his quarters extremely quickly, I am left following him, trying to make up for the lost few seconds that I let him go to his quarters.
As I board the ship, the familiar scents of soot and gunpowder filled my nostrils. I remembered the seven seas and the salt in the seas that had tinged the air. My thought was broken as I heard a piercing, "DOG! Get over here already!"
As I hurriedly run to the Captain's Quarters, I walk inside and shut the door snugly.
Inside I see maps with red marks on them, probably leading to a sunken treasure chest. I see what looks like to be a few voodoo doll heads to ward off the evil of the Caribbean. There was even a few globes that the Captain probably used to navigate. And of course, he had his rum. The room had smelled like a murky cavern, but with a tinge of rum and dry paper.
"Dog, do you want to know the Legend of Dragons?... This tale is not for the weak, and if Jolly Roger is going to harness these powers of Dragons, then the Caribbean will surely be doomed and under his control."
As I nod quickly, Captain Del also nods showing that he saw the sign and will continue the story.
"The Legend of Dragons.... Dragons were the most powerful voodoo creatures of all time. Dragons had the thickest of all hides, and could repel even the strongest cannonballs we have today if you had struck in the wrong place. Also, legend has it is that the only way to kill a Dragon without having to slice of all its limbs and stabbing it at the heart, is a clean pistol shot to the spine, but the rib cage protects that bone, and then they have another rib cage to separate that bone, in order to gain the highest protection possible. Plus, you can't see past the hide, so that made it all the more difficult.
Anyways, the Dragons were the first inhabitants of the Caribbean, they all served under the Dragon King, and they all had voodoo powers beyond imagination. Each dragon was gifted, they could either breath fire to smolder and erupt their enemies into flames, ice to freeze solid their enemies, or even lightning to shock their enemy and doom them to their deaths. But, the most powerful of all of the breathing types, was pure darkness. Pure darkness was breathed, but it drains the life force of whatever it hits, and also making them unable to move. Only people with a stronger willpower or a stronger voodoo force can break the darkness away from them. As of this day, that has never happened.
The Dragons inhabited these islands and were the only ones that were here at this time. That is, until the the Exploration of Pirates began. Pirates were being sent away from most lands for their evil deeds, doomed to ride the seven seas until they would die, but after experiencing trauma, madness and even hallucinations.
One pirate made it onto the shores of Tortuga, where we are today. The pirate had a musket with him, loaded with one shot, and had two other shots in his bag. As he walks onto shore, a massive Dragon that was even bigger than the shipwright seemed to fly right in and slammed right into the ground causing an earthquake to shake the man off of his feet.
Now this is where the man got lucky, as he fell back, he had accidentally clicked the trigger of his musket and it fired straight into the Dragon's spine, causing the Dragon to begin to wobble and then collapse right there, as it's bones were cracked and crushed.
What he didn't know was that the spine bone if cracked, would crack the entire body's bones and then if the spine was destroyed then there was no hope for the Dragon's survival.
The pirate had sent a shocking wave through the Dragons... retreat or die. They had no idea that it was a mere matter of luck.
While they were flying over the Caribbean, a strange essence robbed them of their life force, each and everyone was dying, quickly but silently, until each and everyone died, into what is now called, the Hinterseas.
Familiar? Well the Hinterseas is home to the nastiest ships of all, the Corsairs, Behemoths, Black Harbingers, Death Omens, Dreadnoughts, and even the dreaded Juggernauts.
Now, if Jolly Roger returns the Dragons from their eternal sleep, then we may be facing a war that we can not win. It is now up to a brave band of pirates to stop Jolly Roger for good, until the whole pirate race is wiped out, completely."
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________Well that ends this Chapter! I hope you enjoyed it. Please post and rant/complain/compliment/etc. for me!
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