The Pirate Queen

Chapter 5

Wesley doesn't eat at all that day no matter how much I try to coax him as he is determined to catch up to Ray.

"Wesley you have to eat something. If you don't eat you will lose your strength, and if you lose your strength how do you expect to fight for your ship back."

"Ray can get far in a day. I can't let him get any further or get the sorceress because who knows what he will do if he gets to her."

"Well, you are not gonna be any help if you starve to death. You taught me to sail so I will sail. You need to eat and rest." I try and pry his hands off of the handles of the helm but he has a strong grip on them. I step away to try and think of a way to make him let go. It is at that moment that an idea pops into my head. I make my way back over to Wesley and place a hand on each of his. I concentrate on sending heat or something to make him release the handles and soon I feel my hands start to heat up. Seconds later he pulls his hands off the helm and away from my hands.

"What the hell Thea!" Before he can get his hands back on the helm I take over.

"You need to eat and rest and I didn't know how else to make you let go so unless you want me to do it again or do something else I suggest that you go eat and get some shut-eye."

"Aye aye captain." Wesley walks off to get some food and rest leaving me standing alone. As I sail I think about the legend and if it is true or not then something dawns on me. I legitimately have magic and therefore am a sorceress and appeared out of nowhere and what Cynthia said kept repeating in my mind. I walked over and let the anchor fall into the water with all the noise it made it no doubt caught Wesley's attention.

"Why did you just drop anchor, you said you would sail?" he tries to walk past me to pull the anchor up but I stop him.

"I was going to and if you still want me to I will pull up the anchor and sail but just listen to me for a second okay."

"What is it?"

"From what we know, Ray is after a sorceress that is just supposed to appear out of nowhere a powerful one at that."

"Yes and that is why we are going after him to stop him and get my ship back."

"But remember what Cynthia told me, she said that I had very powerful magic. I also appeared out of nowhere and who knows what else this legend supposedly says but what if I am the sorceress that Ray wants." I am meant with silence as Wesley thinks over what I have said.

"If you are the sorceress that Ray is looking for and I bring you to where he is waiting with you not being trained in sword fighting to the extent that Ray and the rest of the crew are, as well as you not knowing much about your powers I would practically be handing you over to him."

"Yeah." is all I can manage to say as I feel fear begin to well up inside of me.

"Well it looks like in the morning we start your training not only with the sword but also your magic. But now we should both probably get some rest." We both walk to the living quarters in complete silence. He was about to go into his quarters when I grabbed his hand.

"I'm scared. What if somehow he knows I'm already here and finds me and if I am who he is looking for, what if he makes me do whatever he wants, what if he uses me to hurt people."

"I won't let that happen I swore to you to protect you and that is what I intend to do, I will help you learn to use the sword that is strapped to your waist and will try to help you figure out your powers, I would even take you back to Cynthia to help if you want to."

"You would do that for me?"

"Of course, the day you broke us out of jail I was supposed to be hanged I owe you my life as I said before I will gladly give my life if it means saving you."