Short stories

The pirate

I take a sip of my whiskey, and then I set it down on the table. I blow my whistle, signaling everyone to listen to me. Their captain.

"We need more fish! Food is running low. Also, there's a storm coming. I can sense it. We need to head southwest, so please start heading in that direction. While Annabeth and Tim help steer the ship in the right direction, throw the knits overboard and Diana can fish. I'll help Diana."

My name is Star, and I am the captain of a pirate ship. I guess you can call me a pirate. I was born in the year 1809, on June 15th. My dad was a astronomer, so I learned how to read the stars, and the weather too, from him. (My dad named me Star. Which makes sense.)

When I became captain of this ship, 5 years ago, I had been the youngest captain ever to run a ship. I had only been 14. Now I'm 19.

I pick up new crew mates every few months or so.

We have Tim, he's kind of new, he joined my crew about 6 months ago. He's quite helpful, he does the cleaning and can navigate well. Tim joined because he's a run away and he stole some valuable gems, and doesn't want to go to jail.

Annabeth is personally my favorite person here. We get along well. She's been here sense the very beginning. She also is an exceptional navigator, but also is an engineer and helps repair the ship. Annabeth is the same age as me. She's an orphan, and that's why she joined my crew.

I also really like Diana. She's our newest crew mate, barley been here a month, and shes crazy good at Poker. No one ever wants to play with her because she wins everytine, expect me, who I'm determined to win. Diana is 2 years younger then me. Diana never told us why she joined, whenever we asked, she would shrug and go, "I like the fresh air, I thought I could use an adventure."

Another crewmate is John. He's good with numbers, and he has good combat skills. He's been here sense the very beginning, and he's a year older then me. He came here because he was an orphan too, and didn't want to go to the orphanage. Him and Annabeth ran away together. As far as I know, they're just really good friends.

And me. The captain. I can read constellations really well, and I'm also a pretty good navigator. I can read the weather and tell when a storm is coming. I know the names of all the constellations, because my dad taught me, and the reason I became captain was because my father passed away in the war and my real mother passed away when I was young and my step mother was super mean and was going to send me away. I ran away, did some combat training, (I stole some of her money) and started my own crew and became captain.

"Star! We've got a problem!" Annabeth yells.
"What is it?" I rush over to her

Then I see it.

On the horizon, there's another ship, and the flag is grey, our enemy.

They're heading right for us.

"Star! What do we do?" Tim asks, as he rushes over.

"We fight." I say