𝗣𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 {ʀᴀғᴇ ᴄ.}

Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 18

Pᴏɢᴜᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇss
Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴇɪɢʜᴛᴇᴇɴ

"ɢᴏᴅ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ɢᴏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜɪs ʀᴏʏᴀʟ ᴍᴇʀᴄʜᴀɴᴛ ʙᴜʟʟsʜɪᴛ"
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Elliott held the sides of the long baby blue dress that covered her body head to toe, carefully making her way to the camp fire john b had set up for the 5

The girl sat next to her brother on one of the broken logs that were spread unevenly around the fire. John b was standing up, throwing random pieces of bark into the fire, making the fire roar and blast upwards

Ok why are we here?" elliott spoke up, making the awkward silence go away, basically with a snap. "ya, my dads already gonna kill me, so whats this mandatory meeting about?" pope asked, backing up the older girls question

In the dark john b finger gunned JJ, elliott just staring off into the distance, "might as well tell him man, before we're gaffed" JJ's voixe startled the girl, she snapoed her head in his direction

"what are you not telling us Jay?" she asked, kiara and pope just shared confused expressions before turning to the 2 othee boys, "you ready for this?" John B asked as if it was a life or death question

Kiara and elliott just started at each other with wide eyes, kiara quickly nodding while john B waited for her answer, "yeah"

"so, the gold never went down with the royal merchant" elliott just snickered at the boys wild allegations, "god here was go again with this royal merchant bullshit"

"no, eli, all right? wait.  hear him out all right?" JJ assured his sister, making sure she closed her mouth and actually listened for once, "it's been here the whole time" John B smirked

"it's on the island" he added on, sharing glances with kiara, "are you serious?" kie asked, raising her voice a bit, "i don't know if i believe this shit" elliott mumbled, JJ turning to her, "what did you say?" he asked

"nothing nothing" she sighed, resting her head on the palm of her hand, "i'd like to voice my skepticism" pope spoke, elliott chuckled, "that's a fancy ass word that i have no clue what it means"

"i'm sure you would pope" John B answered his statement, "but can i please present you with my evidence sir?" John B joked, but the joke was totally real, "proceed" pope sighed, slightly rolling his eyes

"all right. so in my backpack" John B started, pulling out a map from his backpack, elliott just watched sleepily, resting her head on her brothers shoulder

"i have a letter from denmark tanny" Kiara looked at him suspiciously, "who the hells that?" she questioned, watching the boy closely, "denmark tanny was a slave that survived the royal merchant wreck"

elliott looked up confused, "but there was no survivors of the wreck" pope and kiara nodded in agreement, "not true, check this out" john b unraveled the map, placing it in kiaras hands

"here you go" he said, watching her facial expressions, elliott stayed next to her brother, waiting to grab the map from kiara, "okay, slaves weren't mentioned as crew members on the ship, but my dad, he found the complete manifest. that was his big discovery"

"john b this ain't no history class, it's summer god damnit" Elliott groaned, still listening to the conversation though, "so tanny used the gold from the merchant to buy his freedom" JJ whistled next to her, startled the girl a bit