Somewhere Between the Sea and the Sky.

Episode 0: Chapter 5

Black Hallows was the next destination for the Aurora's crew. Yeosang didn't know much about the town since the royal boats used to evade it due to its poor accessibility.

The sun had finally hidden and Yeosang regained his fully human appearance, but he hardly paid any attention to it. It was true, Seonghwa told him that he would teach him everything he needed, but at that moment he could only observe and obey. The one he was paying the most attention to was Wooyoung, as the boatswain was being the key to reaching the pirates' destination for his remarkable ability to navigate.

The reason why few boats went to Black Hallows was the sharp and unpredictable rocks that surrounded its waters as they were capable of destroying the strongest of ships. But Wooyoung's quick reactions and experience were making them cross them with ease.

The Aurora moved through these as if they had done it a thousand times, and Yeosang simply obeyed the requests of the others while trying to contain the nausea. How could the lieutenant teach him anything if the three pirates were so busy with the ship? It was not easy for a pirate to be in the same place for a long time without being found by the White Army, so he doubted they would stop anywhere soon to teach him. Maybe that was why they were crossing that barrier of sharp rocks?

Yeosang was thinking about that during one of his few moments to breathe but his bad luck took effect. The Aurora struck one of those rocks, causing the prince to be thrown to one side and fall overboard.

Well, that was what he predicted.

Just before his body was shot into the water, someone grabbed him by the clothes.

Looking up, he saw Wooyoung holding on to one of the ropes, catching him with his free hand. As if that weren't difficult, he threw Yeosang back onto the deck and went back to work. The brown haired noticed that his whole body was aggravated when hitting the wooden floor, he wasn't able to get up.

"I hope this blow hasn't broken my boat or you're screwed, bastards!" Shouted the captain from the helm.

As if that didn't matter to him Wooyoung laughed, still moving between ropes from one side of the ship to the other. Yeosang couldn't help but feel a certain admiration for the ability of the silver haired one. Well, of the three of them, not only Wooyoung. Before meeting that crew, he wondered how three people alone could control a ship like the Aurora, even though it was not the most luxurious ship in the world, its size was considerable. The three pirates were completely necessary and that situation made it clear to him.

Yeosang finally found himself standing up, but it wasn't long until a sudden movement knocked him back onto the wooden floor.

His body ended up giving way, everything hurt, the dizziness was constant and he had not rested since it all started.

Unable to do anything about it, the prince lost consciousness.

Then silence.

When he awoke there was only silence around him, the Aurora left behind those sudden movements. Finally he opened his eyes.

He was in the crew cabin, someone bothered to take him there. It was an unexpected detail coming from a pirate crew, to be honest. He got up as best he could and looked around for someone, but there was nobody. He was alone and in pain, even if it wasn't very intense pain. He put a hand to his head to check that he still maintained his fully human form.

Either it hadn't been long or the night had completely fallen, he hoped it was the first option.

Finally he prepared to get out, but for each step he took he felt his muscles tense. He needed a good rest but he didn't even know if he would be able to sleep with those guys around him. At any moment they could kill him or sell him, as Wooyoung made sure to make clear several times.