A Dangerous Pirate Treasure

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Amanda's POV

I'm waken with a loud THUD! It seems that it has awoken everyone else as well. The boys are up on their feet and are on full alert. Sophie and Charlie are up too. There are more THUDs. One after another. Soon we hear voices and laughter which is soon followed by a big booming voice.

"Alright men, I want you to search this boat for the Princess Amanda or any princess that you can find on here and bring her to me." says a voice that I know too well. How did he find me? Yet know what ship I was on? Why can't Hawthorne accept I don't like him and won't ever want to be with him.

"You know him?" Ashton asks me. I nod my head.

"Sadly I do. He's been harassing me ever since the age 12 and won't leave me alone. I honestly dont know how he found me either. He just doesn't understand the fact that I don't like him and I wont ever will." I say keeping my voice quiet. Just then there's another loud THUD and this time it's near the door. I jump as soon as the door flies open and we see no other than Captain Hawthorne himself.

"I know who you 4 boys are," he says with a smirk "you're the boys who took 3 princesses in one day. One of them happens to be my princess Amanda, now if you would just hand her over to me all will be good and I will leave you alone with no injuries whatsoever." Hawthorne steps closer and you hear the sound of swords being pulled out of their pouches.

"You take one more step then you'll leave with an injury or you'll lose a limb, your choice." Luke says. Hawthorne just smiles and puts his weapon back. He turns around and leaves just like that and just when I thought it was over someone grabs me from above and starts to run.

I try to scream or kick them but I can't seem to do anything. This person takes me to the deck and is trying to find a way out of here. They must somewhere because they start running just as they're about to jump they stop dead in their tracks as knife hits their back. The person lets me go and I run in the opposite direction only to be stopped by two strong arms.

"Ashton is she alright?" I hear Luke ask. Ashton lets me go and just looks into my eyes and nods.

"Yeah, she's fine..." he says. Not being able to look away from his eyes I nod my head indicating that I'm fine. After she leaves I begin to talk.

"Thanks for saving my life back there" I say.

"It's the least I could do." he says then takes a bow. I cant help but smile and giggle a little.

"Well there's an old custom back in my kingdom that if someone saves your life that the person who was in peril has to give her savior a kiss."

"Oh really now?" he says with a smirk.

"It's true though." I say.

"Alright since if its true then give me a little kiss princess."

I lean in and give him a kiss on the lips. When I pull away I see the little smile on his face and I smile little as well. I dont know why but I lean in again and kiss him. He kisses me back. He wraps his arms around my waist and I wrap my arms around his neck. I feel all warm and fuzzy. Just as things about to get interesting I hear the door swing open and we hear no other than. Michael's voice.

"Well if you two wanted some alone time you could've just told us." he says. I can't help the blush that creeps on to my face.

"Uhm, we'll be down there in a few just give a few minutes." Ashton says.
"Well that was awkward..." I say. He only nods his head.

After a few minutes I head back down and I get to catch one last glance at Ashton before I head back down stairs to the sleeping quarters of the ship. Moments later I am hassled with questions by the girls. Most of them are 'Are you okay?' and 'Did he hurt you?' etc.