All Is Found

Chapter 16: Secrets Revealed

I woke up earlier than usual the next morning. I laid in my hammock, listening to the snores of the rest of the crew and felt the remaining drowsiness slip away. I decided to get up since I wouldn't go back to sleep soon. I reached down and felt around for my glasses. I heard some soft ticks and squinted to see what it was. I could barely make out my glasses moving around, the bottoms of the temple tips looked like it was waddling. I sighed as I carefully slipped my shoes on and ran my fingers through my hair to calm it.

"Really Morph?" I mumbled. I then walked to where he disappeared, behind some luggage. I tripped over my feet and no body woke up, thankfully. I decided to just crawl the rest of the way. "Come on buddy, I need those to see." I said, using my hand to feel around for the blob. I barely had time to register that something was flying at my face. When I felt something cold, I flinched. When I heard the chitter in response I shook my head with a soft smile. "Sorry Morph I still can't see." He floated off my face and turned back into his original form. I saw a pink fuzz retreating and then returning with my glasses and placed them in my hand. I opened them and slipped them on, allowing my sight to be better.

"Thank you." I said, stroking the blob on his head. Then I had an idea. "Y'know, it would be really funny to see that prank on Jim." I felt a devilish grin growing on my face, thinking of how funny this would be. "You should be one of his shoes." He giggled in agreement. I went over to Jim's hammock and grabbed the shoe. I hid it somewhere, hid myself behind a mast that connected a lot of hammocks, and Morph turned into the fake one. Now we wait.

We didn't have to wait long. The morning sun had already let its beams in and I saw on of Mr. Snuff's tentacles near Jim's face. He snored, with it leaving that one tentacle and it woke Jim up. He groaned and tried to shoved it away but fell off his hammock. I put my hand over my mouth to stop my giggles from escaping. Jim slipped on a boot and when he tried to grab the other one, it hopped away from him into the place he hid my glasses. He sighed as he watched it.

"Morph?" He asked before standing up. He tucked in his shirt as he groggily walked over to the luggage. "Morph, knock it off. It's too early for this." He got on his knees to search and that's when I lost it. I giggled watching him try to find the blob. Jim looked over at the source. "Emma? Was this your idea?"

I stayed silent. "I can see you." He added.

"I can neither confirm nor deny this accusation." I said, revealing myself.

He sighed and that's when Morph kicked him in the butt. "Ow, hey guys!" He looked at the floating shoe then at me.

"I didn't tell him to do that." I said.

Morph stuck his tongue out at him before turning back to his original form. He laughed as he grabbed the shoe from its hiding place. "Hey come back here!" Jim said as he started chasing the blob.

"Come back here!" Morph repeated. I giggled and try to catch the blob but he was too fast. We both followed him out on the deck and Jim jumped from the upper part of the deck and got his shoe, landing near a grated area above the galley. I walked over to make sure he was okay but stopped when I saw the little troublemaker emerge. Jim sighed as Morph turned into an orange pufferfish like fish and squirted water all over his face. I laughed when I saw that.

"That's it, you little squid!" Jim said. He tried to catch him but he dove in between one of the grates. The shapeshifter popped back up, as Jim's head.

" You little squid." He repeated. I laughed watching Jim trying to catch him. The little heads had multiplied and it looked like a game of whack a mole. The boy used his shoe to smack on the grate until the little heads disappeared. He then stood and up looked at me.