In A Faraway Land

Bad Negotiation

Rope? Check.

Bandages? Check.

Daggers? Check.

New Idle Dragons cards? Check.

Everything on Eddie's last minute supply list had been attained. Now they could really get going on their excursion. He was itching to get out of Pirate Town and not because he was afraid of Haven. The open sea and the hunger of adventure was calling for him. Captain Atlas was about to make history yet again.

Haven had been sitting on this map for so long and he probably had no idea where the map led. In fact the average citizen of Pirate Town probably didn't know. There were many rumors circulating about the map he had snatched, all of them leading to great treasure, but one look at this map and Eddie could tell exactly where they were heading to.

When he was younger his mother used to tell him about a vault that the fairies had built during the Fairy War to preserve their irreplaceable magic and items. Eddie wouldn't say that the items were priceless, but he knew he could make a very very large profit out of the things inside of it.

Which is why he didn't want to waste anymore time standing around in Pirate Town. Time to get back to the ship.

Eddie quickly made his way back to the docks, but found a crowd in his way. There were usually only two reasons for such a commotion: a spilled sack of gold or an impending brawl. Eddie didn't have time for either. He needed to get back to his ship and set sail for his destination. Pushing through the crowd, he caught a glimpse of the commotion's center: a blonde haired idiot blathering and bothering the nearest pirate who passed him. The onlookers sneered at him, but were scanning for something to steal off him.

Eddie looked at him sideways. Although they were a bit dirty, he could tell that his clothes were made of the finest material. And his sword didn't look cheaply made either. If Eddie had to guess, it was made in the Conquered Lands for a knight. What was someone like that doing here?

"I'm looking for a Captain Haven." The blonde said to the next pirate that passed him. "I have an inquiry for him."

"What makes you think I'll tell you where he is for free?" A pirate sneered at him.

"What're you even looking for? The lots of you don't do well in this town." Another one said sizing the blonde up.

"The lots of me?" The blonde said, stomping his foot. "How dare you! A filthy pirate such as yourself has no room to criticize me."

Eddie's eyebrows shot up. He sounded like royalty. Eddie didn't keep up with royalty unless he was planning to rob them, but he was sure he had never seen this person in his life.

There was no way this potential prince was from Breland, the king there only had one daughter, Evelyn, and she had been missing for ages. He looked quite young so the princes from Regalia, Donnok, Poartle, and Horizo were out of the question. And he hadn't been there in ages, but there was no chance that the queen of Thalyne had any children. So that left...

Prince Augustus of Mellion. Curious. The prince never stepped foot out of Mellion before and even more curious was the fact that he had no bodyguards around him. Likely that he wasn't supposed to be here and his father also didn't know he was here, or Pirate Town would be swarmed despite the fact that it resided in the Unconquered Lands.

Sooner or later, however, his father would come looking for him and it would be best for him to be long gone by then. Not that he was afraid of the king. He just didn't need the trouble. Eddie turned to continue pushing to his ship.

"I need to speak to Haven about a map!" Augustus snapped at the pirates badgering him.

"That map? Captain Atlas stole it from him yesterday. Look, he's right over there!"