A Mermaid Tale

Chapter 3

Ally's POV:

The next morning I woke up to Fia jumping on the bed shouting. "Wakey wakey sleepy head!"

I groaned and put the nearest pillow to my face making sure my ears were also protected but it was immediately pulled off. "But it's so early!"

She kneeled down next to me. "It's time to eat! It may not be the best but its food and still my favorite meal."

Hmm breakfast. "What do you mean not the best?" It's not easy to mess up breakfast.

"Well you remember how your dad would season and cook our eggs toast and bacon exactly how we wanted it?"

I nodded.

"Okay well it's nothing like that and more like the bird itself made the eggs."

I scrunched my nose and suddenly got a fantastic idea. "How about I only get up if you let me make breakfast for everyone?" It would make me feel better about freeloading, and at the very least I had some skill that could be put to use.

Her eyes lit up. "Don't tell me you inherited your dads master kitchen skills, are you serious? You do know there's about thirty of us here right? Can you really do that?"

"It's more people than I would cook for in my life time, but it's manageable."

I got ready with the clothes she gave me which were the same pants and a similar shirt. She also gave me boots that were not very comfortable, they were stiff and needed to be tied. I loosely laced them up in an attempt for them to be more manageable and walked out with Fia down to the main level. It was quiet and peaceful seeing as everyone was asleep except for a grisly man I recognized as one of the men who pulled me onto the ship, smiled and waved at us. He was steering the ship on the third level and we both waved back.

"Scruttle this is Ally, my best friend since I was five. Ally this is Scruttle, my handy dandy co-captain."

"So this is the legendary girl who awoke the amazing captain in Miss Fia?" He gave me a side eye and surprised me with a great big smile that made his cheeks block his vision. "My pleasure!"

We both giggled as we headed to an open door across the main level. There was a sink, tabletops and cabinets, if it was not for that I wouldn't have been able to tell it was a kitchen from the mess. A tall man's back was to us as we walked in and Fia rolled her eyes as she called for his attention.

"Dammit Lewis, why are you such a mess," Fia said exasperated.

The Lewis man turned around and smirked as his eyes landed on me. I looked away staring at the mess when I felt darkness surrounding him. Fia looked back at me when my stomach hummed a low growl.

"Ally here will be taking over the kitchen in the mornings. Meanwhile you go clean your mess up so she can get started. I mean c'mon man we have a guest here, how do you think this makes me look?"

I smiled at her logic.

"But if she's a guest then why is she-"

"Do not question me Lewis," she said sternly.

He went back to cleaning and I asked Fia hushly. "What happened here?"

"Well, you know men."

I shrugged. "Why don't you cook?"

"Since I'm captain I just don't have the time. I can't spend more than five minutes not watching over them. Some just love causing trouble and I can't wait for them to give me a reason to send them off the plank or load a gun on them."

We both laughed.

She then sighed at Lewis. "Lewis go start getting the table ready, the counter looks good enough."