The Belladonna

Chapter 11

Isabella's POV:

I can't believe I'm finally engaged to Harry; it's almost like a dream to me right now. We spent the rest of the night just being with one another and staying in to avoid all the public officials. It was not a lot but to me it meant so much.

It was morning now and Harry and I were getting ready to go back to the ship, hoping to not get caught by any officers. 

"Bella, are you almost ready?" Harry asks and I smile from inside the bathroom, hearing his impatient tone. It took me no time to brush my hair, since it was so short. But I guess I still wasn't moving fast enough for Harry. I had checked the places where I got whipped but they weren't too bad. They stopped bleeding and Harry even helped me patch them up last night.

"I'm coming, don't worry." I say, adjusting my skirt before letting out a sigh of approval. I got upgraded to a new outfit last year, which fits a lot better and it more comfortable to move in. I still wore a skirt and a corset type blouse, but they were much more appropriate to me. The shirt wasn't as low cut as my last one, but the skirt was just about the same length (blame Harry for that). I kept the gloves because I've actually grown to like them.

Walking out of the bathroom, I see Harry giving me a small scowl. "Don't look at me like that." I warn and he chuckles, shaking his head. "It took you long enough." he says and I roll my eyes. "I was in there maybe ten minutes." I say and he shrugs. "Felt longer." he mutters and I laugh. 

"Come on, let's go. Have you talked to Niall or Louis this morning?" I ask and he nods. "Yeah, they've gotten everyone rounded up. Everyone is on the ship waiting for us." he says amused and my eyes widen. "You could've told me that!" I yell, grabbing my small bag and rushing to the door, hearing him laughing.

"Well, I would've, but you were too busy in the bathroom." he teases and I scowl at him. "Uh huh." I mutter and he smirks. "Come along, Bella. I want to introduce my new fiance to the crew." he says, coming over to me and grabbing my hand, holding it up to his mouth and kissing it gently. 

I smile at him, a small blush on my face before we walk out of the inn, looking around the premises to make sure that we weren't being followed by anyone. People were giving us strange looks, but I tried to ignore it. If I let it show that I was wary of everyone, it would only make it more obvious that we were wanted by the government. 

We made it all the way through the town without any problems, only getting a few more suspicious looks by some rough characters, but nothing that would really draw any attention to us. As we got to the docks, however, our luck went downhill.

There were officers lining the docks, on guard and watching for anything suspicious. Harry cursed under his breath and I frowned. "We won't be able to get on the ship with people guarding it like this." I whisper to him as we walked and he nods. 

"Get ready to fight, just in case. I'll try to get Louis' attention when we get closer." he murmurs and I nod my head in understanding. "Let's do this." I say lowly and he chuckles, continuing to walk as we get closer and closer to the docks.

When we spot the Belladonna, we begin to navigate our way over to our ship, hoping to avoid any sort of conflict with the officers. We were getting close to boarding the ship whenever a loud voice stopped us. 

"Hey you! Stay where you are!" We both turned to see a burly man with a sword coming over to us and I sighed. We were so close. "We have to check everyone's identity before you can get on a ship to leave." he says roughly and Harry grins. "Go ahead." Harry comments and the man looks at us, his eyes widening as he does.

"You! You're the wanted criminals!" he gasps, pointing at me and I draw my sword, holding it up to his throat. "What of it? We're leaving, so you won't have to deal with us anymore. Let us go." I say and Harry chuckles. "It'd be wise to just listen to her, mate." he says amused and the guard swallows hard.

"I can't let you go. Both of you belong in a prison." he says shakily before bringing his sword up, hitting mine away. "Guards! Guards! Over here!" he shouts and Harry quickly strikes him down with his sword, making the guard fall off the dock and into the water, making a loud splash as all of the other guards begin to charge us. 

"Great." I mutter, holding my sword out as Harry sighs. "Well, that worked out nicely. Louis!" he yells, seeing him run to the railing of the ship, looking down at us as he sees the guards now clashing with us, making me begin to fight back as Harry did the same.

"Start moving the ship! We're leaving now!" Harry yells over the noise and I see Louis' confused look, but he nods nonetheless. "Aye Captain!" he shouts back and disappears, but I know that he's getting ready for takeoff. I kick one of the guards in the shin and spin around, slicing down another's arm.

"Harry you better have a good plan!" I yell, backing up until I hit his back, hearing him chuckle. "Of course. We'll fend them off until we can just jump onto the ship and leave. As soon as the ship begins to raise the bridge we need to make a run for it." he says and I look up at him, seeing him smirk down at me. 

"Brilliant plan." I say sarcastically before hitting back another guard back, knocking him away from me while Harry and I fought them back to back, fending them off as much as we could. I dodged a blade by my face just barely, cutting their arm to make them drop their sword. The ship began to move and Harry knocked out another guard before grabbing my free hand. 

"Let's go." he says, both of us parrying a blow before taking off running, getting up the dock as we ran towards the ship, the bridge now at least five feet from the dock. The guards were right behind us, yelling at the others to catch us, but we continued to run. 

Harry took my hand in his, both of us going up to the edge of the dock and jumping off, going through the air and landing on the edge of the bridge of our ship. Harry's foot slipped off the edge and he began to fall, but I grabbed his hand, gritting my teeth as I pulled him back up. "Thanks." he says breathy and I smile. 

We turn around, seeing all of the guards staring at us angrily and Harry laughs. "Remember this day for a long time. You will never get to us this easily, we will not be captured by the likes of you." he says and they glare at us. 

We go back up onto the ship and everyone claps, happy that we made it safely, and frankly so am I. I smiled at them all and Louis came down from the stern, clapping Harry on the back. "Where do we go now, Cap'n?" he asks and Harry looks from me to the rest of the crew, a smile growing on his face.

"Wherever we go, it isn't going to be Spain or France." he says and we all laugh, agreeing with him. "Definitely not." I say and he looks at me again. "Anything you'd like to announce Harry?" I tease him and he laughs. He gets everyone's attention before holding me close to him.

"Bella and I are officially engaged." he says and the entire crew cheers happily. "Well, it looks like we've gotten through the worst of it." he murmurs and I smile. "It seems like it." I say and he puts an arm around my shoulder, kissing my cheek.

"I don't think anything can destroy us."

Hey guys! I hope all of you have had a wonderful Christmas!! I hope you like this chapter, sorry for not updating sooner! Love you guys!