The Belladonna

Chapter 27

"A hero can fall." - Harry and Bella

Isabella's POV:

The island was a lot bigger than I was expecting it to be. I couldn't even see the other side, only the sides rounding over that would lead to it. 

"Wow." I whisper, walking up to the edge of the railing with the rest of the crew, smiling at the beauty before me. The trees on the island were absolutely beautiful, tall and swaying in the wind. There were several trees, shrubs, bushes, and grass around the entire premises that I could see. The sand looked pure and sparkling from here, but I knew there was no way it could be that white.

I turned around, seeing Harry's smile as he looked at this place. "What brought you here?" I ask and he chuckles.

"Ironically enough, this is the first place I landed in my search for my parents. I found the ship here and everything, except it was on the other side of the island. I started my piracy right here." he says sentimentally and I smile sadly.

"That's incredible." I murmur and he shrugs. "I suppose. But what better place to hide treasure than where it all began?" he asks me and I giggle. "That's true." I agree and he grins.

We soon put down our anchor and got on the long boats, lowering them into the water before we rowed to the island. I sat in the boat, the aching in my arm slightly subsiding the more I rested it. The water gently lapped at the boat as we got closer to the island, my excitement growing as we did.

Once we got close enough, we all had to get out of the long boat. Harry helped me out with a smile, which I gratefully returned. The water was a little chilly but it didn't really matter since we were out of it within seconds. 

The crew worked together to pull the long boats to safety, out of the water and onto dry land. 

"So, how are you going to move some of our gold?" I ask Harry confused and he chuckles at me. "Some of the long boats have already carried the gold with them. They have the chests." he says and I look at him shocked, looking over at the boats to see chests in most of them.

"Oh." I mutter and he laughs. "Now you notice." he teases and I pout. "I'm sorry! My attention was on something else." I grumble and he grins, pushing my hair out of my face as he leans closer to me. 

"And what would that be?" he murmurs and my cheeks heat up a little before I looked away from him. "The island." I say truthfully, a smile growing on my face as I see his grin growing. 

"That's the only thing you were looking at?" he asks and I nod, turning back to him to see his look of disbelief. "I don't believe you." he chuckles and I shrug my shoulders. "Well, its your own opinion." I say nonchalantly, turning away from him and trying to walk away.

I kept the laugh from escaping my lips whenever I felt his hand grip my right wrist, pulling me back to him and turning me around, my body inches away from his as he looked down at me. 

"Your teasing is going to get you into trouble." he murmurs and I smile at him. "And how would it do that?" I ask curiously, seeing his lips twitch upwards slightly, amusement in his eyes. 

"I could always punish you." he teases and I grin. "Going back to the beginning, are we? Well, it doesn't work on me." I say with a wink, knowing that he would get frustrated with me because of this, and it worked just perfectly.

"Oh screw it." he grumbles and kisses me, his lips meeting mine and I smiled in the kiss, giggling to myself and hearing Harry huff at me. I ran my fingers through his hair and he sighed in pleasure, holding me tightly to him.

"Excuse me Captain."

The voice made me break away from Harry, looking over to see one of the crew members looking at us amused. "What do you need Jack?" Harry grumbles and Jack laughs at us, pushing the hat on his head back some.