Once A Human Once A Child

Chapter 5: The Prisoner

I look down at the floor. Do I really want to help these guys kill everything that lives in the sea? I try not to think about what I said to them so I go to sleep and pretend that this is all a dream. But I can't fall asleep what if they try to kill me in my sleep? What if they find out that I'm a mermaid? I try not to worry about it but it is impossible how to you forget about something like this? So I decided to go down to that fairy girl. I bring an apple with me and then I open the locked door the keys are hanging outside of the door on a key ring.

"Hi." I say stupidly.

"Are you going to try to get me to tell you where my people live? Because it's not going to work." She said coldly.

"No I wanted to ask what your name is." I say walking toward her.

"Who are you?"

"I um... am your friend." I say crossing my fingers behind my back.

"Yeah, like I'll fall for that one." She said coldly.

"Look, I know those people have tortured you and I know your sick of it but I'm not like them. Please you have to trust me."

"How can I trust you if I don't even know you?" She asked.

"I guess we should introduce each other." I said.

"Alright... My my parents named me StarLight because of the sun."

"I like it. My name is Rose."

"Hi."

"Hi."

I pull out the apple that was in my pocket and put it toward my mouth. And than I see a knife on a table.

"Whats that doing there?" I ask pointing at the knife.

"Well... The others figured to try to kill me would make me tell but it did not work so they left it there to taunt me." She said coldly "Why did you join them?"

"I was kind of trapped on the island and I did not have a way to get back to the world so... I figured this was the way."

"To kill people huh?" She said coldly turning her back on me.

"What have I done? I've joined these people just to save my skin.... I'm a coward." I mutter to myself. "I can't be like them. First time we board me and this girl are going to run for it."

I walk over to the table with the knife on it and pull out my apple and cut it in half. I put the knife back on the table and then I walk over toward her.

"Here, I can't eat all of this just watching you starve. Have half. I'm not like those.... Pirates."

She hesitated for a moment and then she reached over to get the apple and then bit into it. 

"It's juicy!" She said. "I haven't ate in days...."

"Really?!" I ask.

"Yeah. So... When did you join the pirates."

"Like an hour ago." I say awkwardly. Then I walk toward her and whisper in her ear encase anyone is nearby and can hear. "And when we get somewhere besides this bloody island were leaving these... people okay?" I ask.

"How can I trust you?" She asked.

"Of course if you want them to kill you... I'd love for you to stay." I say with a bit of sarcasm.

"Well... I barely know you but I guess I have to trust you." She whispered in my ear "So the plan is to leave the boat when they get somewhere else and run for it like wimps?" 

"Pretty much. And probably get killed." I say.

"Well I'm going to die here anyway so might of well try it..." She said