Ch15-The Port

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Aphmau's P.O.V.

"APHMAU!" I hear Nicole yell and she jumps on my bed

"Ugh what is it Nicole?" I say as I try to cover my head with the pillow

"We are all going into town to the port" Nicole states "McCloud is taking us to his ship. He says that in a few days we could go on an adventure"

"Ok, ok I'll get up. Wow you talk so much" I say giggling

"Well back at the castle I was never allowed to talk because I was a 'child'" Nicole says fake putting

"Well you can talk as much as you want to now I guess, now get out I need to change" I say

"Ok ok, not that there is anything to see" she says and she runs out the room

I sigh and get dressed in my normal clothes. Mother of Irene who knew Nicole had so much energy in the morning? I barely got any sleep last night as well so I'm so tired. When I have finished getting ready I head out to the main room.

Ross is sitting on the couch reading something. I'm going to scare him because he is usually more jumpy in the morning. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and whisper 'boo'. He jumps up and yells a little. I smile.

"Good morning Ross" I say

"Good, ahem, morning Aphmau, don't scare me like that" he says laughing

"Aww but it's funny" I say pretending to be sad

Ross leans over and tickles my sides and I laugh.

"Ok I swear I won't scare you again!" I promise

Eventually the rest of our group walks in and they take a seat. McCloud explains that he needs to find his ship in the port before they tow it away. If a ship is there for more than ten weeks they take it away.

We all agree that we will help him find his ship, so I'm guessing we are going to the port. Mother of Irene it's been so long since I last went to the port. I can't even remember what it looks like. We are going early in the morning so not as many people will be there. I really hope I get to see some amazing ships.

We begin walking through the forest and my arms are getting scratched by the trees but it really doesn't matter. I have survived things ten thousand times worse. We finally make it out of the thick  foliage and we are in the market square.

I don't actually know where the the port is so McCloud takes us there. Eventually I can smell the air of saltwater. I close my eyes and pretend that I am soaring above the sea.

I am taken out of my trance by someone tapping me on the arm. I turn to see Ross smiling at me. We continue walking and we make it to where the ships are held. McCloud runs up to one of them and he says that it's his.

 McCloud runs up to one of them and he says that it's his

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The name on the side says 'S.S.McCloud'. Wow he was so creative. He allows us to step onboard and I almost slip on the ramp that connects the ship to the dock. McCloud grabs my hand and he smirks.

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