Rocky Shores

3.

Ashton was smiling and he led me to a door which led down to the dining hall.
" you can come sit at the round table. Just don't be bothered by all the crazy men"
He laughed and I rolled my eyes. " if you've forgotten let me remind you. I am a pirate. I know what life is like and how people act. There is no need to warn me. " I snapped and his smile dropped. We walked in silence and the hall opened up into a dining hall. It wasn't as big as the one on the El Diest but it'll do. For now.

I looked at Calum from across the room and he looked at me a small smile on his face. " go on " Ashton said pushing me forward. The room went quiet do to the click of my heals on the wooden planks. I blushed seeing everybody in the room looking at me. " get back to eating men it's just the whore from the Diest. " someone shouted and I looked down biting my lip and kept walking. Keep calm Chloe. Harry will come find you and take you home and you can fight these people in an actual battle.

I walked up to the round table and a seat was pulled out for me in between Calum and a man with a brown quiff. I sat down and looked around the table. I exchanged glances with a man with a blonde quiff. He looked nice but let's remember looks can be deceiving.

" alright lads let introduce ourselves to the lovely lady shall we " Calum said smiling though I knew it was fake. He didn't want me here as much as I didn't want to be here. I turned to each one so they could introduce themselves, though frankly I couldn't care less. " well I am Calum Hood the captain
of 4 years. "
" I am Ashton Irwin. First mate of 4 years." he smiled and shook my hand
" I am Luke Hemmings the gunner of 4 years. "
" Michael Clifford. Navigator of 4 years. Nice to meet you prisoner. "
" hi my name is Zac Efron I am the swordsman for 3 years I am pleased to meet you. "
I smiled at him. There isn't many Americans out at sea so to meet one was a once in a life time occurrence.
" hey the names Evan I am the cook on this ship have been for 4 long years."
I looked to the man beside me and he smiled a calm gentle smile at me. " hi there. I'm Grant. I am sure you can tell what I do. " I looked at his hands and noticed how rough they were. " you're the shipwrite. " he smiled and nodded. " have been for 4 years little
lady. " I smiled and looked at the quiet guy.
" his name is Theo. He don't talk much. He's our medic and a pretty darn good one. That's why we've kept his quiet self around for four years. " Zac joked and a few men at the table snickered.

I smiled and looked down at my plate which had a steak and mashed potatoes on it. Memories came back to me of Harry and Louis and the rest. How I used to sit with them at the round table. We would laugh and make fun of each other. Talk about anything and everything. We would have those weird conversations that we didn't even know how they were started. I know it's only been one day so I sound pretty pathetic but the truth is I won't be seeing my crew for awhile. No matter how hard I wanted to believe he was looking for me right now I knew there were bigger matters at hand and he was going to finish his first quest and who knows how long that would take. So I think the only thing I can do is fight my way through this and hope I stay alive.

15 minutes later still eating.

I looked over at Calum who was smiling and laughing with his crew. I would admit he was very handsome but the thought of me liking him disgusted me to the core. Sure it's the pirates life to be captured, tortured, killed and other awful things. it's the way of pirates at sea. There's no changing it but just because how we do things doesn't mean I have to like them. I mean look at me. The pirate crew the snatched me from my home is eating and having fun and I'm sitting with them. Why did I think this was ok? I need to get out of here. I refuse to make things easy for them. They are going to have to kill me to make me stop fighting them.

" so prisoner what's it like being held captive. You poor little doll. There's a reason girls shouldn't be pirates you know. " Michael joked. I stood up knocking my chair over and grabbed the steak knife and slammed it dangerously close to his right hand.

" don't you dare talk to me that way. Don't any of you talk to me. You've introduced yourselves. Good for you. That doesn't change anything. Have fun. Enjoy your dinner. But don't acknowledge me and just let me spend my time in the jail cells like a normal prisoner. I don't care about any of you and frankly I wish you were all dead. Goodbye. " I yelled. Everybody looked at me shocked with my outrage and Grant stood up. " leave me be. I just want to get this stupid game you idiots are playing over with now " I hissed leaving the dining hall head down tears in my eyes and my hands clutching my elbows.

I sighed when I got into the fresh sea air. I walked over to the side of the ship and leaned over it slightly looking into the dark abyss. Moonlight glimmered off the water. The ship rested at sea. The anchor was plunged deep into the sand down below and small fish swam close to the surface their backs peaking out every now and then. Why is this happening?? What had Harry done to cause this?? I sat up on the side and thought back searching my brain for any hint on why this was happening. Suddenly a faint memory played in my mind.

Flashback.
3 weeks ago

" Harry what is this?? " I asked my brother grabbing the map from his hand. He reached for it snatching it away from me.
" nothing Chloe go finish your training. " he snapped at me and I left the room. I placed my ear against the door and heard his and Zayn's voice. " Zayn. Kill his brother do it quickly. If he did what you said he did, he's hurt my family in no way anything could. "

End

I let a tear slip down my cheek. How could he have killed his brother and not told me. I would have told him something like this would happen. But it's too late now. I'll probably never see him again. If there is one thing I know for a fact it's that a prisoner is never released. I let more tears fall but I quickly wiped them away ferociously, which caused me to loose my balance. I slipped over the side of the ship and screamed grabbing on to the nearest thing I could which was a piece of wood sticking out of the side of the ship. I screamed with fear and looked down at the waves moving and slapping below me. They were cold I knew they were. If I fell in I would freeze to death in a matter of seconds. I clutched the wood harder but it began to crack under my weight. Tears began to fall freely now and I screamed as the wood cracked. I heard foot steps above and Calums face appeared. Emotion clouded his eyes now. Fear and anger mixed between.

" help me!! " I screamed.

His hand reached for me and I let go of the wood with one hand. I reached for his warm shaking hands but only our finger tips touched. I cried harder and reached as much as I could but it still wasn't enough. A final crack escaped the wood and I felt my body begin to fall. " CHLOE!! " I heard Calum scream as my body hit the freezing water. I hadn't taken in any air do to my panic and hyperventilation whilst I fell so my lungs were empty and screaming and clawing. I swam towards the top but my arms began to get numb. My feet were getting numb as well and the salt stung my eyes. I had really no other choice. I couldn't swim. My skin stung and my lungs screamed and burned.
I gave up.

It's not something I do often but I did. Enable to move and fight for my life. I began to sink.