Beyond the Horizon (JELSA)

-Sail Ho!-

Caribbean Sea

''Sail ho!'' yelled the lad from the crow's nest which startled Elsa. She rushed up to the quarterdeck and quickly took out her spyglass, there was a ship behind them in the distance. The ship was still too far away to make out any specific details.

"What is it?" Merida asked curiously from her position at the helm.

"It's too soon to tell." Elsa said as she lowered her spyglass.

"Ye think they're pirates?" Merida asked bluntly.

"Could be, it's the Caribbean after all. It looks a bit large for a pirate vessel though." Elsa wondered aloud, while she tried to do the math on the size of the ship if it were upclose.

"What should we do?" Merida asked unsurely.

Elsa glanced up at her sails, the wind was against them which slowed them down and didn't make it impossible for another vessel to get close. She also couldn't turn her vessel in the direction of the wind because then she'd head straight for land. She bit her lower lip for a moment before answering. These were difficult moments for a young captain, one wrong decision and the entire crew had to pay for it.

"Just stay on course, I'll keep an eye on the ship to see if it's following us." Elsa said, trying to sound as convincing as she could.

After roughly ten minutes Elsa took her spyglass again for a closer look at the ship and had difficulty breathing when she recognized the vessel. It felt as if her knees no longer supported her as she grabbed a hold of the railing. ''It can't be.'' She mumbled.

The boy, who had been up in the crow's nest earlier, walked up to his captain.

''Why did ye alarm us like that, lad?'' Merida snarled at the boy from her place at the helm. ''Ships come and go here all the time, ye could've signaled. Everyone's on edge now.''

"Because it seems to be speeding up. It is after us, says I.'' The boy said and shrugged his shoulders.

Elsa was still too stunned to say anything. She was playing with the spyglass in her hands as her mind started to run in circles. ''Cap'n?'' The boy asked unsurely.

''What is it? What is after us?'' Anna asked as she made her way up to the quarterdeck.

''N-Nothing,'' Elsa said nervously and turned around. ''Even if it is after us, it won't be able to catch us. No ship has ever managed to catch The Ice Queen..." Elsa said, not only trying to convince her crew but also herself. "...but make more sail anyway,'' Elsa grunted anxiously as she pushed Anna aside and rushed down the stairs two steps at a time, almost tripping over her own legs, onto the main deck.

''On deck all hands! Make fast the bunt gasket! Scurry! M-Movement! I want movement!'' She exclaimed as she ran around the deck like a mad woman, pointing in all directions.

''Whatever is chasin' us, doesn't seem like nothin'.'' Merida said quietly to Anna as they were watching Elsa run around. Both of them were baffled. Merida quickly handed a spyglass to Anna. ''Here, take a peek. Ay can't leave the helm.''

Anna nervously took the spyglass from Merida and peered over the railing, she saw a ship in the distance too. Anna immediately fell silent, she too, recognized the vessel behind them.
''What is it, lass?'' Merida exclaimed impatiently.

''It's...it's,'' Anna stuttered.

''Make more sail! Run them! Run! Keep running!'' Elsa exclaimed, by now everyone was alarmed enough and they were all running around, adjusting the sails and the rigging.

''What is it!?'' Merida yelled again but Anna dropped the spyglass and ran past Merida to help the others make sail.

Rapunzel, the first mate, ran after Elsa and grabbed her arm. She turned her captain around and shook her shoulders trying to get her out of her frustrated state. ''What in the world is coming after us, Elsa?!'' She exclaimed anxiously.