Wicked Summer

Chapter 5: The Voyage

Chapter 5: The Voyage

Two weeks later

Lonnie has been summoned to Ben's office again. She ran into Jay along the way. He was also heading there. They both had a suspicion about what was going on.

Sure enough, when they reached the office, Harry was once again in the seat across from Ben's desk with Fairy Godmother and Mal also in the room.

Ben stood up from his desk when Jay and Lonnie entered the office. "I have been receiving good reports about Harry the past two weeks. I appreciate your effort to improve, Harry."

"Thanks," Harry mumbled. At least he was trying to be polite. You can't expect change overnight.

"That being said," Ben continued, "as promised, we will be setting out to find Uma."

Harry perked up. He was almost sure that Ben was going to tell him that he wasn't doing good enough or that they couldn't find Uma.

"I have been tracking her the past few weeks," Ben explained. "She is currently hiding out in Skull Rock. We set sail for there in an hour to allow everyone to prepare."

"There will be rules," Ben continued. "Harry, you will do as I say and if you disobey me, we will turn around and come back to Auradon. Your job is to convince Uma to come to Auradon. If you try to pull anything when we get there, I have given Mal permission to use any magic she sees fit to stop you. Do you understand?"

Harry stood up from the chair. "Yes." He was eager now to get to Uma.

After that, everyone left to get ready for the journey. Jay and Lonnie were planning on working out, so they were already in clothes that were suitable for travel and possible battle. They went to the gym to grab enough swords for everyone minus Harry. They then went back to Jay's room to grab a couple of his hoodies since the sea winds were a bit chilly, even in the summer. Lonnie had her own hoodies of course, but Jay's were comfier and warmer and Jay liked it when she wore his clothes. Jay also told Carlos where they were going.

Then they went to Lonnie's room. She packed a backpack with snacks and water and anything else she thought they might need. She also informed Bernadette that she would be gone for the day. She didn't find it necessary to tell her exactly what they were doing and Bernadette didn't ask either, not even about why they were toting swords around. It was tourney season so it wasn't common to see swords outside of the gym.

After they left Lonnie's dorm, they made their way to the docks where they were supposed to meet.

When they arrived at the docks, Ben, Mal, and Harry were already there. Mal had the same idea as Lonnie as she was once again wearing one of Ben's hoodies. She looked a bit on edge, since she still didn't know how to swim. After having two near drowning experiences, no one could really blame her. Ben put his arm around her and pulled her into him, sensing her nerves. She smiled up at him.

They all boarded the royal ship and set sail for Skull Rock.

An hour later, they were nearing their destination. Lonnie and Jay were sitting in the salon. Mal had joined them not long after they had sat down. Ben was with the captain and Mal was getting seasick so she sat down with them and snuggled up to Jay. Given that Mal and Jay were practically brother and sister, this didn't bother Lonnie. It's pretty much the whole if you're dating someone, you're also dating their best friend thing. Lonnie also found it really sweet how the four of them could rely on each other so much. They were kind of their own version of a family, and Jay was the older brother to all of them.

Ben popped his head into the salon. "We'll be arriving in a few minutes." He left again.

Mal lifted her head from Jay's shoulder. "Good, I can finally get off this boat."

Jay turned his head toward her. "You know you're just gonna have to get back on when we come back right?"

Mal just groaned and collapsed back on to his shoulder and Lonnie was trying to hold in her giggles.

They docked not long after and made their way off the boat. Mal stumbled on to the beach. Even though she had been sea sick, she had still gotten used to the rocking of the boat and found it difficult to walk on land for a few minutes. Harry, having spent a good majority of his life on a boat, didn't have this issue, and Ben and Lonnie had spent some time on boats during their lives and had gotten used to the transition between sea and land and therefore weren't having any issues. Jay was just really good at adjusting to his current situation.

Once Mal had recovered, they began heading toward Skull Rock. Before they even reached it, they began to hear what sounded like someone singing.

"What is that?" Lonnie asked, trying to listen to make out any words or familiar tune.

Harry had gone to the entrance of the cave and was listening intently. "It's Uma, she's in there somewhere."

"Well, I guess all we have to do is follow the singing," Ben said, as they entered the cave. Once inside and as they began walking towards the direction of the singing, the words became clearer the closer they got.

I'll sing you a song of the king of the sea

And it's hey to the starboard heave ho

The ruler of all of the oceans is he

In mysterious fathoms below

"I've never heard this song before," Lonnie whispered to Jay before Harry shushed her.

Fathoms below, below

From whence wayward westerlies blow

Where Triton is king and his merpeople sing

In mysterious fathoms below

The singing continued to get louder, meaning they were heading in the right direction. The singing turned to humming for a bit, which wasn't as easy to hear, but they were still able to follow it. They were starting to come up on what looked like the opened to a cavern. The singing began again.

The salt on my skin and the wind in my hair

And the waves as they ebb and they flow

We're miles from the shore and guess what I don't care –

"Uma!" Harry yelled when they entered the cavern. They could see a figure sitting against the wall on the other side but the darkness made it difficult to make out who it was. Harry on the other hand, was positive that it was Uma.

The singing stopped abruptly. There was silence for a few seconds and no one knew what was going to happen next.

"Harry?" a voice finally broke through the darkness.

So, for the people that don't really know anything about boats, the salon is kind of the main gathering place on a boat. On the boat that I was on when I went to Catalina Island, the Salon was where we all ate, there was a kitchen there and like a counter in the middle that had cabinets for storage and it's basically where we all hung out.

So, I've hit major writer's block and haven't been able to write anything in my story since probably the last time that I updated so if anybody would like to make suggestions or brain storm with me, it would be much appreciated!

Also, does anybody know what song Uma was singing?