So I'm not even going to say it could end in the next part, because I obviously can't seem to end it!
I.O.N.
Enjoy!
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Marinette woke up extra early the next morning so that she could ask Celeste. "Good morning Marinette! You're up early!"
"Yeah, I was wondering if I could ask you a question?"
"I'm all ears."
"Have you ever heard of a ship named Tikki?"
Celeste's face paled as she looked at the young woman, extremely worried as to why she would know that ship. With a shaky breath, she answered, "Why do you want to know Marinette?"
"Well, it's just that last night, I had this dream and in it, there was a ship, and I think it was named Tikki." Marinette looked at the older woman who had quickly become like a mother to her, "Why? Is it something bad?"
Fighting back her tears for the girl Celeste once again supplied an answer, "It's a notorious pirate ship. People say that the crew members are cursed because it's been around so long. They're ruthless, and if you were dreaming of that demon ship, Marinette, then I fear it may mean that you've run into it before."
Looking at the woman who was struggling not to cry, Marinette felt horrible for even bringing it up. Taking Celeste's hand, Marinette asked, "Did they take someone from you?"
The older woman looked startled, as if she hadn't even considered it a possibility, "Oh no! I just can't help but feel so scared for you if you had encountered it before." Smiling softly, Marinette hugged Celeste.
"Thank you."
Wiping her eyes, Celeste cheered up, "Well, as much as we may want to, we can't sit here gossiping all day! Let's get you dressed and fed, shall we dear."
After properly dressing, Marinette promised to be out in a few minutes wanting to collect her thoughts before her first official breakfast with Lord Dylan. Walking over to the window, she was once again surprised to see the same ship from the night before. Something tugged at her when she saw it like she'd seen it before.
Looking closer, Marinette realized that it wasn't the same as the one in her dream, but still felt familiar.
When a knock at her door sounded, Marinette made a snap decision, if the ship was still there that evening, she would sneak out to find it. With a smile, Marinette headed out into the hall and into Celeste's waiting escorting arms.
Marinette smiled as she saw most of her crew doing their best not to fall asleep, including Adrien and Gabriel, the only ones not showing even a bit of sleepiness were Manon, Ella, and Etta. They were still bright eyed and bushy tailed.
"What happened next?"
"Yeah Mari, we have to know!"
She laughed at the mock outrage the three forced themselves to put up, "Yes, well it is getting rather late. How about we finish this next Story Night?"
Ella looked at her captain skeptically, "You promise?"
"I'll do my best!"
The three looked at each other sharing in a silent conversation before nodding. "Alright. Till next time then."
With that, the girls jumped up and headed to bed. Marinette laughed some more as she saw them bump into nearly everyone telling them to go to bed.
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That's right folks! I'm going to give this a rest for a little while.
Don't worry, I'll still wrap everything up in future chapters, but at seven parts it's starting to get ridiculous.
Comment what you thought!
See ya next time!
