Poor Unfortunate Sea

Chapter 12: Crocodile

Harry's POV

I finish locking up the Chip shop with Uma. "I will see you bright early tomorrow captain." I say kissing Uma's lips. "Are you sure you can't stay the tonight?" Uma asks wrapping her arms around my waist. "I would rather stay here but I do need to go home and change my clothes, and no offence babe but I miss my own bed." Uma rolls her eyes and shoves me away from her. "Whatever Harry, you can just go home and leave me alone." Uma storms inside locking up before I can even get a word out. "I will never understand women." I growl angry that Uma would react that way. I take the back ways as my mind keeps replaying the moment that Heidi saw Uma and I, and for a strange reason I just can't help but feel awful about it, it is like someone took my heart out of chest and stabbed it with a knife before kicking me in my gut. I turn the corner as people cover their carts and scurry off the street as I walk by which makes me feel a little better, I look ahead to see the ship that I call home no too far away now, and I can already feel my bed calling for me after the day I have all I want is to get into bed and pull the covers over my head. I walk onto the deck of the ship and a dagger suddenly flies by me hitting the post behind me. I pull out my sword and start lurking around the ship, and suddenly someone jumps down and lands in front of me, I swing my sword at this person but they block my blade with one of their own, and as I look at the blade I notice who it is. "Harriett? What are you doing up this late?" I ask pushing her away from putting my sword away adjusting it on hip. "I was going to ask you the same question little brother." Harriett remarks putting her sword away as well. "I am just getting home from the chip shop." Harriett leans against the post and smiles at me. "Having fun conquering the sea witch are you?" I roll my eyes and smirk at her. "That is no one's business but my own, and besides if I were you I would be more worried about losing more territory to this new force on the Isle." Harriett lets out a laugh pushing off the post and steps toe to toe with me. "Nice way to change the subject, it must be hard to lose a vital member of your team along with the territory that she gave to your enemy." I look at my sister unsure of what she is talking about. "Care to explain that babble?" Harriett fixes her hat on her head as she smiles up at me. "It would seem that your side chick Heidi has a thing going with Morris, and rumor is that she is joining us in The Waterways, and she is giving up the access to her territory." I lunge forward at her slashing my hook across her stomach, Harriett falls to the ground holding her stomach as blood starts trickling down her hand and onto the ship floor, and her scream is so loud that I am sure it woke the whole Isle. "SHUT YOUR MOUTH! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, HEIDI WOULD NEVER TURN HER BACK ON ME, SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND, AND I KNOW HER BETTER THAN ANYONE ON THIS ISLAND!" I roar so loudly I might have woken the gods. I wrap my hook around her neck before tossing her to the other side of the ship. As I enter my bedroom I see something that isn't normally in my room. I walk over to my bed to see a stuffed crocodile laying there. "Very funny Harriett, that is such a laugh." I growl at her for acting so childish. I pick up the stuffed crocodile and I suddenly get the same feeling that I got with the blanket from the market.

I look around to see that I am back at the chip shop, and my ears pick up on what sounds like someone screaming. As I rush towards the scream I see three familiar faces that belong to Morris's The Waterways crew, and I see that they are circling around another familiar face. "Henry?" I call out as the little boy looks pass the thugs and his blue eyes bore into my own blue eyes. "Either step away from the kid or I will drop all three of you where you stand." I snarl walking slowly up to the three of them. "Going soft are we Hook?" One of the men comment as all three of them start laughing. I laugh along with them until my laughter suddenly stops and I punch one of guys with my hook knocking him out. "You really want to test me?" I say kick the guy that was knocked out with my foot. The leader of the group shoves the second guy towards me and I can already see him shaking. "You're in my way." I grab my sword pointing it at the guys throat backing him up until he pressed up the side railing. "I really hope you can swim, but if you can't I guess that is more your problem then it is mine." I shove the guy over the railing as he falls into the sea with a huge splash. I turn my attention to the leader of the group. "I think it would be best for you to run along and tell Morris what happened here." The guy nods his head quickly running away leaving Henry and I alone. "What are you doing out here this late? You better be glade that I am the one that found you." I say kneeling down to Henry who smiles at me before hugging me wrapping his little arms around my neck. "I knew that you find me, you will always fine me just like my dad will always find my mom no matter how lost she is he always finds her." The way Henry talks about his parents makes me wonder how two people could love each other so much. "Where is your mom and dad?" I ask him picking him up in my arms, "My mom is lost, and as for my dad he isn't too far away from me right now." I roll my eyes as I notice the stuffed crocodile on the steps of the dock. "Does that belong to you by chance?" Henry nods his head as I pick it handing it to him. "I have had since I was baby, and I got it from a someone that thought it was funny, which it kind of is." I nod my head and as Henry places his hand on my cheek everything fades to black.

I blink my eyes looking around to see that I am back in my bedroom, but I wonder if I really ever left, I look at the stuffy in my hand smiling at it thinking of Henry. "That kid, always getting himself in trouble." I chuckle to myself placing the stuff the crocodile on top of the blue blanket on top of my trunk in my room. I untie my boots kicking them off before taking of my socks throwing them in dirty hamper in the corner of the room. I remove my dark red jacket placing it on the hook on my bedroom door, I pull the grey shirt I have on over my head dropping it on the floor among the mess, I take off my black fingerless gloves tossing them on top of my dresser, I unbuckle the many belts from around my waist dropping them onto the floor as well, and finally I unbutton and unzip my blue jeans with red patches taking them off throwing them somewhere in my room leaving me only in my blue boxers with different phases of moon on them. I crawl into my bed laying on my stomach and as I look over I see the stuffed crocodile looking at me, and as sleep overcomes me my last thoughts are of both Heidi and Henry.