The Brave

The Braves New Allies

Only one of these strange kins didn't attack. He had a crown on top of his little head.
He must be king.

I shake the creatures off my arms and swing my sword at the King. He falls to the ground and I quickly shove my sword through his little chest. The creatures immediately get off of me. One of them flies to his Kings body. Blood drips from my arms and legs. I grip my sword, ready for a fight.
The strange creatures cheer.
"The King is dead! The King is dead!" They shout.
The one that was next to the body picked up the crown and placed it on his own head.
"The rightful King can now take the thrown!" The little creatures shouted with joy.
"Kelpie King! Kelpie King" They chant.
Kelpie?
"Ye aren't Kelpies." I state.
The Kelpies stop chanting and look at me. The one with the crown flies up to me.
"We were Kelpies, until we got cursed to look like this. Brave soul, you have freed us from our tyrant King. You and those you are close to will forever be spared from The Cursed Kelpies Wrath."
The little Kelpies took their past Kings body and left my ship. I sit down on my ships mast and wince in pain. Blood trickled down my arm.
"Bubbles. What just happened?"
I heard her splash in the water.
"Come down here so I can heal you!" She said.
——
"So, those Kelpies won't bother us anymore? Cause I killed one of them?" I say.
"That's right. You saved them Cordelia, they are forever thankful."
I move my wet pink hair out of my face.
"Do you think they can help me get my powers back?"
Bubbles looks at me with her big eyes.
"I wouldn't count on it. You can go back to the outpost in a week to see if they know anything."
I nod. In one week, I'll head back to the outpost and find a way to get my magic back.

—A week later—
I found a old spyglass while looking through some boxes. I must've got it when I was collecting jewelry from the sea floor. I stand next to the steering wheel and put the spy glass up to my eye. The wind plays with my pink hair.
"Wow..."
Through the spy glass I could see all the way to the end of the cove. I could see the old rotting docks and some sail boats parked at a lighthouse. I turn around and see the mermaids island. Several mermaids were basking in the sun. Far behind them I could see a mass of very dark clouds. It was a storm. This particular storm looked threatening and it was moving fast. I remove the spyglass from my eye and run to the side of the boat.
"Bubbles!" I call.
I wait for her to surface before I go on.
"There is a huge storm on the way. Do you have a safe place to stay, where the current won't carry you off?"
Bubbles lets out a worried whinny.
"No. My nest I made isn't strong enough for a storm!"
I go down the steps and set the spyglass down. Then I jump overboard and join Bubbles in the salty water.
"Don't worry. We have time to reinforce ye nest."
——
I weave a roof over her nest and attach boulders to it so it will stay on the Sea floor. I go up for air and Bubbles joins me.
"Thank you Captain." Bubbles says.
I wipe water off my face.
"I'm glad we could get that done before thi storm came. Hopefully it passes before nightfall."
I climb the ladder to my ship.
"Cordelia. Do you think the outpost will be prepared for the storm?" Bubbles asks.
I start battening my ships hatches.
"With all those trees, that there storm will be on top of them before they realize it."
Bubbles swims in circles.
"You must warn them Cordelia!"
I squint as I look at the sky. I could see the rain on the horizon.
"To late." I say as I finish battening down the hatches.
Bubbles splashes me.
"There must be something you can do!"
"Arg!" I say in frustration.
"It's not me job to worry about 'em Bubbles!" I say.
"I know, but if that place gets destroyed, we will never find out how to get your magic back!"
I stop what I was doing.
I had to save the outpost.
I dash to my potion maker and pull out the newest potion. It could create forcefields. I had enough to cover the whole outpost in a magic barrier.
"Bubbles! Take me to the old docks, then hide in your nest. I'll come to the water after the storm is clear." I say.
I jump into the salty water. Bubbles rises next to me.
"Be carful Captain."
——
I ran through the woods and burst into the outpost. I was drenched from the rain. I take the potion and smash it on the ground. A blue barrier forms around the small outpost.
"What do you think your doing?" I here the outpost owner say.
She looks at me with a scowl on her face.
I sit down, to breathless to explain myself to her. The wind tears through the trees that where outside the barrier. The owner comes up to my table and sits down across from me.
"That's one Orfaj of a storm outside."
I look outside. Leaves flew everywhere. I wondered if Tim and Swish were upset by all this destruction. I look at the outpost owner.
"It look as if it came straight from the depths of Orfaj itself. Though that's not possible sense we're not on Jafro."
Orfaj was a place of dark magic in Jafro. Dead kins who had evil souls gather there. The kin messes with her rings.
"You saved my shop. How about I treat you to a meal. Then I'll tell you what I know about that information you asked for."
Water drips from my hat.
"Thank ye." I say and take off my wet hat.
Gratitude dances in the kins yellow eyes as she goes behind the counter. I lean back and close my eyes. I use my powers to feel for magic. I feel the presence of the kins around me. I could sense several magic items and ingredients in the back of the outpost where Deja, the outpost owner, was working. It didn't take long for Deja to come out with a simple meal. She sets the food in front of me and sits down in the seat across me. I start eating the food greedily. I licked my lips with satisfaction. Deja interlaces her fingers and starts to speak.