Ruthless Winds and Raging Seas

Chapter 10

Back in Fiore when Lucy disappeared and the pirate crew had left mysteriously just when she had vanished, Governor Jude Heartfilia was convinced that Fairy Tail had abducted her. He immediately went to see Queen Hisui E. of Fiore.

"Your majesty those pirates have taken my daughter." He told her. "I want her back! Before... Before..."

"Calm yourself Governor Heartfilia." She said. "I can understand how frightened you must be. I will have my best men find her."

"You will?"

"Of course. Governor Heartfilia I know how much Lucy means to you, rest assured she will be found and returned."

"Thank you your majesty."

At once Queen Hisui immediately sent for her navy officers who were led by Commodore Jellal Fernandes. He was the queen's most loyal officer, a man who would pay down his life for her and all of Fiore.

A respectable young man dressed finely in his uniform. Upon entering the throne room he took off his hat and kneeled before the queen.

"Your majesty." He took her gloved hand and kissed it respectfully. "To what do I owe this honor?"

"Commodore Fernandes." She said. "Since the tragic demise of Commodore Fullbuster, neither my father or myself have known any man as loyal and devoted to us as he was, until you came into our militia. I am in desperate need of your assistance."

"What is it you wish of me?"

"The governor's daughter has been abducted by a pirate crew called Fairy Tail. I ask you and your men to find these pirates and retrieve Miss Heartfilia."

"I will do more than that your grace. Not only will I rescue the governor's daughter but I shall bring those pirates justice. I will see to it that they hang for their crimes."

"Please Commodore Fernandes no unnecessary bloodshed. Especially with Miss Lucy Heartfilia in the way. I want her alive and unharmed."

"I give you my word that no harm will come to her. My men and I shall leave at dawn."

"Good luck to you."

What her majesty did not realize was that Jellal had a personal vendetta against pirates. As a young boy he had been snatched by a pirate crew that knew nothing of compassion and mercy. They would beat him daily and force him to wear painful shackles, forcing him to fight, to kill, to be a pirate like them. But it was not the abuse that caused him to feel this unforgivable hatred toward all pirates. It was what they did to the person he cared for most in this world. What they did had made him want to brutally hang every pirate in the world.

"Commodore Fernandes." Said Admiral Sting Eucliffe. "The ship is ready, shall we set sail?"

"Not quite, we need to find an informant on this crew known as Fairy Tail. If we want to find the governor's daughter we must know about her captors."

"Where exactly do we find an informant?"

"I know just the place."

They went to a local pub which happened to be where a drink called Bacchus Groh spent most of his time. Though obsessed with alcohol, he knew a lot about pirates. He knew every pirate crew name, he knew every pirate crew's nature, and he knew where every pirate crew was going. Now don't ask me how he knows these things because it's a mystery to everyone but if anybody wanted to know something about a pirate crew then the best source to seek out was Bacchus Groh.

As expected they found him slouched over the bar table half drunk. Jellal gave him a tap on the shoulder with his finger.

"What?!" He slurred. "Oh it's you. What do you want?"