Ruthless Winds and Raging Seas

Chapter 34

Jellal couldn't speak, he was too busy staring at Erza in disbelief. Unsure of who he was really looking at. According to his eyes, he was looking at a woman who he was sure had been killed years ago as a young girl. But here she was alive and an adult, a very beautiful adult if he was being perfectly honest with himself. Judging by her face she seemed as shocked to see him as he was to see her.

"Sir is everything alright?" Sting asked him.

"Yes I'm fine." Jellal said regaining himself. "Gentlemen escort the ladies on board and make sure they're comfortable."

"Yes sir."

"Commodore Fernandes please let me explain." Lucy said.

"Now is not the time Miss Heartfilia. We must get you home immediately."

"But if you would just-"

However no one listened and all three of them were taken aboard the ship. Lucy tried to talk but no one would listen, Juvia was too frightened and confused to speak, and Erza was in too much shock from seeing Jellal again to do anything. He was also in shock. He just couldn't believe it was really Erza. How could she be here? She was dead. Wasn't she? Was this really Erza or just some woman who happened to resemble her? If it was her then how could she still be alive?

"Commodore both the prisoners and women are secure." Sting told him.

"Excellent."

"Sir are you sure that you're feeling alright? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"If you're ill sir." Said Rogue Cheney another one of his men. "We'll gladly set a course for the nearest town so you can see a physician."

"I thank you both for your concern but it is not needed. I am well." Jellal assured them. "How is Miss Heartfilia?"

"She insists that she speak with you immedately." Sting said. "She claims that it's a very important matter."

"I'll talk to her before that day is out. What about that other woman? The one with the blue hair? Who is she and where on earth does she come from?"

"We don't know sir. She won't talk."

"She's very lovely and she has manners that are too good for her to be a commoner." Rogue said. "She's most likely a princess or the daughter of a nobleman."

"And she refuses to speak?"

"She's seems too scared and confused to speak." Sting said.

"Poor thing, she was probably taken prisoner by those savages and the whole thing left her traumatized. Be gentle with her, lord knows what she's seen."

"Yes sir."

"And what about the red haired woman?"

"When we first approached her she seemed to be in shock but then she started to angrily demand to know what we're planning to do with the prisoners."

"And when we told her she reacted very negatively." Rogue said.

"How negatively?"

Rogue pushed back his bang to reveal a black eye and Sting opened his mouth to reveal that one of his teeth was missing.

"Oh dear."

"Yes sir and we would have retaliated if she had not been a lady. Judging by her clothes and her rather violent personality we believe that she's apart of that pirate crew we arrested." Sting said.

"No. That's not possible."

"She's dressed in the same manner as them and she cares very much for their well being."