A Cursed Heart

A Very Happy Birthday

Today is my birthday, my 16 birthday, the day I stop aging, and my father is determined to make it perfect, up to the very last detail, so I got to sleep in late. When I got out of bed, my dad must of snuck into my room because I found a new and total amazing new outfit, (seriously how does my dad know exactly what I want?). It is a black corset with red lining and trimming, the string in the back in black too. There is also leather pants that have been worn out and teared, there are also leather knee high boots and stockings with white roses on them. It was perfect. I went and took a long bubble bath, then put on the new outfit and went up to the deck.

When I got up on the deck, I found the crew making an aisle like a wedding or like I'm the captain, and I see my dad at the end next to Bae. I start to cry, everything is draped with roses and skulls and daggers are floating in midair.. It is my vision of paradise on the ship. I walk past all of the crew members in their tuxes and am appalled at how good they look and even better, wondering what my father had to give up in order to get them to wear them. It was so nice they even made a nice feast for me, I mean not wanting attention or anything but this is the age I will be forever, why not start it off on a good note. 

In order to show off, even though I know it will drain me, I shoot little sparks out of my fingertips and float down the aisle. I land at the end and there is a table set up with all of my favorite foods; Rare steak, lamb kebabs, potatoes, mashed, baked and roasted, Cesar salad, and best of all the desert; there was cake, pie, ice cream, basically any thing you could think of it was there. And apparently Bae made it all himself, I was so happy I gave him a big hug, I was never aware that there was another boy watching me.  But never mind that now, I was very happy, and my father said,

"Honey, do you want to open your gifts now?"

Well my answer was of course, YES. I got stockings, a corsage, rose bush, and a new dagger. But my favorite gift of all was the scythe I got from daddy. It was just like my new outfit, black with a red finish, only the handle was stained gold. IT. WAS. AWESOME. I went straight down to the training room with the cabin boy and Bae. We got started right away, for me instead of starting with my new weapon I decided to stick with the many daggers I had and got, then after an hour of training, I started to use the scythe and realized that I can funnel my magic through and shrink it down and put it on a necklace.

We started to train, I was first up against Bae who kept going easy on me even though I told him not to (my father makes me take training seriously), so I eventually gave up on Bae and moved on to John (the older cabin boy) . He is my favorite to train with because he dosn't back down because I am a girl, and I love him greatly for that, but we will never be a "item", my dad forbids me to date anyone one the ship or while I'm on the ship. But that dosn't matter because I wouldn't want to anyway, he is to "by the book" for me. 

Anyway I won both training games and called it a night, but my father still had more planned and I could tell he worked very hard on everything. There were fireworks and multiple games, but the best part was that everyone went to bed happy. It turns out that my dad is letting me do one thing on my own now, I can now go hunting on the island without a "chaperone".... I cheered very loudly my dad had to shush me. 

When I went to bed, I noticed that Dad and Smee were talking and constantly looking at Bae, and I got worried for him, so I invited him to sleep in my room that night, even though I had weapons at the ready all the time, I was just worried for him, but I would find out tomorrow what my father and Smee were talking about.