Sail The Seas //ATEEZ

Chapter 11 : To the south sea

To the south sea

Author p.o.v

Never in a million years would Hongjoong ever thought something like this would happen, YongHwan was the man who helped him get out of the academy, he was a former instructor who left due to unknown circumstances, after that he dedicated his life to hunting down some group, hongjoong never got a name from him just a vague description, of a band of mercenaries that were part of a plan to bring back the fourth monarch and that they where looking for the keys to 'The Soul' since that was needed to bring the monarch back, something about how Bantang knew of their plans and found the treasure before them and hid it away. But the last Hongjoong heard of the 'The Soul' was that it was a treasure any pirate who had a eyes of greed was going after. Bangtan even left a clue to any who wanted to find it, if that was the case then that group might have heard about it too....right..

Hongjoong looked up from the paper he was reading and looked at everyone, all eyes gleaming with curiosity. "Does anyone here know the tale of the 'The Soul'?",Hongjoong asked, Yunho's hand shot up as he started shouting 'me me me I know I know I mother told me about it'.

"What did she say about it Yunho?",Hongjoong asked while gesturing everyone to sit crossed leg on the deck. Yunho remained standing as to give the tale he was about to tell more emphasis.

"My mother said, 'It was created when the monarchs were banished to the five seas, she said the witch who performed the spell cursed the band of people who lead th revolt against her while killing their leader, cursing them to roam the earth until their leader is reborn, she also said that 'The Soul' was formed out of her last dying words no one knows what it looks light as the light it formed blinded anyone it deemed unworthy of its grace, she also said that a crew of pirates once took it from its resting place and hide it way somewhere else, till this day no one has been able to reach it',", Yunho said while failing his arms in the air ending the tale.

"Did she ever say what the people who lead the revolt name were?",Hongjoong asked, Yunho thought for a bit then said, "Not the name of the group but the name of the ship.....I think it was..halp...no..not that what was it..",Yunho said as he trailed off trying to remember the name, "Was it Hala ?",hongjoong asked and grimaced when Yunho nodded. "How did you know?",San asked, "Their going after the it aren't they ?",seonghwa asked already trying to piece things together.

"This message is from a close friend of mine, he said the crew of HALA was going after it, that could that be the crew from your tale, he said that their not onto the treasure where abouts yet but soon they will be..",Hongjoong said, "Then what would they possibly want with the it, could they want to bring them back?",Yeosang asked, everyone's face contorted some of horror and some of confusion.

"But why, the fourth monarchy was casted to the sea centuries ago why would they want it now, they had all that time?",Jongho asked while rubbing his chin, "True they did but remember they're cursed to walk the earth until their leader arises again, perhaps their leader is alive again are their looking for him to go look for it ", Mingi said while looking at Jongho who just gave a shrug.

"I haven't heard of any seen a ship called HALA but I have hear of tales of a ghost ship, that sails the seas under the cover of mist",Seonghwa said as he looked at Hongjoong.

Hongjoong was trying to remember, trying to remember what YongHwan had told him but he just couldn't remember anything for the life of him it was like if that information was wiped from his brain.

"Soo those that mean where going after it before thode other guys get it?",Wooyoung asked, everyone turned to Hongjoong, who clenched his jaw as he looked at the others, "This is his dying wish, and if they really want to bring the monarchs back then that will cause havoc across the seas",hongjoong said as he raised to his feet.

"I won't let them get away with murdering my friend much less trying to murder more innocent lives by bringing those monarchs back, this journey will for sure be hard ", hongjoong said, by this time everyone was standing, "Well then I guess we better start now or else they'll catch up",Mingi said, hongjoong looked at him with surprise, "Wait you really thought your going on this alone ?",Yunho asked with crossing his arms,hongjoong slowly nodded his head which caused everyone to burst into an uproar and protests, "YOU REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT GOING ALONE!",Yeosang shouted,accompanied by his brother's nodding, "NO WAY!",San said as he stomped his feet on the ship while Jongho came up to Hongjoong and started shaking him while asking, "Are you crazy!", hongjoong was surprised to say the least, Mingi just stood their and shook his head. Jongho final stopped shaking Hongjoong when Yunho pulled him away, "Well I thought..."hongjoong said as he rubbed the back of his head, "Thought what, that we'll leave, nope not gonna happen your stuck with us now until the end of our days",Wooyoung said clinging to hongjoong arms as if trying to hold him from blowing away.

"Well then....when should we set sail?",Hongjoong asked with a hint of playfulness in his sharp eyes, everyone hollered in happiness but that then turned to shrills of panicked as they all saw the sails of the ship come down on their own ready to set sail. Hongjoong let out a loud laugh as he watched the faces of pure shook on his friends faces.

"I forgot to tell you this shil has a mind of its own!", Hongjoong said in between his laughs as everyone collectively backed away from the mast where they had been previously standing.

"You control the ship?",Mingi asked face still in shook, "I won't say I control it, it definitely has a mind of its own but it does occasionally listen to me", hongjoong said while walking to the wheel, standing behind it he looked powerful, like a true captain in the making with his blue hair dancing in the wind as he shouted, "Set sail to South!".

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Behind the scenes

Hongjoong: *playing with Yunho's hair*

everything is quite

Yeosang: BitCh You StOle my ChickEn!!

Seonghwa: I didnt mean tooooo