Pirate!EnglandXMermaid!Reader Sea Maiden P.2

You slowly opened your eyes, just to meet unfamiliar ceiling. You turned your head slowly to look around. It was a room and there was sunlight coming from a small window up there. You realized that you were lying on something, but it was not a bed even though it was covered with fabric. It was hard. You thought that it was made of woods. From what you saw now, there was nothing in the room. Just the thing you lied down on and a small wooden table and a door. That’s all.

Then suddenly you felt like the room was shaking a bit. ‘What?’  you wondered. You got up slowly and got a pain on your right shoulder. You looked at it and found that it was bandaged. Ignoring the thought of who did that, you got off from the spot and stood on your toes to see what was outside the window. Unexpected for you, what you saw was the ocean.

You gasped and now you knew you were on board a ship. Was it that pirate ship?

Your thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door. You quickly whipped your head to see a boy. Wait… a boy? On a pirate ship? That’s not what you expected either. He held a tray with food and water in it. He pushed the door with his back because his hands were full now. And by the time he looked at you, his face beamed with smile.

“You’re awake! I’m glad!” he said. His tone was full with happiness.

You looked at his figure as he went to put the tray on the ‘bed’ and back to close and lock the door. He had sandy brown hair along with eyes blue like the deep ocean. Well, you actually liked his eye color but that’s not the point now.

After he locked the door, he approached you and said, “I’m Alfred. Good to see that you’re alright.”

Seeing him, you didn’t feel any threat or anything. He was just a boy.

“Uh… thanks…?”

He smiled and pointed at the tray, “That’s our only food here on the ship. Captain chose me to take care of you, so I will.”

You slowly walked to the ‘bed’ and sat on it. When you did, Alfred also sat on it beside the tray. You took the food carefully, afraid that something would happen to you if you eat it. “Come on, nothing in it.” you looked at him and he smiled as innocent as a boy should be.

You ate it and somehow you felt relieved. Even though it was not a proper food, it tasted delicious enough for you. Maybe it’s because you were starving. And water… you really needed water. While you were eating, you realized that he was just looking at you. “You’re not eating?”

“I can take it as much as I want in the kitchen. So don’t worry about it.”

You didn’t reply it and continued eating. Once you were done, you move the tray away and let out a small ‘thank you’ to Alfred. He just nodded.

“Oh, by the way, I haven’t known your name. What’s your name?”

“(name)…” you replied with a small but audible voice.

After that, Alfred just scanned you up and down which made you uncomfortable. “Uh… something wrong…?” you asked.

He quickly lifted his hands and shook his head, “N-no, no! Everything’s fine… it’s just that… uhm…”

You tilted your head, waiting for him to complete his sentence.

“I’m wondering if uh… you are—“

A loud knock on the door interrupted his sentence, followed with a rough loud voice. “Oi, Alfred! What took you so long?”

You jumped a bit when you heard that. It was so different from the boy in front of you right now. This one sounded like the real pirate. Alfred stood and went to the door, opening it slightly. Just for his head to pop out. “Yea? What is it?”

“The Captain wants to see ye… and the lass if she’s awoke.”

When you heard that, you actually trembled a bit. The captain wanted to see you? Why? But maybe being out was not bad at all. If you could, you could just jump to the sea.

“Alright. Tell ‘im I’ll be right there,” Al said then he looked at you. “I assume you hear it. Let’s go see Captain.”

At first you were also afraid. You had no idea of what will happen next. However, seeing Alfred’s eyes, you seemed to relax a bit. At least you could trust this boy, right? He seemed to be a good boy.

You nodded and approached him. Together, you went outside the room and went to wherever the Captain was. Along the way, you made sure to stick close with Alfred though. Sometimes you’d meet other crews and their eyes were full with lust and mischief. You hated it. You were so grateful that Alfred was with you. He joked with them but also made them go away.

You walked, turned and come to a stop in front of a door. The door was different from any others. Alfred knocked on the door and said, “Hey, Cap! It’s me, Alfred!”

You heard some sort of ‘come in’ and Alfred opened the door. Following behind Alfred, you entered the room.

What awaited you there was a man, sitting with his back to you, with dirty white shirt and red blood coat. His hair was blond and messy like he never cared about it.

Alfred glanced at you and back to the man. “Wassup, Cap?”

The Captain stopped doing his things and got up from his seat then turned around. Once you saw him, you were immediately looked at those eyes… It’s the same with the man you met at the dock and shot you.

You shivered and grabbed Alfred’s shoulders tightly from behind him. You looked at the floor, not brave to make an eye contact with the man. You just couldn’t stop trembling from fear. The only one that you could trust now was Alfred.

“Oh, she’s here too…” he said. His voice was not really rough, but it’s as sharp as a knife.

“Yeah… she’s just awake.”

“Good. Things will be quicker,” he said as he walked toward you and Alfred.

Your shake became worse along with the steps you heard. Alfred noticed that and held you hand, “Hey, are you okay?”

You didn’t respond. You stayed quiet.

“Hey, (name).”

Still didn’t respond.

Once the steps stopped, you heard, “How about you leave us alone, Al? And I want you to help Matt on the deck. He’s with Jack.”

“Aye, Cap.” Was all he replied and he released your hands from his shoulder and went to the door. You immediately turned around and called him back. He was your protection by now. If he’s gone, what about you? “Alfred, wait!”

Alfred stopped midway and looked back at you, “Sorry, (name). Captain’s order.” And with that he closed the door, leaving you with this man.

You didn’t dare to look behind you yet. It was so frightening. You could feel your body trembled on its own. It was silence, before he broke the ice.

“Well… (name) was it? Would you please, turn around?” his voice was smooth by now and somehow you felt different aura from him. It felt less scary.

Slowly you turned around but you looked at the floor. You heard him sighed before his fingers suddenly lifted your chin so he could see your face.

“Not bad…” he said and you were still silent.

He released his fingers and said, “Anything you want to ask?”

You gulped but you felt your throat was still dry. You opened your mouth but nothing came out. Your head felt heavy and maybe you were ready to pass out any time now.

Seeing your behaviors, the Captain took a lock of your hair and played with it as he said, “Easy there, love. I won’t hurt you, even a little bit. You can have my word.”

Hearing that really made you relax a bit. You gulped again and dared yourself to ask this simple question, “Who are you… and where… am I?” even though you wanted to act stern, the fear was too much.

“Oh, my apologies, love,” he said, freeing your hair and bowed as he said, “I’m Captain Arthur Kirkland and we are on my ship, the Sea Maiden.” then he stood again.

Your eyes widened and your heart beat faster. You had heard his name before. Captain Kirkland… one of the most notorious pirates.

Ignoring your condition, he asked again, “Anything else? Or I’ll be the one asking you.”

You couldn’t say anything again and he got that as a ‘no’. Thus he approached you. He put one hand on your right shoulder and his face on your left. He whispered to your ear,

“You are a mermaid, aren’t you?”

As quick as you would react, you moved backward, freeing yourself from his grip. “H-how do you—!”

Before you finished, he cut it, “I can smell the scent of the sea from you, love. Only sea creatures smelt like that to me. And also…”

He walked toward your spot and when he reached out his hand to your neck, you shut your eyes tightly. Both of you were silent, until he began again, “Nice gem here, missy.” You opened your eyes and noticed that he was holding your neklace. You quickly slapped his hand away and took some steps backward, protecting your necklace.

Arthur just smirked and said, “I guess that is the secret to your legs, heh, missy?”

You didn’t respond anything as he turned around to his desk again, “Well, anyway, whether you have it or not is not the point anymore.”

‘What?!’ you shouted in your mind.

“You can’t escape from my ship to the sea, so you’ll be our guide until we reach our destination.”

He sat on his chair again and looked at you, “You may try if you don’t believe it.”

He kept staring at you until you went outside, full with doubt. You ran to anywhere you thought led to the deck so you’d be able to jump to the sea. Once you were finally outside, it was empty. What a surprise for you. But you could think of it later.

You ran to the side and as you reached out your hand to jump, something prevented you and made you thrown back to the wooden floor. You couldn’t help but yelp at the contact. You got up again, before someone caught you here and tried again with your hand, but the same happened.

Now you got up again and slowly touch that something with your finger. Once your finger made a contact with whatever it was, you could feel some kind of invisible layer there. You looked surround you and realized that this layer was sheltering the entire ship.

“What’s wrong with this ship?!” you half shouted out of anger and panic.

“It’s not the ship that’s wrong…”

You jumped at the soft voice behind you and you quickly whipped your head to the source of the voice.

“It’s you…”