The trees started thin as the grass slowly changed into grains of sand. Waves splashed up against the hull of the ship that was anchored on the distant beach. Through fate or luck they managed avoid any misshape on their travels here but Gerlat worried still of pursuit of any creature or man who wanted him. Thus he had kept up a fast pace making Ignatia gasp for breath. Kalian was now dressed in her normal day clothes as he feared that the cold may get her.



They stood for a moment before Gerlat yelled up to the ship “captain, I need to speak to you!” Ignatia looked at him and blinked for she wondered how he knew of this place. She had been almost all around the coast of Vailiania with her father apart from the area close to maiden's rock and anything past the witches pass. Ignatia remembered little of her journey here apart from walking through a system of caves. She whispered to him “where are we, father? I have never seen this place and who is this captain you called for?”

Noises sounded above them as people moved around the ship, Gerlat whispered to her an answer “silence child let me speak as the captain may not be happy to see me” she looked at the sand feeling depressed as she had been told that they were leaving behind everything she knew to adventure to new realms.

He looked at her and when he looked up he noticed that the captain of the ship was approaching them.



She stood in front of them “greetings captain Eliza, you look as beautiful as ever” his greetings fell on deaf ears as the captain fumed with rage for she was not pleased to see him. Gerlat had carefully put Kalian down on the sand while he spoke to the captain.



When she finally spoke to him it was with distaste and anger in her words “how dare you speak to me with such honeyed and friendly words after what you had done to me. You abandoned me years ago and now you come crawling to me here in my cove wishing for something from me” Gerlat sighed, he hoped that she had forgotten that incident.

Until the age of 16 he had lived aboard many pirate ships for all his life until he had served on Elizabeth’s ship. She herself had only been appointed captain when she discovered a large fortune in hidden treasure that lay on a mysterious island. When they discovered this island after months of searching only to find brotherhood of silver stars waiting for them, resulting in the deaths of half the crew. They had left her on the island believing her to be bead but with all that death that Gerlat had seen made him leave a life of a pirate.



Gerlat gave her small shy smile as he told her calmly “Eliza ... I’m sorry we all believed you perished when you impaled through the leg by a spear. How was I supposed to know you survived Eliza for I had abandoned this life for ever but as you said I need your help. Before that may I make up for what happened so long ago” his watched with concern for he guessed that she had weapons concealed all over her body and a crew of blood thirsty pirates.



He moved closer towards Eliza trying to embrace but she stepped back to him with a look of both disgust and amusement “kiss face of enemy and slay friends you shall until the world finds thee slain and blooded. Now tell me what you want Gerlat before I give the order for you to be cut down” Gerlat stepped back allowing himself to compose his thoughts.



When he had composed his thoughts enough he spoke his request to the captain “I need safe passage for me and my daughters across the sea to Fallean as I have little money to charter a ship from the part and I hoped that you would do it for old times sake.”



Elizabeth raised her eyebrows as she was amazed that Gerlat would expect her to do such a thing for him after all he had done to her in the past. “foolishness, who gave you her love to produce you two children? I guess you left her two or else why have you crawled back to me” Kalian and Ignatia sat in the sand while both Gerlat and Elizabeth talked.



As each moment passed his desperation grew as he could hear the howling of werewolves. His mind raced as he wondered whether the minions of the king where coming or the werewolves coming to devour him. With one last hope he fell to his knee’s and pleaded with Elizabeth “please captain, I beg you ... I will do anything just help me” he was about to start crying when he heard the captain sigh.

The captain looked down and told him “alright, alright I will help you but” she grabbed his arms and pulled him up to look at her squarely to whisper to him “I will only take you daughters.”

He fell silent for a moment before whispering to her so that his daughters “may I ask one more thing, remove their memories of this time if you can so they will not live their lives in sorrow of people that will soon be dead” the captain nodded but she wondered whether she was making the right choice by doing this for him “alright, say your farewells to your children” Gerlat nodded and walked to his daughters.



He picked up Kalian and embraced her, keeping her close to his chest whispering into her ear “farewell my sweet Kalian, live a better life than I could ever could” he slowly handed her over to the captain who held her tightly in her arms.



Gerlat knelt down to embrace Ignatia to see a slight tear eye. As it rolled down her check, he wiped it away before quietly saying to her “listen to me, Ignatia I need you to be strong for your sister. Now go with the captain she will take care of you, farewell.” Ignatia kissed him with out a word though she took from tears that threatened to consume her.

Straightening up, Gerlat stood for a moment and fled so no one could see the tears that flowed from his eyes.



Ignatia slowly followed the captain who was walking towards the set of steps that led from the deck of her. Elizabeth eyes glanced to see the body of Ignatia shake from sorrow, her voice was clam and sad for she pitied the child “I know that your father wants you to be like a warrior but if you want shed tears over this then see me in my cabin. If that is what you wish then ask one of the members of the crew to take you to me” she nodded as they walked up the steps and on to the desk of the ship.



Upon the deck of the ship, Elizabeth safely put Kalian on the wooden deck of the ship, looking at her crew she yelled commandingly “raise the anchor and prepare to sail to Fallean for we have a gift to give to the nobility” she walked off into her cabin.



Wondering what she meant, Ignatia asked one of the crew men who looked down at her “yes, what do you want from me child?” Ignatia blinked before politely asking him “urm hello, what does she mean by nobility?” he was silent for a moment before answering her with a small smile “your life is changing plunging you into chaos but your future will give pleasures that few can aspire to in their lives.”

As he finished he placed his index finger gently between her eyes causing her eyes to close as slumber in a low voice he whisper to her “sleep now my child and soon your new life shall deign” he took hold of her and gently lay her down on the deck of the ship to sleep peaceful.

His name was Aristion, a captive mage who was the only member of the crew who could use magic. He had originated from Elevnia from what they had gathered from his shattered mind as he could not remember much. They had found him floundered in amongst the wreckage of a ship with the only information they gained from was his name and that he had been travelling to Fallean. Since then captain Elizabeth had kept him captive on her ship as a member of his crew.



Hours pasted unheeded to the crew as the ship sailed across a deathly still sea but mist appeared before them and slowly began to flow towards the ship. Aristion watched the mist with his mind remembering something about the mysterious mist “what is this mist ... I have seen this mist once before, this auspicious mist ... A man clothed in white came from the mist. Is that he has come back after all this to end me or some other being has caused this. Never less I shall watch this mist with watchful eyes” he continued to watch it as it passed over and wrapped around the ship.



One of the crew was standing on the rail of the ship with a look of fear on his face for he had been left in control of Kalian and he accidently lost sight of her in this mist. He cursed under his breath “where is that child?”

His name was Armand, he was known for his fear of the magical being after he had been almost killed by a centaur once in his home kingdom of Fallean.



His eyes looked down into the water to see a man in the water although he seemed to be fine in the freezing. He evilly smiled up at him with a cold voice he said to him “hello mortal.”



Armand fell backwards with fear for he knew what this thing was a demon of the sea that had come to kill them all. Standing with fear he pushed aside the sleep walking Ignatia knocking her back down to the deck to sleep once more.



Armand dashed to the captain but she was looking at something that stood on the deck, he turned to see what she was looking at only to almost scream in fear as Aristion appeared on the other side of the captain. Even the captain seemed afraid of this creature for she had never seen any of this before.



Captain Elizabeth yelled at the creature in both rage and fear for she did not want some sort of villain “what manner of evil being are you to come a board by ship. If your reasons are good enough I may let you live or else I shall rip out your heart” only laughter meet her threat.



His eyes fixed on her own as he spoke “foolish mortal, I am no demon of the sea nor am I a villain as you claim for I am a merman with a slight a demonic features. If I say my name you shall know of me almost instantly and you being pleading to me for your lives. My name is Amisius” the crew almost pasted out for he was the god of the sea and storms.



The captain began to pled to him “please, please my lord forgive” he hissed at her making her fall silent. Amisius smiled at them with what appeared to be evil delight “silence! You have given me a gift, a child for me do with as I will. Take the other were wish but the one you have lost is now mine if you try and stop me I will kill you all” he laughed evilly and as a bolt of lightning hit the beck he vanished into thin air, leaving the crew standing there in stunned fear.



For moment only silence was between them as the mist vanished and the waves of the sea sounded louder as they hit the hull of the ship, until the captain spoke “here is what we shall do. We will take the girl Ignatia to Fallean where we will present her to the king to raise as his own child but you, Aristion do what you can with the child’s memory so she will not remember her life with Gerlat” he nodded, walking over to pick up Ignatia and carrying her towards his room so he could perform the spells to alter her memory.