A Pirate"s Destiny

Sudden Storm

Collin

It was late afternoon in the middle of September, a early fall storm started over the ocean.I was sailing from the north back home, we had traded and raided several places along the way now I was ready to present my treasure to my Queen mother. A storm caught us by surprise before we knew it we were in a swelling wave on churning waters. It was a long and dark night as the hurricane crashed down eventually i got washed overboard, I did not know what happened to my ship or my crew. I tried to swim a current caught me and at some point I was knocked unconscious as I slammed into the rocks on an island none of us knew was there. My ship was destroyed, my crew men was lost to the sea, the last thing I remembered was trying to make it to shore....

Waking up in a panic, I find I am in a cabin on a straw bed. My starts to pound as i sit up to take in my surroundings There is a fire roaring in a hearth and skins are hanging around the cabin walls. There is a crude wood table and two benches, through the only window I see its dark outside. Suddenly a young brunette girl comes through the door with I am assuming her father, He is a tall man, very broad at the shoulders. I see He is wearing heavy skins as a coat of sorts his boots were made of leather but what really caught my eye was the fact he had a sword almost as large as the he was. Heathen country is where I found myself. The young girl looked to be about fourteen, she is a very slim girl with dark brown eyes that are similar to her hair color. She had a long sharp nose, and her lips were thin and thinned further as she realized their guest was awake. Turning to her father Gwen let him know the stranger was awake. Looking over at the man, Roland can see the man needs to eat, and some blood is starting to ooze out of the bandage. He tells Gwen to tend to dinner then he walks over and explains to Me that he is going to change his bandage. "Where am i?" I asks as the heathen works on cleaning my deep shin wound and redoing the bandage on my head. "Your on Dragon Isle.Who are you and how do you remember how you got here?" "Ship wreck.... the crew did you...?" My words die in My throat as I remember his crew members being swept away by the ocean waves. Roland simply shook his head at the question. He had figured as much of Collins story but with head injuries one never knew some times people were not the same when they woke. So Roland was studying Collin as the man fell silent with sorrow for his fellow crewmen.... After eating I went back to sleep where I start to dream of a young red headed beauty of my youth. Suddenly the dream turns in to night mares suddenly i am drowning there is lightning all around me i can see land it is a ways a way. I struggle to swim that way. I feel a current I cant breath suddenly i wake in a cold sweat, there is a small hand touching my arm looking to see the brunette sitting beside me. I fall back on to the pillow as soon as my eyes close i fall back into that dream...

Gwen sat beside Collin as he slept, she was too young to do some women's duties but her father had allowed her to look after the stranger Roland had found on unconscious on their beach. Roland was chief of some very blood thirsty heathens. It was rare for any to find them but now and then their Gods would send random souls to them, some passed the trials of life and stay with them others well they end up dead because the trials of the Gods are tests the faint at heart never succeed at.... So far Collin survived the first test, so Roland was curious to see what this stranger had to offer.... Where had he come from? Gwen thought as she observed his sleeping from. He was a tall devilishly handsome man with broad muscles and a chiseled face. His dark brown hair was short, he had some facial hair but not as much as most men on the Isle. She still didn't know her patience name but she didn't think on it to much either. She could tell he could use a sword but the dark sun kissed tan told her he was in the sun and he had a look of a rouge pirate. Smiling at her thoughts Gwen silently continued to watch Collins sleeping form as her imagination ran wild..