The Pirate's Maid

The sun rises, and before the captain wakes up I need to do the chores before everyone else, or my body will be thrown into the deep sea. While doing the assigned tasks for me, I greeted the slaves of men. On that note, I am the only girl here aside from the captain's daughter. While doing the tasks quietly, I heard some heavy footsteps. I quickly turned around because I knew that if I didn't, I'd be in great trouble. I greeted the captain politely. "Good Morning, Captain." Quickly ridding myself of my chores. Though he did not reply to my greetings, he did glance at me and nodded his head, acknowledging my presence and also a sign to follow him and do the monitoring of the slaves around the ship. It is my main duty to follow the captain around, except for their own private time; eating, bathing, and sleeping. We stopped in the middle of the ship and the captain turned to his left and there I saw one of my friends among the slaves, Pier, carving some small figurines out of wood. I was nervous about what the captain would do to him, but I kept my face calm and didn't show any emotions. We walked towards him and the captain started talking. "What you are doing is wrong, I need you to be accurate in that figurine. Start over." He demanded. I just stood there behind the captain, watching both of them. Pier started over again, carving another piece of wood, while the captain observed him and watched. The other pirates near us started to swarm over and watched what was happening. "One mistake, and I'll s***h you with my whip, understand?" The captain threatened him, but I knew very well that it was not a mere threat, and that he would do it. I stood there as Pier carved the wood, making a figurine, but before we could see the whole figure of the wood, the captain stopped him again and suddenly gave him a s***h that made Pier shout out in pain, wincing. It is painful to see him like this, since he was my very first friend I made here in the ship. As much as I would like to help, I just stood there and watched him helplessly while the Pirate Captain whipped him with every mistake he made. He started over again and carved the wood. I don't know what was wrong, but the captain stopped him immediately by whipping his body. The other pirates started cheering, it was all loud, Pier's blood splashing around us, and I got some of my maid dress, but I did not worry about it as I am more worried about my friend. Our gazes met each other, then he smiled at me as if telling me not to worry about him. "START OVER!" The captain yelled while others continued to cheer, laughed and even the others mocked him. You can see the other slaves around us shivering in fear. What's worse than being whipped? There is much worse than that, and even I don't like to imagine it. My friend starts over again despite the pain and blood all over the floor of the ship. It was hard to watch the scene, I just wanted to vanish into this place right now, but I have no choice, I need to endure this. The captain demanded again and again and whipped him at the same time. He is now doing much worse, and clearly, all the mistakes are now obvious because of the pain he's feeling, trembling hands, and blurry vision caused by the tears and blood from his head. "STOP!" The captain was about to whip him again, but a loud, angelic voice stopped him, even the other pirates' cheering was stopped and now all I could hear was the calming sound of the water that surrounded us, and my friend's silent cries. That loud and angelic voice is coming from the princess of this ship, the captain's daughter I mentioned earlier. Her name is Xantara. She is the opposite of graceful, she is bold. Despite being treated as a princess here on the ship and being doted on by her brothers and the Pirate Captain, she is brave and does not act like a total princess-ish. Her appearance can be compared to a rising sun after a storm in the night. Her curly hair swayed along with the wind. Her eyes are so bold but kind. Not that kind though, compared to her brothers, she might call herself an angel as she cannot tolerate too much violence. We looked at her, and she straddled towards us as the pirates paved the way for her. "My princess, what are you doing here?" The captain's voice quickly shifted from sounding scary to soft and gentle, but still, there was a hint of roughness in his voice. "Stop it, Father. I don't like the noise and blood all around the place. It's still early." She said to the captain, holding both sides of her hips, showing she was annoyed by her father's actions. "You heard my princess, now go clean up the mess." He ordered, and then the other slaves started moving to clean the mess, as I am here still standing behind the captain and the other pirates. "It's time for breakfast, Father, my brothers are waiting for you in the dining room." She stated "And such some gruesome scene to see before eating." She added with a hint of sarcasm and annoyance in her voice. "I understand, my princess, I will just finish rounding the area, and I'm good to go." Xantara just rolled her eyes at her father and heaved a sigh before uttering the word "Fine". The captain nodded, and then I saw Xantara go on her way. As for me, I followed the captain going around the ship, making sure the slaves were doing their part as well as the other pirates. The people here are not total pirates, but they have the blood of royalty in the Kingdom of Vendhszla. The Pirate Captain, or should I say the Pirate King, is the cousin of the King of Vendszhla. He doesn't want the throne or a position in royalty, so as a result, he becomes a pirate as he is now, while also contributing to the Kingdom. They are going around sea by sea, ocean by ocean to conquer islands as contributions to the Kingdom. That is their duty as pirates. I also witnessed them having a war, blood all over, and destroying small cities and countries that did not belong to any Kingdom. After doing the rounds, the Captain goes to his room on this ship. This ship is massive and almost looks like a ship for royalty's leisure and not for exploring. As for me, I entered my super compact room, changed into another old ragged dress, did not have any differences from what I was wearing earlier, and did the chores that I left earlier. By the time I finished, I noticed the hotness of the sun's rays. It is already in the middle of noon. I decided to go back to my room and rest for a bit. I have a small privilege here as I am also a treasured piece of the Captain. I am fully aware that he wants me, the way he flaunts me on the ship while doing rounds. As far as I know, I am much older than Xantara. She looks like a woman already, it is in their blood they look more mature than their age. He didn't touch me though, he just wanted to show everyone how he conquered this little girl from another Kingdom, though I did not know what Kingdom it was, I just heard it from the comrades of the Captain when I was still a child.