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Pirates!

The sea was calm as usual. It was near land, islands, many of them. Some inhabited and some not. Regular folks living their daily lives, nothing out of the ordinary. Gathering sticks or fruits or even hunting small fish or rabbits or any small creature that can be eaten. I glanced the ship with my telescope. I, the captain of my fleet. My duty was to patrol the seas for the low lives who made it difficult for the throne. The throne that ruled the country and the seas that surrounded it. Everything was in order, perfect order. Like a clock ticking away every second and keeping time on cue, everything in the country was on cue to the last millisecond. However, a small glitch seemed to mess things up. Disrupting the perfect harmony of the flow. It was a spot, more like a blot on a perfect white tunic. The blot had to be dealt with before it increased in size or caused a disturbance. Here the blot was a young man named Jack. Jack had upset the throne. He saw the throne as an obstacle to th...