pirate homecoming
Manx is determined to lead his crew on a quest in search of this latest daydream, but you tell him that you are ready to return home.
A few weeks of dusty roads later you cycle into the small village you grew up in. Manx's quest takes his crew that way anyway, so you keep each other company on the journey.
A couple of your uncles, looking grim step out onto the road, glaring. You cant help but notice that they are both heavily armed.
You swing a leg over your bike, shake your hair out of your bright yellow dust rag and stretch, your riding buckskins creaking.
"Uncle Chase? Is that you?" you call out to the biggest of the men.
Your uncle looks stunned for a minute and then whoops out your name.
"Is it ME?" he laughs "That's what I ought to be asking YOU!" He turns around and shouts: "Turn out everybody! Come and see! Its not pirates after all!
A shriek comes from overhead, and your aunt Clarisse dives out of a tree where she had been hiding, no doubt to ambush pirates, and tackle hugs you.
A spontyanoues party breaks out. All your cousins and your parents are overjoyed to see you. You introduce your crewmates, and begin trying to sum up all your adventures. It'll take more than one or two campfires to tell all your stories in the full detail they deserve.
"We really thought we'd never see you again" she says "Chase and I tracked you for months but once we found the pirate rendezvous, you could have been anywhere. We've only been back a week and we were going to start out again soon."
Manx is laughing on the other side of the fire, making friends and connections like he always does. He and Chase seem to be getting along famously. He catches your eye and winks. When his crew rides out again a few days later, he gives you a going away present-- one he can't really afford. You look forward to the coming summer, teaching your cousins how to ride your new motorcycle.
A few weeks of dusty roads later you cycle into the small village you grew up in. Manx's quest takes his crew that way anyway, so you keep each other company on the journey.
A couple of your uncles, looking grim step out onto the road, glaring. You cant help but notice that they are both heavily armed.
You swing a leg over your bike, shake your hair out of your bright yellow dust rag and stretch, your riding buckskins creaking.
"Uncle Chase? Is that you?" you call out to the biggest of the men.
Your uncle looks stunned for a minute and then whoops out your name.
"Is it ME?" he laughs "That's what I ought to be asking YOU!" He turns around and shouts: "Turn out everybody! Come and see! Its not pirates after all!
A shriek comes from overhead, and your aunt Clarisse dives out of a tree where she had been hiding, no doubt to ambush pirates, and tackle hugs you.
A spontyanoues party breaks out. All your cousins and your parents are overjoyed to see you. You introduce your crewmates, and begin trying to sum up all your adventures. It'll take more than one or two campfires to tell all your stories in the full detail they deserve.
"We really thought we'd never see you again" she says "Chase and I tracked you for months but once we found the pirate rendezvous, you could have been anywhere. We've only been back a week and we were going to start out again soon."
Manx is laughing on the other side of the fire, making friends and connections like he always does. He and Chase seem to be getting along famously. He catches your eye and winks. When his crew rides out again a few days later, he gives you a going away present-- one he can't really afford. You look forward to the coming summer, teaching your cousins how to ride your new motorcycle.
THE END
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