• سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ وَاللّهُ أكْبَرُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْم •
"Glory be to Allah and all praise be to Allah, there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. There is no might or power except from Allah, the Exalted, the Great One."
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With her back towards the dock she heard loud groaning sounds followed by a surprise BANG. Captain of the royal navy gets together the guards to investigate the noise. Cassia retrace her steps, making her way through the crowd to the discordant crash. On the ocean blue water she catches a glimpse of vast white sails attached to thin wires surrounding it. The ship appeared unlike the other vessels on the dock, comparable to a swan swimming alongside ducks.
Standing in the crows nest of the ship was a short male with a white shirt topped with a thick brown jacket. He was wearing a bright red beanie, making his way to the helm where a man presented as the captain stood. A long black leather trench coat was draped around his shoulders and an argent skull necklace around his neck. What made him standout the most was the shiny, silvery hook where his left hand should be. Cassia steps towards the vessel and whispers, "I have the strangest feeling that I've seen that ship before a long time ago when I was very young." Curious to know more she drops the newspaper, pushing the crowd aside. She approaches the massive craft absolutely fascinated by it, unable to escape the peculiar warmth surrounding her arms.
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"Mr. Smee are you sure you've navigated my ship correctly through the portal." The mass horde of people surrounding his ship including men with rifles advancing towards them was alarming. "Captain this looks nothing like The High Court, you think we got a problem" asks Mr. Smee.
"The High Court?" questions Cassia.
Both men turn their heads to the strangely dressed girl, the captain takes the opportunity to ask,
"Miss where exactly are we?"
"London" replies Cassia still taking in the beauty of the vessel. "Where were you headed?" "The High Court" sighs the captain, "but it appears we have sailed off course." "Oh you mean the court house, you should be able to drive there. It's just past the clock tower." The rest of the crew chuckled behind the main deck at the girls foolishness. "The court house you say, my, my, well captain it appears we're more lost then we realize" boasts a crew member eyeing the girl. The captain snickers under his breath as well. Uneasy from the humiliation and confusion she boots the captain on his knee. OUCH. "Are you daft, what did you do that for?"Sarcastically Cassie replies "Sorry for the confusion captain, I'll just leave you and your malicious crew to find your own way around here" stomping away she bumps into the officer of the Royal Navy with a rifle pointed to her chest. "Identify yourself immediately" commands the officer. "I'm not-." "Identify yourself now." The hook handed man steps in "alright mate step down, just a wrong turn no danger." The officer sternly orders his men to search for all weapons and arrest the trespassers. Quickly Cassie walks up explaining the situation but the hook handed man pulls her arm backward and signs her to stop talking. "Don't touch me you miscreant" shouts Cassie. "Miscreant? Ha. I'm trying to save your life. I need you to shut it and just trust me" says the captain seriously. "Trust you—." The officer cuts her off and yells with his rifle prepared and set to her chest. "Alright alright" in a moment of desperation she bears the captains annoyance and states "alright if I'm to trust you, I need to know your name." He grabs a tiny pearl bean from his pocket while responding, "it's Hook. The name is Killan Jones Hook." He tossed the bean in the ocean which opened a water whirlwind under their ship allowing them to escape.