Lucy has an epiphany
AT the tender age of 6, Lucius knows that if you don't have food you take it, if you don't have a home, shelter you make it, if you don't have friends you make allies, if you don't have a family, people close to your heart you wait ... because believe it or not in a place like Tortuga, patience was everything. If you don't have patience then you will not have food in your belly or water for that matter, you will not find the perfect moment to strike, to take the little pouches on people waist or the necklace of a drunk around a corner, the earrings or ring of a distracted women. Without patience and observation (a lot of staring from Lucius part) you will not learn from who you can steal and from who you can't.
Of course this didn't matter for a little guy like Lucius because at the end of the day he was a child, a patient one sure ,with great observation skills of course, but a silent one snort no chance. Every time when he tried to steal even the smallest piece of bread or drop of clean water he was always caught. He was breathing to hard, stepped to loud they say
'' God give ye luck lad ye gonna die next year.'' First time he heard of God was from Madam Rose, she was waking up every morning to pray at God for all the girls to not die or fall sick at work.
'' If you pray to him he will help us.'' ...but he didn't, he didn't help Auntie Emma or Carla to not fall sick not even Rose herself and He sure as hell didn't help Lucius.
'' OUT!'' a women voice screams throwing a small child in the street.
Sighting and grunting in pain the bony child get up. ,, I really though I get it now...it's the 7 time this happen...'' disappointed and with a hurting stomach he goes back to his wooden box. On his way there he becomes more frustrated with himself, it was always the same thing ,,Ye are too loud'' kicking a rock he g-
'' Ow!'' staying still, he stops his breathing to look around him. Scared, with lighting gathering in the sky, he sees a drunk, previously passed out pirate, that was looking intensely at the sky and later at the sea where a lonely boat was sailing in was appeared to be an incoming storm.
'' By Calypso those fools.'' says the drunk in a slurred speech. oh a new word though Lucius seeing that he will pass out soon and he wouldn't bring any harm Lucius say
'' Who is that?''
'' Huuuhh urchi'n tha who?''
'' Calypso, I never heard of her before.''
'' not surpri'sed it's the se' goodne-'' without finished he passed out again.
It's was like time, stopped the waves the only thing heard.
'' Calypso...'' back on his way to shelter he couldn't stop thinking of that. Before falling asleep he say
'' Calypso...if ye can hear me...can ye help me be better ,can I be loved ..happy... if-if ye can hear me ,help me .. I swear that i would always be faithful to ye..'' with those last crucial words our little protagonist fall asleep, without knowing that he wake up something...well for the lack of the better word ,magical.
IN a shack on Pantano River a women wakes up abruptly from her slumber. She stays unmoved, with eyes wide open and without making a sound trying to listen what She was saying, but the only thing she Saw was a small ball of lighting, two hearts entwined and the intense smell of sea water. The entire night and half a day she didn't move trying to understand but with no luck, now was just waiting.
At the bottom of the of the ocean without form or sense a melodious voice could be heard on all the seas
'' I never had one so young before you, very well, let's see what you can do little dragon.''
And now if anyone would have looked at the child in the wooden box they would see no more than a ball of lighting. If you looked closely though the little boy has strikes of lighting on his entire body for 5 seconds and then the little flame in his chest erupts traveling in his veins. There were chances on him, eyes more brighter and skin cleaner, until then the little flame struggled to keep him alive, no more. Now the real story begins.
The next day, it took sometime for Lucius to realize that something changed around the afternoon when the pains of hunger begin to hurt the most he saw a sailor sleeping with a chicken leg in his hand. Famished, slowly he approached the sailor and quickly stole the chicken from his hand. Without though he begin to run. Stopping around a corner he begin to tear the meat and in a couple of seconds the food was gone and his belly already full. With a rabbit heart he gathers the chicken bone at his chest and-
'' I...I did it?'' after months of scraps from the ground he finally eat something and meat at that! '' Maybe...it's was a coincidence...no-'' he breath deeply ''-again.'' and with a determinate look in his eyes, he gets back on his feet and tries his luck? again.
Half an hour later he gathers in his wooden box all sort of trinkets, a lone earring ( a dizzy women), a pouch with 2 coins (an hangover men), a silky red ribbon (a young sailor) , a canister with rum (a sleeping men) , and his pride a dragon pendant (from what appeared to be a captain ). Still amazed he looked at them not believing. With a shacking hand he takes the canister and takes a swing of it, promptly he coughs and a with a clearer mind he remember last night, now Lucius begin to cry in earnest and with choking words he says.
'' Thank ye , than' ye so much!'' gathering his first possession at his chest the sky begin to give lighting.