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For The Love Of Treasure
Pirates, magic, and treasure. This is going to be a great adventure!
Hawk stared down at the map splayed out on the wooden table. Water surrounded him with no land in sight. His humble crew of old broken-down pirates was starting to get grumpy. He had to do something, he just didn’t know what.
This stupid magic dust the witch gave him was absolutely useless. It hadn’t led to any treasure, only death in the middle of the ocean. His stomach grumbled, reminding him once again how little he ate the last two days. They couldn’t go on like this much longer.
He stared down at the map. The island should be right here, but yet he could see nothing, not even a speck of dry land. Clutching the bottle of magic dust, he sent a silent plea to the fairy gods before uncorking the bottle and sprinkling a little on the map.
The door to his cabin burst open, and a breathless Catalina rushed inside. “They found us, and they’re closing fast!”
“How did they found us so soon.?” He rolled up the map and tucked it safely in a drawer before following Catalina outside.
She handed him the spyglass and pointed off into the distance. There it was, The Gold Finder, maned by a nasty crew of pirates and captained by Seadog, his former captain. He imagined the old pirate wasn’t too happy when he found out…
