Slumber Party!

The boy looked up at her and he looked as if he hadn't eaten in over a week. His face was sunken into his cheeks. He wore short trousers and a plain grey t-shirt that was a bit too big for him. His golden eyes fluttered at Belle and she knew that he would be extremely attractive when he grew up.

Following him or well almost crawling behind him were two people. It was a tall lanky man with wavy hair who seemed to be carrying a girl slung over his shoulders. She was asleep and her hair draped over his shoulders reaching his waist.

The lanky man was dressed differently from typical seamen fashion. A loosely buttoned white shirt and black pantaloons that were buckled and A small pistol hung below his waist.

On closer inspection of his face Belle noticed that he was in a constant state of bliss and his face flushed red. His ears were pierced with some gemstones and a small Jolly roger sat above his left eyebrow. The rest of his body seemed to be extremely pale and malnourished like the boy.

It was as the majority of blood had coagulated towards his head and maybe other areas of this body. Belle retracted her gaze and saw that his blue wavy hair seemed to flow naturally in the wind. Looking kind of majestic but also extremely comical carrying the unconscious girl.

Belle noticed the girl didn't seem to mind being carried. She wore a black dress and boots and her long black hair cascaded down the man's shoulder. Her head was covered by a tan sunhat with a black band wrapped around the top.

Belle returned her gaze towards the small boy. She felt rather sorry for the trio. She assumed the two behind him were his brother and sister and that they had come here looking for a new life but got stuck in this port town unable to leave.

This port was actually a trap for many foreigners as it was made to be extremely expensive to maintain any sort of lifestyle here if you weren't born here or had rich connections. Even leaving was rather expensive.

Belle looked at the few sliver in her palms and told the boy to follow her. The boy smiled smiled and complied with the nice lady's wishes but he scratched his head in confusion as he didn't know the destination. Trailing behind him were the duo.

*Will POV*

I'm soooo hungry. * Growl*

I came here thinking it would be an adventure but were stuck in this port town until we can pay the docking fee. We didn't even have enough ruins to buy food much less pay 25 silver. The exchange rate is shitty. All I did on that ship was read books that Apathy gave me. What's even worse is that since we were rationing food. If I didn't learn the things that I read id be out of dinner that day. So while Apathy and Davie only starved for a week I've been hungry for 2.

I've starved for longer but that doesn't mean I like being hungry.

I look back at them with disgust. Davie seems happy though. I can't tell why. He doesn't seem to be struggling at all carrying apathy.

* Growls intensify *

Sigh I'm so hungry.

Mmmmmm what's that smell? It smells so delicious. Ouch! What did I hit?

I look up and in front of me is this pretty girl. I look at her for a bit and she seems strange her eyes seemed to glow for a second. Could she be a witch? I'm snapped out of my thoughts by her pet bird squawking at me in annoyance.

She gestures for me to follow her and I subconsciously do. Maybe it was the hunger or maybe it was something else but I felt like this girl was rich.

*POV END*

Belle leads the trio into a small restaurant and they take a table at the edge of the room. Belle ordered them some food and seeing as that she had payed she began to ask them some questions. She learned their names relatively quickly

" Mr. Davie you came on a boat right? Why did none of you guys fish if you ran out of food on the trip?"

Will and Davie look at each other and shook their heads. Neither of them knew how to fish and apathy wouldn't help them at all. Seeing their reaction Belle could guess why they almost starved. They had no survival experience. She couldn't say she was much better in that department but she learned a thing or two on the trip here. She couldn't help but scrunching her face in embarrassment for them.

Will still laughed at her reaction. She inquired more and found that they weren't related at all and this young boy was their 'captain'. She took this as a joke.

The blusher ' Davie ' seemed to be a lot softer spoken and timid now that the girl wasn't on his shoulders. He was supposedly the helmsman and the one that hadn't woken up once was the first mate and navigator of the crew.

The food arrived and it was a fish platter with dough balls and sauce drizzled on top of them. This looked extremely appetizing and Will and Davie didn't hesitate to dig in. For the first time the girl raised her head and took a dough ball. She then joined them while eating. Her black eyes looked at Belle and she could see a hint of envy in her eyes.

When they were all eating in front of her she realized they looked a bit familiar. She then racked her brain and couldn't figure it out. She sighed in frustration.

She ate with them and then everything became clear. A man walked around pasting news papers onto the different window sills of the bar. On the front cover they stood right there. Apathy and Davie and Will? She had to admit the drawing of him was rather terrible and it didn't capture the boys essence at all.

It was the trio on the bounty posters she saw at Neyman's bar. Belle then noticed the restaurant was filled with extremely hostile gazes and their gazes were locked on the table. They were all glaring at them. How come she didn't notice it until now?

She must've been too focused on the oddity of these three to notice the stares.

The trio didn't seem to mind them at all. One was eating while the other was muttering some pessimistic words to themselves. Something about the futility of life and ambition. The girl was about to keel over and fall asleep.

Belle saw a small glint in her peripheral vision. Suddenly small object came flying towards the boy's head.

Will joyfully ate his food without much reaction . Belle who saw it was about to use her ability when something strange happened. When the blade was about to pierce his skull he ducked and a shot rang out. Silence permeated the bar. Even the noises in the kitchen eased to exist.

Above them was a bullet lodged into a dagger on the ceiling. Will who was smiling happily frowned at his food. One of the dough balls fell on the floor. He picked it up and dusted it off before quickly eating it. His smile returned. Above his head was a black flintlock pistol which still had smoke exiting the barrel.

The wavy haired man had a serious expression on his face. Belle had little time to process what was happening. Will patted on Apathy's shoulders after savoring the last dough ball infront of him

"Apathy. I have an idea. How about a Slumber party?" Apathy lethargically opened her eyes which didn't even show a reaction when the shot rang out. You could see her brain whirring to life at his question . Her black eyes glowed and she spoke in the most soothing voice Belle had ever heard.

"It is a good time for a slumber party isn't it." Will nodded and everyone in the restaurant fell to the floor in a deep sleep. Few were awake. The staff and two others were the only ones who still had their eyes open.

Belle felt extremely tired listening to her sentence. Her guard dropped by a lot but she still had enough energy to mutter.

" Witch? "