Setting - A brisk and sunny morning on one of the islands in the Caribbean seas. A usual day of hustle and bustle among the populous that settles in the largest of the colonies on the island, various merchants buying and selling their wares, working craftsman applying their trade and various citizens go about their daily business. One particular merchant carrying a wooden box wrapped in a blue silk veil hurries to his shop in the centre of town. The overhanging sign next to the door reads “Skies shope”, the gentleman is a black and white house cat, he steps into the shop and closes the door again.
Cloudys dad - Cloudy…(Shouts) Cloudy! Where are you boy!?
*He approaches the counter and places the box on the surface carefully, a young boy also a house cat, red haired, white furred, left ear black and a black patch over his right eye dashes into the main room a little out of breath.
Cloudy - Yes father?
Dad - What were you doing boy you should be watching the counter, customers don’t buy anything unless there’s someone to trade with.
Cloudy - Yes father, sorry father I was just-
Dad - Looking for those books again…boy…listen, those books are all fairy tales little of it is real, this is real, money is real our life is real when are you going to learn that?
Cloudy - (Reluctant) Mmm…
Dad - Look come here, and look at this, it’s important.
*Cloudy approaches his father who takes the silk lining from the carved wooden box, a polished and decorated surface is more apparent showing it’s very valuable or what ever it contains is very valuable.
Dad - This…is a very valuable opportunity.
Cloudy - What is it?
Dad - A rare orb son, a jewel I acquired from my trip aboard. It took some working to obtain but I think we could sell this on for a lot more than what its previous owner sold to me.
Cloudy - Oh?
*His father opens the box and inside sits a sparking silver/white orb glowing profusely, the colour mixing with the clear glass and swirling like an ocean, Cloudy stares hard into the orb unable to look away.
Dad - Isn’t it beautiful?
Cloudy - Wow…
*Cloudy reaches out and runs his fingers over the top of the orb.
Cloudy - It feels warm…
Dad - Yes…quite.
Lady - Whats going on ere then?
*The father snaps the lid closed almost catching his son’s fingers in the gap jumping at the sound of the voice, the turn round to see a commonly garbed woman with a basket in one hand.
Dad - (Shaken) Ahh, uh, Mrs Pevence, you surprised me.
Lady - Ah sure I just did, what’s that you fellahs are playing with then?
Dad - Oh just a trinket I brought back from my last trip nothing fancy, here for your daily’s?
*Cloudy stares at the box as if he can still see the orb and rubs his fingers against his palm as if the feeling was still there.
Lady - Yes I am, it’ll have to be quick however, my brother is heading out with the fleet today something about pirates.
Dad - Pirates eh? Cloudy go get the Miss’s things together from her list.
Cloudy - ………
Dad - (Snaps) Cloudy!
Cloudy - (Panic) Y-Yes father.
*Cloudy dashes off. Later that same night Cloudy lies in bed turned to the side and staring at the window still awake and unable to sleep, only the crickets and the night wind are heard in the starlit night, and then suddenly a few knocks are heard from downstairs, he hears them ears perking up and then gets out of bed and heads out of his room and down stairs carrying a lantern, he checks in the main lounge situated under his room, shining the light around he sees nothing but heads further into the room and to a bookshelf, he pulls some books out of the way and reveals a small chest.
Cloudy - (Quietly) Dad would kill me if he knew I knew about this.
*He places the lantern on the table nearby and takes the chest out and unlocks it, the smaller chest his father brought home is inside, he takes the case out and opens it the orb still inside, placing the case on the table he takes the orb out in both hands and stares at it intensely for a few moments.
Dad - (Weary) Cloudy! Cloudy is that you banging at the door boy at this hour!?
*Cloudy rushes to get the orb back in the case and closes the lid and places the case in the chest and back into the gap behind the books but doesn’t make an effort to place the books back in a tidy manner, he hides under one of the comfy chairs in the dark forgetting about the lantern he had, a crash at the front door, his father changes direction after coming down stairs curious to what the noise was and approach the entrance to the shop a few dark figures stand at the door outside.
Dad - (Irritated) -sigh- Who could this be?
*Approaching the door he shines the lantern to see who it is, two men stand at the door looking rugged.
Dad - (Loud) What is it!? It’s late!
*A crack of a pistol is heard as Cloudy’s father collapses in his place, one of the men opens the lock on the door from the inside and they both hurry inside.
Pirate 1 - (Snaps) Idiot this was supposed to be subtle.
Pirate 2 - Lets just grab the box and lets go!
*The two pirates head into the shop and into the lounge obviously knowing what they’re doing, Cloudy remains under the chair unseen he sees them walk to the hiding spot of the chest.
Pirate 1 - That’s it, that’s the chest he’s been hiding…
Pirate 2 - Sneaky, sneaky, shoulda kept to his end of the bargain.
Pirate 1 - Okay this is it, these get out of here.
*The two men head back out of the lounge and out of the shop into the darkness of the streets. Cloudy crawls from under the chair and grabbing the lantern in a rush checking the chest…the case is gone and so is the orb.
Cloudy - (Worried) Oh…Dad!...DAD!
*He dashes out of the lounge to the shop his lantern catching the body of his dead father a wound adorning his chest from the pistol shot, tears well up in his eyes and he collapses to his knees.

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