Ficlets

My boots were filled with water because i leapt from one of the newest ships on the high seas. My name is Elena Justinian. I am running away. Lately that seems to be what my life consists of; running. First from my evil Aunt Katarina she insisted that I pursue hideous Albert Kingston. He is the mayors son but he is famous for hitting his girlfriends so I ran to my only comfort the ocean and the beautiful ships that sail over them. Unfortunatly when I snuck onto the Dreamer i didnt realise that they were about to cast off. Being that i was so upset i never noticed that the ship was starting to rock and float out of the harbor. I had been crying so hard that i simply fell asleep from exhaustion. When I finally woke up and i looked around i almost screamed. It was dark and the wind was picking up and then i realised with a sickening thud in my chest i was on the ship that i had simply meant to explore. “Now what?” was the frist thing i thought to myself. “Well for one thing i can’t stay in this stupid dress.