Episode 5: We're Pirates!?

I had to think fast in this situation and saw another party hat nearby.

"Foxy!" I called out to him and tossed the party sword to him. I scooped up the party hat and quickly folded it. The rectangle appeared and I pulled it. The party hat became a sword just in time for me to block a swing from one of the pirates. I had never fought with a sword before so this was a new experience. I stumbled back slightly from the swing and stabbed forward aiming to pierce his gut. I pushed forward too far and the man pushed me to the ground. He swung his sword down on me and I blocked again. The pirate kept the pressure up and I kicked him in the stomach. I sprung to my feet and spotted another pirate about to board. I ran over to the railing and slashed the line sending him falling into the ocean.

"James! Look out!" Foxy yelled from somewhere to my right.

I rolled to the side along the rail, narrowly avoiding a slash from the pirate. I punched him in the face with my left hand and slashed his chest with the sword in my right. I grabbed a fistful of his hair and tossed him overboard along with his comrade. I turned to face Foxy and my jaw dropped in shock. He-he was human!? Foxy had medium length red hair, his eyepatch, and his exposed eye was a shining yellow. He had fox ears and seemed a bit sharpened. Foxy wore a black pirate captain's jacket with gold trim and there was a dress shirt under it. There was a red vest over the dress shirt and his dress pants were red with a black belt. A sheathe hung from the belt and his party sword had been placed in it. The outfit was finished with red boots.

"F-foxy!?" I said in astonishment. "You-your human!"

"Aye that I am lad." Foxy said looking himself over before bring his eyes back to me. "And so are you although not how you originally were."

I looked down at myself and gasped in shock. I was wearing a simple white shirt, brown pants with a black sash and brown boots. I pull a bit of my hair down and saw that it was brown instead of my natural black. I could feel my bear ears on my head.

"I am human again…" I whispered and felt tears in my eye. I rubbed them away quickly and turned back to Foxy. "So what now? Are we pirates?"

"Aye lad. I suppose we are." Foxy said his voice was filled with happiness.

I spotted a piece of black fabric hanging out of my and pulled it out. It was a bandana. I tied it to my head and placed my party sword in my sash. I looked at the other ship and saw it sailing away.

"Hey Foxy let's follow that ship." I said moving over to the front of the ship.

"Why would we do that?" Foxy asked as he joined me in watching the ship.

"Well we have no idea where we are and it looks like they know where they're going. Which means they must be heading for land." I said as I approached the wheel. I reached out to grab it and Foxy grabbed my arm. "What?"

"Do you know how to sail a ship?" Foxy asked with a smirk.

"Not exactly…" I said sheepishly stepping back. I did however know how to release the sails. I quickly got to work and soon the mast opened. The wind caught and we were moving.

"Alright mate let's go on an adventure!" Foxy said with glee and steered us after the other ship.

I couldn't help the smile that graced my face as the wind ran past my face. For the moment I didn't have to think about anything and I basked in the sense of adventure.