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Sorry 'bout that, people. I'm just so happy cause...ddljvlsdghjiosd

I kept thinking of things I could have added in to the chapters...but it was too late to edit them in. Little side-plots and one-shots that could have made it more heartwarming or funny...

Just encase you missed it, don't read this before reading 'Pirates and Survivors' or prepare to be confused. And hit with spoilers.

So I've decided to start a series of one-shots based on different times in 'PIRATES AND SURVIVORS' Exploring the other character's views, deleted scenes and funny awkward moments between our two favorite bunnies.

ARE YOU HAPPY? IF SO, REVIEW. Clementine and Squint will be appearing in the next chapter.

This chapter is about the Misfit's encounter with the pirates through Cocoum's perspective.

Misfits

The coast was quiet on the day the misfits had left. The sun had just risen into the sky and most of the dwellers of the land were still asleep, the exception being a small ape who was sitting high above, hidden in the trees. A pair a large, green eyes wandered over the beach below curiously...but also tinted with hesitance The adolescent animals below were piling fruit up onto various pieces of curved wood...ready to lift it on their makeshift vessel.

Cocoum didn't know where the idea had come from, but it seemed the idea that modifying the conveniently drifting ice so they could steer it had been around for a small while. It was interesting though skeptical. And now, those teens below were getting ready to head out, apparently forever.

They weren't really his friends. Just some other misfits he'd known, being an orphan and sort-of outcast himself. They talked a lot and wandered around together sometimes, he guessed, but usually they argued on things.

A possum, who was among them, had asked him earlier on in the month if he would like to join them, being the other young outcast in their area. Despite being younger than them, Klue seemed open-minded about letting him come along.

"So are you coming with us?"

Cocoum blinked down at the possum, bewildered. "What?"

"You know. Out there."

The ape rose a brow. Oh yeah, to the sea. Sounds sorta crazy... "Do you even know what you're doing?"

"I take that as a no, then..."

He honestly didn't know what to do. It wasn't like he couldn't survive on his own, he'd done so since his toddler years, but the sea? what could sailing to another land provide for him and the other misfits below? Could he really leave...

He watched as they gathered in a circle, having finished stacking everything onto the boat. The sea did look kind of smooth...and who knows? maybe something worth while was out there.

Smiling to himself, Cocoum made the decision and began swinging towards them, landing at the edge of the flock of trees and making his way rather steadily towards them. Lee spotted him first, the Lemur grinning widely as he gestured him out to the others.

"Ah, ya see? I told ya he'd come!"

Klue gave him a wide-eyed look, but smiled a little as well. "Hey."

Cocoum shrugged. "Hey. So, that offer still up?"

"Yeah." Klue said. Lee rolled his eyes humorously.

"Hah. Ya only came now 'cause we already got all the work done..."

Cocoum grinned but didn't retort. Hogarth, who had already climbed on board, yelled,

"All aboaaard!"

Cocoum smiled as they scampered on, hoisting the anchor and at last pushing off from the beach. He couldn't say how excited he was as he climbed to the top of the mast and watched the land he'd once called home vanish behind him. With the wind whistling in his ears and brushing his rather annoying head hair back, Cocoum couldn't help but think that this wasn't such a bad idea after all...

The fog had come at least a day and a half later. They were still supplied with food and water but their sight was clouded by the thick mists. Cocoum and Lee sat up high in the mast, gazing silently over the waters.

Lee clicked his teeth together as Hogarth and Klue wandered around below. "Well this is spooky..."

Suddenly something like a murmur echoed through the fog, and Lee clung tighter to the branch he was currently hanging from. Cocoum blinked, eyes flickering around uncertainly.

Then, voices. Not too far off...lots of them overlapping each other. Cocoum glanced down at Klue, who gave him a firm look but shrugged, taking on a stiff, typical leader stance. Cocoum rolled his eyes just as the silhouette of a large iceberg ship formed before them.

Abrutply soothing shot towards them, embedding itself in the ice. There was a collective shout from all parties as two more hooks flew towards them and clamped onto the side of their ship. Cocoum eyes widened and memories began snapping into his mind. What did you call those guys, the ones that robbed and killed people...

"Pirates!" He said, startling both Lee and Hogarth. Klue said nothing, but let his eyes widen. Clearly he had the same thoughts.

Lee however did not. "Pfft, HAHA!" He forced the laugh throwing his arms up as he hopped onto Cocoum's shoulder. "Pirates, yeah right! Could just be ice...pickers...and they've mixed us up with a normal iceberg." He folded his arms confidently as Cocoum grinned a little.

"Wanna bet?"

"You're on, ape kid!"

Their ship was draw close to the other, surprising almost level with its deck, but not enough to see everyone on board. A scruffy bunch of mammals lined along the side, grinning down at them with pure malice. Cocoum and Lee were unnoticed for the moment.

"Well, well, well."

An oily, intimidating tone masked in false friendliness came from above. Cocoum blinked, looking up to find a silhouette up above not unlike his own...only a heck a lot larger. The large ape swung down, landing on the side of the ship and smirking down at the possum and molehog patronizingly, Cocoum watching him with Lee from slightly above. He was a intimidating figure with clawed hands and a menacing glint in his eyes, rotted teeth and looming shadow. Cocoum tightened his hole on the mast, wondering what he'd do if a fight (it seemed inevitable) broke out.

Lee gaped slightly, muttering to his friend from his shoulder. "Dude, ya never said your kind got THAT big..."

"Looks like we got ourselves a bunch of misfits with bounty, boys!" The pirate surrounding him below growled in response to this statement. Cocoum guessed he was the caption. He then spotted the older ape's eyes flickering over their supplies and he scowled.

Oh yeah. Plundering pirates...

"So, any of you dealt with pirates before?" He let mockery worm its way into his tones, and his crew cackled from behind him. Klue clenched his tiny fists even tighter, stepping forward furiously.

"No- and we don't intend to either!" He called up defensively. Hogarth nodded less confidently, stepping back.

"I told you it was pirates." The lemur groaned, Cocoum glanced at his lemur friend and grinned. As Klue and Hogarth began trembling slightly, Lee tried to avoid his gaze but eventually failed.

"Fine, ya win tha' bet, Cocoum. Jeez, whaddaya want, a medal?"

Cocoum began laughing to himself quietly, shaking his head before something, or rather someone, interrupted him.

"Guys, not now!"

Upon hearing Hogarth call up, both primates halted their upcoming argument. Cocoum frowned at the older ape, who finally seemed to notice him hanging around above. Lee shrank back behind his shoulder as the pirate offered and dark smirk.

"Boo."

Lee gasped, almost falling off the mast in fright. Cocoum rolled his eyes, grinning slightly before replying.

"Yeah, real scary old man." He called. He almost regretted his words upon seeing fury contort the older ape's features. Instead of shrinking back, however, Cocoum grinned cheekily.

The pirate forced a laugh. "Cute, kiddo. Now let's see what bravery gets you."

His lowering, threatening tone obviously was leading to something, and even Cocoum began shrinking back a little at his smirk, eyes widening. The older ape turned to his crew, shouting a loud order over the ranks.

"Battle stations!"

The battle after that felt as though it had only been a few seconds, though so much had happened during its coarse. The armadillo, clearly no friend of the older ape's, had decided to help them, but things had gone sour in the middle. Cocoum and Klue found themselves drifting away as he and that rabbit girl were pulled back- for saving their lives.

"C'mon, we gotta help!" Klue cried, jumping forward onto the straining vine, the only thing holding the ships together. Cocoum leaped forward, perhaps ready to follow when the boat jerked suddenly, sending him hurtling off the side and into the water, the possum tumbling in after.

He'd thought he was about to drown when something that resembled a giant bag of pudding dragged them through the water and flipped them onto the pirate deck. Cocoum coughed the water from his chest and glanced around, finding weapons pointed all around him and the possum. The rabbit girl was trapped, shivering in the arms of the hyperactive buck who was grinning meanly down at her, and the armadillo looked in bad shape.

Cocoum shivered a little when his eyes met the darker ones of the older ape, who walked forward towards him, scowling deeply. Cocoum shrank back but the pirate caught him around the neck, jerking him forward. It didn't hurt, but it was stiff and unnerving. Cocoum screwed his eyes into slits and the pirate growled down at him, eyes inches away from his.

"We'll see who's scary, kiddo." His voice was filled with malice as he said this, "I'll deal with you later." He shoved him back, releasing him and sending him slamming onto his side. The pirates around him laughed nastily at his expense. Then, he was pulled off his feet by the kangaroo and thrown against the mast, were he was tied up with Klue before he could stop them.

The rabbit girl caught his eye, and whimpered slightly as the male rabbit pressed the knife closer to her neck, laughing meanly.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all...

Clem and Squint conflict coming up next, people.

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