The Otherside: Alice: Tough Decisions (Book 6)

Once we got to the ship the three guys stopped what they were doing and stared at us. One was swabbing the deck and the other two were sword fighting each other. They were staring at us in shock like they were seeing double.

“Guys this is my twin sister and her two lovers.” Captain Jay called out to them with a smirk.

“N-no they are not my lovers they are my... I mean our cousins.” I said flustered.

They all filed in. Jay pointed to one of the guys that were sword fighting first. “This is Rick, he is going to be captain of the ship after I get my ship back.”

“But didn’t the last ship...” She put her hand over my mouth cutting me off.

“Moving on...” she pointed to the other guy who was sword fighting. “This is Ryan, he is the very reliable and future second mate of this ship.” She then pointed to the man that was swabbing the deck. “And this is Daniel and to be honest I do not know why he is here. Why are you here?”

“I have always wanted to be part of a crew.” Daniel replied.

“Let’s be honest, he just likes your boobs.” Ryan said bluntly.

“No! I mean not that they aren’t just perfect... I mean... I really wanted to be part of a pirate crew and will continue to serve with Rick and Ryan after you depart.” He said trying to explain himself frantically.

Rick walked over to me. “Hmmm.... I wonder if you are like your twin in every aspect.” he said while touching my arm.

“Not really.”

“That’s a shame, I really would love a second chance.” Rick replied with a smirk.

Ace came over and pushed him off me. “That’s enough Romeo, get in line.”

He got back in line with the others and I could feel Ace and Trey mentally shaking their heads with what we have to work with.

“Let’s go into your quarters and discuss a battle plan.” I suggested so we did not offend them with any comments Ace and Trey may make about them., and again we did just that.

It started off as a long discussion. We were coming to the conclusion of it being hopeless, but then it dawned on me, the magic compass.

“Jay, where did you get that compass?”

“I got it from this island called Siora. They believe and practice magic there.”

“Do you think we could stop by a library tomorrow and do a little more research on magic. If we can figure this out, we can maybe use our magic here.”

“I actually brought a book back with me.” She said as she walked over to a chest. She pulled out of a book and handed it to me. “I do not know if it is enough information, but it should at least tide you over until tomorrow.”

I took it from her. “I will look this over and we can try using magic tomorrow.”

“Well it looks like we are done here.” Trey said while getting up.

Ace did the same. “Yeah, I think we will need to see the magic situation before we work on a plan.”

“Sounds like a plan, see you two tomorrow. Alice and I have a little more to talk about.” Jay said trying to get them to leave. They nodded and left.