As Semya finally finishing mourning for his mother he then leaves his old house and makes his way back towards the village from the forest, as he sees the other crew members assisting the other villagers decorating the village as they are preparing for the anniversary of Erpath and suddenly Semya sees Sally beside him "hey Stowaway where you've been the others were just looking for you"
"I've been at a um… a memorial" "a memorial in the middle of the woods?" As Sally looks towards the forest where Semya came from "you can say that"
"Never mind, the Captain is waiting for you at the chief's house"
"Okay I'll head there soon."
Heading towards the village still getting viewed as an outcast by the people of Erpath but shrugs it off as he heads towards the Chief's house as he sees Chief Mazof and Captain Moed still discussing their plans. Semya stands at the front of the entrance waiting for them to finish speaking until they notice Semya waiting "Semya how long have you been standing there?"
He shrugged his shoulders "only a few minutes"
"Nevermind, but are you ready Semya?"
Semya nodded "of course I'm ready. Ready as I've ever been"
"Brilliant Semya please as night fall comes you'll be ready. Though with our mistreatment we gave you for these past few years, I think it's the perfect moment for you to have redemption"
"redemption? Isn't accepting who I am is better than redemption? I've accepted for who I am, and redemption is just another word to me now"
Captain Moed retracted his words a bi t"I apologize Semya I didn't think someone like you would reject redemption"
"It's okay it's just been a daily struggle that I've been used to, through these years".
Soon as the sun fell and the moon arose night then came as in Erpath, the village are now celebrating their two-hundredth anniversary, some are dancing as a way to honour their tradition, giving a lot of food to those ever present in the celebration.
Meanwhile the crew are having their own fun as they are here to showcase themselves to the others. Luughead is keeping himself fed as he is near the food table eating a large quantity of food, but still limiting himself as the children want to be carried by Luughead as they stand tall and proud. The Twins are at the ship as they load the cannons with shredded leaves, paper, and rags as they fire the cannons it sprinkles around the whole village as if it were like confetti. Narrow is trying to dance along with the other villagers that are dancing in their tradition but Narrow is having trouble following their movement, as the other villagers are keeping a steady pace when dancing. And finally Sally is showing off her marksmanship to the villagers as she places down some bottles that are a couple miles away from her, then firing her flintlocks as she breaks every single bottle in her sight, even breaking someone else's bottle that they were drinking from.
Meanwhile in the ship Semya is rehearsing everything he is going to say for his speech to everyone, but having trouble how to present his speech to everyone "remember Semya's confidence… I'm ready" and proceed to walk towards the top deck on Founders Seeks.
The others noticed him walking to the deck and greeted him with honest "a if it isn't the renown Stowaway"
Semya nodded "thanks for the compliment Topp"
Topp smiled and was smacked by his brother "don't give Semya more pressure he need to do his speech with equity"
He watches them argue for a while before he leaves "okay I'll see you at the speech then". As Semya walks down from Founders Seek seeing everyone having their fun, Captain Moed suddenly appears in front of Semya.
"How are you doing Semya"
"I'm doing fine Captain"
"Well I think it's time. Quickly the chief is waiting for you"
"Are you going to watch"
"I'm sorry Semya I can't, it will be midnight and if a full moon appears I need to be present and enter to see it with my own two eyes so I don't have any distractions. The crew will be by your side" Captain Moed at Semya's courageous acts.
And leaves Semya back to Founders Seek, and Semya walking onto the podium where chief Mazof is waiting "there you Semya you ready"
With one deep breath Semya felt ready "I am ready"
"Okay I gather everyone" walking towards the front of the podium he began to call everyone.
"To all our people and guests please come to the front" waiting for everyone to be gathered.
Chief Mazof starts first "as you all know today is our two hundredth anniversary of our dear island Erpath. we are here as we are presented here as we are to be presented with our speaker. Semya Murphy please make your way here" the crowd began to groan "Silence!" As Chief Mazof yells to get everyone's attention. Semya walks towards the front of the podium and sees everyone, the crew, and the villagers looking at him and Chief Mazof standing beside him.
"Now it's the time you do fine" then walks down from the podium and stands with the crowd. Semya takes a deep breath and begins his speech "today we are here to celebrate our two hundredth anniversary here in Erpath. As before we called this island our home, we were hit with the harsh realities of climate with unpredictable weather. But that all changed thanks to our saver the Dragon Keeper, he aids us with his wisdom and knowledge about our island that we never knew about" as Semya was continuing his speech his right arm started to react differently as soon as a full moon the risen among them the dragon marking then started to appear on Semya and the waves began to shift and the whole island began to quake amongst them.
(End of chapter 11)