During the early 1600's the pirate Fidius Calico was said to have made camp on a forgotten and undiscovered island located just north of the Caribbean in a long lost and feared area of the Seven Seas. Back then the land was unnamed, lost to the rest of the world; but to many now it is named Isle of Ororca. The most feared place in any sailors mind. Now, some hundred years on Calico's treasure has become a myth, lost in made up stories of sailors attempting to reach the island but none ever returning. That is where Lieutenant John Montague comes into the story and believe me he plays a crucial role in this particular one, as this story is not one that is myth and legend that has been passed through generations of people. This is a true story told by the Lieutenant himself after he actually came upon the island and took the gold without haste, for
Calico's gold came in it plenty and would be a valuable prize for his hard work. Many years on, after Montague had settled down in a small village just on the rural outskirts of London he began working on his book, documenting his journey and below is an extract from the most crucial stage when he arrived at Isle of Ororca.
'The journey was nearing its end when the weather turned sour. The waves became bigger, splashing against the bow of the ship upon which we were aboard. Neptune's Cutlas had coped so far; being the best ship in the Caribbean. But no one saw it coming. The wave rose upon us, some 30 feet in the air before it crashed against the ship and we felt the wood break under us. Terror ripped through my very bones as I attempted to grab anything to stay alive.'
'I awoke, lying on a cold piece of driftwood, obviously a piece of the beloved Neptune... I didn't know what had happened, my head stung with a dull ache and I was soaked to the skin; shivers running there way through my body but I lifted myself up off the ground and looked around.'
'The cave was cold and damp and there were plants growing down the wall in the cove, I looked out across the sea and saw the mist blocking all vision of where I was but I had the feeling I was there on the Island. the Island of mystery and legend, and the very Island we were looking for. I turned, and my search of the cave began.'
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