Jem stared at him and he stared back. Well if you could call it “him”. From the waist up, it looked like an average adult of the fifties, but from the waist down was the body of a horse. The human part of it had quiet a muscular torso and looked attractive. His lower part… well, Jem couldn’t tell.

Beth had woken everybody up and was staring at the human horse, with her mouth open. Everybody had gathered behind Jem ready, for obvious reasons that Jem has the gun, however their expressions seemed that they were ready to run, than ready to defend Jem.

Finally, the creature spoke in proper English and had quiet an british accent. His tone was calm and serene. “Please don’t be afraid” he said “My name is a Chiron and I am a…”

“Centaur” finished Alex.

Jem turned his head to get a good look at Alex, his gun still pointed towards Chiron. Alex always had a weird habit of looking up random facts from books and Google, which until now had annoyed Jem a lot.

“HOLD ON…” Nelinha exclaimed “YOU MEAN THE HERCULES GYM TRAINER GUY”

Chiron gave her a kind smile. “Well some of you know seemed to know a bit of mythology. Although I would have preferred to use the term tutor or teacher. But sadly no, I am not that person or centaur. The real Chiron was my ancestor, and I am his 16^th descendant.” he said.

Jem’s head was buzzing. For the first time in his life he felt so confused and stupid. He turned to look at Will, his gun still raised. Will seemed to be fazed by Chiron, did not notice Jem looking at him.

Finally Nil seemed to take charge. He slowly walked forward his both hands at front to show that they were empty. He walked up beside Jem and put his hands on Jem’s gun and pushed it down.

Jem put the gun, back to his belt, although ready to pull it out, at the slightest sign of aggression from Chiron.

“We are sorry for pointing the gun at you” said Nil earnestly.

“No no it’s ok…I quiet understand. You all have been stranded by Davy Jones. It has happened before also. It’s quiet a reason for panic” Chiron said.

Jem reacted sharply “What do you know about Jones? I know that he takes prisoners and a lot of our people are captive”

Then Jem took a sigh and asked Chiron his greatest fear.

“If you and Jones are real…I um…I mean is the kraken real too”

The look on Chiron’s face was enough for everybody.

“We got to save my dad…I mean everybody from the Jones” Beth said finally. She seemed to have overcame the shock of seeing Chiron.

Jem looked at Chiron “Is there a way for us to help them?” he asked desperately.

“Umm…yes…the kraken is in it’s sleeping time but it will not be easy to free your men. Jones will know the moment you touch the water.” Said Chiron.

“What shall we do then?” asked Roy.

“Well you should need your own pirate” said Chiron, his face darkening.

“What?” Nil said.

“Queen Anne’s Revenge” Chiron replied.

Jem took a sigh. He seemed to relax. Finally he was going crazy.

“Blackbeard” replied Jem…