“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompso

So the crew of Belle, the bear cook, The Claw, his lady friend, Tom Thumb, the general from tiny land. Two lady friends saved from Wonderland, and Ender left France towards Bavaria. They found via the map a small stream creek actually that passed right into Bavaria. To make the trip easier. Ender and crew shrunk the Black Skimmer. They floated from a small river creek on a mountain in Northern France to Bavaria. Crossing Belgium on the way. So being this small, they encountered a similar ship. Some fae prince was returning home from one of the fairyland tales. Prince Eric of Xanth or something or other. He was firing fireworks to celebrate his return. Meanwhile, the cook had put out a fishing net and was pulling in the net. He pulled in a half-naked girl. Oh, wait a mermaid. She was having trouble out of the water. Asked by Tom Thumb if she wanted to go back, she shook her head no. So into the bottle of potions Tom went, bringing out a transformation potion. Poof from mermaid to a teenage girl without bottoms. The two ladies quickly took her below and dressed her. Coming up Tom again gave her a language potion and wola. She spoke. Evidently she was running away from home. Her dad would not allow her to go anywhere. Asked why she was so close? She said she was enjoying the light show from the other ship. Curious what to do next, she kissed Tom Thumb. Saying she thought he was the cutest person she had ever meet. Tom Thumb enchanted with her too. As for the ship of Xanth passing, the crew agrees we should attack and ransom the Prince back to the fairies. However, by the time of the vote the ship had passed by and was going up the creek, not down. Thus saved us from causing any problems to the fairies.

Being this small that night, the crew eats well. What would have been minnows to the normal sized crew were huge? The celebration went well. The mystery was what to do with Tom and his newly acquired run away girlfriend. Going down farther. So into Belgium the Black Skimmer came afoul the troll ships out looking for prey. Now the sad part of small creatures and the crew. If at any time things were to go south, the crew had an option to change back to normal size. So the battle went rather absurdly one sided. The trolls attacked and the cook being a bit bigger than they just picked them up and threw them overboard. Thus with two ships we continued down the creek. Until the crew reached another fairy realm. There at a bar, the crew bumped into another lady running away. A Thumblalina who was again on the run. Which brings up the awkward question? About realities at courts, princesses, and fairy tales. Why are all the women running away? Why are all the good guys jerks? What is the meaning of reality? However during the time at the bar two other of the crew caught up with them. Talon and the first mate who looks remarkably like a squirrel. The crew now with a total of 9 or 10 decided with two ships. That they could take over the creek and rule the seas for a time. Piracy being something of a past time for a time traveling pirate crew.

The question however what was at stake for them? Meaning to be a pirate forever is something. Ender should know according to the internet these days he is 4.5 billion years old. However, according to this tale? The goal reached an accord. Each member wrote out what it is that they would agree to stop being a pirate. The rationale? Being a pirate is a life style with a very short end of the rope often times. Why? If you have a fleet of ships and land you are an empire. And thus can tax people at will and randomly for this is this law or that is that rule. While with a ship or two Ender and crew were considered to be pirates. And piracy is after all frowned upon these days. Even if you look at all the rulers and see that the tend to tax more in reality over a life time than a pirate can steal. That meaning? That taxation is thief. One should always consider being a pirate or that piracy might be the only true form of freedom. For if you are to live by laws and rules. What type of wander lust do you have?

Thus states as a group the crew agreed to make Ender the king of some remote island..  In which each of the crew would get their own title.

That as the stated goal the whole crew got drunk on rum and sang songs until the wee morning hours. At which point for those into romance nothing happened.

However, everyone was making decisions on becoming a pirate and living a life in style.