Hello peoples! I'm back once again. This story was inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (Some of my favorite movies). And I am also excited that the 5th Pirates of the Caribbean movie is coming out this May! I can't wait to see it!

Any way here's the first part of the story:

A witch wearing a dark green dress was dragged onto a wooden stage. The two guards in uniforms that dragged her onto the stage stepped down the steps. A large man dressed in black leather clothes walked in front of the witch, who smirked as the man tied the rope around her neck. Once he finished be stepped to the side of the stage and another man in a uniform walked onto the stage with a scroll. The people and the guards that surrounded the stage looked at the witch with angry faces. The man unrolled the scroll and read the words on it. "Here by today: The one that the whole Barbaric Archipelago knows as 'The Swamp Witch'- is found guilty of witchcraft and piracy. And will be hung till dead-," he was cut off by a voice behind him.

"This is your only warning you people will ever receive from me: I might die-but the Calypso will be born!," The witch looked up into the sky and help out her hands as best as she could. The people gave each other concerned looks. "After my death my the Calypso be born into this archipelago. May the next born child posses the song and title of the Calypso." She was then cut off by the guard. She looked down at him.

"We will not be haunted by your threats!," he turned to the man in leather and nodded. The man grabbed the lever.

The Swamp witch looked up into the sky again. "May her heart be immortal," She whispered. She closed her eyes. Then, the man pulled the lever, and the trap doors opened...

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Eleven Years Later...

It has been eleven years since the witch was hung. And eleven years since she cursed the Barbaric Archipelago. The guards, kings, and lords did not believe in the curse, but the people did. When the next child had been born the people were informed that the curse wasn't real. And that child- Astrid -was just like the others. But that was years ago. Now, Astrid was standing next to the edge of a boat she, her family, and other people were traveling on. She looked out into the foggy ocean, and was humming a song.

She was then startled when a hand landed on one of her shoulders. She turned quickly, and saw her Uncle Finn. "Careful not to make much noise," He told her. "They say the sea's filled with blood-thirsty pirates."

Astrid gave him a confused look. "Pirates?" Her uncle nodded.

"I've heard many tales about them," He began. "They say they hunt the waters, searching for a song." Astrid gave him another confused look. "That's right, a song-a song that can set them free and grant them any with they desire." He looked out to the foggy sea. "They say that they have been hunting down the song for years-but no luck at finding it."

"What kind of song?"

Finn looked around to see if anyone was listening. "It's not just the song the pirates are searching for. They're also looking for the one who holds it." Astrid's eyes lit up with curiosity. "They call the holder: The Calypso. There is only one born every sixty years. So it is a very rare artifact." He paused for a bit. He opened his coat, pulled out a small dagger out of a pocket and gave it to Astrid. She slowly took it in her hands and looked up at her uncle. "You will need to protect yourself. They will hunt down anyone they think it is. They won't stop until-" He was then cut off by a voice behind him.

"Thank you, Finn. I really appreciate you trying to 'teach' my daughter. But they need you on deck," Astrid's father said to him. Finn nodded and headed toward the deck of the ship. Astrid's father looked back at her. "Don't play around with that." He pointed to the dagger in his daughter's hands. He then left.

Astrid turned back to the foggy ocean. She put the belt the dagger was attached to around her waist. Putting her elbows on the wood, she continued to hum her song. Moments later she heard a whistle, like if someone was whistling the song she was humming. Soon a small blue, yellow, brown, and black Pin-tailed Whydah bird came flying on the side of the ship. Strange, Astrid wondered. Those types of birds weren't really seen flying over ocean waters. At least not alone.

The shine of an object caught Astrid's eye. There was something hanging around the bird's neck. The bird landed on a line of rope, Astride slowly approached. She saw the object, a necklace made of gold. It had a pendant on it but she couldn't see it very well because of the feathers. The bird's head turned in her direction, opening its wings. Astrid stopped moving and studied the bird. For the first few seconds it just stared at her, then it took off, flying close to the ship's edge. Astrid curiously followed the bird to the deck of the ship. She passed by the many people that were working on there. The bird then hovered next to a cargo of wooden boxes tied in ropes, facing her. Then turned around and took off. Astrid stopped at the very edge, panting, and out of breath, watching the bird fly away.

After she finally caught her breath, she turned around to walk back to the back of the ship. A shine caught her eye again. Astrid turned around to see the shine again, from the cargo. She walked toward the shipment and started searching for the thing that caused the shine. After looking for a few seconds, she found the object tangled in the ropes. She got out the small dagger from its holster and cut the ropes the small object was tangled in. Astrid put her dagger on the boxes, picked up the object and studied it in her hands. It was a small wooden flute (like a Native American flute) pendant about 3 1/2 inches, that was chained onto a gold chain that was a bit rusted. Next to the flute pendant was a small, dark blue feather. But not just any feather, a feather from the multi-colored the Pin-tailed Whydah.

"What do you have there, Astrid?," Her father's voice startled her. She quickly turned around, hiding the necklace behind her back. She faced her father and her Uncle Finn.

"Nothing," Astrid responded. "I thought I saw something."

"Well," Her father said. "if that's how it is. Just don't let your uncle's fairytales mess with your mind." Astrid nodded and her father and uncle walked off to talk to another one of the crew members on the ship.

Astrid turned back to the cargo, grabbed and put the dagger back in its holster, and walked to the edge of the deck. She studied the necklace again then looked back to the foggy ocean. She put the necklace in one of the pockets of her coat then saw a man floating on a barrel in the waters. "Father!," She yelled to her father, which got his attention. "There's a man in the water!" Him, her uncle and a few other crew members went to the edge of the ship as well.

Astrid's father saw the man in the water, his eyes widening. "Man overboard!," He shouter to the rest of the crew. The other men quickly got ropes and helped get the man out of the water. Once they did they set him down on the floor of the deck. Finn put two of his fingers on the side of the wet man's neck. "He's dead," he informed.

Astrid tilted her head a bit. She then felt a warm breeze and saw ashes flying in the air. Turning around, she saw about four ships burning in the ocean water. Her eyes widened. He father then gave command to his crew, "Search for survivors!" He much have seen the ships as well.

Soon there were eight small boats filled with at least 14 people in each one of them rowing towards the burning ships. Astrid walked to the other side of the deck and saw a large ship with many, many open sails on it. On the very top, she saw a black flag with a white skull and crossed bones on it. Her eyes widened once again. "Pirates..."

So that's all for this chapter! I hoped you enjoyed the first part. And just so you guys know: Pin-tailed Whydahs only have black, white, and brown feathers with salmon-colored beaks. Anyways thank you for reading. Please review. And I will see you all next chapter.

P.S: Updates will be slow. Just so you guys know.

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