A/N: Hello everyone! Here's a little drabble (100 words) based on a one-word prompt from Freedom of the Seas. The word was "reign."

Tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: Not a damn thing belongs to me! Not even the king, if you know what I mean. ;)

He was aging. It was pathetic until you saw his eyes, sparkling like they were six.

No longer a Pirate Lord, far too democratic a job for a King. Hector Barbossa was left to that.

Do that he did, but the promise of something more had led Barbossa back.

"Captain Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, master and capturer of countless vessels," Barbossa purred as he struggled to see his protégée, even eyes failing.

"Pains me, seein' king without proper court." Barbossa continued. "So I've found something worth gettin' off yer arse…"

Teach could whisper it too.

"The promise…of the Fountain of Youth…"