Princess Jade Victoria Morningson of Wight woke up early to here orders
being yelled from out side her window. She sat up, the smell of the sea
having its full impact on her. As her maid Isabella dressed her she sighed.
This was her last day in the Caribbean and then she would be going home and
marrying the most wretched man alive.
Her father was already angry with her. She was eighteen and had not yet wed; though he had put her with many, many eligible suitors. So angry, that he told her he was forcing her to marry Sir William Hant. Jade however, knew how to persuade her father and make deals with him. He was a very soft man, and spoiled Jade since her mother died nine years before.
So Jade made a deal with her father; she would marry William Hant only if he took her to The Caribbean for two months. They had stayed at The Governor's house and Jade got showed and ushered around the whole island. But Jade could not marry William and it pained her to do so, but she was planning to run away the very next morning. She would give up her crown, her title, and her servants. Jade thought she could do it. Besides, she didn't love William and there was no way she was marrying someone she had only met twice. Jade talked to her two eunuchs briefly before going down stairs to the dinning hall.
Captain Jack Sparrow hummed softly as he steered his beloved ship. There! In front of him lay a grand ship that he and his mates would be looting that very night. They had to wait for night because it was heavily guarded. Jack parked his ship, with its new black sails behind a curve in the island, so not to draw attention to it. Pirates were still being hung for being pirates and though he had escaped soldiers before, he wasn't going to press his luck.
Sparrow broke through a large port window and found himself not in the King's study, but in his daughter's bedroom. 'Ah! A crown! That should sell nicely.' He thought to himself. Looking around he noticed four chests. He signaled to some of his mates who slipped through the window and carried out the chests immediately. Jack glanced at the princess who was sleeping, the moonlight playing across her face. Not knowing why, he moved across the room and sat on the edge of her bed. There was something enchanting about this girl. He moved a stray strand of her long raven black hair out of her face.
Jade awoke with a start, her eyes growing wide when she saw a man looking over her. She opened her mouth to scream but the stranger moved his hand over mouth quickly. Jade reached under her pillow and felt something sharp. She pulled out a dagger that she kept there and just as she was about to stab she realized that he had a revolver pointed straight at her.
"Be a good love and drop that knife." The man said. Jade had no choice but to let go of the knife. Looking at his hat, and his hair, Jade concluded that he must be a pirate. Who else would break into a lady's room in the middle of the night and hold a gun to her head?
"Get up." He whispered. "Make one sound and I'll shoot you in the head." He added. But even as he said this, he knew he would not shoot her. He just didn't want her screams to set alarm and have his crew slaughtered by a British army fleet. Jack took his hand off her mouth.
"Now I was wondering, how much did that crown cost?" The man asked. Jade glared at the man icily. The man smiled at Jade and picked up a plain gold ring, examined it, and put it in his pocket. Jade was sitting in bed and just as the pirate turned his back to take her crown, she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her two eunuchs came barging into the room, swords out.
Jack jumped as he heard a scream. Then he turned around and realized that it was the girl. Two soldiers just forced their way through to the room and had their swords at the ready. He ran over to them, pulling out his own sword. He immediately knocked the sword from the shorter of the two and them knocked him unconscience with the base of his own. A few moments later and a small cut on his hand, he had the other soldier on the ground, a wound in his side.
"And now lass, since you were so kind to alert everybody, and cut my plunder short, you will come with me. You can work on my ship. Maybe then you'll learn to keep your mouth shut."
Jade was not sure what to do. She was standing beside her bed with a pirate in front of her, telling her to jump out of her window. Her sword! She ran to the other side of the room and grabbed her sword, unsheathing it quickly.
"Oh! What a nice sword, is it for me?" Jade glared at the pirate before her and pointed her sword at him. He smirked as he ran his own sword along the edge of hers twice, twisting it as he went and making that unmistakable sound of metal against metal. He stroked his sword against her and she stopped it, striking back. After a moment Jade's sword fell to the ground. Jade was in shock. She had been fencing since she was a girl and had not lost a fight in years. Now, some commoner pirate comes along and knocks her sword out of her hands in a matter of minutes.
Jack knocked the girls' sword from her hand and when he looked at her face he smiled. Her mouth was open in shock. She was quite a good fighter but her technique was all wrong; she wasn't assertive enough. He picked up her sword and tossed it out of the window.
"Hurry, go." The man said, pushing her towards the window. There were sounds of feet running and people yelling very close by. Jack did not want to linger. Jade looked out of her window frame, the glass completely gone. There was a ship parked very near by and a wooden plank from her window to that ship. It had black sails and a pirates flag hung from the mast. "Or I will shoot!" He yelled.
Jade climbed out of her window and across the wooden board, perfectly balanced and graceful, holding her head up with pride. The man followed behind closely, somewhat ungracefully.
"Here." He threw her dressing gown at her once she stepped onto the ship and the board removed. She looked at it.
"Thank you." She responded, somewhat confused. He led her down to a lofty sized room and told his second mate, Annamaria, to take over the helm.
Her father was already angry with her. She was eighteen and had not yet wed; though he had put her with many, many eligible suitors. So angry, that he told her he was forcing her to marry Sir William Hant. Jade however, knew how to persuade her father and make deals with him. He was a very soft man, and spoiled Jade since her mother died nine years before.
So Jade made a deal with her father; she would marry William Hant only if he took her to The Caribbean for two months. They had stayed at The Governor's house and Jade got showed and ushered around the whole island. But Jade could not marry William and it pained her to do so, but she was planning to run away the very next morning. She would give up her crown, her title, and her servants. Jade thought she could do it. Besides, she didn't love William and there was no way she was marrying someone she had only met twice. Jade talked to her two eunuchs briefly before going down stairs to the dinning hall.
Captain Jack Sparrow hummed softly as he steered his beloved ship. There! In front of him lay a grand ship that he and his mates would be looting that very night. They had to wait for night because it was heavily guarded. Jack parked his ship, with its new black sails behind a curve in the island, so not to draw attention to it. Pirates were still being hung for being pirates and though he had escaped soldiers before, he wasn't going to press his luck.
Sparrow broke through a large port window and found himself not in the King's study, but in his daughter's bedroom. 'Ah! A crown! That should sell nicely.' He thought to himself. Looking around he noticed four chests. He signaled to some of his mates who slipped through the window and carried out the chests immediately. Jack glanced at the princess who was sleeping, the moonlight playing across her face. Not knowing why, he moved across the room and sat on the edge of her bed. There was something enchanting about this girl. He moved a stray strand of her long raven black hair out of her face.
Jade awoke with a start, her eyes growing wide when she saw a man looking over her. She opened her mouth to scream but the stranger moved his hand over mouth quickly. Jade reached under her pillow and felt something sharp. She pulled out a dagger that she kept there and just as she was about to stab she realized that he had a revolver pointed straight at her.
"Be a good love and drop that knife." The man said. Jade had no choice but to let go of the knife. Looking at his hat, and his hair, Jade concluded that he must be a pirate. Who else would break into a lady's room in the middle of the night and hold a gun to her head?
"Get up." He whispered. "Make one sound and I'll shoot you in the head." He added. But even as he said this, he knew he would not shoot her. He just didn't want her screams to set alarm and have his crew slaughtered by a British army fleet. Jack took his hand off her mouth.
"Now I was wondering, how much did that crown cost?" The man asked. Jade glared at the man icily. The man smiled at Jade and picked up a plain gold ring, examined it, and put it in his pocket. Jade was sitting in bed and just as the pirate turned his back to take her crown, she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her two eunuchs came barging into the room, swords out.
Jack jumped as he heard a scream. Then he turned around and realized that it was the girl. Two soldiers just forced their way through to the room and had their swords at the ready. He ran over to them, pulling out his own sword. He immediately knocked the sword from the shorter of the two and them knocked him unconscience with the base of his own. A few moments later and a small cut on his hand, he had the other soldier on the ground, a wound in his side.
"And now lass, since you were so kind to alert everybody, and cut my plunder short, you will come with me. You can work on my ship. Maybe then you'll learn to keep your mouth shut."
Jade was not sure what to do. She was standing beside her bed with a pirate in front of her, telling her to jump out of her window. Her sword! She ran to the other side of the room and grabbed her sword, unsheathing it quickly.
"Oh! What a nice sword, is it for me?" Jade glared at the pirate before her and pointed her sword at him. He smirked as he ran his own sword along the edge of hers twice, twisting it as he went and making that unmistakable sound of metal against metal. He stroked his sword against her and she stopped it, striking back. After a moment Jade's sword fell to the ground. Jade was in shock. She had been fencing since she was a girl and had not lost a fight in years. Now, some commoner pirate comes along and knocks her sword out of her hands in a matter of minutes.
Jack knocked the girls' sword from her hand and when he looked at her face he smiled. Her mouth was open in shock. She was quite a good fighter but her technique was all wrong; she wasn't assertive enough. He picked up her sword and tossed it out of the window.
"Hurry, go." The man said, pushing her towards the window. There were sounds of feet running and people yelling very close by. Jack did not want to linger. Jade looked out of her window frame, the glass completely gone. There was a ship parked very near by and a wooden plank from her window to that ship. It had black sails and a pirates flag hung from the mast. "Or I will shoot!" He yelled.
Jade climbed out of her window and across the wooden board, perfectly balanced and graceful, holding her head up with pride. The man followed behind closely, somewhat ungracefully.
"Here." He threw her dressing gown at her once she stepped onto the ship and the board removed. She looked at it.
"Thank you." She responded, somewhat confused. He led her down to a lofty sized room and told his second mate, Annamaria, to take over the helm.