"I hope your accommodations are to your usual standards Miss Sparrow."
"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not Miss Sparrow? My name is Holly Nightingale." I lied smoothly.
"We know exactly who you are Miss Sparrow. There is no point in lying. The captain wants to speak with you, immediately." I stood up from my cell in the brig and followed the guard onto the main deck. This was meant to be an in out job, get on board, find my dad's compass and then get back to the Pearl. Not hard. Yet somehow I managed to get caught. I didn't forget the golden rule though, never to use my real name, if I confessed to it then as soon as we got to port I would be hung. That was one of the only rules my dad had, along with don't get caught but I'd already broken that one.
So far I had only been in the brig for couple of hours maximum so I wasn't surprised that I had been called to the captain.
"Miss Thalia Sparrow, Captain Creek." the guard from the brig introduced.
"I've told you that my name is Holly Nightingale!" I protested pointlessly.
"Ah, Miss Nightingale. Please take a seat." the captain said indicating a chair in front of his desk as soon as the guard left the room. I sat down as instructed not wanting to make a scene.
"Finally somebody who calls me by my name instead of calling me this Thalia Sparrow character." I lied calmly.
"May I ask, what a young woman such as yourself is doing so far away from land?" Creek asked.
"Well, my fiancée is the captain of the Painted Shadow. I was about to get married when, we were attacked by pirates that sunk the ship." I sobbed. Creek tried to comfort me and I found it hard not to smile or giggle. But I suppressed it so that I wouldn't be put back into the brig and so I could be closer to the compass, then I could signal the Flying Dutchman and get my uncle Will to take me back to the Black Pearl.
"If you don't mind me asking Miss Nightingale, how old are you?" he asked.
"I'm 17, sir." I sobbed.
"Since there is no other accommodations that are suitable for a woman of your standards. I offer you my cabin until we reach your destination, where did you set sail from originally?" Creek asked.
"Thank you Captain, you are most kind, my fiancée and I set sail from Port Royal. I'm sorry sir but would you mind if I went to sleep, it has been quite a tiring day." I lied, again. Before you start thinking badly of me, I'm a pirate, lying is the one of the only things we do that is remotely good.
I waited until I was sure the captain was out of his cabin until I started searching for the compass. It was easy to find for something that was worth a hell of a lot, it was just lying there on the captain's desk. I stripped off my dress, revealing underneath it my usual clothes. I stashed the compass in my pocket then walked onto the main deck. I stood on at the stern of the ship about to jump when I was grabbed around the waist in mid air.
Ohhhh who can it be?
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