Chapter 1
For the merchant ship Dynasty, it was just another dull day at sea. They were heading from Massachusetts down to Imperial Bay in the Caribbean, to sell their various wares.
Davis Marlowe, the lookout, stood in the crow's nest, bored out of his mind. "Being at sea this long...makes a man wish for a storm," he muttered. Just then, he saw what appeared to be another ship on the horizon. He looked through his spyglass, seeing the barely-visible crew milling about on deck. And the flag...was a white skull over a pair of crossed cutlasses, against a black background.
His eyes went wide. "Mother of God. PIRATE SHIP OFF THE STARBOARD BOW!"
The crew of the vessel rushed to their stations, taking their weapons and fastening down the hatches of the ship.
The pirate ship quickly approached the Dynasty, and its crew manned the cannons.
"Brace for Cannon shells!" the captain cried.
As if on cue, the pirate ship fired its cannons, the mortar shells ripping through the hull of the ship like wet cardboard.
"Captain, we're taking on water!" One of the crewmen called out.
"Order the crew to the lifeboats," The captain instructed. "Take anything that isn't fastened down."
Several grappling hooks flew out from the pirate ship, hooking the side of the Dynasty.
The captain drew his sword. If he was going down with this ship, he'd go down fighting.
The pirates jumped aboard the ship, drawing their swords and pistols. They were all yelling with raucous glee.
The captain tried his best to fight them them off, but one of them got the better of him and knocked him to his feet.
Soon, only the captain and a small handful of the crew remained. All the others lay dead on the deck. A haunting melody suddenly filled the air; someone was singing. The captain's eyes widened in horror. "No...not her."
A large gangplank extended from the pirate ship, connecting the two vessels together.
"Who is it, Captain?" asked Marlowe.
A beautiful young woman with strawberry blonde hair descended the gangplank. She wore dark boots and pants, a forest green top, and a long black coat with gold trim. Two cutlasses hung from a belt around her waist, and a bandolier with three pistols was wrapped around her chest. She had a thin gold ring in her right ear, and a dusting of freckles across her face. Her pale green eyes shimmered with malice, and the corner of her blood-red lips was turned up in a smirk.
"Captain Anna Stone," the captain answered. "The Siren of the Seas."
Anna looked at the captain with her green eyes and smiled. "You put up a hell of a fight, my friend, but not good enough. You now have two choices. You can either hand over everything you've got, or join this ship and the rest of your crew in the depths."
The captain scowled. "Go to hell, you sea witch."
She shrugged. "I'd hoped you'd be smarter than that." She drew her sword, singing that haunting melody again for a few seconds before stabbing the captain squarely in the heart. She stopped singing as she wiped the blood from her blade.
The captain slumped to the deck, dead. The red blood oozed out of the fatal wound in his chest.
Anna then turned to her crew. "Alright, boys and girls, get the rest of the goods onto the ship!" She turned to Marlowe. "So, what of you? Your captain's dead, and your ship's going down. The only sensible option is coming with us."
"I'm not going anywhere," Marlowe spat. "My place was with the captain. Besides Admiral Westerguard will soon have all you pirates dead or behind bars, and then the seas will be a lot safer."
She laughed. "I met him once. Let's just say he doesn't scare me. As for you... Well say hi to the ancient mariner for me." She began to sing again.
Marlowe closed his eyes as Anna then pulled out one of her pistols and shot him dead between his eyes.
Anna climbed back onto her ship. "Did we get everything?"
Her Quartermaster, Rapunzel walked over to her. She was a young woman a couple years older than Anna with short brown hair and green eyes. "Yes captain, I'll start going through it once we set sail."
"Good work, punz," Anna complimented her. "All right, send that sorry excuse for a ship to Davy Jones' locker!"
"Aye captain!" Her first mate, Kristoff replied. "Fire away!"
The cannons of the ship then fired on the merchant vessel, ripping it to pieces and sending it to a watery grave.
Anna smiled. "Kristoff, take the helm and get us to Sanguine Cay. I'm gonna be in my cabin."
"Aye," Kristoff acknowledged.
Anna walked down into her cabin and began to pour herself a drink.
"Sounds like the haul went well," a seductive voice said to her.
Anna turned around to see a young woman lying on her bed. She had long red hair and was wearing a purple bra. Instead of legs, the lower half of her body was a long green fish tail.
Anna smirked. "You know I prefer legs, Ari."
The young woman was Ariel and she was Anna's girlfriend. She and her crew had saved her during a storm and had been a part of their family ever since.
Ariel's fish tail split apart and two normal human legs formed in it's place. "Better?"
Anna smiled. "Much better." She held the mermaid's hand. "You're so beautiful, Ariel."
"Careful now, Captain Siren," Ariel smirked. "Don't make me sing to you and send you to your doom."
"You wouldn't do that," Anna remarked. "Besides, I already do that anyway."
"Then perhaps you'd prefer me to do that other kind of singing," Ariel replied with a wink.
Anna smiled. "I think I'd like that." She leaned closer, pressing the mermaid's lips.
Ariel closed her eyes and kissed her back passionately, wrapping her arms around her tightly.
Anna gently removed her tunic and bra and lay next to Ariel, revealing her muscular chest and a skull and crossbone tattoo on the back of her shoulder.
The mermaid grinned and began to lick Anna's breast softly. "Ooh, I've missed these."
"I know something you've missed as well," Anna remarked. She pressed Ariel against the end of the bed and began to eat her out.
"Ohhhh!" Ariel moaned. "Captain!"
Anna grinded her lips on Ariel's wet clit, feeling the salty touch of her lover's skin on her tongue.
Ariel moaned heavily, singing a song of lust and deep pleasure.
Anna growled and devoured Ariel's pussy, licking her and eating her to her heart's content.
Ariel eventually climaxed and she came over Anna's face in a wet fishy paste.
Anna licked her lips. "Mmm, yummy."
Ariel grinned. "I'm always yours captain."
"I know you are, my little mermaid," Anna stated proudly and seductively.
xXx
After spending time with Ariel, Anna headed down to the cargo hold to check on the goods her crew had taken during their last haul.
"Hey Punz, what did we get?!" Anna called to her.
"Not much," Rapunzel replied. "Just food, seeds and tools. No weapons, gold, or anything of value."
Anna sighed. "Damn. Well, that's to be expected when we take a merchant ship."
"Me and Kristoff did say we should have taken a navy transport."
"I'm crazy enough to take on one admiral, but the entire Royal Navy? No, thank you!"
Rapunzel sighed. "It would have been better for the crew. Our guys are itching to give those damned navy bastards a beating, and what do you do, raid a crummy merchant ship."
"It's safer that way," Anna admitted.
"No one cares about safety on this tub, Captain," Rapunzel argued. "We just wanna fight, steal stuff and get rich."
"Being a pirate isn't all wine and roses, Rapunzel," Anna reminded her. "You take what you can, and you give nothing back."
"We should do better, Captain. We used to be the best crew on the seas."
"Used to be? What makes you think we aren't still the most feared pirates in the seven seas?"
"Well for one, we've barely gone after any big haul after what happened with Jasmine," Rapunzel stated, folding her arms.
Anna scowled, drawing her sword and holding it to Rapunzel's throat. "Don't you EVER say that name. You know damn well how I felt about her."
"The same thing could happen to Ariel, Captain," Rapunzel said. "It could happen to all of us, but we knew the risks when we signed up for this crew. But you... you're never ready for when one of us dies, like you've been trying to keep us safe, but we're outlaws, we're pirates. We're never safe."
"Be that as it may, this ship is our home. And this crew…is my family." She lowered her sword. "I'm not going to lose any more of my family. I've lost enough as it is."
Rapunzel sighed. "I'm sorry captain, but I had to get it out, not just for me, but for the whole crew. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got the rest of this stuff to inventory."
Anna smiled. "Back to work, ya lubber."
xXx
Later that evening, in the Galley, Anna was sharing a drink with her first mate, Kristoff. Kristoff was one of the first people to join her when she started her crew and had been one of her most loyal friends.
As Kristoff sipped down his scotch, he noticed Anna wasn't drinking. "You alright, Anna?"
She nodded. "I'm fine, Kristoff. Just…thinking."
"About what?"
"About the crew. Ever since we lost Jasmine, I've tried to keep you all safe. Because…you're my family."
"Anna, it's been three years," Kristoff told her. "You can let go of that."
"I know, but after what Rapunzel said... have we really become shells of our former selves? We were the best goddamned pirate crew in the entire caribbean. We fought sea monsters, raided forts, liberated prisons and now... we're just scavengers." She sighed. "Maybe it's time I gave this up. Left the ship to you and went home."
"Do you still have a home?"
Anna looked at her cup. "No, Not anymore."
"But I thought you told me—never mind." Kristoff shook his head. "Listen, Anna. You're a damn fine captain, and an even better friend. But you don't need to be worried about us. We all know the risks. So take some."
"I know, but... part of me is scared. All my life I've lost people I've cared about and now... I'm just scared to put people in the situation where they could be hurt or... Worse."
"Anna, listen. I watched you run a man through today, and shoot another between the eyes. Being a pirate is all about putting people in a situation like that."
Anna scoffed. "It's just an act, Kristoff. I'm not the woman I used to be, just some wimp wearing her skin."
Kristoff put his hand on her shoulder. "Well, whoever you are, you're still my friend."
Anna looked at him. "Kristoff…do you think the crew might mutiny if things don't change?"
"Not really, but they are getting bored," Kristoff told her. "I'd recommend you check the bounties board when we get to Sanguine Cay. If there's ship with a lot of weapons or a job that offers a lot of money, sign up for it. Because the better the job, the better the morale of the crew."
"All right. I'll do that. And Kristoff?" She met his eyes. "You're a good friend."
"I know."
xXx
The next day, Anna's ship, the Lost Requiem, arrived in Sanguine Cay. It was a rather large port town, filled to the brim with thieves, murderers, and scoundrels. Anna smiled, standing on the deck of her ship. "Ah, home sweet home. You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
"Someone's been reading a lot of those strange novels we found at that old wreck," Ariel remarked.
"Why not? They're fascinating."
As the ship docked in the harbour, Anna and her crew disembarked with Anna and Ariel heading to a local bar, the bloody barracuda.
Anna walked into the bar, grinning. "A glass of rum," she said to the bartender, "and handsomely now!"
The bartender turned around. "Well, well, well, if isn't the siren herself, and her mermaid lover."
Anna laughed. "Well," she said, holding Ariel's hand, "she's no mermaid, but she can swim like one."
The bartender pulled up two pints of rum for them.
Anna sipped her drink, looking at Ariel. "Ari, I've asked this of the other crewmen, but I have to ask you as well. Are you happy on the Lost Requiem? With Us?"
"Anna, if you hadn't saved me from that witch Ursula, I'd be dead by now," Ariel remarked. "Of course I'm happy. You're my hero."
"What were you doing with her, anyway?"
"She offered to set me up with some guy I had a crush on, but I realised I found someone better in you."
Anna smiled. "You know, you were the first person I loved after…." She was silent for a few seconds. "After Jasmine."
"But I bet she wasn't the first," Ariel sipped her drink.
Anna nodded. "You're right. But she was the first that I really had feelings for. If things had gone differently…I might have asked her to marry me."
Suddenly, the Bartender walked over them. "Excuse me, miss, but there's a woman in the corner who wishes to speak with you."
Anna got up. "Wait here, Ari. Don't get too drunk, you know how you are when you're full of rum."
"I'll be fine."
"Yeah, you'll be fine after you drink, but you'll be a sexual mess when we get back to the ship," Anna joked.
Ariel giggled. "I thought you liked me that way."
Anna rolled her eyes. "Just keep yourself as sober as possible, okay?"
"Aye aye, captain," Ariel replied with a wink.
Anna walked over to the corner of the bar to see a young woman sitting at a table. She wore a long blue dress and her face was hidden by a royal blue hood.
"All right," Anna asked. "Who are you, and what do you want?"
"Are you the one they call the siren?" the woman asked.
"Forgive me for answering a question with a question, but: who's asking?"
"You'll find out soon enough," the woman held out a perfume bottle and squirted it at Anna.
"What the…" Anna groaned. She then slumped onto the table, falling into an unconscious state.
xXx
When she awoke a few hours later, she found herself lying on a bed in a room she didn't recognize."What the hell…?"
Suddenly the woman who had knocked her out entered the room. "Good, you're awake. I was worried about how long my potion would last."
Anna glared at her, reaching for her sword. To her surprise and dismay, it wasn't at her hip. Her coat, belt, and bandolier had been removed.
"Don't bother reaching for your weapon, Anna. I mean you no harm."
"Given that you kidnapped me, you'll forgive my skepticism."
The woman chuckled. "You don't even recognise me do you?"
"Not really," Anna admitted. "Should I? I mean you wouldn't be the first chick who tied me to the bed in this place."
The woman lowered her hood and revealed her face. The woman had pale skin and blue eyes. Her hair was a shade of platinum blonde and was in a long braid that lay on her shoulder.
Anna looked at the woman. She didn't think she knew her, but…there was some spark of recognition in her heart. She looked into those icy blue eyes. There was no question: she had seen those eyes before. She stood and walked up to the woman. "Your eyes…they look just like…."
The woman nodded. "Yes, Anna. It's me, Elsa, your sister."
xXx
Author's note: And so begins another harrowing Elsanna adventure. This gonna be a fairly long fic, so I hope you enjoy it