This is my first Pirates fanfic. I just wanted to see what would happen. Please read and tell me what you think!
She watched the ocean beneath her and noticed how the tide shifted around her mirrored image. The sun was setting and the captain crossed the boat to meet her by the edge. He frowned at the currant. "Your uncle would be very disappointed in you if he found out what you were doing," the captain said. The currant returned to warping around the boat and the girl turned to face the captain. "How has your evening been so far, Kathryn?" he asked.
Kathryn turned back to the ocean. "It's been a very pleasant journey, Captain," she whispered. "You have been very cooperative to my needs. My uncle must have informed you."
The captain nodded and then touched her shoulder. "There should be more like you, Kathryn. You are a god among us," he said.
"It is no godlike power I have, Captain. It is a curse."
She walked to the other side of the boat to play with the currant one more time. The sea was steady but through the water she could feel something else. She watched the waves far away and then turned to the captain. She walked hastily but heard a shrill whisper in her ear. The captain grabbed her and then threw her to a wall. He shouted, "CANNON FIRE!"
The blast was horrifying and she could feel that the ship took a toll. Another foul shrill could be heard and the captain ushered her to his quarters. "Captain…" Kathryn whispered. He shushed her and shut his door. His first mate would handle the situation. He lifted a secret hatch in his quarters.
"Get in," he ordered. Kathryn nodded.
"I am sorry for what this will do to you," she whispered. "It is my fault."
"No fault of yours dear Kathryn. Stay down here; no matter what you hear." She nodded and he shut the hatch. She could hear his boots scraping the wood above her head and she knelt in the hole. Her outfit accommodated the awkward position because the ship had just picked her up from China.
Her uncle was a wealthy businessman and she lived with him since her mother's death. His wife had requested Kathryn to travel the world to understand the different cultures. Kathryn had accepted and went to India when she was ten. She traveled from India to China when she was fifteen and was going back to England to greet her uncle again. From England she would go to France, Italy, and Spain in only a year. She was eighteen now, and greeting her aunt and uncle would be a pleasant vacation from her travels.
The outfit she was wearing resembled the robes of the temple she had stayed at for the three years she was there. The red and gold silk robes were mixed with some cotton fabric. She heard more footsteps above her head and then some gunshots.
"Search everywhere. We wouldn't want to miss anything, now would we?" a voice above her asked. He stepped down on the hatch above her and she heard the metal clasp bang against the wood. The man stopped and Kathryn could hear the carpet being moved. She grabbed onto the inside latch and pulled down with all of her weight. The man was trying to open the hatch, but her body weight prevented him from revealing the cubby. He kept trying to lift the hatch and finally, she could not hold on any longer. She let go and he pulled with all of the force he could.
The force he used caused him to stumble into the hole, but he caught himself and looked down. Kathryn could see his dark blue suit and black boots. Her body cringed when he smiled.
"Look at the stowaway," he said. He reached down into the hole and she slapped his hand away. His ugly smile became a harsh frown. "I will give you a chance. You can come up here by yourself, or," he pulled a gun out of his pants and pulled back the trigger to let it fire once into the ceiling, "I'll shoot you in that sad little hole that you're in."
Kathryn grabbed the sides of the hatch and pulled herself up. The hands that grasped onto her arms were grubby and needed their fingernails cut. She was thrown against the wall and she held her body still while they forcefully patted her down. What they were looking for, she didn't know, but she remained still and silent.
She was turned around and stared into the face of the man in the blue suit jacket. She waited and the captain of the ship was brought in. He was bleeding from the head and his arms were twisted behind his back. He was short of breath and Kathryn could only look at him with pity. She presumed that the pirates were looking for her. She had been kept from the world for so long because of her curse and thought that word had traveled about her leaving the temples in China. She looked deeply into the face of the pirate captain. He had orange hair, which was graying, and his teeth were coated in a green film. His face looked like it had spent years in the harsh sun. Kathryn's stare had turned into a glare and the captain of the pirates growled.
The captain of the boat she was on stood tall to impress the pirates. "What do you want?" Kathryn's captain asked.
The pirate gave another green-toothed smile. "Got any gold?" he asked. "We heard that this ship had left China. China is filled with gold." The pirate moved closer to Kathryn and admired the gold thread on her silk robe. The two pirates that had her arms griped her tighter.
"We have no gold aboard this ship. We are only taking some passengers back to England," Kathryn's captain said.
"No gold, huh," the pirate captain said. "What a shame. We might have to sink this ship."
Another pirate put a gun to the captain's head and waited. The pirate captain smiled. "Take what you want and leave this ship," Kathryn's captain said.
The pirate captain smirked and then the pirates holding onto Kathryn threw her to the ground. She hit the wooden floor with her knees and then her hands. "What was she doing in a hole?" he asked, grabbing her face with his ring-covered hand. He squished her cheeks together and shook her head with his hand. Kathryn's captain remained silent and the pirate drew his attention to her. "What were you doing in a hole?" he asked.
Kathryn looked at the captain of the pirates, but remained silent. She heard a gunshot and her attention automatically was turned to her captain. He fell to the ground, bleeding from the back of his head. He had died and Kathryn knew that these pirates were not playing around. She grabbed the pirate's hand that had clasped onto her face and gave him a pleading look. He let her face go and she leaned over the dead captain. She whispered something and grabbed his shoulder. She heard another click at the back of her head and knew that a gun was there. She looked back up at the captain.
"My uncle paid for a safe passage for me to return to England," Kathryn said.
The pirate smiled. "Such a pretty voice from a pretty lady. What is your name?" he asked.
Kathryn frowned. "My name is Kathryn Brown. I am the daughter of a pirate and a maiden. I live with my uncle and aunt on the coast of England."
"A pirate eh?" he asked.
Kathryn twitched. "I never met my father. People have told me that he was into the career of piracy."
"Hmm. And what were ye doing in China?" he asked.
"My uncle paid for me to travel the world. I took his last name when my mother died."
The pirate did not seem interested in her family history. He looked her over and grasped her loose brown curls. "Take her to the Pearl!" the captain shouted to his crew. Kathryn jolted from their grasp.
"What Pearl. Who are you?" she asked.
The captain smiled. "Captain Barbosa of the Black Pearl!"
Please tell me if I should continue it.