"She's a beauty isn't she?" sighed a woman happily.
"Of course, what are you going to name her?"
"Jade, Jade Stargate….."
"Pearl? Pearl…?"
*Sobbing*
A new bell like sound filled the room, a baby's happy cooing. The man wiped tears off his face. She will be named Jade Stargate, she will be his adoptive daughter, and he was going to treat her like his own. He marched determinedly back to his ship, with a bundle in his hands.
9 years later~~~~~~
"Marco nii-san! Wait for me! I want to go too!" cried a little girl, with silky white blond hair and large clear emerald eyes.
"Not today Jade, wait 4 more years till you are 13!"
"You always say that" said Jade scowling. Everyone on board treated her like a baby, Marco was 6 years older than her and the most annoying big brother ever and the most protective too. Pouting Jade went to find Thatch, another protective brother, but a couple puppy dog eyes might melt him. She rounded a corner and ran to a certain 4 captain.
"Hey! Thatch nii-san!" He turned and saw who was calling him and jumped off board landing on dock. He turned around and waved at her, she stuck her tongue back.
"Ah Marco warned me about puppy dog eyes, I will bring back a doll or something okay?" Jade huffed and turned away. Oh why can't she get off the ship? It's not like the ship is bad or anything, but it's boring to see the same things every day. Damn she wasn't tall enough to see over the ship hedge without a boost, it's not my fault for being short. They won't even teach her how to fight, no matter how long she whined. She thinks it's partly daddy's fault, as long he doesn't give in, the others will certainly not, because daddy said so.
Even though they don't teach her they still gave her a sword, she learned by watching them duel in secret. The only thing they taught her was to read and write and play the violin. Even though she didn't want to learn, she learned it anyway. Sighing, she went back to her room and picked up her violin and began to play, killing time. Around 3, she went to the kitchen to help prepare dinner. At dinner Daddy made a surprise announcement.
"It's about time Jade learned some sword." Vista stood up and said "I will teach her basic sword," he looked at Jade whose eyes were sparkling with excitement. "Training starts tomorrow." After washing a huge amount to plates Jade went skipping to bed.
The next morning Vista waited on the dueling deck. He taught her how to slash, par, thrust, dodge. But what surprised the captain is that she seemed to know what to do before he said them. She did everything perfectly on first try. So they had a pretend duel. She managed to par away his attacks and tried slashing and thrusting. But he was taller and stronger than her so he knocked her flat and put a blade at her throat. She pushed him off and frowned.
"I want to train with Thatch!"
"Eh? Then you have to beat me to prove yourself worthy"
Days passed. Months passed. One and a half years passed.