Coming to Equestria against my own free will at first wasn't a very good thing. I am a person who loved the ages of when pirates were everywhere and even dreamed of being a pirate as a kid. But now since I'm 21 I had given up the dream until a storm tipped my boat over on a fishing trip I was on and I ended up here in Equestria. After Meeting Celestia and Luna my dream came back as I was told that I was lucky to be found. The Equestrians only had a single ship to haul around merchandise and they couldn't weaponize it since they are a peaceful race and since pirates are extremely common they didn't know what to do.

So I gave them an offer. Allow me to train a crew and tell them how to build the weapons and we would help out.

They denied it...

until they lost said ship to pirates and they hesitantly accepted the help. I was in Manehatten watching them build a large Galleon from my world as I smiled. 100 cannons were being made and the princesses were looking for ponies who wish to join me on the sea. Ponies lost their unique abilities on the open waters for a unknown reason. They lost their strength, flight, and magic whenever they were over open water not counting lakes or rivers. It would be a month until the ship was ready enough to be practiced on but I could still teach the new crew commands. "Mr. Mercer." a guard asked as he approached.

"yes?" I asked not looking away from the ship.

"the princesses request your return to Canterlot. Your... crew... as been assembled." I gave a toothy grin that made him flinch a little. Those that knew me were still afraid of me since I eat meat. "the weapons schematics you have given are proving to be troublesome at the moment."

"no matter. Its the crew that makes a ship famous." I stated.

A day later I was walking through Canterlot halls with princess Celestia next to me. "i really do hope you know what your doing." she muttered.

"most of the time? Nope. At this moment? Yep." she looked at me with uncertainty. "Celestia I think I know what I'm doing. You need the resources the other kingdoms give you to carry on your everyday life. If I fail no harm or foul."

"there will indeed be harm!" she stated strictly as we stopped and I looked at her surprised. "if you fail it would mean I would lose a good number of my subjects! I would be at fault for allowing it to happen!" she yelled at me. "i will not lose my subjects on a matter that will risk their lives without knowing that you are sure that they will survive." I stared at her with a frown on my face. "i will not risk my subjects if you are unsure."

"Celestia all plans don't survive first contact with the enemy. Regardless of how good you are you need experience to truly make them survive." I told her.

"very well. We have arrived. We stood on a balcony as I could see at least 200 ponies all in golden armor with a few in night guard armor. "they have all chosen to risk their lives for this even if I don't agree with it."

"i will do my best princess." she looks at me with a hesitant look.

"i hope I can Jack..." she says as she walks away. Looking out over the ponies I began to think on how I would approach this before deciding on just being myself.

"hello everyone!" they all stopped talking as they looked at me. "you have all volunteered to do what I like to call the Pirate Program. I will tell you now." I put a small frown on my face. "we will be going into battles often. We will be attacked... and we will have to kill." some of them began to look unsure of themselves. "which is why I will be preparing you all for what is to come. You will be taught voice commands that either I or the First Mate will yell out. By the end of this I will choose the ranks some of you will have. Any questions?"

a female guard raised her hoof. "do we have to kill?" she asked.

"while no... it will be easier and quicker to do so to end the battle. We will be fighting as average ponies on the open waters so you all will have just about none of your unique characteristics to your races. Anything else?" none of them raised a hoof as I gave a menacing grin. "good. The first shout I will give out will be one that will most likely be given out commonly. Brace!" I yelled. "when its yelled you are to prepare for impact and make it hard to be hit by flying cannonballs." they looked confused.

It was going to be a very long day... I could just see it.

Several hours later they were finally getting down with all the voice commands I was giving. "Brace!" they all ducked. "Prepare to Board!" bladed weapons were pulled from their holsters thankfully without magic this time. "good job everyone! See you all tomorrow!" as I walked away I soon walked into Celestia. "they are good so far but they will have a better chance once the weapons I gave you are done."

"I hope you are right. Twilight sent me a letter asking how you were doing. I replied saying that you were happy with what you were doing." Twilight was one of the few princesses that I actually liked. Considering Cadence though me to be a Barbarian and so willing to kill. Luna was neutral and so was Celestia on some days. After meeting her she became one of my first friends in Equestria. Rainbow Dash becoming my second while the other four were neutral, well besides pinkie pie as everyone is her friends just about.

"thank you Celestia. I owe you one."

"just please make sure they all come back alive please." she pleaded as she walked away. I turned my head and looked out the window as I began to think. I guess its almost time to show the world... why I will be called Ponyville's Pirate.