When you read this, we won't be around anymore, Jayden. I regret having to write these words, but I'm sure you're bright enough to understand them.
The reign of Ganon has been going on for awhile now. He's been attacking several islands, and he attacked ours when you were just a young girl, not old enough to remember. Windfall Island. It was a beautiful place, though I'm not sure how well it fared. I'll never be able to see from this cell.
I'm sure, just from the few words above, you've managed to figure out this much: we worked for Ganon. Not by our choice, but it was your life or our servitude. Naturally, we picked our servitude, leaving you in the care of Ms. Doyle. I'm not sure how she raised you, but I know that, as she promised, and since you are reading this, she has entrusted you with my old ship. My crew was captured with the rest of us, so finding another crew is up to you at this point.

Your mother and I met as we were sailing the seas. I was going from Island to Island, trying to find people worthy enough of being in the great Jack's crew. I wanted all males, being young and ignorant. When I met your mother, it was on Windfall Island. I put word out that I was looking for a crew, and the next day, a whole bunch of men were there. Men that would put your average body builder to shame. And in the masses, was your mother. I had no idea that she was even a woman at first, but something was off about this person. Maybe it was the feminine, hairless face. Maybe it was the feminine body (I was ignorant, once more. Only later did I realize that not every woman past the age of seventeen had breasts. Your mother certainly did not). She had baggy clothing on, her fiery red hair tucked into an odd hat, and... And eyepatch. Yes, she was dense enough to think that pirates had eyepatches. Her eyepatch was in the shape of a heart, and over her right eye. And because she stuck out to me, I unknowingly took a female into my crew.
Things were fine for awhile. She worked hard, and she was no different than any of the other crew. Of course, there were moments where, had I been thinking about it, I would have been screaming 'thats a bloody woman', but I wasn't and I didn't.
Only when she started giving me fawning glances, did I start to really watch. Over the dinner table, she had only eyes for me. It made me feel weird, and I didn't get it at first, before some of the other crew began making jokes that she wanted me. I was disgusted and humiliated, and so I hatched a plan: this member had to go. I would drop her off on another island, and she would either die there or figure out a way to get back home. Either way, it had nothing to do with me past that point.

It was rainy and storming when I found the opportunity. We had docked at Diamond Steppe Island. I led her outside, and being in love with me, she eagerly followed. We stood in the rain, and just as I was about to abandon her there, she gave me the sweetest smile I had ever seen, and said the words,
'I'm a girl'.
I was shocked and appalled and unforgiving. I was about to strike her in my rage, actually, when she got on her toes and kissed me with more passion than I cou;d imagine existed. It felt wrong to me, but for some reason, I couldn't punish her. I couldn't leave her there, and so I took her onto the ship, intent on sending her back to Windfall.
I ignored her for the next few days. It was killing me to do as much, but I didn't let it show. However, she was a bleeding heart, laying it all out on the table for everyone to see.
She had no idea we were headed for Windfall until we were there. She saw her home, she realized what was happening.
And began sobbing. I had never seen a girl cry before, and your mother's crying just about broke my heart in two. She took me to the side, and told me that she couldn't possibly go home. She was unhappy and was nothing but a labor worker for her father, unloved and uncared for. And, for the most part, I didn't care. Until she said,
'I want to believe not all men are like that'. And I strangely wanted her to believe it too. Because as much as I had not liked your mother for her acts, I realized I liked her enough to want her to be happy. And if she could not trust men, how would she be happy?

Obviously, I let her stay on the ship. She ended up getting pregnant with you many years later, and when I heard I was going to be a father, I knew it was time to get off the seas and start settling down. So, we moved to Windfall Island. The crew was upset that we were disbanding, and that I had gotten Tess pregnant, but I was delighted and didn't care. I put my ship in storage, so to say, and your mother and I lived together happily, waiting for you.

Finally you came, and we were insanely happy, your mother and I. I don't think there was any greater joy in our lives.
You stayed with us for about two years. Around the one year mark, Ganon began attacking several islands. Worried that Windfall would be next, we took precautions and wrote our wills, which is how you managed to get this ship.
Ganon did attack, about a year later. His minions came and demanded that we serve Ganon, or watch you die before us. As I said, we gave ourselves up and entrusted you with Ms. Doyle.

Your mother and I worked for Ganon, under the constant pressure and threats of them going back for you if we didn't give him our all. And so we did. We wreaked havoc, tore families apart, burned homes and even murdered a few people. The blood on our hands is all for you.

Your mother couldn't do it anymore. She fell deathly ill, living in that Forsaken Fortress, and I refused to leave her side. Instead of going back and killing you, Ganon has sentenced us to death. It's merciful, to say the least.

The postman is sneaking in here later, as he usually does to send off the last wishes of condemned people, and so I felt you needed gto see this.

We'll always love you, Jayden Mills. Enclosed in this letter is your mother's heart eyepatch, and I hope you'll wear it with pride. Explore the seven seas with this ship, do what you please, just don't put it to waste.

I love you, and so does your mother. We're sorry we couldn't be around to see you grow up.
Goodbye.

Jack and Tessa