A/N: I was inspired to write this by reading a POTC fan fiction called
"Shiver Me Timbers" by "FishNet." I also found this great website titled:
"Encyclopaedia Piratica" at
It's really cool! I haven't used any of the terms I saw yet, but it has a
lot of interesting facts behind the words, and some of them we still use
today like, for example: "Crib- Thieves slang for a house or dwelling, also
slang for petty theft." There's also a thing about the origin of the word
"s---it" which is really interesting and kind of funny. Check it out!
Now! Back to the story . . . or should I say, starting the story . . .
whatever! It matters not! :) ON WITH THE STORY!!
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Run Aground
Every part of her body ached in little shooting pinches of pain. Her head swam with any sudden movement on her part or the sea lapping up against her little ship, rocking it slightly. As she weakly tried to keep her boat on course she admonished herself out loud, for she felt too miserable to care that it was not a usual thing to do and there was no one on her ship to hear her anyway.
"Stupid, stupid Josephine!" she called herself by her true name, which she abhorred, when she was mad at herself, much like her mother used to when she was alive. "Why did you not stay with the crew you were a part of? You had lots of food, a bed, and sometimes-secure wages, under Captain O'Conner. Why did you have to follow the impulse to strike out on your own?" "Because," her reason answered, "it's something you've always wanted to do, strike out and eventually find your niche in the world, and besides, you knew that you had little time before the crew realized you were a woman.
"You had two mishaps where one of the crew members almost discovered you when you forgot to bind your breast one morning. That snake of a man, Brutus already suspected something. You would have been ousted from the crew eventually, no matter what you would have tried t' do in order for the charade to last a little longer." Josephine sighed, "I know this, I know this. . ." Josephine soon began to drift in and out of sleep, the ship charting it's own course under her lax command.
Upon opening her eyes and after blinking a few times, she was surprised to see an island so near, when she, of course last looked had not been there. How long had she been drifting? And to where did she drift?
Josephine was thrust into full awareness when saw the white billowing of waves beating against breakers surrounding the bay of the island.
With the best remnants of her strength Josephine turned the helm sharply to the right, trying to steer her boat away from the breakers. "Blast it all!" her shout straining through her gritted teeth as she desparately tried to save her boat.
A cold lump settled in her stomach when she felt the boat give a sickening lurch as it ran up against the breakers. And there it stayed. Stuck. Josephine was run aground.
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I know it's short but, I know what I want to write next so the next chapter shouldn't be too long in coming . . . I hope! I also just wanted to test the reaction, too, like a teaser trailer! Or something . . . REVIEW! REVIEW!!! Please and thank you! :)
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Run Aground
Every part of her body ached in little shooting pinches of pain. Her head swam with any sudden movement on her part or the sea lapping up against her little ship, rocking it slightly. As she weakly tried to keep her boat on course she admonished herself out loud, for she felt too miserable to care that it was not a usual thing to do and there was no one on her ship to hear her anyway.
"Stupid, stupid Josephine!" she called herself by her true name, which she abhorred, when she was mad at herself, much like her mother used to when she was alive. "Why did you not stay with the crew you were a part of? You had lots of food, a bed, and sometimes-secure wages, under Captain O'Conner. Why did you have to follow the impulse to strike out on your own?" "Because," her reason answered, "it's something you've always wanted to do, strike out and eventually find your niche in the world, and besides, you knew that you had little time before the crew realized you were a woman.
"You had two mishaps where one of the crew members almost discovered you when you forgot to bind your breast one morning. That snake of a man, Brutus already suspected something. You would have been ousted from the crew eventually, no matter what you would have tried t' do in order for the charade to last a little longer." Josephine sighed, "I know this, I know this. . ." Josephine soon began to drift in and out of sleep, the ship charting it's own course under her lax command.
Upon opening her eyes and after blinking a few times, she was surprised to see an island so near, when she, of course last looked had not been there. How long had she been drifting? And to where did she drift?
Josephine was thrust into full awareness when saw the white billowing of waves beating against breakers surrounding the bay of the island.
With the best remnants of her strength Josephine turned the helm sharply to the right, trying to steer her boat away from the breakers. "Blast it all!" her shout straining through her gritted teeth as she desparately tried to save her boat.
A cold lump settled in her stomach when she felt the boat give a sickening lurch as it ran up against the breakers. And there it stayed. Stuck. Josephine was run aground.
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I know it's short but, I know what I want to write next so the next chapter shouldn't be too long in coming . . . I hope! I also just wanted to test the reaction, too, like a teaser trailer! Or something . . . REVIEW! REVIEW!!! Please and thank you! :)