I've been sailing the seas for five years now, and much has changed since I was twelve. I have been a midshipman, a school girl, a maid, privateer, pirate, I've ran a traveling show, diver, spy, ballerina, messenger, solider, and prisoner. My poor hair cannot keep up with everything. Just when it seems to be of proper length, it has to be chopped off again. Now, it's thinly braided, while most of my hair has been shaved off. Being the pet to a Chinese pirate lord will do that to you, I suppose.
Now, I am back to being a pirate. I have regained my beautiful Lorelei Lee, and have set sail for the Caribbean. I have left Jamie behind, he is my first love, and he always will hold a special place in my heart, but our timing never worked, and he didn't wait for me like I had waited for him. So this is me, moving on, and embracing the name La Belle Jeune Fille Sans Merci, and Tondalayo, Queen of the Sea. I have my good and faithful friend, Higgins with me. Liam and Mairead have decided to go back home to Ireland, and Jared is captain of his own ship now. It's a good thing Jared is on a different ship too. If he had known I decided to leave Jamie, I would no doubt be sharing his bed more often then I care to admit.
"Miss Faber," Higgins has just entered my cabin to find me studying charts, "Do we have our heading?"
"Higgins, my dear friend, we have one of two options, we can sail for the Caribbean, and hope we happen along some fat merchant ships, or we can go on a quest for a certain compass I have heard stories about. Either way, we will be marauding and being ne'er do well cads."
"You mean the compass that doesn't work? I heard so of the officers talking discussing its owner while we were sailing for Australia."
"Yes, that one. Although, at our last stop I heard that he was off the coast of Florida, after being press ganged into Blackbeard's crew."
"Ah yes, the notorious Blackbeard, I do not believe we should be tangling our affairs in with his. I would like to live to see you finally settle down."
"You hopeful man. Maybe one day I will settle down, but there is far too much adventure to still be had."
"Of course Miss. Are we to go after this compass then?"
"It would seem so. I shall go talk to the men." I strode out of my cabin in my loose shirt, and pants. The bright sun shown down on my face, and salty air filled my nose as I surveyed the deck. It is so good to be back where I belong. I climb up the steps to and nearly trotted over to Mr. Cotton. Proudly, I stood behind him, and gave him the coordinates for our destination. A smile crossed my face as he handled the wheel and the sails filled with air. A familiar song played in my mind as the waves rolled beneath my ship.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
We're devils and black sheep
And really bad eggs
Drink up me hearties, yo ho!