Chapter 1- Hello my name is…
2 figures stood at the edge of an impossibly high cliff, with a line of red hurtling behind them.
One jumped her long hair-dancing behind her as her body twisted into its defining dive. The second woman-smaller- looked over the cliff with hesitation, then followed suit and flung herself off the cliff. It was not a dive but more of a drastic plunge to certain doom. The red line approached the cliff, and shouts could be heard, for the East India Trading Company had finally ridded itself of two notorious pirates- Esmarelda Bali and Pippa Sparrow.
Her mind cleared as she made the dive- if she must die she would die with honor. Not that she was going to, at least not any time soon.
Those fools, they had not even seen the ship. Tall masts and strong bow and stern with pirate colours riding high. Her body flipped as she neared the sails. Her hands stretched out to grasp the rough burlap sails, slowing her drop as she caught herself in the sail and slid almost gently to the rough deck. Pippa tumbled down beside her, out of breath and wound in her long ebony hair but her dark turquoise eyes shined with delight.
Looking up at Esmarelda she smiled "Shit, Elle, you must be as crazy as me."
Esmarelda grinned back "Of course darling, that's the only way to live. And don't thank me yet- we still have to commandeer this ship for ourselves"
"Why would you even consider something as stupid as that?" whisper Pippa, looking not at all surprised
"Well, of course I would," smiled Esmarelda. " I was crazy enough to love your ass of a brother Jack then take you, his bastard sister, under my wing, so why not?"
It was the thump above deck that woke Elizabeth Turner up.
After years on a peaceful island the ship noise was almost unbearable.
"Elizabeth, you're a pirate at heart, you should be use to this" she mumbled to herself.
Sadly her words did not ring true. Years of raising a child on a deserted island makes one go soft and lose quite a bit of her skill with a sword.
But, here she was on a pirate ship in the middle of the night trying to convince herself that she was truly a pirate.
"Well, I might as well go see what's happening on deck," she spoke again though, only to herself. Hopefully it was not a storm- without Will- or Jack- she was rather terrified of silly things such as storms.
It was the faint rustling and the creak at the top of the stairs that told Esmarelda someone was coming.
Pippa's gasp was audible as the door swung open. Esmarelda drew her sword and dagger as Pippa pulled a rough knife from the waistband of her dress.
"You know, I love dresses- they're so good for hiding knives."
"Shut up, Pippa!" Esmarelda whispered through clenched teeth. "You might as well just go knock on their freaking door, if you're going to be that loud."
"Shove it." Pippa murmured as she rolled her eyes.
"I SAID SHUT UP" Esmarelda almost screamed.
She could hear the murmurs as she pressed against the door. "Who in God's name would be up at this hour?"
And then she fell through the door.