hi! ok so this is my first POTCfic... actually this is the first fic i wrote, but for some reason i'm only just posting it now. if any of you guys reading this story have read my psychfics... Andy started off as a pirate... and i really like that name for a girl... :D
please tell me what you think! :D
...And a Bottle of Rum
Chapter 1:
The Proposal
This is the story of Andria Sparrow. Oh sorry, I mean Captain Andria Sparrow. She grew up an only child, raised solely by her mother, Rose Andrews. Rose had given Andria her father's last name. You may have heard of him, he goes by Captain Jack Sparrow. Rose's best friend, Lily Baker, also had a child about the same age of Andy; his name was Joseph, or Joey, as she liked to call him. Andy and Joe were the best of friends.
It was the middle of January, about five months after Andria's sixteenth birthday, when her mother became seriously ill. Then in April, about three months later, Rose Andrews died of an unknown disease. Before she had died, she told Andy that she wanted her to find her father, even if it meant following in his footsteps and becoming a pirate to do so. That is why, on the day after her seventeenth birthday, after four months of mourning and preparation, Andy was ready to set sail.
Andria had asked five others to join her crew, at least until they reached Tortuga where they would hire more crew mates. As Rose's best friend, Lily would not allow Andy to go until she agreed to take Joey along. Andria asked him to be her first mate, Joe asked her to be his girlfriend. They both said yes. The other four crew members were all close friends of Andy and Joe. They were Andrew Bones, Jonathan Matthews, Jacob Brown, and Davy Sanders; otherwise known as, Bones, John, Jake, and Sandy respectively.
And so, on the twenty-seventh of August, Captain Andria Sparrow and her small crew set sail for Tortuga on the newly christened Scarlet Rose, thusly named for the single scarlet sail on the main mast among the black ones, and, of course, in memory of Andy's mother.
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It was the middle of September; the Scarlet Rose had been out to sea for about a fortnight. Andria was in her quarters, mapping out their course from Tortuga. The ship had been fully stocked in supplies and crew. At first, not many of the crew was willing to join under a female captain, them being men and all. That and the fact that many of the sailors were very superstitious, as sailors are want to be, and thought that having a woman on board was bad luck. However, as the weeks went by the crew of the Scarlet Rose warmed up considerably to their captain.
Bones was at the helm as John, Sandy, and Jake turned in with all the crew but the few who were on watch. Joe had taken two bottles of rum from the hold earlier that day. Now he took the bottles with him to the Captain's quarters. He knocked and entered, walking over to the table where Andria was working. The two had loved each other for years, unsure of how to show it.
"I brought some rum," Joe said.
"I see that," replied Andy.
"Would you like to take a break?"
"Aye, that would be lovely. Are one of those bottles fer me?" Andy asked.
"Aye, there ye are," said Joe handing over one of the bottles to her.
"Why thank 'e."
Out on deck the night was crisp and the moon was full. Joe and Andria walked to portside, each having some rum. They stood there talking, hand-in-hand, kissing every so often. After some time, they went back into Andy's quarters and, after discussing where they should go next, fell asleep on Andy's bed.
All the while, Bones had been standing at the helm. He had loved Andria ever since he first laid eyes on her five years ago. Now, he decided, it was time to fight for what he wanted. He decided that he would fight Joe for her the following morning.
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In the morning, Joe woke up early. He silently got ready and walked out on deck, closing Andy's door carefully. Andria was still sleeping soundly in her bed. Bones saw Joe come out and cut him off on his way to the stern.
"Outta me way, Bones."
"Not a chance, Baker."
Joe tried to get around, but however much he tried, Bones would not let him pass.
"I said move!" Joe just about yelled as he pushed Bones out of his way. Bones fell to the side, drew his sword, and said, "Wrong move, Baker."
Suddenly Bones dove at Joe with his sword drawn. Luckily, Joe heard him coming and pulled out his own sword just in time to turn and parry Bones' first blow. They were engaged in a full out battle. The rest of the crew had gathered around to watch the fight. The noise they were all making could have woken a monster under the sea. Unfortunately, the one it did wake was angrier than any sea monster would have ever been.
Let me tell you about Captain Andria Sparrow. She's about five foot two inches tall with green hazel eyes, freckles, and her dark brown hair cut fairly short and always tied with green ribbon, usually tied up in a pair of pigtails. And although she had lived in the Caribbean her entire life, she wasn't very tan. She was also a person who hated to be woken up if she didn't have to get up. So as you can probably imagine, Andria Sparrow was not too happy at this particular moment. In fact, she was quite angry. Before she went out on deck, she loaded her pistol and put her sword in her belt.
She then proceeded to walk out on deck. Since no one was really paying attention to her she weeded her way through the crowd, to the center. As she was walking through her crew, the ones who noticed her pass by quieted down. By the time she got to the center, the only noises heard were those made by Joey and Bones.
In the center, the fight was going back and forth. At one moment, bones would be winning, but at the next Joe would be beating him back. They were pretty evenly matched. At this particular moment, Joe was winning. Andy was proud, but not nearly proud enough to forget her anger.
When they had pushed away from each other, Andy drew her sword and entered the fight. First, when Joe righted himself, she knocked him over. Then she did the same to Bones. When Bones stood up to attack again, she pulled out her pistol and pointed it at his head, stopping him in his tracks.
She then said, "Would someone please explain to me why I was woken up by the sound of these two fighting?"
Not a sound was heard from the crew.
"No one? Well then bones, it seems I'm askin' you. Tell me, why ye were attackin' Mr. Baker, here."
He said nothing.
"Answer me if ye treasure yer life."
"I… I don' really know Andy," he mumbled.
"What was that Bones?"
He cleared his throat. "I… I… I said, I don' really know, And… er… I mean, Captain."
"Who started this fight, Bones?"
". . ."
"I said, who started this bloody fight?!" she said cocking her pistol which was still pointed at his head.
"I did," he quickly replied. "It was me, Captain."
"Now that wasn't so hard, was it? Well Bones, ye know the rules." Turning to the crew she asked, "Well men, what shall be 'is punishment?"
It was agreed that Bones would have a week in the crow's nest and a month of limited rum rations. Satisfied with the turn out, Andria walked over to Joe, who was still sitting where he fell, nursing a cut he had gotten on his hand. She sat down next to him, took his hand and the cloth he was unsuccessfully trying to tie around it, and tied it tightly.
As she was tying up his hand she asked, "So… why would Bones randomly attack me first mate?"
"Yer first mate? Right… that's why 'e was after me. Hah."
"Alright then. Why would 'e be attackin' the love of me life?"
"Well, there could only be one explanation to that… couldn't there," Joe replied looking searchingly into her eyes.
"Sail ho!" Cried Bones from the crow's nest.
"Oh bugger…" Andria mumbled as she jumped up. She then shouted, "What be their colors, Bones?"
"I believe they be Spanish, Captain!"
"Hmmm…" she said as she looked out through her spyglass. She smiled, "Men! Run up the Jolly Roger! And to the guns! Let's take 'em fer all they're worth…"
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As Andy was helping Joey up, Sandy pointed and said, "Look, Captain, they're runnin', the bloody chickens."
She replied, "We can catch 'em. More wind in the sails! Full speed ahead!"
"Aye, Captain!"
In mere moments, the Scarlet Rose was closing the gap between the two ships. Andria went to her quarters to prepare. She loaded four pistols to be slung across her chest and then a fifth for her belt. Also to her belt she added her trusty cutlass. She came out as the Rose was about to pull up next to the Spanish merchant vessel.
"Guns at the ready? Stand by, me hearties," Captain Sparrow shouted.
Joe stood next to her. "I love you," he whispered.
"Once we win we'll 'ave a celebration in our honor," she responded as she kissed his cheek. He smiled.
As the Rose evened out with the other ship Andria yelled, "Ready men? Fire!" Simultaneously with the Spanish captain.
Suddenly the air was filled with cannon blasts and gun shots. Andria ordered her men to knock down the main mast, and as it fell, the crew of the Rose threw their grappling hooks and pulled the two ships together. When Andy's crew boarded the Spanish ship, the opposing crew lost hope, and the Spanish captain surrendered. Captain Andria Sparrow's crew was joyous with their first victory. Andria ordered her crew to take everything of value and all the rum and other rations they could find.
Once all the goods of the Spanish ship were plundered, Andria proceeded to recruit a small number of the defeated crew to her own. The rest of the crew along with the captain, were given three long boats and about three days worth of food. Then Andy ordered the enemy ship to be sunk.
That night, the crew of the Scarlet Rose celebrated. There was some music, courtesy of the new crewmates, and plenty of drinking. When everyone had either gone to bed or passed out, Andria and Joey decided they would stage a fake fight in the morning.
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The next morning, Joe and Andy were the first two on deck. As some of the crew started coming up, Captain Sparrow and her first mate started fighting. Andria started first.
"You 'ave no idea what is best fer me!" she shouted.
"How d' you know," he shouted back, "you barely even know what's best fer yerself!"
"Just let me," she started as she drew her sword, "do things… meself!"
Then she and Joe engage in a sword fight. However, they weren't completely evenly matched. That is to say, it is actually sad to say, that Andria was a slightly better swordfighter than Joey. They both knew this, which is why they had practiced the night before; Andria was to throw the fight.
They were locked in battle, back and forth. Then Joe backed Andy into the main mast. She was trapped. He came close to her, their swords locked.
"A 'good-bye' kiss, my love," he all but whispered as their lips met. She then pushed him away and swung her sword, hard. He dodged her swing and as she lost her balance, he pushed her down. She landed hard on her back and her sword skidded across the deck.
By now, the entire crew was on deck watching. Bones was up in the crow's nest praying for Andria to strike Joe down. For the entire time the crew had been scattered about the ship watching the scene unfold, in stunned silence, however; once Andria fell, they all gathered around closer, all on the quarterdeck, still leaving a large circle around the two.
With tears welling up in her eyes from the fall, as it was hard to stage a convincing fall without it hurting, and with Joe's sword at her neck, Andy whispered, "I love you…"
Joe replied, "Then let me take care of you, forever…"
"What?" she asked as Joe lowered his sword. This was not what they had planned together.
"Marry me… please," he said as happy tears started streaming down Andy's face.
"We're only seventeen," she said as he helped her stand.
"So? We love each other," said he as he pulled her close. "Will you marry me, Andria… sorry, Captain Andria Sparrow?"
"Aye, I will," she answered as they kissed, amidships, surrounded by their slightly hung-over crew, who cheered despite their headaches.
And from the crow's nest, Andrew Bones cursed Joseph Baker to the depths.
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well there's chapter 1...
so? what did ya think? huh? huh?? lol
