Aboard the Black Pearl.
'We won't be landin' at this port gentl'men .' laughed the man, clearly the captain.
'And lady!' objected Annamaria, adjusting a rope on the side of the boat.
'Aye, and lady,' bowed the Captain.
'Ye're mad, Jack.Cap'n.why we not be stoppin' at this Port? Tis mighty full of loot!'
'Ahh.but also full of mem'ries.dangerous things.'
He paused, and for a moment you could sense laughter in his deep brown eyes.
'Aye.' winked Mr. Gibbs. 'Another one of ye're reservations for the gallows, be it, Jack?'
Jack said nothing, but gazed to the familiar shores. It had been nearly five years since he had helped his friend Will rescue Elizabeth - nearly five years since had escaped from the gallows. He didn't expect they'd be overjoyed to see him again.nor would Elizabeth's father, or Commodore Norrington.
'Aaark! Below there be mischief, below there be mischief!' came the sudden noise of Mr. Cotton's parrot as it peered over the side of the boat.
'What are ye talkin' of?' asked Jack, peering down. In the water he could see a small child, floating on the water as if it was a bed.
'It be a child, a child in the water!' said Mr. Gibbs. The crew watched the child for a moment as she slept then Annamaria came to her senses.
'Someone climb down and get it,' she said.
'Aye, then, Annamaria. Off ye go!' Jack pushed her towards the side of the boat.
'Not me,' she said. 'I got to fix this hole here or we'll all be drowned!'
Sighing deeply and muttering something about 'bloomin' useless crews' Jack edged down the side of the boat and lifted the child from the water. It was soaked through, and definitely seemed to be sleeping - not dead. He climbed up, holding it in his arms and handed it expectantly to Annamaria.
'There,' he said, thrusting it into her arms.
'I not be wantin' it!' she replied, handing it back.
'Well it was you who wanted it from the water!' Jack objected, forcing the child into his arms.
'Well.ye got it, so it's yours!' Annamaria tossed it back.
The child opened it's eyes, disturbed by being thrown and the crew stepped back quickly, as if expecting it to attack.
She wiped her eyes sleepily, looked around - then laughed.
'What's it laughing at?' whispered Jack suspiciously, bending down to see it more closely.
The child reached up and pulled Jack's beard. He leapt back in shock, 'it's a little demon! It tried to take off me beard!'
'Silly man!' Lou giggled approvingly, reaching up to hug him.
'Aaaaah, get back ye devil!' he exclaimed backing away. She got to her feet and toddled towards him. The crew fled to the cabins.
'Don't be a fool, Jack, it only be a child.' Annamaria turned to the child.
'Who are ye?' she asked it.
'Lou,' she replied, pointing proudly at herself.
'Me - Captain Jack Sparrow' Jack pointed at himself, Tarzan-style. 'Why you' (he pointed to her) 'in water?' (he pointed to the sea).
'Swimming!' Giggled Lou, reaching up to grab Jack's beard.
'She must be from Port Royal,' Jack mused.
'Who be your parents, child?' asked Annamaria.
'Mummy and Daddy.' Said Lou, looking slightly forlorn. 'Where are Mummy and Daddy? Come swimming!!'
'We have to take it back!' said Annamaria as it lunged to hug Jack again.
Jack picked her up and she screamed with laughter. 'Ahh..no.it be harmless. Look!' He turned the child towards Annamaria and it bared it's teeth jokingly.
'Well.almost,' Jack grinned.
'No.we have to give it back to it's parents!'
'It probably don't have any, Anna.' Jack protested, setting the child on it's feet and holding it's hand. 'And I told ye.I can't go back to Port Royal.'
'Then what shall we do with it? Put it back in the sea?' 'It'd drown!' Objected Jack as the child toddled towards the steering wheel of the boat.
'We can't keep a baby on the ship!' Annamaria ridiculed.
'Aww.but it be a pirate, already.look at it!' The child was attempting to turn the wheel. Jack caught her just in time.
'You look somewhat familiar,' Jack informed her as she stubbornly clung on to the wheel. 'I know those eyes.'
'Eyes!' Lou comprehended and reached up, nearly poking Jack's eye in.
'Welcome to the Black Pearl, Miss.' Jack mock-bowed to her as Annamaria sighed. 'Ye be a pirate now!'
'Pirates!' called Lou as Jack tied a bandana around her head. 'Pirates!'
'We won't be landin' at this port gentl'men .' laughed the man, clearly the captain.
'And lady!' objected Annamaria, adjusting a rope on the side of the boat.
'Aye, and lady,' bowed the Captain.
'Ye're mad, Jack.Cap'n.why we not be stoppin' at this Port? Tis mighty full of loot!'
'Ahh.but also full of mem'ries.dangerous things.'
He paused, and for a moment you could sense laughter in his deep brown eyes.
'Aye.' winked Mr. Gibbs. 'Another one of ye're reservations for the gallows, be it, Jack?'
Jack said nothing, but gazed to the familiar shores. It had been nearly five years since he had helped his friend Will rescue Elizabeth - nearly five years since had escaped from the gallows. He didn't expect they'd be overjoyed to see him again.nor would Elizabeth's father, or Commodore Norrington.
'Aaark! Below there be mischief, below there be mischief!' came the sudden noise of Mr. Cotton's parrot as it peered over the side of the boat.
'What are ye talkin' of?' asked Jack, peering down. In the water he could see a small child, floating on the water as if it was a bed.
'It be a child, a child in the water!' said Mr. Gibbs. The crew watched the child for a moment as she slept then Annamaria came to her senses.
'Someone climb down and get it,' she said.
'Aye, then, Annamaria. Off ye go!' Jack pushed her towards the side of the boat.
'Not me,' she said. 'I got to fix this hole here or we'll all be drowned!'
Sighing deeply and muttering something about 'bloomin' useless crews' Jack edged down the side of the boat and lifted the child from the water. It was soaked through, and definitely seemed to be sleeping - not dead. He climbed up, holding it in his arms and handed it expectantly to Annamaria.
'There,' he said, thrusting it into her arms.
'I not be wantin' it!' she replied, handing it back.
'Well it was you who wanted it from the water!' Jack objected, forcing the child into his arms.
'Well.ye got it, so it's yours!' Annamaria tossed it back.
The child opened it's eyes, disturbed by being thrown and the crew stepped back quickly, as if expecting it to attack.
She wiped her eyes sleepily, looked around - then laughed.
'What's it laughing at?' whispered Jack suspiciously, bending down to see it more closely.
The child reached up and pulled Jack's beard. He leapt back in shock, 'it's a little demon! It tried to take off me beard!'
'Silly man!' Lou giggled approvingly, reaching up to hug him.
'Aaaaah, get back ye devil!' he exclaimed backing away. She got to her feet and toddled towards him. The crew fled to the cabins.
'Don't be a fool, Jack, it only be a child.' Annamaria turned to the child.
'Who are ye?' she asked it.
'Lou,' she replied, pointing proudly at herself.
'Me - Captain Jack Sparrow' Jack pointed at himself, Tarzan-style. 'Why you' (he pointed to her) 'in water?' (he pointed to the sea).
'Swimming!' Giggled Lou, reaching up to grab Jack's beard.
'She must be from Port Royal,' Jack mused.
'Who be your parents, child?' asked Annamaria.
'Mummy and Daddy.' Said Lou, looking slightly forlorn. 'Where are Mummy and Daddy? Come swimming!!'
'We have to take it back!' said Annamaria as it lunged to hug Jack again.
Jack picked her up and she screamed with laughter. 'Ahh..no.it be harmless. Look!' He turned the child towards Annamaria and it bared it's teeth jokingly.
'Well.almost,' Jack grinned.
'No.we have to give it back to it's parents!'
'It probably don't have any, Anna.' Jack protested, setting the child on it's feet and holding it's hand. 'And I told ye.I can't go back to Port Royal.'
'Then what shall we do with it? Put it back in the sea?' 'It'd drown!' Objected Jack as the child toddled towards the steering wheel of the boat.
'We can't keep a baby on the ship!' Annamaria ridiculed.
'Aww.but it be a pirate, already.look at it!' The child was attempting to turn the wheel. Jack caught her just in time.
'You look somewhat familiar,' Jack informed her as she stubbornly clung on to the wheel. 'I know those eyes.'
'Eyes!' Lou comprehended and reached up, nearly poking Jack's eye in.
'Welcome to the Black Pearl, Miss.' Jack mock-bowed to her as Annamaria sighed. 'Ye be a pirate now!'
'Pirates!' called Lou as Jack tied a bandana around her head. 'Pirates!'