So Arthur was given permission by you to court you and as the weeks went by he taught you everything you needed to know about being a pirate. And like your father before you, you became every bit the dreaded pirate he was, everything came to you naturally.

To everyone you were a valuable asset, sister-friend, and their pirate queen. But to Arthur, you were his ship, and your love was like the sea. With you, he explored the world through new eyes. He had not made love to you, but the thought itched at the back of his head. For a nagging feeling told him that if he made love to you, it would all end.

Finally, when it had been six months since he rescued you, his lust caught up with his love and he kissed you and laid you into his bed. The love-noises you made rang in his ears with love and passion. Every moment in bed was a fight for dominance, and it was a world of fun and an all around challenge. "I love you my Arthur."

"And I love you my little _, queen of the pirates." He said stroking your cheek.

You smiled as he lay upon you, "When did I stop being your princess?"

"The day that I realized that the princess was too grown up to be that, but a queen."

"So does that make me no longer a child?"

"Well, you'll always be my baby, but you're not a baby no longer."

You giggled and kissed him and then flipped him till he was under you, he laughed, and you followed suit then you turned and saw something through the porthole that made you frown. "Oh no."

Arthur got up and then peeked out the window as well, "Dear gawd, we've got to warn the others!"

"GET ON DECK YOU BLOODY WANKERS! THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE!" Arthur called the bloodlust and anger rising in his voice.

You followed after him, "IT'S THE NAVY! IT'S THE BLOODY NAVY! MAN THE CANNONS!" You shouted to the others, "HURRY YOUR ASSES UP YOU SCALLEYWAGS! THEY ARE UPON US!"

Their ship came near yours and there was a fierce and bloody battle. You were defeating any navy soldier that got in your way. You found the cargo hold and then you turned white as a ghost. There before you was Ludwig, tied to a pole, bloody, thin, bruised and in such a pitifully weak state. But he was alive! You could see from the breathing of his chest that it was only just, but he was indeed alive!

You voice caught in your throat but you managed to say, "L-Ludwig?"

The blonde German grunted weakly and then looked at you, and the sight made you want to weep. "_, is that you? Then I must be dead!"

You threw yourself beside him, and hugged him lightly, "Ludwig, oh my dearest Ludwig! You're alive!"

"I'm so sorry." He breathed.

"Forget that, I'm rescueing you!" You said so unbearably happy to have found your long lost husband. You cut him loose and you managed to carry most of his weight and take him onto your ship. "Stay here."

"No! Don't leave me!" Ludwig breathed weakly.

"I'll be back, I promise." You said and hurried to go help Arthur make the Navy soldiers surrender. You all returned to the ship and you showed Arthur to your husband.

"S-So he's alive after all."

"Yes, Arthur, we have to get him medical attention immediately!" You begged of your lover.

Arthur nodded, "I would do anything to make you happy. And if that means risky my life to save someone you love, then by gawd, I'll do it."

You hugged Arthur tightly, "Thank you, Arthur, you have no idea what this means to me."

"You have no idea, how much I do realize it." He said, pain throbbed in his forehead, this is what he meant. He should've never made love to _, if he had never done that, you would've never saw the ship, and if you never saw the ship you wouldn't have saved the husband you thought that was dead.

"We are porting at Singapore!" Arthur called, knowing it was the closest place to good medical attention.

When you arrived, Arthur and Alfred both cloaked themselves as well as you and you three took Ludwig into a tavern. A woman in her mid-forties looked up and her mug broke. "My boys?" She whispered. The two men nodded and nodded to Ludwig.

"Of course, this way." Their mother said and led them to a clinic room where a man was tending to a mildly sick child, "Dear gawd, what happened to him?"

"No questions." Their mother barked, "You can pay off some of your tab by tending to him." The doctor nodded and tended to Ludwig. "I'm going to step out for a moment." Arthur said unable to breathe. The others nodded and Arthur left, he stepped outside and put his hand to his head, "If Ludwig lives she'll go with him and leave me again. But if he dies unexpectedly…then she'll be so torn apart and she'll blame it upon herself that she couldn't protect him! Oh gawd, what am I going to do!"

"I can tell you what to do." A man growled.

Arthur looked up and glared, it was Antonio! The sly fox of a bothersome pirate! "What do you want you damn Spaniard!"

"Revenge! You took my entire left arm! A single eye from you wasn't enough…but I think death will suit my vengeance and it will give you relief."

"Whatever do you mean?"

"It seems to me," Antonio said as he circled Arthur, "that the girl you love is love with someone else and that you are in a lose-lose situation. You must choose either your happiness, or her happiness, but with either one, one of you is going to end up upset, which will eventually upset the other. But if you die, you both win. You won't have to worry about your wench, and she will be upset for a time, but because she has her husband she will get better."

I hate to admit it, but he's right. Arthur thought in defeat.

Antonio chuckled and said, "Seize him boys!" Two naval officers dragged Arthur away without a struggle.

When you were sure that Ludwig would be fine, you went to seek out Arthur. There was a note on the outside of the tavern.

Dear lover of Captain Arthur of England,

Don't fret dear one, your lover will be put out of the misery you're causing him. Arthur will be hung a month from now along with other pirates. You should come and watch his poor soul say it's last goodbye to you, go to Time Square on that day, and you will be guaranteed a spectacular event.

-Yours truly, Captain Antonio of Spain.

"YOU DAMN BASTARD ANTONIO! RETURN MY ARTHUR!" You screamed tears itching behind eyes of bloodlust.

The others had gone on a small voyage to avoid being caught. You, Alfred and Ludwig were all that were left here, and since you needed Ludwig's help you waited till time was nearly up, "Ludwig, how are you feeling?" You asked him the day before Arthur's hanging was supposed to be.

"Much better, ve vill be able to go home very soon."

"Ludwig…I can't go home with you…I'm a pirate, your parents were too, but you are still of clear conscious. You haven't committed an act of piracy, but I have. I can no longer be with you. Plus I'm in love with Arthur now, and my love of the sea is greater than my love of the land. I'm sorry." You said, with as much prideful dignity as you could muster.

"My kazchen…I love you."

You nodded and closed your eyes, a single tear fell and he wiped it away, "I vill help you rescue him. This is your chance to live the life you never knew, I realize this now. I vill do vhatever it takes to make you happy." He promised.

"Thank you Ludwig."

The two of you snuck into the jail through a secret entrance and freed all of the pirates along the way, and you freed Arthur.

"No…I must stay and you must leave." Arthur said.

"Arthur, what is this nonsense!" You hissed.

"You love Ludwig, go with him."

"Aye I did, and our time together was wonderful, but I'm in love with you now. We share a world that was meant to be conquered by the two of us!" You growled and kissed him with that same punishing demanding kiss. This seemed to give him confidence and lookoed at Ludwig. The German nodded, "She is a good maiden, take care of her." "I will." Arthur replied. This was a very déjà vu moment only the roles were reversed.

You all returned to your ship, you set Ludwig back to the home you once had with him, and then afterward, Arthur proposed to you. You were both married and lived as pirates for a long portion of your lives, but soon it was time for you to resign, especially after a pirate raid and Alfred was killed in battle.

The two of you retired and settled down in a Victorian home and had three beautiful children, from oldest to youngest, Ludwig, (whom had died not to long ago, as you heard from his elder brother Gilbert), Alice, (your mother's name), and then finally Alfred. But your children were all but babes when you decided to retire…

"Grandpapa! Grandmama! Tell us of your pirating days again!" Your grandchildren begged of you.

Ludwig laughed, "Enough of your pestering children."

"Yes, that is quite enough like your uncle said, besides, it 'tis only childish stories." Alice said.

"Indeed, you children should realize by now that our parents were wholesome people who lived a long life with noble families, and if it weren't for their long term memory loss, of before their retirement they would tell you so." Alfred chuckled.

You turned to your husband, the gentleman and the Lord Arthur, as you were his lady, and you both shared a secret smile. A smile only people of old age can share, the smile of wisdom, experience, knowledge a smile knowing that no matter what you told your children, your grandchildren would believe the true tales of your past. Oh what foolish children you had, but so beautiful and so much like the argumentative youngsters you two used to be.