Okay wow, it's been...a year or so since I've been on here. I really forgot I had this story. It was actually a dream I had last night, I don't even remember what it was about, but I woke up and had this weird urge to get on this website. And then I re read my story, and it is still the only thing I've ever written that I could re read and not completely hate, so for that I wanted to kind of continue it. I'd be surprised if any of you still read this story since the posting is so sporadic and everything, but I still wanted to continue this because I actually enjoyed re reading this story myself, so if there's anyone out there still...enjoy the new chapter!
My head fell back upon a pillow as my gaze fell upon the wooden ceiling of my bedroom. It's been...one week that I've been upon the Black Pearl? Two weeks? Three? The days melted into weeks; I had lost count.
Not that the time I had spent upon this ship was overly unpleasant. In fact, as much as I hated to admit it, it was somewhat pleasant. But my father was out there, on his ship, probably worried sick about me. It was doubtless that he had heard the pirates had raided Port Royal. He had probably even discovered that they had taken me.
A small groan escaped from my lips. My father was always so protective of me, especially after my mother died, he was probably losing sleep over trying to find me. Not that I wasn't troubled about my predicament, either. I still had no idea what I was going to do. I couldn't spend the rest of my life on this ship.
Plagued with these thoughts, I settled into my bed covers for yet another sleepless night.
I awoke one particular morning to the sound of crew movement within the ship. I cocked my head to the side just slightly, wondering why the entire ship, by the sound of it, had all hands on deck. The cry of orders being given reached every single pair of ears on the ship.
Anxious to find out what was going on, I got up quickly and dressed. Marching up the Black Pearl's stairs, the daylight illuminated a flurry of movement. Heading towards the stern of the ship, the faint sight of white sails among the blue surroundings started my heart racing.
"What's going on?" I addressed both the captain and first mate standing beside the wheel. "What ship is that?"
"Damn these waves that are starting up, we can't make nearly as good of speeds." The first mate, Barbossa I think it was, muttered as the captain turned to face me.
"C'mon now. love, you should know the answer to that question." He responded, his trademark smirk present, although I thought I could detect a trace of worry in his tone.
Slightly surprised at his words, I glanced back at the ship pursuing us to find that I did in fact recognize the ship. Not the ship that my father captained, but it did in fact belong to the Royal Navy. A satisfied smirk began to show on my face.
"I did say that this would happen, did I not?" Both pirates turned to look at me.
Jack Sparrow turned to take the wheel from his first mate while Barbossa took a step towards me, grabbing my arm as the feather from his hat brushed my face. "Y'know, she is the cause of all of our problems. Why don't we put her in a dinghy and leave her for the Navy to collect?" I narrowed my eyes at him.
"You forget that they've been after me too." Jack replied distractedly, still fighting with the wheel. I turned to look at him, curious. I knew the Royal Navy wanted to hang any and all pirates, but I didn't know they had put a specific reward on Jack's head.
"Then we'll put you in there too!" Barbossa turned to face Jack, his eyes alight, putting a hand on the wheel of the ship as if to take control.
Jack turned to glare at his first mate. "D'ya really think the Royal Navy is going to stop chasing a ship full of pirates, let alone the infamous Black Pearl, for a dinghy with two people?" He glanced at Barbossa's hand on the wheel. "Now get your hand off the wheel." He snapped.
"Sparrow, yer going to get us all hanged." He snarled, walking away to attend to the crew.
The captain turned back to look at me. "I think I am going to have to put you back in the brig, though." he pondered, before calling over a burly pirate to drag me back to the brig.
And that is where I would stay, not knowing if the man to come down and get me would belong to the Black Pearl, or the Royal Navy.
So that's it for now, sorry it's so short! I've actually got some ideas on what to do next, and I'm pretty excited to start writing them, so hopefully that'll be up soon. I might even start the next chapter today so I keep up what little momentum I have. Once again, I'm sorry I haven't been posting consistently and thank you to anyone who has read this chapter!
