Unlikely Disguise

By Aimi Komori

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^^ Thanks for the reviews, I really wasn't expecting so much support in continuing this story. ^.^
Yes, Norrington is being a bit of pig when questioning young Shadrach, but he'll get what he deserves in the end. ^_^
You know what's awesome to listen while writing? Celtic music, not the slow sounding stuff, but the ones with a fast beat. ^^ Mwhahaha! River Dance!!!
Thank you to for making me get off my lazy rear and writing the rest of this chapter.
Oh this chapter is brought to from Paris, France! ^_~ I am visiting for a month here to see the olds and my cousins, plus the drag queen cousin of mine. :-)
I'll give thank yous at the end of the chapter, k?


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Shadrach later blamed temporary insanity for her opening her mouth about being a girl like she did.
"Goodness!" cried the maid of the governor's house when Shadrach pulled off her shirt. Beneath it was the tight special corset she wore. "How can you breath in that!? Miss Elizabeth's only tightens up the waist a bit, but never have I seen one that flattens you!"
Shadrach turned pink at the older girl's bluntness on the matter.

It took a long time to convince Commodore Norrington that she was indeed a girl and threaten to strip at one point to prove it so. Instead he had her taken to Port Royale's midwife's house to have this straighten out.
The woman herself was none too please with doing this, since she had so many wounded to care for from the attack before.
Face as red as a beet she explain she was female and the midwife asked many embarrassing questions. The woman even had her strip, which made Shadrach turn even a brighter red. She was glad to see that the woman didn't ask why she was pretending to be a boy.
"Commodore," the woman briskly walked outside up to the waiting Commdore with Shadrach hunched over a bit with her hands in pockets following her. "You have genuine lass here."
He gave Shadrach a steely look, "I apologize, Miss Alderman." he's words were sincere sounding enough, but the sincerity did not reach he's eyes.
The midwife huffed a little bit. "Tell me you old fool where did you find this so called boy? And what do you plan to do with this lass?" She spoke as if Shadrach wasn't there.
The Commodore was taken back a bit, he obviously hadn't thought about this. "Mrs. Charity, I don't know. I must ask Miss Alderman some questions about her reasoning for being on that boat."
At last Shadrach found her voice, "I have done nothing illegal , unless cabin boy work is consider piracy."
The older woman snorted, "Norrington, don't tell me this silly little thing was on that ship last night?"
"She was, dead asleep on the upper deck. She sleeps like a rock." He said as he turned around, "Guards, take Miss Shadrach to my office I shall question her further there."

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Norrington's office wasn't very well organized as she thought it would be. She had the urged to clean it up, but she just sat in that wooden old chair, stiff as dead corpse.
She expect it to be just be Norrington, but it wasn't. He and an older man enter the office.
The older man sat behind Norrington's desk and gave Shadrach a slight nervous smile. Norrington stood beside him. "Welcome to Port Royale, Miss Alderman. I am the governor of Port Royale, Governor Swann."
Shadrach blinked and gave him stare, "I beg your pardon? You are not going to hang me or behead me, Sir?"
"No, my dear."
She raised an eyebrow, she felt a bad headache coming on. "Why?"
He sat up a little, "Because you have done no acts of piracy. It's not in women's nature to do wrong."
'Hah! I could if I wanted too! But I have conscious...' She thought, she was a little annoyed with this Swann character.
"Then what are you to do with me?" She asked looking from Commdore to Governor
"You are live in my house until we can find your family." Said the Governor.
Shadrach twitched, "My family?"

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Here she was in the Governor's posh home feeling very cross and annoyed that she didn't know how to dress herself in girls clothing.
The maid walked in twenty minutes later to find Shadrach fighting to but the corset on, "Cursed thing is nothing like my old one!" She said as the maid helped her tighten it up. The maid simply laughed as she then helped slip a dark blue gown over Shadrach's head.
She looked into the full length mirror and made a face, "I look like Cabin Boy in drag."
The maid came up behind her and start working on her hair. "That's because Cabin Boy hasn't had her hair worked on and then she'll look like a lady. Though your hair is kind of on the short side, I think I can make some good of it."
Shadrach sighed and realized that for the first time in a long time needed a good strong drink of Nelson's Folly.

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TBC

The next chapter ensures great deal of laughs and action! Savvy? Hehe.

Thanks nedluva for pointing that out. I will fix those asap. My turn to fix your english errors.
"alert! alert! really check your spelling! "there" is not the same as "their." but i am very curious to see how this turns out (strokes chin thoughtfully). will we meet Jack? i like Jack."
It should have been like this...

"Alert! Alert! Really check your spelling! "there" is not the same as "their." I am very curious to see how this turns out (strokes chin thoughtfully). Will we meet Jack? I like Jack."

Always capitalize your I(s) and the first letter in the start of every sentence. I am not big freak about that, I just hate seeing those I(s) lower case where they shouldn't be. ^^;;
Anyways, yes, she shall meet Jack in the next chapter and more rum too. XD

Oil Pastel, I am so sorry for keeping you waiting. I've been worried this chapter isn't going to live up to the others and I am worried it hasn't, so I shall make up for it in the next chapter.

Marie, *tackles* I've seen you updated your story and I shall read it right now, woohoo! Thanks for the review and perhaps Shadrach will teach Norrington some manners in the next chapter.
Namarie.

Rae, tada and I hope your not too disappointed with the chapter.

Captain Wind, thank ye very much!

I'll probably update tomorrow so I can get to the real fun of the story!

Aimi-deedee