Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean nor the characters but
some of the characters in this story are from my own imagination. Any
similarities with real people are highly coincidental.
Fleur skipped up easily onto the deck and what she saw made her eye's widen. On board were several girls all around her age who all had the same description, as she would be issued, dark hair, tall and tanned skin. Some ladies were elegantly dressed and others more shabbier. Fleur swallowed, the two pirates pushed her into a line-resembling shape that was waiting outside the captains office and left.
"Wait," Fleur called running in front of them and blocking their way, "you have to take me to the captain I'm under parley!"
"Sorry poppet wait yer turn. We was going to take's you to 'im anyways"
A large tall black man with several studs imbedded in his skin grabbed her shoulder, "you are the first to use parley" he told her, "mayhap you should come with me"
He pulled her to the captains' stateroom shoving past the other girls. Fleur looked at them, they all seemed to be crying.
"What's going on?" she demanded as she were pulled into the cabin.
"You will not speak so disrespectfully in front of the captain" the black man said shoving her onto her knees.
Fleur shot her head up angrily ready to yell at him but stopped when she saw not her father behind the desk but a man with a wide-brimmed hat on.
"Welcome Missy. Help her up!"
The black man pulled her up and Fleur stumbled a few steps back.
"She acted under the code of parley" the man informed the captain, "she be the only one"
The captain raised his hat so that Fleur could see his face. It was old and worn, his skin seemed to look like it was peeling of his face and his eyes seemed to continue forever like soulless tunnels. She swallowed trying not to show him that she felt slightly afraid. Fleur held herself high as she felt the mans' eyes wandering over her body and studying her.
"Tell me missy. Be you a pirate?" he asked.
Fleur knew not to deny that, if she did the protection of parley would be useless.
"Aye," she answered, "I be one"
"And how is it that you be in Port Royal" he questioned.
"I've been stayin here for a short term," Fleur answered.
She savagely searched through her brain. She knew this man. She knew she had seen him before somewhere. She tried not to let the concentration show on her face as she conjured up one memory after another.
"Well?"
Fleur looked up, "what?"
"I asked ye for ye name" the man repeated.
"Oh..." Fleur said not knowing how to answer.
She was not sure on wether or not to give this man her real name. This was after all her fathers ship and he was nowhere to be seen so far nor any of his crew.
"Do ye have a name?" the captain inquired.
"Yes, it's Esmeralda Vazquez" Fleur lied using her alias to once again protect her.
"Oh," the man sounded disappointed, "well Miss Vazquez be you ever with a pirate woman?"
"Of course," Fleur answered.
"Well as a favour from me as a friend of Jacks', if you ever come across a pirate woman with black hair like yerself, round the same age as yerself and startling green eyes as yerself be sure to tell 'er her father be dead"
Fleurs' brain clicked. She now knew who this man was. She had met him a long time ago in a small Port that had only recently been established. The man had helped her without providing a name. She had gotten lost in the supplies being used to build a new ship when she stumbled upon him. She told him her name and he said he knew Jack Sparrow very well and asked where she got her 'startling green eyes' from for he knew she could not have got them from Jack. Fleur did not remember this till now, she'd been only 10 when it happened and her father had gotten angry with her from wandering to far from the ship after she used the directions home given to her by the man, so she had never gotten round to telling him.
"What...what did you just say?" Fleur stammered.
"I said to tell the pirate girl like yerself that her father be dead. But oh, make sure to be certain that her name end with Sparrow"
Fleur clapped a hand to her mouth. Her pupils widened dramatically and her breathing increased dramatically. The cabin around her started going fuzzy and Fleur fell to the floor on all fours.
"Are you alright missy?" she faintly heard the captain inquire.
Fleur felt her world falling apart. The only thing she really had left in the world was her father. Sure her crew were her family but nobody could replace the bond her and Jack shared. She could not believe it. She hated herself for ever jumping overboard just to make her father worry about her. How could she have been so stupid?
"He's...he's dead" she whimpered through tears, "my dad is dead!"
She slammed her fist onto the wooden floor and cried her heart out. Behind the large desk the Captain raised his head to his comrade at the door.
"'Ear that?" he asked, "I believe we found our leverage. Bo'sun take her to the brig!"
Fleur still crying looked up as she heard those words and stared disbelievingly at the man.
"What?" she asked amidst sobs.
"Hush up Missy. You be Jack's daughter?"
"Yes but I -"
"Good. Take her away, we're leaving this god forsaken town"
Bo'sun grabbed Fleur up and tried to get to the door but her struggling made it hard.
"What? You can't do this! I didn't do anything!" she complained trying to free herself.
"You being Jack's daughter is enough for me to slit yer throat. Surely your father told you about me, Captain Barbossa"
Fleur froze in Bo'suns' arms and he used that moment to leave the cabin.
"Throw them overboard! We found 'is daughter" he ordered signalling to the remaining girls on the ship.
Fleur now started struggling again and 2 other pirates came over to aid Bo'sun in his task. When the got to the brig Fleur saw her fathers crew in one cell and nobody in the other. Throwing her in the empty one they locked the door hurriedly and stalked off, glad to be rid of her.
"Miss Sparrow?" Gibbs asked after they had gone.
Fleur turned away from the crew and sunk to the floor.
"Miss Sparrow, where be Jack?" one pirate asked.
Fleur couldn't bring herself to look at them, "he's dead' she whispered hoarsely, "my father is dead"
Fleur skipped up easily onto the deck and what she saw made her eye's widen. On board were several girls all around her age who all had the same description, as she would be issued, dark hair, tall and tanned skin. Some ladies were elegantly dressed and others more shabbier. Fleur swallowed, the two pirates pushed her into a line-resembling shape that was waiting outside the captains office and left.
"Wait," Fleur called running in front of them and blocking their way, "you have to take me to the captain I'm under parley!"
"Sorry poppet wait yer turn. We was going to take's you to 'im anyways"
A large tall black man with several studs imbedded in his skin grabbed her shoulder, "you are the first to use parley" he told her, "mayhap you should come with me"
He pulled her to the captains' stateroom shoving past the other girls. Fleur looked at them, they all seemed to be crying.
"What's going on?" she demanded as she were pulled into the cabin.
"You will not speak so disrespectfully in front of the captain" the black man said shoving her onto her knees.
Fleur shot her head up angrily ready to yell at him but stopped when she saw not her father behind the desk but a man with a wide-brimmed hat on.
"Welcome Missy. Help her up!"
The black man pulled her up and Fleur stumbled a few steps back.
"She acted under the code of parley" the man informed the captain, "she be the only one"
The captain raised his hat so that Fleur could see his face. It was old and worn, his skin seemed to look like it was peeling of his face and his eyes seemed to continue forever like soulless tunnels. She swallowed trying not to show him that she felt slightly afraid. Fleur held herself high as she felt the mans' eyes wandering over her body and studying her.
"Tell me missy. Be you a pirate?" he asked.
Fleur knew not to deny that, if she did the protection of parley would be useless.
"Aye," she answered, "I be one"
"And how is it that you be in Port Royal" he questioned.
"I've been stayin here for a short term," Fleur answered.
She savagely searched through her brain. She knew this man. She knew she had seen him before somewhere. She tried not to let the concentration show on her face as she conjured up one memory after another.
"Well?"
Fleur looked up, "what?"
"I asked ye for ye name" the man repeated.
"Oh..." Fleur said not knowing how to answer.
She was not sure on wether or not to give this man her real name. This was after all her fathers ship and he was nowhere to be seen so far nor any of his crew.
"Do ye have a name?" the captain inquired.
"Yes, it's Esmeralda Vazquez" Fleur lied using her alias to once again protect her.
"Oh," the man sounded disappointed, "well Miss Vazquez be you ever with a pirate woman?"
"Of course," Fleur answered.
"Well as a favour from me as a friend of Jacks', if you ever come across a pirate woman with black hair like yerself, round the same age as yerself and startling green eyes as yerself be sure to tell 'er her father be dead"
Fleurs' brain clicked. She now knew who this man was. She had met him a long time ago in a small Port that had only recently been established. The man had helped her without providing a name. She had gotten lost in the supplies being used to build a new ship when she stumbled upon him. She told him her name and he said he knew Jack Sparrow very well and asked where she got her 'startling green eyes' from for he knew she could not have got them from Jack. Fleur did not remember this till now, she'd been only 10 when it happened and her father had gotten angry with her from wandering to far from the ship after she used the directions home given to her by the man, so she had never gotten round to telling him.
"What...what did you just say?" Fleur stammered.
"I said to tell the pirate girl like yerself that her father be dead. But oh, make sure to be certain that her name end with Sparrow"
Fleur clapped a hand to her mouth. Her pupils widened dramatically and her breathing increased dramatically. The cabin around her started going fuzzy and Fleur fell to the floor on all fours.
"Are you alright missy?" she faintly heard the captain inquire.
Fleur felt her world falling apart. The only thing she really had left in the world was her father. Sure her crew were her family but nobody could replace the bond her and Jack shared. She could not believe it. She hated herself for ever jumping overboard just to make her father worry about her. How could she have been so stupid?
"He's...he's dead" she whimpered through tears, "my dad is dead!"
She slammed her fist onto the wooden floor and cried her heart out. Behind the large desk the Captain raised his head to his comrade at the door.
"'Ear that?" he asked, "I believe we found our leverage. Bo'sun take her to the brig!"
Fleur still crying looked up as she heard those words and stared disbelievingly at the man.
"What?" she asked amidst sobs.
"Hush up Missy. You be Jack's daughter?"
"Yes but I -"
"Good. Take her away, we're leaving this god forsaken town"
Bo'sun grabbed Fleur up and tried to get to the door but her struggling made it hard.
"What? You can't do this! I didn't do anything!" she complained trying to free herself.
"You being Jack's daughter is enough for me to slit yer throat. Surely your father told you about me, Captain Barbossa"
Fleur froze in Bo'suns' arms and he used that moment to leave the cabin.
"Throw them overboard! We found 'is daughter" he ordered signalling to the remaining girls on the ship.
Fleur now started struggling again and 2 other pirates came over to aid Bo'sun in his task. When the got to the brig Fleur saw her fathers crew in one cell and nobody in the other. Throwing her in the empty one they locked the door hurriedly and stalked off, glad to be rid of her.
"Miss Sparrow?" Gibbs asked after they had gone.
Fleur turned away from the crew and sunk to the floor.
"Miss Sparrow, where be Jack?" one pirate asked.
Fleur couldn't bring herself to look at them, "he's dead' she whispered hoarsely, "my father is dead"