Chapter 2:...and black sheep.
I walked into the room bucket in hand and threw the water over the top of Jamie. "Curse ye' for wakin' a man in his sleep!" "Jamie I got a few things te say te ye' one, ye not a man. Two, I got a good reason and three, unless ye want te end up on the scaffold I say ye get up and at it." I growled back at him. He jumped out of bed as fast as Jamie could go (which at times is pretty fast.) and pulled his boots on before running out the door. I woke Aimee quite easily before taking Savvy back to his stable.
"Pull the sails!" Bellowed Da over the sleepy crews voices. Lizzy and Aimee were downstairs doing whatever noblewomen do when they're about to be attacked while we were running around on deck doing what Da was telling us to do.
We eventually pulled up alongside the British Navy ship called "The Legacy." I saw the Commodore looking at Ma and immediately knew that this was Commodore Norrington the man that had asked Ma to marry him before she ran off with Da.
Jake stood beside me (Yes I know he's always standing beside me) with Jamie next to him. On my other side stood Ma, Will and Da. We slowly drew our swords from our belts and Will let out the command. "Fire!" The crew lit the canons and the British were knocked off their feet as it hit them with a blast. "Fire!" Ordered the Legacy's Captain and the Pearl shook with force. "Stop blowin' holes in me' ship!" Yelled Da.
One man grabbed a rope and swung over soon followed by a whole heap of redcoats. I stood my ground as a soldier came for me. I did a neat little swing and caught the soldier fair in the stomach (just like Will had taught me.) "Yuk." I muttered before swinging around to fend off another one. A hand was placed on my shoulder and I was turned around to face the Commodore. "My first catch of the day it seems. Miss shall I escort you to the gallows." I looked at him as he smiled smugly. "Why thank ye Commodore but I don't think that'll be necessary." "Hmm. Black hair and brown eyes. Ye' be Jack Sparrows kid." I glared at him. "Back off my kid mate." Came Da's voice. "Ah, Mister Sparrow how nice of you to join us." A soldier stepped up behind Da and caught him by the throat. "Mister Sparrow I believe that you'll be escorted down to the gallows with these fine gentlemen." Da sighed the way Da sighs and we were taken over to The Legacy.
"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'earties yo ho." Yes we are in fact sitting in the gallows of The Legacy. All seven of us in fact. Lizzy had been taken upstairs to the cabin for the Governor had wanted her to go back to Port Royal to be taught like a lady. Lizzy had protested and said she'd rather die than to leave Will again. (Quite heart warming to tell you the truth.) But yet she was made go.
The drums rolled as we stood on the scaffold with our hands tied behind our backs. Well at least we knew Gibbs was alive (for the moment) because he was standing beside Da. Jake stood on my right (Yes I know) and Will on my left. Actually Will looked a bit frightened. (Do you blame him?) It was the first time on the scaffold for most of us except Da who'd had been there on one other occasion. But back to the story. Gillette slowly read out the things Da, Will, Ma and Gibbs had done. "Jack Sparrow, on this day you are to be hung at the neck for the following. Involved in serious piracy, stealing, murdering, forging signatures on letters addressed to the Governor, forgery of a British Naval officer, forgery of a priest of a unknown religion and on several occasions kidnapping." I looked at Da who was kind of smiling obviously remembering old times. "William Turner, you are charged with the following; piracy, kidnapping, stealing, murdering, forgery and trespassing." "Your in their good books aren't ye Will?" I whispered to Will who grinned before turning serious again. "Amelia Warner." "Sparrow!" Someone yelled out in the crowd making Gillette stop. "You on this day are sentenced to be hung by the neck until dead. Piracy, stealing, lying, disobeying your master, murdering, trespassing and commandeering a naval ship." Wow Ma knows her stuff. Gillette then read out Gibbs' crimes.
"Sofia and Jamie Sparrow you are sentenced to death for being involved in piracy and Jake and Aimee Turner you are convicted of the same." Well that was the end of that. "Sofia Sparrow could you please step forward." I stepped forward and the noose was placed around my neck. My Heart beat wildly. It's not that I'm afraid of death it's just the fact that I'm only fifteen and haven't even been kissed and death is brought upon me. Come on. The executioner moved towards the lever and slowly pulled it. The lever fell threw and the last thing I heard was "Move!" And I landed on a sword that had been stuck into the trapdoor. I looked over and saw Lizzy standing in front of me wearing a pair of Wills pants and one of Ma's shirts. The sword sheath on her belt was empty as she headed towards the scaffold. "Sorry Miss Swann but you must not pass." She smiled before punching him and taking his sword from his belt. "Thank-you Sir and if you don't mind it's Mrs Turner to you." She set off towards us and ended up merely injuring anyone who got in her way. She ended up having a sword fight with the executioner before cutting the seven that stood up there on the scaffolds ropes and finally cutting the rope around my neck I fell to the ground. "Sofia watch out!" Ma shouted to me before jumping. I just managed to move before she hit the ground and snatched a sword off one of the nearby soldiers and handed it to me.
We all ran across the yard fending off as many soldiers as we could and I just managed to miss one of Jamie's swings as I had managed to duck in time. We unfortunately found ourselves surrounded by British guards with pistols. "Oh dear." Mumbled Ma. "Mister Sparrow," the Commodore stepped through the crowd and stood face to face with Da. "You have a more extravagant escape every time." Da smiled before saying, "Why thank ye Commodore Norrington." "Ah, but you won't be escaping this time Mister Sparrow." Da laughed his laugh and then said quite matter-of-factly "Don't forget Commodore Norrington that I am Captain Jack Sparrow and this." He said pointing to Will. "is Bootstrap Bill Turner and together we make the unmistakable crew of the Black Pearl." "And your point is Mister Sparrow?" "Well the point is that we are the most feared pirates in the whole Caribbean." Da said using his arms to show how big the Caribbean was. "So therefore it is impossible to catch us and kill us, savvy?"
I walked into the room bucket in hand and threw the water over the top of Jamie. "Curse ye' for wakin' a man in his sleep!" "Jamie I got a few things te say te ye' one, ye not a man. Two, I got a good reason and three, unless ye want te end up on the scaffold I say ye get up and at it." I growled back at him. He jumped out of bed as fast as Jamie could go (which at times is pretty fast.) and pulled his boots on before running out the door. I woke Aimee quite easily before taking Savvy back to his stable.
"Pull the sails!" Bellowed Da over the sleepy crews voices. Lizzy and Aimee were downstairs doing whatever noblewomen do when they're about to be attacked while we were running around on deck doing what Da was telling us to do.
We eventually pulled up alongside the British Navy ship called "The Legacy." I saw the Commodore looking at Ma and immediately knew that this was Commodore Norrington the man that had asked Ma to marry him before she ran off with Da.
Jake stood beside me (Yes I know he's always standing beside me) with Jamie next to him. On my other side stood Ma, Will and Da. We slowly drew our swords from our belts and Will let out the command. "Fire!" The crew lit the canons and the British were knocked off their feet as it hit them with a blast. "Fire!" Ordered the Legacy's Captain and the Pearl shook with force. "Stop blowin' holes in me' ship!" Yelled Da.
One man grabbed a rope and swung over soon followed by a whole heap of redcoats. I stood my ground as a soldier came for me. I did a neat little swing and caught the soldier fair in the stomach (just like Will had taught me.) "Yuk." I muttered before swinging around to fend off another one. A hand was placed on my shoulder and I was turned around to face the Commodore. "My first catch of the day it seems. Miss shall I escort you to the gallows." I looked at him as he smiled smugly. "Why thank ye Commodore but I don't think that'll be necessary." "Hmm. Black hair and brown eyes. Ye' be Jack Sparrows kid." I glared at him. "Back off my kid mate." Came Da's voice. "Ah, Mister Sparrow how nice of you to join us." A soldier stepped up behind Da and caught him by the throat. "Mister Sparrow I believe that you'll be escorted down to the gallows with these fine gentlemen." Da sighed the way Da sighs and we were taken over to The Legacy.
"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'earties yo ho." Yes we are in fact sitting in the gallows of The Legacy. All seven of us in fact. Lizzy had been taken upstairs to the cabin for the Governor had wanted her to go back to Port Royal to be taught like a lady. Lizzy had protested and said she'd rather die than to leave Will again. (Quite heart warming to tell you the truth.) But yet she was made go.
The drums rolled as we stood on the scaffold with our hands tied behind our backs. Well at least we knew Gibbs was alive (for the moment) because he was standing beside Da. Jake stood on my right (Yes I know) and Will on my left. Actually Will looked a bit frightened. (Do you blame him?) It was the first time on the scaffold for most of us except Da who'd had been there on one other occasion. But back to the story. Gillette slowly read out the things Da, Will, Ma and Gibbs had done. "Jack Sparrow, on this day you are to be hung at the neck for the following. Involved in serious piracy, stealing, murdering, forging signatures on letters addressed to the Governor, forgery of a British Naval officer, forgery of a priest of a unknown religion and on several occasions kidnapping." I looked at Da who was kind of smiling obviously remembering old times. "William Turner, you are charged with the following; piracy, kidnapping, stealing, murdering, forgery and trespassing." "Your in their good books aren't ye Will?" I whispered to Will who grinned before turning serious again. "Amelia Warner." "Sparrow!" Someone yelled out in the crowd making Gillette stop. "You on this day are sentenced to be hung by the neck until dead. Piracy, stealing, lying, disobeying your master, murdering, trespassing and commandeering a naval ship." Wow Ma knows her stuff. Gillette then read out Gibbs' crimes.
"Sofia and Jamie Sparrow you are sentenced to death for being involved in piracy and Jake and Aimee Turner you are convicted of the same." Well that was the end of that. "Sofia Sparrow could you please step forward." I stepped forward and the noose was placed around my neck. My Heart beat wildly. It's not that I'm afraid of death it's just the fact that I'm only fifteen and haven't even been kissed and death is brought upon me. Come on. The executioner moved towards the lever and slowly pulled it. The lever fell threw and the last thing I heard was "Move!" And I landed on a sword that had been stuck into the trapdoor. I looked over and saw Lizzy standing in front of me wearing a pair of Wills pants and one of Ma's shirts. The sword sheath on her belt was empty as she headed towards the scaffold. "Sorry Miss Swann but you must not pass." She smiled before punching him and taking his sword from his belt. "Thank-you Sir and if you don't mind it's Mrs Turner to you." She set off towards us and ended up merely injuring anyone who got in her way. She ended up having a sword fight with the executioner before cutting the seven that stood up there on the scaffolds ropes and finally cutting the rope around my neck I fell to the ground. "Sofia watch out!" Ma shouted to me before jumping. I just managed to move before she hit the ground and snatched a sword off one of the nearby soldiers and handed it to me.
We all ran across the yard fending off as many soldiers as we could and I just managed to miss one of Jamie's swings as I had managed to duck in time. We unfortunately found ourselves surrounded by British guards with pistols. "Oh dear." Mumbled Ma. "Mister Sparrow," the Commodore stepped through the crowd and stood face to face with Da. "You have a more extravagant escape every time." Da smiled before saying, "Why thank ye Commodore Norrington." "Ah, but you won't be escaping this time Mister Sparrow." Da laughed his laugh and then said quite matter-of-factly "Don't forget Commodore Norrington that I am Captain Jack Sparrow and this." He said pointing to Will. "is Bootstrap Bill Turner and together we make the unmistakable crew of the Black Pearl." "And your point is Mister Sparrow?" "Well the point is that we are the most feared pirates in the whole Caribbean." Da said using his arms to show how big the Caribbean was. "So therefore it is impossible to catch us and kill us, savvy?"