The Proper Deportment of a Lady
By: Superchick 4 Ever
Disclaimer: I do not own any Pirates of the Caribbean characters or anything real.
Of the Curious Stowaway
"The Black Pearl is haunted by ghosts," sixteen year old Brandon Hamilton said.
"No, it's not," said twelve year old Bria Lane.
"Yes it is," said Lissie Cole, who was also sixteen.
"Really?" asked Raymie and Raye Sin Claire.
"Yes," said Brandon and Lissie.
"No," said Bria.
"Well, if it ain't haunted, then you go inside, and get us some gold, Your Highness," said fifteen year old Clarissa Bradley.
"I'll have to wait for it to be in the harbor," said Bria.
"It is in the harbor," said Adam Moss, aged sixteen and a half.
"Fine, I'll go as soon as it's lights out," said Bria, with more bravery than she felt.
Bria left the playroom, and went to the girls' room, and sat on her bed. Bria's family was killed when the Black Pearl docked in her town of Privet Springs two years ago. Bria survived, because she was visiting a friend in Port Royal at the time. Having no family left, she got sent to the local orphanage, and since her family was wealthy, the other children called her "Princess", "Your Highness", and other names like that.
Bria took a few books, a pen of her mother's, a ring of her mother's, a doll that Angela, her nanny, had made for her when she was small out of bits of fabric and a clothespin, a tie of her father's, a cap of her older brother Jack, and a few marbles from her younger brother Earnest, before she got sent to the orphanage. She also took a small silver and gold mirror that her grandmother had given her for her eighth birthday before she died.
Haunted ships and ghosts are a bunch of nonsense, she thought, looking at her doll.
But what if it's true? A little voice at the back of mind said. Bria put down her doll, and looked out the window into the street below. Outside was a man with long dark hair with a red head covering under a large tricorn hat. This odd looking man was also very drunk, and singing an Irish Drinking Song very loudly and very poorly. Bria had a bit of a giggle watching this man before he waltzed out of her sight.
"You're not really gonna go on the Black Pearl, are you, Bree?" asked Raye, coming into the room.
"Yes, I am, Raye," said Bria, looking at the six year old girl.
Finally, Lissie came in.
"Time to go, Princess," she said.
"Now?" asked Raye and Bria.
"Yes," said Lissie, exasperated.
"Allright," said Bria, and she and Lissie snuck out of their room into the hallway. In the foyer, they met Brandon, Clarissa, and Adam.
"Let's go," said Adam, impatiently.
So, the five orphan children proceeded to go to the Privet Springs docks.
"There it is," breathed Brandon, and Lissie, as they approached the pirate ship with black sails.
"What are you waiting for, Bree? Get on," hissed Clarissa; pushing Bria half way down the dock.
Cautiously, Bria got on the ship. It's a bit dark, she thought, but not bad. As Bria entered the part of the ship where the captain's quarters, crew's quarter's and galley were located, she turned around, and saw a man with long, wild looking dark hair, all sorts of beads, and silver trinkets woven into it, a wide red bandana and large hat on his head, dark brown eyes rimmed with black kohl, and tanned looking skin. Bria was too scared to realize that this was the same man she saw out her window at the orphanage a few hours before.
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Deciding to return early to the Black Pearl, Captain Jack Sparrow was a little surprised to see a young, slightly dirty girl with chin length ginger colored hair, a short dress that might've been a bit too small, with a baggy pair of pants under it, staring at him.
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Both man and girl being startled to see each other screamed. Bria stepped on Jack's foot, then ran down the corridor, tossing random objects at him that she found, screeching like a banshee.
"Ow! You're not supposed to be on my ship," yelled Jack, chasing Bria, and dodging the flying objects that whizzed past him.
Some missed their mark altogether, some Jack barely dodged, and a few managed to hit him in the face. Cursing as he was hit with everything from a frying pan to a book, Jack continued to chase the girl around the ship. Finally, Jack cornered Bria, scooped her up, kicking, swinging her fists, and screaming, he shut her in a broom closet in the galley, and locked the door. Once in the closet, Bria started banging her fists and kicking at the door, but it wouldn't budge.
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Ten minutes later, the rest of Jack's crew showed up.
A/N: How will Jack explain Bria to his crew, will Bria recognize Jack, and does Bria think that the ship is haunted? Find out in chapter two of "The Proper Deportment of a Lady"! Review, please!