A/N: Omg...I learned something today that honestly touched me very deeply.
Well, for those of you who don't know this, I adore horses and ride them
all the time. Johnny Depp saved and adopted the horse, Goldeneye, (who was
one of the horses from Sleepy Hollow) from going to the slaughter house.
Isn't that so sweet?!! Much thanks to Johnny for being so kind hearted to
horses! YOU ROCK!!
LadyKaGoMe-AWWW Omg! You made ME feel all warm and fluffy inside! Thanks so much for the excellent (who cares if it was short, it was extremely touching!) review!! AWWW!!!
Tennis_Freak-Thanks so much!! I'm so happy people are loving the sequel so far! And yes, I'm trying to make Pearl more like Juniper than like Elizabeth because...I dunno, I feel like it! Ha!...um...sorry, and thanks for the review.
ThePinkPanther-Thanks! And I will update ASAP.
Rhi-Thanks! And no prob, like I said, I'll update ASAP.
OrlandoLover32-Yeah, about the mayor thing, I noticed right before you reviewed, I felt so stupid! But, oh well, everyone makes mistakes. And thanks for the review!
AbbieNormal182-Yay! I'm so happy you reviewed! Thanks so much!
Kittty-Thank you! Just for me to know, is your username with three t's or two? Let me know next time you review, k?
JaquelineSparrow-Thanks so much! I won't explain it in further chapters...did you read the first story? Skylarks and Sparrows explains who Juniper is, this story is the sequel, but thank you for reviewing!
PED-Sarah-YAY! U reviewed!! Thanks so much, and yes, I think it's a little impossible to 'gracefully faint', but wouldn't it be cool if you could? Lol
Angie-ok! I will keep a note that Tennis_Freak is you, thanks for reviewing!
Sparrow Quill-Cool review! I like the way you wrote it, don't ask why, it was cool! Thanks and continue reading!
Jullez-Omg, thank you so much!!! You rock!
A/N: I noticed a mistake in the first chapter, I said that Liz's father was mayor-how stupid am I, he was governor! For crying out loud, I saw the movie 5 times and I still get things like that wrong, how depressing! Sorry, people!
A/N2: I'm amazed with all the reviews! Honestly, I am absolutely blown away. Thank you so much!!
A/N3: I'm so sorry it's taking me so long with these chapters. With school and trying to keep up my grades and all, it's just a little hard to have any time to work on my story. So, bear with me and please, keep reading!
Chapter 2-Nice to Meet You
Jack stared down at the girl who had flopped to the floor in front of him. She looked relatively familiar, only younger than the last time he had seen the woman.
He scratched his chin as he examined her.
"Elizabeth?"
Will rubbed his eyes again in disbelief. "It's...it's Pearl actually. Jack? Is that you?!" At the sound of Jack's name, Elizabeth jumped out of her seat and ran to the door, seeing a family of three, including one man she thought she'd never see again.
"Jack Sparrow?"
Jack slapped his hand to his forehead and moaned. "CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow!"
They exchanged hugs, exclaiming how they'd never thought they'd cross paths again.
Jack parted from the two of them and looked to the floor. The girl was dead asleep in between them.
"Excuse me, but um...what are ye going to do with that?" He said, pointing to the girl below.
Will bent down and picked up his daughter, carrying her to her room.
~*~*~*~
Pearl's eyes fluttered open as she looked around in her large bed. What had happened? She soon after remembered something...something about Captain Jack Sparrow and seeing him in person, but what were the chances that it was reality? It must've been a dream.
She yawned and stretched her arms. She was quite tired, and her back hurt gruesomely...why, she couldn't figure out. Maybe it was from sword fighting her father. Or maybe it was from the endless needlepoint with a straight back. Whatever the reason may be, she knew that it hurt like crazy.
Pearl didn't quite remember falling asleep or going to her bed, so how'd she get there? In fact, she didn't actually remember anything-just the fact that she eventually fell asleep.
She looked out the window and noticed it had gotten significantly darker from the last time she looked out the window. She decided to ask her parents if they knew anything about her taking a nap. It really was bothering her; not everyone just falls asleep and doesn't remember doing so.
As she tiptoed down the stairs, she saw her father and mother facing her in chairs, laughing and smiling at three other people-a boy her age, a woman her mother's age, and a man a little older than her father. The first thing that Pearl noticed was that they were oddly dressed. The man had a tri-corner hat with a bandana underneath and was wearing clothing that was rather ragged. The son was the same, and the woman had raggedy clothing as well.
Pearl snuck down the stairs quietly; trying not to disturb them, but her father looked up and grinned at her.
"Oh! Jack, you remember Pearl? Our daughter?" Her father said to the man sitting opposite him as he motioned to the stairs.
Pearl fixed her hair and stood up straight at the man turned around to look at her. But as the man turned, she saw this wasn't any ordinary man. He was a pirate.
He was Jack Sparrow.
Pearl ran down the stairs and looked at him.
"Yo...You're Captain Jack Sparrow!!"
Jack laughed. "Aye, lass, I am."
Pearl gasped. "You're my idol! I've read all about you!"
"Well, it's nice to know I have fans." Jack said, with another laugh.
Pearl turned around and saw what must've been either his sister or wife. Then she looked to the side of the woman and saw what had to be either his son...or his identical twin.
"Oh, let me apologize." Jack started. "This is my wife, Juniper, and our son, Jack."
"Nice to meet you all." Pearl said with a little curtsy. She then walked over to the chair next to her father and sat down. She couldn't help but stare at them all. They were amazing. Risking their lives in a town like Port Royale just to see her family.
"Well, lass, ye certainly did grow from last time I saw ye. In fact, ye were an infant last time I saw ye."
"I was born on the Black Pearl, right?" Pearl asked excitedly.
"Yes, in fact, ye were. Right on the deck of the cursed ship itself. Named after the ship as well."
Pearl eyes widened as she stared at the pirate's face. "Did you say cursed?"
"Haven't ye heard the stories?" He asked Pearl with an astonished look on his face. He then turned to Pearl's parents. "Didn't ye tell her?"
"Umm..." Liz started. "We thought it was best not to tell her."
Jack sighed heavily. "Well, lass, I suppose I should tell ye."
~*Hour later*~
"Wow..." Pearl said with a sigh. "Why wasn't I informed of this?"
"Well, sweetie," Liz began. "Your obsession with pirates is great enough without knowing about our past."
"Wait a minute," Jack asked quickly. "Obsession with pirates?"
"Yes, sir!" Pearl rang out loudly. "Someday, I'll be a pirate, too!"
Jack Jr. gave a little snort and tried to hold in a laugh. Jack Sr. looked away from the girl and Juniper just put her hand over her lips, covering a smile.
Pearl squinted her eyes and looked at all of them. How dare they make fun of her! She could become a pirate, really she could!!
"We're sorry, love, we really are." Jack apologized. "But a fine lady like yerself...well, ye don't want to be dealin' with pirates."
"And why not?"
"Ye start associating with pirates and ye get isolated from others. No one wants to be around a pirate. They'd rather save their necks, to be certain."
"Well, I'm not no one, now am I?" Pearl stated. She crossed her arms across her chest and stared into the eyes of the legend himself.
Jack grinned at the fiery girl that sat just in front of him.
"She should be a pirate. Certainly has the blood and attitude of one." Jack said to her parents. Liz gasped and Will put his head in his hands.
"Don't say that!" Will pleaded. "She already has plans of becoming one in the future, why encourage her now?!"
"Will, my boy, ye certainly lost yer pirate side, didn't ye?"
"Pirate side? What do you mean, pirate side?"
Jack looked even more astonished than before. "They never even told ye about them bein' pirates?! Liz, Will, what stories DID ye tell the lass?!"
"Wait! You were pirates?!" Pearl yelled.
"Well...yes, Pearl, we were, a long time ago." Will explained.
"You only told me that you were friends with Jack and that he promised you a trip to Port Royal from across the sea! But you were pirates?!?!"
"Yes, Pearl, we were!" Liz said, beginning to raise her voice.
"Then what do you have against me wanting to be a pirate?"
"It's a dangerous business. You have to be very wise and tricky to get away from naval officers alive. Especially wise to avoid the gallows."
"Are you saying I'm not smart?"
"No, not at all. Only, you have to be able to deceive people as well as being smart." Will said, trying to convince her she couldn't become a pirate.
"Tell me, lass. Can ye work with a sword?" Jack asked. He had become extremely intrigued in the girl.
"Of course I can! My father taught me. I'm almost as good as him and I'll beat him one day too!"
Will laughed. "Let's not go THAT far."
"Now let me ask ye. Why don't ye want her becoming a pirate?"
Liz and Will thought about the question for a second before answering quietly, "I guess we just want to protect her is all."
"Liz, didn't we take care of ye on the 'Pearl'?"
"Well, yes, but..."
"Then what's the bloody problem?"
"Well...we'd like to wait before she does anything like...join piracy. She's too young to devote herself to a life like that."
While the adults talked about her future, Pearl snuck away, not wanting to hear more. Her parents would never allow her to run away to the life she wanted. Even though Jack wanted her to become a pirate as well, she could never get away with her parents knowing. They would never let her.
Tiny, crystal tears ran down her cheek. Her life at sea would either have to wait or the dream was going to die completely.
A/N: I am REALLY unhappy with this chapter, I hated the way it turned out, but I have a little writer's block and this is the best I can think of right now. So please, forgive me!
LadyKaGoMe-AWWW Omg! You made ME feel all warm and fluffy inside! Thanks so much for the excellent (who cares if it was short, it was extremely touching!) review!! AWWW!!!
Tennis_Freak-Thanks so much!! I'm so happy people are loving the sequel so far! And yes, I'm trying to make Pearl more like Juniper than like Elizabeth because...I dunno, I feel like it! Ha!...um...sorry, and thanks for the review.
ThePinkPanther-Thanks! And I will update ASAP.
Rhi-Thanks! And no prob, like I said, I'll update ASAP.
OrlandoLover32-Yeah, about the mayor thing, I noticed right before you reviewed, I felt so stupid! But, oh well, everyone makes mistakes. And thanks for the review!
AbbieNormal182-Yay! I'm so happy you reviewed! Thanks so much!
Kittty-Thank you! Just for me to know, is your username with three t's or two? Let me know next time you review, k?
JaquelineSparrow-Thanks so much! I won't explain it in further chapters...did you read the first story? Skylarks and Sparrows explains who Juniper is, this story is the sequel, but thank you for reviewing!
PED-Sarah-YAY! U reviewed!! Thanks so much, and yes, I think it's a little impossible to 'gracefully faint', but wouldn't it be cool if you could? Lol
Angie-ok! I will keep a note that Tennis_Freak is you, thanks for reviewing!
Sparrow Quill-Cool review! I like the way you wrote it, don't ask why, it was cool! Thanks and continue reading!
Jullez-Omg, thank you so much!!! You rock!
A/N: I noticed a mistake in the first chapter, I said that Liz's father was mayor-how stupid am I, he was governor! For crying out loud, I saw the movie 5 times and I still get things like that wrong, how depressing! Sorry, people!
A/N2: I'm amazed with all the reviews! Honestly, I am absolutely blown away. Thank you so much!!
A/N3: I'm so sorry it's taking me so long with these chapters. With school and trying to keep up my grades and all, it's just a little hard to have any time to work on my story. So, bear with me and please, keep reading!
Chapter 2-Nice to Meet You
Jack stared down at the girl who had flopped to the floor in front of him. She looked relatively familiar, only younger than the last time he had seen the woman.
He scratched his chin as he examined her.
"Elizabeth?"
Will rubbed his eyes again in disbelief. "It's...it's Pearl actually. Jack? Is that you?!" At the sound of Jack's name, Elizabeth jumped out of her seat and ran to the door, seeing a family of three, including one man she thought she'd never see again.
"Jack Sparrow?"
Jack slapped his hand to his forehead and moaned. "CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow!"
They exchanged hugs, exclaiming how they'd never thought they'd cross paths again.
Jack parted from the two of them and looked to the floor. The girl was dead asleep in between them.
"Excuse me, but um...what are ye going to do with that?" He said, pointing to the girl below.
Will bent down and picked up his daughter, carrying her to her room.
~*~*~*~
Pearl's eyes fluttered open as she looked around in her large bed. What had happened? She soon after remembered something...something about Captain Jack Sparrow and seeing him in person, but what were the chances that it was reality? It must've been a dream.
She yawned and stretched her arms. She was quite tired, and her back hurt gruesomely...why, she couldn't figure out. Maybe it was from sword fighting her father. Or maybe it was from the endless needlepoint with a straight back. Whatever the reason may be, she knew that it hurt like crazy.
Pearl didn't quite remember falling asleep or going to her bed, so how'd she get there? In fact, she didn't actually remember anything-just the fact that she eventually fell asleep.
She looked out the window and noticed it had gotten significantly darker from the last time she looked out the window. She decided to ask her parents if they knew anything about her taking a nap. It really was bothering her; not everyone just falls asleep and doesn't remember doing so.
As she tiptoed down the stairs, she saw her father and mother facing her in chairs, laughing and smiling at three other people-a boy her age, a woman her mother's age, and a man a little older than her father. The first thing that Pearl noticed was that they were oddly dressed. The man had a tri-corner hat with a bandana underneath and was wearing clothing that was rather ragged. The son was the same, and the woman had raggedy clothing as well.
Pearl snuck down the stairs quietly; trying not to disturb them, but her father looked up and grinned at her.
"Oh! Jack, you remember Pearl? Our daughter?" Her father said to the man sitting opposite him as he motioned to the stairs.
Pearl fixed her hair and stood up straight at the man turned around to look at her. But as the man turned, she saw this wasn't any ordinary man. He was a pirate.
He was Jack Sparrow.
Pearl ran down the stairs and looked at him.
"Yo...You're Captain Jack Sparrow!!"
Jack laughed. "Aye, lass, I am."
Pearl gasped. "You're my idol! I've read all about you!"
"Well, it's nice to know I have fans." Jack said, with another laugh.
Pearl turned around and saw what must've been either his sister or wife. Then she looked to the side of the woman and saw what had to be either his son...or his identical twin.
"Oh, let me apologize." Jack started. "This is my wife, Juniper, and our son, Jack."
"Nice to meet you all." Pearl said with a little curtsy. She then walked over to the chair next to her father and sat down. She couldn't help but stare at them all. They were amazing. Risking their lives in a town like Port Royale just to see her family.
"Well, lass, ye certainly did grow from last time I saw ye. In fact, ye were an infant last time I saw ye."
"I was born on the Black Pearl, right?" Pearl asked excitedly.
"Yes, in fact, ye were. Right on the deck of the cursed ship itself. Named after the ship as well."
Pearl eyes widened as she stared at the pirate's face. "Did you say cursed?"
"Haven't ye heard the stories?" He asked Pearl with an astonished look on his face. He then turned to Pearl's parents. "Didn't ye tell her?"
"Umm..." Liz started. "We thought it was best not to tell her."
Jack sighed heavily. "Well, lass, I suppose I should tell ye."
~*Hour later*~
"Wow..." Pearl said with a sigh. "Why wasn't I informed of this?"
"Well, sweetie," Liz began. "Your obsession with pirates is great enough without knowing about our past."
"Wait a minute," Jack asked quickly. "Obsession with pirates?"
"Yes, sir!" Pearl rang out loudly. "Someday, I'll be a pirate, too!"
Jack Jr. gave a little snort and tried to hold in a laugh. Jack Sr. looked away from the girl and Juniper just put her hand over her lips, covering a smile.
Pearl squinted her eyes and looked at all of them. How dare they make fun of her! She could become a pirate, really she could!!
"We're sorry, love, we really are." Jack apologized. "But a fine lady like yerself...well, ye don't want to be dealin' with pirates."
"And why not?"
"Ye start associating with pirates and ye get isolated from others. No one wants to be around a pirate. They'd rather save their necks, to be certain."
"Well, I'm not no one, now am I?" Pearl stated. She crossed her arms across her chest and stared into the eyes of the legend himself.
Jack grinned at the fiery girl that sat just in front of him.
"She should be a pirate. Certainly has the blood and attitude of one." Jack said to her parents. Liz gasped and Will put his head in his hands.
"Don't say that!" Will pleaded. "She already has plans of becoming one in the future, why encourage her now?!"
"Will, my boy, ye certainly lost yer pirate side, didn't ye?"
"Pirate side? What do you mean, pirate side?"
Jack looked even more astonished than before. "They never even told ye about them bein' pirates?! Liz, Will, what stories DID ye tell the lass?!"
"Wait! You were pirates?!" Pearl yelled.
"Well...yes, Pearl, we were, a long time ago." Will explained.
"You only told me that you were friends with Jack and that he promised you a trip to Port Royal from across the sea! But you were pirates?!?!"
"Yes, Pearl, we were!" Liz said, beginning to raise her voice.
"Then what do you have against me wanting to be a pirate?"
"It's a dangerous business. You have to be very wise and tricky to get away from naval officers alive. Especially wise to avoid the gallows."
"Are you saying I'm not smart?"
"No, not at all. Only, you have to be able to deceive people as well as being smart." Will said, trying to convince her she couldn't become a pirate.
"Tell me, lass. Can ye work with a sword?" Jack asked. He had become extremely intrigued in the girl.
"Of course I can! My father taught me. I'm almost as good as him and I'll beat him one day too!"
Will laughed. "Let's not go THAT far."
"Now let me ask ye. Why don't ye want her becoming a pirate?"
Liz and Will thought about the question for a second before answering quietly, "I guess we just want to protect her is all."
"Liz, didn't we take care of ye on the 'Pearl'?"
"Well, yes, but..."
"Then what's the bloody problem?"
"Well...we'd like to wait before she does anything like...join piracy. She's too young to devote herself to a life like that."
While the adults talked about her future, Pearl snuck away, not wanting to hear more. Her parents would never allow her to run away to the life she wanted. Even though Jack wanted her to become a pirate as well, she could never get away with her parents knowing. They would never let her.
Tiny, crystal tears ran down her cheek. Her life at sea would either have to wait or the dream was going to die completely.
A/N: I am REALLY unhappy with this chapter, I hated the way it turned out, but I have a little writer's block and this is the best I can think of right now. So please, forgive me!
