Letters
A/N: The third in the 'Time' series. 14/16 year old Willafred Turner and 16/18 Dagger Sparrow exchange a series of letters. Each chapter will be one letter.
Dearest Willafred,
By the time you read this letter I'll be sailing toward China or some other pirate haunt. You are surely buzzing with questions and I shall try my best to answer them.
About a month after we left the island, I and a fellow called Alfred Higgins met and decided to procure a ship of our own. We went where all pirates go when they did something and shortly after arriving, we had a small crew. Higgins said we should have a small crew, so we could split up treasure easily.
We christened the ship, and set off toward the sun. I became a captain at just 14! Well, captain in training. Higgins was 21 at the time and, well, things worked out in the end. I am the dread Captain (in training) Dagger Sparrow and that is what is important.
Shortly after coming together, Higgins and I led our crew to treasure. To celebrate, Higgins took us to this port. By God, you should have seen what the women could do with their mouths! Don't worry love, Higgins respected my love for you and refused to pay for a whore for me. He said if I wanted one, I'd pay for it myself. Included with this letter is the two gold pieces I did not spend on a whore that night.
Our first year was very profitable. We found a treasure, robbed a few English ships, a couple of ships from Spain, and one ship from a company whose name I can't remember. Our second year has been less fruitful, as we have no treasure to hunt, and that really is the fun of pirating.
With my share of money, I was able to buy Captain a new coat and Mother a very beautiful necklace. I have a gift for you, but it will wait until I see you again.
Oh, Higgins has taught me a song that I must teach you when we next meet. It goes something like this: 'Put 'em in a long boat, till he's sober! Put 'em in a long boat till he's sober, early in the morning!' We sing it whenever someone gets very drunk. You would enjoy it.
A great many things have happened and I'll tell them all to you when next we meet. Remember your promise to me.
Forever Yours,
Captain Jack 'Dagger' Sparrow