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A pirate's Life for me
Part 10- The Change
Jack bumped into another person on the street as he and Anamaria walked. They were going to the docks. The streets were rather crowded today, due to the accident between an Officer and a theif.
Jack and Anamaria finally pushed their way through the crowd and made it to the docks. Jack sighed and sat down on the edge of the dock. Anamaria sat next to him.
"How much did you get?" She questioned.
"Bout six shillings. You?" Jack said, pulling out the money he just pick-pocketed from the crowds.
"Only three. Someone almost caught me, so I 'ad to stop." She said with a shrug.
"Well, that's enough practice for today." Jack said. He put away his 'earned' money into his pocket. "Besides. Today we 'ave an adventure to go."
"What sort of adventure, dear Cap'n Jack?" Anamaria said, dramticly.
"Well, the sort that deals with us meeting other pirates. We need to find out more about a pirate's life." Jack said, getting up.
"We already know everything there is to know about being a Pirate." Anamaria said, getting up as well.
"No we don't." Jack said. "How do we act? What would we eat on a ship? Where are the islands? What type of ships would we pildge?"
"Right. I get your point. Now, how do we find all that out on this adventure?" Anamaria questioned.
"By going to the local bars of course." Jack said, grinning.
"I was afraid of that." She mumbled, following him back into the crowded streets of Port Royale.
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Two days later
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"WHAT?!" Jack cried out in shock. He stood at the other end of a table, while his father granced over a news paper.
"You're going, and that's final boy." He said in a stern voice. "I already fired that teacher of yours and sent the money in. You're going to run my business when I die weather either of us likes it."
Jack nearly growled at that.
"And as such, you will become a gentleman. No more of this... pirate.. stuff anymore." He said, putting down his paper. He looked at his son. Jack was about to explode! He smirked. Just what he wanted. "And from now on, you will be called by your REAL name. Joanathanel. No more 'Jack' for you. Do I make myself clear?"
Jack chocked down a few choice comments, before repling. "Inescapably clear."
"That's the way." He said, standing up. He patted his son on the shoulder. "I know, I haven't raised you as a son for all these years. But, you ARE blood. Weather you want to believe it or not, you are my son. Now, do as I say. Clean yourself up, dress in your finest.." Then he paused. "and pack."
Jack bit his lip to stop himself from exploding against his father. That's just what his father would want. Him to get angry. It wasn't going to happen! No matter what!
"You have three hours to get ready. Say goodbye to your friends and such. Miss. Sparrow is waiting in the study for your final meeting." He said as he left the room.
Jack huffed in anger, then opened a window. He let out a huge yell, getting out how much this ticked him off. He calmed himself down and went down the hallway to the study. Miss. Sparrow sat in a chair. She looked like she had aged by ten years. She was slumping and looked like she hadn't been able to sleep.
"Miss. Sparrow?" Jack questioned.
She looked up from the table towards him. A smile graced her face. "'ello Jack old boy." Jack felt his nose tingle, the sure fire sign that he was going to cry soon. He ran across the study and nearly leapt into her arms. He started to cry on her shoulder.
"I don't want to go! I want to stay here with you and Anamaria." Jack said, holding onto her.
"I know, I know." She said in a cooing voice. She rubbed his back. "It's alright. You come back from this in two years. You'll be just as good as you were 'ere if not better."
"What could I possibly learn from a bunch of stuck up, snotty rich kids from England?" Jack questioned, pulling back.
Yes. It was the dreaded, going back to England for 'proper' schooling. The worst thing in the world to Jack. He was leaving for England tomorrow morning. He would have to pack his things after the good-bye Ball tonight. A tradition for those going away for school.
"For one thing, you can learn their mind set. You will know how they think and act. You already know how the poor half and the working part of the world works. Find out how the rich part of the world acts. You can learn their military style, how to escape from them and even get a good boat or two from there. I bet you could figger something out." She said, brushing a few strands of hair from his eyes.
"It won't be the same." Jack said, crossing his arms in a stubborn fashion. "I may not be a true pirate, but my love of the sea is the same. I never want to be on dry land and I want to be free from civilization!"
"Trust me. A lot of people do too." She said with a smirk. "But, you'll 'ave your day. I didn't become a real Pirate Captain til I was 'bout 18. I'm only 30 now."
"30?! I thought you were about 22." Jack said, stunned.
Miss. Sparrow blushed slightly. "Why thank ye Jack."
She cleared her throat. "Well then. It's time for you to tell Anamaria. That will take the whole three hours. So, you best be going."
Jack nodded. He got up and started walking towards the door. He paused.
"Miss. Sparrow." He questioned in a whispering tone.
"Aye?"
He turned his head. A tear fell from his eye. "I'll miss you... like I would me mom."
Miss. Sparrow smiled with a tear nearing the edge of her eye. "I'll miss ye like a son."
He nodded, before running out of the room. He didn't know if he could take the slow torture of walking out of the room.
Miss. Sparrow took another glance at him, before sighing. She felt a bit of a weight set itself down on her heart. She knew the boy would be alright. He was smarter then most gave him credit for. But, this also made her somewhat happy. She could finally go back to the ocean, her true love. She had done her part. Well, most of it. It would be completed when she handed him the name. She just hoped his love for the sea was as great as what his mother's was.
She walked to the door and into the hallway. She shut the door behind her. Letting her hand pause on the doorknob. This was the last time she would close the door. This was the last time she would be down the halls she become so familar with. This was probably one of the last times she would see dear old Jack...
"That's right Kate. He's out of your hands now." Said a voice.
"I know. That's exactly what you wanted, isn't it, dear George?" She said, turning to meet eyes with Jack's father.
"He will not become a pirate now. I was a fool to hire you in the first place. And even more foolish to keep you around." He said with a snare. Then, smirked. "But now you can't touch him. You can't do anything."
"Ah, but that's where you'd be gone. The pirate is in his blood. No matter how hard you try, you can't seperate him from his blood." She said, pointing out her advantage. "Besides, you owed this to Ginger."
"I OWED HER NOTHING!" He yelled, making a few maids in the house jump. He slammed his fist into a nearby wall. "She was a wench! A backstabber!"
"She was NOTHING of the sort! You know that as well as I do!" Kate pointed out, glaring at him. "She was a good person, with a heart of gold. She wouldn't hurt a fly, if she didn't have to. It was this chain you call a 'law' that betrayed her."
He stepped up to Kate, overbearing her with his size. She still didn't back down. He was red in the face with anger. "You're wrong." He said in a deathly undertone. "She was a backstabber to me. She lied to me. She died in front of my eyes, as they hung her in the square, right after she told me, she would never do anything to hurt me. She lied, and left me a bastard child to take care of."
"Just because she didn't tell you that she was a pirate, doesn't mean she lied." Kate said.
"That's not it! She told me she would never hurt me. When she found me, on the streets, she gave me money. I used it to buy up a small company. Then, as I became rich, she came back to me. I thought she loved me. But, she stole from me. She took half of everything I owned, and sold it. But, I was blinded by my own stupidity, I didn't see it."
"SHe would do NOTHING of the sort!" Kate said, appauled.
"Oh yes she would! I found her, in that very study, putting things inside of her vest. She was stealing from me." He said, still using a low tone. But, he turned towards the hole his fist had created in the wall. "Leave.."
"What?"
"I SAID LEAVE!" He screamed.
Now, Kate was no coward, but when a man screams at you to leave with a vain throbbing in his forehead, you leave.
George studied the hole in the wall for a second, before leaning against the wall. He felt like all his strength gave out. For the first time in over six years, he shed a tear.
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Jack nervously knocked on Anamaria's door. He rocked on his heels, in a nervous pattern. The door opened. It was Anamaria. She smiled as she saw her friend, but it fell as soon as it was in place. His worried look, made her worry herself.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Can I come in?" He questioned.
She nodded and moved aside for him. He walked in and admired her small, but cozy house. It was about the size of two rooms in his house. There was a small kitchen, that only sported a few hanging vegetables and a sack of rice on the floor, along with a fireplace. Her livingroom was small also. Only as big as half his room size. A few wooden chairs around a table. There was also a stool by the window that looked out into the street. A vase, with a few half-dead flowers in it, sat on the table. A candle was next to it.
"I know. It's small." Anamaria said.
"I like it. Much better to have a small, but filled house, then a big empty one." He said, more to himself then to her. He invited himself to go to the table. He waited for Anamaria to sit down.
"What are you doing?" Anamaria questioned.
"Waiting for you to sit first." He said.
"Why?" She questioned.
"Customary for a gentleman to wait for a lady to be seated before he sits himself." Jack answered.
"You're a fine one to be talking about being a gentleman." Anamaria said with a chuckle. She sat down at the table, then Jack sat.
"But, that's what I am to become soon." Jack said with a sigh. By Anamaria's confused face, he continued. "My father, decided since I was going to become the head master of his business when I grow older, I should become a gentleman. So, as such I must be shipped to England to be trained like a Dog."
"That's awful Jack!" She said, outraged. "But, he can't possible do that! Not with Cap'n Sparrow there."
"She can't do anything about it." Jack said with a shrug. "Nothing at all. As soon as a Father admits to the England royalty that his son is to become a gentleman, he is therefor bond to come to England and be schooled. It's some law."
"I can't believe this is happening! How long will you be gone for?"
"Til they consider me a gentleman and educated I suppose." Jack said.
"When will that be?"
"Don't know." Jack sighed. "But it will take years."
"YEARS?!" Anamaria shot up out of her seat. "You can run away or something! Come on Cap'n! You can think of something!"
"Not this time Anamaria.... not this time. I will just have to go there." He said, then leaned back in his chair. "But who ever said I had to stay there for that long?"
"How so?" Anamaria questioned, wanting to hear his plan.
"All I have to do, is become a Gentleman, am I correct?" He questioned.
"Aye."
"Then, why don't I go there, take a few lessons, act like those rich old royals over there, then return? If that doesn't work, I can always barter a passage aboard a pirate ship back here." Jack said.
"Good thinking. I'll be waiting for ye." She said, sitting back down. "But... It will still take two monthes for the trip and for you settle in for the lessons. Then, another month and a half, for you to come back. And that's at the VERY least!"
"I know.. It's not like I want to go. I'd rather stay here with you and Miss. Sparrow then go off to some stupid, gentleman school in England! But, I will have to make do. This will just be another adventure for me to chalk up." He said with a wink. "I'll come back. I promise. And Jack Kapural is a man of his word. Savvy?"
"Savvy Cap'n Jack." Anamaria answered back. She stiffled a sob.
Jack sorta frowned at that. He didn't want her to cry. So, he got up from his seat and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.
He stayed with her for half an hour, before having to return home. He closed the door behind him as he entered his room. He would have to get ready for that damned Ball! He hated royalty. They were always stuck up. Then again, he would have to get used to it. He was going to be living with them for about four monthes.
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I know. Big change from the format of that story. Then again, change is sometimes a good thing. Jack will be going to good old England, while Miss. Sparrow is left to go on another pirate Adventure! You'll hear about their tales, only if you guys review and say you want to hear Kate's Adventures. If not, then I'll stick to Jack like glue! ^_^
Also, you have the ball to look foward to! Jack, dancing and dressed up. Then again, he's a little boy. Only 12 at this point. Then again, Jack Sparrow will look good at ANY age, am I right girls? Ok, enough of that. ^_^
So, do you like this little back story of why Jack's Dad hates Jack? Apparently, I'm doing that old 'person we thought was a bastard, turns out to have a heart' kind of thing. Then again, I bet some of you still want him killed off. lol. Anyways, Please review.
PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(_)-AN
"_"-Speaking
'_'-Thoughts
~_~-scene change
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A pirate's Life for me
Part 10- The Change
Jack bumped into another person on the street as he and Anamaria walked. They were going to the docks. The streets were rather crowded today, due to the accident between an Officer and a theif.
Jack and Anamaria finally pushed their way through the crowd and made it to the docks. Jack sighed and sat down on the edge of the dock. Anamaria sat next to him.
"How much did you get?" She questioned.
"Bout six shillings. You?" Jack said, pulling out the money he just pick-pocketed from the crowds.
"Only three. Someone almost caught me, so I 'ad to stop." She said with a shrug.
"Well, that's enough practice for today." Jack said. He put away his 'earned' money into his pocket. "Besides. Today we 'ave an adventure to go."
"What sort of adventure, dear Cap'n Jack?" Anamaria said, dramticly.
"Well, the sort that deals with us meeting other pirates. We need to find out more about a pirate's life." Jack said, getting up.
"We already know everything there is to know about being a Pirate." Anamaria said, getting up as well.
"No we don't." Jack said. "How do we act? What would we eat on a ship? Where are the islands? What type of ships would we pildge?"
"Right. I get your point. Now, how do we find all that out on this adventure?" Anamaria questioned.
"By going to the local bars of course." Jack said, grinning.
"I was afraid of that." She mumbled, following him back into the crowded streets of Port Royale.
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Two days later
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"WHAT?!" Jack cried out in shock. He stood at the other end of a table, while his father granced over a news paper.
"You're going, and that's final boy." He said in a stern voice. "I already fired that teacher of yours and sent the money in. You're going to run my business when I die weather either of us likes it."
Jack nearly growled at that.
"And as such, you will become a gentleman. No more of this... pirate.. stuff anymore." He said, putting down his paper. He looked at his son. Jack was about to explode! He smirked. Just what he wanted. "And from now on, you will be called by your REAL name. Joanathanel. No more 'Jack' for you. Do I make myself clear?"
Jack chocked down a few choice comments, before repling. "Inescapably clear."
"That's the way." He said, standing up. He patted his son on the shoulder. "I know, I haven't raised you as a son for all these years. But, you ARE blood. Weather you want to believe it or not, you are my son. Now, do as I say. Clean yourself up, dress in your finest.." Then he paused. "and pack."
Jack bit his lip to stop himself from exploding against his father. That's just what his father would want. Him to get angry. It wasn't going to happen! No matter what!
"You have three hours to get ready. Say goodbye to your friends and such. Miss. Sparrow is waiting in the study for your final meeting." He said as he left the room.
Jack huffed in anger, then opened a window. He let out a huge yell, getting out how much this ticked him off. He calmed himself down and went down the hallway to the study. Miss. Sparrow sat in a chair. She looked like she had aged by ten years. She was slumping and looked like she hadn't been able to sleep.
"Miss. Sparrow?" Jack questioned.
She looked up from the table towards him. A smile graced her face. "'ello Jack old boy." Jack felt his nose tingle, the sure fire sign that he was going to cry soon. He ran across the study and nearly leapt into her arms. He started to cry on her shoulder.
"I don't want to go! I want to stay here with you and Anamaria." Jack said, holding onto her.
"I know, I know." She said in a cooing voice. She rubbed his back. "It's alright. You come back from this in two years. You'll be just as good as you were 'ere if not better."
"What could I possibly learn from a bunch of stuck up, snotty rich kids from England?" Jack questioned, pulling back.
Yes. It was the dreaded, going back to England for 'proper' schooling. The worst thing in the world to Jack. He was leaving for England tomorrow morning. He would have to pack his things after the good-bye Ball tonight. A tradition for those going away for school.
"For one thing, you can learn their mind set. You will know how they think and act. You already know how the poor half and the working part of the world works. Find out how the rich part of the world acts. You can learn their military style, how to escape from them and even get a good boat or two from there. I bet you could figger something out." She said, brushing a few strands of hair from his eyes.
"It won't be the same." Jack said, crossing his arms in a stubborn fashion. "I may not be a true pirate, but my love of the sea is the same. I never want to be on dry land and I want to be free from civilization!"
"Trust me. A lot of people do too." She said with a smirk. "But, you'll 'ave your day. I didn't become a real Pirate Captain til I was 'bout 18. I'm only 30 now."
"30?! I thought you were about 22." Jack said, stunned.
Miss. Sparrow blushed slightly. "Why thank ye Jack."
She cleared her throat. "Well then. It's time for you to tell Anamaria. That will take the whole three hours. So, you best be going."
Jack nodded. He got up and started walking towards the door. He paused.
"Miss. Sparrow." He questioned in a whispering tone.
"Aye?"
He turned his head. A tear fell from his eye. "I'll miss you... like I would me mom."
Miss. Sparrow smiled with a tear nearing the edge of her eye. "I'll miss ye like a son."
He nodded, before running out of the room. He didn't know if he could take the slow torture of walking out of the room.
Miss. Sparrow took another glance at him, before sighing. She felt a bit of a weight set itself down on her heart. She knew the boy would be alright. He was smarter then most gave him credit for. But, this also made her somewhat happy. She could finally go back to the ocean, her true love. She had done her part. Well, most of it. It would be completed when she handed him the name. She just hoped his love for the sea was as great as what his mother's was.
She walked to the door and into the hallway. She shut the door behind her. Letting her hand pause on the doorknob. This was the last time she would close the door. This was the last time she would be down the halls she become so familar with. This was probably one of the last times she would see dear old Jack...
"That's right Kate. He's out of your hands now." Said a voice.
"I know. That's exactly what you wanted, isn't it, dear George?" She said, turning to meet eyes with Jack's father.
"He will not become a pirate now. I was a fool to hire you in the first place. And even more foolish to keep you around." He said with a snare. Then, smirked. "But now you can't touch him. You can't do anything."
"Ah, but that's where you'd be gone. The pirate is in his blood. No matter how hard you try, you can't seperate him from his blood." She said, pointing out her advantage. "Besides, you owed this to Ginger."
"I OWED HER NOTHING!" He yelled, making a few maids in the house jump. He slammed his fist into a nearby wall. "She was a wench! A backstabber!"
"She was NOTHING of the sort! You know that as well as I do!" Kate pointed out, glaring at him. "She was a good person, with a heart of gold. She wouldn't hurt a fly, if she didn't have to. It was this chain you call a 'law' that betrayed her."
He stepped up to Kate, overbearing her with his size. She still didn't back down. He was red in the face with anger. "You're wrong." He said in a deathly undertone. "She was a backstabber to me. She lied to me. She died in front of my eyes, as they hung her in the square, right after she told me, she would never do anything to hurt me. She lied, and left me a bastard child to take care of."
"Just because she didn't tell you that she was a pirate, doesn't mean she lied." Kate said.
"That's not it! She told me she would never hurt me. When she found me, on the streets, she gave me money. I used it to buy up a small company. Then, as I became rich, she came back to me. I thought she loved me. But, she stole from me. She took half of everything I owned, and sold it. But, I was blinded by my own stupidity, I didn't see it."
"SHe would do NOTHING of the sort!" Kate said, appauled.
"Oh yes she would! I found her, in that very study, putting things inside of her vest. She was stealing from me." He said, still using a low tone. But, he turned towards the hole his fist had created in the wall. "Leave.."
"What?"
"I SAID LEAVE!" He screamed.
Now, Kate was no coward, but when a man screams at you to leave with a vain throbbing in his forehead, you leave.
George studied the hole in the wall for a second, before leaning against the wall. He felt like all his strength gave out. For the first time in over six years, he shed a tear.
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Jack nervously knocked on Anamaria's door. He rocked on his heels, in a nervous pattern. The door opened. It was Anamaria. She smiled as she saw her friend, but it fell as soon as it was in place. His worried look, made her worry herself.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Can I come in?" He questioned.
She nodded and moved aside for him. He walked in and admired her small, but cozy house. It was about the size of two rooms in his house. There was a small kitchen, that only sported a few hanging vegetables and a sack of rice on the floor, along with a fireplace. Her livingroom was small also. Only as big as half his room size. A few wooden chairs around a table. There was also a stool by the window that looked out into the street. A vase, with a few half-dead flowers in it, sat on the table. A candle was next to it.
"I know. It's small." Anamaria said.
"I like it. Much better to have a small, but filled house, then a big empty one." He said, more to himself then to her. He invited himself to go to the table. He waited for Anamaria to sit down.
"What are you doing?" Anamaria questioned.
"Waiting for you to sit first." He said.
"Why?" She questioned.
"Customary for a gentleman to wait for a lady to be seated before he sits himself." Jack answered.
"You're a fine one to be talking about being a gentleman." Anamaria said with a chuckle. She sat down at the table, then Jack sat.
"But, that's what I am to become soon." Jack said with a sigh. By Anamaria's confused face, he continued. "My father, decided since I was going to become the head master of his business when I grow older, I should become a gentleman. So, as such I must be shipped to England to be trained like a Dog."
"That's awful Jack!" She said, outraged. "But, he can't possible do that! Not with Cap'n Sparrow there."
"She can't do anything about it." Jack said with a shrug. "Nothing at all. As soon as a Father admits to the England royalty that his son is to become a gentleman, he is therefor bond to come to England and be schooled. It's some law."
"I can't believe this is happening! How long will you be gone for?"
"Til they consider me a gentleman and educated I suppose." Jack said.
"When will that be?"
"Don't know." Jack sighed. "But it will take years."
"YEARS?!" Anamaria shot up out of her seat. "You can run away or something! Come on Cap'n! You can think of something!"
"Not this time Anamaria.... not this time. I will just have to go there." He said, then leaned back in his chair. "But who ever said I had to stay there for that long?"
"How so?" Anamaria questioned, wanting to hear his plan.
"All I have to do, is become a Gentleman, am I correct?" He questioned.
"Aye."
"Then, why don't I go there, take a few lessons, act like those rich old royals over there, then return? If that doesn't work, I can always barter a passage aboard a pirate ship back here." Jack said.
"Good thinking. I'll be waiting for ye." She said, sitting back down. "But... It will still take two monthes for the trip and for you settle in for the lessons. Then, another month and a half, for you to come back. And that's at the VERY least!"
"I know.. It's not like I want to go. I'd rather stay here with you and Miss. Sparrow then go off to some stupid, gentleman school in England! But, I will have to make do. This will just be another adventure for me to chalk up." He said with a wink. "I'll come back. I promise. And Jack Kapural is a man of his word. Savvy?"
"Savvy Cap'n Jack." Anamaria answered back. She stiffled a sob.
Jack sorta frowned at that. He didn't want her to cry. So, he got up from his seat and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.
He stayed with her for half an hour, before having to return home. He closed the door behind him as he entered his room. He would have to get ready for that damned Ball! He hated royalty. They were always stuck up. Then again, he would have to get used to it. He was going to be living with them for about four monthes.
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I know. Big change from the format of that story. Then again, change is sometimes a good thing. Jack will be going to good old England, while Miss. Sparrow is left to go on another pirate Adventure! You'll hear about their tales, only if you guys review and say you want to hear Kate's Adventures. If not, then I'll stick to Jack like glue! ^_^
Also, you have the ball to look foward to! Jack, dancing and dressed up. Then again, he's a little boy. Only 12 at this point. Then again, Jack Sparrow will look good at ANY age, am I right girls? Ok, enough of that. ^_^
So, do you like this little back story of why Jack's Dad hates Jack? Apparently, I'm doing that old 'person we thought was a bastard, turns out to have a heart' kind of thing. Then again, I bet some of you still want him killed off. lol. Anyways, Please review.
PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
