Disclaimer; I do not own any of the Pirates characters, or Heath ledger,
how ever the characters, Simone, Vanessa, Kate and Lyndz are the names of
fellow Deppettes (YAY !!) and myself (also an Deppette YAY) and some
characters were made up by me (some of the Pirate's and little William)
Chapter two Are ye lost?
"Where are ye from?" William asked
Lyndz sniffled "I don't know. My parents they.. they left me." Lyndz cried.
"Well," Kate said holding out her hand "You best come with me and find me Dad, ye can stay with us."
Lyndz took Kate's hand and they went to find Captain Jack.
Meanwhile, Jack returned from chasing Scarlet, not that it mattered, she didn't want anything to do with Jack any more.
"Now where did I leave those children ?" Jack asked himself. "Was it near the pub? AH a pub. No, must focus, rum nice. Mm Aye, but Vanessa will kill me if I let anything happen to Kate and William. Right. AH There they are."
Jack walked over to the children. "Now what did ye find luv?"
"This is Lyndz daddy, her parents left her and she's coming home with us." Kate said with an 'and don't you try to tell me not to' attitude.
"But luv, yer going to have to ask yer mother. I'm in enough trouble as it is."
Lyndz started crying again. "Nobody wants meeeee"
"Now that's not right, stop crying girlie" Jack said trying to comfort the girl
Will came walking up to them "Hello there." Will said smiling "You two made an new friend?"
"Daddy, she has nobody left but us." William said
"Aye, and, and I don't want to leave her here." Kate said backing William up.
Jack stared at Will as if it all was a learning process. "Let's see how he handle's this." He thought.
"Well, uhm what's yer name?" Will asked with an gentle tone in his voice
"Pff I could ask that" Jack thought rolling his eyes
Lyndz looked up to face Will, her eyes still watery "Me name is Lyndz Ledger."
"Hello Lyndz, where are you're parents?"
"Another one I could've thought of," Jack thought "Parenting isn't that hard now is it."
"I don't know, the ship we were on let us get of here, and I never saw them again." Lyndz said, her bottom lip trembling.
"I'll tell you what," Will said holding out his hand to Lyndz and Kate "how about we go to the Pearl and see what to do from there."
Lyndz and Kate took Will's hands and Jack put William up on his shoulders.
Vanessa and Simone were pealing some tatters while waiting for the rest of the crew to come back.
"I wonder how Jack's doing?" Vanessa asked
"he'll do just fine," Simone answered "You mark my words. Besides Will's with them as well. What could go wrong?"
"Well never say never I say." Vanessa said. "Ye know Jack. Honestly sometimes I wonder what goes on inside Jack's head."
Simone laughed "Probably," Now imitating Jack's voice "Do I have everything we need to sail away? checking of Rum, rum, rum di rum, oh delicious rum, oh yeah me wife and kid, rum, rum."
Vanessa laughed "Yeah that's probably it. But ye got to love him. He tries, bless his heart, he really does try." She said, laughing so hard she was crying.
"As if Will's that perfect," Simone replied, tatter in her hand "Okay, he's loveable but he's clumsy. Remember that one time when he almost dropped William on his head when he was a baby," Simone said laughing "He didn't dare te hold the little guy for weeks"
The girls laughed so hard they didn't hear Will and Jack enter the kitchen.
"Now what are they laughing about I wonder?" Jack said loud enough for the girls to hear.
"I was wondering the same thing myself." Will replied, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall.
Simone and Vanessa stopped laughing, looked at their men, looked back at each other, and started laughing again.
"Really, you'd think they were laughing at us." Will said feeling self conscious all of a sudden.
"Aye, I know what ye mean." Jack said.
"Sorry," Simone said half laughing "did you have a nice time?"
"Did ye buy enough.. prrrfftt RUM hahahahahaha" Vanessa laughed
Simone had to hold onto Vanessa to stop herself from falling onto the ground laughing.
"Maybe we should give them a few minutes." Will said.
"Aye, that's a good idea." Jack said, following Will out.
When Simone and Vanessa had pulled them selves together they walked out of the kitchen to find Will and Jack.
"'ello luv, you done laughing at me?" Jack asked Vanessa
"We weren't laughing at ye honey, I wouldn't dare." She replied winking at Simone while hugging Jack.
"Now what was it you wanted to tell us Will?" Simone asked.
"Well uhm, maybe I'd better show ye."
Simone followed Will and found Lyndz, Kate and William playing with each other.
"Who's that girl?" Simone asked.
"Her name is Lyndz Ledger" Will replied. "What's she doing here?" Vanessa said joining them.
"She was abandoned by her parents."
"On Tortuga?" Vanessa said disgusted by the thought of it.
"Aye, all alone she was." Jack said.
"How could anyone do such a thing?" Simone said watching the dark hared girl play with her son and Kate.
Vanessa was thinking but it didn't take long. "Well there's nothing to think about. She'll just have to stay with us."
Simone agreed.
"Now let's get the poor child some clean clothes and clean her up a bit." Simone said.
"Aye, I'm sure Kate won't mind lending some of her clothes." Vanessa said
"I'll get the crew to boil some water and get the barrel out."
Will and Jack just stood there listening to the girls. Will winked at Jack. When the girls were out of earshot he said, "The trick is, Jack, to let them think they were the ones who are in control."
"Yer not a bad teacher dear William." Jack replied. "Now where did you leave me rum?"
Vanessa and Simone were ready to give Lyndz a bath, so they went up to get her.
"Hello dear." Vanessa started "Me name is Vanessa, I'm Kate's mum. And this is Simone, William's mother."
Lyndz watched them and decided after a while they were okay. "My name is Lyndz."
"Well Lyndz, let's clean you up now, we've got some clean clothes and warm water." Simone said.
"I hate baths" Lyndz replied.
"Well your going to take one any way, yer filthy." Vanessa said.
Simone picked Lyndz up and carried her to her cabin, where the barrel stood ready. She helped Lyndz get undressed and put her into the barrel. "Now ye stay put, and soak for a bit."
"Simone?"
"Yes honey?" Simone replied.
"Thank you for letting me stay here."
"That's not bother sweet heart, I just can't believe you survived there."
Lyndz stared. "Well head under water Lyndz, let's make an nice young pirate out of you."
"You're," Lyndz's head was pushed under water and when she came up she finished, "Pirates?"
"Aye, Yer staying on the Black Pearl Luv."
"Serious? Me dad was a pirate as well." Lyndz said suddenly full of energy. "Until they.."
"They what luv?"
"They hanged him. That was the real reason I was on Tortuga. We fled for the bad people."
Simone opened her mouth to say something but thought better of it. "She's just opening up to ye, so ye better listen." She thought.
"And me mom, she said to stay put. I waited for 2 days but she never returned."
Tears dropped from the girls eyes. Simone bent over and gave her a motherly hug. She felt so sorry for this little girl. Lyndz buried her wet head into Simone's chest as if she never wanted to let go. She missed her parents more then anything in the world.
"Well," Simone said, struggling not to cry herself "We'd better get ye dry and dressed, and you can go play with Kate and William."
Lyndz let go of Simone, going head under once more, and with some help climbed out of the barrel.
"Will, WILL!!!!" Jack yelled, waving his bottle of rum again.
"Aye! What is it?"
"Where's the rum?"
"Yer holding it Jack." Will said sighing.
"Is he bothering ye again luv?" Simone said walking towards them with Lyndz.
"Well, who's that young woman there?" Will asked as if he didn't recognize Lyndz.
"Lyndz." Lyndz said with an little smile on her cute face.
"No that cannot be luv, Lyndz had ripped clothes an' filthy hair." Jack said
"I am, I am !" Lyndz said jumping up and down.
"Ah see, there she is, well run along now, I have to kiss a beautifull woman." Will said.
Lyndz covered her ears yelling "LA LA LA Oversharing!" and ran of.
Will pulled Simone towards him, looked into her eyes and kissed her. Vanessa and Jack standing there watching. "Ye two get a room will ye?" Jack said.
Simone grinned at the pair of them and sat on Will's lap. She told them what Lyndz had told her about Ledger. Vanessa had her hand covering her mouth while Jack almost choked in his rum.
"What?! I think I know that pirate! They hung him? They caught him?" Jack said while covering Simone and Will in rum from his mouth.
Simone whiped off her face. "Who do you mean?"
"Heath Ledger." Jack replied still astonished.
"Heath?" Vanessa said suddenly understanding what jack was on about.
"Okay, I still don't know what your on about!" Simone said getting frustrated.
"Heath was one of me friends, till he decided to go and get himself an boat. We lost contact, but never has anyone ever caught him. And if they did, let me just tell ye, it wasn't an pretty picture." Jack explained
Chapter two Are ye lost?
"Where are ye from?" William asked
Lyndz sniffled "I don't know. My parents they.. they left me." Lyndz cried.
"Well," Kate said holding out her hand "You best come with me and find me Dad, ye can stay with us."
Lyndz took Kate's hand and they went to find Captain Jack.
Meanwhile, Jack returned from chasing Scarlet, not that it mattered, she didn't want anything to do with Jack any more.
"Now where did I leave those children ?" Jack asked himself. "Was it near the pub? AH a pub. No, must focus, rum nice. Mm Aye, but Vanessa will kill me if I let anything happen to Kate and William. Right. AH There they are."
Jack walked over to the children. "Now what did ye find luv?"
"This is Lyndz daddy, her parents left her and she's coming home with us." Kate said with an 'and don't you try to tell me not to' attitude.
"But luv, yer going to have to ask yer mother. I'm in enough trouble as it is."
Lyndz started crying again. "Nobody wants meeeee"
"Now that's not right, stop crying girlie" Jack said trying to comfort the girl
Will came walking up to them "Hello there." Will said smiling "You two made an new friend?"
"Daddy, she has nobody left but us." William said
"Aye, and, and I don't want to leave her here." Kate said backing William up.
Jack stared at Will as if it all was a learning process. "Let's see how he handle's this." He thought.
"Well, uhm what's yer name?" Will asked with an gentle tone in his voice
"Pff I could ask that" Jack thought rolling his eyes
Lyndz looked up to face Will, her eyes still watery "Me name is Lyndz Ledger."
"Hello Lyndz, where are you're parents?"
"Another one I could've thought of," Jack thought "Parenting isn't that hard now is it."
"I don't know, the ship we were on let us get of here, and I never saw them again." Lyndz said, her bottom lip trembling.
"I'll tell you what," Will said holding out his hand to Lyndz and Kate "how about we go to the Pearl and see what to do from there."
Lyndz and Kate took Will's hands and Jack put William up on his shoulders.
Vanessa and Simone were pealing some tatters while waiting for the rest of the crew to come back.
"I wonder how Jack's doing?" Vanessa asked
"he'll do just fine," Simone answered "You mark my words. Besides Will's with them as well. What could go wrong?"
"Well never say never I say." Vanessa said. "Ye know Jack. Honestly sometimes I wonder what goes on inside Jack's head."
Simone laughed "Probably," Now imitating Jack's voice "Do I have everything we need to sail away? checking of Rum, rum, rum di rum, oh delicious rum, oh yeah me wife and kid, rum, rum."
Vanessa laughed "Yeah that's probably it. But ye got to love him. He tries, bless his heart, he really does try." She said, laughing so hard she was crying.
"As if Will's that perfect," Simone replied, tatter in her hand "Okay, he's loveable but he's clumsy. Remember that one time when he almost dropped William on his head when he was a baby," Simone said laughing "He didn't dare te hold the little guy for weeks"
The girls laughed so hard they didn't hear Will and Jack enter the kitchen.
"Now what are they laughing about I wonder?" Jack said loud enough for the girls to hear.
"I was wondering the same thing myself." Will replied, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall.
Simone and Vanessa stopped laughing, looked at their men, looked back at each other, and started laughing again.
"Really, you'd think they were laughing at us." Will said feeling self conscious all of a sudden.
"Aye, I know what ye mean." Jack said.
"Sorry," Simone said half laughing "did you have a nice time?"
"Did ye buy enough.. prrrfftt RUM hahahahahaha" Vanessa laughed
Simone had to hold onto Vanessa to stop herself from falling onto the ground laughing.
"Maybe we should give them a few minutes." Will said.
"Aye, that's a good idea." Jack said, following Will out.
When Simone and Vanessa had pulled them selves together they walked out of the kitchen to find Will and Jack.
"'ello luv, you done laughing at me?" Jack asked Vanessa
"We weren't laughing at ye honey, I wouldn't dare." She replied winking at Simone while hugging Jack.
"Now what was it you wanted to tell us Will?" Simone asked.
"Well uhm, maybe I'd better show ye."
Simone followed Will and found Lyndz, Kate and William playing with each other.
"Who's that girl?" Simone asked.
"Her name is Lyndz Ledger" Will replied. "What's she doing here?" Vanessa said joining them.
"She was abandoned by her parents."
"On Tortuga?" Vanessa said disgusted by the thought of it.
"Aye, all alone she was." Jack said.
"How could anyone do such a thing?" Simone said watching the dark hared girl play with her son and Kate.
Vanessa was thinking but it didn't take long. "Well there's nothing to think about. She'll just have to stay with us."
Simone agreed.
"Now let's get the poor child some clean clothes and clean her up a bit." Simone said.
"Aye, I'm sure Kate won't mind lending some of her clothes." Vanessa said
"I'll get the crew to boil some water and get the barrel out."
Will and Jack just stood there listening to the girls. Will winked at Jack. When the girls were out of earshot he said, "The trick is, Jack, to let them think they were the ones who are in control."
"Yer not a bad teacher dear William." Jack replied. "Now where did you leave me rum?"
Vanessa and Simone were ready to give Lyndz a bath, so they went up to get her.
"Hello dear." Vanessa started "Me name is Vanessa, I'm Kate's mum. And this is Simone, William's mother."
Lyndz watched them and decided after a while they were okay. "My name is Lyndz."
"Well Lyndz, let's clean you up now, we've got some clean clothes and warm water." Simone said.
"I hate baths" Lyndz replied.
"Well your going to take one any way, yer filthy." Vanessa said.
Simone picked Lyndz up and carried her to her cabin, where the barrel stood ready. She helped Lyndz get undressed and put her into the barrel. "Now ye stay put, and soak for a bit."
"Simone?"
"Yes honey?" Simone replied.
"Thank you for letting me stay here."
"That's not bother sweet heart, I just can't believe you survived there."
Lyndz stared. "Well head under water Lyndz, let's make an nice young pirate out of you."
"You're," Lyndz's head was pushed under water and when she came up she finished, "Pirates?"
"Aye, Yer staying on the Black Pearl Luv."
"Serious? Me dad was a pirate as well." Lyndz said suddenly full of energy. "Until they.."
"They what luv?"
"They hanged him. That was the real reason I was on Tortuga. We fled for the bad people."
Simone opened her mouth to say something but thought better of it. "She's just opening up to ye, so ye better listen." She thought.
"And me mom, she said to stay put. I waited for 2 days but she never returned."
Tears dropped from the girls eyes. Simone bent over and gave her a motherly hug. She felt so sorry for this little girl. Lyndz buried her wet head into Simone's chest as if she never wanted to let go. She missed her parents more then anything in the world.
"Well," Simone said, struggling not to cry herself "We'd better get ye dry and dressed, and you can go play with Kate and William."
Lyndz let go of Simone, going head under once more, and with some help climbed out of the barrel.
"Will, WILL!!!!" Jack yelled, waving his bottle of rum again.
"Aye! What is it?"
"Where's the rum?"
"Yer holding it Jack." Will said sighing.
"Is he bothering ye again luv?" Simone said walking towards them with Lyndz.
"Well, who's that young woman there?" Will asked as if he didn't recognize Lyndz.
"Lyndz." Lyndz said with an little smile on her cute face.
"No that cannot be luv, Lyndz had ripped clothes an' filthy hair." Jack said
"I am, I am !" Lyndz said jumping up and down.
"Ah see, there she is, well run along now, I have to kiss a beautifull woman." Will said.
Lyndz covered her ears yelling "LA LA LA Oversharing!" and ran of.
Will pulled Simone towards him, looked into her eyes and kissed her. Vanessa and Jack standing there watching. "Ye two get a room will ye?" Jack said.
Simone grinned at the pair of them and sat on Will's lap. She told them what Lyndz had told her about Ledger. Vanessa had her hand covering her mouth while Jack almost choked in his rum.
"What?! I think I know that pirate! They hung him? They caught him?" Jack said while covering Simone and Will in rum from his mouth.
Simone whiped off her face. "Who do you mean?"
"Heath Ledger." Jack replied still astonished.
"Heath?" Vanessa said suddenly understanding what jack was on about.
"Okay, I still don't know what your on about!" Simone said getting frustrated.
"Heath was one of me friends, till he decided to go and get himself an boat. We lost contact, but never has anyone ever caught him. And if they did, let me just tell ye, it wasn't an pretty picture." Jack explained